Maybe not, but most of the rest of us have the good sense to not post pictures of ourselves in a skin-tight bodysuit which leaves NOTHING to the imagination.
This has nothing to do with the costume. It has EVERYthing to do with inflicting his 50something paunch and skinny ass and cameltoe on an unsuspecting public. A word of warning would suffice.
You suggest that people recording films in theatres will result in higher taxes, but you ignore reality, which is that this sort of thing doesn't ever effect the bottom line. Go after the REAL pirates-the scum who steal workprints to produce DVDs which they then sell for.50 each in Hong Kong and Taiwan. They're the ones who will make a difference, not someone with a camcorder in a theatre making a crappy copy.
An open letter to the people at the U.S. Government(TM):
Dear Sirs:
Thank you for your interest in stopping spam. That is, spam the unwanted email product, not the Hormel meat substitute product. Though you may feel free to stop that as well, if you like.
Unfortunately, spammers have proven time and again they don't CARE about laws, rules or the wishes of the people. They're doing this to make money, and it's a damned easy way to make money.
Therefore you'll need to alter your attack on these pernicious vermin by instead offering bounties for their heads. Issue "Spammer Hunting Licenses" and let the spamees take care of the problem in a way which should end the problem once and for all: Killing the spammers.
Alternately, you could start mandating jail time for spamming. You government types really like making mandates, and this one is right up your alley. You could even make another "three strikes" type law, only this one would have a mandatory death sentence instead of a mandatory 25 year prison term as the ultimate solution.
I offer this advice to you free of charge as a concerned citizen and as a frustrated netizen who's tired of the lame come-ons and illegal offers for prescription drugs and cable descramblers. If you choose to use these ideas, I seek no recognition or recompense. Seeing them implemented will be reward enough.
Lord I hate our government here in Cali. First they want to raise taxes on us in spite of the fact that we're already the most heavily taxed state in the lower 48. Then they pass laws mandating JAIL TIME for the petty crime of recording a movie with a video camera?
Nope, the government isn't bound by any special interests here...sheesh. I think I'd better get out before criticising the gov't in a public forum carries a death sentence!
Clever idea about the night vision goggles, though...
Oh, goodie, another "reinterpretation" of the UI involving '3-D'. This has been done before and this doesn't look any better than earlier efforts. Tell me why this is supposed to be revolutionary/fresh/insert meaningless buzzword here?
Hum. Wonder if there's any such thing in the Californa tax return? My taxes have long since been filed (and refunded! yay!) so I guess I'll have to wait for next year to see. Or I could run to the library and grab a set of forms. But I'm lazy.;)
Blue lights really hurt my eyes, and LEDs are even worse because of their intese brightness.
I have similar complaints about those ultra-bright blue headlights so many luxomobiles have these days. They're great if I'm behind them, but put them in front of me and I'm almost completely unable to see (and thus unable to drive).
Bright blue light are incredibly painful for me. My eyes ache just thinking about it. I just hope the fad fades fast.
It seems the RIAA has finally taken their cue from Adobe and Microsoft and decided to raise prices, blaming piracy.
"Gee, we wouldn't have to charge $500 for Photoshop if it wasn't for all those bad old pirates!" becomes "Gee, we wouldn't have to charge $50 for Britney's latest CD if it wasn't for those bad old pirates!"
I generally don't even buy CDs anymore, but I certainly won't pay $1 for a track of low-quality, highly compressed audio, no matter whose name is on the store. Not until I get access to an actual CD at the same time. Paying for inferior quality music is stupid, and it's mostly stupid people who are doing the buying, sheep who've been trained to believe that downloading music is a cardinal sin. I'm sure there are plenty of intelligent folks who've bought music, but I've a feeling you're in the minority here.
I will not pay per track until I get an actual CD made from uncompressed originals along with the download.
If I understand this correctly, this is how it works. I go to Nevada and buy a TV. I pay Nevada sales tax (which is a lot lower than CA tax) at the time of purchase, and head back to LA.
Now I'm supposed to pay ANOTHER tax to California for...what? The priviledge of USING the item I paid for and have already paid sales tax on?
Sorry, I'm not quite that stupid. But it shows how determined the CA government is to separate us from our money. They tax us to death and then wonder why people move away. Greedy fuckers.
OK, so what does this mean then? Does it mean we can't play a DVD on the computer and output to a recorder or recorder app? Because if that's all, who cares? I'm not doing that to begin with.
If I want to rip a DVD, I rip it using an app which automatically sets the region to zero and strips the macrovision filth from the video stream. Or is THAT what they want to prevent? I'm sure the MPAA doesn't care too much for it, but it's my legal right, so nuts to them.
About the only ads I can stomach are Google's text ads. I cannot tolerate flash ads, especially ones you can't turn off. All that motion on the same screen as the text I'm trying to read...I get dizzy!
I also hate those javascript ads Amazon uses. That REALLY burns me. I'm ALREADY GOING THERE TO SHOP! Idiots.
