Alex's Journal

I’ve finally finished editing my new story. It’s called Drilled and is the first sort of political kind of story I have ever written.

I have a new story on the way. It’s finished, but now I just have to proofread it. I will post it here after I’ve proofread it. It’s entirely unlike anything I’ve ever done before. Most of my stories are ghost stories or have a gothic nature, but this one is a futuristic story with a very grim view on the political future of the United States.

I won’t say anymore and spoil it for you. Just know it’s coming soon.

I am sure that most of you have seen this video or at least have heard about this. A teenager in North Carolina was taken in the middle of the night by federal agents because he was suspected of being a terrorist.

As the video states, the mother has had virtually no contact with her son. In all likelihood the boy probably will not even have a proper chance to defend himself. Who knows what will happen to him?

Ironically the federal government seems to be using the excuse of patriotism to undermine the very rights inherent to every US citizen they are claiming to defend. I really don’t understand it. Even if this boy was in fact a terrorist, as a US citizen, he is entitled to due process. But of course the KGB, I mean the FBI, doesn’t agree.

I’ve decided to update the theme of the website. For my new theme, I chose a theme called Freshy and then I customized it. This theme has some options for managing more than one language, which means I will be looking more into that in the near future.

The fact the the government would even try to do something like this just makes me mad.

A US House of Representatives hearing scheduled for later today will be devoted to deciding if a law should be made that requires peer-to-peer (P2P) programs to issue a specific notice to users that warns them that their files may be shared, CNET has reported. The Informed P2P User Act bill introduced in March by California Republican Mary Bono Back will be the focus of the hearing. The wording in the Act, which would require P2P software to allow file sharing only if two rules are met, could also apply to web browsers, FTP applications, IM programs and any other applications that send and receive files.

Under the proposed legislation, software that does not provide users with a “clear and conspicuous notice” of what it does and requires them to provide “informed consent” every time it is opened will be “unlawful.”

All recent Microsoft Windows, Linux, and OS X operating systems would need to comply if the bill is passed, and launching a web browser would also require a “click to agree to terms and conditions” box. Such a restriction would potentially restrict the freedom afforded by the Internet; however, it’s widely believed the bill, at least in its complete form, will not be passed through to become law due to challenges over its scope.

I don’t understand why they feel like they have to regular everything under the sun. The latest version of Firefox doesn’t even have a UCLA or any terms and conditions. I doubt it passes though.