That's not a whoosh, it's just a joke-killer. Not that I've ever understood the humor in quoting movies - it seems more like a feel-good "yay, we share the same taste in entertainment" type of laughter. It sure as hell isn't funny in the general sense.
This started with the cult of the DJ. Once it became acceptable to be considered a musician for playing other people's records, the floodgates were opened. Now just cutting other people's work up and rearranging it is considered "creative."
Come on, get with the party line - it's not about copyright infringement, it's about openness and sharing. Sure, it's openly sharing copyrighted works, but that's not the important part.
I would have gone with strapping a load of explosives to his chest and detonating them from a safe distance. They could have added some regional flavor by putting him next to a school bus (empty, of course) when they did it.
Well that makes all the difference in the world. So long as my entire life is run by a small group of people with diverse viewpoints who are profiting from my tax money for no good reason as opposed to being run by a small group of people with similar viewpoints who are profiting from my tax money for no good reason then I can relax and feel that all is right with the world.
Obama is a firm believer that a cabal of "important" people should be running all things for all people, and that makes him no different than Bush at his core. Everything else is just details.
Oh, come off it. That's like the hippies claiming pot is illegal because "there's no way to tax it."
The economics would shift to the manufacture and installation of millions of generating units. Who do you think would be in the ripe position to make that business a reality?
No, it still doesn't make any sense. Going out in public dressed in a way that shows off the titties means that someone else may damn well be looking the whole time. Too bad. The black gown is the only reasonable solution, because if you expect me to avert my eyes, you're gonna have to commit some violence to make it happen, and that is very quickly going to get out of hand.
Why should I subsidize the data costs of someone who uses their internet connection to make money? Telecommuters can damn well pay for their usage. You'll have to come up with a better scenario than that.
I have a silly question for all you anti-Mac people: why are you so offended that people would choose to buy from Apple? What is it about that company that makes you rabidly deride anyone who exercised their personal choice to buy a computer they desired, for whatever reason? How does it hurt you? I have to assume it hurts you, because the derision is so very strong and often personal (for an anonymous interaction, anyway.)
Is it something as simple as your belief that your opinion is somehow more correct? Could it really be something that wrong?
I assume you're joking, but that elitist bullshit attitude is what I've spent most of my career defeating. My side will win in the end because we have the popular support.
Any feature added to computers since 1978 is bad. Anything that allows normal humans who haven't dedicated their lives to understanding the machine to use a computer is evil. The interface was perfected when it was arcane and required years of study to use effectively. Everything since then is simply a conspiracy between Intel and Microsoft to make money.
I kinda wish you had logged in. You gave the first respectable list of reasons to pirate this site has ever seen, without succumbing to the temptation to make it look noble. I commend your honesty, even in the face of your cowardice.
So this girl in New Jersey forced herself to take pictures of herself? How insidious. I'm not sure how to combat this threat, but I think nuking New Jersey should be amongst the options.
Yeah, and the advertising revenue. And the donations. And yeah, the overflow from the VPN charges. They profit by facilitating distribution of the work of others, while providing no actual value themselves. Tricky accounting and semantic arguments don't change anything in that regard.
I missed the part where competition is limited only to price and performance. Perhaps you could quote me the relevant sections of whatever rulebook defines this?
OMG they try to make a profit on a popular item? How dare they. They should hire you immediately to teach them that their responsibility as a company is to satisfy your poorly explained whims.
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That's not a whoosh, it's just a joke-killer. Not that I've ever understood the humor in quoting movies - it seems more like a feel-good "yay, we share the same taste in entertainment" type of laughter. It sure as hell isn't funny in the general sense.
This started with the cult of the DJ. Once it became acceptable to be considered a musician for playing other people's records, the floodgates were opened. Now just cutting other people's work up and rearranging it is considered "creative."
Parent is entirely offtopic, but since it's in support of AGW it is modded insightful. Yay Slashdot.
Come on, get with the party line - it's not about copyright infringement, it's about openness and sharing. Sure, it's openly sharing copyrighted works, but that's not the important part.
I would have gone with strapping a load of explosives to his chest and detonating them from a safe distance. They could have added some regional flavor by putting him next to a school bus (empty, of course) when they did it.
Well that makes all the difference in the world. So long as my entire life is run by a small group of people with diverse viewpoints who are profiting from my tax money for no good reason as opposed to being run by a small group of people with similar viewpoints who are profiting from my tax money for no good reason then I can relax and feel that all is right with the world.
Obama is a firm believer that a cabal of "important" people should be running all things for all people, and that makes him no different than Bush at his core. Everything else is just details.
Oh, come off it. That's like the hippies claiming pot is illegal because "there's no way to tax it."
The economics would shift to the manufacture and installation of millions of generating units. Who do you think would be in the ripe position to make that business a reality?
Maybe it's Wagoneer. I think he'd have a right to that opinion.
I don't know for sure, of course. I'm not a true believer in the one Obama way, which probably makes me evil somehow.
No, it still doesn't make any sense. Going out in public dressed in a way that shows off the titties means that someone else may damn well be looking the whole time. Too bad. The black gown is the only reasonable solution, because if you expect me to avert my eyes, you're gonna have to commit some violence to make it happen, and that is very quickly going to get out of hand.
I hope you get it now, but I know you don't.
Why should I subsidize the data costs of someone who uses their internet connection to make money? Telecommuters can damn well pay for their usage. You'll have to come up with a better scenario than that.
That's exactly what someone who's been brainwashed by the process would say.
I have a silly question for all you anti-Mac people: why are you so offended that people would choose to buy from Apple? What is it about that company that makes you rabidly deride anyone who exercised their personal choice to buy a computer they desired, for whatever reason? How does it hurt you? I have to assume it hurts you, because the derision is so very strong and often personal (for an anonymous interaction, anyway.)
Is it something as simple as your belief that your opinion is somehow more correct? Could it really be something that wrong?
You know what else is cute? The way your anus will look wrapped around my cock.
Yeah, just say that. The 'cute' bullshit is just chick-code for 'I want to be plowed in the bunghole by you, you strong man you.'
I assume you're joking, but that elitist bullshit attitude is what I've spent most of my career defeating. My side will win in the end because we have the popular support.
Because girls are innocent and sweet and would never, ever be willing participants. They must be coerced, every time.
Stupid medieval sexual attitudes are the bane of an enlightened society.
Any feature added to computers since 1978 is bad. Anything that allows normal humans who haven't dedicated their lives to understanding the machine to use a computer is evil. The interface was perfected when it was arcane and required years of study to use effectively. Everything since then is simply a conspiracy between Intel and Microsoft to make money.
Leaving a desktop running is a waste of electricity. You've done the opposite of impress me.
I kinda wish you had logged in. You gave the first respectable list of reasons to pirate this site has ever seen, without succumbing to the temptation to make it look noble. I commend your honesty, even in the face of your cowardice.
Why is engaging in sexual activity a bad decision, exactly?
So this girl in New Jersey forced herself to take pictures of herself? How insidious. I'm not sure how to combat this threat, but I think nuking New Jersey should be amongst the options.
Yeah, and the advertising revenue. And the donations. And yeah, the overflow from the VPN charges. They profit by facilitating distribution of the work of others, while providing no actual value themselves. Tricky accounting and semantic arguments don't change anything in that regard.
I missed the part where competition is limited only to price and performance. Perhaps you could quote me the relevant sections of whatever rulebook defines this?
You just need to turn in your member-of-society card. Constant communication is the new norm.
OMG they try to make a profit on a popular item? How dare they. They should hire you immediately to teach them that their responsibility as a company is to satisfy your poorly explained whims.