I haven't sene this pointed out in the INDUCE Act talks, but it may have been discused already. But, if this would make the VCR and MP3 players illegal, wouldn't the next logical step be Internet connections themselves? I mean, if having a music player is inducing you to commit violations of law, isn't the Internet doing the same? Moreso even? (Since I have no MP3 player, but I do have music on my PC.) I'd love to see the RIAA go up against AOLTW or Comcast.
The Moderator has obviously never been to Vancouver. I didn't make that shit up - that quote cam from residents of the city! Then it was proved to me, by having to step over needles while walking down town.
Well, we endure the WASP hatred of North America, so we get the good stuff. Canadians don't have to deal with such hatred, so they don't get the goodies.
I always use no@thank.you. Unless it catches the ".you" being a fake, then I use no@thanks.com. I know I'm not the only one, someone in Florida uses it, too.
I have an idea I wanted to put forth for some time. But, with this simplification of bringing complaints, I think I'll be able to get away with it. It will either A) serve my purpose, B) make the FCC realize how dumb this new system is.
Except for Jessica Simskank's show (which should be banned b/c she makes me physically ill), I really don't care much about what goes on in any one show. What I do care about is the repeated bombardment of disgusting commercials.
I want to ban all hygiene commercials from TV. There are some things you don't need to see on TV to know they exist. The obvious frontrunner is feminine hygiene products. But toothpaste commercials are just as nasty - I don't need to see down someone's gullet while watching re-runs of Green Acres. Baby diapers are high on the list - we have entire tasks forces searching for child porn, but they let naked kids run around on TV all frickin' day! Who wants to see that crap? Herpes medication can take a hike, too - I dont need to be jack-moved by a Valtrex commercial mid-yank while watching Charmed.
Razor commercials have gotten stupid, since the mfgs have just continued to ad more blades, and make their razors actually less usefull at their intended job. While I'm at it, I want to level a complaint againt Carl's Jr. commercials (Hardee's to you in the east). I don't need to hear the nasty chomping of some retard and see their sloppy ass covered in ejacul- er, special sauce, to know your burger is good. These commericals make me want to vomit my Cheerios - and I don't waste Cheerios!
When the FCC tries to fine every single channel, b/c they all show the same commercials, then we'll see this 'law' repealed (aren't we, as a society, supposed to get a say in our laws? why do administrative types, like the DMV and the FCC, get to just make up 'laws'?).
And, arguing that Apple's 'global help' is not selective is hard to do. Well, I guess if you concede that the only place to get OSX apps is from Apple, then it will "appl[y] to all help applications".
And photcopiers are rarely prefect copies.;^)
Again, I'm just sayin'.... I really don't care. But when they run a campaign about MS copying them, then they bring out something that MS has had for years, that's a little suspect.
What does that mean? How does RAID by itself help someone lookinf for an automated storage system? RAID is just a way to add redundancy, speed, or both. It isn't a magic bullet to increase capacities.
I just wanted ot be among the number that points out that Netscape went from 4 -> 6, and WinAmp went from 3 -> 5, thus they both skipped a single number.
Mod this man up - b/c no one else seems to have noticed that the idea beihnd the submission is retarded. When I bump my gantser angst, it's from a CD or MP3.
Very true. I had learned ot drive in a Sprint, and the mileage was nice, I felt much safer in the Blazer I purchased as my first car. I mean, I could actually accelerate on to the freeway - what a concept!
The Sprint isn't a bad car though - smallest engine Chevy ever put ina car, and are pretty hard to kill (avoid the odd firetruck).
I know man, that soccer mom should totally get her family a bunch of motorcycles. I mean, with all the extra cargo spcae for the soccer equipment, and of course, the added lifespan of said children once on motorocycles, that family would totally be better off. I don't know why that mom is being so selfish!
Probably a typo, but 408cc (cubic centimeters) would be small for a motorcycle. 408ci (cubic inches) sounds more like something that would power a tank.
And current Civics do get near those numbers. they fall short, b/c the engine size has increased, since we are no longer miserly about fuel economy as we were in the 70s, so we are getting back to wanting the extra power. My '89 Civic sedan gets about 30mpg city.
I honestly have no idea who Hitchens is, so it'd be fairly tough for him to do anything for me.
The term 'useful links' was used to exactly point out that it's a He Said/She Said situation. But at least mine weren't just the repetition of one man's POV - a man who has been a proven, and admitted, manufacturer of his own 'truth'.
And I went over this in the original post: Moore's crappy way of presenting his opinion precludes me seeing his movies.
Also, reading a book is not doing something - it's reading about what other people have done - I know hippies everywhere will not understand that statement, but it's a fact.
I have yet to let my politics inter into any of this - I don't know why you would think I am anti-/pro- anything at this point. Of course, that's all anyone ever hears when I say I hate Michael Moore - that I'm some right-wing, gun-toting, Rush-listening, Bush-loving numbskull. That's not the case - I just hate Micheal Moore. Guess one can't take a stand against a person without back all their detractors - what a system! That would make you a hard-core vegan, decision-wavering, Vietnam-bashing, unpatriotic Kerry supporter.
