I'm not sure the Beatles were ever considered rebellious, (except perhaps in the American Mid-West). Certainly in the UK they were seen as the clean-cut, parent-friendly option, especially when set against the Rolling Stones. This was played up by both camps at the time, as it was seen as driving sales and popularity.
If not for the Beatles, there would be no Rolling Stones. It's easy to forget that in the period between 1959-62 or so, pop music had turned away from rock and roll. The arrival of the Beatles made rock and roll popular again.
Personally I never really liked The Beatles music, although I can appreciate the influence they had on many bands who followed. I wouldn't call them 'Easy Listening', as to my mind that implies a much safer, blander style of music, but they were definitely 'Pop' rather than 'Rock'.
Go back and listen to Neil Sedaka or some of the tripe that was being played on the radio between '59-62. Then tell me the Beatles aren't rock and roll. Plus, you presume rock and roll can't be pop music. Your ignorance irritates me so much, I wrote an entire post about it!
Ringo was the best drummer in Liverpool, and was already famous in his own right when they hired him. He may have been lucky, but he was also wholly deserving of his job in the Beatles. Ever notice how they all used him as a drummer even after the Beatles broke up? That's because he was an excellent drummer. Pretentious music snobs will try to make you think they're smart by attacking Ringo, as if you'll be surprised that they DARE to go after someone in the Beatles. Too bad they're completely wrong.
Hey buddy, you pre-ordered a Wii because you were hoping to play RTSes and RPGs? And you don't like "wand shaking" mini-games? The only thing you should be disappointed in is...YOURSELF!
PCs, however, never stop progressing so that within months they surpass anything consoles are capable of. And actually, at least with this generation it was more consoles caught up to the capability of PCs than that they actually surpassed them.
PC tech doesn't stop progressing. However, specific PC *does* in fact stop progressing the minute you take it out of the store. With consoles you never have to experience that frustrating feeling of games getting progressively slower and slower on your once-bleeding-edge hardware. If anything, performance improves over the life of the console because developers learn the ins and outs of the hardware. Meanwhile, on the PC, developers target a narrow range of high-end PCs and if you're out of spec, you just have to deal with spending hours tweaking settings, downloading drivers, huge framerate drops when you enter a new room, etc. And if you decide to upgrade, you have to worry about screwing up your Windows installation, or creating some other unforeseen incompatibility with your older games. I'm too old to mess around with that stuff anymore, I prefer to grab the ol' Wiimote and start gaming immediately.
I downloaded Wolverine (2 out of 5 thumbs up) and did not feel like I missed anything by not going to the movies. My wife is a Harry Potter fan, so we got sucked into that sucky movie in the cinema - big budget disappointment (1 out of 5 thumbs up).
You have 5 thumbs? What are you...some kind of alien?
Yep, out of 15 ppl I know with 360, 13 have had RRoD. Most of them have had it multiple times. One of my friends who bought at launch has gone through 4.
Hell yeah! I got a 36 inch Sony tube HDTV with 1080i res, HDMI, all the candy! SDTV *and* HDTV look great. The first thing people normally say when they get an HDTV is "SDTV looks horrible." Not so with my TV! However, it does weigh 220 lbs. (100 Kg) so it's not going to be fun to move.
A. don't allow the manufacturers to easily cut jobs that are no longer needed and hire in other areas where more people are needed,
An agile employer is a long-term employer even if it is a rat,
Uh huh, keep on drinking that Kool-Aid. There doesn't need to be any agreements between management and labor. We need to make it easier to get rid of people, so that people can keep their jobs! You're prime management material dgatwood.
Read up on the difference between particulates and other, invisible pollutants. You can see particulates, but they are much less harmful to your health, and to the Earth.
Using Twitter and Facebook when you're at a game is distracting at best, narcissistic at worst. However, the assumption that they are using to fuel their ban - that personal accounts and expressions are somehow not admissible, that CBS has a monopoly on communication - is dangerous, and should be protested. You can laugh it off and say, "There's no way that this is Constitutional," but you should stand up for your rights. As lame as it may sound, they should organize a huge Twitter contingent to post at the same time, and see if they can get kicked out. That would show people how out of touch the SEC is, and that people's rights cannot be signed away, with OR without their consent.
Did you ever see the Let It Be film? He recorded the solo for "Let It Be" (the song) with a Telecaster. Although you're right, "Rickenbacker" is the first guitar that comes to mind when most people think of George.
