Paul's Journal

06/12/2011 03:07 #54480

Dancing at the cosmopolitan on genesee
Category: music

Went dancing at the cosmopolitan on genesee. It was awesome again. I think this might be the first time I was in a place with a real candle lit chandelier.

I had a lot of fun dancing to perceptor and sweated up a storm. This time we took the cherry bridge there but genessee to Michigan walking home. It seemed pretty safe both ways.

The art was much more expensive this time. One painting was $7000. It was pretty cool but $7000 is $7000.

metalpeter - 06/12/11 09:40
The Guy with the sign I hate to say it is kinda right.... As long as we take any side on the Israel stuff we make enemies all over the middle east.... Sadam was our buddy our pal and then he went into Kuwait and all of a sudden this evil guy became our Enemy.... Bin Laden's Family was in the Oil Business with Bush's family and not sure what went wrong.... The Middle east with Oil and God and different secs of the same faith as long as we have an army any place over there we grow the seeds of hate for us........

heidi - 06/12/11 03:23
What is the name of the white monster? (Gossamer is the name of the red monster.)

06/11/2011 14:15 #54477

Finally a metal free dentist
Category: health

I was starting to think I was crazy.

lilho - 06/12/11 12:31
i haven't had any dentist try to use metal in my mouth since i was about 7 years old...

tinypliny - 06/11/11 19:51
I hope I didn't encourage that thought... ;-)

06/10/2011 17:58 #54467

vapor terry
Category: thursday

Not sure what's going on in this pic.

tinypliny - 06/11/11 19:51
(e:Terry) is summoning the spirits of Buffalo?

06/10/2011 17:55 #54466

spam ! = ham
Category: food

I was at north campus today and decided to go hit up the Korean restaurant for some kimbob. While there I saw a sign with a picture of "Ham sushi" considering I like the kimbob which is already practically Ham sushi I thought I would giver it as try. What camera out was not a little slice of hamsteak but a chunk of spam.

This is honestly even worse the the crab -> krab

tinypliny - 06/11/11 19:54
I always wondered what Spam was. I just looked it up at wikipedia. Um. ew.

libertad - 06/10/11 23:56
oh that was mike not libertad who left that comment

libertad - 06/10/11 23:55
insane. call it what it is people spam is not ham and krab is not crab . They are all good in their own right but don't try and be tricky!

paul - 06/10/11 19:47
According to the wiki article :::link::: "United States President Barack Obama, who was born and raised in Hawaii[1], is a noted fan of spam musubi"

jbeatty - 06/10/11 18:36
Mmm Musabi! They love that in Hawaii. Every now and again Mike at SeaBar will make it. It's not really for me either. But people really do love it.

06/10/2011 09:59 #54465

Great Analogy
Category: web

copyright infringement != theft
Theft occurs when one deprives the owner of the original.

Taking a picture of art in a museum can be considered copyright infringement, but it is certainly not the same thing as thieving the original.

tinypliny - 06/11/11 19:55
Copyright is such a spade of tripe.

metalpeter - 06/10/11 16:48
That is Great....

Copyrights with the internet is so complex really.... For example lets say an artist posts his work in a way he isn't selling it but says you can buy it...Now I like that art and hit the share button or I click on that picture and download it... Well is either or both of those copyright infringement..... (think Facebook)

Here is another example what he could have done is posted the work on Deviant Art or some other artwork site.... There you can set up art so if you right click to download it won't let you..... Some artists set up the page so you can share art you like and some you can't post it to other blog sites like myspace and facebook..... So by not doing it this way are you doing so because you are willing to share your art?

So things on the internet get pretty tricky.....

What about taking art and altering it.... This is what AP was suing the artist (yes they came out with a website that I used to make my current user photo aka AVATAR) who did the Obama poster... They claimed that since their photo was used it was infringement the artist claimed no I used my talent (maybe just a computer program who knows) and I altered the photo so this is owned by me.... I wanted to write a post about this but wound up covering it here. The Question I had is what about Tattoos ... There are people who get famous art inked on them if it is the exact same is that infringement if so how much do they have to change... What if it is just based on that but still looks like it........