Seriously, has anyone given any thought to NOT fucking with the moon?
Plus, what happens when the inevitable nuclear explosion happens and the moon gets shot out of orbit? Oh, wait, soon after we get Maya. She's the one on the right.
So, just replace Soviets with Chinese.
Bingo, insta-moon purpose for today!
Yes, but that would mean replacing inbred/ingrown paper-pushers with real doers and those that put their cojones on the line.
Ain't gonna happen due to existing politics and aversion to risk. The American population (it seems/we are told) values gain without loss these days. No surprise, really, everyone is living off what was done in WW2, the "greatest generation".
I agree. If it weren't for the marketing and "bullet time" hype, it'd just be another science fantasy film with the latest CG effects. Fer chrissakes, the star is a world-renown bad actor!
I don't expect the brothers to do anything more, they've shot their wad, and enough people bought into it that they won't have to carpenter any more.
It's not like women in porn are all that real these days anyway, between injections, implants, airbrushing, lighting, posing...
From an old, but related article:
"The Beautiful People Syndrome is attacking the psyche of television-addicted America. For a man, if you are not 6'1'', handsome and wealthy you are not ideal. Any woman who isn't bone-thin with a large chest certainly is below the standard."
Warning, some of this article is downright silly.
[thinks to self: "old" being from 2000. Sheesh, I turn 41 today!]
Yes, 10 years worth of data on climate change is relevant. After all, I remember that when I was a kid 30 years ago it never snowed this much/so little, therefore there must be climate change because I perceive it to be so (in addition to being told incessantly by news media whose attention span sometimes exceeds "oooh, look, shiny", frequently doesn't know what its talking about but knows that fear sells newspapers.
Google is the only company that provides context sensitive ads. Running ads that people will actually click on seems like a very good way to make money
I implemented Google ads at my site (see above) in June, and today I got a cheque from Google for an amount that more than covers one year's hosting cost.
Then again, my site is pretty targetted, but obviously my target audience is clicking on ads that they find relevant.
I think that buying only what you want online is going to bring back the era of the single. I know I've spent more money on music since iTunes for Windows came out than I have for the last year. And why? Because I can buy only the one song I like buy that band I otherwise don't care for. And for a dollar a pop, that's not bad.
Bingo. In many cases, the rest of the album was just padding. There are quite a few examples of bands that have had whole albums worth buying, but the overall trend has been padding "works of art" based on a catchy, pre-programmed, pop-culture tune.
Recently I looked for the Slashdot article that discussed "pre-programmed" music (I.E., filtered through "focus groups", and couldn't find it.
Don't forget possible changes to the weather. For instance, there are a number of areas whose climate and micro-climate are influenced by nearby bodies of water.
Were you envisioning covering the Great Lakes with this stuff?
This might also be useful for refineries/chemical plants, etc. that maintain large atmospheric pressure reservoirs of dihydrogen monoxide for fire-fighting purposes.
...they don't really understand what's going on anyway, as most of the media doesn't.
I don't think it's that they don't understand as much as it is not wanting to understand. The one-way media is pretty comfortable with the way things were and most don't want to change or experiment. Because that would involve risk and uncertainty.
Note that this mindset exists not only in the entertainment industries; once products become commodities with a steady revenue stream (even with something as fickle as advertising), avoidance of uncertainty becomes a primary goal for the manager types. This type of behaviour is understandable, but when a signifigant percentage of your customers are demanding change only imbeciles ignore it.
all three industries' ratings are going down because they are dishing out awful, unmitigated shit season after season.
Fact: people (especially younger people) are harder to please/entertain these days due to their increased accustomization to massive information input.
The only explanations I can come up with for companues that actually waste their time on this crap is that the decision makers don't even know what these computer things are
No, it is comfortable, highly-paid executives trying to force oldthink onto a new problem. Product activation is destined to fail simply because it punishes the legitimate user.
I chose W2K a year ago rather than the fancier and "newer" XP for exactly this reason (me not being bright enough/have the time to run Linux), since I add hardware to my machine fairly often and didn't want the additional hassle.
On an almost-related note regarding the possible future use of military technology audio, apparently the inventor of the world's funniest and lethal joke has disappeared and is assumed to be working for terrorist organizations. Be careful what you listen to, people, this could happen to you!
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What *I* want to know is why the other two horror greats from the past, Peter Cushingand Vincent Price were cut from this monumental film.
It's a sad day when this sort of thing happens and illustrates a defanite lack of respect for the old guard.
Seriously, has anyone given any thought to NOT fucking with the moon?
Plus, what happens when the inevitable nuclear explosion happens and the moon gets shot out of orbit? Oh, wait, soon after we get Maya. She's the one on the right.
So, just replace Soviets with Chinese. Bingo, insta-moon purpose for today!
Yes, but that would mean replacing inbred/ingrown paper-pushers with real doers and those that put their cojones on the line.
Ain't gonna happen due to existing politics and aversion to risk. The American population (it seems/we are told) values gain without loss these days. No surprise, really, everyone is living off what was done in WW2, the "greatest generation".
Summary of parent post: The Matrix sucks
I agree. If it weren't for the marketing and "bullet time" hype, it'd just be another science fantasy film with the latest CG effects. Fer chrissakes, the star is a world-renown bad actor!
