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Boys Anti Tank Rifle

March 11, 2008March 11, 2008 by Dan from Madison

As I have aged I began to notice that the books I have been reading about World War 2 had begun to bore me. Most that I was reading were about the massive operations that everyone knows about such as Barbarossa or Market Garden or the campaigns in the Pacific. A few notable exceptions were the Morison Set (that I think I may re-read this year) and works by Eric Bergerud such as Fire in the Sky and Touched with Fire. There were a few other highlights, but for the most part I was getting bored with the topic. Then I decided to take a deeper dive into smaller events, personalities, and items associated with WW2.

Hypocrite and Thief No Longer

March 8, 2008 by Dan from Madison

My posts on intellectual property here and here generated many interesting comments. I have more to add to this discussion, and have come to some realizations and conclusions – but am left with even more questions.

In the “Hypocrite” post, what I did was clearly wrong. To review, what I did was watch a recently aired pay per view event on a website that I found that was hosting a video of the event. I didn’t email the site owner to see if he had a permission from the owners of the content to air the video, but it is virtually certain that he did not. What I did there was wrong, illegal, and unethical. I won’t do it again. Which means that I won’t be watching UFC events until they come out for free on cable. The price is just too steep for me.

Stealing Again?

March 5, 2008 by Dan from Madison

I was very happy with the thoughtful comments (that are still ongoing) to my post of a few days ago called Hypocrite?. I have another one now for the readers.

Airing now on a newtork called AXN is a show called Contender Asia.

Hypocrite?

March 3, 2008 by Dan from Madison

In the past I have been known to tell people who “share” music online that they are thieves. Not as if they are doing anything worth throwing them in jail for – don’t get me wrong there. But the fact that people who share files that happen to be copyrighted music to me smells like stealing. In other words, the product is being taken and used, and no royalty paid.

RIP William F. Buckley

February 27, 2008 by Dan from Madison

I just heard the sad news. Growing up I really didn’t know much about him, what he did or who he was, mostly getting my images of him from Saturday Night Live skits and other slapstic routines that made fun of his demeanor. The last few years I have take a pretty good dive into some of his books and am very glad I did. Thank you William for a life well lived.