In the news

First, from The Onion, "School Shootings Help Prepare Students for Being Shot in Real World". Heh. I'm sure it's quite true. Of course PTSD may be involved, as well.

So the Justice Department is saying that Internet Providers should be able to charge for priority web traffic. What does this mean, exactly? I'm already paying $50 or more a month for cable internet. Would I be charged more? It was mentioned this may affect educational entities more. I don't like the sound of it. Anyone have any more news on this?

Chinese woman found with 26 sewing needles embedded in her body. They think they were inserted when she was a baby by her grandparents who were upset that she wasn't a boy. Why did it take 31 years to address? Well the needles are now penetrating vital organs. Ew! And what great grandparents. I hope they are still alive so Luo Cuifen can "take care of her grandparents" in their final days. Just incredible.

In other news, I'm having Cable Card problems. The Tivo is deciding that some of my channels like Comedy Central and Sci Fi should not come through. FX, Style, Spike are a few other stations that don't "receive a signal".

You've been iPhoned

Here's an interesting take on the resentment of the iPhone price reduction.

I still am not sure about the Monopoly example. I didn't think the iPhone was a Monopoly. However, it stands to reason as indicated in the past, that Apple's prices will be cut or a replacement product with more features will be offered at the same price later.

So for those folks who feel cheated because of the price reduction: no one forced you to buy the iPhone early. You were overcome by toy lust and you hastily bought a product. If you weren't already upset over the price and costs of ownership, well, you're terrible with money anyway, and couldn't be trusted with the $200 you might have saved anyhow.