I have no great opposition to interstitials, but since Safari with Pith Helmet manages to filter 99.9% of the advertising servers in existence I haven't ever actually SEEN one.
I won't deny these people the right to ATTEMPT to advertise to me, but I'll be damned if I'm going to make it easy to do.
Thank you Nvidia for making the decision easy! ATI, here I come! Of course, by the time I can AFFORD a 9800 Pro ATI might have a similar thing in place. 8^/
Well, that's not so bad, because YOUR MOTHER really needs some Ban.
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So have YOU bought anything with these "links" that you can say for sure it's not a scam? It sure sounds like a scam to me. $115 for a 40gb iPod? Which is $500, with a razor-thin profit margin? THAT sounds like a serious scam.
If it's legit, share the info so we can all get in on this. My 20gb iPod is feeling a little cramped lately.
These auctions are cluttering up eBay. Get on and try to find an iPod and you see dozens of "Free iPod!" auctions interspersed with occasional real auctions. The sooner they clear those things out the better.
Mind, it depends on what your definition of "innovate" is. Microsoft and Dell both look to Apple for inspiration, and always have. Saves them R&D costs.
You can't destroy the water. It either gets dirty and is purified or turns into steam and joins with the atmosphere and gets precipitated out into the biosphere.
Well, it would work just fine. Bilbo is about 50 when he finds the ring (iirc) and it slows the ageing process such that when he's 111 he still looks like he's 50.
So, no problem.
But I have my misgivings about this. I mean, he really took an axe to the LotR...well, at least this is only one book. Maybe he'll be able to resist the urge to turn the Hobbits and Dwarves into comic relief this time, seeing as how they're the major players. Of course, if he did that, he'd have to explain why he did it in the trilogy...only time will tell, I suppose.
It may well be the extended edition of RotK restores Faramir, but there's not much can change his mishandling in TTT. He was never even tempted to take the ring from Frodo. He never forced Frodo and Sam to Osgiliath and he certainly never mistreated them the way he did in the film.
If the extended edition shows Aragorn healing and waking Faramir, and Faramir saying, "My lord, you called me. I come. What does the king command?" all will be forgiven.
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Will there be Nazis? Because if there's no Nazis, Jones won't show. It's in his contract.
Dammit, why won't it grow up, get a hair cut and get a REAL job? And would it kill D&D to clean up all those Mountain Dew cans for once?
...hooray?
I mean, how else could they do it?
Maybe not, but most of the rest of us have the good sense to not post pictures of ourselves in a skin-tight bodysuit which leaves NOTHING to the imagination.
This has nothing to do with the costume. It has EVERYthing to do with inflicting his 50something paunch and skinny ass and cameltoe on an unsuspecting public. A word of warning would suffice.
You suggest that people recording films in theatres will result in higher taxes, but you ignore reality, which is that this sort of thing doesn't ever effect the bottom line. Go after the REAL pirates-the scum who steal workprints to produce DVDs which they then sell for .50 each in Hong Kong and Taiwan. They're the ones who will make a difference, not someone with a camcorder in a theatre making a crappy copy.
An open letter to the people at the U.S. Government(TM):
Dear Sirs:
Thank you for your interest in stopping spam. That is, spam the unwanted email product, not the Hormel meat substitute product. Though you may feel free to stop that as well, if you like.
Unfortunately, spammers have proven time and again they don't CARE about laws, rules or the wishes of the people. They're doing this to make money, and it's a damned easy way to make money.
Therefore you'll need to alter your attack on these pernicious vermin by instead offering bounties for their heads. Issue "Spammer Hunting Licenses" and let the spamees take care of the problem in a way which should end the problem once and for all: Killing the spammers.
Alternately, you could start mandating jail time for spamming. You government types really like making mandates, and this one is right up your alley. You could even make another "three strikes" type law, only this one would have a mandatory death sentence instead of a mandatory 25 year prison term as the ultimate solution.
I offer this advice to you free of charge as a concerned citizen and as a frustrated netizen who's tired of the lame come-ons and illegal offers for prescription drugs and cable descramblers. If you choose to use these ideas, I seek no recognition or recompense. Seeing them implemented will be reward enough.
Thank you, and Good Day.
Nevertheless, for a FPS to weigh less than half a gig these days is rather impressive.
Lord I hate our government here in Cali. First they want to raise taxes on us in spite of the fact that we're already the most heavily taxed state in the lower 48. Then they pass laws mandating JAIL TIME for the petty crime of recording a movie with a video camera?
Nope, the government isn't bound by any special interests here...sheesh. I think I'd better get out before criticising the gov't in a public forum carries a death sentence!
Clever idea about the night vision goggles, though...
Oh, goodie, another "reinterpretation" of the UI involving '3-D'. This has been done before and this doesn't look any better than earlier efforts. Tell me why this is supposed to be revolutionary/fresh/insert meaningless buzzword here?
