The pretentiously-named Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has lost its copyright infringement case against iiNet, as everyone sensible hoped.  Finding iiNet responsible for copyright infringement of people who use their network to download movies via BitTorrent is like finding Australia Post responsible for fraud when someone sends a fraudulent cheque through their postal service, or finding Telstra guilty of conspirancy to commit murder if two people plan a murder over the telephone.

Using a semicolon isn't hard; I once saw a party gorilla do it.

TheOatmeal.com

As Humphrey Palmer has rather trenchantly remarked, whether or not the early church was adept at thinking up stories about Jesus to fit church settings, the form critics have certainly been adept at thinking up church settings to fit the stories about Jesus.

— D. A. Carson, 'Redaction Criticism: on the legitimacy and illegitimacy of a literary tool', in Scripture & Truth (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992), 125, referring to Humphrey Palmer, The Logic of Gospel Criticism (New York: St. Martin's, 1968), 193....

Tertullian's sophisitic brilliance and literary versatility, ruthless vigor as disputant and polemicist, fecundity in uttering memorable dicta, and fervent religious immediacy make him a captivating writer as well as a priceless mirror of early African Christianity.

— from the Dictionary of the Christian Church (kinda reminds me of the ironic question - why is the word "abbreviation" so long? :-)

Internet Storm Center has an important reminder about things which claim to be electronic Christmas greeting cards, but are actually much more (or less, depending on how you look at it).  My advice: don't click them at all, and if you want to send one to your friends, do it by copying and pasting the link into a personal email.