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		<title>This Whole Facebook Ownership Thing</title>
		<link>http://www.davidpbrown.net/2009/02/19/this-whole-facebook-ownership-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone was up in arms over Facebook&#8217;s change in ToS which stated they owned (forever) any content posted to their site. I don&#8217;t see the big deal. It&#8217;s their servers. Users do not pay one cent to use the Facebook service. They have to make money somehow and if you don&#8217;t want them to cash [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone was up in arms over Facebook&#8217;s change in ToS which stated they owned (forever) any content posted to their site.  I don&#8217;t see the big deal.  It&#8217;s their servers.  Users do not pay one cent to use the Facebook service.  They have to make money somehow and if you don&#8217;t want them to cash in on your pictures, comments, etc then don&#8217;t post it.  It&#8217;s that simple.</p>
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		<title>Gattica</title>
		<link>http://www.davidpbrown.net/2008/05/02/gattica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 12:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I saw the movie Gattica I thought its vision of the future was the most realistic. This legislation brings us one step closer to that prophecy. If you haven&#8217;t seen the movie, check it out. Really good / scary.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever since I saw the movie Gattica I thought its vision of the future was the most realistic.  <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0139965520080501?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews">This legislation</a> brings us one step closer to that prophecy.</p>
<p>If you haven&#8217;t seen the movie, check it out.  Really good / scary.</p>
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		<title>Quitter</title>
		<link>http://www.davidpbrown.net/2007/12/12/quitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Absolute. Fucking. Worthless. Piece of shit.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/falcons/stories/2007/12/11/falcons_1212.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab">Absolute.  Fucking.  Worthless.  Piece of shit.</a></p>
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		<title>More ComCast Hating</title>
		<link>http://www.davidpbrown.net/2007/11/26/more-comcast-hating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I&#8217;m on a roll with posts about how crappy ComCast is, I thought I would share with you this little gem I came across today. engadget is covering a report that ComCast has sent The NFL Network a &#8216;cease and desist&#8217; letter in regards to the website iwantnflnetwork.com which encourages people to switch to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since I&#8217;m on a roll with posts about how crappy ComCast is, I thought I would share with you <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/21/comcast-to-nfl-network-stop-coaxing-customers-away-or-else/">this little gem</a> I came across today.  <a href="http://engadget.com">engadget </a>is covering a report that ComCast has sent The NFL Network a &#8216;cease and desist&#8217; letter in regards to the  website <a href="http://iwantnflnetwork.com">iwantnflnetwork.com</a> which encourages people to switch to a provider that offers the channel.</p>
<p>Dear ComCast,</p>
<p>Instead of threatening a TV network which has programming so good that people are willing to change providers, why not spend your efforts, money, and resources on providing the channel?  It would be great if you would offer that channel in HD as well (DirecTV does).</p>
<p>Your regrettable customer,<br />
David P Brown</p>
<p>PS.  You really suck.</p>
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		<title>Brainy Smurf</title>
		<link>http://www.davidpbrown.net/2007/08/01/brainy-smurf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article: Intercourse and Intelligence To paraphrase: Blah blah blah&#8230; scientific study stuff&#8230; blah blah blah&#8230; fancy numbers&#8230; blah blah blah&#8230; the more intelligent someone is, the less likely they are to have sex&#8230; blah. Hmm&#8230; I must be the smartest person ever.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Article: <a href="http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/04/intercourse-and-intelligence.php">Intercourse and Intelligence</a></p>
<p>To paraphrase: Blah blah blah&#8230; scientific study stuff&#8230; blah blah blah&#8230; fancy numbers&#8230; blah blah blah&#8230; the more intelligent someone is, the less likely they are to have sex&#8230; blah.</p>
<p>Hmm&#8230; I must be the smartest person ever.</p>
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		<title>Why is the term &#8220;Boycott&#8221; not Sexist?</title>
		<link>http://www.davidpbrown.net/2007/07/31/why-is-the-term-boycott-not-sexist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone panic! The liberals intend to boycott the sponsors of Fox News Channel! Gasp! Me, worried? Nah&#8230; As if liberals can afford the products marketed to Republicans anyways. After all, the Democrats have been telling us for years that Republicans are nothing more than sniveling rich cry-babies. Good luck dumbasses&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone panic!  The liberals <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291246,00.html">intend to boycott</a> the sponsors of Fox News Channel!</p>
<p>Gasp!</p>
<p>Me, worried?  Nah&#8230; As if liberals can afford the products marketed to Republicans anyways.  After all, the Democrats have been telling us for years that Republicans are nothing more than sniveling rich cry-babies.  Good luck dumbasses&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Michael Vick?  Case Closed.  Already?</title>
		<link>http://www.davidpbrown.net/2007/07/27/michael-vick-case-closed-already/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Vick has been tried and convicted, in the court of public opinion that is. From the moment the federal grand jury sent down the indictment, people all over the country (world?) have been bitching about how vile and disgusting a person he is. They&#8217;ve asked the Falcons and/or NFL to fire him. They&#8217;ve burned [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michael Vick has been tried and convicted, in the court of public opinion that is.  From the moment the federal grand jury sent down the indictment, people all over the country (world?) have been bitching about how vile and disgusting a person he is.  They&#8217;ve asked the Falcons and/or NFL to fire him.  They&#8217;ve burned his jersey in effigy.  They&#8217;ve organized protests against him.  They&#8217;ve down all they could to demonize this guy.  </p>
