You've got *3* problems. One, you felt the need to point out that he felt the need to point out that his sarcasm was sarcasm, even tho' such was clear from the start without your chiming in as well. Two, you think 'Buffy' is cutting edge. Three, you have yet to form a meaningful relationship with GWAR.
You're right-on about the movie being an allegory of sorts for Mister Stone's experiences in tinsel-ville. Very enjoyable on many levels; great filming and editing, great sound and great acting. It's not the Be All or End All of anything, but as a Really Good Movie(TM), it Kicks Ass. See it on the biggest screen possible.
Don't blame the moderators. You'll have to be more skillful in your execution of satire if you don't want your 'masterpieces' to be moderated down as junk.
I join you in bemoaning a return to mysticism, but must part ways with you in your condemnation of quantum physics. I feel, with all due respect, that rather than admitting that quantum physics is very difficult to understand, you have dismissed it all as bunk. All societies are woefully suceptible to all manner of trickery and pseudo-science as a substitute for thinking things out for themselves and/or admitting once and a while a simple "I don't know". If Newtonian physics can tell me why light appears as both a particle *and* a wave, then we can chuck quantum physics. Newtonian physics is *lo-res* and works well in that realm. As the resolution gets finer, Newtonian physics breaks down. Don't blame the scientist for looking for answers elsewhere.
That is why you'd expect to see headlines like "Kid not hit by a car while crossing road", "Actor James Coburn still alive", or "cold fusion experiments prove unsuccesfull" in The Onion, not The Times.
Cute, but off the mark. A successful and difficult space mission repairing a costly piece of taxpayer-funded hardware is a cause for celebration and should be lauded as such. Modern media only celebrates Tradgedy and Celebrity.
Notice also how the media completely disregars all successfull airplane landings and focuses on those that end up in fireball killing 200 people.
What bugs me is how the airplane/fireball incidents are blown out of all proportion. At least 20,000 if not 200,000 people are killed every year by stalkers, 'loved-ones' and spousal abuse, but this is not considered 'tragic' because it happens over a long period of time. Knowledge of this would help to prevent similar abuses in the future; knowledge of 200 people dying in a fireball is interesting but otherwise useless information, serving only to raise fears about which nothing can be done and encourage further consumption of sensational media. Modern media, BBC or otherwise, serves to further it's own existence long before it serves the public.
If you privatize NASA, technological and procedural breakthrough's will all be constrained under patent and licensing constraints that will ultimately hinder progress.
For NASA to *cooperate* with private firms is good, but NASA must remain ultimately free of market constraints'
It'd be nice to have a little investigative filtering before an article gets posted, but that takes time and effort. It's funny (in a good-natured way) to see the Slashdot folks suffer the same conundrums as the mainstream press, in the sense of wanting to be the First With The Big News, while trying (hopefully) not to lie outright and/or look stupid.
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3 things any geek I've ever known has been into to one degree or another.
1 self-propelled mower 1 heavy wooden or metal stake rope
First modify the front wheels slightly so that they're just barely pulling the mower to the right (this will make the mowers navigation system 'self correcting'). Drive the stake into the center of the largest patch of uncut grass and tie one end of the rope to it, and then measure out a length of rope to the closest edge of the yard. Affix the mower to this rope in such a way that when it goes, it pulls itself in a counter clockwise circle around the post. A thicker post will make for a quicker mow. If the grass is thick, a skinny pole is best.
Note: Before starting the mower, be sure remove any children, desireable animals and/or lawn-ornaments from the cutting area. Also be sure to cut down and remove any trees or decorative shrubs that might get in the way. A home made EMP device also makes for a great 'remote kill' switch should a difficult situation arise.
Will is funny, well-spoken, reasonably intelligent and, at times, downright entertaining.
Britney, seems whip-smart for her age, is plenty cute, and can dance like a true-born freak of nature. If she doesn't blow up like a balloon when she hits puberty, her future looks plenty bright.
Pick on someone else! Pick on...John Katz? No, too easy. William Shatner? Molly Ringwald? No, he's cool and she's suffered enough. Hmph. Who should we pick on?
Do you mean to say that you're worried about destroying a video tape every time you play it? If that's the case, don't worry. That thing'll be toast in another 10 or so years whether you play it or not. Watch the next Superbowl and pay attention to the flash backs. The footage for the 1968 Superbowl will look great, because it was shot on film, wheras the 1987 footage will look like absolute krap because it was shot on videotape. Digital video should help this in the future, but trying to 'preserve' and 'maintain' a video tape collection is a lost cause. Watch 'em while you can.
Maybe he'll start things out with a few cartoons, like the old days, and then a news reel or something, and maybe a 3 Stooges episode. Now THAT would be cool, and would help take the sting out of the shocking dismality (gnu word!) of the feature picture. Maybe they could make the 3 stooges episode interactive, and we could have Moe pimp-slap Jar Jar while Curly ruins the Meeting of the Jedi Masters with an extended warbling shuffle on the meeting room floor. Larry can go to the NPortman character and say, "Aw gee, what a DOLL! Gimme a kiss, willya?" At which point she slaps him and tears out a fist full of hair.
The significance of this 'leakage' is lost on me entirely. Just about everyone was disappointed by the movie, and now we're supposed to leap up and cheer that it's being released on dvd? Oh, the sheer joy. I can revel in the clumsy story line and horrendous dialog again and again and again! I can even MEMORIZE lines of hideous dialog to IMPRESS MY FRIENDS! That'll be EXCELLENT! I can pick out continuity mistakes and memorize those too as TRIVIA! KEWL! By fawning over the credits, I can trace the familial lineage of the BEST BOY and all the KEY GRIPS! HEY! I can PAUSE the film at any moment and act out seens myself with my vast army of COLLECTIBLE ACTION FIGURES, while guzzling TAB and VODKA out of my VINTAGE BOBA FETT SLURPY CUP!!!
Sorry. That last bit was uncalled for. I apologize.
SNL, like Time magazine, died a long time ago, and has ceased to be of any consequence whatsoever. Kids in the Hall was brilliant, and bowed out gracefully when they all 'grew up'. Mad TV makes the best and most intellent effort by far for now. SNL can't seem to tell a good sketch from a bad one. I'll bet they hire their writers right out of college, thinking, "We'll get a really fresh and hip perspective!" What they actually get is a slush pile of almost interesting but totally uninformed Creative Writing 101 drivel. Somewhere in their offices is a 45-55 year old secretary who's lived long enough to actually be able to reflect intelligently and humorously on current events, but is ignored as old-school and out-dated.
Oh well. Another great excuse NOT to watch TV, and THAT'S a Good Thing(TM)!
There is a certain joy in being held in submission to a harsh parent, spouse or other sort of guardian. Meals are bland and sparse, but appear on time. Rules are clearly defined, even if non-sensical, but are enforced with an iron hand. There is a feeling of consistency. When you are unhappy, you have a clear target to blame, but the penalty for speaking up is death, so you are relieved of the responsibility of doing anything to help yourself. You can grumble amongst your comrades about this or that but always end with "Ah! Such is life. What can we do?"
Agoraphobia. Do you know what that is? It is an unrational fear of wide open spaces.
You can face your fears, and help others face theirs, or you can help to build an even stronger prison, where they can lock you up like a dog again. Feed you on schedule. Beat you when you're bad. Reward you when you inform on others. Re-inforce your fear of leaving the cage by telling you tales of the horrors that lie outside.
Sorry to blather on. Nothing personal. Freedom is scary, and Western culture is far from perfect. We are the richest in terms of physical wealth, and some of the poorest in terms of family and society.
