> I couldn't disagree more. Clearly, Judeo-Christian values do more for the good of our society than say, radical Islamic values, to use an extreme example.
Clearly? No, it may be clear to you, but it is not clear to anyone else. Islamic values do more good for our society than say, radical Christian values, to use a more common example.
I still don't think that a person's religion has much bearing on their morality. There are christian priests who molest children, Islamic whatevers who encourage people to blow things up (Ironically, they rarely do it themselves -- I wonder why), and athiests who are out to destroy religion just to piss off those who believe, which is detestable.
Then there are the majority of christians, who are generally good people, the majority of Muslims who condemn terrorism, and the majority of athiests who couldn't care less whether the majority of people believed that "Our Creator" was a half-dog, half-Mr. Potatohead doll freak hellbent on forcing us to code in COBOL all day.
I'm not sure what a "Protestant Work Ethic" is, as that implicitly excludes Cathoholics, and who is to say their "work ethic" is worse than protestants?
I agree about the whole P.C. crap, and I can't comment on the decline of Europe, as I have no firsthand knowledge, but you may be correct.
> how about you do one with "Coldplay" or "Dave Matthew's Band"?
You were onto a good thing until that. Dave Matthews & his band are fscking awesome musicians, but I personally hate the music they play. Coldplay? I've had so many people telling me they kick ass, then when I listen to them it's all the same and not particularly innovative.
> instead of saying "stop stealing our music", they say "hey, if you downloaded our music, send us a couple of bucks". > Of course, the record company wouldn't like this one bit
The problem is exactly what you said: The record company won't like it, so if the artist/band promotes it, they can be penalized or removed altogether, hurting chances of big future sales.
> No one cares about this except a bunch of geeks, and the suits that are going to sue them
And anyone who gives a shit about personal freedoms, but obviously that's not you. They won't get sued, get a fucking clue.
> this is just inflamitory.
First of, "inflamitory" isn't a word. If you don't know how to spell something, look it up. If you don't feel like it, use a different word -- just stop making yourself look like an idiot.
Inflammatory? Yes and no. Yeah, the RIAA could become angry, but that's kind of the point. If they get all hissy about it it proves they want money and litigation, not business.
> [previous technology] would put picture phones out of most people's price range.
As opposed to current phone cameras, which are found in cereal boxes. WTF!?!?!? These things are ALREADY out of most people's price range. Journalists often seem to think that everyone makes $50,000+ a year, like them.
> America's Judeo-Christian values is what makes America great.
No, the values that they (are supposed to) promote make the country great. The fact that they are jews/christians makes no difference, as those same values could be applied to Moral Athiests, if such a term truly exists (the people exist, I don't know if it is an accepted group, though.
Any human with acceptable morals would end up with the same (at least similar) values, regardless of religion. Most religions, however, argue that only their beliefs are correct and that only they will go to thier religion's "heaven" and all others are "sinners," despite the "sinners" possibly being better people.
It sounds pseudo-Machiavellian, but religion is good for some people, as it gives them a purpose and keeps them from doing stupid things. Unfortunately, for some lunatics, that purpose is to despise or feel sorry for those not of that religion -- sometimes putting them down, sometimes going to their door to "convert" them, and in the very rare case, killing them. There are far too many lunatics in the world. I should know, I'm one of them (altho not a religious nut).
Umm, if you'd have read my post in detail, you'll realize that's what I said. You hit the reply button a little too quickly IMO.
I had said: > > The point of the article is that you CAN'T READ THE LICENSES
Which means that the text of the licenses to which the welcome screen refers are not available to be read (without agreeing to them before reading them; this, of course, assuming you have them at all). Therefore you cannot accept the welcome screen. I did read the article in detail, otherwise I would not have posted a blatant flame.
> Todd McFairlanes Spawn just floated away from being a solid story and into everlasting dilution
Mostly because McFarlane was stupid enough to tell the whole background story by issue #10. What a maroon... Why should I like a dark character that has no mystery? That's the point of having a character of "questionable morality." He's an enigma, so you don't necessarily know why he acts the way he does.
> tell us what the license actually says so I don't have to read the article?
What, clicking on a link too hard for you? Your fucking fingers broken? The point of the article is that you CAN'T READ THE LICENSE, which makes your post absolutely stupid, ignorant fuck.
(You can tell someone doesn't care about karma when they stay logged-in to post a flame)
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> the teacher once said (and I shit you now)
Normally if you're going to "shit" someone, you don't warn them beforehand, unless it's a bad joke.
> I am guessing by your username that there is a very sunny city in British Columbia with the initials NYC.
Maybe BC stands for Big Cloud. It's his "Indian" name.
> I couldn't disagree more. Clearly, Judeo-Christian values do more for the good of our society than say, radical Islamic values, to use an extreme example.
Clearly? No, it may be clear to you, but it is not clear to anyone else. Islamic values do more good for our society than say, radical Christian values, to use a more common example.
I still don't think that a person's religion has much bearing on their morality. There are christian priests who molest children, Islamic whatevers who encourage people to blow things up (Ironically, they rarely do it themselves -- I wonder why), and athiests who are out to destroy religion just to piss off those who believe, which is detestable.
Then there are the majority of christians, who are generally good people, the majority of Muslims who condemn terrorism, and the majority of athiests who couldn't care less whether the majority of people believed that "Our Creator" was a half-dog, half-Mr. Potatohead doll freak hellbent on forcing us to code in COBOL all day.
I'm not sure what a "Protestant Work Ethic" is, as that implicitly excludes Cathoholics, and who is to say their "work ethic" is worse than protestants?
I agree about the whole P.C. crap, and I can't comment on the decline of Europe, as I have no firsthand knowledge, but you may be correct.
