Carolyn and I just got back from signing the mountain of paperwork on our new house. I am very happy to be done with the process and am looking forward to getting in there. I will give a better update later but I am really tired.
Later,
B

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Last night Carolyn and I went see the Matrix Reloaded. We went to the 10:30 PM show and there was still a line. I just have to say that I am very happy with the way the movie turned out. I think that it could have be cut down a little time wise (i.e. the Disco party scene in Zion, though I understand why it is there) but overall it was amazing. I really like the “Twins” and I loved Zion. The movie had some of the most amazing specail effects and the story line rocked. I wish that Lucas would consult these guys to help bring Star Wars III to the big screen. He could really learn alot from them. I also love (though I will say the credit were really long) that they put the preview for “The Matrix Revolutions” at the end, so if you got up and left at the credit, go back and see it again just for that. In other news, Carolyn and I close on the new House this week and we should be in there sometime soon. I hope that everyone is doing great. Also, Congrats to Mark and Jennifer on the birth of baby. Later, b:)

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I have been very busy in the last couple of days with various things. I am really getting ready for a couple of large things. We are going through the motions of buying a house. We close of the 21st of May. Carolyn and I are very excited. We went into the house yesterday to map out some demension and figure out what we need to do before we move into the new place. We also went to the Sprint PCS store yesterday and purchase two new phones. I really wanted to get the Treo 300 but I settled for the new Sanyo 8100 Picture Phone. It is a really sweet phone, I am very happy with it. I didn’t go with the Treo because I am now using a Pocket PC again (I can see Alex cringing right now as he reads this). I broke out my old HP Jornada 548 and have been building some .NET applications for it. I have one major project in the works that I will make available soon, and I have about 3 or 4 others in the works. I have really getting into building apps in the .NET framework and have learning everything I can on how to build them. I am going to go purchase a new Pocket PC soon, I hope to purchase one of the Toshiba’s with built in WiFi but I will have to seen. That is it for now.
Later,
B

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I have been following the developments in the SCO vs. Everyone (I mean the open source community as a whole) cases. First the whole idea that Microsoft is behind this is a joke. Yes, Microsoft did invest in Caledra before it was SCO and they also washed their hands of it back in 2000. Also Microsoft only held 12.3% of the companies stock, which it sold. Secondly, I think it is interesting that Caledra offered it’s version of Linux with the direct understanding of the GPL.
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE,Version 2, June 1991:
…any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone’s free use or not licensed at all.
1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program’s source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program. .
They signed it. They distributed their Linux under the GPL. I am not too sure how they are going to get around this, but I am sure that they will some how. Well, I will comment more on this later..
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So, just as I posted my last entry about frivolous lawsuits I came across this article in Yahoo. I am going crazy with this kind of stuff. Stephen Joseph is suing to stop kids in California from eating Oreo’s. I mean are Oreo’s going to become a black market item. “Hey man.. I’ve go something with for you. I got the real deal…. Double Stuffs”. What’s next? Will this madness end.. I mean as long as there are scum bag lawyers this will never stop. Once again it is about freewill. The very thing that makes up human (Matrix hint.. 3 days and counting).
Later,
B

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