Actually, I "get" Colbert, Carlin, and Pryor.. I just don't find them funny. That doesn't mean I don't agree with them; I just don't find them insightful in the "I-never-looked-at-it-like-that" way that makes for good jokes. Colbert, because he states the obvious, Carlin, because he's often wrong, and Pryor, because his insights have become, to his credit, more mainstream views by now. I respect them to varying degrees, but just because you don't find someone funny doesn't mean you don't "get" their jokes.
While you may be slightly offtopic -- which really doesn't merit a downmod IMHO -- I think you're pretty much correct.. Colbert isn't all that funny. But he has balls, and that counts for a lot. Before the White House Press Dinner, I only watched the Report because it was on after the Daily Show, but now I really admire the guy. It may have been disrespectful, it may have been distasteful, and it may have been untimely, but whatever else it was, it was also hugely courageous to look the President of the United States right in the face and lampoon him, especially when you're sincerely trying to make a point, as I believe Mr. Colbert was. For that reason, if for no other, he gets my respect.
It's easy for people on the right to say that it took no courage to voice an opinion, because they don't get labled as terrorists, or "America haters," when they speak up. They're not placed in "free speech zones," or prohibited from asking frank questions during "Town Hall" meetings. The fact is that publicly voicing dissent, until recently, was both unpopular and frequently subject to ridicule by the majority of the media and the country. At any rate, it was nice to see Mr. Bush in the hot seat at last -- something he's been actively avoiding for the majority of his Presidency.
Ah man, a dig at Windows stability! That's clever! No really, that's pure genius! You know, because of problems MS has had with stability. And what a setup! First you start off from the point of view that there's no point in playing Windows games on a Mac. But then -- and this is the genius -- you use your supposed diatribe to launch the actual punchline: A "NO CARRIER" signal, indicating a disconnected dialup connection, presumably due to some sort of malfunction under Windows -- the very platform which you were supposedly defending! Man, whew.. let me catch my breath. You, sir, are a born comedian, and it is a privelage for us all to have witnessed your wit here on Slashdot.
So essentially, if you work for the ESRB, you believe it should be a crime to suck at Q4.
I totally need a job at the ESRB. Finally I could mean it when I say, "Sorry honey, I can't go to the store with you.. I really have to finish up some work."
I prefer to wait till my jazz is in the stable stage. Occasionally I'll try unstable jazz when there's no stable version available, but I never mess with the experimental builds.. they're just too unpredictable.
High frequency sounds are easily attenuated by solid objects, and the higher the frequency, the more easily attenuated it is. Shutting the window would probably work, and even if you had to buy an AC, it would be cheaper than going to court.
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Actually, I "get" Colbert, Carlin, and Pryor.. I just don't find them funny. That doesn't mean I don't agree with them; I just don't find them insightful in the "I-never-looked-at-it-like-that" way that makes for good jokes. Colbert, because he states the obvious, Carlin, because he's often wrong, and Pryor, because his insights have become, to his credit, more mainstream views by now. I respect them to varying degrees, but just because you don't find someone funny doesn't mean you don't "get" their jokes.
Then I guess a conservative is just a liberal who hasn't been accused of mugging.
While you may be slightly offtopic -- which really doesn't merit a downmod IMHO -- I think you're pretty much correct.. Colbert isn't all that funny. But he has balls, and that counts for a lot. Before the White House Press Dinner, I only watched the Report because it was on after the Daily Show, but now I really admire the guy. It may have been disrespectful, it may have been distasteful, and it may have been untimely, but whatever else it was, it was also hugely courageous to look the President of the United States right in the face and lampoon him, especially when you're sincerely trying to make a point, as I believe Mr. Colbert was. For that reason, if for no other, he gets my respect.
It's easy for people on the right to say that it took no courage to voice an opinion, because they don't get labled as terrorists, or "America haters," when they speak up. They're not placed in "free speech zones," or prohibited from asking frank questions during "Town Hall" meetings. The fact is that publicly voicing dissent, until recently, was both unpopular and frequently subject to ridicule by the majority of the media and the country. At any rate, it was nice to see Mr. Bush in the hot seat at last -- something he's been actively avoiding for the majority of his Presidency.
In the GP's defense, he probably didn't think anyone would intentionally make a joke that bad.
I say this as a Hungarian (magyar) who was born and lived in United States, but moved to Hungary for good.
For just a second I read that as you "moved to Hungary for food."
Obviously it will have to be another P name, so that "pizza pies" finally makes sense, in an acronymical way, if not colloquially.
At any rate, this may seem to be one small step to most people; but it's one giant leap for little people.
Nah, it's simple.. the Bond villians always want the world leaders to help them reach their goals, aka multilateral cooperation.
Because reading at +5 is, apparently, too much effort.
That's not because gay men cook well, but rather because straight men don't cook.
KFC (whatever that means nowdays)
Probably the same thing it always meant.
Ah man, a dig at Windows stability! That's clever! No really, that's pure genius! You know, because of problems MS has had with stability. And what a setup! First you start off from the point of view that there's no point in playing Windows games on a Mac. But then -- and this is the genius -- you use your supposed diatribe to launch the actual punchline: A "NO CARRIER" signal, indicating a disconnected dialup connection, presumably due to some sort of malfunction under Windows -- the very platform which you were supposedly defending! Man, whew.. let me catch my breath. You, sir, are a born comedian, and it is a privelage for us all to have witnessed your wit here on Slashdot.
Or the latter.
The second rule of Slashdot: If you try to correct a typo, you'll just make another.
No highbrow games?!? You've obviously never seen Postal.
Oh, right. We'll just set the licensed-for-unlimited-distribution-flag in the torrents. Why didn't somebody think of that sooner?
So essentially, if you work for the ESRB, you believe it should be a crime to suck at Q4.
I totally need a job at the ESRB. Finally I could mean it when I say, "Sorry honey, I can't go to the store with you.. I really have to finish up some work."
Hmmmm.. if you have an irrational fear of irrational numbers, then the two irrationals cancel out, leaving you with just a fear of numbers.
Similarly, since an irrational number can be written as an infinite sum of rational numbers, then you fear all numbers.
Fortunately, there are zero numbers in this p0st.
0ops.
Well, it's about 443 sextillion Libraries of Congress wide (using the combined east to west lengths of the two buildings, of course), if that helps.
Sort of how my nephew always reminds me that he's much older than five... he's five and a half!
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
The age of Aquarius
Aquarius! Aquarius!
Oh.. wrong rising.
Because there's an imminent threat of attack from its own citizens?
And blocking Google Earth will thwart them?!?!
Bahrain is pretty liberal as far as theocracies go.. I'm surprised they've chosen censorship at all, but blocking Google Earth is particularly batty.
I prefer to wait till my jazz is in the stable stage. Occasionally I'll try unstable jazz when there's no stable version available, but I never mess with the experimental builds.. they're just too unpredictable.
You've got kids!
We're already doing this on a large scale.. you may have heard of Ann Coulter.
-DNC
Bah, you're lucky.. I just blew 6,269.50 KRW.
High frequency sounds are easily attenuated by solid objects, and the higher the frequency, the more easily attenuated it is. Shutting the window would probably work, and even if you had to buy an AC, it would be cheaper than going to court.