By "content producer jackals" do you mean, like, actual writers, artists, and design professionals? Yeah, it's a real shame they found the web. I really, really miss the blink tags and those spinning yellow-and-black "under construction" graphics.
it used to be you could stop at a gas station and a couple of guys would come out, fill up your car, check your oil/water and clean your windshield. They didn't need a BA in business. What are these guys supposed to do now?
I know lots of people that pirate, and when they find something they like, they buy it.
And I know plenty of people, and many sub-people, who pirate with no intention of ever buying it. They collect digital files of music they don't like, books they can't read, even pictures they don't understand, all for purposes of uploading them to thousands of strangers for the odd reason that it makes their dick grow to be such a big "contributor" to the "community"
Anyone who has been watching/reading news corp material and comparing it to on the ground reality or watching the daily show at the same time know murdoch and his henchmen are losing grip with reality and receding into delusion.
You're getting your news from a comedy show and you're concerned about Murdoch's grip on reality?
oh, please. Push yourself away from Internet message boards for a day and join the real world.
My wife works for a radio station. She had to cover this as a news story, so she reached out to the organizers of the local protests and found their party affiliation to be pretty much split down the donkey/elephant middle -- especially since we live deep inside a "blue state." Her colleagues at other radio outlets owned by the same corp concurred: not left, not right, just angry people.
But, because it's anti-government, the pro-government shills worked overtime to paint it as some kind of partisan conspiracy. Much the same way the government shills tried to portray the anti-war protests as being manipulated by pro-left media outlets.
Y'know, as scary as the right-wing lockstep horse-blindered jack-booters were under Bush -- and they were pretty scary -- the lefty apologists are shaping up to be no less the fascist tools. I guess, as the man said, "power corrupts."
This government is actually moronic enough to make me wish the Tories were in power.
On this side of the pond, I was fascinated recently to see the number of tax protests being organized by local elected Democrats. It suited the national media's agenda to portray the tax protests as some kind of right wing/redneck phenomenon, but it was clear to anyone on the ground that it cut across the whole political spectrum.
I do download music and videos, but its not the stuff that the major networks produce.
That's because you're young, and, consequently, have little money.
In 10 years your tastes will have ossified, the lead singer of your favorite goth-noise-emo-trance band will be hosting a gameshow on VH1, and you'll have disposable income. Then you'll be part of the desirable demographic all these broadband deals are being scripted to attract.
'Suppose we have the capacity to make it possible for the president of the United States at will to communicate with hundreds of thousands of Iranians at no risk or limited risk?
Sorry, Bruce, you must have erred and posted to the wrong website. Christians only persecute and oppress here. They're responsible for that Inquisition thing, didn't you know? And for DRM too, if I recall correctly.
Here on Slashdot, only Muslims and atheists are oppressed. And sysadmins, but they deserve it, most will agree.
"Christians persecuted." Hah. C'mon, Bruce, get with the 21st century, wouldja?
I'm sorry but "Colbert" and "Comedian" only belong in the sentence if the words between them are "is not a ". Maybe I'm English and I just don't get him....
That's OK, mate. We don't get the whole cross-dressing thing here.
Remove all 9/11 images is what the government is saying. Please forget this ever happened.
Because the more fixated you are on the events of 9/11, the less likely you are to vote Democrat. Or so the prevailing sentiment on both sides of the political aisle goes. Republicans trot out the images every opportunity they get when up for election, from dogcatcher through president, and the Democrats feed the Marketing Mindset by running from them like vampires from garlic -- or doing stunts like this.
I think it was Vonnegut who said, "You are what you pretend to be. Be careful of what you pretend to be."
Now who can I actively pay *not* to be exposed to stories from the NY Times or the Washington Post?
Maybe Google can get paid twice: once by the rags to get their stories shoveled to the top of the heap, and another time by the users to get them buried back down again.
As much as it amuses me to see the decadent and salacious content of Satan America's Hollywood Filth Factories streamed into repressed and otherwise medieval (except for the broadband and nukes) societies, somebody has to pay the piper.
Maybe YouTube can get some Obama Stimulus, or put it into the defense budget under propaganda/psychological warfare? It's like having a private sector Tokyo Rose...
Slashdot Mirror
By "content producer jackals" do you mean, like, actual writers, artists, and design professionals? Yeah, it's a real shame they found the web. I really, really miss the blink tags and those spinning yellow-and-black "under construction" graphics.
Other Models On Deck If This One's a Success:
1. The Muslim Phone: All Voice Mail Self Destructs in 5 Seconds
2. The Catholic Phone: Reaches Out And Touches... small children.
3. The Jewish Phone: Features downloadable "whine-tones"
4. The Hindu Phone: Comes in only Bright Blue, but six different models, one for each hand.
5. The Wiccan Phone: You can't actually answer it, it just has one big "ignore" button
6. The Jehovah's Witness Phone: Can be programmed to also ring your doorbell.
7. The Mormon Phone: Comes in His and Hers... and Hers... and Hers... and also Hers sets.
OK, that's top of the head, low-hanging fruit... the rest are up to you...
We need someone to scapegoat and fire today when fundamental errors made 20 years ago finally become manifest.
That's how we roll.
Wake me when I can build a Raven Mech.
it used to be you could stop at a gas station and a couple of guys would come out, fill up your car, check your oil/water and clean your windshield. They didn't need a BA in business. What are these guys supposed to do now?
From my experience, they've all become SysAdmins.
If I got to choose, I would like my Indian name to be "Runs With Scissors"
When he shows up at my house and makes me turn off my Xbox because it's carbon footprint is too large.
Yeah, you're probably better off sticking with Heroes and American Idol....
Bite me, FanBoy.
(thanks, I've always wanted to have a reason to say that!)
Which is to say, "Elitist, