Forget Jesus, Santa, Mithra, and other mythology. December 25th is Sir Issac Newton's Birthday,and he definitely did exist! What would science be without him?
And if DDT had remained legal, 60,000,000 people would still have died of Malaria. It was no better or worse than other pesticides at controlling mosquitoes, but Bald Eagles, and many other species of birds would now be extinct.
You might want to look up the word, satire. It is not always meant to be ha ha funny. Satire and parody are frequently political and preachy on porpose. The artists here are making a valid point about Dow Chemicals' irresponsibility, and callousness. There is nothing ha ha funny about it, nor is there supposed to be. The point of it was to make youi angry, or uneasy, and to educate. It works for that purpose.
I would also like to point out that Dow could have avoided the very negative publicity they hope to avoid by ignoring such political message sites. Now more people than even before know that Dow is Union Carbide.
This is a perfect example of a greedy corporation squashing free speech in the name of its lord and savior, the almighty dollar. The artists, called the Yes Men, hosted by thing.net were making a valid point with their biting satire, and adding a "this is a joke, duh!" disclaimer would detract from the icky feeling their satire was intended to evoke. If they can get a legal defense fund, this could be the test case to overturn the DMCA. It is more likely, unfortunately, that Thing.net will die, and this Slapp will be successful. That will be a tragedy. I would love to republish the materials in question, but I will use disclaimers if the Yes Men agree.
The popularity of these little RC cars will show spammers that spam works. This sucks. Every day I sift through about a gross of spam e-mails to find 4 or 5 legit ones, and I probably ain't seen nothin' et. Again, This sucks!
While it is certainly more fun to make fun of crackpots than debunking them, (I do that myself all the time) a book schoolteachers could use might help new generations from falling for crackpots and pseudo-scientists. I amd for producing such a book.
There are a few liberal websites, some connected to print versions, and the mainstream corporate media won't touch the stories they publish. Here are a few examples.
You have to dig to find this stuff. If the "liberal media" that talk radio ranted and raved about were real, the stories found on the above links would be the mainstream news.
Some reporters fresh out of college may hold liberal views, but their bosses, greedy corporate types, are very right wing, and talk radio, a big part of the corporate media, spouts their views. So does Fox News.
Yes, bigger numbers are more sensational, and sensation is entertaining. The mainstream news is only entertainment. Also, CNN and the RIAA are part of the same racket, the entertainment industry. They don't own Slahdot, The Register, or The Uncoveror!
Fox News is right wing propaganda brought to you by facist and sleazemonger, Rupert Murdoch. The idea that any of the corporate media are left wing is absurd.
The real problem with American news outlets is that they are only entertainment, and are information free. The only thing the movie, Network predicted that hasn't come true yet is a psychic on the evening news.
Such licences would destroy the first sale principle if they were allowed to stand, but I doubt that they would stand up in court. Even without shrinkwrap licences, don't buy CDs, especially not of Britney Spears.
Does anyone actually have a copy of Zero Wing? THat would be quite a holy grail of gaming. How about the E.T. Game that they buried thousands of in the desert? Does anybody have that one?
We will never terraform Mars. We will never colonize Mars. It is already inhabited by an advanced underground civilization called the Zhti Ti Kofft, and they are getting tired of us. We better leave Mars alone, or we could be toast!
Elves? At Pomeroy IT Solutions, (PITS) we are called drones, and we get nothing. It is not just the economy, as we never got anything. They will probably verbally tell us we are all fired when they close the place, as printing pink slips would cost money.
So, DARPA thinks they can develop a way to track us all by sniffing our pheromones. Splashing on bottled pheromones would be more effective at confusing this technology than perfume alone, but there are drawbacks to using bottled pheromones, and it's funny you should mention bloodhounds.
Uncoveror.com covered the roborat story, and the slippery slope this leads down, such as the plan to create remote control human drones. While slashdot did not miss this one, a lot of other news outlets did, and this outrage must be stopped! Unethical isn't an adequate word to describe turning living creatures into automatons.
156=421? Is this the new math? Even when they are busting real pirates, the RIAA fudges the numbers. Their dishonesty demonstrates that they are a criminal syndicate themselves. Read more about why no consumer should buy their products at dontbuycds.org
Planned obsolescence nearly destroyed the big 3 automakers in the 70s. Now the computer and home electronics industries are manufacturing garbage, so we will have to replace it frequently. I am a computer repair technician, and people ask me what brand of PC is good. I have to tell them that they all suck, unless you are willing to spend what Alienware charges.
The most disturbing thing is that all this garbage is non-biodegradable, contains toxic chemicals and is bound for landfills.
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Forget Jesus, Santa, Mithra, and other mythology. December 25th is Sir Issac Newton's Birthday,and he definitely did exist! What would science be without him?
Since you are convinced you are doing nothing wrong, don't hesitate to accept a free webcam. Everyone else, don't take them! Throw them in the trash!
As reward for the RIAA being named Internet Villain of the Year, Let's all give them a consumer boycott.
