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So, sheeple don't exist, is that your point? Remind me of your position on the very day Windows PCs cease being infected my malware and ratware; the malware and ratware currently being installed because sheeple just must have their porn, or just must respond to that phishing scam promising $8,000,000 USD.

The flaw in your argument, if it could even be classified as such, is that you're ignoring *all* of the evidence that proves the existence of sheeple. Want an example with a catchy tune, to help you remember it?

http://www.jibjab.com/originals/big_box_mart

I'm calling prior art on this one. Marilyn Manson used a guitar in brain surgery on Garth Brooks in Celebrity Deathmatch Season 1. Many saw it as a fantastic success, but Hanson disagreed...

Chris Farley died way too young. For the younger mods that might not get the reference:

http://www.jibjab.com/view/142675

JibJab's take on downsizing the iPhone...

The missing left socks: http://www.jibjab.com/view/131152

Just as soon as the get done filming the next episode of "This Ol' Box"

For those who don't know the reference (or just want to see it again): http://www.jibjab.com/view/132078

Get out of my way!

Retarded Frog Squirrel!

More big ass tables!

A game produced by a small shop or in the case of Naked War shouldn't need that big of a percentage of gamers to make money. Naked War appears to be a subscription based game at $19.99 (I didn't dig in enough to see if that is per year or month, so I will assume a year). Let assume that the 2 programmers want to make $100,000 each per year and there will be $100,000 per year in expenses for a total of $300,000 per year. At $19.99 per year, they would have to sell 15,000 subscriptions to meet their expenses. It may take some work, but if the game is original, well done, and fun, it should be possible between grass-roots marketing and word of mouth to get those 15,000 accounts.

Of course, there's the chance that the game will be a bust, but that's part of being in business. It is also possible to be a success -- look at the 2 brothers who started Jib Jab. They turned some little political spoofs made in Flash into a full time business. It can be done, it just takes talent, timing, and luck.

Interesting. Personally, I tend to use low voltage dichroic halogen spotlights in my house, as they throw off a more pleasing spectrum and the direct-ability / control of the beam is also easily used to create lighting zones and moods that can please your tastes. Finally, they're dimmable. I also noted though, that in the UK at least, LED based spotlights to fit straight in your existing LV halogen light sockets (G5.3) were indeed beginning to become more common: http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?TabID=1&criter ia=halogen&ModuleNo=98199&doy=3m1. As a matter of interest, a 1.3W LED LV dichroic is said to be equivalent to a 20W halogen LV dichroic, and has a life expectancy somewhere in the region of 40,000 to 50,000 hours (if you believe the manufacturers) yet a price tag of slightly less than double the 20W halogen dichroic - not bad at all.

How does a 20W 12V dichroic stack up against a 13W 110V CFL? Using good old simple Power equation, "Power (Watts, or W) = Current (I) x Voltage (V)" then for the bulb itself we get a currrent of about 1.7 Amps!! - in comparison the 13W CFL runs at 110V so the current draw at the bulb is indicated at about 0.12 Amps (significantly less). But I suspect it's not that simple - what is the actual draw that the LV transformer creates, and how does that really stack up against a CFL or old school incandescent? Would love to know.

Lastly, I read a few of the comments and I must admit, for the bathroom, I'm just about convinced to go out and buy 4 CFL's to replace the 4x100W incandescent bulbs I have above the mirror - if they now come with instant on, and throw a plain white spectrum (fine in the bathroom) as opposed to the horrible flickering spectrum flourescent bulbs threw out in my youth, yet they run at 12 or 13W, I think that's gotta be good for me, my wallet, and the environment. But you can be I won't be buying them at Big Box Mart http://www.jibjab.com/originals/originals/jibjab/m ovieid/122 - I'll be buying them at my local old-school pokey-aisled hardware store http://www.colehardware.com/

Driven by consumerism. Check out jib-jab's "big box mart" video for an economic lesson :) http://www.jibjab.com/originals/originals/jibjab/m ovieid/122

Purchases are a choice. Where you live is a choice. Who you work for is a choice. Who governs you is a choice.

I'm not saying any of them are easy to make, obvious, or easy to change.

The greed and corruption of governments and corporations are nothing more than a clear reflection of the average of "the people".

And frankly, if history is any indication, the people have not materially changed in 20,000 years.

Cope.

There's no choice, really.

http://www.jibjab.com/JokeBox/JokeBox_JJOrig.aspx? movieid=122

Enjoy

JibJab has a nice succinct summary on global outsourcing called Bix Box Mart

But it is okay to gut the American economy by taking manufacturing and technology jobs, and exporting them overseas?

But this position is criticised as protectionism. Sure, in a world with a limitation of certain resources, let everyone come in and kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, because everyone one wants a goose dinner. sheesh.

Bottom line: Don't kill the Goose that lays the Golden Eggs. AKA the Tragedy of the Commons.

This, tied in with things like China's long policy of tying the Yuan to the Dollar,(recently changed), led to a flood of resources out of the USA into China, a fine gift of the American people at their own expense. Heck, the situation even made it as a commentary by JibJab, although from another side of the ledger.

(sigh)

>>>>>>>>

Perfect the system we have here and, as in the case of East and West Berlin, the people will vote with their feet.

Which is why the USA has a border problem with Mexico. Not that they want to go to China. Like anything, it's the lure of the perceived "easy life". And in the USA, there is an alarmingly large section of the population who think they deserve the Paris Hilton LifeStyle(TM). Not that they should work for it, but that they deserve it.

There are lots of things that can be considered human rights, but the Paris Hilton LifeStyle(TM) is not one of them.

You can't say nucleaaaaar! That really scares me....

This land is my land: jibjab.

