Draught Unemployness

I am now happy unemployed. It might seem tragic but on the contrary, I really enjoy it. I have never been properly unemployed before, spending most of my life studying, so I kind of feel excited about it. I get to hang around with other unemployed people at the employment service and I get to go to useless meetings pondering over this problem which I do not really see as a problem at this moment. Fred says this feeling will most certainly go away in a not so distant future, therefore it seems that there is even more reason to enjoy it.

Due to my recent employment state I have a striking amount of spare time, and I have been knocking myself out cleaning the garden from dandelions. They are tricky bastards because if you don't manage to pick the entire root, it will take like a few days or so and they will resurrect. It sort of never ends, which is frustrating in a very fun way. Also, I have been engaging in theoretical studies on how to pour a pint of Guinness properly. It turns out to be a science. Apparently you are suppose to pour 3/4 and let it settle before you finish. Then, there is the bishop's collar, i.e. the white foam and the leaning of the glass and the importance of not offending Ireland and so on. Actually, I am not very fond of beer at all, but when it comes to Guinness it is a completely different thing. Anyone can forgive a drink where the bubbles travel downwards.

Rage Against the Pirates!

The police made a razzia against the server keepers of the most powerful national file sharing site, (this actually took place on the same day I presented my master thesis, I bet it is some sort of a sign, just don't know of what). It gave birth to massive protests, where people actually declared that they want to see file sharing legalised. The demonstrators held that raids against these type of servers as well as the hunt after pirates in general should be abandoned on grounds that these type of infringements are impossible to surveil and control. This guy interviewed by the newsppaper even said that the police should surrender since they are fighting in a war they can never win, and that it is impossible making 10 percent of all citizens criminals just like that. I mean, what kind of *beep* argument is that? Firstly, one can not kill copyright, because it is one of the most important incitaments an author/artist/designer has. Zillions of works would not exist if it was not for copyright (already touched upon this in an earlier post). Secondly, yes, copying for private use in the information society is practically impossible to control, but an illegal act is most certainly not less illegal just because the amount of thieves is growing. The extreme part of it, is that there is actually a party established in the parliament right now that wants to make file sharing legal. They say one has to expand the compensations given to the authors. This will never work I tell you, because how is it possible to distribute fair compensation to the concerned authors, making sure that they are fully compensated, if it is impossible to surveil how many infringements there are and on what works? In fact, as already stated, this is beyond all control at this point. If it was not, we would not have this problem at all.

On another as much interesting note, my budgie so chirps in stereo. He really sounds as two birds, it is so weird. I am afraid I have made him confused because I never replaced his mom, who used to keep him company. Now he has turned to his mirror instead, so he sits all day long chatting with himself about life and stuff. Maybe that is why I always think I have two budgies in my room. Should I be worried? About me that is?