The Onion is NOT a website. It is a newspaper. I don't know about you, but to read the Onion I go to the library on Wednesdays and pick up a copy. The website is secondary. (The books are tertiary, although 'Century' is genius.)
Radiostations do charge artists for playing songs. It's called "payola" and it's a huge fucking problem. Only WAY overproduced artists get any airplay, everybody else never makes back their advance and goes into debt, and nobody but listener-sponsored radio plays anything worth listening to. Instead of encouraging payola, you should speak out against it.
Gilliam has been directing Good Omens for well over a year (I knew about it maybe even two years ago, but it wasn't official then) Whatever tho, any news about the Good Omens movie (even old news) is good news. I've read Good Omens at least three times and consider Pratchett on a par with Douglas Adams (Pratchett has the additional advantage of vitality). Gaiman is just a flat-out terrific writer with an incredible imagination and some steriods-fueled storytelling powers. (I've read American Gods Twice) In collaboration they make a powerhouse team, and to put it mildly, when I heard Gilliam was directing I practically shit my pants in excitement. This flick is going to be so FUCKING cool.
Bullshit. Good omens isn't any more religious than "dogma." And Terry Gilliam is NOT hollywood. Terry Gilliam is Brazil. Terry Gilliam is Monty Python. Curse you for doubting TERRY GILLIAM!!!!! Sorry, got carried away on the exclamation points. (As Terry Pratchett himself has been known to say, multiple exclamation points are the sign of a deranged mind)
Right on! That movie rocked serious nads. I was lucky enough to catch it in an actual theatre, but you can get it on video (if not now, then soon) and it is making the tour of art theatres. Really well done, funny, etc. Kudos for bringing it up.
Tell me about it. I'm so ashamed of Joey. For one of the first really high-profile Jewish politicians (he was elected vise-president, for dingle-berry's sake) he sure is one huge motherfucking God's-asshole-licking pile of shit.
Perhaps you have heard about it: in Wisconsin, our governer slipped a provision requiring the recitation of the pledge or the anthem daily at schools _INTO THE BUDGET_! Anyway, our school distric in Madison took a look at the law a decided that in Madison schools, we would listen to a lyric-less version of the anthem daily, perfectly within the bounds of the law. (Keep in mind that prior to the governer's law, we had never, ever, said or listened to the pledge or anthem in school, so this, from a perspective of a patriot was actually a positive development)
The local reactionary press jumped on this school board decision and immediately twisted it WAY out of proportion, classifying it as a BAN on saying the pledge in school, when in fact all they had done was decide a uniform way to conform with a new law. Pretty soon the national press was on it, (never once to my knowledge running a story that accurately depicted the issue) and Larry King ran a show about it. A recall attempt was instigated against several school-board members, led by a former senator, whose son happens to be in my class (which thankfully failed miserably)
Anyway, my point is the right-wingers in this country seem, for one reason or another, to place enourmous value in indocrination of our youngsters by the pledge. (Many of my teachers noted that they had the only profession they knew of besides baseball player that required them to stand for the playing of the anthem). I'm so glad a power as big as the ninth district court has finally had the guts to stand up to what is OBVIOUSLY AND WITHOUT QUESTION a unconstitutional, illegal, and mindlessly propogandistic counterproductive pledge.
It is never illegal to own a lockpick set. In several states it is illegal to BUY a lockpick set unless you have a locksmith license, but (here's the fun part) most states don't issue locksmithing licenses. Besides, lockpicks can be so simple (just a few grams of tempered steel) that banning them is tricky business. It IS illegal to possess them with intent to commit a theft or to use them to commit a crime, obviously.
The audience thought it was funny...but the guy asked the question dead serious. He was probably wondering why everyone was laughing.
You're wrong. I've seen the clip, and the guy asking plainly meant the question to be tounge-in-cheek. And yes, I do realize the irony of nitpicking a post about the evils of nitpicking, but I believe your post does injustice to, as another responder put it, 'the time honored sci-fi nerd tradition' that DOES have a place in geek society and is not ALWAYS a socially inept behavior.
I don't know how the questions were phrased, but if someone asked me "do you think it's possible psychic powers, alien abductions or esp exists?" I'd say yes. To say no discounts far too much evidence. Sure, it's all circumstational and mostly unsubstantiated, but there's _so freaking much of it_. However, if the question had been "do psychic powers etc exist" then to answer yes would have just been naiveity.
