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06/27/2005 13:04 #32060

Trying to find emilie
Category: friends
Yesterday night, I was walking home from the Artvoice Music festival when I saw that a friend of mine from France had signed on. We hadn't talked in a long time so I sent her an IM. She prompty said "Der Schiff ist in dem Wasser" and then signed off. That mean sthe ship is in the water, although it may be some idiom I cannot locate the definition of.

Anyways, so she signs off an dlike ten minutes later some other person signs on and starts IMing me in german but makes no sense. I ask them if they are "auf Drogen" and they reply I am not a dragon. they also tell me that EMilie is now a man. If figured it couldn't be write and so when they signed on again I tried in English. Still no real sucess locating her.

paulSideKick: hallo
paulSideKick: wie kennst du emilie?
FSAS725 returned at 12:53:39 PM.
FSAS725: ja
paulSideKick: do you speak better english than german
paulSideKick: ?
FSAS725: ENGLISH!!!
FSAS725: YAY!
FSAS725: im TRYING to teach myself the BASICS of german
paulSideKick: oh
FSAS725: but you're like a german-speaking type person
paulSideKick: i speak english better
paulSideKick: so how do you know emilie
FSAS725: ooooh
FSAS725: lmao
FSAS725: OKAY
FSAS725: shes my friend
paulSideKick: do you guys go to school together
paulSideKick: ?
FSAS725: yeah
paulSideKick: at first I thought you were a crazy german
paulSideKick: I aske dyou if you werew on drugs
paulSideKick: and you repsonded
FSAS725: REALLY?!!?
paulSideKick: i"i am not a dragon"
paulSideKick: lol
FSAS725: lmfao
FSAS725: yeah
FSAS725: i thought you were asking me if i was a dragon
paulSideKick: i was like, okay
paulSideKick: no
paulSideKick: Drogen are drugs
FSAS725: ooh
paulSideKick: haha
paulSideKick: so were are you at
FSAS725: well i can't find that in any german books, lol
FSAS725: im in the USA
paulSideKick: is emilie in the USA
paulSideKick: ?
paulSideKick: with you
FSAS725: yep
paulSideKick: where
paulSideKick: ?
paulSideKick: I though she was moving to canada
FSAS725: yeah she is
paulSideKick: is she at school or traveling
paulSideKick: that is so crazy
paulSideKick: emilie and I went to school togther in Germany
paulSideKick: in 2001
FSAS725: rrrrrrrly?
FSAS725: i mean really?
paulSideKick: ya
paulSideKick: how do you know her?
FSAS725: shes my friend from school
paulSideKick: whre did you guys go to school togtehr
paulSideKick: ?
paulSideKick: in france
paulSideKick: or romania
FSAS725: im not french
paulSideKick: or here in the USA
FSAS725: or italian
paulSideKick: I am american
paulSideKick: I live in buffalo now
FSAS725: aweosme
FSAS725: i am british
FSAS725: but i live in the usa
paulSideKick: so yesterday you also said emilie is a man now
paulSideKick: but I assume that was also a mistranslation
paulSideKick: ?
FSAS725: uhhh yeah
FSAS725: i was just sitting there with my 'german through pictures: book 1' and trying to find some words you were using
paulSideKick: haha
paulSideKick: that is so funny
paulSideKick: I totally though you were crazy
FSAS725: haha, niiice
FSAS725: most people do
FSAS725: lol
paulSideKick: where is emilie at in the USA
paulSideKick: I would love to see her
FSAS725: shes in texas on vacation
FSAS725: shes a professional cowboy
paulSideKick: really
paulSideKick: ?
FSAS725: yeah
paulSideKick: how did she start being a cowboy
FSAS725: well, when she used to live in texas she was kidnapped one night by red indians and they bought her to this place and held her there for like 7 months and she learned the ways of the thingy and she got into it..but when they found her she moved and goes back there once in a while because shes so good
paulSideKick: haha
paulSideKick: you are crazy after all
FSAS7
25: wee wee
FSAS725: but its TRUE
FSAS725: so where did you and emilie go to school
paulSideKick: in JEna
FSAS725: where?
paulSideKick: Jena
paulSideKick: it is a city south of dresden
FSAS725: wee wee
FSAS725: cooly

06/28/2005 19:07 #32059

Grokster and the Ten Commandments
Category: religion
What is this going to mean for P2P technology such as (e:shawnr) 's blogtorrent. Also what about tape decks and CD burners. Are they the next to go?

Technology for trading files on the Internet unanimously condemned by U.S. Supreme Court.

Online peer-to-peer networks can be held liable for users' illegal file trading, said the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

The Court ruled unanimously against Grokster, upholding a Hollywood coalition's allegation that software developers violate federal law when they provide the means to share copyrighted music and movies.

"We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by the clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties," Justice David H. Souter wrote for the court.Quoted from: RED HERRING | Grokster Loses =Grokster Loses &sector=Industries&subsector=EntertainmentAndMedia



This is even crazier. What context is "part of a broader display of historical symbols?" I wonder what woul dhappen if we pushed to get lots of islamic symbols display as parts of historical symbol art projects on federal land. Someone really needs to test this.

Ten Commandments Display Allowed by U.S. High Court (Update3)

June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Governments can post the Ten Commandments on public property as part of a broader display of historical symbols, as long as officials aren't aiming to promote religion, the U.S. Supreme Court said.Quoted from: Bloomberg.com: U.S.



paul - 06/28/05 19:07
Jason, I just am absolutely sure that the justices had no intention of being inclusive about other religious beliefs.
jason - 06/27/05 11:59
Ah, it is interesting you bring up Islam. I haven't talked to you about this yet but I have recently read the Qu'ran (or about 3/4 of it anyway). There are many repeating themes, and constant references to Moses's law (the commandments). So although the secular left here often says that the commandments represent the US trying to impose Christianity on the nation, really the commandments are to be followed by Jews, Christians as well as Muslims. I doubt this makes you feel any better about it, hehe.
jason - 06/27/05 11:31
I often say that law is only loosely tied to morality. I don't know anything about Grokster but there are copyright laws here (for better or worse). Really the music companies could solve this problem themselves by pricing CD's reasonably and by refusing to promote and sell absolute SHIT. Of course we know that won't happen. This breaks my heart. I feel like I should have existed as an adult in the 70's.

06/26/2005 22:23 #32057

Artvoice Festival
Category: artvoice
It is pretty crowded for 91 degrees but it is nice that there is much more space than thursday in the square, so it is easy to walk around.
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06/26/2005 12:44 #32056

Live from the boat
It is so freakin' hot out. Strangely enough, my cell phone didn't work in OlcoStt the town where we launched but it works perfectly well in the middle of the lake.

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Here is (e:terry) braving the wind. It is freakin' choppy out.

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jason - 06/26/05 12:44
who's that chick in the bottom pic?

06/27/2005 11:32 #32058

Alison Pipitone
Category: artvoice
Alison Pipitone -

To me she was by far the finest singer at the artvoice music. She is so freakin' hot. I was watching them whiel hanging out with (e:drchlorine) for a second and then he realized he had some unfinished busineess with the drummer and had to leave.

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I spent most of the day hanging out with Bekah. Being with her made my day. She is truly one of the nicest people I know and I always feel comfortable talking to her no matter how little we see each other. I also got to meet lots of other people and even saw this kid who was in my gym class in high school. He is going to Glacier National Park to work for a bit. I am mega jealous of him, that he gets to go Northwest.

Bekah never knew I datd Chris back in the day. I wonder if it was a secret for the rest of the world.
jason - 06/27/05 11:32
WOW is she ever beautiful. I'm in love.