genetically manipulating ourselves is the next step in human evolution. its our turn to evolve ourselves! As a first step i would like to take my genes and clone myself a beard. but not just any beard... a beard made from my very own dna beard. a perfectly groomed and intelligent beard with legs. i would name him louis and he would follow me everywhere i go. we would take long walks in the park, me and my beard and we would go swimming and drink large frothy dark beers out of tall frosted glasses.
whatever trollboy. even someone with decidedly non-socialist leanings would take exception to all of your arguments.
1. unborn children are a great source of protein. if you continue to make statements about unborn children being sacred and such nonsence someone might mistake you for one of those clinic-bombing pro-life wackos.
2. the rich americans SHOULD provide for the poor americans! after all that is what our democracy was founded on! (under the established premises of corporate welfare being good for all people everywhere of course and that being under the thin veil of outright COMMUNISM) The poor people get jobs and become rich as a result, and thats good for everyone!
3. racism is not a problem in our country at all! Affirmative action has been a tremendous success at helping people of color find a voice and acheive equality all across our great whitey-controlled nation! So you just shut your little pie hole while i keep dreaming of our great light brown future we are all breeding toward as we become one global and homogenous race! Your children will marry and have kids that are darker than your little aryan bowling league and i think that scares the poop out of you.
pleas try to be more coherent next time.
xoxo
(posting anonymously to preserve my precious ass)
that is the most simple and elegant "fuck you" i've ever heard for the junk mail problem. sand in the envelope. sand is not good for automatic letter opening equipment, im sure.
If you want something that is stylish AND functional a rack case is the only way to go.
There are several inexpensive 4 space rackmount computer cases out there that look incredibly cool (and have shockmount drive bays) add a nice QUIET 300w power supply, an skb roto-rack and an extra fan in the back and you're 10x more professional protected and portable.
Yeah we all yearn for the good old days sometimes but things change. trolls multiply. They run around slapping each other on the bottom and hoot and holler cause they're starved for attention. Thats okay with me.
I browse at -1 because i think the trolls are at least as interesting as roughly 3/4 of the "insightful" or "informative" posts. Hell, half the time they're twice as funny as the "funny" posts. or twice as ingenious when they succeed in trolling in the true sense of the word.
Your user # is astoundingly low. i bow in reverence.
in response to your question about what i think we can do to "curtail these idiot attempts to control and charge for our media consumption" i think we can simply ignore their media. 99% of it is worthless anyway.
Since there is a growing concensus that most of the content sucks anyway, we are making our own. wether its software, music, movies or other artistic pursuits, the tools to create in our little digital world are cheap or free for the most part. making your own content is a form of entertainment in and of itself.
The goal of all content companies (whether they create books, music, entertainment, information, or whatever) is to maximize their value. this is not bad or good. it is just create a market where no secondary markets exists.
This can be accomplished through licensing. This can be reinforced and enforced through litigation or legislation. and this is nothing new.
So what do we do? We can't stop them and we're much too apathetic and disaffected to actually influence the system, could we at least flood the primary market ourselves? Roll our own stuff?
If you take all the current marketing crap to its logical conclusion past the current fad of superersonalized "customerization" what you are essentially creating is your own content. And as content companies create more and more stuff you have to pay for, people will naturally create their own and give it away. There is already so much virtually free stuff to choose from, i never have to see a major release movie again. if i want to read a book i can go to the library. if there is content i actually want to purchase i can often get it from somewhere closer to the source.
the only obstacle to overcome is the perception that free widgets or code have less inherent value than the stuff you pay big money for.
WORDS PRINTED ON DEAD TREES AS A COLLECTIVE WORK COMPRISING A "BOOK"
IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and the ("Author") of the written work which you acquired as the printed material identified above ("Book" or "Written work"). If the BOOK PRODUCT is not accompanied by a new computer system or computer system component, you may not loan out or resell this BOOK PRODUCT. The BOOK PRODUCT includes the paper, cover, printed text, and may include associated media such as pictures and apendices. Any references provided along with the BOOK PRODUCT that is associated with a separate end-user license agreement is licensed to you under the terms of that license agreement. By buying, reading, accessing or otherwise using the BOOK PRODUCT, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA, The AUTHOR and PUBLISHER are unwilling to license the BOOK PRODUCT to you. In such event, you may not use or resell the BOOK PRODUCT, and you should promptly contact Manufacturer for instructions on return of the unused product(s) for a refund...
yes it is an old song, but i havn't kept up with "the johns" much lately as i've been too occupied with other musics -- for some reason I listened to lincoln so many times that it is forever embedded in my subconscious.
thanks for info.
ana ng, was actually the other song i had a bunch of questions about... how cryptic really... I always wondered about that one.. i figured out the hole perpendicular thing to asia and the water spiraling the wrong way out the sink, but wahts up with the worlds fair thing?
and what about the sorry state of recent world's fairs? is it because the world has become so much closer together that the rest of the world isn't all that interesting? or is it that people just don't give a fuck anymore?
i'm especially fond of images of the expo 67 when the future was on display there and seemed to hold so much promise, and technology was a cure for all the world's ills. bucky fuller built that big fucking dome in montreal and proved his point to some extent... i wasn't born yet of course, but god why do i keep thinking the best parts of human progress have already passed and whatever the future holds is alot less interesting? could be my perspective...
Your explanation has not been verified by TMBG. can you point me to somewhere they have verified your claim? i read posts on teh tmbg board with a few explanations.
but i only got modded up to three so i probably won't get to ask them this question because pearls of wisdom concerning "the future of digital music" blaah blaah blaah will take presedence over my lowly lyric query.
These new standards effect industrial workplaces more than your little cubicles and your little chairs and your little keyboards and your little wrist rests.
For those of you willing to take off your slashdot blinders for a second, consider the repetitive strain injuries of assembly line workers, the workers in meat processing plants, sweatshops, and packaging operations where people repeat the same motions over and over and over again, reaching twisting bending, etc...
your little cubicle farm will not notice much of a difference. hey you! sit up straight!
I work for a company that manufactures automatic packaging equipment, and I for one think this standard is long overdue. There are HUGE business opportunities for creating ergonomic products that help make workplaces safer.
I agree totally. thank you for stating the obvious that everyone continues to ignore.
hello america! wake up! THERE IS NO SURPLUS it is a PROJECTED SURPLUS over the next ten years... why the hell is everyone treating this projection as money in the bank, and why are our major party candidates so big on giving away something we don't even have yet?
Its smoke and mirrors folks, and nobody wants to confront it and call it the damned lie that it is. And why should we confront it? its for the american people, and they've already spent it for the american people.
Slashdot Mirror
oh come on... you are just jealous you didn't think of it first ya little troll muffins...
absolutely!
genetically manipulating ourselves is the next step in human evolution. its our turn to evolve ourselves! As a first step i would like to take my genes and clone myself a beard. but not just any beard... a beard made from my very own dna beard. a perfectly groomed and intelligent beard with legs. i would name him louis and he would follow me everywhere i go. we would take long walks in the park, me and my beard and we would go swimming and drink large frothy dark beers out of tall frosted glasses.
my new best friend.
couldn't a said it better mahself
somebody mod this idiot up. i think they have something here...
wow... dood... lay off the crack.
really.
whatever trollboy. even someone with decidedly non-socialist leanings would take exception to all of your arguments.
1. unborn children are a great source of protein. if you continue to make statements about unborn children being sacred and such nonsence someone might mistake you for one of those clinic-bombing pro-life wackos.
2. the rich americans SHOULD provide for the poor americans! after all that is what our democracy was founded on! (under the established premises of corporate welfare being good for all people everywhere of course and that being under the thin veil of outright COMMUNISM) The poor people get jobs and become rich as a result, and thats good for everyone!
3. racism is not a problem in our country at all! Affirmative action has been a tremendous success at helping people of color find a voice and acheive equality all across our great whitey-controlled nation! So you just shut your little pie hole while i keep dreaming of our great light brown future we are all breeding toward as we become one global and homogenous race! Your children will marry and have kids that are darker than your little aryan bowling league and i think that scares the poop out of you.
pleas try to be more coherent next time.
xoxo
(posting anonymously to preserve my precious ass)
+1 insightful
You sir, are a communist.
im okay with that though.
sand.
that is the most simple and elegant "fuck you" i've ever heard for the junk mail problem. sand in the envelope. sand is not good for automatic letter opening equipment, im sure.
thank you for the idea.
xoxo
-freq
somebody please mod this up. i had no idea it actually worked like this.
yes! yes! yes! its for the children!
everything is for the children!
think of the children!
If you want something that is stylish AND functional a rack case is the only way to go.
There are several inexpensive 4 space rackmount computer cases out there that look incredibly cool (and have shockmount drive bays) add a nice QUIET 300w power supply, an skb roto-rack and an extra fan in the back and you're 10x more professional protected and portable.
Yeah we all yearn for the good old days sometimes but things change. trolls multiply. They run around slapping each other on the bottom and hoot and holler cause they're starved for attention. Thats okay with me.
I browse at -1 because i think the trolls are at least as interesting as roughly 3/4 of the "insightful" or "informative" posts. Hell, half the time they're twice as funny as the "funny" posts. or twice as ingenious when they succeed in trolling in the true sense of the word.
Your user # is astoundingly low. i bow in reverence.
xoxo
-freq
monkeyboy:
you are my hero.
xoxo
-freq
nice rant actually.
in response to your question about what i think we can do to "curtail these idiot attempts to control and charge for our media consumption" i think we can simply ignore their media. 99% of it is worthless anyway.
Since there is a growing concensus that most of the content sucks anyway, we are making our own. wether its software, music, movies or other artistic pursuits, the tools to create in our little digital world are cheap or free for the most part. making your own content is a form of entertainment in and of itself.
