Hello, everyone. Updates have been moving at a blindingly slow pace here, but I have managed to post an HTML version of the updated 8th Edition Magic Rulebook. This time, rather than cleaning it up by hand, I ran it through HTML Tidy; therefore it lacks the nice cross-references and other cool features of the previous version I posted. But it is up-to-date and it took a lot less time to make. HTML Tidy is nice.
Okay, perhaps I am parnoid, but has anyone but me noticed that the new Federal Do-Not-Call Website has a signup process that boils down to a federally maintained database mapping email addresses to phone numbers? If you register online, Your email address is stored (remotely it says) and associated with your phone number. This lets them email you to confirm that your number is on the list. They also go on to say that they will share their information with law enforcement agencies.
Sound like a new era of wiretapping abuse? Mr. Ashcroft and his band of lazy goons should have a field day with this one. Don't feel like doing real work to catch the boogie-men out there? Just wiretap everything and watch everyone. With no oversight in law enforcement, are we to trust them?
So it goes without saying, register via the phone and avoid mapping your email address a phone number. And use encryption. Have a nice day.
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