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MangawitchProgramming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programmes, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
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July 28 A Whores Knickers Spring To MindWell - the blogs title refers to the way I'm thinking about this blasted space right now....
It's a good thing msn communicates via email cos if they didn't - there'd be one less rainforest on the planet.
Roughly two months ago someone reported an image on my space - it was an avatar that was deemed by msn to 'sexually suggestive' and, maybe it was...so, as I've had to do twice before I took it down with no complaints and thought....fair enough..
....Then there was another report....this time about a drawing of two robots kissing....no nudity...just kissing - so I took that one down too.
Then someone complained that one of my blog entries was 'inappropriate'...I was asked to remove it. It was the 'Criminalisation of Pleasure' entry. This - as far as I ws concerned - was NOT going to happen.
I asked msn what the problem was - they said it had 'inappropriate content'.
I laughed - and emailed them (with links) telling them it was a 'current affairs' matter and as such was a perfectly acceptable subject for a web community who's membership age limit is 13.
Well - the blog is still there - so it should be pretty obvious they backed down on that one....
Then came yet another report....this one listed three picture apparently containing partial nudity.....now of all the pics I've ever put up on here the three mentioned were the least nude of the bunch. I asked them to take another look - and after another two days or so offline - they conceded and my page was back up.
At this point....I was starting to get a bit pissed......
I went through my photo albums and checked for anything that could be classed as against the T&C....I took a few down - just to be careful..
And then my space went down again....
I sent another email - and by now I was starting to use the 'angry' tone....
WTF? I said.....
A change of policy - they said...
Couldn't you have told me about the change and given me a chance to comply with it BEFORE you shut my space - I said...
Hmmmmm - they said....
and put my space back up.
This change of policy by the way - you can no longer upload pictures of children who are naked or partially clothed - even if they are of your own child.......sigh..
 The Klara and Edda blog had to be removed.....
ah well - I thought....despite my personal opinion on this 'everyone on the internet is a peadophile' theory....fair enough...
And that, I thought, would be the end of it...
I settled down one evening to do a much needed new blog - and the fuckin' thing was gone again!!!!!
What the fuck have I done now!? I said....
You have pictures of partial nudity on your site - they said...
What ones? I said (through gritted teeth)
I awaited their response....staring at my screen for when the little 'you have mail' box would tell me exactly what it was that 13 year olds were not allowed to see....
And then it came...or came to pass, maybe...
Please remove this picture - they said......so I clicked the link...
THE CREATION - BY MICHAELANGELO....
 Words cannot express what I did next.....
But - there you have it - the story of my many absences.
For a while - I wasn't going to bother....I couldn't really be arsed anymore...someone suggested I might have been targeted by someone who's sole purpose was to take my space down.....so I thought 'bugger that for a game of soldiers....no bleedin' way'....
So - I decided to take all the pics down and start again....
Now I know this'll disappoint some of you....
 ...but - I will be putting them all up (slowly) on the Dis blog....to peruse at your pleasure...and there WILL be nudity...
 ....although not from me....hmmm...Anyhoo - from now on I'll still be putting blogs up and the list at the top right of the page with the link to my other blog will contain a list of random and latest posts. So - for those who don't get the notifications or feeds - you'll know what's going on...but there will be a sad lack of new pictures.....there'll be some - but not many...
I was thinking about a 'Manga Monday' for Dis and Pandemonium with all the pics.....and maybe a vid every once in a while...whatcha think?
So - for now - enjoy what is here and maybe get into the habit of popping along to see me over at Dis...I'll be working on expanding it over the next few weeks so suggestions and submissions are more than welcome from anybody...
See ya soon.....hopefully...lol
Mangawitch. x
June 12 LOL - You Can't Keep A Good Witch Down For Long...YAY!!!!
Told ya I wouldn't be long.
Seems there was an old photo album hanging around in the archives that showed computer avatars doing naughty things - so it's had to go...
Anyhoo - back now (phew)...
Did ya miss me
 MW June 09 Spitzer Space TelescopeI meant to include this on the blog yesterday - but I forgot..
