DRM Doesn't Work!

Do the Impossible

Steve Jobs did the impossible, and he did so on more than one occasion. What was his secret? He explored various religious views, and eventually settled on a sort of personal zen Buddhism. He experimented with different drugs in high school and college, ranging from marijuana to LSD. He was a free spirited, yet deeply conflicted individual, with a unique way of thinking. He just never let himself believe that anything was impossible.

Jobs' friend and associate Steve Wozniak built a circuit board that everyone else thought was impossible to build. Jobs and Wozniak together built the Apple II. Jobs took over a floundering Macintosh team and turned the product around to save Apple. Over 10 years after being ousted from the company he created, he was brought back in and saved Apple yet again. His 'reality distortion field' would simply take over situations and make them be the way he wanted them to be. The secret to doing the impossible is to bend reality to your will. Make the impossible possible.

Major of Choice

Women are vastly outnumbered in the field of Computer Science. Several of my CS classes in college have been all males. While the concern over dwindling numbers of women in Computer Science is valid, a more pressing concern is the discrepancy of wages between men and women. On average, women still make over $10,000 less than men. Additionally, CS is not the only field that is male dominated. Notably, Aviation and many of the Engineering disciplines are just as skewed. Some of the wage gap may be explained by major choice. Thus achieving the goal of making CS a more balanced field between men and women would likely also have a positive effect on the wage gap.

Why does God need computers?

Scientists in general tend to be less than religious. Technology and religion don't usually mix. This begs the question, what use could computers be to God? Computers allow for more work, church related and otherwise, to be done in far less time. Missionary work is much more efficient when using computers. Temple ordinances are recorded with more consistency and less duplication. Building schematics for meeting houses and temples can be created and modified much easier with the aid of computer drafting programs. God doesn't need computers, but they make things a lot easier for us to do his work.

"Make copies for all your friends."

I enjoy going to concerts, in part because I get to discover new music. On one occasion, I arrived at the venue in time to listen to the opening band. I had never heard of Lady Danville before that night. Their performance was upbeat, energetic, enjoyable, and different. After their set, the band members came out into the crowd and hung out near the merchandise table where they were selling CDs and t-shirts. My friend bought one of their EPs and had them autograph it. They encouraged us to make copies of the disk and share it with our friends. The landscape of the music industry is changing. Bands no longer have to rely on big studios to produce and distribute their music. The internet is revolutionizing the dissemination of music to the masses. Copyright laws have their place, but they have become obsolete. If the concept of copyright cannot be updated to coexist with the internet generation, it would be better to leave it in the past.