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the new rule is not that "vague" at all

Define adult. Define occasional "adult". Any rule about adult content tends to be vague since that's the nature of the subject.

I'd like to see the definition too... TFA says it's not defined: "while the current Content Policy does not define what constitutes "adult" content." Is Victoria's Secret an "adult" site because they sell lingerie and other merchandise that's oriented towards adults? How about a ship-in-a-bottle websites because that's an interest generally held by adults? How about Good Vibrations because they sell sex toys and videos? How about a nudist oriented site because it shows people in the nude? How about a "Hot girls in bikinis!" site because it shows hot girls in bikinis? How about a school swim team site because it shows girls in bikinis?

I'd really like to see how Google draws the line between adult and non-adult.

I've got money down on pro-Second Amendment blogs as a target centered in the Goog's crosshairs.

the new rule is not that "vague" at all

Define adult. Define occasional "adult". Any rule about adult content tends to be vague since that's the nature of the subject.

I'd like to see the definition too... TFA says it's not defined: "while the current Content Policy does not define what constitutes "adult" content." Is Victoria's Secret an "adult" site because they sell lingerie and other merchandise that's oriented towards adults? How about a ship-in-a-bottle websites because that's an interest generally held by adults? How about Good Vibrations because they sell sex toys and videos? How about a nudist oriented site because it shows people in the nude? How about a "Hot girls in bikinis!" site because it shows hot girls in bikinis? How about a school swim team site because it shows girls in bikinis?

I'd really like to see how Google draws the line between adult and non-adult.

KY is pretty mediocre lube and it tastes awful. Check out Good Vibrations for a selection of other lubes.

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or

http://www.goodvibes.com/display_product.jhtml?id=13BC01&lid=listing

Given the abject failure of Keynesian economics and the fact that it's being disproven and repudiated at record speeds, it appears that Adam Smith still holds the record for having written the most comprehensive text on the fundamentals of supply and demand.

Alright, jackass, I'll admit that I'm not an economics major. But I didn't undo my belt and start waving my cock around about which school of economics I prescribe to.

Let me tell you this: Comments like yours usually come from investment banker jackasses who are too busy getting pedicures and blowjobs from Southeast-Asian sex workers to actually see how Point of Sale actually operates. I'm not saying that neoclassical supply/demand economics are bad, I'm saying that there's more to it than that, and that's something that only somebody who's sold shit to other people would ever understand that.

I'll give it to you in brief, since you clearly were born with a silver spoon in your mouth and have never worked an honest day in your life: smiling works. I smile at the people at my favorite coffee shop and chat them up. They smile at me and ask me about my fianceé. They get a monopoly on my business and I get my drinks made perfectly. It worked exactly the same when I was the guy hocking lattes two years ago. When I sold fabric (my first job out of college), I displayed conversance and interest in the activities of SCA people, strippers, and goths, as well as a shocking level of memory retention about our inventory. That made sure that if those people were going to buy some fabric, they bought it from our store, and they bought it from me, which made me very, very hard to fire.

Conversely, I won't go to Good Vibrations because the service is utterly indifferent. If you think Apple Store employees are bad, you're in for a surprise. If we were to believe you, all they would have to do is lower the price of their sex toys enough and I'd come flocking to them. Nope. Now I go to Madame S, which charges more, but has lots of cheerful, helpful staff. Likewise, I left the fabric store and started selling lattes for a pay cut and worse hours because the staff was political and dour.

Lines like this usually come from egomaniacs who expect their employers to spend inordinate amounts of time telling them just how valued they are. Really, get a fucking life already. You work for PAY, as in, I agree to give you X amount of dollars for Y amount of work. If you need your ego stroked, calling a phone sex hotline.

Hey, I am an egomaniac, but you, Mr. Pot, are calling me, Mr. Kettle, black. But that's not the point. You go out of your way to launch a personal attack full of hollow rhetoric. However, in the midst of so much slime and vitriol, I am able pick out a kernel of wisdom in that people who need their egos massaged are difficult to work with. I wholeheartedly agree with this, but trust me, it doesn't apply to me. My fat christmas bonus was all the praise I needed.

Yep, you don't shit about the market.

I don't shit in, or around it either.

Better yet, visit the Vibrator Museum in San Francisco and see the steam-powered one. Don't know if it's on the web site.

In no particular order..

