It also is odd since there is so much good modern music out there, even if it isn't Mtv ready RIAA label crap that is being ignored for rebellious "nostalgia".
Good modern music seldom makes it onto the radio. Whereas good "classic" rock, which became popular in an era where DJs had far more control over what they played, is still played on the radio today. That's one reason why stuff like Zeppelin and the Who still continues to find an audience.
The Fairness Doctrine will never be brought back. It's a right-wing boogeyman. Instead, we have the Money Doctrine, which dictates that wealthy media conglomerates are granted perpetual licenses to use the public airwaves. And what a surprise, most of what they produce is pseudo-macho "pro-business" talk radio propaganda that convinces the middle and lower classes to vote against their own interests, all the time whining about the liberal media.
Actually, they do call it murderous when it comes to stuff like IUDs that prevent implantation of the fertilized egg. The official teaching is that life begins at conception.
I think that's a fairly trivial difference, as you can still be just as prejudiced against a "nationality" as you can a race, and race and nationality are pretty interchangeable terms in so many cases.
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. Have you been to Spain? They're as white as any other Europeans. Also, there are 3 races: negroid, caucisoid, and mongoloid. I guess you could say Mongolians are all mongoloid. Other than that, it's really not applicable.
I'm not for censorship and don't think this game is actually racist, but the angry gamer response I'm seeing to this matter makes me think we SHOULD censor the game, if only because my fellow gamers need to grow up.
It's a real shame that censoring games isn't up to you. Nor do you hold any sway over the meaning of the words "race" and "nationality." Listen-I'm just trying to educate you, friend. If I were in your shoes I'd want someone to tell me if I was misusing words. That way, I'd sound like less of an idiot.
So because no Spanish person complained about RE4, no black person can complain about RE5? It's been grandfathered in? Who knows why Spaniards didn't complain. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that racism against Spanish people has historically been nowhere near as bad as racism against black people, so they don't feel the need to complain?
Or maybe it's because "Spanish" is a designation of nationality, not race, Einstein.
I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothing, but Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Cyber Cynic, has striking green eyes. I wonder if he did that with Photoshop?
Don't forget that the SDRAM manufacturers Hynix, Samsung, Infineon, and Elpida were convicted of price-fixing. Their objective was to keep DDR RAM prices down so that RDRAM would fail on the market. It's not like Rambus is the only guilty party here.
The faded gold lettering on the door says "Philip Marlowe." My digs aren't in the greatest part of town, but that suits me just fine. I'm a blogger-one of the few honest ones out there. Work was a little slow-I was spending some time on important research-reading Slashdot. I was just about to hit the submit button on a post entitled "Frosty Piss!" when the dame shrugged her way through my door. If I'd have known what was going to happen next, I would have stuck to trolling.
She was tall for an Oriental, but not unappealing. She wore a black silk dress cut in traditional Chinese manner, studded with soft pink roses. Her eyes were black and silky as the dress. They didn't stay still. "Are you Marlowe?" she asked, scanning the room.
"Sure," I replied diffidently.
"Your blogging reputation proceeds you. The Chinese government has a job for you."
"Nuts to that. I don't work for commies."
"I could make it worth your while, Mr. Marlowe."
"If I sold out to every fancy-pants who walked through that door, would I be working in this place?"
"I understand your position, Marlowe, but listen. There's a 24-year-old kid who got beaten to death while in police custody. The police say it was from playing hide-and-seek. We need an official investigation, and you're the best investigational blogger we know."
"Sure it wasn't from 'ring around the rosie'?" I smirked nastily. She took a sharp breath.
"Listen, Marlowe, don't you want to help improve the situation? I know you've had certain...shall we say...run-ins with hyperactive authority figures in the past. Surely this could help your reputation."
"MY reputation?" I practically yelled. "Lady, I've been called a troll, a spammer, and an astroturfer more times than you can count on your abacus. I've been modded down, banned, accused of violating TOSs, but I'm still here. So don't think you can tell me about my reputation. I'll do it for $100/day plus expenses."
"Very good, Mr. Marlowe," she purred.
"Oh, and one more thing," I stood up and got my hat. "I'd better be on the official Chinese government blogroll by sundown, or you're gonna have to find yourself a new patsy."
After reading the article, I gotta say I hope bands don't start doing this for the following reasons
1)Relies on access to the Internet. So...you can't access it when you're not connected? Running the radio in the iPod touch or iPhone drastically reduces battery life. No thanks.
2)Relies on 3rd party website outside iTunes. Relying on iTunes as the 'gatekeeper' to all your DRMed files is bad enough (thankfully, that's going away though). A separate entity is on even thinner ground...if their website changes or goes belly-up, it won't work.
3)Requires separate application. Can you imagine how clumsy it would get if every band operated like this? I guess someone would have to come up with another application to keep track every bands' varied releases-and who knows if the music, album art, video etc would be categorized in the same way.
Why do we need to do spreadsheets or word processing through the web? It's a dumb idea. AJAX stuff will never be secure, especially compared to local applications. I hate the idea of "the cloud." I wish the Internet would go away, maybe then my fat girlfriend wouldn't have found that other guy on WoW. I hate you Internet!
It kinda depends on the show, doesn't it? You certainly can't get everything from NBC.com! Anyway, gas prices are lower than they have been in years, ya dink! And in my case, I can walk to the library anyway.
BTW, you can get a lot of DVDs for free from the library if you use interlibrary loan. Even frivolous stuff-one of my friends borrowed "Knight Rider Season 1." It's cheaper than Blockbuster, although you will have to wait a little longer.
C)If the User is stupid anyway, no system will ever be secure enough except one that does not give this person the ability to act as root in the first place, which means using a Mac, which I will never do because it is too user-obsequious
User-obsequious? You mean, the computer does what the user wants it do? My heavens, that's terrible! If the people start using Macs, they won't have a use for that condescending bearded guy that hangs out in the server room all day!
PS I'd never describe a Mac as "obsequious," they are far too haughty for that.
I'm with you 100%, I just don't like snooty people trying to reduce games (or music) to "it's exactly like x, but with y. For the most part, it's just smug posturing. For example, you could say Chuck Berry is just Big Bill Broonzy with more twang, but that really doesn't do him justice, does it?
Also, you won't find a lot disturbing details about HTML, HTTP and the like."
What "disturbing details" are there about HTTP? Does it have connections to rogue regimes or something? Is it a deadbeat dad? Does like to dress as a clown?
You're one of the only ones who still has a stick up his arse about playing console games. God of War is Painkiller? Give me a fucking break. Metroid Prime was a retread? What other game seamlessly blended story, action, and precision control?
What's your next nonsensical utterance? Mario Galaxy was Commander Keen? Little Big Planet was Starcraft without the Protoss? Look, I can fallaciously equate completely different games as well!
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It also is odd since there is so much good modern music out there, even if it isn't Mtv ready RIAA label crap that is being ignored for rebellious "nostalgia".
Good modern music seldom makes it onto the radio. Whereas good "classic" rock, which became popular in an era where DJs had far more control over what they played, is still played on the radio today. That's one reason why stuff like Zeppelin and the Who still continues to find an audience.
You don't?
Well, you totally should. That would be funny. Maybe you could start a campaign about Microsoft's anti-hetero policies after they ban you.
The Fairness Doctrine will never be brought back. It's a right-wing boogeyman. Instead, we have the Money Doctrine, which dictates that wealthy media conglomerates are granted perpetual licenses to use the public airwaves. And what a surprise, most of what they produce is pseudo-macho "pro-business" talk radio propaganda that convinces the middle and lower classes to vote against their own interests, all the time whining about the liberal media.
Actually, they do call it murderous when it comes to stuff like IUDs that prevent implantation of the fertilized egg. The official teaching is that life begins at conception.
I think that's a fairly trivial difference, as you can still be just as prejudiced against a "nationality" as you can a race, and race and nationality are pretty interchangeable terms in so many cases.
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. Have you been to Spain? They're as white as any other Europeans. Also, there are 3 races: negroid, caucisoid, and mongoloid. I guess you could say Mongolians are all mongoloid. Other than that, it's really not applicable.
I'm not for censorship and don't think this game is actually racist, but the angry gamer response I'm seeing to this matter makes me think we SHOULD censor the game, if only because my fellow gamers need to grow up.
It's a real shame that censoring games isn't up to you. Nor do you hold any sway over the meaning of the words "race" and "nationality." Listen-I'm just trying to educate you, friend. If I were in your shoes I'd want someone to tell me if I was misusing words. That way, I'd sound like less of an idiot.
So because no Spanish person complained about RE4, no black person can complain about RE5? It's been grandfathered in? Who knows why Spaniards didn't complain. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that racism against Spanish people has historically been nowhere near as bad as racism against black people, so they don't feel the need to complain?
Or maybe it's because "Spanish" is a designation of nationality, not race, Einstein.
Offtopic? The article was written by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Cyber Cynic! Did you even RTFA, mods? I didn't think so.
Now you're giving me a headache!
I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothing, but Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Cyber Cynic, has striking green eyes. I wonder if he did that with Photoshop?
Don't forget that the SDRAM manufacturers Hynix, Samsung, Infineon, and Elpida were convicted of price-fixing. Their objective was to keep DDR RAM prices down so that RDRAM would fail on the market. It's not like Rambus is the only guilty party here.
My stimulus plan is in my pants! Ladies, I think you know what I'm talking about. YEAH!
Goddamnit, I wrote "proceeds" instead of "precedes." I need an editor!
The faded gold lettering on the door says "Philip Marlowe." My digs aren't in the greatest part of town, but that suits me just fine. I'm a blogger-one of the few honest ones out there. Work was a little slow-I was spending some time on important research-reading Slashdot. I was just about to hit the submit button on a post entitled "Frosty Piss!" when the dame shrugged her way through my door. If I'd have known what was going to happen next, I would have stuck to trolling.
