I needed this just the other day... too funny.

Yet another article about how ISPs should limit the accounts of illegal downloaders, this time from a member of the film industry. I can't help but feel this is the wrong approach - feels like shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted.

Yes, downloading something that you did not buy is theft. (I agree with John Gruber that it should be termed 'bootlegging' rather than 'piracy' though.) But I think it is clear that there has been a fundamental transformation in the way music and media in general is created and presented, and how we store and interact with it. The creative industries need to adapt and find different models of interacting with consumers, and of finding revenue. Apple has shown the way with iTunes, and now with their appstore.

The same applies to books. Those trying to prevent Google from providing ebooks are again sticking their heads in the sand. Google is creating a huge resource that can truly be of benefit to humanity. Rather than try to block that and pretend that you can turn back the clock to the age of paper, publishers and authors should accept that Google has created a huge repository of material that can be turned into revenue if they have the creativity.

The appstore has provided an easy way for developers to sell their own applications, without all the required infrastructure. The iTunes store has provided a way for music labels to promote their material easily, without having to provide the infrastructure themselves. The internet in general has provided a way for independent musicians to access an audience without a label taking most of the revenue (à la Radiohead). Google is now showing the way with ebooks. Labels and other media need to understand that most people do not actually download pirated copies - their customers are not all bootleggers in waiting. Most people will probably take the easy route and pay for content if it is easily accessible and reasonably priced or comes with added value. They need to make sure that it is the easiest route to that content and stop treating anyone with an internet connection a potential criminal.

400g strong bread flour
100g wholewheat flour
pinch salt
300ml water
dried yeast

Mixed ingredients, kneaded 10 minutes. Left to rise twice for an hour each time, then baked 180 degrees for 45 minutes.

Tasted good, but could have been 3:2 white:wholewheat.

Connect camcorder to Mac by USB. On Panasonic HD camcorders, select 'video recorder', not 'PC'.

iMovie will then recognise the camera and import everything you need.

Just came across this fantastic 'security'. Four items in the form were 'validated' with the following function:

function IsValid(name) {
       if(name.value.length > 1) return true;
       return false;
}

The result, and the other forty-something fields on the form, was then sent to the server, where it was saved directly to the database, without any further validation.