Dennett, Freewill, and Consciousness

A great online interview with Daniel Dennett over at the following weblink:
 Dennett 

Also, a great one hour, easy to understand introduction to the way modern philosophers approach consciousness and the problem of free-will.

Help a Student Research Project.

Here's a link to a survey being done on surveillance in MMO video-games. It is being conducted by a grad student at RMIT University's School of Creative Media.  He is collecting data on surveillance that is done by publishers on game-players in online video games like Warcraft.  Any current MMO player or past MMO player should go help him out.

Click here for Survey 

Copyright Heavyweights collide.

Interesting artice over at the BBC with the head of EEF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) and the MPAA (Motion picture association of America).

BBC Article 

Don’t Steal this Movie!

Just a random thought.

I rented some movies this weekend, put them on, and while I'm waiting through the 10-15 minutes of commercials, er, um, movie trailers, that I paid for the privilege to watch, one of those "piracy is bad" commercials produced by the MPAA played. And, I can't help thinking, everytime I am forced to watch one of those propaganda filled, half-truth ridden attacks on privacy and fair-use laws, that if I had just stolen this movie, I wouldn't have to watch this propaganda piece right now.

For anyone that's interested in the status of Canada's copyright and privacy laws, check out Michael Geist's website. He's a Law professor at the University of Ottawa, one of North America's leading experts on both issues, and one of the most active people out there fighting to get rational Copyright laws passed that don't violate Canadian charter rights.

“The Defining Issue of our Times is the Media”

Great article about the media over at Media Matters that is worth a read.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200605260016