To quote Bill Hicks (this IS a parallel when you consider that in a struggle it's bloody near impossible to shoot yourself in the head with a handgun):
On the museum in Dallas: "They have the window set up to look exactly like it did that day. And it's really accurate, cause Oswalds not in it."
Then going on to point out that the reason they have the actual window glassed off so you can't look from it is because tourists would take one look at the line of site to the point Kennedy was shot and say "NO FUCKING WAY."
It should be bloody frigging obvious! Putin is ex KGB! Hell, for the most part, the Bush administration is ex CIA for that matter. Why isn't it all sinking in yet? I mean, I consider myself autistic in many ways, but that's just goddamned retarded!
Actually, conclusive these days appears to be not how many times you shoot someone, it's how many times you reload in the process.
Seriously though, the media is just that brain dead when it comes to the real news. This won't appear anywhere in the mainstream (AKA Cable) media, so most folks will ignore it.
Simply put, 20th Century Fox (from their news networks, through TV and movies) has been abusing the very people who they depend on for financial viability. The viewers.
They allowed an egomaniac to take a steaming shit on your beloved franchise. Sorry for the language, but that's basically what happened. And we REWARDED them for doing it!
They killed several of your favorite comedies, science fiction shows and cartoons without just cause. And we REWARDED them for doing it!
They manipulated more than half of Americans into supporting a war and a president who were both, for lack of a better term, REALLY BAD IDEAS, even making the more intelligent and rational conservatives look like illiterate dullards thanks to much of Fox News' audiences. And we REWARDED them for doing it!
Are you all going to just sit around and whine, watching torrented shows (since the **AAs are now using bittorrent data as a means of measuring the popularity of a movie or show, downloads may as well be helping them), only willing to act when they finally get the cops to kick down your door and shoot your dog?
From now on, boycott everything the bastards release, stop giving them your money, give your attention to more important things. Just stop REWARDING them!
The term used by RV'ers is "outrigging", living out of their camper/RV without hooking up to city water/power (some of the rigs are nice, but occasionally you get someone with a 1972 Winnebago with dry rot).
However, not all Wal-Marts are welcoming them with open arms these days. I've seen two with more restrictive policies, one banning them outright, while another has sections of their parking lots that are off limits to outriggers.
From personal observation, however, it seems to me that if you could afford a running RV (you can easily get one in adequate operating condition for less than $2,000), you could afford a spot at a campground for $400 a month. Hardly what any reasonable person would consider exhorbitant. They aren't too bad either, you get sewage disposal, fresh water, electricity and even cable in some places as part of the bargain. While many have restrictions on how long you can stay, if you have a good record with the owners, you probably could renew pretty quickly.
I spent a few months living out of a 18' trailer myself, and while running the water heater was a pain in the butt on cold mornings, it was fairly comfortable. Your mileage may vary.
I see plenty of ads in Craigslist for artists, but for the most part, they also involve your ability to code and require experience with very expensive software (hard to afford for a traditional artist trying to move INTO digital). But the coding thing is ridiculous.
Seems to me that all they're really doing is looking for a way to get one employee to do three jobs for one set salary. Either that, or they're just clueless, and think every picture or painting starts out in Photoshop, and THEN artists move into sketching the image to paper.
But most ironically, a lot of them will AVOID hiring traditional artists for the same reason they're supposedly looking to hire them for.
Good going, by making people think, you've just caused a few hundred heads explode. Keep it up and maybe we can get it up to thousands, take that, peaceniks!
I'd have to say the one who learned that cooking generally made them feel better, as opposed to the guy who ate a raw chicken and dropped dead from salmonella. Dying kinda diminishes the whole "I know better than you." effect.
That's right, tea. How, over thousands of years, did ANYONE figure out that the stuff was not only good for you, but catalogued and stored information regarding this?
Obviously, early on, people watched animals eat this stuff and figure out it was good when the animals didn't drop dead on the spot, but the actual medicinal qualities? That requires some serious thought to do. Not something that somebody would just come up with on the fly.
Same goes, basically, for drugs, et al. These guys didn't have labs, or grants, or whatnot.
The only logical conclusion is, much like evolution itself, people who ate the right things lived, those who ate the wrong things died, and those who learned what was healthiest to consume lived LONGER. Hardly rocket science here.
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To quote Bill Hicks (this IS a parallel when you consider that in a struggle it's bloody near impossible to shoot yourself in the head with a handgun):
On the museum in Dallas: "They have the window set up to look exactly like it did that day. And it's really accurate, cause Oswalds not in it."
Then going on to point out that the reason they have the actual window glassed off so you can't look from it is because tourists would take one look at the line of site to the point Kennedy was shot and say "NO FUCKING WAY."
Ditto.
*DINGDINGDINGDINGDING* *WAHWAHWAHWAHWAH* *DANGERWILLROBINSON!*
It should be bloody frigging obvious! Putin is ex KGB! Hell, for the most part, the Bush administration is ex CIA for that matter. Why isn't it all sinking in yet? I mean, I consider myself autistic in many ways, but that's just goddamned retarded!
