Bow-Tie man is right about one thing - Stewart didn't do a very good job of interviewing Kerry.
I didn't see the Kerry interview, but Stewart did have a kick-ass excuse for it: He's not a journalist. He didn't do a very good job at it because it is not his job. Blaming him for it is pointless.
The only reason bow-tie man kept insisting on it was because bow-tie man's purpose in life is to put down the left. He was doing a pitifull job a it by attempting to hold Stewart up to high journalistic standard, you don't blame a clown for not being a journalist when you have something intelligent to say.
I read the transcript and I didn't see John Stewart actually say anything.
The transcript are worthless, you need to hear the sarcasm and see the smirks.
SO what he wants everyone to agree?
He says about 3 or 4 times that he would love to see a real debate show instead of a party-line spin-spewing show. Seriously, I'm gonna give you credit of the doupt on the fact that the transcript really didn't do this justice. Get the video and see for yourself.
As for your long monologue about dualists and dialectists, its irrelevant, since you're arguing on something you did not fully understand.
a left-wing Noam Chomsky echo chamber
And, you disagree with Mr. Chomsky because he's left wing? That's nice...
Maher and Stewart lean left, but they don't follow party lines. They actually think for themselves. It's remarkable how often their moronic Los Angeles audiences will applaud at some liberal talking point, then immediately quiet down when the host disagrees and say, "Well actually, that's a load of crap, and here's why..."
I love Maher because I agree with him 90% of the time.
All the time would be freaky and weird... I rather enjoy hearing arguments contrary to my views from someone whom I respect for his intelligence and honesty of opinions. As I enjoy hearing his own arguments supporting my views, since they are distinct from my own, yet we arrive at the same conclusion.
Both Maher and Stewart deserve better than the DNC herds that trough in their studios.
Actually, I think its great that they have these people in their audience, because, for one, it makes it clear by contrast that they aren't like that, and secondly, it shows these audiences that they too could be thinking straight instead of simply accepting and regurgitating a party line.
Its a drop of intelligence and perspective in the bucket of simple-mindedness that is the media, but a drop at a time is better than none at all.
the two party partisan hack system we have. I'm not saying we shouldn't try to make it better. But Stewart's not helping.
He tried though. He called them on their bullshit, he asked them to stop, nicely. He begged them to stop. They won't stop, but he tried.
I don't care if his show is on Comedy Central followed by puppets making crank phone calls, he's nothing more than a hypocrite if he can't even ask those "tough questions" himself when given the chance.
So, you're asking "Why didn't the funny man act like a professional reporter?" Really?
Far-right Bow-tie Boy: "Kerry won't come on this show. He will come on your show..."
Jon Stewart, funny man: "Well, we have civilised discourse."
That is why.
He's not a partisan hack, he's not part of the republican strategy of attack against Kerry. That's not his role. Why would he attack his guest with "though" questions? If you have someone over to your house, do you ask them "though" questions? Or do you prefer to be a good host and greet them with civilised discourse?
The newsguy was basically asking "why aren't you doing our job better than us" and he was saying "because its not MY job". Its not. How could you hold it against him that he isn't doing someone else's job (Bow-tie boy's job is to throw put downs at people in the form of questions) for them?
Jon Stewart, funny man: "You're doing theatre, when you should be doing debate."
Far-right Bow-tie Boy: Takes one to know one! Jon Stewart, funny man: "You're on CNN!" Stewart is on Comedy Central.
How much coverage have you seen of Kerry's health plan? Did you know that he has one?
Well, he's pretty old, and he's got tons of money, so I should hope he's covered!;-)
Oh, yeah, another pet peeve: why is election coverage about who's ahead, rather than who's going to do what in office?
That's a really good question...
My news pet peeve: Why is the guy that tells me about war, genocide, castastrphes and murders spending as much time, if not more, making small talk with the weather guy and discussing how many balls one group of men threw yesterday and if that was more than one other bunch of ball-obsessed men? I barely watch the news anymore, I scoure the internet looking for the info I crave rather than be subject to inane banter by "credible" newsmen. And why is "entertainment" news part of normal news? Stop plugging your parent company's crap and tell me the state of the world! Tell me about science, pollution, demographics, economies, say something worthwhile!
It is to big, and affects earth to much (1/3 the size of earth) to be considered a satalite.
You would be much more credible in your wild claims if you could spell the word "satellite" correctly, you know.
