Why do we need new laws like SOPA / PIPA when DMCA seems to be working fine?

A day after the internet blackout in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and it's senate twin Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA); A federal indictment accused Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders at least $500 million in lost revenue. According to ABC News.

Sunday, I took my son out to the range for a bit of father-son bonding and sending lead down range. Aaron did really good with his first 10 rounds, getting 2 within the 10-ring at 7 yards.

Below is a video of him shooting.

There are more pictures from the day if you "read more"

This morning when I logged into my workstation, I found that one of my putty sessions to my AWS server had gone "inactive", I looked at the content of what was on the screen and I saw:

Broadcast message from root@ip-10-166-###-###
        (unknown) at 10:08 ...

The system is going down for reboot NOW!
Control-Alt-Delete pressed

I recently picked up a GoPro video camera, so I'm going to be putting up some new videos on YouTube...

Here are a couple of videos I shot when driving home on Wednesday

Martin McKeay has an article Write to learn, learn to progress where he talks about his history of blogging and how it has helped his career, this is a very good post with many good points. I've halfheartedly been blogging since 2004 and one thing I've realized is in order to be a good blogger and get "followers" you need to read other peoples blogs and contribute to ongoing "conversations".

This is a presentation I did for my "Language and Communication: Presentation". For my research project I wanted to determine, based on pollution from the generation of electricity if an electric vehicle was any more environmentally friendly than a comparable gasoline engine.

With current power generation techniques in the US, it's not.

Electric Vehicles are not "Green"

Edward Frye

Western Governors University

October 26, 2011

Electric Vehicles are not "Green"

Over the last several years there has been much advancement in the automotive industry around hybrid technology as well as electric vehicles (EVs). There is also a lot of hype in the media around being "Green" or environment friendly. However, research shows that the production and operation of a pure electric car is no better to the environment and produces roughly the same greenhouse gasses as a traditional petroleum powered passenger car; this is because the majority of electricity needed to power an electric car is produced by burning fossil fuels; transmission and storage of electricity for electric cars is inefficient; and the materials used to store electricity for these cars must be mined, refined and shipped before they can be turned into batteries.

Choosing a College Degree Program for Non-Academics

and IT Professionals that don't "Pass Paper"

Edward Frye

Western Governors University

Today my courses opened at Western Governor's University. The first course is designed to take up to 15 days and must be completed within 20 days. So far, I have completed all activities for the first class and can't begin my second class until I speak with my student mentor.

I can review the course requirements, what will be "learned" in a particular class, but I can't actually begin the material until it has been opened.

I was actually still awake at 1AM this morning because I wanted to get started, but alas, it was not available.

So over the last several days, I have seen many posting regarding animal cruelty, picking rescues over buying. Issues with blaming the breeder/owner rather than the breed such as this article,

Why We Do What We Do

A Letter from a Shelter Manager - anonymous in North Carolina

OR this picture