Just out and about, minding my own business when I happened upon a staff recommendation on the iTunes music store and WHAM, nine dollars and ninety-nine cents later, I was the happy and proud owner of an album from the artist Shuggie Otis, called the "World Psychedelic Classics 2: California Soul – Inspirational Information".
What a treat and delight to behold. The classic riffs and funktastic bass perform eloquently in a rhythm and dance that is truly a delight to my audible senses. I love it. An instant hit that plays well with my melancholy moods as well as throws me back to a more simpler time. Now I am only 35 years old and have always believed that I was born in the wrong era. I still believe somewhere within me hides the teenager of the 60′s and young adult of the 70′s instead of the adolescent spawned bastard of the 70′s that I am. I was born in 1972 and do indeed remember the clothes, the styles and the music that generated the SUPERFLY and SHAFT as well as the funk that led to the disco craze.
Music has always been a huge part of who I am and what I love. This album is truly a great journey through this time period. It is as if you could have taken the 70′s, sliced it right through and could examine the years like the rings on a redwood tree. Wanna hear some of it, you have two options:
iTunes
or
Amazon
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It was an interesting read on MSNBC website today, about Dr. King and his legacy and the fact that many people understand that he was the author of the most infamous speech, ‘I have a dream…’ but cannot tell you what that dream was. (article here)
I find it not to be as distressing as the fact that given our current social make-up and how our children find news and learning in sound bytes and video games, that they probably could not tell you a lot of what Dr. King’s activism was about. That he stood for civil equality between all Americans. He was anti-war in a time when being anti-war was not American. He stood for the impoverished and the needy – the exact things you would expect a reverend or minister to stand for in a time when people were looking for the light.
I have great admiration for Dr. King and his legacy, as I do for John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy.
Dr. King has become this iconic persona of peace and the civil rights movement, but it is equally important that people understand what it is Dr. King stood for specifically and most kids should learn his I have a dream…’ speech.
Wikipedia Article – Dr. King
I Have A Dream – Speech
My Two Cents,
Bill
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Yes, you did read it correctly – full story – read the article – I won’t post the contents of it here – just my observation (protected under the 1st Amendment – thank God).
I cannot believe that using standard troubleshooting techniques and procedures, that I could someday be prosecuted for illegally use or ‘hacking’ of a computer system. DNS and WHOIS by nature are public address devices. Their whole JOB is to serve data to the Internet.
You can read more here too.
The part I find distressing in the JUDGE’S written notice is:
3. At various other times, Ritz issued a variety of commands, including host -l, helo, and vrfy. The afore-mentioned commands are not commonly known to the average computer user.
4. Ritz frequently accomplished his access to Sierra’s computers by concealing his identity via proxies and by accessing the servers via a Unix operating system and using a shell accounts, among other methods. He also disguised himself as a mail server.
I don’t agree with some of the judge’s wording – I know of admins who utilize those commands to troubleshoot issues – HELO and VRFY are mail commands – yes – to impersonate a mail system. But these are published standards (RFC’s) that document these and the intended results of communication – I guess it really matters in the context of what the commands were being used as.
In any rate – a JUDGE, unless guided by a technical entity should not be making these decisions, at least not lightly.
My two cents,
Bill
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