But, then again, if you knew how to spell it, you might know the definition of it: "a celestial body orbiting another of larger size" And since you mention that the earth is, in fact, larger than the moon...
Even a med alert bracelet is only as good as it is secure on the wrist. An RFID implant and scanner makes it less likely that you will be separated for your ID.
If you're in an accident that can separate you from your wrist, it can also separate you from the the bit of skin containing your RFID tag.
I'm glad to know that these people with medicalert problems will be dependent on the battery powered RFID scanners from now on. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
What is Microsoft's motivation here anyway. I mean... Right now all they can really boast about over the PS2 is that they have a years worth of hardware advancement better graphics
They have Live, which is a big advantage. PS2s CAN be online, but MS has really taken the lead on this.
a Robot...and it IS skating around on a table like a very agile small human might
It lumbers around the table akwardly, after ONE competant turn following a slide down a fixed ramp of a known lenghth and angle under controlled conditions. Its neat, but it is not "like a very agile small human".
recall fondly the first time that I saw ASIMOV WALK
Its a new feature to their not-for-sale robotic doll, not the second coming of robot Jesus. Cute, good work from the roboticians, but it still needs improvement: If it could achieve faster speeds with skates on, rather than going slower on wheels than on foot, it would be awsome.
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For those of us who haven't had their 3rd cup of cofee yet, that would be "complementary metal oxide semiconductor".
Bow-Tie man is right about one thing - Stewart didn't do a very good job of interviewing Kerry.
I didn't see the Kerry interview, but Stewart did have a kick-ass excuse for it: He's not a journalist.
He didn't do a very good job at it because it is not his job. Blaming him for it is pointless.
The only reason bow-tie man kept insisting on it was because bow-tie man's purpose in life is to put down the left. He was doing a pitifull job a it by attempting to hold Stewart up to high journalistic standard, you don't blame a clown for not being a journalist when you have something intelligent to say.
I read the transcript and I didn't see John Stewart actually say anything.
The transcript are worthless, you need to hear the sarcasm and see the smirks.
SO what he wants everyone to agree?
He says about 3 or 4 times that he would love to see a real debate show instead of a party-line spin-spewing show. Seriously, I'm gonna give you credit of the doupt on the fact that the transcript really didn't do this justice. Get the video and see for yourself.
As for your long monologue about dualists and dialectists, its irrelevant, since you're arguing on something you did not fully understand.
a left-wing Noam Chomsky echo chamber
And, you disagree with Mr. Chomsky because he's left wing? That's nice...
But the networks are really in business to give people what they want.
They don't give me what I want.
Maher and Stewart lean left, but they don't follow party lines. They actually think for themselves. It's remarkable how often their moronic Los Angeles audiences will applaud at some liberal talking point, then immediately quiet down when the host disagrees and say, "Well actually, that's a load of crap, and here's why..."
I love Maher because I agree with him 90% of the time.
All the time would be freaky and weird... I rather enjoy hearing arguments contrary to my views from someone whom I respect for his intelligence and honesty of opinions. As I enjoy hearing his own arguments supporting my views, since they are distinct from my own, yet we arrive at the same conclusion.
Both Maher and Stewart deserve better than the DNC herds that trough in their studios.
Actually, I think its great that they have these people in their audience, because, for one, it makes it clear by contrast that they aren't like that, and secondly, it shows these audiences that they too could be thinking straight instead of simply accepting and regurgitating a party line.
Its a drop of intelligence and perspective in the bucket of simple-mindedness that is the media, but a drop at a time is better than none at all.
Considering that he's a comedian, that's good.
the two party partisan hack system we have. I'm not saying we shouldn't try to make it better. But Stewart's not helping.
He tried though. He called them on their bullshit, he asked them to stop, nicely. He begged them to stop. They won't stop, but he tried.
I don't care if his show is on Comedy Central followed by puppets making crank phone calls, he's nothing more than a hypocrite if he can't even ask those "tough questions" himself when given the chance.
So, you're asking "Why didn't the funny man act like a professional reporter?" Really?
That is why.
He's not a partisan hack, he's not part of the republican strategy of attack against Kerry. That's not his role.
Why would he attack his guest with "though" questions? If you have someone over to your house, do you ask them "though" questions? Or do you prefer to be a good host and greet them with civilised discourse?
The newsguy was basically asking "why aren't you doing our job better than us" and he was saying "because its not MY job". Its not. How could you hold it against him that he isn't doing someone else's job (Bow-tie boy's job is to throw put downs at people in the form of questions) for them?