I hate Jon Katz's lamebrained rants as much as the rest of you, and I find this article in particular particularly disturbing. However, after a brief visit to Amazon, I wonder if maybe we don't give him enough credit. _Mainstream_ reviewers have given this book the thumbs up, and, get this, it's now ranked ***85th***. That's, as far as I can estimate, perty damn high for someone who self-publishes his books. Is this some sort of unexpected turn in Jonny's writing for the better, or have all his books ranked this well. And, just out of curiosity, who knows what an 85th ranking means in terms of actual copies sold?
I've seen those too... yesterday. There are about four computers in my high school's writing lab (Madison West for anyone in the area) that use two pads instead of a ball, one for each axis, as you describe. They aren't Macs, they're 486's. I find those mice really neat. These have three buttons. Anyway, just thought I'd corraborate your hallucination.
I haven't read the arguments for this idea, but I have some idea of what they are: have the people who use the highways pay for it, etc. Still, I find the concept more than a little discouraging. In the US, at least, the highway and interstate is called the "open road". People see it as a network of freedom, similar too, although much more fundamental than the internet. If sattalites and other invasive equipment are tracking and, more importantly, charging you for this access (let it be said right now that I strongly disapprove of Illinois' use of toll roads on interstates, especially when you notice that IL has some of the bumpiest, worst maintained highway systems in the US. It's criminal) you lose a great deal of the untetheredness of the transportation system. The highways are the last great free network of mobility. Airplanes now take a great deal of planning, organization, MONEY, and so do trains and buses, to a lesser degree. But if I decided I wanted to go to New York tommorrow (I live in Wisconsin) all it takes is about 60 dollars of gas and a bottle of pep pills. When you think of it like that, some of the biggest expenses on a trip like that are the tolls in IL and NY, and I'm rambling, but basically, I think that all highways should be free so that we don't have to pay for them.
These guys seem to be the worst kind of profiteers
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From the ski-trac web site (http://www.ski-trac.com)
"Global climate warming will do the Ski Trac a great favour. Scientists have recently declared that the future of snow skiing will be indoors!"
In other words, (mine), "marine life is being irreperably disrupted, coastal cities will soon be navigated by canoe, and everyone will die of melanoma. Whoo-hoo! Indoor skiing!"
I can't wait.
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That's not really relevant. Ski slopes are already heavily commodified. In order to get a good ski experience you need chair-lifts, artificially produced snow, massive amounts of hill shaping and maintanance, health pros, rescue snowmobiles, etc. Cross-country, off course, is different, but that's not the discussion here. Downhill skiing isn't truly the real outdoors anyway, and slope operators certainly CAN be served with a summons (I don't ski too often, but I always fill out a release from liability form).
Basically, my point is that, at least when it comes to downhill skiing, naturally occuring effects of nature already HAVE been turned into private, man-man, man-controlled, homogenized, lawyer safe sport. I'm not convinced that this eternal slope is a good idea for most of the other reasons posted already, all though it does look neat at least, but over-homogeniztion of the skiing experience isn't really an issue.
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Far-fetched and irrational products of the future...while supplies last!!!!!!
Seriously, these guys have got to get a copy editor, or at least an:
A follow-up story on the site, with Federal Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott saying he thinks the spying was "justified."
"We will do what is reasonably necessary to protect Australia's national interests. Let's not forget there were Australian troops on the Tampa and those troops were protecting Australia's interests."
And yet, legally, they are only allowed to spy in cases of grave severity. This, I'm pretty sure, doesn't qualify.
What's the point? after all, it does use every letter, but so do many full paragraphs. the problem is that your sentence uses some letters more than once. a better idea would be to type abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, but even that would cause little ruffling of feathers. better to type only q's and no u's, or repeatadly hit f4 or 42 over and over. that might -- might -- cause someone to perhaps hiccup on his coffee. even better, why not set off an explosive in a crowded building? people might notice that.
btw, it's "the quick brown fox JUMPS over the lazy dog" for reference.
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AHHHH!!!
Every day the government becomes more like my middle school.
The Onion is NOT a website. It is a newspaper. I don't know about you, but to read the Onion I go to the library on Wednesdays and pick up a copy. The website is secondary. (The books are tertiary, although 'Century' is genius.)
Haha, those of you who don't live in Madison!
I check in to their website every couple of months. They never seem to make any progress...
