I thought the green, self-titled one was awesome, and their latest one was mediocre. Perhaps if they called all their albums "Weezer" they'd be superstars.
What would be really cool is an XMMS input plugin that can decode WMAs. I don't ever encode music in the WMA format, but I do encounter it on the net quite a bit and it's a pain in the ass to have to go WMA -> Wav -> MP3 for every single one.
This album really sucks and i knew it before i bought it. That this the reason i didnt buy 18!!
Amen. I liked a few songs from Moby's previous album, so I bought "18" on the day it came out. I think it sucks balls. I will happily sell it for cheap to anyone who wants to pay for the postage (I'm in Canada).
I think that Perl Jam and Moby don't sell many albums because they suck. That's pretty simple. That whole article is Moby, up on his high horse, trying to explain why his latest effort is crap.
Blame it on the fans. Sure. Whatever.
Just for the record, I have every Weezer CD too. Even that crappy Pinkerton one.
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Ja-Rule was Superman's father? Supes has the bitch-ass raps.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm much more worried about people writing my credit card number down and passing it to somebody else or overhearing me when I order something over the phone than I am about it being picked up wirelessly by some chump with a laptop in the corner of the store.
Most -- note that I said "most" and not "all" -- of the people that are going to defraud me by using my CC number are not going to have access to a computer with equipment capable of sniffing the air packets (that sounds kind of gross) to get that number in the first place.
I think a better idea was one that I heard a while back. This guy set up a script to constantly create new pages with randomly created garbage email addresses and links to new random pages with new random garbage email addresses, ad infinitum. Sure, you'll get a few more hits from the spambot, but it'll keep crawling your script-based heirarchy and keep polluting its database with email addresses that don't exist!
I think that it's easily shown that addiction is not necessarily limited to a certain type of thing to which one can be addicted. It's more about one's personality.
Sure, there are things like narcotics that form physical dependancies, but by FAR the majority of addictions are psychological. ANYTHING can become addictive if the right person is exposed to it. Are we going to put warning labels on carrots? on AOL CDs? (I know there's some nutjob out there that collects them) Where does it end?
Labels on products aren't going to help if the public isn't educated on the issues of addition in general.
Ok, so the pigeon thing is not a joke...But the main point of my comment stands: Most April fools jokes are just plain dumb. If you're going to do something, make it something good.
April fools people. Go back to sleep. I'm amazed at the lameness of some of the jokes that happen on April 1st. A local radio station tried to convince people that there was an easter parade going on...at 7 o'clock in the morning...in a torrential downpour. I absolutely could not believe that some people would fall for it.
Maybe I'm just jaded and cynical, but give me something not only original, but believable.
I have used computers (with CRT displays) for at least 4 hours a day (more like 8+ hours/day now that I actually work in the industry) since I was 14. I'm 25 now, and I still have BETTER than average vision.
I'm always sorry to hear about people losing their vision, but I really don't think it's because of staring into monitors. I've only used a computer with an LCD screen when I was given a laptop by work for a week-long business trip, so I really don't think CRTs are doing the damage.
The only thing I can think of to really improve the old AdCritic would be to have given it more bandwidth. It just got severly overburdened most of the time. Especially when the superbowl commercials came out.
I still laugh uncontrollably at the "Damn vikings!" Bud Light ad:)
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These must be invented, or Ripley will not be able to protect herself and Newt from the Alien Queen when it sneaks aboard their starship.
It *will* happen. It has been pre-ordained in film:)
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I thought the green, self-titled one was awesome, and their latest one was mediocre. Perhaps if they called all their albums "Weezer" they'd be superstars.
What would be really cool is an XMMS input plugin that can decode WMAs. I don't ever encode music in the WMA format, but I do encounter it on the net quite a bit and it's a pain in the ass to have to go WMA -> Wav -> MP3 for every single one.
Seriously. If Moby thinks he knows exactly who is buying his CDs, why does he not sell his music in a way such that this market will buy it?
This album really sucks and i knew it before i bought it. That this the reason i didnt buy 18!!
Amen. I liked a few songs from Moby's previous album, so I bought "18" on the day it came out. I think it sucks balls. I will happily sell it for cheap to anyone who wants to pay for the postage (I'm in Canada).
