Beavers and Snow all around

The RIAA recently testified in front of the US Supreme Court during the Grokster Case. During the case RIAA said that ripping music(importing music from YOUR CD's to YOUR computer) was "perfectly lawful." Now it seems they have changed their tune and have taken the stance that ripping music to your computer and then to your MP3 player is illegal. That'll come as a shock to the millions of MP3 player owner that currently do this and for the most part do it with music they buy themselves. It seems like the RIAA will do whatever it takes to make even more money for the gigantic music labels at the cost of us the consumer. Most of us have converted to using legitimate music download services such as iTunes. I will admit that I will use limewire or such to download a rare track that I just can't get on iTunes. But that's a very rare occurance for the most part. I really doubt this is anything more than the RIAA putting this word out there in plans of doing something else. Kind of like when the FBI charges someone with 30 charges in order to get them to plea down to the 5 charges they wanted to charge them with in the first place. It just seems that when you buy something like a CD, you have the right to make backups of it if you want, and that includes putting it on a computer, MP3 player or another CD as long as it stays in your possession and not someone elses.

Went snowboarding today. God I love tightwad Tuesday up at Hoodoo. $16 to board today. It was actually really good considering they hadn't had snow for like 2 weeks and they had 4 days or so above freezing. So under the powder they got last night and today was ICE and more ICE. Wasn't too much fun off the runs. I had a blast anyway. Had to buy new goggles, no big deal though. My old ones were, well old!

I think it's funny that everyone is freaking out on Cheney for shooting his hunting partner. Accidents like that happen everyday and no one says anything. I actuality it's almost more the other guys fault for coming up behind them without saying anything. Especially when those quail scatter like they do. Give the guy a break, and I don't like Cheney at all. This wasn't really his fault. Lay off.

Ok, Flint is the funniest puppy I've seen. He's already 50 pounds but still thinks he's a lap dog. He'll just let you pick him up and he's content to sit there in your lap just like this. He'll even climb up in the recliner to lay on you. It's really quite funny to see.

I almost got an Xbox 360 yesterday, and am now happy I didn't. I heard that they're going to have a price drop on them when the PS3 comes out. So we'll see, it's not like I'm in a mad rush to get one even if I could get my hands on the one I want. I would of had to get the core system yesterday, and that's not really what I wanted. So I'll just save up for one and get it then!!! Not a big deal.
 

Well, the Steelers did it! And now the Seahawks whining begins. They claim they got jobbed by the refs, that's a load of crap. The simple fact is they missed 2 field goals, failed to complete drives in Pittsburgh territory and had terrible clock management/coaching. Holmgren is a great coached, but he got out-coached during that game. Seattle has a great chance of returning to the Superbowl next year, Pittsburgh doesn't. They have a tough schedule next year.

I'm just happy as a clam though. Steelers are World Champs...nuff said.

So I'm a huge minority here in Oregon being a Steeler fan. I had a friend get all defensive because I wouldn't bet on the game. I just feel that makes the game too stressful and I get all worked up about it when I bet on it. So I just don't do it. I just like to enjoy the game. It's not that I don't like the Seahawks either, so it'll be cool if they win. It's just hard to have faith in a team that hasn't had a playoff win coming into this season for something like 20 years. I still think the fact that it's probably Jerome Bettis' last game and in his hometown will play huge for the Steelers. Bill Cowher has proved in 3 games this year he can coach the big game too. I don't think he'll let the players down. It'll be a good game regardless.

I think I'm really tired because I didn't ever realize it was really friday till I got home sheesh! I watched part of the State of the Union speech last night(I tivo'd it). The guy really needs a speech coach. Or he needs to fire his current one. He just sounds dumb. Maybe it's just that I don't like much about him, or his agenda.

I really want to get a new ipod, but that'll come in a couple years. Mine works just fine, it's just not color. One thing I would like to get is an RF remote control for it. Would be nice to hide it in the car and be able to change songs. Like putting it in the glove box. That would be great.