I don't expect the brothers to do anything more, they've shot their wad, and enough people bought into it that they won't have to carpenter any more.
Can you actually focus on something which is that close to your eye?
Can you say repetitive eyeball stress syndrome?
(Although popups on pron sites already cause this, most don't complain due to embarrassment)
BBC says that Nigeria is the happiest country in the world.
Coincidence?
That's why I only have live audiences in my car for the commute to work and at home [...] Was pretty cramped in my little car but they managed.
Let's hope you're not an AC/lightningbolt/DC fan. Explaining how unrestrainable Angus got nailed by a car two lanes away could prove to be a problem.
Try something safer like Barenaked Ladies, who tend to be more sedentary. But even then, you might have some splainin to do.
No way I'm voting for some pseudo-science scammer charlatan from the SCI-FI channel.
What about the airbrushed cover of Rolling Stone?
Since when do presidential candudates use fluffers?
It's not like women in porn are all that real these days anyway, between injections, implants, airbrushing, lighting, posing...
From an old, but related article:
"The Beautiful People Syndrome is attacking the psyche of television-addicted America. For a man, if you are not 6'1'', handsome and wealthy you are not ideal. Any woman who isn't bone-thin with a large chest certainly is below the standard."
Warning, some of this article is downright silly.
[thinks to self: "old" being from 2000. Sheesh, I turn 41 today!]
For those who have seen the utterly horrible adaptation...
Or Alan Smithee's extended TV version of Dune..
when was the last time you actually *looked forward* to something on the radio?
CBC Radio's As It Happens weeknights at 6:30PM EST.
Dude, when are you in that big a hurry and NOT on the way to a fire already? When I'm GETTING AWAY from a fire!
When I'm ON FIRE!!
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Tell the truth - you put that period there to make me think there was a fleck of dirt on my monitor, didn't you. It worked!
I think we're seeing that now in the data.
Yes, 10 years worth of data on climate change is relevant. After all, I remember that when I was a kid 30 years ago it never snowed this much/so little, therefore there must be climate change because I perceive it to be so (in addition to being told incessantly by news media whose attention span sometimes exceeds "oooh, look, shiny", frequently doesn't know what its talking about but knows that fear sells newspapers.
Google is the only company that provides context sensitive ads. Running ads that people will actually click on seems like a very good way to make money
I implemented Google ads at my site (see above) in June, and today I got a cheque from Google for an amount that more than covers one year's hosting cost.
Then again, my site is pretty targetted, but obviously my target audience is clicking on ads that they find relevant.
I think that buying only what you want online is going to bring back the era of the single. I know I've spent more money on music since iTunes for Windows came out than I have for the last year. And why? Because I can buy only the one song I like buy that band I otherwise don't care for. And for a dollar a pop, that's not bad.
Bingo. In many cases, the rest of the album was just padding. There are quite a few examples of bands that have had whole albums worth buying, but the overall trend has been padding "works of art" based on a catchy, pre-programmed, pop-culture tune.
Recently I looked for the Slashdot article that discussed "pre-programmed" music (I.E., filtered through "focus groups", and couldn't find it.
"I don't understand the origins/purpose/design of something, so it MUST have been created by something even more intelligent than myself."
Works for me, especially when trying to install Linux.
Don't forget possible changes to the weather. For instance, there are a number of areas whose climate and micro-climate are influenced by nearby bodies of water.
Were you envisioning covering the Great Lakes with this stuff?
I'd be willing to test the product in my toilet based on the assumption that it'd reduce the atomized crap on my toothbrush due to flushing.
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This might also be useful for refineries/chemical plants, etc. that maintain large atmospheric pressure reservoirs of dihydrogen monoxide for fire-fighting purposes.
...they don't really understand what's going on anyway, as most of the media doesn't.
I don't think it's that they don't understand as much as it is not wanting to understand. The one-way media is pretty comfortable with the way things were and most don't want to change or experiment. Because that would involve risk and uncertainty.
Note that this mindset exists not only in the entertainment industries; once products become commodities with a steady revenue stream (even with something as fickle as advertising), avoidance of uncertainty becomes a primary goal for the manager types. This type of behaviour is understandable, but when a signifigant percentage of your customers are demanding change only imbeciles ignore it.
all three industries' ratings are going down because they are dishing out awful, unmitigated shit season after season.
Fact: people (especially younger people) are harder to please/entertain these days due to their increased accustomization to massive information input.
So is the old Psygnosis game now obsolete and environmentally incorrect?
The only explanations I can come up with for companues that actually waste their time on this crap is that the decision makers don't even know what these computer things are
No, it is comfortable, highly-paid executives trying to force oldthink onto a new problem. Product activation is destined to fail simply because it punishes the legitimate user.
I chose W2K a year ago rather than the fancier and "newer" XP for exactly this reason (me not being bright enough/have the time to run Linux), since I add hardware to my machine fairly often and didn't want the additional hassle.
200db-> RIP
On an almost-related note regarding the possible future use of military technology audio, apparently the inventor of the world's funniest and lethal joke has disappeared and is assumed to be working for terrorist organizations. Be careful what you listen to, people, this could happen to you!