The goal of all content companies (whether they create books, music, entertainment, information, or whatever) is to maximize their value. this is not bad or good. it is just create a market where no secondary markets exists.
This can be accomplished through licensing. This can be reinforced and enforced through litigation or legislation. and this is nothing new.
So what do we do? We can't stop them and we're much too apathetic and disaffected to actually influence the system, could we at least flood the primary market ourselves? Roll our own stuff?
If you take all the current marketing crap to its logical conclusion past the current fad of superersonalized "customerization" what you are essentially creating is your own content. And as content companies create more and more stuff you have to pay for, people will naturally create their own and give it away. There is already so much virtually free stuff to choose from, i never have to see a major release movie again. if i want to read a book i can go to the library. if there is content i actually want to purchase i can often get it from somewhere closer to the source.
the only obstacle to overcome is the perception that free widgets or code have less inherent value than the stuff you pay big money for.
hmmm.
END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR
WORDS PRINTED ON DEAD TREES AS A COLLECTIVE WORK COMPRISING A "BOOK"
IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and the ("Author") of the written work which you acquired as the printed material identified above ("Book" or "Written work"). If the BOOK PRODUCT is not accompanied by a new computer system or computer system component, you may not loan out or resell this BOOK PRODUCT. The BOOK PRODUCT includes the paper, cover, printed text, and may include associated media such as pictures and apendices. Any references provided along with the BOOK PRODUCT that is associated with a separate end-user license agreement is licensed to you under the terms of that license agreement. By buying, reading, accessing or otherwise using the BOOK PRODUCT, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA, The AUTHOR and PUBLISHER are unwilling to license the BOOK PRODUCT to you. In such event, you may not use or resell the BOOK PRODUCT, and you should promptly contact Manufacturer for instructions on return of the unused product(s) for a refund...
etc...
im not a zealot, im a pseudo-troll
just like you. monkeyboy.
and i have mod points today.
monkeyboy.
i dont even have linux installed anywhere. how could i be a zealot? heheh... wait. that statement describes half the slashdot population.
lick my balls monkeyboy.
xoxo
-freq
thank you for your reply.
yes it is an old song, but i havn't kept up with "the johns" much lately as i've been too occupied with other musics -- for some reason I listened to lincoln so many times that it is forever embedded in my subconscious.
thanks for info.
ana ng, was actually the other song i had a bunch of questions about... how cryptic really... I always wondered about that one.. i figured out the hole perpendicular thing to asia and the water spiraling the wrong way out the sink, but wahts up with the worlds fair thing?
and what about the sorry state of recent world's fairs? is it because the world has become so much closer together that the rest of the world isn't all that interesting? or is it that people just don't give a fuck anymore?
i'm especially fond of images of the expo 67 when the future was on display there and seemed to hold so much promise, and technology was a cure for all the world's ills. bucky fuller built that big fucking dome in montreal and proved his point to some extent... i wasn't born yet of course, but god why do i keep thinking the best parts of human progress have already passed and whatever the future holds is alot less interesting? could be my perspective...
its not a mattter of time... its the lowest common denominator (in many respects)
The 56k crowd will never die because the internet experience @ 56k is not sufficiently inferior to the internet experience @ cable or adsl speeds.
The only thing fast connectivity is good for is downloading high quality porno mpg's and warez.
but the expo 67 was in Montreal!
i read your post.
Your explanation has not been verified by TMBG. can you point me to somewhere they have verified your claim? i read posts on teh tmbg board with a few explanations.
but i only got modded up to three so i probably won't get to ask them this question because pearls of wisdom concerning "the future of digital music" blaah blaah blaah will take presedence over my lowly lyric query.
xoxo
-freq
but the expo 67 was in montreal!
i still want my answer!
in the song "Purple Toupee"
:)
what does the line "free the expo 67" really mean?
i've always wondered.
now you must tell me.
thank you
These new standards effect industrial workplaces more than your little cubicles and your little chairs and your little keyboards and your little wrist rests.
For those of you willing to take off your slashdot blinders for a second, consider the repetitive strain injuries of assembly line workers, the workers in meat processing plants, sweatshops, and packaging operations where people repeat the same motions over and over and over again, reaching twisting bending, etc...
your little cubicle farm will not notice much of a difference. hey you! sit up straight!
I work for a company that manufactures automatic packaging equipment, and I for one think this standard is long overdue. There are HUGE business opportunities for creating ergonomic products that help make workplaces safer.
-freq
I agree totally. thank you for stating the obvious that everyone continues to ignore.
hello america! wake up! THERE IS NO SURPLUS it is a PROJECTED SURPLUS over the next ten years... why the hell is everyone treating this projection as money in the bank, and why are our major party candidates so big on giving away something we don't even have yet?
Its smoke and mirrors folks, and nobody wants to confront it and call it the damned lie that it is. And why should we confront it? its for the american people, and they've already spent it for the american people.
the funny money keeps getting funnier.
how ironic.
What i wanna know is what part of "up to $10,000" is mine???