Radiostations do charge artists for playing songs. It's called "payola" and it's a huge fucking problem. Only WAY overproduced artists get any airplay, everybody else never makes back their advance and goes into debt, and nobody but listener-sponsored radio plays anything worth listening to. Instead of encouraging payola, you should speak out against it.
Gilliam has been directing Good Omens for well over a year (I knew about it maybe even two years ago, but it wasn't official then) Whatever tho, any news about the Good Omens movie (even old news) is good news. I've read Good Omens at least three times and consider Pratchett on a par with Douglas Adams (Pratchett has the additional advantage of vitality). Gaiman is just a flat-out terrific writer with an incredible imagination and some steriods-fueled storytelling powers. (I've read American Gods Twice) In collaboration they make a powerhouse team, and to put it mildly, when I heard Gilliam was directing I practically shit my pants in excitement. This flick is going to be so FUCKING cool.
Bullshit. Good omens isn't any more religious than "dogma." And Terry Gilliam is NOT hollywood. Terry Gilliam is Brazil. Terry Gilliam is Monty Python. Curse you for doubting TERRY GILLIAM!!!!! Sorry, got carried away on the exclamation points. (As Terry Pratchett himself has been known to say, multiple exclamation points are the sign of a deranged mind)
Right on! That movie rocked serious nads. I was lucky enough to catch it in an actual theatre, but you can get it on video (if not now, then soon) and it is making the tour of art theatres. Really well done, funny, etc. Kudos for bringing it up.
Tell me about it. I'm so ashamed of Joey. For one of the first really high-profile Jewish politicians (he was elected vise-president, for dingle-berry's sake) he sure is one huge motherfucking God's-asshole-licking pile of shit.
Perhaps you have heard about it: in Wisconsin, our governer slipped a provision requiring the recitation of the pledge or the anthem daily at schools _INTO THE BUDGET_! Anyway, our school distric in Madison took a look at the law a decided that in Madison schools, we would listen to a lyric-less version of the anthem daily, perfectly within the bounds of the law. (Keep in mind that prior to the governer's law, we had never, ever, said or listened to the pledge or anthem in school, so this, from a perspective of a patriot was actually a positive development)
The local reactionary press jumped on this school board decision and immediately twisted it WAY out of proportion, classifying it as a BAN on saying the pledge in school, when in fact all they had done was decide a uniform way to conform with a new law. Pretty soon the national press was on it, (never once to my knowledge running a story that accurately depicted the issue) and Larry King ran a show about it. A recall attempt was instigated against several school-board members, led by a former senator, whose son happens to be in my class (which thankfully failed miserably)
Anyway, my point is the right-wingers in this country seem, for one reason or another, to place enourmous value in indocrination of our youngsters by the pledge. (Many of my teachers noted that they had the only profession they knew of besides baseball player that required them to stand for the playing of the anthem). I'm so glad a power as big as the ninth district court has finally had the guts to stand up to what is OBVIOUSLY AND WITHOUT QUESTION a unconstitutional, illegal, and mindlessly propogandistic counterproductive pledge.
It is never illegal to own a lockpick set. In several states it is illegal to BUY a lockpick set unless you have a locksmith license, but (here's the fun part) most states don't issue locksmithing licenses. Besides, lockpicks can be so simple (just a few grams of tempered steel) that banning them is tricky business. It IS illegal to possess them with intent to commit a theft or to use them to commit a crime, obviously.
plus the graphics were absolutly abominable
The audience thought it was funny...but the guy asked the question dead serious. He was probably wondering why everyone was laughing.
You're wrong. I've seen the clip, and the guy asking plainly meant the question to be tounge-in-cheek. And yes, I do realize the irony of nitpicking a post about the evils of nitpicking, but I believe your post does injustice to, as another responder put it, 'the time honored sci-fi nerd tradition' that DOES have a place in geek society and is not ALWAYS a socially inept behavior.
I don't know how the questions were phrased, but if someone asked me "do you think it's possible psychic powers, alien abductions or esp exists?" I'd say yes. To say no discounts far too much evidence. Sure, it's all circumstational and mostly unsubstantiated, but there's _so freaking much of it_. However, if the question had been "do psychic powers etc exist" then to answer yes would have just been naiveity.