Heard that one in 2006, again in '07, '08, and '09. And still they fail. Not to mention, if you're a loyal MS customer and you bought the 360 at launch, you won't be getting a Jasper motherboard (the newest revision). Most of my friends have paid out of pocket to replace their 360 at least once. I won't spend money on a system that I know will fail within a year, it's pointless.
Have you ever tried putting a PS2 game on your PS3? Because the 20GB model does have full backwards compatibility. Give it a shot, I don't know where you got your information, but you're wrong.
You're right about that. No one seems to realize how much money Sony and Microsoft are losing this generation. Although they both have money to burn, they're essentially fighting this battle out of vanity. Nintendo found a way to be successful and I applaud them for that, even though I am more of the traditional PS3/360 type gamer.
The problem, at least in the US, is that the FCC mandated a Firewire interface, but they didn't mandate TVs to have a Firewire input. A few older Mitsubishi and Sony HDTVs had Firewire inputs, but those are the only ones. HDMI is by far the preferred interface now. I know a few people use the Firewire output from their cable boxes to record, but I'd guess it's almost nobody.
See, I'm a seasoned musician and I understand that music has to have a little style. Linux is about as stylish as a garage. That Unbuntu might be okay for making some kind of blooping video game remix, but when you want to impress people with the rock'n'roll, you need a stylish machine like a Mac.
Musicians don't have a "workflow," they just plug shit in and expect it to work. They aren't about commitment, they don't want to shepherd some high-maintenance bird around that has to be hacked into giving a good performance. They want a seasoned pro that's been there before, and knows how to impress! Why, that's the Mac to a T! And when it's over, there are no feelings hurt. Just goodbye stranger, it's been nice. Hope you find your paradise!
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I'm not sure the Beatles were ever considered rebellious, (except perhaps in the American Mid-West). Certainly in the UK they were seen as the clean-cut, parent-friendly option, especially when set against the Rolling Stones. This was played up by both camps at the time, as it was seen as driving sales and popularity.
If not for the Beatles, there would be no Rolling Stones. It's easy to forget that in the period between 1959-62 or so, pop music had turned away from rock and roll. The arrival of the Beatles made rock and roll popular again.
Personally I never really liked The Beatles music, although I can appreciate the influence they had on many bands who followed. I wouldn't call them 'Easy Listening', as to my mind that implies a much safer, blander style of music, but they were definitely 'Pop' rather than 'Rock'.
Go back and listen to Neil Sedaka or some of the tripe that was being played on the radio between '59-62. Then tell me the Beatles aren't rock and roll. Plus, you presume rock and roll can't be pop music. Your ignorance irritates me so much, I wrote an entire post about it!
Ringo was the best drummer in Liverpool, and was already famous in his own right when they hired him. He may have been lucky, but he was also wholly deserving of his job in the Beatles. Ever notice how they all used him as a drummer even after the Beatles broke up? That's because he was an excellent drummer. Pretentious music snobs will try to make you think they're smart by attacking Ringo, as if you'll be surprised that they DARE to go after someone in the Beatles. Too bad they're completely wrong.
Hey buddy, you pre-ordered a Wii because you were hoping to play RTSes and RPGs? And you don't like "wand shaking" mini-games? The only thing you should be disappointed in is...YOURSELF!
PCs, however, never stop progressing so that within months they surpass anything consoles are capable of. And actually, at least with this generation it was more consoles caught up to the capability of PCs than that they actually surpassed them.
PC tech doesn't stop progressing. However, specific PC *does* in fact stop progressing the minute you take it out of the store. With consoles you never have to experience that frustrating feeling of games getting progressively slower and slower on your once-bleeding-edge hardware. If anything, performance improves over the life of the console because developers learn the ins and outs of the hardware. Meanwhile, on the PC, developers target a narrow range of high-end PCs and if you're out of spec, you just have to deal with spending hours tweaking settings, downloading drivers, huge framerate drops when you enter a new room, etc. And if you decide to upgrade, you have to worry about screwing up your Windows installation, or creating some other unforeseen incompatibility with your older games. I'm too old to mess around with that stuff anymore, I prefer to grab the ol' Wiimote and start gaming immediately.
I downloaded Wolverine (2 out of 5 thumbs up) and did not feel like I missed anything by not going to the movies. My wife is a Harry Potter fan, so we got sucked into that sucky movie in the cinema - big budget disappointment (1 out of 5 thumbs up).
You have 5 thumbs? What are you...some kind of alien?
Yes, but what percentage of gamers have trouble urinating due to an enlarged prostate? Those gamers should try Avodart!