The Spitzer Space Telescope.
Now, I don't know much about it cos I've only just come across it really.
There are two small articles on Dis and Pandemonium about it - so - either click on the Dis link or on the permalinks below.
I'm going to go and find out more about it if I can.
MW x June 07 A Time Before TimeWell - the time is almost upon us. After years of waiting the Large Haydron Collider at CERN has awakened. As the power flows through it's coils it slowly begins to come to life. Beginning the power-up that will enable one of the most important experiments of our era.
I'm not going to go through all it's aims and expectations again - most of you know by now what we want from it - and if you don't - then read through a few of my past blogs and they'll tell you almost everything you need to know.
So as this great underground beast begins to breathe after months of delays, where do we stand on the outcome of it's actions?
Science, and especially physics, is ever changing. The more we look, the more we learn that we were wrong in our assumptions and the more we have to change our perception of the world around us. And, while the LHC has slept, science has been raiding the fridge of the Universe and having itself a sneaky little midnight snack.
We've discovered some of that 'lost' matter in our Universe (although not the full 50%) We've discovered the largest ever Dark Matter structure measuring 270 Million light years across. A surfer (sea - not internet) has come up with a brand new theory on everything involving the E8 pattern - which I'm still trying to get my head around by the way, but I'm getting there....and we've found that somewhere in the CMB (Cosmic Microwave Backround) a little clue about why time progresses as it does while simultaneously bringing into question one of the most vital laws of physics - The Second Law Of Thermodynamics.
But - back to the LHC and the search for the Higgs-Boson (and other stuff).....at least CERN is going ahead - in America, it seems, that the search for answers has come to anend with a lack of funding putting the Fermilab Collider on ice with employees taking unpaid leave due to a severe lack of funding.
So - within the next month (or so we hope) two beams of particles will race in opposite directions around the 17 miles of tunnels within the Collider. They will be guided by more than a thousand cylindrical supercooled magnets. At four locations, the beams will converge sending the particles crashing into each other at just under the speed of light. At this point - matter will be transformed into energy by the violence of the collision and then condense back into various particles - one of which could give us more information than we could interpret in our lifetimes.
So - despite a legal attempt by some guy in Hawaii to stop the collider experiment (due to his fear of being sucked into a black hole of our own making) and more delays than the British rail system......we will soon have the information that we crave that may go some way to answering the questions that have intrigued us since the human race first had time to sit down and think about things.
How long it will take us to sort through that information and understand it - and what it will tell us, are two questions that will still have to wait to be answered.
Providing, that is, that it doesn't end all life on Earth as we know it...lol.
I'll be keeping my eyes and ears open for more new on the LHC as it comes - CERN seems to have gone pretty quiet on the issue this last few months. But for now - if you look to your right - there's a short vid on the LHC presented by Dr Brian Cox (Commonly known as the Master of the Collider or Bringer of Doom - whichever you prefer....only time will tell)
I'm off to look for Higgs-Boson myself now and give myself a refresher course so if I start waffling, please let me know....lol....I'm also just about to start an Undergraduate course with MIT in the 'Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics'....so things may get a little silly around here for a while.....bear with me.....my sanity is still intact somewhere and I do hope to find it soon....
So - until next time - Eat, drink and be merry - for tomorrow we could be sucked into a black hole.
