More than likely, it was probably his Rat Pack buddy Sammy Davis Jr. I know that Frank did refuse to play in several Casinos & hotels in Las Vegas during the era when discrimination prevented black performers from staying in the hotels that they performed in...
There are several reasons for the success of porn on the web.
In no particular order...
1) Porn on the web is easily accessible. Of course there are other mediums you can use to access porn, but few offer you the satisfaction of porn-on-demand, which is what you can get on the web. For $20, you can get a monthly membership to porn sites that offer all kinds of different content. If you don't want to pay for porn, there are tons of sites out there that offer porn content for free, and then they make money off the ridiculous amounts of advertising pushed to customers through their websites. Compared to more conventional ways of accessing porn (adult video stores, Spice channel, Playboy channel, seedy corner stores) it requires almost no effort to find porn on the web.
2) Many people are willing to pay for porn. Whether it be the 18 year old kid who's just got his first credit card, the 32 year old father of 4, or an old man in a retirement home, many people are willing to pay to satisfy their lascivious desires. Paying for porn is not a new thing, so people have become accustomed to it. In contrast, people aren't willing to pay for other things on the internet because they've never had to pay for it before (e-mail, information - many libraries allow you to read stuff for free, news articles - broadcast TV allows you to see news for free).
3) They've gotta be making a killing of advertising. Almost every porn site has some kind of pop-up advertisement that shows up when you visit or exit the site. Since people are already willing to pay for porn, the likelihood of them clicking on an advertisement because the see a girl in the advertisement that's cute, or because they offer videos, or whatever, seems pretty high, as long as they don't open up four or five windows at a time. They've gotta be making lots of money off those click-throughs.
And before you all inundate me with your comments about "how would you know all of this unless you visit lots of porn sites", just know that your assumptions about my websurfing habits are probably right! I'm a nasty bastard who loves porn!
Have you tried watching TV & browsing the web at the same time? I'm actually doing that right now.
I would like to refute your assertion that watching tv requires no mental effort. Have you ever tried watching Jeopardy and answering the questions there? How about watching PBS. Even the news channels have interesting segments that require you to think about your position on certain issues (especially when Bill O'Reilly gets on TV and innundates you with his pseudo-conservative ramblings).
According to this ZDNET article, Sun is reorganizing their low-end server strategy to include Linux. In the past, they have been one of the bitterest enemies of Linux, but now it seems like they've realized the benefits of using it on Sun systems.
In case you all didn't know, my previous post was definitely intended to be flamebait!
Truthfully, I do think that Law & Order is a better show than Buffy, but not because it is a highly (Nielsen) rated show, but because it's just a damn good show! Of course my opinion is biased (aren't they all though?), because behind The Simpsons, Law & Order is my favorite show on network TV. Say what you want about that, but nothing is going to convince me otherwise!
I've tried watching Buffy before, but it's just too corny for me. Granted, there have been some episodes of L&O that have been corny, but EVERY episode of Buffy that I've ever seen has been incredibly corny (in my humble opinion, of course).
But why in the hell am i even posting commentary on a durn TV show when this website is supposed to be about "Stuff that Matters"? I guess I just happened to have too much time on my hands today....
Buffy doesn't even deserve to lick the sweat off the small nut of Law & Order's Ballzac! Of course Law & Order is a better show than Buffy! The fact that it's consistently ranked in the top ten every week in Nielsen ratings and Buffy isn't even in the top 20 should be testament to that!
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More than likely, it was probably his Rat Pack buddy Sammy Davis Jr. I know that Frank did refuse to play in several Casinos & hotels in Las Vegas during the era when discrimination prevented black performers from staying in the hotels that they performed in...
There are several reasons for the success of porn on the web.
In no particular order...
1) Porn on the web is easily accessible.
Of course there are other mediums you can use to access porn, but few offer you the satisfaction of porn-on-demand, which is what you can get on the web. For $20, you can get a monthly membership to porn sites that offer all kinds of different content. If you don't want to pay for porn, there are tons of sites out there that offer porn content for free, and then they make money off the ridiculous amounts of advertising pushed to customers through their websites. Compared to more conventional ways of accessing porn (adult video stores, Spice channel, Playboy channel, seedy corner stores) it requires almost no effort to find porn on the web.
2) Many people are willing to pay for porn.
Whether it be the 18 year old kid who's just got his first credit card, the 32 year old father of 4, or an old man in a retirement home, many people are willing to pay to satisfy their lascivious desires. Paying for porn is not a new thing, so people have become accustomed to it. In contrast, people aren't willing to pay for other things on the internet because they've never had to pay for it before (e-mail, information - many libraries allow you to read stuff for free, news articles - broadcast TV allows you to see news for free).
3) They've gotta be making a killing of advertising.
Almost every porn site has some kind of pop-up advertisement that shows up when you visit or exit the site. Since people are already willing to pay for porn, the likelihood of them clicking on an advertisement because the see a girl in the advertisement that's cute, or because they offer videos, or whatever, seems pretty high, as long as they don't open up four or five windows at a time. They've gotta be making lots of money off those click-throughs.
And before you all inundate me with your comments about "how would you know all of this unless you visit lots of porn sites", just know that your assumptions about my websurfing habits are probably right! I'm a nasty bastard who loves porn!
Have you tried watching TV & browsing the web at the same time? I'm actually doing that right now. I would like to refute your assertion that watching tv requires no mental effort. Have you ever tried watching Jeopardy and answering the questions there? How about watching PBS. Even the news channels have interesting segments that require you to think about your position on certain issues (especially when Bill O'Reilly gets on TV and innundates you with his pseudo-conservative ramblings).
According to this ZDNET article, Sun is reorganizing their low-end server strategy to include Linux. In the past, they have been one of the bitterest enemies of Linux, but now it seems like they've realized the benefits of using it on Sun systems.
In case you all didn't know, my previous post was definitely intended to be flamebait!
Truthfully, I do think that Law & Order is a better show than Buffy, but not because it is a highly (Nielsen) rated show, but because it's just a damn good show! Of course my opinion is biased (aren't they all though?), because behind The Simpsons, Law & Order is my favorite show on network TV. Say what you want about that, but nothing is going to convince me otherwise!
I've tried watching Buffy before, but it's just too corny for me. Granted, there have been some episodes of L&O that have been corny, but EVERY episode of Buffy that I've ever seen has been incredibly corny (in my humble opinion, of course).
But why in the hell am i even posting commentary on a durn TV show when this website is supposed to be about "Stuff that Matters"? I guess I just happened to have too much time on my hands today....
Buffy doesn't even deserve to lick the sweat off the small nut of Law & Order's Ballzac! Of course Law & Order is a better show than Buffy! The fact that it's consistently ranked in the top ten every week in Nielsen ratings and Buffy isn't even in the top 20 should be testament to that!