I hope your fellow Russians can find a way in the world that does not involve 'going back into the cage'. They are in an uncomfortable, nebulous position right now, but their is tremendous potential for...?
The Africans have refused to wear condoms or practice any form of safe sex. It offends their religious and/or macho sensibilities, and their leaders (until very recently,) have steadfastly refused to publicly encourage AIDS education and/or safe sex. These leaders blather pithy pleas for 'abstinence' while they themselves do God/Allah knows what behind closed doors. The threat of AIDS is real, but totally avoidable, unlike cancer or starvation. The thing is, AIDS does not suffer fools gladly.
I basically agree about the 'bad music' stigma, and would love to have access to a sight that 'judges' songs by various critera (production value and what not). Such a sight would be judged harshly by many as 'Nazi's' for imposing their judgements on other people's work, but so long as alternatives exist (they do) and it was voluntary, I'd be MORE than willing to bet that our music would stand up to criticism.
As far as mp3.com, tho', I don't look a gift-horse in the mouth. They haven't taken over the rights to my song, and that's really all I'd be worried about.
We've encountered a very similar thing. Our songs are quite likely being played in war-torn bar rooms in the Balkans! This thrills me!
Thanks to mp3.com, music that we worked hard on is being heard. Prior to that it was gathering dust on a shelf.
We also got a 'gig' getting a couple of songs in an independently-produced surf video. Whoo hoo! We didn't get paid 'union wage'. We agreed to barter for copies of the video and promo materials. That's cool by me. If it wasn't, I was free to refuse the deal. Fsck that. I have a day job to pay the rent.
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You've got *3* problems. One, you felt the need to point out that he felt the need to point out that his sarcasm was sarcasm, even tho' such was clear from the start without your chiming in as well. Two, you think 'Buffy' is cutting edge. Three, you have yet to form a meaningful relationship with GWAR.
You're right-on about the movie being an allegory of sorts for Mister Stone's experiences in tinsel-ville. Very enjoyable on many levels; great filming and editing, great sound and great acting. It's not the Be All or End All of anything, but as a Really Good Movie(TM), it Kicks Ass. See it on the biggest screen possible.
Don't blame the moderators. You'll have to be more skillful in your execution of satire if you don't want your 'masterpieces' to be moderated down as junk.
I join you in bemoaning a return to mysticism, but must part ways with you in your condemnation of quantum physics. I feel, with all due respect, that rather than admitting that quantum physics is very difficult to understand, you have dismissed it all as bunk. All societies are woefully suceptible to all manner of trickery and pseudo-science as a substitute for thinking things out for themselves and/or admitting once and a while a simple "I don't know". If Newtonian physics can tell me why light appears as both a particle *and* a wave, then we can chuck quantum physics. Newtonian physics is *lo-res* and works well in that realm. As the resolution gets finer, Newtonian physics breaks down. Don't blame the scientist for looking for answers elsewhere.
That is why you'd expect to see headlines like "Kid not hit by a car while crossing road", "Actor James Coburn still alive", or "cold fusion experiments prove unsuccesfull" in The Onion, not The Times.
Cute, but off the mark. A successful and difficult space mission repairing a costly piece of taxpayer-funded hardware is a cause for celebration and should be lauded as such. Modern media only celebrates Tradgedy and Celebrity.
Notice also how the media completely disregars all successfull airplane landings and focuses on those that end up in fireball killing 200 people.
What bugs me is how the airplane/fireball incidents are blown out of all proportion. At least 20,000 if not 200,000 people are killed every year by stalkers, 'loved-ones' and spousal abuse, but this is not considered 'tragic' because it happens over a long period of time. Knowledge of this would help to prevent similar abuses in the future; knowledge of 200 people dying in a fireball is interesting but otherwise useless information, serving only to raise fears about which nothing can be done and encourage further consumption of sensational media. Modern media, BBC or otherwise, serves to further it's own existence long before it serves the public.
