Epic Guide|Mostly Harmless

The announcement that Google has created a credit card payment system called Google Checkout to compete directly with EBay’s PayPal and the rest of the merchant account industry, is both good and bad news.  This opens up a bigger door to a number of legal responsibly in areas such as Contracts, E-Commerce Disputes, International Transactions, Ethics and Intellectual Property.

Google has always tried to be easy to use and confidential, so the first benefit is to have a system that is safer than using a credit card online. Google stores your credit card data and never gives it to the merchants, so your credit card is not directly used in transactions, which has been PayPal’s exclusive model over the past few years.  This is obviously attractive to buyers, because security is a big issue on the internet.  It also is good for sellers because Google is providing the transaction protection and fraud guarantees to the merchants.

The bad news is that Google is quickly becoming the world’s information giant, which will strongly test Ethics and Intellectual Property rights.  Not only does Google contain the best data mining tools and search ability, but they also store ALL the information they gather.  Google is rumored to have the largest grouping of servers in the world, not to server up web pages searches, but to actually store data, such as whole websites that have been cached, so much of the information found on the internet is actually being stored at Google server farms. Google will now have the ability to collect vast amounts of personal information directly from users, such as address, full names, and credit cards.  Traditionally all information that is in Google databases was collected from other websites, so personal data found on websites isn’t necessarily right or complete, it is only as good as it’s source.  The question must be asked who owns that data?  Does Google because they captured and stored it, or does the creator of that information?

Recently Google refused to turn over information the United States Attoney General about viewing habits of internet surfs in regards to child pornography.  So Google holds its information in high regard and will protect it for as long as possible.  However, once credit cards get tied into the transaction process, more attract against Google may come because of the simple fact that money is involved.

Google must be wary of the contractual agreements with its users.  Credit card information is highly regulated, so they will need to fulfill the government mandated agreements, meaning they may not be able to cross data with search data.  Google will be on the leading edge of the Internet E-Commerce Dispute law, they will need to be prepared to defend against lawsuits and lobby for proper laws and regulations.  They will be the testing ground of internet law.

Got Blog Spam?

We do, I delete atleast 10 spams off our blog every day, what is that all about?  I’m in the crowd that belives that spam is a waist of time, and that content will sell more gadgets than any 10000000 spams will.

Any one who comes to my site to spam will get smacked down.

I just took a look and it seems that I have been quiet for over a month.  That is because I havent been politically pumped lately.  Never fear, I just got a new book by John Stossel, I forgot the name, but it is a book that debunks american myths, such as outsourcing is bad and women earn less then men.  Crazy stuff.  Anyway, its pumping me up big time, so once Im done with this book, get ready for it.

I recently posted a note on some findings of Coke, saying it would just about ruin your body if you drank it.  Well, we put them to the test, and nothing happened, so I guess that means Cokes not to bad.  We videoed the whole thing, well add it to the site soon.
We put a leg of lamb in 2 quarts of coke for a week, nothing happened of any sugnificance.

We put a nail, and a toe nail into coke, not much happened, the toe nail was fine and so was the nail.  The coke with the nail in it was a bit cloudy.

The French 2 Franc had the most damage, it was actually tarnished, just like the french record of war.

Coke is tasty and coke is toxic.

My grandma likes to encourage our ongoing education, so she sends us books and clippings.  One recent one caught my attention, it was for Coke.  It wasn’t for me, it was for a cousin, who apparently drinks too much Coke.  I was blown away by what coke can do, it is very bad.  And since I own a blog, I thought I’d tell you about it.

• You can dissolve a T-bone stake in a bowl of coke in two days.
• Many cops use coke to clean blood off the highway.
• Coke can be used to clean your toilet.
• Coke removes rust spots form chrome
• Cleans corrosion from a car battery terminal.
• Coke loosens rusty bolts
• Removes grease from clothes
• Cleans road haze from your windshield.
• Cokes active ingredient is phosphoric acid, its pH is 2.8.
• Coke will dissolve a nail in four days
• Coke is used to clean the engines of coke delivery trucks

So, I have decided I will try to prove the following items, check back later.  If want to find out more about nutrition, I found the information on a newsletter from www.functionalnutrition.com

I thought this was a nice photo, what a pathetic person, ruling a country then hiding in a hole, he’s crazy.

Pastime is defined as, “An activity that occupies one’s spare time pleasantly.”  I think pleasantly is a nice word.  Pleasant is what a grandma is.  Pleasant is when you take a nap on a Sunday afternoon.

I think drinking a cold beer with friends is a nice pastime, it occupies free time, and it can be quite pleasant, especially if you’re not routing for the Bills or Clippers.

So it begs the question, what makes baseball a pastime, more importantly, America’s pastime?

Baseball can be considered is an activity, sometimes the players run, not too much to break a sweat. They definitely spit and scratch themselves, that’s a decent activity.  Baseball is only done in your spare time, not even real players would play baseball if it wasn’t during their spare time.  Watching baseball can be pleasant, especially on a nice evening with a beer.  I don’t think the players think its to pleasant, especially with drunk fans yelling at you, critiquing your play, telling you your lazy, telling you that you should have a * next to your name.

