what surprises me is that all this arguing over what causes it to happen and the blame is put on video games, yet video games were not around, and neither was D&D and yet in 1966 Charles Whitman does the same thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman.
now finally the CNN article mentions it briefly. maybe if people brought this more to the attention of others, people will realize that it is a problem that involve personal choices, mental illness, and/or social interaction, not because of a stupid video game.
and not only do you control a single vote, that vote is just a SUGGESTION to your electoral college that may or may not decide to cast their vote inline with the majority of the voters. but they are also there to vote what they think would be best for the majority. thats why we have representative republic, not a democracy.
I remember when I was in high school in the early 1990's we had a policy here in Caddo Parish (yes we are so far behind in Louisiana that we have parishes, not countys) where you could not dye your hair any non natural color. A kid came to school with all green hair. he was promptly suspended until he came back to school with a natural hair color. now his parents said fine, and refused to bring him back to school until the school changed their policy.
The school board was saying that it was a distraction for him to have his hair a different color. Students all over the area about 14 different High Schools started dying their hair or wearing green ribbons in support of this one boy. What I think was more of a distraction was raising a ruckus over a child expressing himself. if we do not allow a child to exorcise free speech, if we do not allow a child to practice the things he has learned in school then what is the point of even teaching the child in the first place?
Obviously the school does not realize how insane and controlling this makes them appear. It does not make the students want to stop. overall it makes them want to lash out more. if the principal laughed of off and said "Good one, and by the way you misspelled moron here" he probably would have gotten respect from the students.
I recommend that you Bring what you need, not what you want. You will be lugging everything around and once you count in things like clothing, water, food, sleeping gear, tent, rope, knife, shovel, stove, etc etc, do you really want to bring your laptop? to me that is a few extra pounds of unneeded weight, if the batteries die, then what good is it?
Look up some information on backpacking light first and foremost. as a photographer I think you would be better off bringing a few extra memory cards for your camera and uploading the pics when visiting a cybercafe or run into someone that might be nice enough to let you use their computer. anyway, check out this site for light weight backpacking http://www.backpackinglight.com/.
Album art has been in a major decline over the years. If more bands made CD cases with interesting packaging like Tool's 10,000 days I know more people would buy the CDs. Maybe people are seeing that it is nice to have the inserts and what not as well and are starting leave the fad of downloading behind. Also with all the spyware that comes with most P2P software they have decided to start going back to buying their music. Then again maybe they only like one or two songs off an album and have gone to iTunes to buy their music at what they feel is a good price.
Yeah, it sounds alot like most ANYTHING out there. look at shoes, movies, cars, books, TV shows, video games, music, etc etc etc. what isn't recyled in some way? what isn't taking something that someone else has done and modified in some way shape or form? Hell, shadowrun is more or less a knock off cyberpunk... oh wait.. cyberpunk is more or less a knock off D&D (its a variation on a diced bassed rollplaying game)...
I help out at a local bar and am closely connected to alot of the local bands... We USE myspace to aid in our booking, keeping track of shows, advertising for the bars and local bands as well as touring bands that will be playing in the area... MySpace has done wonders for this... before myspace, we had to try to track bands down by more word of mouth, talk about a headache... I don't care how myspace looks, I don't care how the code is written... does it work? yep.. thats all that matters to me...
The makers of the content (bands/developers) want to do what is known to sell. Or they want to express their creative and get people to think differently.
from the publishers point of view, If there is an unknown market then why put it out?
I don't like most mainstream music or most of the games out there. but also isn't some of it the consumers fault?
we are the ones that keep buying the crap.
put enough hype and spin on most anything and it will sell.
The one thing that I see that myspace has brought back to us is a sense of community.
When I started getting on the internet I felt completely alone. I saw almost no one then internet that I knew. On the BBSs there was a community. Myspace has brought that back for me. I use it to keep in touch with people that I know personally all over the world. It is nice having pics of their friends that they may talk about when we chat or talk on the phone or whatever.
Also, it has really helped out with finding people that have simular interests that I would have never found, even in my local area.
yeah, it has its flaws, but damn, what doesn't?
I thank these people for giving back to the internet a sense of community
Microsoft announces products years in advance in an attempt to stop people buying the competitors products. When MS's software finally arrives, it tends to be..... dissapointing.
