All your IM are belong to AOL

From Slashdot:

AOL has posted new terms of service for AIM, that include the right for AOL to use anything and everything you send through AIM in any way they see fit, without informing you. A sample passage: '...by posting Content on an AIM Product, you grant AOL, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt and promote this Content in any medium. You waive any right to privacy.'

Hint: Use Trillian's encryption or Gaim with encryption package.

Paging Dr. Freud

The good thing about two-Unisom nights is that they usually herald a treasure trove of interesting nocturnal wanderings. ( A trinity of dreams, bouncing off different fandoms, and far too much self-indulgent reminiscence.... )

The "which element" meme....

( Yay! One of my favorites! )