Not sure, but Hollywood tells the story of a time travelling Jesus who arrives in 2013 to enter law school. His intention after graduation is to travel back to the year 0+3 days and sue the freakin' ass off this "copy cat" Jesus for rising from the grave and claiming to be Him. However, during the freshman year he meets a young but very pretty drug dealer named Mary Jane for whom he feels a strangely compelling sense of attachment, and so evolves a story of heart warming love.

And that, my friends, is how Jesus came to be the dope smoking, tree hugging hippy we know and love today.

Peace,
Andy.

While I don't agree with our culture being ruined by greed and believe sane copyright laws would benefit everyone, there is a very good reason the corporations are continuing to fight for copyright extension - and presumably won't stop until perpetual copyright is granted. Obviously, that reason is profit. Let's look at Happy Birthday To You as an example. From the Wikipedia entry:

in 2008, Warner collected about $5000 per day ($2 million per year) in royalties for the song.

A corporations only goal is to make profit. As we have witnessed time and time again, the corporation does not care how profit is created, human or cultural concerns are not part of the equation. It would be a failure of corporate duty to give up $2 million a year without a serious fight.

Peace,
Andy.

Having stats like this available is great, but the problem is the figures don't match reality. As a contractor that worked on a system to log crime for the UK police force for several years, it became apparent that one of the goals of the system was to allow "adjustment" of what is a serious crime or a minor offence.

Want to change the crime rate? Simply update the category for various offences until the target rate is achieved, report to media. Everybody wins ;-)

Peace,
Andy.

Righthaven owe a lot of money due to losing the court case and being ordered to pay costs, but they don't have many assets to sell to cover those costs. By purchasing the domain name you would, in a sense, be donating to the person who fought Righthaven in court and won - doing us all a favour in the process.

Peace,
Andy.

Yes, but are you a lawyer? That seems more appropriate to the discussion ...

Nike has an extensive range of comfortable footwear and clothing for all basement dwelling geeks. For the active geek, Nike's offers footwear specific to activities such as Sneaker Net, and non-stick clothing suitable for Dumpster Diving.

Nike. Just. Don't. ;-)

Typically referred to as a "dupe" ;-)

Should we just get it over with now, and call her EVE? ;-)

Peace,
Andy.

No ...

driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle when your saliva or blood contains any trace of illicit drugs

Peace,
Andy.