venerdì 27 gennaio 2012

mercoledì 18 gennaio 2012

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet


PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! - http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa

PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting "creativity". The law would let the government or corporations censor entire sites-- they just have to convince a judge that the site is "dedicated to copyright infringement." 

The government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under this bill, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, or what sites like Youtube and Twitter do, would be considered illegal behavior according to this bill. 

According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill would cost us $47 million tax dollars a year — that's for a fix that won't work, disrupts the internet, stifles innovation, shuts out diverse voices, and censors the internet. This bill is bad for creativity and does not protect your rights.

sabato 17 dicembre 2011

Tre Anelli ai Re degli Elfi...

un giorno qualcuno si speciale mi raccontò:
«Tre Anelli ai Re degli Elfi sotto il cielo che risplende,
   Sette ai Principi dei Nani nelle lor rocche di pietra,
   Nove agli Uomini Mortali che la triste morte attende,
   Uno per l'Oscuro Sire chiuso nella reggia tetra,
   Nella Terra di Mordor, dove l'Ombra nera scende.
   Un Anello per domarli, un Anello per trovarli,
   Un Anello per ghermirli e nel buio incatenarli.
   Nella Terra di Mordor, dove l'Ombra cupa scende.»


domenica 13 novembre 2011

no banker left behind



My telephone rang one evening, my buddy called for me
Said the bankers are all leavin', you better come round and see
It started revelation, they robbed the nation blind,
They're all down at the station, no banker left behind.
No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.
They were all down at the station, no banker left behind

Well the bankers called a meetin', to the whitehouse they went one day
They was going to call one the president, in a quiet and a sociable way
The afternoon was sunny and the weather it was fine
They counted all our money and no banker was left behind

No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.
They were all down at the white house, no banker was left behind

Well I hear the whistle blowin, it plays a happy tune
The conductor is calling "all abort", we'll be leavin soon
With champagne and shrimp cocktails and that's not all you'll find
There's a billion dollar bonus and no banker left behind

No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.
When the train pulled out next mornin', no banker was left behind
No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.
When the train pulled out next mornin', no banker was left behind

No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.
They were all down at the station, no banker left behind
No banker, no banker, no banker could I find.
When the train pulled out next mornin', no banker was left behind

Ry Cooder 2001