Wow

I know, another link. But this is just freaking awesome if you ask me. Lunar transit of the sun taken from the STEREO B spacecraft.

Dang, and I'm sitting behind a desk right now. Stupid universe making me feel small and insignificant. It reminds me of the song "Yakko's Universe" from The Animaniacs.

It's a great big universe
And we're all really puny
We're just tiny little specks
About the size of Mickey Rooney
It's big and black and inky
And we are small and dinky
It's a big universe and we're not.

I also now am reminded how much I miss that show. There were many stupid episodes, but there were also many many classics. Rob Paulsen is a genius.

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hehe

Found this link sort of interesting. Won't matter to many of you.. but I found it quite the interesting read. Odd that Stuart and I were just talking about this last night. Shame Stuart doesn't read this blog. Bastard.

Also, I realy enjoy in the document that the individual's home address is used. Considering Blizzard has over 7 million active subscribers, I'm wondering how long it'll take for this guy to start getting craploads of hate-mail, etc.

Joey, since he lives in Phoenix.. could you just drive on over there and kick his ass for me. Thanks.

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Supreme Court

I know I've been posting a lot of links lately, and today will be no different. Yesterday, it was argued in front of the Supreme Court if a ramming of a speeding individual by a police officer was considered unconstitutional.

Basically a 19 year old was speed, refused to pull over, struck a police vehicle in a parking lot, then sped away at 90 mph. The officer which was struck then proceeded to ram the rear of the fleeing vehicle casuing the kid to lose control of his car and crash into an embankment. The kid was paralyzed in the accident.

Of course the now crippled guy is suing saying that the police used excessive force to capture him. What the hell? I think if a person is driving recklessly at 90mph I'd want the police to stop his ass no matter what. Added to the fact that he already demonstrated his willingness to endager lives by striking the police vehicle I'd say that the officer had ever right to take whatever steps were necessary to stop the kid from potentially hurting someone else. Should a cop just let a person go and arrest them later? This sort of question is a tough one to answer. What if there was hostage in the car, the speeding vehicle was fleeing the scene of another crime, it was a terrorist planning on destroying the world? Of course some of those are stupid ideas but never-the-less they are possible. How would the public react if an officer was told not to persue a speeding individual and it was later found out that this person had killed/raped/whatever some innocent bystander? Not very well I'd imagine.

Anyways, just some food for thought I suppose. I doubt the Supreme Court will deem the officer's actions uncoinstitutional in light of the evidence against the fleeing suspect. It would be different if such force was used on a unarmed individual, but I think a car is considered a weapon in some cases (I believe striking an officer's vehicle with your own car while fleeing is considered assault with a deadly weapon.. not sure though). A guy running on foot is slightly less dangerous than a car going 90. Well.. perhaps if the man was really big and running through a room full of babies, and the man would have to be wearing golf shoes.


Ok, that is all I got. I'm curious to hear from the legal individuals who read this blog.

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Edit: Transcripts of the oral arguments. I found them interesting.

Bunny is back

Basically the title says it all. It was on a short break due to the author being swamped at school.. but I'm excited. Needed my daily dose of bunny-goodness.

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Change

Life is full of change, my blog reflects my life, albeit poorly.. therefore the blog had to change.

Also, I was bored at work.

Much more the second reason than the first. I just wanted to sound deep.

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