and by the way, who farted? Who invented the lameness filter? How many cumstains have landed on thinkgeek apparel from guys whacking off watching hentai?
Or I guess you could say that 8 bit NES games are equivalent to caveman drawings.
I think those primitive games (and the even more primitive 2600 and ancient DOS stuff) are an art to an extent as some of them are so bizarre they could be considered more of a form of self expression than a commercial persuit. Of course, they ARE strictly intended as a commercial product, and that doesn't help the case for them being True Art. Most of the artifice attatched to videogames, especially as the effects become more complex and flashy, is included merely to boost their appeal. Explosions and sweeping camera movements, morphing and the like- it is art to the same extent that twinkies are gourmet desserts.
All day on 9/11 they replayed the footage continuously- explosion, explosion, collapse. I happened to be watching when they first aired that fireman's footage of the first plane hitting, and it was alarmingly gratuitous. They actually rewound it on the air and played it back in slow-mo several times.
They continued reporting around the clock even when there wasn't anything new to discuss, eventually unsubstantiated rumors to fill time. I remember hearing, in the early morning reports on 9/11, that there were as many as EIGHT hijacked planes!
Then there is the whole anthrax scare that the TV news has been running with. ONE PERSON DIED. It isn't a terrorist attack. Terrorists would have done much more damage.
If a rumor circulates on the net, even on a heavily-trafficed site like/., that rumor still isn't going to reach even 1/10 the amount of people it would reach on any TV news show.
The media cartel only exists because people keep fueling it and voting with their dollars
Yep, TRL is this country's direct democracy and Fred Durst is the president. But I'm not going to cry about it. Stupid people deserve to be exploited. It's the American way.
the last thing any broadcaster wants is to be accused of dealing with a heavy situation like this in poor taste. Therefore, we have Jon Stewart weeping like a baby on the first Daily Show Broadcast. Everyone feels like they must apologise for continuing with their lives after this, and people who used to make fun of dubya feel they must repent now that current public opinion places him right up there with Jesus. You won't be seeing any new episodes of That's My Bush! Anytime soon.
But you're right, people should just relax a little. People need to laugh- not in spite of the situation but BECAUSE of it!
Okay so I know not all of you slashdotters here are big fans of his work but there is no doubting his impact on popular culture. We should all take a moment here to think about love peace and the hot new version of "what's going on" which has what the original was always screaming for- a rap from lil kim! We should cover all the hit singles from the 70's and let lil kim rap on them!
yeh there are many parallels there. You've heard people say that when you kill one terrorist 20 more pop up. Doesn't that sound like something you could say of meth labs?
It seems as though we should have our hands full worrying about solutions for the MANIFEST causes of this incident. The problem is, many solutions that spring instantly to mind are improbable, like putting air marshals on every domestic flight and tracking every single dollar back to its source in the Al Queda. So we begin to search for latent causes, like the communication methods these terrorists might employ.
I hate to belabour the hellm0uth comparisonz, but there are some parallels in the way this aftermath is being handled, and it's easy to tell why. There is as much pressure to implement preventative measures now as there was then. Sure, gun control considerations and increased security at schools were things we heard about then, but we also heard plenty about how KMFM and doom might have figured into the equation.
you know whenever something bad happens every mother in the country asks everyone who's ear they can get ahold of, "WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP THIS??" And thus elected officials and law enforcement agencies bend over backwards to make it SEEM like they're doing something to prevent future incidents.
Slashdot Mirror
you heard me, macarena spore
jawas on tatooine spilled hot grits on R2 and forever fucked up his flying ability
F-A-G-G-O-T
and by the way, who farted? Who invented the lameness filter? How many cumstains have landed on thinkgeek apparel from guys whacking off watching hentai?
boobity boobity boo
I keep on tellin you people
I PRAY that you read this before you read the message.
You remind me of the babe,
the babe with the power of voo-doo
Who do?
YOU DO!!!
Or I guess you could say that 8 bit NES games are equivalent to caveman drawings.
