You laugh, but I've done this before. The last time I did it was the first day of the Iraqi War (II)... I had to go to class, so I couldn't very well watch the news coverage, so I dropped on over to cnn.com's ircd, where an ircbot with a closed-captioning->text program streamed the news broadcasts. It was a pretty easy way to get the news when I didn't have access to multimedia internet....
...either that or change the project name to "iBash".
hrms, that's kinda catchy, aint it?
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Anime does this a lot too. Evangelion, for example, draws from mythology that is very recognizable to most Christians and it can be very disturbing for some.
You mean the imagry of nude teens/pre-teens? I think the Catholics would be quite familiar with that imagry.... =P
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...and yet still go to see the big fight on the big screen.
Wait, go where?
Seriously, I have no intention of seeing the third movie in the theatre unless movie critics drive up to lucas' house with flowers in hand. I saw the first one in the theatres multiple times, and then saw the second one in the theatre opening day. After being burned hard twice, I'm pondering whether the third movie is even worth the 700Mb of disk space it'll take to torrent. =/
Computer hardware is like pancakes... you always through out the first batch. G5, iPod, whatever... I always steer clear of the first generation of any hardware. =)
And coupons for things that they want you to start buying. Do you really think they're doing you a favour? There's no way they are making a loss on "sale" prices, so the more generous-looking the offer, the more they're screwing you by default.
If they have a similar product to something I'm already buying, I might check it out. I'm not going to buy it simply because I have a cupon for it. The only things I ever recall getting cupons for which I did not buy are gas discounts.
It doesn't take an Einstein to work out that the end result is to phase out the cheap, low margin, staples that the lower income bracket depend on in favour of Haagen-Daaz and Organic Cider.
It also doesn't take a huge database system and supermarket cards to implement what you are discussing here. And, if your theory was correct, every grocery store would have turned into a boutique, only offering quaint, premium-brand foods.
Almost everything I buy is FMV or Kroger brand (which isn't being phased out at all, at least not at the supermarket near my house), and I'm damn happy with it. C'mon, get with the program here.
Yep, you sure can.... you don't need the card at all. It's just rather nice, imo.
And you know what, I don't care at all if they track my purchases. This is because:
- I get coupons for items I frequently buy - I didn't have to give out my name or address to get the card, so it's anonymous data - The data from my purchases helps them run their store better, so everyone's happy
I DJ college radio, mostly hardcore and punk. I am not a "shock jock", and most of what I play and say on the air is not intended to get a rise out of people. However, I have almost been kicked off the air multiple times because of the lameass obscenity rules imposed by the FCC. Songs such as this, this, this, and this have cost me much grief in the past.
None of these songs are terribly obscene, and really, the use of this language is really commonplace in our culture now. The reason that blanket laws like this trigger kneejerk, eye-rolling reactions is because it's silly. In the same way that nobody is particularly shocked or taken aback to hear about someone smoking pot or drinking underage, these milquetoast rules dilute the force of the law because nobody takes them seriously.
Likewise, none of the songs that I posted up there are really that offensive; you'd have to be living under a rock to be offended by that. On the other hand, "obscenity" is a really slippery slope. For instance, none of these songs have any bad words.
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You laugh, but I've done this before. The last time I did it was the first day of the Iraqi War (II)... I had to go to class, so I couldn't very well watch the news coverage, so I dropped on over to cnn.com's ircd, where an ircbot with a closed-captioning->text program streamed the news broadcasts. It was a pretty easy way to get the news when I didn't have access to multimedia internet....
...either that or change the project name to "iBash".
hrms, that's kinda catchy, aint it?
Anime does this a lot too. Evangelion, for example, draws from mythology that is very recognizable to most Christians and it can be very disturbing for some.
You mean the imagry of nude teens/pre-teens? I think the Catholics would be quite familiar with that imagry.... =P
And the AI says....
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I think the difference is that when I get on a plane, I don't anticipate that it's going to crash or otherwise royally fuck up....
Shit, I didn't know Bill Gates was a bio major! What new cybernetics support can we see Longhorn having?!
Netcraft reports: RMS is dying!
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Take your chances with getting sued, or finding actual music on kazaa that's not horribly encoded, corrupted, or virus-infested?
Wow, freenet mirror? I think it might be faster to wait until tomorrow for when the slashdotting ends....
...and now you post to slashdot all day long.
I think people like you are the exception to the rule here. =)
hahah, I was young and impressionable. -cries-
...and yet still go to see the big fight on the big screen.
Wait, go where?
Seriously, I have no intention of seeing the third movie in the theatre unless movie critics drive up to lucas' house with flowers in hand. I saw the first one in the theatres multiple times, and then saw the second one in the theatre opening day. After being burned hard twice, I'm pondering whether the third movie is even worth the 700Mb of disk space it'll take to torrent. =/
I know you got modded as 'insightful', but this is actually one of the funniest posts I've read all day...
I can personally verify this. Although at about the 74th copy of "Gigli", the shredder starts to choke up a bit, so be careful.
Computer hardware is like pancakes... you always through out the first batch. G5, iPod, whatever... I always steer clear of the first generation of any hardware. =)
As a college DJ, I resent this post. Only about HALF of live airplay is done while stoned/drunk!
I thought in unix, everything was just a file!
And coupons for things that they want you to start buying. Do you really think they're doing you a favour? There's no way they are making a loss on "sale" prices, so the more generous-looking the offer, the more they're screwing you by default.
If they have a similar product to something I'm already buying, I might check it out. I'm not going to buy it simply because I have a cupon for it. The only things I ever recall getting cupons for which I did not buy are gas discounts.
It doesn't take an Einstein to work out that the end result is to phase out the cheap, low margin, staples that the lower income bracket depend on in favour of Haagen-Daaz and Organic Cider.
It also doesn't take a huge database system and supermarket cards to implement what you are discussing here. And, if your theory was correct, every grocery store would have turned into a boutique, only offering quaint, premium-brand foods.
Almost everything I buy is FMV or Kroger brand (which isn't being phased out at all, at least not at the supermarket near my house), and I'm damn happy with it. C'mon, get with the program here.
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Imma high rolla'. I neva leave the house witout my roll o' fitties!
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Yep, you sure can.... you don't need the card at all. It's just rather nice, imo.
And you know what, I don't care at all if they track my purchases. This is because:
- I get coupons for items I frequently buy
- I didn't have to give out my name or address to get the card, so it's anonymous data
- The data from my purchases helps them run their store better, so everyone's happy
Opera: Making products for cripples and retards since 1995.
For every joke you steal, I'm going to tell three.
I DJ college radio, mostly hardcore and punk. I am not a "shock jock", and most of what I play and say on the air is not intended to get a rise out of people. However, I have almost been kicked off the air multiple times because of the lameass obscenity rules imposed by the FCC. Songs such as this, this, this, and this have cost me much grief in the past.
None of these songs are terribly obscene, and really, the use of this language is really commonplace in our culture now. The reason that blanket laws like this trigger kneejerk, eye-rolling reactions is because it's silly. In the same way that nobody is particularly shocked or taken aback to hear about someone smoking pot or drinking underage, these milquetoast rules dilute the force of the law because nobody takes them seriously.
Likewise, none of the songs that I posted up there are really that offensive; you'd have to be living under a rock to be offended by that. On the other hand, "obscenity" is a really slippery slope. For instance, none of these songs have any bad words.
This song will probably offend you
But what about this one? It's only kind of bad, I guess....
And what about this one?
Where do you wanna draw the line?