19 Mar 2010
The Tragedy of Steel

A techie looks at ACTA. Good read - this fellow gets it.

Intellectual property laws were written for the ultimate purpose of enriching the public domain and raising the standard of living for the entire nation. The monopoly-on-production provision that people these days speak of as being synonymous with copyrights and patents was never intended to be more than a means to an end: a financial incentive to create new things that will enrich all of society.

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Sheared Sleeping

I'm by no means a professional sheep shearer, but I have sheared a goodly number of sheep in my time. But I have never had a sheep fall asleep while I was taking off her fleece - until today.

We sheared #17 today - Lorraine calls her 'Beanie'. I prefer to shear with the sheep upright through most of the process. It's easier for me, and the fleece seems to roll off better that way. Kevyn has the stanchion, so Lorraine just held her head while I worked from the neck back. The little gal was asleep in about 5 minutes! Utterly relaxed, but still standing. The fleece came off like a dream, certainly one of the easiest I've ever done. And when I did put her in the classic shearing position, on her butt, to get her belly wool and trim up, she went to sleep again! Amazing - and weird.

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