With what I can think of baseball, it’s a nice pastime, but what I can’t connect is the “America’s” part.  I think calling something “America’s” means that it’s the best, the greatest, the toughest, have the most heart, and provide some action.  Baseball really isn’t any of that.  Baseball is simple, fairly easy to play, and contains about 5% heart and 5% action.

That brings me to my next question, if baseball is easy, played by highly paid “designer” athletes, why the $#%@!!!! did my fantasy team go 1 for 38 tonight?  I mean, that’s more than a perfect game for the other team.  That is an infinitesimal .026 batting average.  That’s so small, I think a sperm is larger.  I have two #$%&@ complete games against me.  I’m losing 16 to 1, to a guy that’s batting .143!!!!!

Why oh why do normal sports fans like myself put up with fantasy baseball?  There isn’t anything you can really do in fantasy baseball to change the outcome.  Anything can happen, the odds prove it, there is no strategy, no thought, and absolutely no reason to give yourself a heart attack over. Baseball is alright, but fantasy baseball sucks.

When asked, “joining our league?” I thought, “I waste too much time watching my scores, and I don’t even win.” But my friend said, “we’ve got to beat my brother“, so that sealed the deal, I was in!  So now I think, this is just like the time I retired from bowling, because it’s a dumb game and definitely not a sport.  So I’ve had all I can take, I’m retiring!!!! I sticking to just the gridiron, America’s true pastime, where the bad asses kick a little ass, and it happens to go well with beer.

I have done posts on the mech warriors of the future.  Now I am doing a post on the rock em’ sock em’ robots of the future.  This is a video of actual remote control robots that wrestle each other.  It blows me away at how moble they are.  Click here to watch Video.

Today is the day that all the Illegal Aliens in America are going to boycott work in an attempt to display their importance to the American economy. While I doubt that it will hurt our economy, unless it turns into a riot, I am writing this because I am tired of being quite and letting criminals tell us how to run our country. I encourage you to take 5 minutes out of your day to also write to your senators and representative, you can simply copy and paste this message into an email. If you don’t know their email, here is a link to a Congressional Email Directory.

Dear Senator/Congressman,

I am an American, I vote. Right now, there are millions of people who snuck into our country and are demanding we pander to them. They do not pay taxes, they do not want to be a part of American culture and they funnel our money into Mexico. Yet they want the same benefits that Americans receive. They form gangs, make up a huge percentage of federal inmates, and have been transforming the south into an enormous barrio. They leave Mexico because it is so horrible, yet they wave Mexican flags at their protests. They even have the gull to change our National Anthem to incorporate themselves.

I have grown tired of this situation. Two thirds of the 12 million illegal immigrants have arrived here in the past ten years. Yet, Instead of building a wall, there are now discussions of allowing amnesty. I will not support amnesty of any kind. I do not believe in rewarding the criminals who have been breaking the law the longest. As for worker permits, I believe we already have a guest-worker program called “green cards”. I am in support of legal Immigration and I am in support of enforcing the laws that have not been enforced; the laws that American citizens, like the minute men, are forced to enforce because our government is too impotent, even in these post-9-11 days. Therefore, I will make a deal with you. Unlike these illegal immigrants, I vote. I will monitor your voting record. If you vote for any amnesty legislation, of any kind, you will lose my support and you will never receive another vote from me ever again.

Thank you for your time,
An American Citizen

I just went to see the movie United 93.  Many people are saying that it is too soon for a movie about 9-11.  But after seeing this movie, I believe it is a necessary reminder.  I remember 9-11.  I remember the anger and sadness that I felt.  I remember the immediate patriotism.  I remember the stickers on the back of cars that said “we will never forget.”  But sadly, after 5 years, we have already forgotten.  This movie reminds you of what really happened and the evil of terrorism.

This movie was the most intense movie I have ever seen; in fact I would even venture to say that it isn’t a movie to see for entertainment.  It is a movie to see for patriotism.  Hell, a movie to see in the name of humanity.   Throughout the movie, no one spoke at all.  When I looked around, all I saw were tears.  When it was over, I was in a cold sweat and the entire theater was as quite as a funeral precession.  That is the impact it had.

The Truth is, it reminds you of what happened.  A group of terrorists murdered Americans.  THEY ATTACKED US.  Why?  Because they think that the Crusades are still going on.  But instead of the Christians attacking the Muslim world.  It is a militant Islamic sect that is attacking the Western world.  We support Israel, so they murder innocent civilians.  We don’t believe in oppressing women and making them cover their entire body, so they think we are immoral infidels who let our women dress like whores.  We are different than them, so they hate us.  THEY STARTED THIS WAR, and like it or not, we, as Westerners, are stuck in it. Next time I see an anti-war protest, I’m going to ask them if they saw this movie.  It is your obligation as an American to see this.