Yeah, I don't put much faith in blogs as news either- they are biased (as is my own The Rupertzone. But that's the point. On the other hand, Drudge, who definately leans to the right, gives the scoop much faster than the New York Times, ABC News, CNN, Washington Post, you name it. These places aren't happy that most web users go to The Drudge Report more often to get the latest breaking news. I've never seen anything posted inaccurately on Drudge's web site. This isn't to say it doesn't happen- I am sure it has.
The established press, or "big media" (Libs like to put the word "big" in front of things to make it sound worse) doesn't like it that individuals have the ability to spread their news and commentary to the worlds just as simply as they can. The more media giants slam sites like Drudge and private blogs, the more they validate the worth of such sites.
When my child is only 6 or 7 years old I don't want them saying things like "ass", "Shit", "damn". These just aren't words that should be in the vocabulary of children. Yeah, they're gonna hear it sooner or later. I'd rather it be later. I'm not going to throw up my hands and give up on my child just because the rest of society seems to be doing so.
True, true... But you might be surprised how many PG and PG-13 movies have language that many parents don't want their children to hear (again, very young children, I'm not a total prude!)
I'll buy one. This is great. I can continue to watch movies without excluding my daughter. I don't care about all the sex scenes, and if it bleeps out swear words, I can probably figure out what was said.
Its not censorship if you willingly accept it and even embrace it. Censorship is bad, don't get me wrong, but in my house the parents are dictators and what (very young) children view is censored. That is just good parenting.
Parents and owners of these things are simply decided what they do and do not want their familty to see. Are you saying that I must allow my young children to watch nudity, violence, and bad language or else I am some kind of fundamentalist?
These are tools for parents, nothing more, nothing less. Last I knew parents were allowed to raise their own children. Yeah- censorship is bad, for grown adults, but I plan on censoring the heck out of what I allow my children to see. There is no freedom of speech or freedom to view anything for a 9 year old.
Another way to look at this is as a tool of free speech. It allows parents to further control what their children see whild not forcing entire censorship. I would like to continue to watch movies as my daughter gets old enough to understand what she is seeing on the screen. Most of the time sex scenes and foul language does little to add to the story (I know there are exceptions, like Boogie Nights, for example).
Anyway, just my two cents-- there is no reason to freak out here. RCA and Walmart aren't trying to censor what you are allowed to see, rather, they are providing parents with a tool that will help us to raise our children as we see fit.
NONE of the things you listed are deductable. Methinks you're an idiot trying to make some kind of point. The only thing I learned is that you aren't very smart.
Uhh.... I think you are missing something that is very important-- we are free from the oppresive "VALUE ADDED TAX" that other countries have. Sure, we have sales tax, but we know what we pay and its pretty low considering what other countries pay. Socialistic governments have made paying taxes part of your purchase, so the consumer never realizes the government exploitation.
The guy just doesn't understand that we'd all like to find evidence of life on Mars, bipedal walking around life most of all, but we can't let that cloud our judgement.
On the contrary-- I think he understands this fact very well. I think people want there to be life in space, especially close to home. Hoaglad feeds off of this, and uses it to his advantage. And he makes money in doing so... I would be very surprised if he honestly believed his own crazy ideas. People believe because they want to, not because there is any substantial evidence...
You know, not everyone knows what sys admins do--- that's why sys admins are paid. Just yesterday where I work I witnessed a sys admin refuse to help with a machine that needed a bios update. He insisted that since he was not the "official adminstrator" of it, he couldn't touch it. Now, this machine is "adminstered" remotely. He stood there and told my boss- to her face, that a "good" sys admin would know how to do a bios update remotely.
Huh? WTF?
There's no need to take advantage of people and act like a jerk about things. I've dealt with far too many rudy and cocky sys admins in my day.
Its commentary. What's wrong with that? Now, if you're stealing commentary from other people, then I guess you never really had any original thoughts on a topic to begin with. That's pretty lame.
Well, talented artists are good enough to make their own music, so they don't have to sample. Eminem couldn't play a musical instrument if Suge Knight was threatening his life...
The great thing about the heyday of Napster/Kazza/others was the great availability of rare recordings-- Live Rush stuff, really old Pink Floyd, hard to find CSNY. The record companies have made it so, once again, we are not "allowed" to listen to this great stuff.
I checked out Napster just today. $9.99 a month and $.99 for a download. Big whoop. If I want to buy an album its still going to be $10-$20, depending on how many songs are on it, but now I get to pay an extra $9.99 a month to have the privilege to download.
