Sorry, but this is a general rant

Let me prepare some thoughts and send a brief warning.  I'm about to state some facts (and opinions) about the internet.  This may not be suited for everyone, so if you are idealistic about web marketing, blogs, click-through ads, mumbo-jumbo and so-on and so-forth...  hang up the phone.  Did I lose you yet?

Please don't make me create another user account with my watered down, generic password.  I don't want to log-in just to download something or read the 'more' of an article (hint: newyorktimes, wallstreetjournal).  I don't want to click on site-support ads.  And I certainly don't want to be a statistic in those silly demographic surveys that define what kind of 'media' companies want to sell me.  It's not going to work with me.  It's not really going to work for anyone long-term.  So stop asking.

I know that everyone wants to make money and starting a website is a cool, fun way to do it.  That's fine.. just stick to the fun, cool part and everything will work out.  I'll pay for things when I have determined that they are quality things.  Just like bandwidth, I can't stand downloading from those divshare, fileshare, whatever-share sites that may have popped up in the middle of cyber nowhere.  For the most part, the uploader has "exceeded their monthly allowance" anyway.  When that happens, there's no way I coming back. Stop using those crappy sites - everyone.  We don't know what those f-n people are doing to distribute data across the net.  They're probably harvesting IP addresses for use/sale to the freaks in Korea who are hitting my ssh server every second.  (Yeah, you! I blacklisted you, so you can stop already too)

Bittorrent was created for a reason.  And it's filling its purposes well.  Get yourself a copy of Azureus (even though it doesn't work here yet) or one of the several other bittorrent clients and share your measly cable modem bandwidth.

So I am going to stop there with my conspiracy-laden internet hypotheses.  I don't want people to think I'm off the wall or anything like that.  I'm just trying to make a point.  So, in the spirit of openess, free software and free media, grab whatever you can from this site while it lasts.  I can only assume that in some time, my bandwidth too will be eaten up by hungry downloaders leaching off my goods and wares.  (notice: wares is not spelled with a Z)  I will then be forced to turn-on Google AdSense, make everyone log-in individually and suck off my visitors.

Ok, that was pretty rant-ish.  So I promise to offset with some happily optimistic topics for the next month or so.  Really, I do like the internet.  I swear.

Later, Chris