Ebert, Gillmor on the Music Industry

2nd p0st! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 10:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

fucking cookies. Jeff Kim is a faggot

Re:2nd p0st! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 10:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

actually, it is the fourth. get it right, fuckface.

hi by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 10:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

woohoo look i'm one of the first on this post! cool, huh?

First by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 10:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Possible FirsT?

My Rant About Cheney #@ +5 ; Liberating @# by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 10:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

My complaint about Dick Cheney:

May I be cynical for a bit? I hope you don't mind,
but with Cheney's latest barrage of
malodorous notions, I can't resist the urge to make a
few cynical comments. To get right
down to it, some of the facts I'm about
to present may seem shocking. This
they certainly are. However, it's time that a few
facts had a chance to slip through the fusillade of hype.
What's my problem, then? Allow me to present it
in the form of a question: Where are the people
who are willing to stand up and acknowledge
that Cheney, in his infinite wisdom, has decided
to destroy the natural beauty of our parks and forests?
On the surface, it would seem to have something to do
with the way that his whole approach is repugnant.
But upon further investigation, one will find that
by allowing Cheney to put mephitic thoughts in our
children's minds, we are allowing him to play puppet master.
As for the lies and exaggerations, Cheney's
epigrams are rife with contradictions
and difficulties; they're entirely maladroit,
meet no objective criteria, and are unsuited
for a supposedly educated population.
And as if that weren't enough, if Cheney is going to
obstruct important things, then he should at least have
the self-respect to remind himself of a few things: First, a
true enemy is better than a false friend. And
second, many people respond to his debauched vituperations
in much the same way that they respond to television
dramas. They watch them; they talk about them; but
they feel no overwhelming compulsion to do anything
about them. That's why I insist we pronounce the truth
and renounce the lies.

Even people who consider themselves scornful
foolhardy-types generally agree that Cheney's slurs
symbolize lawlessness, violence, and misguided rebellion
-- extreme liberty for a few, even if the rest of us
lose more than a little freedom. One might conclude
that Cheney is incapable of writing a letter without using
such phrases as "crapulous pop psychologists", "loquacious
exhibitionists", "oppressive personae non gratae", or
some combination thereof. Alternatively, one might conclude
that Cheney has a different view of reality from the rest of us.
In either case, if you're not part of the solution,
then you're part of the problem. His historical record of
fickle pleas is clearer than the muddled pronouncements
of his apple-polishers for a variety of reasons. For
instance, the worst sorts of inconsiderate Neanderthals there
are must be treated with political justice, not with
civil justice, as they are sincerely not real citizens. Let me
rephrase that: I wonder if he really believes the
things he says. He knows they're not true, doesn't he?
A complete answer to that question would
take more space than I can afford, so I'll have to give
you a simplified answer. For starters, if
we let him cause riots in the streets, then greed,
corruption, and tribalism will characterize the government.
Oppressive measures will be directed against citizens.
And lies and deceit will be the stock and trade of the
media and educational institutions.

Even Cheney's bedfellows couldn't deal with the full impact of
Cheney's refrains. That's why they created "Cheney-ism," which is
just a garrulous excuse to force square
pegs into round holes. He plans to drag everything
that is truly great into the gutter. He has instructed
his votaries not to discuss this or even admit to his
plan's existence. Obviously, Cheney knows he has
something to hide. Most of you reading this letter
have your hearts in the right place. Now
follow your hearts with actions. I have traveled the length and
breadth of this country and talked with the best people. I can
therefore assure you that Cheney's artifices cannot stand on
their own merit. That's why they're dependent on elaborate
artifices and explanatory stories to convince us that Cheney's
warnings can give us deeper insights into the nature of
reality. We can and we must protect ourselves by any means
necessary against the unrestrained bestiality
of stupid, quasi-macabre paper-pushers. And that's the honest truth.

Re:Ebert gets more active with age by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 10:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

p.s. Anyone else notice that /. seems to be /.'ed a lot lately?

Yes. Lots.

Re:Roger Ebert? by david+duncan+scott · 2002-03-27 10:19 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Stop bitching about the Karma cap. It gives otherwise maxxed out people at 47 an incentive to post quality.

Maxxed out at 47? I was born in 1959 -- does this mean I have only five years left?

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This next song is very sad. Please clap along. -- Robin Zander

Re:Ebert failed to grasp by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 10:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Duh - You failed to grasp the article - read it again.

Re:Roger Ebert? by geekoid · 2002-03-27 10:22 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I don't know, whats the color of the gem in your hand?

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The Kruger Dunning explains most post on /. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

Re:Roger & Ebert by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 10:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

No, it was Gene & Siskel that died.

This is too easy. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 10:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You're Mom wasn't wrong --

she lied to you.

and obviously reality never did make much sense.

Re:Conclusion by phyxeld · 2002-03-27 10:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

karma whoring today is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Case in point: Quote the last sentance and a half from the subject article, post without +1 bonus, move to (Score: 5, Funny) in under 30 minutes. (see parent post) No original, or funny, comment is actually required!

Hell, even I gotta hate me for crap like that! :)

(lets see if it gets 'corrected' now)

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Choose mnemonic identifiers. If you can't remember what mnemonic means, you've got a problem. - Larry Wall

Re:The answer is startlingly long! by switcha · 2002-03-27 10:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This is except for novel, patentable devices which enjoy a dispensation to retain a legal monopoly on production for a certain period (to enable the development costs to be recouped).

Uhhh...Bueller?....Bueller?...

OK, so I had a hard time understanding that post once the glaze formed over my eyes.

Here's my point: While there are many, many intelligent ideas here on /., I think there might be a case to be made for keeping essays confined to one's journal. Certainly not 'enforced' (censored) but just a general courtesy to the readers with short attention spans.

That post was very informative, and I appreciated it up until my eyeballs dried up, but to think that kind of reasoning was cobbled together in 16 minutes (Story-1:57/Post-2:13) and not cut n' pasted is ludicrous.

Maybe this would have been a case to say, "Hey, I have some thoughts on this...Come read them in my journal."

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You know what? ... A little club soda *did* get that out!

Re:Nope, he just reads Doonsberry(sp?) by Steveftoth · 2002-03-27 10:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Dude, it's very easy to fix all the bugs of win2k, just don't use it.

Re:actor dudley moore found dead at 66 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 11:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

At first I was gonna gag on this lame attempt at a troll, it's been done - Steven King, etc. Then I actually saw on the news - he really IS fucking dead! - Wierd.

Re:Weighed in? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 11:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

3rd, not first.

Re:actor dudley moore found dead at 66 by dudeX · 2002-03-27 11:33 · Score: 0, Offtopic

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID =1292125&thesection=news&thesubsection=world

Re:Is it labeled a Compact Disc? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 11:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic

For the last time, PIN Number and ATM Machine are redundancies!

As is that sig... ;)

Re:Gender and Terminology by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 12:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Did you know that Roger Ebert is married to a Negro? Eeeewwwwwww! Gross.

Guess what? She is even heavier that he is. EEeeewwww! Gross.

I just LOVE Vladinator's website!! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 19:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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I just LOVE Vladinator's website!! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-27 19:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic