I'm a freelance writer, produce plenty of content, use Linux, and have a DRM-free, flexible computing environment that's set up just how I like it. I'm way more productive than in the days I spent fighting with Windows.
That may not be an option much longer. Cash is already being discouraged by the banks as the tool of outsiders who upset the harmony of the social order:
Three or four movies a month? I watch a hell of a lot more than that. I sometimes watch five to eight a week. That's why I find Netflix's rates fine for my hobby. I'm also very lazy and late fees ended up costing me a fortune when I was renting locally, so there's that.
I'm not denying that it's a bad situation, I'm just trying to make the best of it. I'm unwilling to go through life not buying any music at all, so this is my compromise.
I buy all my CDs at cdbaby.com -- most of them are non-RIAA artists, and the CDs are DRM-free. A much better deal, most of the time, than buying crappy mp3s from an online store.
Yeah, but do they have a hard-rockin' flute ballad, like the "New Seven Wonders of the World?"
It's probably Chocolate Love or All Your Base or some damn thing, isn't it?
1) There is no GUI so "super easy" that someone will not complain that it's too difficult / non-intuitive / etc. This is easily demonstrable. A pre-installed OS really is the best choice for a lot of casual users.
2) I think you meant "My IQ is probably higher than 90% of yours."
3) I'm afraid you've invoked Godwin's Law. You lose. Good day, sir.
...people will still be bitching about "fake CGI" and wishing they could return to the flawless, joyful days of stop-motion, when special effects were indistinguishable from reality!
Call me uncharitable, but I don't see being able to post your underage incest rape fantasies on an Internet community site as being remotely similar to any of that in terms of scale or significance.
Warren Ellis said it best on his site (warrenellis.com):
For what it's worth: Warriors For Innocence come off a little weird, to say the least. Mind you, so does Andrew Vachss. But LiveJournal's response bears more study. Their sloppy, blanket response indicates that they simply don't have a process in place to differentiate between nonce-news and people writing about furry widdle brother and sister unicorns who love each other very much.
The outcome, therefore, has been pure comedy, with comments that read very much like "I love spending all day reading about forced underage incestuous sex with squirrel fisting on top, but of course I'm not interested in that in real life -- that'd make me a pervert!"
LiveJournal is part of Six Apart, which has in times past proved itself to be, shall we say, socially backwards. They're not good at dealing with people. The questions of importance are less about the somewhat gung-ho and poorly informed Warriors For Innocence, and more about the panicked spasm LiveJournal had, that appears to have had very little thought put into it.
All that said: if you listed "rape" as an interest on your LiveJournal user profile, you must have known that someday someone was coming to see you about that.
What kills me is that many of these people are acting like they're political refugees or Holocaust survivors. Talk about a lack of perspective. They're also seriously ignorants of what "rights" they have to post on a privately-owned website (hint: none whatsoever).
I'm not saying Six Apart hasn't acted with bad judgment, but some of the outcry smacks of a seriously out-of-control sense of entitlement.
I am being honest, and frankly don't care if you believe it or not. This was about four or five years ago -- maybe things have changed since then. But the point being, I certainly don't miss my land line.
I converted to cell-only not because I'm always on the go or because of any cachet, but to avoid the constant barrage of telemarketer and solicitation calls I received at my land line. Getting on the "do not call" list was only marginally successful; most of the telemarketers who kept calling claimed they were exempt for some reason or another. It was a constant annoyance, and still the #1 reason I refuse to get a land line again.
If we do go all-cellular, I wonder if the legislation about telemarketers being unable to call cell phones would change. I'm praying it won't -- I've been enjoying the peace and quiet, quite frankly.
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I'm a freelance writer, produce plenty of content, use Linux, and have a DRM-free, flexible computing environment that's set up just how I like it. I'm way more productive than in the days I spent fighting with Windows.
Sorry, you are, in fact, trolling.
With that sort of talent for hyperbolic falsehood, you should go work for Dateline.
You should have just read the fucking headline.
That may not be an option much longer. Cash is already being discouraged by the banks as the tool of outsiders who upset the harmony of the social order:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-L5QGllGfU
You don't want to hinder the efficiency of the great machine, do you?
Three or four movies a month? I watch a hell of a lot more than that. I sometimes watch five to eight a week. That's why I find Netflix's rates fine for my hobby. I'm also very lazy and late fees ended up costing me a fortune when I was renting locally, so there's that.
Yeah, why can't things just go out of print, like they used to? That was much cooler.
Damn you global warming.
I'm not denying that it's a bad situation, I'm just trying to make the best of it. I'm unwilling to go through life not buying any music at all, so this is my compromise.
http://www.riaaradar.com/
Seconded.
I buy all my CDs at cdbaby.com -- most of them are non-RIAA artists, and the CDs are DRM-free. A much better deal, most of the time, than buying crappy mp3s from an online store.
Yeah, but do they have a hard-rockin' flute ballad, like the "New Seven Wonders of the World?" It's probably Chocolate Love or All Your Base or some damn thing, isn't it?
This won't fly for one very simple reason.
"I Googled it."
"I, uh... Cha-Cha'd... it."
I rest my case.
1) There is no GUI so "super easy" that someone will not complain that it's too difficult / non-intuitive / etc. This is easily demonstrable. A pre-installed OS really is the best choice for a lot of casual users.
2) I think you meant "My IQ is probably higher than 90% of yours."
3) I'm afraid you've invoked Godwin's Law. You lose. Good day, sir.
...people will still be bitching about "fake CGI" and wishing they could return to the flawless, joyful days of stop-motion, when special effects were indistinguishable from reality!
Nor Ursula K. LeGuin or James Blish, apparently, both of whom predate Card's use of the term by decades.
Good argument.
Call me uncharitable, but I don't see being able to post your underage incest rape fantasies on an Internet community site as being remotely similar to any of that in terms of scale or significance.
I'm not saying Six Apart hasn't acted with bad judgment, but some of the outcry smacks of a seriously out-of-control sense of entitlement.
Good lord, your post is like an explosion at the Lucas-bashing cliche factory.
I am being honest, and frankly don't care if you believe it or not. This was about four or five years ago -- maybe things have changed since then. But the point being, I certainly don't miss my land line.
I converted to cell-only not because I'm always on the go or because of any cachet, but to avoid the constant barrage of telemarketer and solicitation calls I received at my land line. Getting on the "do not call" list was only marginally successful; most of the telemarketers who kept calling claimed they were exempt for some reason or another. It was a constant annoyance, and still the #1 reason I refuse to get a land line again.
If we do go all-cellular, I wonder if the legislation about telemarketers being unable to call cell phones would change. I'm praying it won't -- I've been enjoying the peace and quiet, quite frankly.
Wish I had mod points. This is exactly what I was going to say.
If you mean "crash together," I'm sure the answer is yes.
Given what's currently happening in the wake of the VT shooting, this might be more +1, Prophetic.
I can't believe you got modded higher for explaining his joke.