How much coverage have you seen of Kerry's health plan? Did you know that he has one?
;-)
Well, he's pretty old, and he's got tons of money, so I should hope he's covered!
Oh, yeah, another pet peeve: why is election coverage about who's ahead, rather than who's going to do what in office?
That's a really good question...
My news pet peeve: Why is the guy that tells me about war, genocide, castastrphes and murders spending as much time, if not more, making small talk with the weather guy and discussing how many balls one group of men threw yesterday and if that was more than one other bunch of ball-obsessed men? I barely watch the news anymore, I scoure the internet looking for the info I crave rather than be subject to inane banter by "credible" newsmen. And why is "entertainment" news part of normal news? Stop plugging your parent company's crap and tell me the state of the world! Tell me about science, pollution, demographics, economies, say something worthwhile!
Damn Australian scientists!
;-)
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Arnold?
Has there been another election and no one told me about it?
It is to big, and affects earth to much (1/3 the size of earth) to be considered a satalite.
You would be much more credible in your wild claims if you could spell the word "satellite" correctly, you know.
But, then again, if you knew how to spell it, you might know the definition of it: "a celestial body orbiting another of larger size"
And since you mention that the earth is, in fact, larger than the moon...
I'm tired of hearing about 'Britney killers'
Oh, I never tire of hearing about those.
iTunes crashed on you? Go try it on a real computer (a Mac) and see what happens?
Some corrupted MP3s will crash iTunes, crash id bad.
Hard to identify too, 'cause it freezes up on the previous track's info, and if it did it on random, good luck figuring it out.
The power comes from the reader. ...which runs on batteries.
this country was founded on included the idea that the government was required to leave you alone unless they suspected you of doing something illegal
They've since passed enough incoherant and irrational laws that they can reasonably expect you to have broken one of them at any given time.
this is the US, and my freedom is important to me
Freedom...that's SO 20th century. Be a good patriot: Worry about terrorists, support your president.
Sigh...
Even a med alert bracelet is only as good as it is secure on the wrist. An RFID implant and scanner makes it less likely that you will be separated for your ID.
If you're in an accident that can separate you from your wrist, it can also separate you from the the bit of skin containing your RFID tag.
I'm glad to know that these people with medicalert problems will be dependent on the battery powered RFID scanners from now on. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?
keeping your medical history on a chip could definately help in emergencys and such involving people with various conditions.
1- The info isn't on the chip, the chip just has an i.d., they get they info from a database using the i.d.
2- What if your injury removes the tag? Accidental amputation, burns it off, scrapes it off, chews it off...
What good is all this info supposed to be if we can't use it to stop a problem before it happens?
Blackmail.
Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the communist part...er... terrorist?
I'm sure we can dig up enough movie material to turn slashdot into "Aintitcool.com"
The colour patterns are painfull enough...
This movie has nothing to do with tech news, software or anything remotely "nerdy".
This has a lot to do with Thunderbirds and is therefore very nerdy indeed.
Assuming of course all the flavor of the meat is retained, and all the warmth, feel, smell of leather is still there.
The smell is from the process of turning skin into leather, not from the animal itself...
What is Microsoft's motivation here anyway. I mean... Right now all they can really boast about over the PS2 is that they have a years worth of hardware advancement better graphics
They have Live, which is a big advantage.
PS2s CAN be online, but MS has really taken the lead on this.
Blahblah BIG BLOCK OF TEXT blah.
<BR> and <P> tags. Use them.
a Robot...and it IS skating around on a table like a very agile small human might
It lumbers around the table akwardly, after ONE competant turn following a slide down a fixed ramp of a known lenghth and angle under controlled conditions.
Its neat, but it is not "like a very agile small human".
recall fondly the first time that I saw ASIMOV WALK
Its a new feature to their not-for-sale robotic doll, not the second coming of robot Jesus.
Cute, good work from the roboticians, but it still needs improvement: If it could achieve faster speeds with skates on, rather than going slower on wheels than on foot, it would be awsome.
And lastly: Line breaks, paragraphs. Use them.
Well it does do that nice little turn at the beginning.
Yeah, but he can't get to that speed by himself. He has to be rolled off a ramp.
this lawyer is lying, and making obvious lies. I don't get it - how the hell does he expect to get away with this?
You're new to the concept of lawyers then?