She was tall for an Oriental, but not unappealing. She wore a black silk dress cut in traditional Chinese manner, studded with soft pink roses. Her eyes were black and silky as the dress. They didn't stay still. "Are you Marlowe?" she asked, scanning the room.
"Sure," I replied diffidently.
"Your blogging reputation proceeds you. The Chinese government has a job for you."
"Nuts to that. I don't work for commies."
"I could make it worth your while, Mr. Marlowe."
"If I sold out to every fancy-pants who walked through that door, would I be working in this place?"
"I understand your position, Marlowe, but listen. There's a 24-year-old kid who got beaten to death while in police custody. The police say it was from playing hide-and-seek. We need an official investigation, and you're the best investigational blogger we know."
"Sure it wasn't from 'ring around the rosie'?" I smirked nastily. She took a sharp breath.
"Listen, Marlowe, don't you want to help improve the situation? I know you've had certain...shall we say...run-ins with hyperactive authority figures in the past. Surely this could help your reputation."
"MY reputation?" I practically yelled. "Lady, I've been called a troll, a spammer, and an astroturfer more times than you can count on your abacus. I've been modded down, banned, accused of violating TOSs, but I'm still here. So don't think you can tell me about my reputation. I'll do it for $100/day plus expenses."
"Very good, Mr. Marlowe," she purred.
"Oh, and one more thing," I stood up and got my hat. "I'd better be on the official Chinese government blogroll by sundown, or you're gonna have to find yourself a new patsy."
What if they agree to use their severance to buy Vista: Ultimate Edition?
After reading the article, I gotta say I hope bands don't start doing this for the following reasons
1)Relies on access to the Internet. So...you can't access it when you're not connected? Running the radio in the iPod touch or iPhone drastically reduces battery life. No thanks.
2)Relies on 3rd party website outside iTunes. Relying on iTunes as the 'gatekeeper' to all your DRMed files is bad enough (thankfully, that's going away though). A separate entity is on even thinner ground...if their website changes or goes belly-up, it won't work.
3)Requires separate application. Can you imagine how clumsy it would get if every band operated like this? I guess someone would have to come up with another application to keep track every bands' varied releases-and who knows if the music, album art, video etc would be categorized in the same way.
I use Innernet Explorer to visit Sites like DadSpot. I can't stop thinkin' about your dad's email address!
SCO, and Microsoft XENIX.
They were early UNIX variants that ran on commodity Intel hardware. They were still limited and rather expensive compared to Linux.
Hey President Ronnie, remember me? I saved you from those ninjas. Let's meet for a cheeseburger!
Why do we need to do spreadsheets or word processing through the web? It's a dumb idea. AJAX stuff will never be secure, especially compared to local applications. I hate the idea of "the cloud." I wish the Internet would go away, maybe then my fat girlfriend wouldn't have found that other guy on WoW. I hate you Internet!
It kinda depends on the show, doesn't it? You certainly can't get everything from NBC.com! Anyway, gas prices are lower than they have been in years, ya dink! And in my case, I can walk to the library anyway.
BTW, you can get a lot of DVDs for free from the library if you use interlibrary loan. Even frivolous stuff-one of my friends borrowed "Knight Rider Season 1." It's cheaper than Blockbuster, although you will have to wait a little longer.
C)If the User is stupid anyway, no system will ever be secure enough except one that does not give this person the ability to act as root in the first place, which means using a Mac, which I will never do because it is too user-obsequious
User-obsequious? You mean, the computer does what the user wants it do? My heavens, that's terrible! If the people start using Macs, they won't have a use for that condescending bearded guy that hangs out in the server room all day!
PS I'd never describe a Mac as "obsequious," they are far too haughty for that.
I'm with you 100%, I just don't like snooty people trying to reduce games (or music) to "it's exactly like x, but with y. For the most part, it's just smug posturing. For example, you could say Chuck Berry is just Big Bill Broonzy with more twang, but that really doesn't do him justice, does it?
Also, you won't find a lot disturbing details about HTML, HTTP and the like."
What "disturbing details" are there about HTTP? Does it have connections to rogue regimes or something? Is it a deadbeat dad? Does like to dress as a clown?
I'm glad I'm not the only one.
You're one of the only ones who still has a stick up his arse about playing console games. God of War is Painkiller? Give me a fucking break. Metroid Prime was a retread? What other game seamlessly blended story, action, and precision control?
What's your next nonsensical utterance? Mario Galaxy was Commander Keen? Little Big Planet was Starcraft without the Protoss? Look, I can fallaciously equate completely different games as well!
Why the hell did you buy a Blu-Ray player if you already had a PS3?
Also, your PS3 can work with a universal remote, you just need one of these or a PS2 remote and USB/PS2 adapter.
The PS3 is a decent machine, it just needs to work on its cock and balls.