Archive for the ‘Opinion and Rants’ Category
Ace Anderson
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Would you steal a car!? If it was as easy as downloading a movie, yeah.
There is a big difference between piracy and stealing. The biggest problem with piracy is how easy it is to do it. There is also relatively low risk of getting caught due to the high number ...
Posted in Opinion and Rants | 2 Thoughts »
Nick Bernard
Earlier today, our new staff writer Ace Anderson posted an article regarding fanatical Islam. My response follows.
There are a number of fanatics, in all religions. What about the "Army of God," the Christian group that condones the assassination of doctors who perform abortions? What about Catholic and Protestant fanatics in ...
Posted in Opinion and Rants | 3 Thoughts »
Chris Mendes
During this past weekend, I was taking my cousin from the Bahamas out on the town to see beautiful Miami, but we ran into some sneaky two-for-one "deals". Saturday, we went to Chilli's. Not the best place for a vegan like me, but the house salad was huge. We each ...
Posted in Life Lessons, Opinion and Rants | 1 Thought »
Nick Bernard
The Chinese government has revoked the visa of American gold medalist Joey Cheek, in response to Cheek's plans to travel to the Olympics to support Team Darfur, a group of Olympic competitors whose goal is to raise awareness about the genocide and violation of human rights taking place in the ...
Posted in News, Opinion and Rants | No Thoughts »
Chris Mendes
Textbook piracy, though not even closely as prevent as music and movies, has been around since PDFs were invented. The New York Times has recently discovered that it exists:
AFTER scanning his textbooks and making them available to anyone to download free, a contributor at the file-sharing site PirateBay.org composed a ...
Posted in News, Opinion and Rants | 2 Thoughts »
Louise Mendes
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
The news. Is it a source of information, or just a means of massive mind manipulation? When should we listen and when should we click the off button? Does it truly do the function it is meant to do: inform, and allow for a democratic society, or is it just ...
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Chris Mendes
The following is a guest post by webwork and Bowflex Home Fitness on the top 10 reasons why you should vote for John McCain in the upcoming election:
10. "Well, basically, it's a Google." --on how he's conducting his VP search, Richmond, Virginia, June 9, 2008
9. "We should be able to ...
Posted in Miscellious Fun, Opinion and Rants | 2 Thoughts »