Yep, out of 15 ppl I know with 360, 13 have had RRoD. Most of them have had it multiple times. One of my friends who bought at launch has gone through 4.
Hell yeah! I got a 36 inch Sony tube HDTV with 1080i res, HDMI, all the candy! SDTV *and* HDTV look great. The first thing people normally say when they get an HDTV is "SDTV looks horrible." Not so with my TV! However, it does weigh 220 lbs. (100 Kg) so it's not going to be fun to move.
A. don't allow the manufacturers to easily cut jobs that are no longer needed and hire in other areas where more people are needed,
An agile employer is a long-term employer even if it is a rat,
Uh huh, keep on drinking that Kool-Aid. There doesn't need to be any agreements between management and labor. We need to make it easier to get rid of people, so that people can keep their jobs! You're prime management material dgatwood.
Read up on the difference between particulates and other, invisible pollutants. You can see particulates, but they are much less harmful to your health, and to the Earth.
Using Twitter and Facebook when you're at a game is distracting at best, narcissistic at worst. However, the assumption that they are using to fuel their ban - that personal accounts and expressions are somehow not admissible, that CBS has a monopoly on communication - is dangerous, and should be protested. You can laugh it off and say, "There's no way that this is Constitutional," but you should stand up for your rights. As lame as it may sound, they should organize a huge Twitter contingent to post at the same time, and see if they can get kicked out. That would show people how out of touch the SEC is, and that people's rights cannot be signed away, with OR without their consent.
When a addict buys their drugs are they aware of the job opportunities that their money is creating in LatinAmerica?
FTFY.
No, they're using this to create androids that need less sleep, and thus don't dream of as many electric sheep.
Did you ever see the Let It Be film? He recorded the solo for "Let It Be" (the song) with a Telecaster. Although you're right, "Rickenbacker" is the first guitar that comes to mind when most people think of George.
What about ADULT friend finder? Is that one okay?
Why not get an Xbox 360 instead? You know that one won't overheat!
RRoD is not an issue on new models.
Heard that one in 2006, again in '07, '08, and '09. And still they fail. Not to mention, if you're a loyal MS customer and you bought the 360 at launch, you won't be getting a Jasper motherboard (the newest revision). Most of my friends have paid out of pocket to replace their 360 at least once. I won't spend money on a system that I know will fail within a year, it's pointless.
Have you ever tried putting a PS2 game on your PS3? Because the 20GB model does have full backwards compatibility. Give it a shot, I don't know where you got your information, but you're wrong.
You're right about that. No one seems to realize how much money Sony and Microsoft are losing this generation. Although they both have money to burn, they're essentially fighting this battle out of vanity. Nintendo found a way to be successful and I applaud them for that, even though I am more of the traditional PS3/360 type gamer.
Reading on the toilet increases your risk of hemorrhoids. Just do your business and leave.
And masturbation makes you go blind!
The problem, at least in the US, is that the FCC mandated a Firewire interface, but they didn't mandate TVs to have a Firewire input. A few older Mitsubishi and Sony HDTVs had Firewire inputs, but those are the only ones. HDMI is by far the preferred interface now. I know a few people use the Firewire output from their cable boxes to record, but I'd guess it's almost nobody.
This is a pattern. A very boring pattern. I prefer the Penrose pattern stamped into a square of Quilted Northern.
See, I'm a seasoned musician and I understand that music has to have a little style. Linux is about as stylish as a garage. That Unbuntu might be okay for making some kind of blooping video game remix, but when you want to impress people with the rock'n'roll, you need a stylish machine like a Mac.
Musicians don't have a "workflow," they just plug shit in and expect it to work. They aren't about commitment, they don't want to shepherd some high-maintenance bird around that has to be hacked into giving a good performance. They want a seasoned pro that's been there before, and knows how to impress! Why, that's the Mac to a T! And when it's over, there are no feelings hurt. Just goodbye stranger, it's been nice. Hope you find your paradise!
Right now, rights for gays, uh huh! by John Maus . Link SFW . It's on-topic because Linux is gay!
For Immediate Release: August 3rd, 2009.
Sony Corporation (NYSE: SONY) announced it was ceasing all operations today, due to negative feedback from Slashdot user "P0ltergeist333." "It's a tough market," said Sony chief executive Howard Stringer. "We as a company have lost our way. We thank P0ltergeist333 for making us aware of that." Sony is currently liquidating its assets, and all operations will cease as of Q4 09. "His use of capital letters and exclamation points really convinced us to close us shop," a solemn Stringer stated.