Perhaps it doesn't appeal to the stereotypical geek, but the vibrator. The pocket calculator as well as; The calculator/remote control/radio controlled/FM radio *wristwratch* (surely the pinnacle of minitiaturization!).

Of course, the bonefone: link. The transistor radio. The world receiver radio. The wind-up/clockwork radio/charger. The intimidating maglite flashlight. Glowsticks! Neither electonic, nor moving parts, but who can resist luminecence!

7" 33 1/3rpm vinyl gramophone records; or I can do you even better than that - 7" 33 1/3 rpm plastic gramophone records that were given away as inlays with MSX Magazine, that you'd dub on tape, and you'd "load" programs off of the tape using the regular "data cassette recorder".

CB (Citizen's Band, 27 "megacycle") radio. ZX80. C64. Nuff said. The lava lamp! Duh! The strap-on (wait for it) keyboard (keyboard guitar).

The hearing aid. The answering machine remote control/handheld DTMF tone dialer. Also; the blue box! The minox sub-miniature "spy" camera (as seen in james bond). The SLR Single Lens Reflex camera. Automatic tweezers (They don't work particularly well, but they have a gadget-esque movement)

The portable DVD player. Toys robots (remote controlled, especially; the robosapiens is a good stab at the concept). Magnesium firestarters. (I'm the firestarter!)

Personal Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (P-EPIRBs) RC cars, helicopters. E.g. The translator pen (scans text when you move across it, translates) The penman robotic plotter and of course the closely related concept of the Logo turtle..

The random movement printer (If and when it becomes widely available..) Lego mindstorms (programmable bricks..)

The most important hand-helds historically; the Smith&Wesson and the AK47.

Also, though not an autonomous device, nor mechanical, nominated for achievements in disrupting the global economy, I'd like to recognize bubblejet printer ink, for costing more than its weight in gold or oil.

Aerosol spray canisters; specifically,
every graffitti artist's friend: spraypaint and every gadget-minded geek's friend: deodorant (especially the miniature cans) and of course; aerosol cheese! Also, perhaps slightly more
palatable, mace pepper spray.

The electric toothbrush (with induction-loop-charging-circuit magic!)
Not the greatest gadget in history until you consider it's "dual use" nature, and the fact it's marketed so widely.

Sattellite TV. Not the most portable of gadgets, but come on! Windscreenwiper glasses. (Though more of a chindogu) The mac. The iMac for doing it twice. The aibo.

The "orgasmotron" (actually just a head massager, not at all naughty) Stylish pin clock. The keyghost hardware keystroke logger.

The digital camera. The digital photo frame.
The credit-card sized Anything, but in particular, the cre

Now if only they could combine this with the duckie vibe then we'd have the ultimate accessory for the female geek.

I know that vibrations hold a special spot in many people's hearts but come on, if the power is out light a candle and let your fingers do the walking.

That's because you bought from O'Reilly. CDs and books to make you ecstatic can more easily be bought here.

Not all of them have banned the possession of more than a few of these licensed Pooh "massagers", but some have.

Bah. You are the one saying that something that humans currently do is wrong and should be stopped, you should provide some evidance that porn is bad. You apparantly want me to prove that *no* porn is created by non-consenting people under duress before you accept that porn is ok, you are asking me to prove a negitive. The best I can do is point out some porn that is clearly consentual:

Good Vibrations
Nerve
That Strange Girl

All three of these are examples of porn produced by people who are consenting to the production, and they also promote a realistic body image.

Can you come up with an example of porn that is non-consentual in nature and not so as a result of under-regulation of the industry or over-regulation of consumers?

Not all pornography needs to be explitative (please be nice to their poor server!), you know? It is also a mistake to judge and portray ALL pornography the way you have. I personally have known several pornographers (and my wife even edited one of their videos) who are ashamed of that portion of the industry, and work their hardest (pun intended) to make guilt-free pornography and spread awareness.

I think you have been watching too much "Sex in the City". My wife and I regularly enjoy pornography *together* and I sincerly doubt that it has any potential to ruin our marriage.

Here's some more at Good Vibrations.

Now, if this doesn't get you horny, I don't know what will!

Here's some more at Good Vibrations.

Now, if this doesn't get you horny, I don't know what will!

:)

It's not quite the same thing, but Good Vibrations will sell you porn, and all the lube (or hand cream) you want.

I'd settle for a retro-fit electric motor that fit around my drive-shaft.

Maybe you should look here:

http://www.goodvibes.com/

;-)