If you privatize NASA, technological and procedural breakthrough's will all be constrained under patent and licensing constraints that will ultimately hinder progress.
For NASA to *cooperate* with private firms is good, but NASA must remain ultimately free of market constraints'
Until all cd players play mp3's which probably won't be too long now.
By then we might not care anymore! That'd be terrib-- wait...then again, I guess it wouldn't be so bad after all!
It'd be nice to have a little investigative filtering before an article gets posted, but that takes time and effort. It's funny (in a good-natured way) to see the Slashdot folks suffer the same conundrums as the mainstream press, in the sense of wanting to be the First With The Big News, while trying (hopefully) not to lie outright and/or look stupid.
3 things any geek I've ever known has been into to one degree or another.
1 self-propelled mower
1 heavy wooden or metal stake
rope
First modify the front wheels slightly so that they're just barely pulling the mower to the right (this will make the mowers navigation system 'self correcting'). Drive the stake into the center of the largest patch of uncut grass and tie one end of the rope to it, and then measure out a length of rope to the closest edge of the yard. Affix the mower to this rope in such a way that when it goes, it pulls itself in a counter clockwise circle around the post. A thicker post will make for a quicker mow. If the grass is thick, a skinny pole is best.
Note: Before starting the mower, be sure remove any children, desireable animals and/or lawn-ornaments from the cutting area. Also be sure to cut down and remove any trees or decorative shrubs that might get in the way. A home made EMP device also makes for a great 'remote kill' switch should a difficult situation arise.
Was I the only one who had a hell of a time trying to find a price for the damn thing. I probably was, so please don't answer.
Here's the run-down for the price-ticket impared:
Cye-sr special, robot=bbn, Wagon=bn, ac=120VAC, shirt=Black-L (wbd) 1
$995.00
+ $48.50 shipping
=$1043.50
Will is funny, well-spoken, reasonably intelligent and, at times, downright entertaining.
Britney, seems whip-smart for her age, is plenty cute, and can dance like a true-born freak of nature. If she doesn't blow up like a balloon when she hits puberty, her future looks plenty bright.
Pick on someone else! Pick on...John Katz? No, too easy. William Shatner? Molly Ringwald? No, he's cool and she's suffered enough. Hmph. Who should we pick on?
You can't forget Gilbert Godfey.
Do you mean to say that you're worried about destroying a video tape every time you play it? If that's the case, don't worry. That thing'll be toast in another 10 or so years whether you play it or not. Watch the next Superbowl and pay attention to the flash backs. The footage for the 1968 Superbowl will look great, because it was shot on film, wheras the 1987 footage will look like absolute krap because it was shot on videotape. Digital video should help this in the future, but trying to 'preserve' and 'maintain' a video tape collection is a lost cause. Watch 'em while you can.
Maybe he'll start things out with a few cartoons, like the old days, and then a news reel or something, and maybe a 3 Stooges episode. Now THAT would be cool, and would help take the sting out of the shocking dismality (gnu word!) of the feature picture. Maybe they could make the 3 stooges episode interactive, and we could have Moe pimp-slap Jar Jar while Curly ruins the Meeting of the Jedi Masters with an extended warbling shuffle on the meeting room floor. Larry can go to the NPortman character and say, "Aw gee, what a DOLL! Gimme a kiss, willya?" At which point she slaps him and tears out a fist full of hair.
(belch) Excuse me.
The significance of this 'leakage' is lost on me entirely. Just about everyone was disappointed by the movie, and now we're supposed to leap up and cheer that it's being released on dvd? Oh, the sheer joy. I can revel in the clumsy story line and horrendous dialog again and again and again! I can even MEMORIZE lines of hideous dialog to IMPRESS MY FRIENDS! That'll be EXCELLENT! I can pick out continuity mistakes and memorize those too as TRIVIA! KEWL! By fawning over the credits, I can trace the familial lineage of the BEST BOY and all the KEY GRIPS! HEY! I can PAUSE the film at any moment and act out seens myself with my vast army of COLLECTIBLE ACTION FIGURES, while guzzling TAB and VODKA out of my VINTAGE BOBA FETT SLURPY CUP!!!