I think those primitive games (and the even more primitive 2600 and ancient DOS stuff) are an art to an extent as some of them are so bizarre they could be considered more of a form of self expression than a commercial persuit. Of course, they ARE strictly intended as a commercial product, and that doesn't help the case for them being True Art. Most of the artifice attatched to videogames, especially as the effects become more complex and flashy, is included merely to boost their appeal. Explosions and sweeping camera movements, morphing and the like- it is art to the same extent that twinkies are gourmet desserts.
All day on 9/11 they replayed the footage continuously- explosion, explosion, collapse. I happened to be watching when they first aired that fireman's footage of the first plane hitting, and it was alarmingly gratuitous. They actually rewound it on the air and played it back in slow-mo several times. /., that rumor still isn't going to reach even 1/10 the amount of people it would reach on any TV news show.
They continued reporting around the clock even when there wasn't anything new to discuss, eventually unsubstantiated rumors to fill time. I remember hearing, in the early morning reports on 9/11, that there were as many as EIGHT hijacked planes!
Then there is the whole anthrax scare that the TV news has been running with. ONE PERSON DIED. It isn't a terrorist attack. Terrorists would have done much more damage.
If a rumor circulates on the net, even on a heavily-trafficed site like
The media cartel only exists because people keep fueling it and voting with their dollars
Yep, TRL is this country's direct democracy and Fred Durst is the president. But I'm not going to cry about it. Stupid people deserve to be exploited. It's the American way.
the last thing any broadcaster wants is to be accused of dealing with a heavy situation like this in poor taste. Therefore, we have Jon Stewart weeping like a baby on the first Daily Show Broadcast. Everyone feels like they must apologise for continuing with their lives after this, and people who used to make fun of dubya feel they must repent now that current public opinion places him right up there with Jesus. You won't be seeing any new episodes of That's My Bush! Anytime soon.
But you're right, people should just relax a little. People need to laugh- not in spite of the situation but BECAUSE of it!
...and even the smaller kids which i am around tend to agree. they can get into the storyline just as much as adults.
hehe there might be a reason for that- because anime storylines are STUPID! They were probably WRITTEN by small children!
Actually, I was kinda dissappointed by the Brak show; it just doesn't match up to Space Ghost. But then what can I expect? CN will never top that one.
Okay so I know not all of you slashdotters here are big fans of his work but there is no doubting his impact on popular culture. We should all take a moment here to think about love peace and the hot new version of "what's going on" which has what the original was always screaming for- a rap from lil kim! We should cover all the hit singles from the 70's and let lil kim rap on them!
let's haul everyone down to the station! Who made those boxcutters?
yeh there are many parallels there. You've heard people say that when you kill one terrorist 20 more pop up. Doesn't that sound like something you could say of meth labs?
It seems as though we should have our hands full worrying about solutions for the MANIFEST causes of this incident. The problem is, many solutions that spring instantly to mind are improbable, like putting air marshals on every domestic flight and tracking every single dollar back to its source in the Al Queda. So we begin to search for latent causes, like the communication methods these terrorists might employ.
I hate to belabour the hellm0uth comparisonz, but there are some parallels in the way this aftermath is being handled, and it's easy to tell why. There is as much pressure to implement preventative measures now as there was then. Sure, gun control considerations and increased security at schools were things we heard about then, but we also heard plenty about how KMFM and doom might have figured into the equation.
Fire anti-terrorism act!
For infinite justice!!!
you know whenever something bad happens every mother in the country asks everyone who's ear they can get ahold of, "WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP THIS??" And thus elected officials and law enforcement agencies bend over backwards to make it SEEM like they're doing something to prevent future incidents.
Fire DMCA!
For great justice!
How are you gentlemen?
For infinite justice!!!
Spaceghost: I know! I'll get one of those memory eraser kits!
Zorak: You already have one.
Spaceghost: I know! I'll get one of those memory eraser kits!
No, I'm not. And don't call me Shirley
Let's face it, IT was the longest piece of shit ever written.
And that's one of many reasons I ain't too interested in heading into Afghanistan.
by the way, if you flattened out the mountains in Afghanistan it would be a LOT bigger than Texas.
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess insiiiiide...
Give them a sense of peace to make it easier,
let the robot's laughter remind us how we used to be