> American idol and american junior are the ultimate authoritative agencies for musical talent search.
Granted, I've never seen an episode of either, but I have seen the commercials. What about that big, fat (description, not insult) black dude that was there in the last few rounds (did he win?)? He's not exactly Steven Segal. But he IS talented.
> my guitar would sound pretty boring without some distortion and other effects applied here & there
No, your guitar would sound just fine. Your music, OTOH... If you need distortion and effects to make your music good, it means you aren't a good enough musician yet. I know this sounds like a flame, but I don't mean it to be. Continued practice could turn you into a "virtuoso" of the guitar. Distortion does not an artist make.
Get a clue, child. Your post implies that you are a 15-year old with a fucking ego problem. Guess what. You're not cool, you're not 1337, no one likes you. You're not smart, either, or else you would have simply googled for it before proving you are an absolute tool.
> I think non-vegetarians are abrasive towards vegetarians primarily due to jealousy.
How are they jealous? And of what? My point is, that's an entirely ridiculous statement. You are arguing semantics, I'm arguing the point. WHAT IS THERE TO BE JEALOUS ABOUT?
Definitely not health, as that has more to do with eating responsibly, as opposed to the types of foods you eat (excluding "junk food" of course). Their willpower? If I want willpower, I'll quit smoking. Not to mention the that I think most vegans are vegans because they don't like meat. Fine, if you don't like it, it's not test of willpower to not eat it. If, however, the vegans are telling others not to eat meat because it's murder and they are living in sin by doing it, that is self-righteous. Of course, there's nothing wrong as long as they don't press the issue, but how often does anyone on any side of an argument not push it?
> So how is anyone being (self-)righteous?
By calling attention to themselves as better-than-the-meat-eaters and victims, when they are not.
> who is calling themselves persecuted?
Okay, persecuted isn't necessarily the right word, but you said yourself that non-veg's are abrasive towards veg's, meaning there is supposed animosity there. The Veg's consider themselves victims, i.e., persecuted.
> > "Which is exactly the reason that electricity, and every other fuel, should cost approximately a $shitload. Force people to move onto more efficient / effective appliances - be it a light bulb or aircon!"
> Democrat?
> > I didnt start my company to pay for fucking schools and street sweepers - thats what my employees pay income tax for!
I thought so too until he said that. Now I think he's just confused.
"Force everyone to live the way I want them to, but lower my damned taxes!"
> There's an additional efficiency advantage to using LEDs in traffic lights,
Not to mention that if a bulb goes out w/ an LED traffic light you can still see the color, just that there's a black spot on it, instead of having red for stop, yellow means do whatever, and go when it's black.
> LEDs are excellent spot lights, but are much worse [...] at room flooding light that most light fixtures are used for
Just throwing out ideas here... Couldn't you arrange a few LEDs in a hemisphere and put a glass sphere/bulb over it that is translucent (ie, looks like finely-sanded glass) to diffuse (?scatter?) the light to make the photons go in a more varied pattern (or lack thereof)? I guess there would still be spots of brighter light where the LEDs are positioned, but if you put a few layers of it, it might work (not to mention cost 10x as much).
Oh (self-)righteous one, I am jealous of you for depriving yourself of certain types of food. WTF? I laugh at you for it, but I respect your decision to do so. Why is it anyone who chooses to be different calls themselves persecuted when the majority asks them WTF they are doing. It's not because we're jealous, it's because we're confused by you.
> many meat eaters act exactly with that "holier-than-thou" attitude
I disagree with this completely. I live in a pretty f'ing socially backward area, but if I said to someone "I'm a vegan," (although I am not) I might get a strange look (amused or ignorant, can't be sure), but very few (about the same % as there are rabid vegans, probably) will spout off about the values of red meat. If I say, however, "you're a murderer for eating meat," I'd expect to get my ass kicked. That's just as bad as me saying "You vegans are idiots for not eating meat."
My point is that there are extremists on both sides. There is nothing wrong with being on either "side," but there IS something wrong with being an extremist.
Note: An extremist, to me, is someone trying to impose their extreme thoughts on another. Having extreme ideas is fine, just don't insult me for having my own ideas.