I hate Jon Katz's lamebrained rants as much as the rest of you, and I find this article in particular particularly disturbing. However, after a brief visit to Amazon, I wonder if maybe we don't give him enough credit. _Mainstream_ reviewers have given this book the thumbs up, and, get this, it's now ranked ***85th***. That's, as far as I can estimate, perty damn high for someone who self-publishes his books. Is this some sort of unexpected turn in Jonny's writing for the better, or have all his books ranked this well. And, just out of curiosity, who knows what an 85th ranking means in terms of actual copies sold?
Oh dear sweet mother of Moses. I can't fucking believe it. He... he can't be! No!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've seen those too... yesterday. There are about four computers in my high school's writing lab (Madison West for anyone in the area) that use two pads instead of a ball, one for each axis, as you describe. They aren't Macs, they're 486's. I find those mice really neat. These have three buttons. Anyway, just thought I'd corraborate your hallucination.
Of course he was right. He was a Beatle and now he's dead! Heck, he's practically Jesus.
(No offense intended to Beatles fans, those still sitting Shiva, or Cristians of any persuasion)
I haven't read the arguments for this idea, but I have some idea of what they are: have the people who use the highways pay for it, etc. Still, I find the concept more than a little discouraging. In the US, at least, the highway and interstate is called the "open road". People see it as a network of freedom, similar too, although much more fundamental than the internet. If sattalites and other invasive equipment are tracking and, more importantly, charging you for this access (let it be said right now that I strongly disapprove of Illinois' use of toll roads on interstates, especially when you notice that IL has some of the bumpiest, worst maintained highway systems in the US. It's criminal) you lose a great deal of the untetheredness of the transportation system. The highways are the last great free network of mobility. Airplanes now take a great deal of planning, organization, MONEY, and so do trains and buses, to a lesser degree. But if I decided I wanted to go to New York tommorrow (I live in Wisconsin) all it takes is about 60 dollars of gas and a bottle of pep pills. When you think of it like that, some of the biggest expenses on a trip like that are the tolls in IL and NY, and I'm rambling, but basically, I think that all highways should be free so that we don't have to pay for them.
From the ski-trac web site (http://www.ski-trac.com)
"Global climate warming will do the Ski Trac a great favour. Scientists have recently declared that the future of snow skiing will be indoors!"
In other words, (mine), "marine life is being irreperably disrupted, coastal cities will soon be navigated by canoe, and everyone will die of melanoma. Whoo-hoo! Indoor skiing!"
I can't wait.
That's not really relevant. Ski slopes are already heavily commodified. In order to get a good ski experience you need chair-lifts, artificially produced snow, massive amounts of hill shaping and maintanance, health pros, rescue snowmobiles, etc. Cross-country, off course, is different, but that's not the discussion here. Downhill skiing isn't truly the real outdoors anyway, and slope operators certainly CAN be served with a summons (I don't ski too often, but I always fill out a release from liability form).
Basically, my point is that, at least when it comes to downhill skiing, naturally occuring effects of nature already HAVE been turned into private, man-man, man-controlled, homogenized, lawyer safe sport. I'm not convinced that this eternal slope is a good idea for most of the other reasons posted already, all though it does look neat at least, but over-homogeniztion of the skiing experience isn't really an issue.
Products and services described in this article are subject to availability and may change from time to time. Products and services are provided subject to British Telecommunications plc's respective standard conditions of contracts.
Far-fetched and irrational products of the future...while supplies last!!!!!!
Seriously, these guys have got to get a copy editor, or at least an:
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And your own reviews are as welcome as mine.
Actually, jKatz, they're probably a lot _more_ welcome.
A follow-up story on the site, with Federal Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott saying he thinks the spying was "justified."
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"We will do what is reasonably necessary to protect Australia's national interests. Let's not forget there were Australian troops on the Tampa and those troops were protecting Australia's interests."
And yet, legally, they are only allowed to spy in cases of grave severity. This, I'm pretty sure, doesn't qualify.
Read his whole response:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/2002/02/12
What's the point? after all, it does use every letter, but so do many full paragraphs. the problem is that your sentence uses some letters more than once. a better idea would be to type abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz, but even that would cause little ruffling of feathers. better to type only q's and no u's, or repeatadly hit f4 or 42 over and over. that might -- might -- cause someone to perhaps hiccup on his coffee. even better, why not set off an explosive in a crowded building? people might notice that.
btw, it's "the quick brown fox JUMPS over the lazy dog" for reference.
_That would explain why the spacebars always break on my laptops._
For me it's always the left shift, cause of all the < and > neccesary for HTML tags.