> how about you do one with "Coldplay" or "Dave Matthew's Band"?
You were onto a good thing until that. Dave Matthews & his band are fscking awesome musicians, but I personally hate the music they play. Coldplay? I've had so many people telling me they kick ass, then when I listen to them it's all the same and not particularly innovative.
> "Evil." You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.
Evidently he doesn't know what "monopoly" means either.
> instead of saying "stop stealing our music", they say "hey, if you downloaded our music, send us a couple of bucks".
> Of course, the record company wouldn't like this one bit
The problem is exactly what you said: The record company won't like it, so if the artist/band promotes it, they can be penalized or removed altogether, hurting chances of big future sales.
> The album as a whole is a work of art, and if you're only listening to a few songs on each album, then the artists you've been listening to suck.
Wow, I had no idea that every artist who ever had a song on the radio sucked. Stop bullshitting the point, it only hurts your argument.
And, of course, this assumes that you know the method for creating great music. Please enlighten us all.
> Perhaps he should have done this with a Buy-It-Now price of $10 or something just to get it over with
*ALERT* you missed the point.
> percieve [...] likly hood [...] likly hod [...] 'hard drice crashes' [...] beliece [...] exclusivly [...] faile [...]30 days latter.
> It's not bad spelling, It's a glitch in the system.
Woow, wit hat meny gliches Aye thinc teh Matrix wil crashe sune.
> Metallica is boycotting the iTunes Music Store; their music isn't available for sale there. More info here
Excellent link, parent deserves +Mod
> No one cares about this except a bunch of geeks, and the suits that are going to sue them
And anyone who gives a shit about personal freedoms, but obviously that's not you. They won't get sued, get a fucking clue.
> this is just inflamitory.
First of, "inflamitory" isn't a word. If you don't know how to spell something, look it up. If you don't feel like it, use a different word -- just stop making yourself look like an idiot.
Inflammatory? Yes and no. Yeah, the RIAA could become angry, but that's kind of the point. If they get all hissy about it it proves they want money and litigation, not business.
> Ebay will pull this listing by the end of the day
Surprise, you're wrong. Since he amended the listing to say it won't be downloadable, it won't be pulled: pulled, as in "your head from your ass."
> abcdefghiklmnpqrstuvwxyzacdefghijklnpqrstuvwxyz as it is more the TRUE opposite.
Maybe it's the opposite of "jobmo", but not "boom"... What the heck does that mean?
> jeremymann gets an honorary darwin award for paying 970000% of retail value for something
A Darwin award requires dieing in the act of something. Maybe if he had a heart attack because his $69,420 bid won...
> and you are the first person i've seen actually point it out [Lose v. Loose]
Are you on crack? I've seen that pointed out hundreds of times. What site are YOU reading?
> [previous technology] would put picture phones out of most people's price range.
As opposed to current phone cameras, which are found in cereal boxes. WTF!?!?!? These things are ALREADY out of most people's price range. Journalists often seem to think that everyone makes $50,000+ a year, like them.
> He'll find Weapons of Ass Destruction even if he has to put them up there himself.
:)
It's all a facade, he KNOWS where the WoAD are. He has his secret weapon hidden in his pants.
Why, oh why, am I still amused by fart & dick jokes at 26?
> Can you sat Nazis, and Communists
Nazis and Commies and athiests, *OH MY*!
> America's Judeo-Christian values is what makes America great.
No, the values that they (are supposed to) promote make the country great. The fact that they are jews/christians makes no difference, as those same values could be applied to Moral Athiests, if such a term truly exists (the people exist, I don't know if it is an accepted group, though.
Any human with acceptable morals would end up with the same (at least similar) values, regardless of religion. Most religions, however, argue that only their beliefs are correct and that only they will go to thier religion's "heaven" and all others are "sinners," despite the "sinners" possibly being better people.
It sounds pseudo-Machiavellian, but religion is good for some people, as it gives them a purpose and keeps them from doing stupid things. Unfortunately, for some lunatics, that purpose is to despise or feel sorry for those not of that religion -- sometimes putting them down, sometimes going to their door to "convert" them, and in the very rare case, killing them. There are far too many lunatics in the world. I should know, I'm one of them (altho not a religious nut).
> He was in a big bunny suit.
;)
Oh, in that case, I would have done the same
> if you'd have read the article in detail,
Umm, if you'd have read my post in detail, you'll realize that's what I said. You hit the reply button a little too quickly IMO.
I had said:
> > The point of the article is that you CAN'T READ THE LICENSES
Which means that the text of the licenses to which the welcome screen refers are not available to be read (without agreeing to them before reading them; this, of course, assuming you have them at all). Therefore you cannot accept the welcome screen. I did read the article in detail, otherwise I would not have posted a blatant flame.
> I'd be worried about GayCactusDickMan, myself.
Good thing I'm not gay, so I don't have to worry.
> Todd McFairlanes Spawn just floated away from being a solid story and into everlasting dilution
Mostly because McFarlane was stupid enough to tell the whole background story by issue #10. What a maroon... Why should I like a dark character that has no mystery? That's the point of having a character of "questionable morality." He's an enigma, so you don't necessarily know why he acts the way he does.
> tell us what the license actually says so I don't have to read the article?
What, clicking on a link too hard for you? Your fucking fingers broken? The point of the article is that you CAN'T READ THE LICENSE, which makes your post absolutely stupid, ignorant fuck.
(You can tell someone doesn't care about karma when they stay logged-in to post a flame)
> Isn't that like referring to "murders" as "people with murderous tendencies"?
No, because I have murderous tendencies, but I am not a murderer. Not yet, at least.
> Lables? they're like ladles, only with the cup part facing the other way ...
And are only useful for making very large Black & Tans. I own 10 of them.