X-Cop Fly Company

Why I Did Not Discuss My Participation in the SOPA/PIPA Blackout

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Many of you who came to the X-Cop Fly Company blog (or to Rogue Central @ coredumpcentral.org) yesterday were redirected to the SOPA Strike page. (The blackout on the X-Cop Fly Company blog started a few hours late for EST people such as myself, since the plugin I used here had a bug, and I [...]

Is This A Joke?

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Sure sounds like one. From AP via the Repeal the 17th Amendment Blog: Legislation to turn down the volume on those loud TV commercials that send couch potatoes diving for their remote controls looks like it’ll soon become law. The Senate unanimously passed a bill late Wednesday to require television stations and cable companies to [...]

Tutorial: Check if the CD You Won off eBay is a Bootleg Using ImgBurn

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

I’m an eBay addict, and if you are too, you know it’s very easy to buy used and cheap CDs. You can even get rare and out-of-print CDs, some obscure ones go for over $100! However, often times people take advantage of the rarity of some CDs to sell unsuspecting (or, sometimes, desperate) people bootlegs. [...]

Strict Cold-War-Era Oklahoma Law

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The State of Oklahoma’s Title 21. Crimes and Punishments->Chapter 9 – Offenses Related to Flags->Section 374 – Display of Red Flag or Emblem of Disloyalty reads as follows: Any person in this state, who shall carry or cause to be carried, or publicly display any red flag or other emblem or banner, indicating disloyalty to [...]

The Internet can get pretty bizarre sometimes…

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Either someone, or some group of people, has some kind of problem with Gloria Estefan, her husband, P Diddy, and some music industry figure named Frank Amadeo. I see these repeated comments and remarks posted on YouTube videos, people’s blogs, and business review sites (relating to their holding company "Estefan Enterprises") about supposed money laundering. [...]

Murder, Child Abduction, Arson, other crimes have Lower Fines than File Sharing

Monday, August 31st, 2009

When will politicians even discuss or debate any antitrust or anti-racketeering violations by this industry? So many violations are obvious, and there’s that “way they do business” (including lobbying for the right to hack and possibly doing it anyway) Stats the MAFIAA doesn’t want you to know about: 1. Child abduction: the fine is only [...]