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Today is big bad corporate day.
First off is a nice news story that simplifies what Microsoft is doing to prevent casual piracy of Windows XP. Basically it lets you install only one copy for each computer, so if you have two computers, you must by two licenses. Granted you always technically had to do this, but who really does? Not to mention the method that Microsoft checks to make sure you only install on one computer is called privacy invasion by some, and also if Windows screws up (which as everyone who uses it knows it does so often) and you have to reinstall, it's a hassle since you have to call up Microsoft and plead your case to let you reinstall the OS on your computer. And in the mist of all this is Linux, which is totally free and doesn't have all those crazy licensing restrictions.
Second is news that AOL has announced who it's three cable ISP "competitors" will be. You may remember that when AOL/Time Warner merged, they promised to open up the cable that Time Warner had to competitors so that AOL couldn't monopolize a ton of cable across the country. But due to "technical difficulties" (aka a bunch of BS) AOL said that they could only offer it to three. So Earthlink, Juno, and High Speed Access Corporation are the three winners. They are also convinently in financial dealing with AOL already, so it's not like it was a hard choice. I'm sure they'll "compete" fiercly for lower prices..yea..
Since it's the middle of summer, you may be interested in how water guns work. Pretty interesting stuff.
Update to July 5
I GOT MY AP SCORES IN!!!!!!!! Results as are follows:
5 Calculus BC
5 Calculus AB (Subscore)
5 Physics B
4 English Literature
4 Macroeconomics
4 US Government
For those unfamiliar with Advanced Placement, it's a program that lets you get college credit while in high school. You take a test at the end of the year for the credit, and it's ranked on a 5 point scale (1 lowest, 5 highest). A 5 is like an A in a college class, and is normally only the top 10% of the test takers which already constitutes some of the brightest people in the school. I can not convey how incredibly excited I am about these scores, it's like it's Christmas time and I just received the presents I've been hoping for all year. I expected a 2 in phyics, maybe a 3, but sure as heck not a 5. Everything else though was pretty close to what I thought I'd get, but I'm still exstatic about getting them. The end result of all of this, along with my 5's in both AP English Language and US History last year means that I'll be going into college with 30 hours of credit already under my belt, essentially letting me start my freshman year as a sophmore. Once again I have to say HOLY CRAP!
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