I think that Perl Jam and Moby don't sell many albums because they suck. That's pretty simple. That whole article is Moby, up on his high horse, trying to explain why his latest effort is crap.
Blame it on the fans. Sure. Whatever.
Just for the record, I have every Weezer CD too. Even that crappy Pinkerton one.
Ja-Rule was Superman's father? Supes has the bitch-ass raps.
Being fat is an evolutionary advantage.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm much more worried about people writing my credit card number down and passing it to somebody else or overhearing me when I order something over the phone than I am about it being picked up wirelessly by some chump with a laptop in the corner of the store.
Most -- note that I said "most" and not "all" -- of the people that are going to defraud me by using my CC number are not going to have access to a computer with equipment capable of sniffing the air packets (that sounds kind of gross) to get that number in the first place.
Ok, just make sure the TLD is longer than say, 5 characters and you can be almost certain that randomly created ones don't exist.
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I am fully aware of the non-com/net/org TLDs...just look at *mine*
Not if the TLD isn't .com, .net, or .org! There's almost NO chance that it's valid if the TLD is also random.
Remember, the spammer couldn't care less about sending mail to bad addresses, as long as the good addresses are spammed as well.
True, but the their address lists will depreciate in value because the authenticity of most of the addresses would be in doubt.
I think a better idea was one that I heard a while back. This guy set up a script to constantly create new pages with randomly created garbage email addresses and links to new random pages with new random garbage email addresses, ad infinitum. Sure, you'll get a few more hits from the spambot, but it'll keep crawling your script-based heirarchy and keep polluting its database with email addresses that don't exist!
I think that it's easily shown that addiction is not necessarily limited to a certain type of thing to which one can be addicted. It's more about one's personality.
Sure, there are things like narcotics that form physical dependancies, but by FAR the majority of addictions are psychological. ANYTHING can become addictive if the right person is exposed to it. Are we going to put warning labels on carrots? on AOL CDs? (I know there's some nutjob out there that collects them) Where does it end?
Labels on products aren't going to help if the public isn't educated on the issues of addition in general.
Ok, so the pigeon thing is not a joke...But the main point of my comment stands: Most April fools jokes are just plain dumb. If you're going to do something, make it something good.
April fools people. Go back to sleep. I'm amazed at the lameness of some of the jokes that happen on April 1st. A local radio station tried to convince people that there was an easter parade going on...at 7 o'clock in the morning...in a torrential downpour. I absolutely could not believe that some people would fall for it.
Maybe I'm just jaded and cynical, but give me something not only original, but believable.
I have used computers (with CRT displays) for at least 4 hours a day (more like 8+ hours/day now that I actually work in the industry) since I was 14. I'm 25 now, and I still have BETTER than average vision.
I'm always sorry to hear about people losing their vision, but I really don't think it's because of staring into monitors. I've only used a computer with an LCD screen when I was given a laptop by work for a week-long business trip, so I really don't think CRTs are doing the damage.
Better yet, does anyone use the old "Hot Dog Stand" color scheme that came with Windows 3.1? :)
Man, that thing was ugly.
The "1000 hours" estimate is based on normal use, which burning it 24x7 is not. The bulb would last significantly longer if it was on all the time.
Hmmm...works fine in Konqueror 3.0 RC3.
The only thing I can think of to really improve the old AdCritic would be to have given it more bandwidth. It just got severly overburdened most of the time. Especially when the superbowl commercials came out.
:)
I still laugh uncontrollably at the "Damn vikings!" Bud Light ad
Surely someone will write a linux emulator for OS X...how hard could it be? There's already emulators for BSD.
From the FAQ:
Q: The initial release this fall is Windows only. How do I get the Linux version?
A: There will be a certificate in the package that entitles you to a free Linux installation CD once the Linux version is available. Fill out the certificate and send it to us. Once the Linux version of gobeProductive is released we will send a CD to you.
Q: Will both Windows and Linux installation CDs come with the package after the Linux version is completed?
A: Yes.
Are you talking about the product or the web site? It's stalling for me already...
These must be invented, or Ripley will not be able to protect herself and Newt from the Alien Queen when it sneaks aboard their starship. It *will* happen. It has been pre-ordained in film :)
Or Finnigan?
Howard the Dolphin is just a little to close to Howard the Duck.
I think it was just a fluke :)