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estrela

(In a smart guy kind of voice) - koyto? why should we be involved, we have saved the world many times (1898, WWI, WWII, Korea, Iraq I and II, ect ect). If we want to make a mess of the world we protect - we should be able to do so, and you (the rest of the world) should be grateful that we have protected you and should allow us to do as we wish.

Ok - rant over

What about the police calendar posted earlier today? that has Satriani songs playing in the background

Cellular Companies Aim to Cut Phone Porn

CANNES, France (AP) - Wireless companies are under pressure to police the services they carry amid mounting concern that today's increasingly versatile cell phones can be gateways to a lot more than football highlights and pop videos.

As governments and parent groups wake up to the problems posed by an expected global boom in mobile pornography and gambling, a few operators are taking action to restrict such content to over-18s.

"We've learned from fixed-line (Internet) that if you leave it too late the genie gets out of the bottle," said Al Russell, head of content services for Vodafone UK.

Parent Vodafone Group PLC, which has operations in 26 countries, backed voluntary age checks and content filtering in Britain and is urging partners and rivals to avoid heavy-handed regulation by supporting similar moves elsewhere in the world.

Russell was speaking at the annual 3GSM World Congress on the French Riviera, which ends Thursday. This year, the four-day mobile industry gathering was abuzz with the arrival of a plethora of third-generation phones and services offering speedy connections to a widening array of multimedia content.

Alongside the handset makers displaying their "3G" handsets in Cannes, there were almost twice as many content exhibitors listed as last year — companies from Anxa Europe, an interactive software developer, to the self-explanatory XXX Providers.

Under voluntary British rules drawn up with groups including the National Family and Parenting Institute, wireless networks bar adult services to new handsets by default and lift the restrictions only after receiving proof that the user is 18 or over.

Industry initiatives are also under discussion in the United States and France, while Germany already has statutory rules and the Australian government has published a draft bill it plans to introduce in parliament.

Attempts to label and filter content for global consumption remain fraught with technical and civil liberties problems, as well as cultural differences. Even within the industrialized world, some countries are much less tolerant of explicit imagery than others.

Not far from the beachfront auditorium where Russell spoke, at a booth in the exhibit hall, a French company named 1633 Publishing was showing off its licensed Playboy phone content and celebrating its recent acquisition of the exclusive global rights to distribute Pamela Anderson (news - web sites) images over mobiles.

At the next booth, Andreas Adami of Italy's Princess Productions was talking visitors through the pornographic film maker's lucrative sideline in mobile screensavers, videos and other content.

"We also have wallpapers and some spicy cartoons, even for younger people.... Bikini babes, lingerie, non-nude stuff," Adami said, holding up a demo phone. On the screen, five carefully chosen frames from one of the Milan-based company's productions ticked over in an endless loop.

alexandre: hey man, thanks so much. i'm feeling a litle better. are you submiting a track for the cd? i hope so :)

FINALLY !!!!!!!

Game Off! NHL Cancels Remainder of Season

NEW YORK (AP) - The NHL canceled what little was left of the season Wednesday after a series of last-minute offers were rejected on the final day of negotiations.

A lockout over a salary cap shut down the game before it ever got a chance to start in October. Now the NHL, already low on the popularity scale in the United States, becomes the first major pro sports league in North America to lose an entire season to a labor dispute.

"As I stand before you today, it is my sad duty to announce ... it no longer is practical to conduct even an abbreviated season," commissioner Gary Bettman said. "Accordingly, I have no choice but to announce the formal cancellation of play for 2004-05."

"This is a sad, regrettable day that all of us wish could have been avoided," he said.

Bettman said the sides would continue working to get an agreement.

Ibanez89...good luck with your purchase...I love mine!

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mowlie_2000...you mean that little teeny thing?

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mikesb---probe!!...lol

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Sax player---Vai---no grammy...Jethro Tull....sitting on a park bench

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the song Engines of creation has a very steve vai feel to it. does anyone agree? listen to it again.

angie reed: good luck. are you going to write the same message everyday?

Hello Satchland!

DOES ANYONE HAVE CONTACT WITH LUCY SORETS. I AM LOOKING FOR HER. I NEED HER ASSISTANCE WITH MY SPANISH HOMEWORK. OR IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO PUT IN ACCENTS AND OTHER VARIOUS MARKS ON A TYPED PAPER. IF SOMEONE HAS A WEB SIGHT OR LINK CAN THY PLEASE POST IT? I HAVE ASSIGNMENTS DUE AND THE TEACHER IS OUT FOR MY HEAD.

THANKS,

AngieRead

Hi everyone!

Sad days for Madrid, one of the highest and emblematic buildings, the Windsor Tower, has been destroyed by a terrible and huge fire at night last Saturday. It was a nightmarish spectacle. It was a familiar and neighboring building for me, I passed often, the department store where I go shopping is beside, it's really sad. Fortunately there were no victims but it's an important material lost for the city.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4262509.stm

Steven Wilde, hi Steven, you are an angel, in Spain we say "eres un cielo", thanks for all your words. The window poem is beautiful. I've been really busy these days, and have some family related problems to resolve, so I'll post a bit less often than in the last few weeks :-( but I will keep checking the site to see what's going on. I hope you feel great today, better tomorrow and better the day after tomorrow...and so on :-) lots of positive and healing vibes for you )))))>>>>>> :-) I'm looking forward to get the Above the Numbers CD, I liked the clips a lot, I love the mixture between wild guitars, synthesizers and soft voices (it's what I remember right now...) I have a reserved place in my cd shelves to place it :-) All the best for you and see you soon

bahduh, hi! thanks for the quick mail reply :-) The Grammys is a popularity contest more than musical. It doesn't matter. Joe deserves 20 Grammys and more. It would be cool he owned at least one in his display cabinet. I saw the charity all stars soccer match for the tsunami victims yesterday, it was enjoyable, the best was Etoo's goal with the bicycle movement! take care

civgeek, happy belated birthday and happy new guitar!

alexandrecaetano, hello dear neighbor :-) glad to know you feel better, yes, I know Jorge Salán, he is fantastic, but you are fantastic too, one of the highlights of the Talk2Joe cd :-)

estrela, hello! I hope everything is doing great for you. I've been a bit busy these days, not much time to Talk 2 Joe :-( thanks for posting that link of Joe, I've never seen it before :-) It's really cool, lots of things to see about Joe, I've added it to my websites collection.
If someone missed it, this is the link estrela posted:
http://www.zip.com.au/~mayor/satriani/science_main.html

AngieRead, pretty cool game, my score have been 10/10 of course :-)

Hey people, if you want to know about Jorge Salán, a fantastic Spanish guitarist influenced by Joe among others, that Alexandre mentioned, there's a free demo to download here:
http://www.jorgesalan.com/running.mp3

man..i was just listening to the crush of love...o my god..an amazing song..hes so good..i love that song so much.. one of my favorites by far...alrigh twell i just got home from schol and im gonna go get some grub and everything...ill be back later..

estrela: yes, I did see the lisf and I own it too! I hope to meet joe once again and get my g303 and lisf dvds signed. Joe is awesome!