IMHO, if you only download a couple of songs without getting the album, you are missing some great traks (b sides). Of course, this is only true to real music, not the boy band and rap crap that is popular these days....
Putting one of these things on a nice guitar is like putting a bumper sticker on a 1965 Shelby Cobra--- its vandalism at its worst!
Putting one of these things on your crappy guitar (Squire Strat, for example) is like when those stupid teenagers put spoilers on the back of their front wheel drive Dodge Neon-- it just shows that you are clueless.
Of course, at $4000 a pop, I'm not sure who they are marketing to.
We've been using chromatic tuners for a long time--- much more accurate than 2 cents. This would have been good during the hair band era, when those guys were using wammy bars like they were going out of style...
Big deal- I'll tune it myself. Whenever I need to tune its usually because I am less than 2 cents out of tune anyway (unless my guitar has been re-strung or not played in a while).
Besides, who would want that big nasty thing on a Beautiful Taylor, Les Paul, or Strat? Its a cool toy, but I don't see much use for performers.
Christians published The Genesis Flood, God and Evolution, and The Fall of Noah. Not scientists, but Christians.
Hmmm... That's funny, considering there were no "Christians" when those stories were first committed to text.
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Well, South Park has done pretty well after the movie was made. The South Park movie was great, but not as good as the TV show. I don't think shows like The Simpson's, Family Guy, South Park, and Futurama are designed to work well in a hour+ long story. These TV shows are great because they play on our short attention spans very well.
Of course, I'll be in the theatre on its opening night anyway...
Amatuer photographers make money from photography as well. I do use photoshop elements, but in the end its just a crippled version of photoshop. I can't do layers, I don't have as many filters available to me.
You made some assumptions about me: 1, that I pirated photoshop. I have not. 2, that I think Photoshop will make me a better photographer. I don't think this for a minute.
It just seems that piracy would be less if the price was lower, broadening the base of paying users and revenue. Just a thought...
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Yeah, I don't put much faith in blogs as news either- they are biased (as is my own The Rupertzone. But that's the point. On the other hand, Drudge, who definately leans to the right, gives the scoop much faster than the New York Times, ABC News, CNN, Washington Post, you name it. These places aren't happy that most web users go to The Drudge Report more often to get the latest breaking news. I've never seen anything posted inaccurately on Drudge's web site. This isn't to say it doesn't happen- I am sure it has.
The established press, or "big media" (Libs like to put the word "big" in front of things to make it sound worse) doesn't like it that individuals have the ability to spread their news and commentary to the worlds just as simply as they can. The more media giants slam sites like Drudge and private blogs, the more they validate the worth of such sites.
And when I watch CBS, CBS decides what I can see. When I watch CNN, CNN decides what I get to see. At some point, someone decides what I get to see...
When my child is only 6 or 7 years old I don't want them saying things like "ass", "Shit", "damn". These just aren't words that should be in the vocabulary of children. Yeah, they're gonna hear it sooner or later. I'd rather it be later. I'm not going to throw up my hands and give up on my child just because the rest of society seems to be doing so.
True, true...
But you might be surprised how many PG and PG-13 movies have language that many parents don't want their children to hear (again, very young children, I'm not a total prude!)
I'll buy one. This is great. I can continue to watch movies without excluding my daughter. I don't care about all the sex scenes, and if it bleeps out swear words, I can probably figure out what was said.
Its not censorship if you willingly accept it and even embrace it. Censorship is bad, don't get me wrong, but in my house the parents are dictators and what (very young) children view is censored. That is just good parenting.
What if parents still want to watch movies, but include the family? This could be a wonderful tool for parents.
I don't understand what is wrong with this. If you don't like it, don't buy it- its as simple as that.
Parents and owners of these things are simply decided what they do and do not want their familty to see. Are you saying that I must allow my young children to watch nudity, violence, and bad language or else I am some kind of fundamentalist?
These are tools for parents, nothing more, nothing less. Last I knew parents were allowed to raise their own children. Yeah- censorship is bad, for grown adults, but I plan on censoring the heck out of what I allow my children to see. There is no freedom of speech or freedom to view anything for a 9 year old.
Another way to look at this is as a tool of free speech. It allows parents to further control what their children see whild not forcing entire censorship. I would like to continue to watch movies as my daughter gets old enough to understand what she is seeing on the screen. Most of the time sex scenes and foul language does little to add to the story (I know there are exceptions, like Boogie Nights, for example).
Anyway, just my two cents-- there is no reason to freak out here. RCA and Walmart aren't trying to censor what you are allowed to see, rather, they are providing parents with a tool that will help us to raise our children as we see fit.
