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That's the name of my favorite Player character Knights of the Old Republic (Bioware) video rpg.

Scoundrel/Consular

Revan is female :P

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A Furby has voted for President Obama!

"I am Sophelia Lachance, Necromancer and Master of Great House Telvanni."

A Breton, Sophelia is the younger sister to Lucien Lachance, a speaker of the Dark Brotherhood. She once served the Dark Brotherhood, working as a necromancer to the Black Hand, creating the Dark Guardians and capturing and binding the souls of both victims of Dark Brotherhood assassins, and those assassins who were devoted in service to Dread Father Sithis so that they may serve again.

She wished to learn more of the arts of necromancy, so, upon hearing that the Telvanni of Morrowind are unrivaled in the dark arts of necromancy, she journeyed to Vardenfall to see if she may learn from them.

Such as her skill, Master Aryon convinced her to sign up with House Telvanni and granted Sophelia an important position. She oversees the secret activities of the Telvanni in the large velothi dome complex of Hanud.

She studies and conducts research in Hanud, as well as maintains a secret base for House Telvanni in accordance to Master Aryon's grand strategy for the advancement of Great House Telvanni. She has earned a prestigious reputation among the Telvanni, particularly with Aryon's new ally, Baladas Demnevanni. Sophelia maintains correspondence with Demnevanni in their studies in necromancy and vampirism. Like Demnevanni, Sophelia requires "live" vampires for her studies, and often has adventurers bring her live specimens. Such studies have attracted the attention of the likes of Archmagister Gothren and other Telvanni who desire another form of "divine disease" that extend lifespans.

Sophelia resides in Hanud with her Dremora Lord husband, a number of Telvanni mages, sorcerers, and retainers, as well as numerous undead and daedra. She carries a staff of exceptional power, one that she has created from the skull of a vampire.
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Originally posted by

morgandawn at SOPA Boycott: I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

They pulled both SOPA and PIPA, yah!

But...(and you knew there was going to be a but):
SOPA Defeat Is Not the End Of Hollywood's Ramped-Up Fight Against Piracy (Analysis)

This is what Hollywood is saying and what they are planning: push for more criminal federal and international enforcement, use the courts to get civil injunctive relief, and keeping rewriting the copyright laws in their favor. Remember the lawsuit against Youtube is still to be decided. Imagine Youtube being out out of business just like Megaupload (although Youtube is not even coming close to pulling some of the boneheaded Megaupload moves).

"SOPA protesters roundly cheered when DNS-blocking was taken out of the anti-piracy bills before Congress. But just because Congress won't explicitly approve such measures doesn't mean that they won't happen. In piracy cases going forward, Holllywood can ask sympathetic judges to grant such relief anyway."

Since I know we're in it for the long haul and that the efforts to silence speech in favor of corporate interests will continue, I plan to carry on with the SOPA Boycott in March.

Nor am I alone in coming to this conclusion:

"The MPAA studios hate us. They hate us with region locks and unskippable screens and encryption and criminalization of fair use. They see us as stupid eyeballs with wallets, and they are entitled to a constant stream of our money. They despise us, and they certainly don’t respect us.

Yet when we watch their movies, we support them....They use our support to buy these laws.

So maybe, instead of waiting for the MPAA’s next law and changing our Twitter avatars for a few days in protest, it would be more productive to significantly reduce or eliminate our support of the MPAA member companies starting today, and start supporting campaign finance reform."
More "On The Next SOPA."

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wyncatastrophe at Protect IP/SOPA breaks the Internet …

I urge you to watch the video and do your part in supporting this critical protest of dangerous legislation by signing the petitions, passing along the news, and making your voice heard.

This entry was originally posted at http://wyncatastrophe.dreamwidth.org/113200.html. Please comment there using OpenID.

And apparently, just after my update on Megaupload, Anonymous has struck again: http://mashable.com/2012/01/19/doj-megaupload-anonymous/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29. I mean...wow. 0.0. I don't know whether to be impressed or terrified. Maybe both.

Originally posted by

box_in_the_box at Internet blackout day: See you all on Thursday

Google: End Piracy, Not Liberty

Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.

Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.

The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.

Tell Congress: Don't censor the Web

Fighting online piracy is important. The most effective way to shut down pirate websites is through targeted legislation that cuts off their funding. There's no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S. jobs.

Too much is at stake — please vote NO on PIPA and SOPA.

I baked a rainbow cake! It's kind of messy, but really yummy! I used food dye to color layers of the cake, and sprinkled a lot of shimmery cake decorations on it!