I bought a PS3 instead. That lets me play games, watch DVDs, and use netflix and hulu plus streaming. Also, with MediaLink for my Mac (I know there's a free app, but it never worked right for me) I can stream bootleg video over my home wifi network.
So no matter what trends come and go in how popular music is produced and consumed, the idea that Pink Floyd could become irrelevant seems pretty far-fetched.
I decide for myself what is relevant and what isn't. That's another consequence of the Internet and the Long Tail; I no longer have to let other people decide for me what music should matter, and what music shouldn't matter. Of course, you have the same liberty. As far as I'm concerned, Queensryche's 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime is more relevant than anything Pink Floyd has done, since you can still encapsulate most of the social ills of the United States in songs like "Revolution Calling" and "Spreading the Disease".
Why is it that every post about school from an Americn on slashdot reads like an excerpt from some crap 1950s film? Is it still really like Grease with rigidly defined jocks and nerds, brains and sluts?
For the same reason that most American schools still look like prisons: no real progress has been made on the educational front in the US.
When I heard about the midichlorians, I assumed that George Lucas ripped off Parasite Eve and wanted the Force to be based on special mitochondria. Then I sobered up.
Well, China doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get to Mars, and military applications of spaceflight seem to be the only thing American politicians understand. Do you think Kennedy would have called for the Apollo program if the Russians hadn't gotten Sputnik into orbit?
Public schools are no better for developing social skills and one's own personality.
One would think that most Slashdotters would suspect as much based on personal experience. It's rather difficult to develop social skills when you're a nerd getting stuffed into lockers by jocks. On the other hand, such abuse presents an excellent opportunity to learn stealth and guerilla tactics.
Stop making sense. If people want to think that corporations get their charters and legal privileges out of a fucking Cracker Jack box, then who are you to spoil their fantasy?
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Either that, or they're too chickenshit or guilt-ridden to fall on their swords.
Either that, or they've never heard of anal sex.
Take that guilt trip and sodomize yourself with it.
Cue the apologists blithering about how Leninism/Stalinism is not the same as Marxism.
What is this oyster you are referring to, and why is it blue?
Imaginos was stoned and thought it would be a good idea.
The first sci-fi movie I remember seeing as a kid was They Live.
I bought a PS3 instead. That lets me play games, watch DVDs, and use netflix and hulu plus streaming. Also, with MediaLink for my Mac (I know there's a free app, but it never worked right for me) I can stream bootleg video over my home wifi network.
Spielberg held Indy down; it's not like Lucas did the raping himself.
DO NOT WANT!
I want some of whatever it is you've been smoking. It must be some incredibly good shit.
When corporations handle distribution and promotion, you're damned right that relevance depends on keeping them happy.
"Stay relevant"?
Dark Side of the Moon, released in 1973, spent over 14 consecutive years on the Billboard 200 chart -- longer than any other album. The Wall, released in 1979, still ranks among the top 5 highest-selling albums of all time in the U.S. See here and here.
So no matter what trends come and go in how popular music is produced and consumed, the idea that Pink Floyd could become irrelevant seems pretty far-fetched.
I decide for myself what is relevant and what isn't. That's another consequence of the Internet and the Long Tail; I no longer have to let other people decide for me what music should matter, and what music shouldn't matter. Of course, you have the same liberty. As far as I'm concerned, Queensryche's 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime is more relevant than anything Pink Floyd has done, since you can still encapsulate most of the social ills of the United States in songs like "Revolution Calling" and "Spreading the Disease".
Why is it that every post about school from an Americn on slashdot reads like an excerpt from some crap 1950s film? Is it still really like Grease with rigidly defined jocks and nerds, brains and sluts?
For the same reason that most American schools still look like prisons: no real progress has been made on the educational front in the US.
sudo apt-get install audacity
Apple chucked their DRM a couple of years ago. They also sell all of their music encoded at 256kbps. Get with the times, or get fucked.
Good for them. They get to stay relevant.
Mocking those movies would be like asking the average Slashdotter to go three rounds with Uwe Boll.
When I heard about the midichlorians, I assumed that George Lucas ripped off Parasite Eve and wanted the Force to be based on special mitochondria. Then I sobered up.
When the system is rigged, honesty is for suckers.
Well, China doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get to Mars, and military applications of spaceflight seem to be the only thing American politicians understand. Do you think Kennedy would have called for the Apollo program if the Russians hadn't gotten Sputnik into orbit?
Public schools are no better for developing social skills and one's own personality.
One would think that most Slashdotters would suspect as much based on personal experience. It's rather difficult to develop social skills when you're a nerd getting stuffed into lockers by jocks. On the other hand, such abuse presents an excellent opportunity to learn stealth and guerilla tactics.
Stop making sense. If people want to think that corporations get their charters and legal privileges out of a fucking Cracker Jack box, then who are you to spoil their fantasy?
I don't settle for American pussy. Why would I settle for an American car?
Because American automakers don't hire ex-Apple designers.
An individual is also responsible for his inaction when he could act. The last I checked G W Bush got elected twice.
We do a reductio ad absurdiam and suggest that I'm responsible for not assassinating the bastard. :)