> those ALF and PETA people are all a bunch of bitches
What a beautiful way to drive home his point about stupid extremists. He makes a simple, factual statement and you make it extreme. Although, that is the American way, these days (or is it the Hollywood way?). Extreme Football, extreme snowboarding, extreme vegans. Get it?
> the granting of complete and equal rights to all groups, so to vis-a-vis animals
But if we expand those rights onto them, don't we expect them to have responsibilities that come with those rights? Such as to not kill other animals as well? Then we'll have to start throwing those lions & tigers in jail for killing the poor, defenseless gazelles. It'll be the new war on drugs.
Please, don't call me wrong because I eat meat -- a very large number of animals eat meat. Are they wrong for killing? At least I let someone else do the killing, I just take advantage of the results.
I understand the history of the umlaut, although I didn't know it was an e, I thought the umlaut-a to ae was just to make it easier on english-speakers.
By calling kaes a regional word, isn't that like saying "ain't" and "yuns" are real words in Southern-American dialect? I'm not arguing that it's a word, just that it's not technically a word in modern Deutsch.
Just arguing FTFOI, since no one will be reading this old thread any more:)
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> Now if they could just integrate this technology in consumer karaoke machines
Truly brilliant. I don't really have anything useful to say about it, except that's a great idea.
> He's not exactly Steven Segal. But he IS talented.
... unlike Steven Segal.
I forgot this part at the end:
> American idol and american junior are the ultimate authoritative agencies for musical talent search.
Granted, I've never seen an episode of either, but I have seen the commercials. What about that big, fat (description, not insult) black dude that was there in the last few rounds (did he win?)? He's not exactly Steven Segal. But he IS talented.
> my guitar would sound pretty boring without some distortion and other effects applied here & there
No, your guitar would sound just fine. Your music, OTOH... If you need distortion and effects to make your music good, it means you aren't a good enough musician yet. I know this sounds like a flame, but I don't mean it to be. Continued practice could turn you into a "virtuoso" of the guitar. Distortion does not an artist make.
Get a clue, child. Your post implies that you are a 15-year old with a fucking ego problem. Guess what. You're not cool, you're not 1337, no one likes you. You're not smart, either, or else you would have simply googled for it before proving you are an absolute tool.
> I think non-vegetarians are abrasive towards vegetarians primarily due to jealousy.
How are they jealous? And of what? My point is, that's an entirely ridiculous statement. You are arguing semantics, I'm arguing the point. WHAT IS THERE TO BE JEALOUS ABOUT?
Definitely not health, as that has more to do with eating responsibly, as opposed to the types of foods you eat (excluding "junk food" of course). Their willpower? If I want willpower, I'll quit smoking. Not to mention the that I think most vegans are vegans because they don't like meat. Fine, if you don't like it, it's not test of willpower to not eat it. If, however, the vegans are telling others not to eat meat because it's murder and they are living in sin by doing it, that is self-righteous. Of course, there's nothing wrong as long as they don't press the issue, but how often does anyone on any side of an argument not push it?
> So how is anyone being (self-)righteous?
By calling attention to themselves as better-than-the-meat-eaters and victims, when they are not.
> who is calling themselves persecuted?
Okay, persecuted isn't necessarily the right word, but you said yourself that non-veg's are abrasive towards veg's, meaning there is supposed animosity there. The Veg's consider themselves victims, i.e., persecuted.
Please excuse my ignorance, but what the heck is a roundabout?
> I'd say at least half the people on the road are below average drivers.
Parse error. That's an interesting use of the word average. If you are an (exactly) average driver, exactly half of the people drive worse than you.
(I'm just being a smart-ass, not pedantic -- it's a fine line)
> If you read my comment you would realize I'm not a vegetarian.
When I said "you," I am using it to mean "a vegetarian." If it's a problem, exchange all ocurrences of "you" with "them."
> > "Which is exactly the reason that electricity, and every other fuel, should cost approximately a $shitload. Force people to move onto more efficient / effective appliances - be it a light bulb or aircon!"
> Democrat?