Sorry. That last bit was uncalled for. I apologize.
Congrats on the new book thar, big fellah! All proceeds from the book going to FSF?
Huaow!
; )
Please? Pleeease?? Aw C'mon, plEEEEEaaaasSE?
SNL, like Time magazine, died a long time ago, and has ceased to be of any consequence whatsoever. Kids in the Hall was brilliant, and bowed out gracefully when they all 'grew up'. Mad TV makes the best and most intellent effort by far for now. SNL can't seem to tell a good sketch from a bad one. I'll bet they hire their writers right out of college, thinking, "We'll get a really fresh and hip perspective!" What they actually get is a slush pile of almost interesting but totally uninformed Creative Writing 101 drivel. Somewhere in their offices is a 45-55 year old secretary who's lived long enough to actually be able to reflect intelligently and humorously on current events, but is ignored as old-school and out-dated.
Oh well. Another great excuse NOT to watch TV, and THAT'S a Good Thing(TM)!
There is a certain joy in being held in submission to a harsh parent, spouse or other sort of guardian. Meals are bland and sparse, but appear on time. Rules are clearly defined, even if non-sensical, but are enforced with an iron hand. There is a feeling of consistency. When you are unhappy, you have a clear target to blame, but the penalty for speaking up is death, so you are relieved of the responsibility of doing anything to help yourself. You can grumble amongst your comrades about this or that but always end with "Ah! Such is life. What can we do?"
Agoraphobia. Do you know what that is? It is an unrational fear of wide open spaces.
You can face your fears, and help others face theirs, or you can help to build an even stronger prison, where they can lock you up like a dog again. Feed you on schedule. Beat you when you're bad. Reward you when you inform on others. Re-inforce your fear of leaving the cage by telling you tales of the horrors that lie outside.
Sorry to blather on. Nothing personal. Freedom is scary, and Western culture is far from perfect. We are the richest in terms of physical wealth, and some of the poorest in terms of family and society.
I hope your fellow Russians can find a way in the world that does not involve 'going back into the cage'. They are in an uncomfortable, nebulous position right now, but their is tremendous potential for...?
The Africans have refused to wear condoms or practice any form of safe sex. It offends their religious and/or macho sensibilities, and their leaders (until very recently,) have steadfastly refused to publicly encourage AIDS education and/or safe sex. These leaders blather pithy pleas for 'abstinence' while they themselves do God/Allah knows what behind closed doors. The threat of AIDS is real, but totally avoidable, unlike cancer or starvation. The thing is, AIDS does not suffer fools gladly.
I think they'll just open a new "Open/Modified" class of athlete. Kind of like in drag racing or motocross.
; )
I basically agree about the 'bad music' stigma, and would love to have access to a sight that 'judges' songs by various critera (production value and what not). Such a sight would be judged harshly by many as 'Nazi's' for imposing their judgements on other people's work, but so long as alternatives exist (they do) and it was voluntary, I'd be MORE than willing to bet that our music would stand up to criticism.
As far as mp3.com, tho', I don't look a gift-horse in the mouth. They haven't taken over the rights to my song, and that's really all I'd be worried about.
We've encountered a very similar thing. Our songs are quite likely being played in war-torn bar rooms in the Balkans! This thrills me!
Thanks to mp3.com, music that we worked hard on is being heard. Prior to that it was gathering dust on a shelf.
We also got a 'gig' getting a couple of songs in an independently-produced surf video. Whoo hoo! We didn't get paid 'union wage'. We agreed to barter for copies of the video and promo materials. That's cool by me. If it wasn't, I was free to refuse the deal. Fsck that. I have a day job to pay the rent.