An amateur astronomer, Rob Gendler's photography of the cosmos is astonishing. These images are truly breathtaking, some, billions of light-years away; some gas clouds span hundreds of light-years in size; galaxies are far larger, the Milky Way a massive 100,000 light-years accross.

Illegal Music Downloads Fall Below 10 Percent - AVRev.com

Illegal Music Downloads Fall Below 10 Percent - AVRev.com

Interesting. People choosing to pay for services they can get for free, albeit illegally. I am not so sure that pirates are finding Jesus or some "peer to peer" (P2P) moral code, but rather downloading illegally is just more trouble than downloading the way your mother taught you too. *wags finger* Peer to peer services like LimeWire may be losing due to the difficulties inherent in using their software. You never know if the song you are downloading from a P2P source is a legitimate copy, or some MP3 audio track telling you to "drink more Ovaltine." at the Apple Store, it's easy. You find the song, click to buy and you know you're getting a good copy. With peer to peer, so much other junk gets thrown in. I guess, when it comes down to it, people like what's easier, not what necessarily less expensive.

In a related matter, P2P software downloading also occurs and is even more riddled with problems. Viruses can easily be written into executables, especially because the software packages are sometimes manipulated. This can be a good thing, the manipulation part, but you can only tell by reviews whether somebody got a bunch of viruses from something they downloaded. it's kind of like how America looks to see what flu and cold viruses are affecting the Chinese people and then we build a vaccine often that. In this case, you just don't go to China…err… Peer to peer software.