And you're going to believe his word? When he (un)freely admits to being just an opinion giver, and has been caught falsifying 'controversy'? Good thing you've got outside sources of information there....
Here's some more lies of his, if you wanna throw around useful links.
I don't really understand your last sentence, b/c my original statement (I hate MM) doesn't need arguments, as such. It's an opinion, just like his opiniomentaries - though I freely state it as opinion and not fact. Therefore, you are free to think for yourself - though maybe you'd prefer that Moore did all that thinking for you.
He pretends his movies are 'documentaries', and lets them be promoted as such, but when confronted, he'll tell you, "oh, by the way, they are just my opinion" (on the most recent Daily Show).
He fakes his films - such as cutting together 2 week apart film to make it look as if you could walk into a bank and walk out with a gun, when, in fact, he arranged to have the gun delievered there, after his 2 week waiting period.
And more than anything, his 'need to be heard'. That smacks of a fat, lonely bastard, with a need to be the center of attention, and I hate that kind of person. He needs to go back to writing a weblog like a normal, attention-starved 14yr old girl.
This has nothing to do with his politics. Point of fact, I can't stand to sit thru any of his garbage for the way it's presented, so I don't know much about his politics. He's a poseur, in the worst sense of the term, and he should not be listened to by anyone with a useful brain cell.
But that's just me, and I prefer to think for myself, -bZj
For CS majors, I've heard that a Masters just prices you of most real jobs, and a PhD puts ytou strictly in the research arena. That's jsut what i've ehard from my CS-majored friends.
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I haven't sene this pointed out in the INDUCE Act talks, but it may have been discused already. But, if this would make the VCR and MP3 players illegal, wouldn't the next logical step be Internet connections themselves? I mean, if having a music player is inducing you to commit violations of law, isn't the Internet doing the same? Moreso even? (Since I have no MP3 player, but I do have music on my PC.) I'd love to see the RIAA go up against AOLTW or Comcast.
-bZj
Flamebait? Flamebait?
The Moderator has obviously never been to Vancouver. I didn't make that shit up - that quote cam from residents of the city! Then it was proved to me, by having to step over needles while walking down town.
Psh... flamebait.
-bZj
Well, we endure the WASP hatred of North America, so we get the good stuff. Canadians don't have to deal with such hatred, so they don't get the goodies.
Even Steven, in the end....
-bZj
I don't want BC, b/c Vancouver is there, and that city has admitted they lost the war on drugs.
And I've had equally hard times getting abck from TJ as from BC - though Mexico doesn't charge to leave their country.
-bZj
I like my lists very focused. So I CC myself on Bugzilla topics of interest to me.
-bZj
I always use no@thank.you. Unless it catches the ".you" being a fake, then I use no@thanks.com. I know I'm not the only one, someone in Florida uses it, too.
-bZj
I have an idea I wanted to put forth for some time. But, with this simplification of bringing complaints, I think I'll be able to get away with it. It will either A) serve my purpose, B) make the FCC realize how dumb this new system is.
Except for Jessica Simskank's show (which should be banned b/c she makes me physically ill), I really don't care much about what goes on in any one show. What I do care about is the repeated bombardment of disgusting commercials.
I want to ban all hygiene commercials from TV. There are some things you don't need to see on TV to know they exist. The obvious frontrunner is feminine hygiene products. But toothpaste commercials are just as nasty - I don't need to see down someone's gullet while watching re-runs of Green Acres. Baby diapers are high on the list - we have entire tasks forces searching for child porn, but they let naked kids run around on TV all frickin' day! Who wants to see that crap? Herpes medication can take a hike, too - I dont need to be jack-moved by a Valtrex commercial mid-yank while watching Charmed.
Razor commercials have gotten stupid, since the mfgs have just continued to ad more blades, and make their razors actually less usefull at their intended job. While I'm at it, I want to level a complaint againt Carl's Jr. commercials (Hardee's to you in the east). I don't need to hear the nasty chomping of some retard and see their sloppy ass covered in ejacul- er, special sauce, to know your burger is good. These commericals make me want to vomit my Cheerios - and I don't waste Cheerios!
When the FCC tries to fine every single channel, b/c they all show the same commercials, then we'll see this 'law' repealed (aren't we, as a society, supposed to get a say in our laws? why do administrative types, like the DMV and the FCC, get to just make up 'laws'?).
-bZj
Saying you're pretty sure doesn't make it so.
;^)
And, arguing that Apple's 'global help' is not selective is hard to do. Well, I guess if you concede that the only place to get OSX apps is from Apple, then it will "appl[y] to all help applications".
And photcopiers are rarely prefect copies.
Again, I'm just sayin'.... I really don't care. But when they run a campaign about MS copying them, then they bring out something that MS has had for years, that's a little suspect.