Actually, conclusive these days appears to be not how many times you shoot someone, it's how many times you reload in the process.
Seriously though, the media is just that brain dead when it comes to the real news. This won't appear anywhere in the mainstream (AKA Cable) media, so most folks will ignore it.
Lead poisoning. Didn't anyone tell you he was also returning from China?
+2 for politically correct nation bashing! Yowzah!
Apparently wind turbines cause bats to die from a variation of the bends: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/08
I tried submitting this last week, but eh, /. hasn't been showing much interest in my stories.
Many an internet porn addict has said the same, but instead of farewell to arms, the result would be farewell to other parts. Ouch.
In today's dollars, that'd be what, $2500? I think it's gonna need more than that.
Simply put, 20th Century Fox (from their news networks, through TV and movies) has been abusing the very people who they depend on for financial viability. The viewers.
They allowed an egomaniac to take a steaming shit on your beloved franchise. Sorry for the language, but that's basically what happened. And we REWARDED them for doing it!
They killed several of your favorite comedies, science fiction shows and cartoons without just cause. And we REWARDED them for doing it!
They manipulated more than half of Americans into supporting a war and a president who were both, for lack of a better term, REALLY BAD IDEAS, even making the more intelligent and rational conservatives look like illiterate dullards thanks to much of Fox News' audiences. And we REWARDED them for doing it!
Are you all going to just sit around and whine, watching torrented shows (since the **AAs are now using bittorrent data as a means of measuring the popularity of a movie or show, downloads may as well be helping them), only willing to act when they finally get the cops to kick down your door and shoot your dog?
From now on, boycott everything the bastards release, stop giving them your money, give your attention to more important things. Just stop REWARDING them!
Is that what you kids are calling drug dealers these days? Huh, you learn something new everyday.
Oops, my bad, just woke up and didn't get my terminology right. The term is "boondocking", not "outrigging". Bad brain! Bad!
The term used by RV'ers is "outrigging", living out of their camper/RV without hooking up to city water/power (some of the rigs are nice, but occasionally you get someone with a 1972 Winnebago with dry rot).
However, not all Wal-Marts are welcoming them with open arms these days. I've seen two with more restrictive policies, one banning them outright, while another has sections of their parking lots that are off limits to outriggers.
From personal observation, however, it seems to me that if you could afford a running RV (you can easily get one in adequate operating condition for less than $2,000), you could afford a spot at a campground for $400 a month. Hardly what any reasonable person would consider exhorbitant. They aren't too bad either, you get sewage disposal, fresh water, electricity and even cable in some places as part of the bargain. While many have restrictions on how long you can stay, if you have a good record with the owners, you probably could renew pretty quickly.
I spent a few months living out of a 18' trailer myself, and while running the water heater was a pain in the butt on cold mornings, it was fairly comfortable. Your mileage may vary.
I'd have to guess they now qualify as IT personnel.
Back into the closet with Tom Cruise?
I see plenty of ads in Craigslist for artists, but for the most part, they also involve your ability to code and require experience with very expensive software (hard to afford for a traditional artist trying to move INTO digital). But the coding thing is ridiculous.
Seems to me that all they're really doing is looking for a way to get one employee to do three jobs for one set salary. Either that, or they're just clueless, and think every picture or painting starts out in Photoshop, and THEN artists move into sketching the image to paper.
But most ironically, a lot of them will AVOID hiring traditional artists for the same reason they're supposedly looking to hire them for.
The spinner has pointy bits, and could conceivably be used as a weapon as well. Brit cops are scared of pointy things.
REALLY insulting grass clippings. I know, I hear them too.
Good going, by making people think, you've just caused a few hundred heads explode. Keep it up and maybe we can get it up to thousands, take that, peaceniks!
Hey, he's old, he's got that rheumatoid arthritis, do you know how cold those throne rooms get at night?
Who runs Barter Town?
You mean he's working on a Howard the Duck II?!
Good lord...
Or as Howard used to say in the comics, "Waugh!"
Maybe it's time to replace the age old Bill Gates Borg icon, with a more up to date version featuring George Lucas?
Plots are irrelevant.
Stories are irrelevant.
You will like Jar Jar.
Resistance is futile.
Impressive when you consider the man hasn't had a neck in about 20 years now, that requires some skills that even Goatseman would envy.
The more you tighten your grip, Lucas, the more reviewers will slip through your fingers.
I'd have to say the one who learned that cooking generally made them feel better, as opposed to the guy who ate a raw chicken and dropped dead from salmonella. Dying kinda diminishes the whole "I know better than you." effect.
That's right, tea. How, over thousands of years, did ANYONE figure out that the stuff was not only good for you, but catalogued and stored information regarding this?
Obviously, early on, people watched animals eat this stuff and figure out it was good when the animals didn't drop dead on the spot, but the actual medicinal qualities? That requires some serious thought to do. Not something that somebody would just come up with on the fly.
Same goes, basically, for drugs, et al. These guys didn't have labs, or grants, or whatnot.
The only logical conclusion is, much like evolution itself, people who ate the right things lived, those who ate the wrong things died, and those who learned what was healthiest to consume lived LONGER. Hardly rocket science here.