Exactly the reason why we should worry.. if a marketing strategy no longer works, it's time to go to a model that does or at the least try to change to a new one that might work
as far as sticking with MS.. I do... why because it works... and I need a computer that WORKS.. not a computer I have to constantly fiddle with to try to get it just kinda work...
I have run linux.. I have run BeOs.. I have run etc etc... and honestly.. for what I do, windows WORKS... I don't have to sit there and hope I can find a driver or how I can find this and the other.. and hope that when I do find it that I don't have to find some other piece of software to make the one that I really need work.. and then I don't have to worry about if it is going to crash on me after spending hours to recompile the damn system or wait for a full re install etc etc etc... linux has too many damn headaches to go along with it...
now that being said... I spent the last 2 years with out my own computer... got one set back up finally... said to myself.. I am going to put linux on this one... after about 4 hours of setting this up, I couldn't find drivers for this that and the other... said hell I will still try to do my work... couldn't find software that would do what I needed it to... screw it.. windows works... I haven't had a crash in 3 months... not once since I installed it... found everything I needed...
now... I hope linux gets to where I can install it.. set things up... and LEAVE IT ALONE... I am tired of trying to constantly fiddle with my computer to get it to do what I need it to... can this happen with linux? sure...
back to topic...
Thats just the problem - no new features compelling people to upgrade from office 2000 (or 97 for that matter)
Dude.. its a word processor... its an office package.. what new features do you want it to have? make your coffee and perform oral favors? get a secritary if you want that... lets go back to the it works idea... does it do what you need it to? yes... then why add more features? more fetures slow things down, add more chance for bugs and what not.. I want something that does the job quick and efficent..
google earth? local.live? so what... fads... poorly updated... none of it really matters... I don't see a whole lot of people around where I am do a damn thing with google earth or any of that... it could be cool one day.. could have some real good uses... but eh.. so what right now
the searches.. lets see what happens.. thats all we can do.. microsoft might have it right.. might not.. who knows util it gets out there.. but hey.. I am one to choose the best for the job.. not be a fan boy...
Another thing to keep in mind with myspace atleast is the fact that it allows bands to post their contact info, tour dates, and song samples. being in a band and setting up shows for bars, I have found this is a great tool.. I don't think myspace is going to bubble out...
1.) Actually yes, it is a hard job. Learning to act on a theatrical level takes a lot of time and commitment. Don't believe me? Go watch any fan film ever made, then go watch something like the Green Mile. Not only does good acting (i.e. the acting we take for granted in movies today) take a lot of time, energy, and talent, but the actor also typically put a lot of hours in to a day. Remember Star Trek Voyager? It wasn't uncommon for the main actors to put in a 20 hour day. Yes, 20 hours. Even movies require very stressful deadlines.
Most of the acting I see is sub-par. I don't care how much time they take to do their job, if they aren't doing a good job, then I don't see the point in paying them. Just like a regular job. Even poor actors are getting paid large amounts of money to be in a movie because modern American movies focus more on sex appeal than actual talent. Watch an average British movie and you will see plenty of people that are stereotypically unattractive but still convincing.
But on the other hand, if movies in the United States acctually had a good plot and was generally somewhat original instead of a remake/sequal then maybe the acting would take your attention away from the fact that most movies are nothing more than an hour and half long commercial for coca-cola and a crappy soundtrack.
2.) The actors make millions in a movie because the movie makes millions as a result. You say it shouldn't be that way. Why? What's wrong with it? Acting is the most important factor of a film. Truely talented actors are the ones that really can fit the role. It's not something that just comes naturally, anybody would have to do some serious work to project their character into our minds. Even if you hire somebody who really really is the character you're making a movie of, just throwing them into a set and telling them to be themselves isn't going to make them a movie actor. There's a reason they call it acting instead of being. It's very difficult to set up a situation for them that causes them to react in precisely the way you need them to be for that particular shot in the film.
Well I am sorry. It doesn't take an actor to make a good movie. It takes everyone. How about the author of the screen play? The costume designer? The soundguy? The cinematographer? The director? etc etc etc. Infact, you could probably have a good movie without the actors. Documentary? anyway, I don't see the point in paying the actors as much as they ask. The reason why people pay them as much as they do is because people will pay them that much and the general person will go see a movie because they either like the acting of a certain actor or because of the sex appeal. Also some go to movies because of the director or good reviews.