The Drugs I Need

My understanding is that to be parody, it would have to be "poking fun" at the original material. Just "changing the words" constitutes a derivative work and that falls under copyright. (That distinction is what led the folks who thought they owned "This Land" to threaten legal action against JibJab. What got JibJab off the hook was that the copyright had expired )

As a comparison, The Brothers Grinn took a number of "Chicken Soup for the Soul" articles that were circulating on the web and rewrote them to make fun of the original material.

Just don't buy any HDTV equipment with the DRM crap--reject DRM by making BestBuy eat it. If you must write letters, just tell your congressional reps that you aren't interested in the new schedule of planned obsolescence.

If you are on the artists/producers' sides, then start looking for a way to reach your audiences sans the traditional middlemen. Think about how JibJab and SouthPark got started. At the point people start waving distibution contracts in your face, you have a choice to walk away and take money directly from advertisers and/or consumers. Technologies like BitTorrent are comparatively free, and effectively superior to Hollywood distribution. On one hand they promise to make you wildly rich and famous, but on the other hand they rip you off worse than a scratch-off lottery ticket. Just say no.

For those who don't get the joke, look here.

Let me tell you the story
Of a man named Charlie
On a tragic and fateful day
He put ten cents in his pocket,
Kissed his wife and family
Went to ride on the MTA

Charlie handed in his dime
At the Kendall Square Station
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
When he got there the conductor told him,
"One more nickel."
Charlie could not get off that train.

Did he ever return,
No he never returned
And his fate is still unlearn'd
He may ride forever
'neath the streets of Boston
He's the man who never returned.

Now all night long
Charlie rides through the tunnels
Saying, "What will become of me?
Crying "How can I afford to see
My sister in Chelsea
Or my cousin in Roxbury?"

Charlie's wife goes down
To the Scollay Square station
Every day at quarter past two
And through the open window
She hands Charlie a sandwich
As the train comes rumblin' through.

As his train rolled on
underneath Greater Boston
Charlie looked around and sighed:
"Well, I'm sore and disgusted
And I'm absolutely busted;
I guess this is my last long ride."
{this entire verse was replaced by a banjo solo}

Now you citizens of Boston,
Don't you think it's a scandal
That the people have to pay and pay
Vote for Walter A. O'Brien
Fight the fare increase!
And fight the fare increase
Vote for George O'Brien!
Get poor Charlie off the MTA.

Chorus.

The song is so catchy, it's a shame the guy didn't get elected. Or maybe not, or we'd have elections with theme songs. Wait, we do. Crap.

Flash cartoons are a hot item in entertainment these days.

If you recall, the original http://jibjab.com/ cartoon featuring George W. Bush and John Kerry was such a big hit that they played portions of it on cnn and almost every news organization. Afterwards, they made a sequel that the Tonight Show with Jay Leno secured the rights to premiere. You can now buy them both on DVD for $10, although I doubt they'll last very long since they're meant to lighten a certain political mood. (I don't know how much they paid for this, but it was definitely worth it. Funnier than one year of his show combined.)

Also, the creator of the hugely popular "The End of the World" was asked to make a series of advertisement flashes for nike.

The nike ads can be found here http://www.nike.com/usa/nikesphere/

So says the Flashified Kerry from JibJab's take of This Land.

New one from the good people at JibJab - go on, vote! Or else the Supreme Court get's to decide, again!

http://www.jibjab.com/

Ask and ye shall receive: click here.

A) two presidential candidates were arrested in St Louis.

B) there was a lawsuit which could have stopped the final "debate".

Isn't it strange that CNN has ZERO information on a presidential candidate on the ballot in 48 states and D.C.? If this happened in another country wouldn't we have heard about it? When added to reports that FOX is censoring guests, it leads one to ask: Is this a democracy or a puppet show?

Nope, he never will.

jeez... lighten up you left-wing zealots... It's just a joke (and a funny one, too).

If you are not too humor impaired to enjoy a more 'balanced' piece of humor check out Jib Jab.

/Voting for Kerry.

If you don't know what we're talking about here, it's definitely worth going to JibJab.com and clicking on the big link to the flash animation on the home page. It's well worth the long download time. It's very funny and equally attacks both candidates.

They're counting "Jib Jab".

Sure, but I actually like this site.

It's not redundant if you haven't seen it. The Slashdot story makes no reference to the humor. Just because you have seen the movie, don't think that everyone has.

So, here is the link again. Be sure to see the Flash Movie, This Land. It's very funny.

Be sure to see the Flash Movie, This Land. It's very funny. For example, John Kerry gives George W. Bush a brain.

We decided a parody of the late, great political song writer, Woody Guthrie, was the way to go.

Although last election I found these test pop-up's quite entertaining...

Gore Vs Bush

You know, over the course of our little conversation I have gotten to like you, NDPTAL85, despite the fact that we disagree about some things. I think we both want the same things, a good decent, fair and just society for everyone.

The ideals of Capitalism, as imagined by our forefathers (hehehe, go on, click it!) are wonderful. I know how it is supposed to work. Unfortunately, monied interests have gotten some basic laws limiting the rights of corporations changed. In the begnining, corporations were chartered for a specific purpose and couldn't do business outside the scope of the charter. In addition, they were limited in longevity to the lives of the founders. Last founder dies, corporation dissolves.

More than anything else, thses changes to the las governing corporations have killed the dream of an egalitarian Capitalism envisioned by America's founding fathers. They knew the dangers of too-powerful corporations from their dealings with companies like the Hudson Bay company. They knew that powerful corporations could be just as bad as kings, and so they severely limited them. Those limits were lifted piece by piece, and now there is no place for the little guy.

Capitalism could be a wonderful system that worked well for everyone, with a few minor changes. The question is, how do we get there from here?

Here's a fun little thing to tide you over in the meantime: Bush and Gore rap!
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Zardoz has spoken!