July 2010

  • The FBI Wants To read Our Email

    By dfunzy on 7/30/10 10:08am
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    The Obama Administration is trying to get pass a law that makes it okay for the FBI to virtually snoop on every body, to read anyone's email. and to check their Web surfing history, without having to get permission from a judge. I thought the FBI was doing this anyway. But no, maybe it is the National Security Agency, (NSA).

    The Obama Administration is saying the government is seeking a "technical change," an adjustment, just a little updating of a key surveillance law, as you will, to make it clear that the feds have the right to surveil everybody.

    Well, if the feds need to surveil someone and can not persuade a judge of the necessity to do so, then IMHO, the feds probably don't have a good enough of reason to surveil that person. And wait a second.

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  • Futurama, "The Duh-Vinci Code"

    By erika on 7/16/10 11:57am
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    As a big Futurama fan, I have to admit I approached its return with considerable trepidation.  A lot of the time I think it's better for a show to end too early (Firefly) than to linger around and overstay its welcome (The X-Files). 

    The first four episodes of the returning season basically only confirmed my opinion that they should have let Futurama RIP.  But the latest fifth episode has finally changed my mind.

    Mind you, the first part of the episode hardly won me over.  In fact it had me thinking of the standard Simpsons episode configuration, wherein the entire first act is basically one long throw-away gag which only incidentally kicks the main plot into gear. 

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  • Futurama: "Attack of the Killer App"

    By MichaelP03 on 7/15/10 2:25pm
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    The release of the new eyePhone leads Bender and Fry to have a "Fastest to 1,000,000 followers" contest, with the loser suffering a fate infinitely worse than death (the winner gets $1, and no, that is not a typo). But Fry soon discovers that the only way he can win is if he reveals Leela's secret shame to the entire world. How will she survive the "Attack of the Killer App"? Episode 3 of the new Futurama revival has the answers, and plenty of jokes if you don't get everyone's fascination with everything i.

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