For example, I don't want to see to see the Doom movie because of The Rock. But some want to see him because they like is acting or his looks. I would rather go see something like Brother's Grimm because I like Terry Gilliam's directing and creative vision.
Movies are about more than the actors. Movies are there to do nothing more than generate money, the producers know this. Very few actors take rolls because they TRUELY enjoy the concept of the movie. They ones that do are often the better shows. You can tell if an actor is really into the show.
one thing you are forgeting is that almost anything we look at is an ad... how many plugs for a product do you see in a given movie or tv show? how about the clothes someone wears? or in a newspaper? speeking of news, how can we trust the major news sorces anymore anyway? isn't CNN owned by AOL Time Warner? yada yada yada...
this is exactly why I hate the media... it is nothing but one long commerical... everything look at is nothing more than an ad... aoltime warner, AP, gannett.. everything is branded.. its all marketing... down to the toilet paper that stars whipe their asses with... I am part of it... we all are.. the clothes that we wear are nothing more than an ad... I grew up in the news paper industry.. took some graphic arts classes... mother worked at a ad agency for a while... I do ad and what not for friends in bands... it is all about catching the attention of someone then bending their mind to want/need/desire or at least remember the product
like a line for a friends band - The Hoodlum Circus: More fun than a blow up doll and a lonely saturday night... just something a little catchy to make you wonder...
I mean really... you are talking about it right? it is in your head... you are going to remember it... they could have gone back to a tried and true method and used the swedish bikini team... they used wit... imply playboy but not out right said playboy... oh.. they use the typical layout with the 3rd up rule in bold letters "Hell" it caught your attention.. and then the angles in the image brought your eyes down to the important information... where is the problem?
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I find this article disturbing.
The author should be arrested.
I find the behavior of the school board disturbing, they should be arrested.
I find the fact that you are reading this disturbing, you should be arrested.
the fact that I am writing this i find disturbing, I should be arrested.
what surprises me is that all this arguing over what causes it to happen and the blame is put on video games, yet video games were not around, and neither was D&D and yet in 1966 Charles Whitman does the same thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman.
now finally the CNN article mentions it briefly. maybe if people brought this more to the attention of others, people will realize that it is a problem that involve personal choices, mental illness, and/or social interaction, not because of a stupid video game.
probably about like ass.com..
oddly enough ass.com is held by a squatter. I am surprised no porn company came up with the money to buy that one.
and not only do you control a single vote, that vote is just a SUGGESTION to your electoral college that may or may not decide to cast their vote inline with the majority of the voters. but they are also there to vote what they think would be best for the majority. thats why we have representative republic, not a democracy.
so if we were to use these at sperm banks, or the guys dorm rooms, enough power could be generated to power cities?
I remember when I was in high school in the early 1990's we had a policy here in Caddo Parish (yes we are so far behind in Louisiana that we have parishes, not countys) where you could not dye your hair any non natural color. A kid came to school with all green hair. he was promptly suspended until he came back to school with a natural hair color. now his parents said fine, and refused to bring him back to school until the school changed their policy.
The school board was saying that it was a distraction for him to have his hair a different color. Students all over the area about 14 different High Schools started dying their hair or wearing green ribbons in support of this one boy. What I think was more of a distraction was raising a ruckus over a child expressing himself. if we do not allow a child to exorcise free speech, if we do not allow a child to practice the things he has learned in school then what is the point of even teaching the child in the first place?
Obviously the school does not realize how insane and controlling this makes them appear. It does not make the students want to stop. overall it makes them want to lash out more. if the principal laughed of off and said "Good one, and by the way you misspelled moron here" he probably would have gotten respect from the students.
Do something about it (or at least try to)
write your representatives
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Sounds like a party! I've got the LSD if you make sure to bring Yoko and the Chainsaw!
I guess we have different ideas on backpacking.
I recommend that you Bring what you need, not what you want. You will be lugging everything around and once you count in things like clothing, water, food, sleeping gear, tent, rope, knife, shovel, stove, etc etc, do you really want to bring your laptop? to me that is a few extra pounds of unneeded weight, if the batteries die, then what good is it?
Look up some information on backpacking light first and foremost. as a photographer I think you would be better off bringing a few extra memory cards for your camera and uploading the pics when visiting a cybercafe or run into someone that might be nice enough to let you use their computer. anyway, check out this site for light weight backpacking http://www.backpackinglight.com/.
good luck and have fun on your trip.