ps - my thanks to all of those people recently who've subscibed to the RSS of this page and contributed to some incredible viewing stats....if the increase in visitors continues I may have to start looking for a 'proper' host for the things on this site........who knows....but for now, I'm happy here with you lot....lol
MW x
May 15 The Criminalisation of PleasureLast week, the British Parliament rushed through the house of Lords a bill that would make the possession of ‘extreme pornography’ a criminal offence…. …..now this has me a little worried.. The inception of this bill begins 5 years ago when Jane Longhurst was murdered. A music teacher living in Brighton Jane was 24 years old when she was found strangled on 19th April 2003. Graham Coutts was arrested for her murder and is currently serving a life sentence. It later emerged that Graham Coutts had been visiting websites such as ‘Club Dead’ and ‘Rape action’ which contain images of sexual violence towards women. An ex-girlfriend described how he liked to tie nylon tights around her neck and control her air intake during sex. Coutts had even voluntarily sought counselling for these feelings eight years before he committed the murder. Janes mother, Liz Longhurst began a campaign to get these kind of websites banned and to make possession of this type of pornography a criminal offence. She was supported by her local MP Martin Salter who helped her to gain the support of the then Home Secretary David Blunkett who agreed to introduce legislation to ban the possession of ‘violent and extreme pornography’. The legislation was included in the ’Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill’ which gained Royal Assent and was passed into law on 8th May 2008. So what’s this got to do with me you ask…? Well now - let me see….. One of the concerns with the bill (sorry - law) is that the definition of ‘extreme pornography’ is vague to say the least. Let’s have a little look to see just how this law defines it… As defined by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, extreme pornography: - An act which threatens or appears to threaten a persons life. - An act which results in or appears to result in serious injury to a persons anus, breasts or genitals. - An act which involves or appears to involve sexual interference with a human corpse. - A person performing or appearing to perform an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal. I don’t want to threaten someones life, or cause damage to their bits, or fuck dead people or animals and I should think that the majority of people would agree with me there. But I am not the only one who sees a problem with the wording of the above definitions….and that problem is……. …….the words ‘appears to’…. These words worry me. By the definition of the law I cannot even possess a film in which two (or more) consenting adults act out the above scenarios……no S&M films - Pulp Fiction…would that be included? - I have a documentary about necrophilia that although does not go so far as to show the actual thing, does show people acting it out….now does that count…? How about if you make your own ‘home movies’ - will they count? Are you into a little S&M. Maybe you like a little pain….maybe you like being tied up, maybe you like a bit of forcefulness (or at least the appearance of it) what if you’re into Auto Erotic Asphyxiation? What if you enjoy a little bit of ‘Sleepysex’? ……and for gods sake, leave the dog alone!!!! Apparently - if you’re a couple, under this new law you can make pictures and films of yourself but not distribute them….but what happens if you split up? Does it automatically make them illegal…..? And it won’t be just the films or pictures of these things that’ll get you into trouble…no more visiting those websites in your favourites list….and what happens when your more prudish neighbour sees the handcuffs, whip and rope lying on the table when they come round to borrow a cup of sugar… This law is pretty much walking into your bedroom and telling you ‘You can’t do that’! They’re criminalising kinkiness….. They’re criminalising me!
I own a lot of films, not all of them considered pornography, that contain images of the above. I also have a collection of artworks (photographic and cartoon) that represent most of them. And books….I have a load of books that if they don’t show it certainly do describe the said acts in great detail. Gone are my soft porn period dramas…..am I never to watch Fanny Hill again? Gone is my collection of S&M erotica photographs… And does animation count? Cos my Mangaporn collection is staying dude - I don’t care how many peoples anal cavities are torn to shreds - I’m not getting rid of it! OMG!! My Japanese Tentacle porn and fish sex pics…..!!!! And what about literature - My whole ‘De Sade’ collection of novels? Am I supposed to burn them? In effect, this is thoughtcrime….governed by the thought police. The original intent of the law was to mirror the legal test currently used by the OPA (1959 Obscene Publications Act) which bans images that ‘tend to deprave and corrupt’ - but this has been lost in the rush to push the bill through…. Lord Hunt, who has charge of the bill in the House of Lords, admits it is being rushed through to meet a deadline. But he denies the law has not been thoroughly considered and maintains it will only affect images that are "grossly offensive and disgusting". All we have to worry about now - is who will judge whether something is ‘grossly offensive’ or ‘disgusting’….and will they be someone who understands that what consenting adults get up to behind closed doors is a matter for the consenting adults….or will they be someone who considers themselves to be responsible for our moral guidance. Lets hope it’s not Liz Longhurst who said to those who fear that the legislation will criminalise those who use violent pornography as a harmless sex aid… …..’Hard luck’!
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