Do you use Kazaa?

Well, in addition to the non-removable Cydoor adware/spyware (it can be bypassed, but needs third-party files--Ad-Aware's removal of it will disable Kazaa), there's Brilliant Digital's software that reserves the right to use your unused CPU time and storage space for distributed computing, or whatever else they want. I checked Kazaa's EULA, and verified this:

(b) You hereby grant BDE the right to access and use the unused computing power and storage space on your computer/s and/or internet access or bandwidth for the aggregation of content and use in distributed computing. The user acknowledges and authorizes this use without the right of compensation. Notwithstanding the above, in the event usage of your computer is initiated by a party other than you, BDE will grant you the ability to deny access.

The article about it is here, and it isn't an April Fool's joke:
Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa

On the other hand..

I still use Kazaa. As I mentioned in a comment to my last post, it's by far the most effective at a) connecting to its network, b) staying connected, c) finding files, and d) getting them quickly. Morpheus, AudioGalaxy, Bearshare, and eDonkey2000 (on their respective networks) just don't compare for all of the above points.
It's a tradeoff, I suppose..

Love mail servers sometimes.

I've sent plenty of email today, all delivered in a timely fashion.
I also cc'ed myself on a piece of mail that I sent at 11:39, and it got here at 3:17.

In other news, there's a whole slew of fire/rescue vehicles over on Fall Creek drive.. guess I won't go that way to get to Wegs.

That rescue equipment?

Yeah, it's still there. multiple fire, ambulance, police, health&safety vehicles, the suspension bridge and surrounding grounds are cordoned off, Stan says he saw a rapelling crew.. can't be good.

I just don't get it..

In a recent CNN.com QuickVote, 11% of respondents (1,969 of 18,038) answered Yes to the question "Would exiling Yasser Arafat resolve the crisis in the Middle East?"?
Are people that blind?
At least a solid majority thinks that having the U.S. go intervene won't help anything..

Heh.. I should know myself better.

My decision to go to lecture (knew it would be boring, knew I could skip at no penalty) was based on the assumption that I would get as much work done on my upcoming group presentation at the lecture as at home.

I was right. I got no work done at the lecture, and would likely have gotten no work done at home, either. :)
(And the lecture wasn't -that- bad. Just not my cup of tea. And I didn't even get any tea, because I was late! Missed the free food/drinks. :P)