Album art has been in a major decline over the years. If more bands made CD cases with interesting packaging like Tool's 10,000 days I know more people would buy the CDs. Maybe people are seeing that it is nice to have the inserts and what not as well and are starting leave the fad of downloading behind. Also with all the spyware that comes with most P2P software they have decided to start going back to buying their music. Then again maybe they only like one or two songs off an album and have gone to iTunes to buy their music at what they feel is a good price.
yes but did IRIX run on PowerMac 800's? if I remember right thats what she was working on.
Yeah, it sounds alot like most ANYTHING out there. look at shoes, movies, cars, books, TV shows, video games, music, etc etc etc. what isn't recyled in some way? what isn't taking something that someone else has done and modified in some way shape or form? Hell, shadowrun is more or less a knock off cyberpunk... oh wait.. cyberpunk is more or less a knock off D&D (its a variation on a diced bassed rollplaying game)...
It could very well depend on the species... The bitter almond contains enough to be banned in the united states
Interesting thing about peaches is that they contain cyanide. From that respect I could see why the scanner would go off...
I help out at a local bar and am closely connected to alot of the local bands... We USE myspace to aid in our booking, keeping track of shows, advertising for the bars and local bands as well as touring bands that will be playing in the area... MySpace has done wonders for this... before myspace, we had to try to track bands down by more word of mouth, talk about a headache... I don't care how myspace looks, I don't care how the code is written... does it work? yep.. thats all that matters to me...
Every level has their flaw...
The makers of the content (bands/developers) want to do what is known to sell. Or they want to express their creative and get people to think differently.
from the publishers point of view, If there is an unknown market then why put it out?
I don't like most mainstream music or most of the games out there. but also isn't some of it the consumers fault?
we are the ones that keep buying the crap.
put enough hype and spin on most anything and it will sell.
vote with your dollar
The one thing that I see that myspace has brought back to us is a sense of community.
When I started getting on the internet I felt completely alone. I saw almost no one then internet that I knew. On the BBSs there was a community. Myspace has brought that back for me. I use it to keep in touch with people that I know personally all over the world. It is nice having pics of their friends that they may talk about when we chat or talk on the phone or whatever.
Also, it has really helped out with finding people that have simular interests that I would have never found, even in my local area.
yeah, it has its flaws, but damn, what doesn't?
I thank these people for giving back to the internet a sense of community
Microsoft announces products years in advance in an attempt to stop people buying the competitors products. When MS's software finally arrives, it tends to be..... dissapointing.
Exactly the reason why we should worry.. if a marketing strategy no longer works, it's time to go to a model that does or at the least try to change to a new one that might work
as far as sticking with MS.. I do... why because it works... and I need a computer that WORKS.. not a computer I have to constantly fiddle with to try to get it just kinda work...
I have run linux.. I have run BeOs.. I have run etc etc... and honestly.. for what I do, windows WORKS... I don't have to sit there and hope I can find a driver or how I can find this and the other.. and hope that when I do find it that I don't have to find some other piece of software to make the one that I really need work.. and then I don't have to worry about if it is going to crash on me after spending hours to recompile the damn system or wait for a full re install etc etc etc... linux has too many damn headaches to go along with it...
now that being said... I spent the last 2 years with out my own computer... got one set back up finally... said to myself.. I am going to put linux on this one... after about 4 hours of setting this up, I couldn't find drivers for this that and the other... said hell I will still try to do my work... couldn't find software that would do what I needed it to... screw it.. windows works... I haven't had a crash in 3 months... not once since I installed it... found everything I needed...
now... I hope linux gets to where I can install it.. set things up... and LEAVE IT ALONE... I am tired of trying to constantly fiddle with my computer to get it to do what I need it to... can this happen with linux? sure...
back to topic...
Thats just the problem - no new features compelling people to upgrade from office 2000 (or 97 for that matter)
Dude.. its a word processor... its an office package.. what new features do you want it to have? make your coffee and perform oral favors? get a secritary if you want that... lets go back to the it works idea... does it do what you need it to? yes... then why add more features? more fetures slow things down, add more chance for bugs and what not.. I want something that does the job quick and efficent..
google earth? local.live? so what... fads... poorly updated... none of it really matters... I don't see a whole lot of people around where I am do a damn thing with google earth or any of that... it could be cool one day.. could have some real good uses... but eh.. so what right now
the searches.. lets see what happens.. thats all we can do.. microsoft might have it right.. might not.. who knows util it gets out there.. but hey.. I am one to choose the best for the job.. not be a fan boy...
everything has it's pros and cons..
