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So the US have finally got their way and closed allofmp3.com. For those of you who have been hiding under a rock for the last couple of years, allofmp3 is a Russian site that sells very cheap, none DRM‘d MP3s. This was great for consumers, but not great for the RIAA as Russian law allowed allofmp3 to only have to pay 15% in royalties.

As the xenophobic US Government doesn’t like anyone who isn’t a full paid-up, flag waving American they started to put pressure on the Russians to close the site, even though it was operating within Russian law.

What really annoys me is what gives the US the right to bully, invade and impose their laws on other countries. Just because the US doesn’t like something doesn’t mean it wrong, evil or funding terrorism!

Here’s my theory on the Internet. There are 3 (and only 3!) types of internet user. You are either 1) A Terrorist, 2) A Pedo or 3) A 14 year old girl. Just to prove it, here is the funniest FUD videos you’ll ever see.

Continuing my love/hate relationship with Tesco, I think they must have something against me! I’ve now found I can do the splits, providing I have a escalator and it’s been raining. I know it doesn’t look much, but it bloody hurt!

It did make me think; at what age do you get the pain threshold of a wet lettuce? I did this and much worse as a kid and I don’t remember it hurting.

Anyway, it would make me feel much better if everyone would suck air through their teeth and say “oooo”. Thank you and enjoy my pain.

The government have today published the new Police and Justice Act, which makes it an offense to “supply or offer to supply any article believing that it is likely to be used to commit, or to assist in the commission of, [a hacking offence]“. The word “article” is defined in the Act to include “any program or data held in electronic form”.

Great! So now we have a system where criminal hackers will carry on producing and using ‘hacking’ software such as nmap, nessus or hping2 but it will be a criminal offense for security industry to use them to test for vulnerabilities.

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We had a party last night, nothing huge just some friends over for a Chinese. Me and another of our friends we given the truly exciting job of going to Tescos to buy drinks.

So off we trot to Tesco. We get to the till with our 3 items, a bottle of Sprite, a bottle of coke and some alcohol and as the girl on the till is about 12 she needs to shout at the top of her lungs “ALLLCCAAAAHOOOLLLLL”. Supervisor walks over and asks us for ID. Now I’m nearly 30 and no-one’s asked me for ID in the last 10 year so I’m happy. However the friend I’m with (who’s 20) doesn’t have any ID.

“Sorry I can’t sell this to you?” says the Supervisor

“Why not?” I ask

“Cos you might be buying it for a minor” she indicates to my 20 year old friend stood next to me.

“So let me get this right, I’m not allowed to buy alcohol if I’m accompanied by someone who can’t prove they’re over 18 cos I might walk out the shop and give it to the next ASBO infested greasy teen I meet?”

“Yep”

“Right, I’m off to Morrisons!”

What makes this story more ridiculous is that we weren’t buying vodka or alchopops. No, we were buy a bottle of White Zinfandel! Yes the yobs round our way must get hammered each night on a couple bottle of rosé.