Hum. Wonder if there's any such thing in the Californa tax return? My taxes have long since been filed (and refunded! yay!) so I guess I'll have to wait for next year to see. Or I could run to the library and grab a set of forms. But I'm lazy. ;)
Blue lights really hurt my eyes, and LEDs are even worse because of their intese brightness.
I have similar complaints about those ultra-bright blue headlights so many luxomobiles have these days. They're great if I'm behind them, but put them in front of me and I'm almost completely unable to see (and thus unable to drive).
Bright blue light are incredibly painful for me. My eyes ache just thinking about it. I just hope the fad fades fast.
It seems the RIAA has finally taken their cue from Adobe and Microsoft and decided to raise prices, blaming piracy.
"Gee, we wouldn't have to charge $500 for Photoshop if it wasn't for all those bad old pirates!" becomes "Gee, we wouldn't have to charge $50 for Britney's latest CD if it wasn't for those bad old pirates!"
I generally don't even buy CDs anymore, but I certainly won't pay $1 for a track of low-quality, highly compressed audio, no matter whose name is on the store. Not until I get access to an actual CD at the same time. Paying for inferior quality music is stupid, and it's mostly stupid people who are doing the buying, sheep who've been trained to believe that downloading music is a cardinal sin. I'm sure there are plenty of intelligent folks who've bought music, but I've a feeling you're in the minority here.
I will not pay per track until I get an actual CD made from uncompressed originals along with the download.
Or: all your tax are belong to us.
If I understand this correctly, this is how it works. I go to Nevada and buy a TV. I pay Nevada sales tax (which is a lot lower than CA tax) at the time of purchase, and head back to LA.
Now I'm supposed to pay ANOTHER tax to California for...what? The priviledge of USING the item I paid for and have already paid sales tax on?
Sorry, I'm not quite that stupid. But it shows how determined the CA government is to separate us from our money. They tax us to death and then wonder why people move away. Greedy fuckers.
OK, so what does this mean then? Does it mean we can't play a DVD on the computer and output to a recorder or recorder app? Because if that's all, who cares? I'm not doing that to begin with.
If I want to rip a DVD, I rip it using an app which automatically sets the region to zero and strips the macrovision filth from the video stream. Or is THAT what they want to prevent? I'm sure the MPAA doesn't care too much for it, but it's my legal right, so nuts to them.
About the only ads I can stomach are Google's text ads. I cannot tolerate flash ads, especially ones you can't turn off. All that motion on the same screen as the text I'm trying to read...I get dizzy!
I also hate those javascript ads Amazon uses. That REALLY burns me. I'm ALREADY GOING THERE TO SHOP! Idiots.
I have no great opposition to interstitials, but since Safari with Pith Helmet manages to filter 99.9% of the advertising servers in existence I haven't ever actually SEEN one.
I won't deny these people the right to ATTEMPT to advertise to me, but I'll be damned if I'm going to make it easy to do.
Thank you Nvidia for making the decision easy! ATI, here I come! Of course, by the time I can AFFORD a 9800 Pro ATI might have a similar thing in place. 8^/
Well, that's not so bad, because YOUR MOTHER really needs some Ban.
So have YOU bought anything with these "links" that you can say for sure it's not a scam? It sure sounds like a scam to me. $115 for a 40gb iPod? Which is $500, with a razor-thin profit margin? THAT sounds like a serious scam.
If it's legit, share the info so we can all get in on this. My 20gb iPod is feeling a little cramped lately.
These auctions are cluttering up eBay. Get on and try to find an iPod and you see dozens of "Free iPod!" auctions interspersed with occasional real auctions. The sooner they clear those things out the better.
Mind, it depends on what your definition of "innovate" is. Microsoft and Dell both look to Apple for inspiration, and always have. Saves them R&D costs.
You can't destroy the water. It either gets dirty and is purified or turns into steam and joins with the atmosphere and gets precipitated out into the biosphere.
Well, it would work just fine. Bilbo is about 50 when he finds the ring (iirc) and it slows the ageing process such that when he's 111 he still looks like he's 50.
So, no problem.
But I have my misgivings about this. I mean, he really took an axe to the LotR...well, at least this is only one book. Maybe he'll be able to resist the urge to turn the Hobbits and Dwarves into comic relief this time, seeing as how they're the major players. Of course, if he did that, he'd have to explain why he did it in the trilogy...only time will tell, I suppose.
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It's mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine mine! And you can't have any! Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
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Buncha babies.
Oh, sure, label me a troll. Fuck you. Apparently no-one can have an opinion that differs from the majority. Fascist bitch!
Mod me down all you like, you're not going to bully me into changing my opinions.
It may well be the extended edition of RotK restores Faramir, but there's not much can change his mishandling in TTT. He was never even tempted to take the ring from Frodo. He never forced Frodo and Sam to Osgiliath and he certainly never mistreated them the way he did in the film.
If the extended edition shows Aragorn healing and waking Faramir, and Faramir saying, "My lord, you called me. I come. What does the king command?" all will be forgiven.