No rant on this one, it made me chuckle

In recent days GamePolitics has been tracking a drastic disciplinary step taken by the Florida Supreme Court against controversial attorney Jack Thompson.

Based on the court’s February 19th order to Thompson (see: Florida Supreme Court Comes Down Hard on Jack Thompson), it appears that, pending a final decision by the Court, the anti-game violence activist may no longer be permitted to file motions with the Court. Rather, he would be required to have another lawyer file on his behalf.

This is problematic for Thompson’s culture crusade for two reasons. The first is financial. When Thompson works pro se, that is, on his own behalf, he spends no money on legal fees. Some obersvers would, of course, say one gets what one pays for. But beyond that, Thompson files so many motions with so many courts and agencies that using the services of another lawyer could become quite costly.

And, of course, there is the question of whether another lawyer would be willing to take on Thompson’s case.

A bizarre motion submitted by Thompson to the Supreme Court in December appears to have been the final straw for the justices. Described by Thompson as a children’s picture book for adults, the document is, essentially, a rant with digital images attached. Obviously, the justices didn’t take kindly to Thompson’s submission, as the “picture book” gets prominent mention in Tuesday’s show cause order:

One of Mr. Thompson’s recent filings contains what Mr. Thompson refers to as a “children’s picture book for adults” that rehashes his previous arguments in illustrated form that he believes was necessary due to “the Court’s inability to comprehend” his arguments.

The full text of the Florida Supreme Court’s order to Thompson is here (PDF).

ROFLMAO. I think they finally realize this guy is nucking futs. A huge thanks to GamePolitics.com.

Yamaha's new YSP-4000 Surround Bar

Yamaha introduced today a new audio bar that gives you "sound projector" faux-surround bars. The YSP-4000 comes with pass-through HDMI and analog/720p/1080i that upscales to 1080p, and is also iPod and XM ready.

The guys at Gizmodo got there hands on one, and this is what they had to say:

The "speakers (are) all coordinated by a DSP, and by tweaking delay and volume, convincingly eliciting sweeping surround audio that seems to come from all 360 degrees, and then some. There are "seven Cinema DSP programs (three movie, three music and one sports)" and "Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Pro Logic II and DTS Neo:6," all of which are selectable via the remote and on screen display or LCD."

All at a cost of $1800, which isn't bad considering how much you can spend on a high end system.

To read all of the dirty details, hit the click. [Gizmodo]