Another thing to keep in mind with myspace atleast is the fact that it allows bands to post their contact info, tour dates, and song samples. being in a band and setting up shows for bars, I have found this is a great tool.. I don't think myspace is going to bubble out...
the scary thing is that I could read that.. man... I need to get my head checked...
1.) Actually yes, it is a hard job. Learning to act on a theatrical level takes a lot of time and commitment. Don't believe me? Go watch any fan film ever made, then go watch something like the Green Mile. Not only does good acting (i.e. the acting we take for granted in movies today) take a lot of time, energy, and talent, but the actor also typically put a lot of hours in to a day. Remember Star Trek Voyager? It wasn't uncommon for the main actors to put in a 20 hour day. Yes, 20 hours. Even movies require very stressful deadlines.
Most of the acting I see is sub-par. I don't care how much time they take to do their job, if they aren't doing a good job, then I don't see the point in paying them. Just like a regular job. Even poor actors are getting paid large amounts of money to be in a movie because modern American movies focus more on sex appeal than actual talent. Watch an average British movie and you will see plenty of people that are stereotypically unattractive but still convincing.
But on the other hand, if movies in the United States acctually had a good plot and was generally somewhat original instead of a remake/sequal then maybe the acting would take your attention away from the fact that most movies are nothing more than an hour and half long commercial for coca-cola and a crappy soundtrack.
2.) The actors make millions in a movie because the movie makes millions as a result. You say it shouldn't be that way. Why? What's wrong with it? Acting is the most important factor of a film. Truely talented actors are the ones that really can fit the role. It's not something that just comes naturally, anybody would have to do some serious work to project their character into our minds. Even if you hire somebody who really really is the character you're making a movie of, just throwing them into a set and telling them to be themselves isn't going to make them a movie actor. There's a reason they call it acting instead of being. It's very difficult to set up a situation for them that causes them to react in precisely the way you need them to be for that particular shot in the film.
Well I am sorry. It doesn't take an actor to make a good movie. It takes everyone. How about the author of the screen play? The costume designer? The soundguy? The cinematographer? The director? etc etc etc. Infact, you could probably have a good movie without the actors. Documentary? anyway, I don't see the point in paying the actors as much as they ask. The reason why people pay them as much as they do is because people will pay them that much and the general person will go see a movie because they either like the acting of a certain actor or because of the sex appeal. Also some go to movies because of the director or good reviews.
For example, I don't want to see to see the Doom movie because of The Rock. But some want to see him because they like is acting or his looks. I would rather go see something like Brother's Grimm because I like Terry Gilliam's directing and creative vision.
Movies are about more than the actors. Movies are there to do nothing more than generate money, the producers know this. Very few actors take rolls because they TRUELY enjoy the concept of the movie. They ones that do are often the better shows. You can tell if an actor is really into the show.
one thing you are forgeting is that almost anything we look at is an ad... how many plugs for a product do you see in a given movie or tv show? how about the clothes someone wears? or in a newspaper? speeking of news, how can we trust the major news sorces anymore anyway? isn't CNN owned by AOL Time Warner? yada yada yada...
you forgot one.. how about hot nerd women that put out to nerd guys...
this is exactly why I hate the media... it is nothing but one long commerical... everything look at is nothing more than an ad... aoltime warner, AP, gannett.. everything is branded.. its all marketing... down to the toilet paper that stars whipe their asses with... I am part of it... we all are.. the clothes that we wear are nothing more than an ad... I grew up in the news paper industry.. took some graphic arts classes... mother worked at a ad agency for a while... I do ad and what not for friends in bands... it is all about catching the attention of someone then bending their mind to want/need/desire or at least remember the product
like a line for a friends band - The Hoodlum Circus: More fun than a blow up doll and a lonely saturday night... just something a little catchy to make you wonder...
so then what is a good ad?
I mean really... you are talking about it right? it is in your head... you are going to remember it... they could have gone back to a tried and true method and used the swedish bikini team... they used wit... imply playboy but not out right said playboy... oh.. they use the typical layout with the 3rd up rule in bold letters "Hell" it caught your attention.. and then the angles in the image brought your eyes down to the important information... where is the problem?