20070525

NO MORE SCHOOL!

Thursday was the last day of the school year (and, since I'm going to a new school next year, my last day enrolled). I left early (last Friday was my last day) to go to te beach. I've borrowed a laptop here. Next week I'll be in Orlando and for another week or two after that I'll be in S. FL. I will probably not have access o the [Ii]nternet while I'm not home, so don't expect anything. :)

20070502

SPREAD THIS NUMBER

09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

It is, apparently, an irrevocable HD-DVD key.

20070417

Virginia Tech massacre information

I've posted an infodoc about the Virginia Tech massacre. I'll post my "what morons" bi separately.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgbqrr64_79f46j77

It's under the same license as the rest of the blog.

20070415

Hurricane Drill from Hell

Today, we had
*Wind
*Two power outages (#2 ~10 minutes after #1)

The HDfH

20070327

No internet

I haven't had internet access since the 20th. I havee been able to get on a library computer twice since then (including today). If I get a spare hard drive, I can get online. SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME AN OLD HARD DRIVE. I WON'T UPDATE MUCH UNTIL THEN!

Until then, don't tell me to get a life. I have one, it (as you can see) sucks, so I don't use it. So there.

Update: I have a new system, so I can at least get online. All of my old files are gone, though. HARD DRIVE TRANSFER TIME!

20070223

POST DELETED

This post has been deleted. The main point of it was "don't use a nickname on Citizendium. I also complained about being banned for doing so. A lot.

I was not forced to remove this posting, but decided that (after clarifications from CZ) I should just warn people of the possibility of banning.

20070201

A brief explaination of Creative Commons licenses.

Creative Commons licensing primarily is a choice of freedoms and conditions. There are also a few additional licenses.

The freedoms are share and remix. Share (by) allows people to copy your work with no modifications. Remix allows people to distribute modifed copies of your work. Remix must be specifically denied (nd).

The conditions are Non-commericial (nc) and Share-alike (sa). Non-commercial prevents people from selling your work. Share-alike is only available when remixing is allowed. It requires people who change your work to distribute their new work with the same license you used.

The possible main licenses are:
by
by nc
by nc sa
by nc nd
by nd
by sa

There are also special licenses. The"sampling" license, which only allows derivitive works to be reproduced, not the original. The "public domain dedication" license, which places the work in to public domain. The "developing nations" license, which is essentialy a "by" license, but with only give these freedoms to those residing in nations not defined as "high income" by the world bank. The "founder's copyright" license, which shortens the copyright (with all rights reserved, as normal) to 14 years, with the option of a 14 year extension (totaling 28 years). Creative Commons also offers "commons deeds", the simplified form of licenses, for the GNU GPL/LGPL.

The Creative Commons licenses are non-exclusive. The author retains all rights to license work under other licenses. The rights given cannot be revoked. It is permissible to remove the license, but those already using the work keep all rights given by the license until they violate it. The licenses do not infringe on fair use and other rights.