-bZj
Just one of those pot-kettle-black things, I guess: ...websearch enabled Mac OS X Help application.
You mean like Office2003? And even OfficeXP, I think.
I'm just sayin'...
-bZj
-bZj
And from Roman numerals, back to Arabic numerals.
(The Pentium4, not PentiumIV, no matter how many hapless websites express it that way.)
-bZj
RIAD is a possibility?
What does that mean? How does RAID by itself help someone lookinf for an automated storage system? RAID is just a way to add redundancy, speed, or both. It isn't a magic bullet to increase capacities.
-bZj
I just wanted ot be among the number that points out that Netscape went from 4 -> 6, and WinAmp went from 3 -> 5, thus they both skipped a single number.
-bZj
Mod this man up - b/c no one else seems to have noticed that the idea beihnd the submission is retarded. When I bump my gantser angst, it's from a CD or MP3.
-bZj
Very true. I had learned ot drive in a Sprint, and the mileage was nice, I felt much safer in the Blazer I purchased as my first car. I mean, I could actually accelerate on to the freeway - what a concept!
The Sprint isn't a bad car though - smallest engine Chevy ever put ina car, and are pretty hard to kill (avoid the odd firetruck).
-bZj
I know man, that soccer mom should totally get her family a bunch of motorcycles. I mean, with all the extra cargo spcae for the soccer equipment, and of course, the added lifespan of said children once on motorocycles, that family would totally be better off. I don't know why that mom is being so selfish!
-bZj
Amen!
;^)
And any chance you want to donate the older Z to a young 'Vette fan?
-bZj
Probably a typo, but 408cc (cubic centimeters) would be small for a motorcycle. 408ci (cubic inches) sounds more like something that would power a tank.
And current Civics do get near those numbers. they fall short, b/c the engine size has increased, since we are no longer miserly about fuel economy as we were in the 70s, so we are getting back to wanting the extra power. My '89 Civic sedan gets about 30mpg city.
-bZj
Mod this man up!
I admit to bitching a bit about $2.25/gal (in CA), but I realize we are significantly cheaper than Europe.
Of note, my mother's Dodge Caravan got very near 30mpg, so it was no full-size SUV.
-bZj
intellectually dishonest is the perfect term for Moore. thanks!
-bZj
I honestly have no idea who Hitchens is, so it'd be fairly tough for him to do anything for me.
The term 'useful links' was used to exactly point out that it's a He Said/She Said situation. But at least mine weren't just the repetition of one man's POV - a man who has been a proven, and admitted, manufacturer of his own 'truth'.
And I went over this in the original post: Moore's crappy way of presenting his opinion precludes me seeing his movies.
Also, reading a book is not doing something - it's reading about what other people have done - I know hippies everywhere will not understand that statement, but it's a fact.
I have yet to let my politics inter into any of this - I don't know why you would think I am anti-/pro- anything at this point. Of course, that's all anyone ever hears when I say I hate Michael Moore - that I'm some right-wing, gun-toting, Rush-listening, Bush-loving numbskull. That's not the case - I just hate Micheal Moore. Guess one can't take a stand against a person without back all their detractors - what a system! That would make you a hard-core vegan, decision-wavering, Vietnam-bashing, unpatriotic Kerry supporter.
-bZj
And you're going to believe his word? When he (un)freely admits to being just an opinion giver, and has been caught falsifying 'controversy'? Good thing you've got outside sources of information there....
Here's some more lies of his, if you wanna throw around useful links.
I don't really understand your last sentence, b/c my original statement (I hate MM) doesn't need arguments, as such. It's an opinion, just like his opiniomentaries - though I freely state it as opinion and not fact. Therefore, you are free to think for yourself - though maybe you'd prefer that Moore did all that thinking for you.
-bZj
Why I hate Michael Moore, by Down8:
He makes up "controversy".
He pretends his movies are 'documentaries', and lets them be promoted as such, but when confronted, he'll tell you, "oh, by the way, they are just my opinion" (on the most recent Daily Show).
He fakes his films - such as cutting together 2 week apart film to make it look as if you could walk into a bank and walk out with a gun, when, in fact, he arranged to have the gun delievered there, after his 2 week waiting period.
And more than anything, his 'need to be heard'. That smacks of a fat, lonely bastard, with a need to be the center of attention, and I hate that kind of person. He needs to go back to writing a weblog like a normal, attention-starved 14yr old girl.
This has nothing to do with his politics. Point of fact, I can't stand to sit thru any of his garbage for the way it's presented, so I don't know much about his politics. He's a poseur, in the worst sense of the term, and he should not be listened to by anyone with a useful brain cell.
But that's just me, and I prefer to think for myself,
-bZj
For CS majors, I've heard that a Masters just prices you of most real jobs, and a PhD puts ytou strictly in the research arena. That's jsut what i've ehard from my CS-majored friends.
-bZj
I've never seen a resume where the source of the software was delineated.
-bZj