Wet night in Houston
And not in the good kind of way. >;-)
Raining cats and dogs this evening, so I stayed in and chilled a bit. Survivor was boring as hell - they can tweak the editing to try and create some drama, but the last 2 weeks have been very predictable. That means boring.
More interesting was the debate of the Republican candidates on MSNBC. All ten, yes ten, of them. And that doesn't count Fred Thompson who's expected to announce in a month or two. I enjoyed the format more than debates of the past - hope the networks stick with that. Guiliani is the only one that I can see myself voting for. McCain is in second place, and the others are pretty much out of the running. The challenge will be for Guiliani will make it through the primaries when his core social beliefs (which I support) are so different than the extreme, core Republican base. If he's the candidate, I think he's electable nationally. If the far right-wingers push him out somehow, then I'm convinced that the Democatic candidate will win.
Politics started a little earlier in the week for me. The sister sent around a link to Duncan Hunter and asked for opinions. Which I provided. Probably the first time that she's realized that I'm moderate to left-leaning on social issues. A stark contrast to her very religious-based opinions on things in that area. No response yet to my last reply... it will be interesting to see where that goes (for several reasons).
Lots of press this week on the HD-DVD AACS master decryption key getting posted on the internet and censorship at digg.com. Part of me wishes I had gone to law school and focused on DRM. Of course, to make any money there would probably mean working for Hollywood - the wrong side of the debate. I have probably 300 DVDs sitting in a box packed away, since I've loaded the movies onto hard drives for more immediate and convenient access. And not every uploaded or shared a one of them. Wonder what Hollywood's take on me would?
Raining cats and dogs this evening, so I stayed in and chilled a bit. Survivor was boring as hell - they can tweak the editing to try and create some drama, but the last 2 weeks have been very predictable. That means boring.
More interesting was the debate of the Republican candidates on MSNBC. All ten, yes ten, of them. And that doesn't count Fred Thompson who's expected to announce in a month or two. I enjoyed the format more than debates of the past - hope the networks stick with that. Guiliani is the only one that I can see myself voting for. McCain is in second place, and the others are pretty much out of the running. The challenge will be for Guiliani will make it through the primaries when his core social beliefs (which I support) are so different than the extreme, core Republican base. If he's the candidate, I think he's electable nationally. If the far right-wingers push him out somehow, then I'm convinced that the Democatic candidate will win.
Politics started a little earlier in the week for me. The sister sent around a link to Duncan Hunter and asked for opinions. Which I provided. Probably the first time that she's realized that I'm moderate to left-leaning on social issues. A stark contrast to her very religious-based opinions on things in that area. No response yet to my last reply... it will be interesting to see where that goes (for several reasons).
Lots of press this week on the HD-DVD AACS master decryption key getting posted on the internet and censorship at digg.com. Part of me wishes I had gone to law school and focused on DRM. Of course, to make any money there would probably mean working for Hollywood - the wrong side of the debate. I have probably 300 DVDs sitting in a box packed away, since I've loaded the movies onto hard drives for more immediate and convenient access. And not every uploaded or shared a one of them. Wonder what Hollywood's take on me would?
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