NONE of the things you listed are deductable. Methinks you're an idiot trying to make some kind of point. The only thing I learned is that you aren't very smart.
Uhh.... I think you are missing something that is very important-- we are free from the oppresive "VALUE ADDED TAX" that other countries have. Sure, we have sales tax, but we know what we pay and its pretty low considering what other countries pay. Socialistic governments have made paying taxes part of your purchase, so the consumer never realizes the government exploitation.
The guy just doesn't understand that we'd all like to find evidence of life on Mars, bipedal walking around life most of all, but we can't let that cloud our judgement.
On the contrary-- I think he understands this fact very well. I think people want there to be life in space, especially close to home. Hoaglad feeds off of this, and uses it to his advantage. And he makes money in doing so... I would be very surprised if he honestly believed his own crazy ideas. People believe because they want to, not because there is any substantial evidence...
You know, not everyone knows what sys admins do--- that's why sys admins are paid. Just yesterday where I work I witnessed a sys admin refuse to help with a machine that needed a bios update. He insisted that since he was not the "official adminstrator" of it, he couldn't touch it. Now, this machine is "adminstered" remotely. He stood there and told my boss- to her face, that a "good" sys admin would know how to do a bios update remotely.
Huh? WTF?
There's no need to take advantage of people and act like a jerk about things. I've dealt with far too many rudy and cocky sys admins in my day.
Its commentary. What's wrong with that? Now, if you're stealing commentary from other people, then I guess you never really had any original thoughts on a topic to begin with. That's pretty lame.
Well, talented artists are good enough to make their own music, so they don't have to sample. Eminem couldn't play a musical instrument if Suge Knight was threatening his life...
The great thing about the heyday of Napster/Kazza/others was the great availability of rare recordings-- Live Rush stuff, really old Pink Floyd, hard to find CSNY. The record companies have made it so, once again, we are not "allowed" to listen to this great stuff.
I checked out Napster just today. $9.99 a month and $.99 for a download. Big whoop. If I want to buy an album its still going to be $10-$20, depending on how many songs are on it, but now I get to pay an extra $9.99 a month to have the privilege to download.
IMHO, if you only download a couple of songs without getting the album, you are missing some great traks (b sides). Of course, this is only true to real music, not the boy band and rap crap that is popular these days....
Is it all that hard to realize that so called "scientists" may have agendas as well?
Putting one of these things on a nice guitar is like putting a bumper sticker on a 1965 Shelby Cobra--- its vandalism at its worst!
Putting one of these things on your crappy guitar (Squire Strat, for example) is like when those stupid teenagers put spoilers on the back of their front wheel drive Dodge Neon-- it just shows that you are clueless.
Of course, at $4000 a pop, I'm not sure who they are marketing to.
I thought about this too. Before following the link I was somewhat expecting to see something attached to the headstock.
"My action is 1 inch, but the guitar is in perfect tune!!!"
Yeah, just like all the green-ass programming students are still learning assembly before writing crappy programs in VB. Err, wait a minute...
If anyone doesn't know who Jimmy Page is, please post your address so I can come smack you.
We've been using chromatic tuners for a long time--- much more accurate than 2 cents. This would have been good during the hair band era, when those guys were using wammy bars like they were going out of style...
Big deal- I'll tune it myself. Whenever I need to tune its usually because I am less than 2 cents out of tune anyway (unless my guitar has been re-strung or not played in a while).
Besides, who would want that big nasty thing on a Beautiful Taylor, Les Paul, or Strat? Its a cool toy, but I don't see much use for performers.
Christians published The Genesis Flood, God and Evolution, and The Fall of Noah. Not scientists, but Christians.
Hmmm... That's funny, considering there were no "Christians" when those stories were first committed to text.
Well, South Park has done pretty well after the movie was made. The South Park movie was great, but not as good as the TV show. I don't think shows like The Simpson's, Family Guy, South Park, and Futurama are designed to work well in a hour+ long story. These TV shows are great because they play on our short attention spans very well.
Of course, I'll be in the theatre on its opening night anyway...
As much as I love the Simpsons, I really cannot see how the format will work in a long movie... It works very well in 20 minutes.
Amatuer photographers make money from photography as well. I do use photoshop elements, but in the end its just a crippled version of photoshop. I can't do layers, I don't have as many filters available to me.
You made some assumptions about me: 1, that I pirated photoshop. I have not. 2, that I think Photoshop will make me a better photographer. I don't think this for a minute.
It just seems that piracy would be less if the price was lower, broadening the base of paying users and revenue. Just a thought...