Michael Eisner just hasn't decided whether to rip off Barney or Dino to design the animatronic reptile.
And if DDT had remained legal, 60,000,000 people would still have died of Malaria. It was no better or worse than other pesticides at controlling mosquitoes, but Bald Eagles, and many other species of birds would now be extinct.
You might want to look up the word, satire. It is not always meant to be ha ha funny. Satire and parody are frequently political and preachy on porpose. The artists here are making a valid point about Dow Chemicals' irresponsibility, and callousness. There is nothing ha ha funny about it, nor is there supposed to be. The point of it was to make youi angry, or uneasy, and to educate. It works for that purpose. I would also like to point out that Dow could have avoided the very negative publicity they hope to avoid by ignoring such political message sites. Now more people than even before know that Dow is Union Carbide.
Right now, http://dow-chemical.com/ is not coming up. Slashdotted?
This is a perfect example of a greedy corporation squashing free speech in the name of its lord and savior, the almighty dollar. The artists, called the Yes Men, hosted by thing.net were making a valid point with their biting satire, and adding a "this is a joke, duh!" disclaimer would detract from the icky feeling their satire was intended to evoke. If they can get a legal defense fund, this could be the test case to overturn the DMCA. It is more likely, unfortunately, that Thing.net will die, and this Slapp will be successful. That will be a tragedy. I would love to republish the materials in question, but I will use disclaimers if the Yes Men agree.
The popularity of these little RC cars will show spammers that spam works. This sucks. Every day I sift through about a gross of spam e-mails to find 4 or 5 legit ones, and I probably ain't seen nothin' et. Again, This sucks!
...Can you ski on it?
While it is certainly more fun to make fun of crackpots than debunking them, (I do that myself all the time) a book schoolteachers could use might help new generations from falling for crackpots and pseudo-scientists. I amd for producing such a book.
I wonder if the Video Game Awards will produce anything worthy of inclusion on the Awards Show Awards? Is TV out of ideas or what?
http://www.alternet.org/
http://www.consortiumnews.com/
http://www.villagevoice.com/
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
You have to dig to find this stuff. If the "liberal media" that talk radio ranted and raved about were real, the stories found on the above links would be the mainstream news. Some reporters fresh out of college may hold liberal views, but their bosses, greedy corporate types, are very right wing, and talk radio, a big part of the corporate media, spouts their views. So does Fox News.
Yes, bigger numbers are more sensational, and sensation is entertaining. The mainstream news is only entertainment. Also, CNN and the RIAA are part of the same racket, the entertainment industry. They don't own Slahdot, The Register, or The Uncoveror!
Fox News is right wing propaganda brought to you by facist and sleazemonger, Rupert Murdoch. The idea that any of the corporate media are left wing is absurd. The real problem with American news outlets is that they are only entertainment, and are information free. The only thing the movie, Network predicted that hasn't come true yet is a psychic on the evening news.
Such licences would destroy the first sale principle if they were allowed to stand, but I doubt that they would stand up in court. Even without shrinkwrap licences, don't buy CDs, especially not of Britney Spears.
Does anyone actually have a copy of Zero Wing? THat would be quite a holy grail of gaming. How about the E.T. Game that they buried thousands of in the desert? Does anybody have that one?
Geeks don't celebrate Christmas. That's for consumer lemmings. Happy Festivus!
We will never terraform Mars. We will never colonize Mars. It is already inhabited by an advanced underground civilization called the Zhti Ti Kofft, and they are getting tired of us. We better leave Mars alone, or we could be toast!
Elves? At Pomeroy IT Solutions, (PITS) we are called drones, and we get nothing. It is not just the economy, as we never got anything. They will probably verbally tell us we are all fired when they close the place, as printing pink slips would cost money.
So, DARPA thinks they can develop a way to track us all by sniffing our pheromones. Splashing on bottled pheromones would be more effective at confusing this technology than perfume alone, but there are drawbacks to using bottled pheromones, and it's funny you should mention bloodhounds.
Uncoveror.com covered the roborat story, and the slippery slope this leads down, such as the plan to create remote control human drones. While slashdot did not miss this one, a lot of other news outlets did, and this outrage must be stopped! Unethical isn't an adequate word to describe turning living creatures into automatons.
156=421? Is this the new math? Even when they are busting real pirates, the RIAA fudges the numbers. Their dishonesty demonstrates that they are a criminal syndicate themselves. Read more about why no consumer should buy their products at dontbuycds.org
The Russian Space Agency already told them what happened to CONTOUR. They even have a photo.
Planned obsolescence nearly destroyed the big 3 automakers in the 70s. Now the computer and home electronics industries are manufacturing garbage, so we will have to replace it frequently. I am a computer repair technician, and people ask me what brand of PC is good. I have to tell them that they all suck, unless you are willing to spend what Alienware charges. The most disturbing thing is that all this garbage is non-biodegradable, contains toxic chemicals and is bound for landfills.