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Ah, Steve Ballmer. Always good for a laugh. Check this dig at Apple regarding DRM:

"We've had DRM (digital rights management) in Windows for years," Ballmer said. "The most common format of music on an iPod is stolen."

Ah yes, Steve, my iPod is indeed crammed full of illegally-obtained music. Which I transferred there using my Windows XP systems.

Actually, the most common format on my iPod is AAC, which is the whole reason I got an iPod in the first place. I could've gotten more storage for about the same amount of money, but I'd have to go in and find some way to convert my (legally-purchased, as I can prove by my massive amount of Apple Music Store charges in my bank records) music to mp3.

Speaking of music, C., remember that song we were trying to figure out at P.F. Chang's a week or so ago? It's Placebo's "Sleeping with Ghosts", which is why it sounded familiar. I definitely recognize that bass line now that I've just heard it again, but I'm not sure how I was parsing female vocals onto it in the restaurant, especially since he's got a rather distinctive voice. Must've just been the high volume of ambient noise or my increasingly-bad hearing, or both.

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patgreene, we've got your Jeopardy! appearance recorded; I'll dump it to DVD and send it to you. Woohoo!

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Wow, think somebody hit one of Cheney's hot buttons there? Just say the word "Halliburton" and he gets apoplectic. I'd (grudgingly) just been thinking that of the two candidates he'd had the better presence, right up until he nearly told Edwards to go Cheney himself.

Ooh, bitchiness from Edwards now too. Bring on the snarkfest!