RIAA Blows ... The Mind-Body Problem

Here's a shot I snapped at last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Supposedly the Recording Industry Association of America reserved a booth at the Sands Convention Center (the overflow site for the primary convention center attached to the Hilton), but never showed. Unfortunately, its presence was felt in a lot of places along the show floor, as the RIAA is going after companies like SanDisk and iRiver, which are making it easier for consumers to wirelessly share the music from their portable media players (unlike the Microsoft "Goon," which turns the faucet off after three measly days or plays). Meanwhile, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and others would like a word with Sling Media, which now has a device that lets you post the videos you record from your TV to a Web site. Consumer electronics freedom has never been in more peril...

On another note, today's the first day of the spring semester, so I'll be shuffling off to West Chester in a couple of hours for my Ethics course. Tomorrow is Philosophy of the Mind. I've been reading up and even tried to have a debate about the mind-body problem with my scientist girlfriend. It wasn't going to happen. It's like discussing NASCAR with a Scrabble champion: two different disciplines. Nazzy seemed to be more obsessed with designing a Shutterfly scrapbook of our photos from Costa Rica anyway.