You're the one articulating a conspiracy theory that presumes the film producers engineered all this controversy in the first place. Personally, I think you're probably right about this, but it's a little rude to tell other people to put their tin foil away when your answer is a conspiracy theory that's even more convoluted.
Yeah I actually did but Michelle Malkin has even less credibility than the morons on slashdot attacking this guy. I don't understand the rush to swiftboat this guy; isn't it bad enough that self-proclaimed Christians put him in the hospital? There isn't anything credible on her page, and all she's doing is giving voice to imbecilic quotes on a discussion board. When the police investigate this as a fraud case I'll pay closer attention but frankly I don't see a shred of evidence backing up the dubious claim that this guy beat himself up.
No; I'm spouting off because I've read all the stuff I've seen about this and have seen not a shred of evidence, or even well-reasoned speculation, that this is some kind of hoax. The only such speculation seems to be coming from slashdot. The link to Tawana Brawley in your post just shows how far gone your own reasoning skills are, at least on this issue.
So your position is, he did it to himself? I've seen all the links people like you are citing above to swiftboat this guy, but it's bullshit. They downgraded it from a hatecrime because he's not a protected minority, not because it didn't happen. You're full of shit.
I can't speak for him, but I bet that to him fundamentalists seem ignorant, naive, and arrogant even if one looks just at the religious texts and their interpretation
Probably even more so when he looks just at the fact that two of them beat the shit out of him for disagreeing with them.
What "oddities"? I read both articles you linked, as well as the badger herald article you linked above, and none of them cast doubt on the beating. There is one conservative activist whining that a guy who ran to the hospital after being assaulted can't remember what street he was on, but nothing suggesting he made anything up. The second article from the Kansan said the cops no longer consider it a hate crime, but that does not mean they don't think it occurred. My guess is that to be a "hate crime" in Kansas, like here in California, the target of an attack must be a member of a protected minority, and secular humanists don't fit the bill. But there is nothing suggesting he made up the attack except insinuation on the part of an activist.
Apparently the herb echinacea used to be called "niggerhead" here, and there is a mountain in Santa Monica CA known as "Niggerhead Mountain".... it's there on some of the maps of the area still today. On another note, there's a small airport in the San Fernando Valley called Whiteman Airport, so it is perfectly feasible to get a helicopter from Whiteman to Niggerhead.
He meant the paper notepad in his backpack that he uses to do any real work with... and it doesn't really come with wine but I think you'll find your thoughts are much more inspired after a glass or two.
I would say, don't listen to the parent poster. Get your advice from slashdot instead; that means less work for us. Which means, more time to post to slashdot. Where I can give advice to the likes of you....
In addition, almost every discussion board I've ever used that allow anonymous posting has been spammed with ads for various products - handbags, "therapeutic massage", etc. - that direct readers to websites owned by godaddy.com. They were nonresponsive to emails because this was not going on in email but on a web-based discussion and presumably they didn't think they were required to address spam that didn't use port 25.
Here's what I don't understand about presentation software, and why I never use it. There seems to be no easy way to insert graphics or video into a presentation. What good is a slide show that only shows words and charts? During a presentation I am already speaking the damn words; while it may sometimes be useful to outline a few thoughts on the screen, and minimalistic charts can communicate certain kinds of data usefully, isn't this just a glorified overhead projector? I often give presentations that involve video clips and images; I usually just click files in the OSX finder or if I want to get fancy I use HTML, which seems much more flexible. I rarely need charts so it's just not an issue but if I did need one I would make a gif or use tables in html. I've seen powerpoint presentations that are pretty cool but it generally seems to be a distraction used by the speaker to thinly disguise the fact that he or she has nothing interesting to say.
Now, I've only tried to do this once in both keynote and powerpoint, late at night, for a presentation that was taking place the next morning, and it was after smoking a shitload of herb, so it is quite possible that I was just completely clueless and that I could have easily put my videos and graphics into a presentation. (Really, though, if there is an easy way to do this, somebody clue me in. I realize I could just RTFM but that isn't nearly as fun as talking out my ass on slashdot...)
he pulled the same scam to steal the printer he used to print his barcodes
So how did he print the barcodes to scam the printer? And if he already have a means of printing bar codes, why did he want the printer? My head hurts.
You just don't understand what they mean by critical. I installed this patch and it immediately started complaining about all the junk on my desktop. Then it started berating me for my lack of sensible folder organization. It criticized my choice of web browsers. I turned on iTunes to drown it out and it started giving me a hard time about my musical choices. By the time it started in on my clothes I was sick of it, so I uninstalled the patch. I'll take the data insecurity so as not to put up with the emotional insecurity, but YMMV.