<p>One small problem with that&#8230; he&#8217;s yet to be convicted of any crime.  As of right now, all we have are allegations.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, they&#8217;re pretty substantial allegations and personally I think he&#8217;s guilty of something.  Either he knew about the dog fighting or he was an active participant.  Either way, I feel he&#8217;s probably going to be found guilty on some level.  The difference with my thought process and that of others is, I&#8217;m holding my final judgement until the ruling comes down.</p>
<p>Am I overly buying into the &#8216;innocent until proven guilty&#8217; thing?  Maybe.  But at the same time I don&#8217;t like looking stupid.  If Vick is found innocent and I was bashing him all the while, well then, I would think I looked pretty damn stupid.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s how I feel about all these nimrods out there now asking for his head on a silver platter.  These people are too fucking ignorant to actually understand what&#8217;s going on.  They&#8217;re too fucking ignorant to understand the legal system.  To me, this is just another example of how pathetic we have become as a society.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a dog lover, against dog fighting and Vick is found guilty, I&#8217;ll sit back and let you bash him until your blue in the face, but until then, sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up while the legal system does its job.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve got more to say on the subject of dog-fighting in general and maybe I&#8217;ll do that in a separate post.  Until then, this is all you get.</p>
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		<title>We The People?</title>
		<link>http://www.davidpbrown.net/2007/07/16/we-the-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress has a lower approval rating than the President yet, historically speaking, 95% of these politicians will be re-elected to office. What does this say about the voting base of our country? Who is really in charge here? It seems to me our democracy* is merely an illusion. * Republic]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congress has a <a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Congress_AP_Poll.html">lower approval rating</a> than the President yet, historically speaking, 95% of these politicians will be re-elected to office.  What does this say about the voting base of our country?  Who is really in charge here?  It seems to me our democracy* is merely an illusion.  </p>
<p><em>* Republic</em></p>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Get it On!</title>
		<link>http://www.davidpbrown.net/2007/06/12/lets-get-it-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can anyone have a problem with this? A proposal to create a bomb that makes enemy soldiers to put down their weapons and start porking one another? This is a recipe for success any way you slice it. The gay-haters get to laugh and ridicule the enemy soldiers for being &#8216;fags&#8217; while the hippies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How can anyone have a problem with <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281217,00.html">this?</a></p>
<p>A proposal to create a bomb that makes enemy soldiers to put down their weapons and start porking one another?  This is a recipe for success any way you slice it.  The gay-haters get to laugh and ridicule the enemy soldiers for being &#8216;fags&#8217; while the hippies can take pride in knowing we&#8217;re making love not war.  Righteous.</p>
<p>A question for the Defense Department&#8230; Any chance I can get a sample of this concoction?  I could see this coming in very handy for my own personal conquests.  I can only imagine it was some sexually inept person such as myself* that came up with this idea.  This dude needs a Nobel Prize&#8230; and to give me a call.</p>
<p><em>* Just kidding&#8230; I&#8217;m totally ept.</em></p>
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		<title>Whales</title>
		<link>http://www.davidpbrown.net/2007/05/22/whales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 02:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dpb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So a couple of whales have been making waves (pun intended) in the news over the past couple weeks. These stupid creatures have wandered up some water way near Sacramento and people are freaking out. I guess they&#8217;re afraid the whales will &#8211; God forbid &#8211; die. Reality check. Animals die. Whales are animals. Whales [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So a couple of whales have been making waves (pun intended) in the news over the past couple weeks.  These stupid creatures have wandered up some water way near Sacramento and people are freaking out.  I guess they&#8217;re afraid the whales will &#8211; God forbid &#8211; die.  Reality check.  Animals die.   Whales are animals.  Whales die.  This just begs the question, what makes the lives of these two whales so precious that humans must stop everything to save them?  These overgrown tuna sandwiches are  obviously pretty stupid for getting lost.  I mean, the freaking ocean makes up 75% of the world&#8217;s surface yet they get lost heading up some river?  Personally, this doesn&#8217;t sound like a life worth prolonging.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I&#8217;m not advocating the death of any animal (I&#8217;m really biting my tongue here) but seriously, how much of our time/money/taxes should be wasted on these two retarded whales?  Okay, so that may be harsh.  Let&#8217;s think of this from the whale&#8217;s perspective.</p>
<p>No, not the perspective of the retarded whale who got lost in a freaking ocean, I mean the other whales that are happily munching on plankton and sipping on daiquiris while enjoying the easy whale life.  These whales have it made.  All they do is swim around all day and enjoy oceanic life.  They don&#8217;t want to jeopardize this paradise.  They have a society to uphold after all.  Do you really think they want to ruin everything they&#8217;ve built by letting a bunch of dimwits in the DNA pool?  I seriously doubt it.  In fact, I bet the rest of the whale population is to blame for all this.  They probably coerced these two dumbasses up the Sacramento River by telling them their ball was up there or something  Hell&#8230; that&#8217;s how I get rid of my dumbass dog when he&#8217;s being annoying.</p>
<p>This is simply another sign of how mentally weak our society has become.  It doesn&#8217;t make sense to waste all the time, money, and resources on &#8220;rescuing&#8221; these two dumbass whales.  Animals die every day for stupid ass reasons.  Just check out Animal Planet.  You can always see an antelope being torn apart by a lion or something.  Why don&#8217;t we save that animal&#8217;s life?  Because animals are supposed to die.  It&#8217;s the whole (cue Elton John) circle of life.  So what, a couple of whales lost their way up the river.  Take a picture to show your kids the day you saw some dipshit whales swim off to their demise and go about your life.  It&#8217;s not our responsibility to save the lives of every dumbass creature on the planet.  Thicken up those artery walls and let nature take its course.</p>
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