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Today's News


July 19, 2003

Welcome to Starfly's News Service, SNS, your source for the news that I think is interesting!

Today's Top Story
Singin Poor because of the RIAA
- The music industry has started their mmmarch to war against Internet File-sharing. The have won 871 subpoenas to get names and addresses on File-sharers. They can come through your ISP and check to see if you have illegal files. I guess this is going to be the end of File-sharing for a while. At least until the technology outruns the RIAA again. Its happening already, with a few File-sharing programs already coming up with blocks on the RIAA browsers and other protections. I tend to agree with both sides of this battle, as it really isn't right about the file-sharing (though I'm guilty as heck of it), but there is also something rather nasty about people being able to scan through your computer at their will. So basically, its two wrongs trying to make a right and its all for Greeeeeeed. Greed on both sides, the RIAA wants money and the File-shares don't want to spend that money. So, we can only sit back and watch the chips fall where they may. I'll hedge my bets and hide my files.
Source - Fox News On-line

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Other Pieces of News
"Meow" means "I have come to take your brain."
- Those crazy Japanesse. Apparently in JJJapan, there is nothing better to do than make pointless little gadgets...like their newest one, a device that supposedly translates what cats are talking about with all that meowing. Maybe now we'll find out the Meow Mix song is "I HATE THIS FOOD, I HATE THIS FOOD". Oddly enough, this translator will only be about $74 on the American markets...so expect every stupid person to have one! Add for those that will soon get this device, "Mew meow mew mew meeeeow, meow meow."
Source - AOL News

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Yet more X-men 3 news
- Yessah, Bryan Singer, the man that heelllmed the first two X-men movies, is helming the third one. That means he's directing it. What does this mean for the movie? I have no clue... Hopefully it means Nightcrawler will continue to rock!
Source - Dark Horizons

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One Step Closer to going British
- Ever watch CSPAN when they're showingg the British House of Commons? How those lovable limeys like to taunt and insult and curse one another? Well, today our good ol' Congress boys took a step in that direction. It was even the House of Representatives. The terms "fruitcake" and "wimp" were tossed out. Just think, in a few years they'll be spitting booze at each other and cursing loudly.
Source - AOL News

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A short update for this round. I looked and looked, but this is the only stuff that really entertained me...and thats what this is all about right? My entertainment.

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