TMI.  In the world.  A LOC is the amount of information in the Library of Congress (US) as of its definition, when the number was about 100 terabytes.  One could probably build a LOC’s worth of storage at Fry’s, today, for less than a Toyota would cost, which suggests that in ten years or so it will fit inside an iPod Nano case and cost a couple hundred bucks.  How many LOCs does the LoC contain now?  How many on the Web, and is that number bigger?  There were supposed to be 10,000 LOC in the world, which is one exa — as of ten years ago — but surely one can tack on two zeros now (no?).  Previously (almost exactly five years ago) I speculated that I would never need more than 10 exabytes of space.  “What would I possibly do with all that storage?“, I asked.  I may very well be wrong.  I have no idea what the answer would be, except that in twenty years it will strike us all as blindingly obvious.

• “He was later accused of making a snuff film due to rumors which claimed that certain actors were killed on camera”
• “Yorke describes the set as having ‘a level of cruelty unknown to me’”
• “‘The fact that the film’s sole spokesperson for the anti-exploitation perspective is played by porno star [Robert Kerman] should give an indication of where its sympathies lie’”
• “He still had to prove, however, that the impalement scene was merely a special effect. In court, he explained how the effect was achieved: a bicycle seat was attached to the end of an iron pole, upon which the actress sat.”
• “A squirrel monkey has its face cut off with a machete … the scene depicting the monkey’s death was shot twice, resulting in the death of two monkeys.”
• “An extended version of “The Last Road to Hell” includes approximately ten seconds of footage not seen in an alternate, shorter version. This additional footage includes a wide-angle shot of firing-squad executions, a close-up of a dead victim, and extended footage of bodies being carried into the back of a truck.”
• “While in Prague filming his cameo appearance in Hostel: Part II, however, Deodato received the chance to view the original Hostel and decided that he would direct after all, citing Hostel as a similarly violent film that made a mainstream release in America”
• And most succinctly: “[It is] artful enough to demand serious critical consideration, yet foul enough to christen you a pervert for even bothering.”

This … um … makes The Blair Witch Project (which my ex-wife legitimately believed was based on real footage) a lot less fun.  I.  Don’t.  Understand.  Torture.  Porn.  I have more thoughts, but if I don’t step away from the keyboard I’m likely vomit on it.  Why the fuck did I read the whole article?

Mike, have you seen it?