> > I didnt start my company to pay for fucking schools and street sweepers - thats what my employees pay income tax for!
I thought so too until he said that. Now I think he's just confused.
"Force everyone to live the way I want them to, but lower my damned taxes!"
> There's an additional efficiency advantage to using LEDs in traffic lights,
Not to mention that if a bulb goes out w/ an LED traffic light you can still see the color, just that there's a black spot on it, instead of having red for stop, yellow means do whatever, and go when it's black.
> LEDs are excellent spot lights, but are much worse [...] at room flooding light that most light fixtures are used for
Just throwing out ideas here... Couldn't you arrange a few LEDs in a hemisphere and put a glass sphere/bulb over it that is translucent (ie, looks like finely-sanded glass) to diffuse (?scatter?) the light to make the photons go in a more varied pattern (or lack thereof)? I guess there would still be spots of brighter light where the LEDs are positioned, but if you put a few layers of it, it might work (not to mention cost 10x as much).
> The same could be said about your mother, only about whoring.
Not "could be," "is."
> Thats not a dimensional scrambler,
it's my brother!
> you make my skin crawl, you repulsive creep.
At least he's honest about being a creep.
> I avoid google cuz of the scientology debacle
Can you give more info? To what "debacle" are you referring?
> do you really want to live in an environment without a status quo? Where people are unpatriotic? What of the ills of society?
Yes.
If there is no society, there are no societal ills. Granted, I'd probably be one of the first fifty million to die.
Mel Gibson, Mel Brooks, same thing... :)
> Probably jealousy.
Oh (self-)righteous one, I am jealous of you for depriving yourself of certain types of food. WTF? I laugh at you for it, but I respect your decision to do so. Why is it anyone who chooses to be different calls themselves persecuted when the majority asks them WTF they are doing. It's not because we're jealous, it's because we're confused by you.
> many meat eaters act exactly with that "holier-than-thou" attitude
I disagree with this completely. I live in a pretty f'ing socially backward area, but if I said to someone "I'm a vegan," (although I am not) I might get a strange look (amused or ignorant, can't be sure), but very few (about the same % as there are rabid vegans, probably) will spout off about the values of red meat. If I say, however, "you're a murderer for eating meat," I'd expect to get my ass kicked. That's just as bad as me saying "You vegans are idiots for not eating meat."
My point is that there are extremists on both sides. There is nothing wrong with being on either "side," but there IS something wrong with being an extremist.
Note: An extremist, to me, is someone trying to impose their extreme thoughts on another. Having extreme ideas is fine, just don't insult me for having my own ideas.
> those ALF and PETA people are all a bunch of bitches
What a beautiful way to drive home his point about stupid extremists. He makes a simple, factual statement and you make it extreme. Although, that is the American way, these days (or is it the Hollywood way?). Extreme Football, extreme snowboarding, extreme vegans. Get it?
> I really don't think that you could eat meat and not consider yourself a killer.
I really don't think that if you can't put a computer together from just copper wire and transistors, you cannot consider yourself a programmer.
Hey, I can't make catsup from raw tomatoes, does that mean I can't eat pizza? Please think a little more next time.
> the granting of complete and equal rights to all groups, so to vis-a-vis animals
But if we expand those rights onto them, don't we expect them to have responsibilities that come with those rights? Such as to not kill other animals as well? Then we'll have to start throwing those lions & tigers in jail for killing the poor, defenseless gazelles. It'll be the new war on drugs.
Please, don't call me wrong because I eat meat -- a very large number of animals eat meat. Are they wrong for killing? At least I let someone else do the killing, I just take advantage of the results.
> > server crash every once and awhile"
> Or they could just run the game on Windows servers.
He said every once in a while, not "make the thing unplayably slow." That's just cruel.
I understand the history of the umlaut, although I didn't know it was an e, I thought the umlaut-a to ae was just to make it easier on english-speakers.
:)
By calling kaes a regional word, isn't that like saying "ain't" and "yuns" are real words in Southern-American dialect? I'm not arguing that it's a word, just that it's not technically a word in modern Deutsch.
Just arguing FTFOI, since no one will be reading this old thread any more