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You're the one articulating a conspiracy theory that presumes the film producers engineered all this controversy in the first place. Personally, I think you're probably right about this, but it's a little rude to tell other people to put their tin foil away when your answer is a conspiracy theory that's even more convoluted.
mashpodwhining: whining on slashdot about mashed up words that relate only tangentially to ipods
Yeah I actually did but Michelle Malkin has even less credibility than the morons on slashdot attacking this guy. I don't understand the rush to swiftboat this guy; isn't it bad enough that self-proclaimed Christians put him in the hospital? There isn't anything credible on her page, and all she's doing is giving voice to imbecilic quotes on a discussion board. When the police investigate this as a fraud case I'll pay closer attention but frankly I don't see a shred of evidence backing up the dubious claim that this guy beat himself up.
No; I'm spouting off because I've read all the stuff I've seen about this and have seen not a shred of evidence, or even well-reasoned speculation, that this is some kind of hoax. The only such speculation seems to be coming from slashdot. The link to Tawana Brawley in your post just shows how far gone your own reasoning skills are, at least on this issue.
So your position is, he did it to himself? I've seen all the links people like you are citing above to swiftboat this guy, but it's bullshit. They downgraded it from a hatecrime because he's not a protected minority, not because it didn't happen. You're full of shit.
Actually, the ideas he was expressing, aside from the obnoxious email, are pretty mainstream in the field of religious studies.
Probably even more so when he looks just at the fact that two of them beat the shit out of him for disagreeing with them.
Can someone post a link or a torrent for this useful-sounding file? Better yet, maybe you could email it to me....
What "oddities"? I read both articles you linked, as well as the badger herald article you linked above, and none of them cast doubt on the beating. There is one conservative activist whining that a guy who ran to the hospital after being assaulted can't remember what street he was on, but nothing suggesting he made anything up. The second article from the Kansan said the cops no longer consider it a hate crime, but that does not mean they don't think it occurred. My guess is that to be a "hate crime" in Kansas, like here in California, the target of an attack must be a member of a protected minority, and secular humanists don't fit the bill. But there is nothing suggesting he made up the attack except insinuation on the part of an activist.
Apparently the herb echinacea used to be called "niggerhead" here, and there is a mountain in Santa Monica CA known as "Niggerhead Mountain".... it's there on some of the maps of the area still today. On another note, there's a small airport in the San Fernando Valley called Whiteman Airport, so it is perfectly feasible to get a helicopter from Whiteman to Niggerhead.
He meant the paper notepad in his backpack that he uses to do any real work with... and it doesn't really come with wine but I think you'll find your thoughts are much more inspired after a glass or two.
I would say, don't listen to the parent poster. Get your advice from slashdot instead; that means less work for us. Which means, more time to post to slashdot. Where I can give advice to the likes of you....
In addition, almost every discussion board I've ever used that allow anonymous posting has been spammed with ads for various products - handbags, "therapeutic massage", etc. - that direct readers to websites owned by godaddy.com. They were nonresponsive to emails because this was not going on in email but on a web-based discussion and presumably they didn't think they were required to address spam that didn't use port 25.
Why? Which word don't you understand?
by having to listen to classic Yes.
LOL.... thanks... Drag and drop from the finder; why didn't I think of that? ;)
Now, I've only tried to do this once in both keynote and powerpoint, late at night, for a presentation that was taking place the next morning, and it was after smoking a shitload of herb, so it is quite possible that I was just completely clueless and that I could have easily put my videos and graphics into a presentation. (Really, though, if there is an easy way to do this, somebody clue me in. I realize I could just RTFM but that isn't nearly as fun as talking out my ass on slashdot...)
Shit... where's my mod points when I need 'em... I just spit tequila all over my keyboard. you did do that on purpose right?
Hrm; isn't that how this problem started in the first place?
You misspelled "spyware."
Now we can invent cars that run purely on the farts of microbes.
remember mood rings? Just imagine mood cars! Show the world your road rage as your car turns a fiery angry reddish-purple...
So how did he print the barcodes to scam the printer? And if he already have a means of printing bar codes, why did he want the printer? My head hurts.
Sure... And there's a rumor they're switching to Intel too. And putting out a multi-button mouse.
You just don't understand what they mean by critical. I installed this patch and it immediately started complaining about all the junk on my desktop. Then it started berating me for my lack of sensible folder organization. It criticized my choice of web browsers. I turned on iTunes to drown it out and it started giving me a hard time about my musical choices. By the time it started in on my clothes I was sick of it, so I uninstalled the patch. I'll take the data insecurity so as not to put up with the emotional insecurity, but YMMV.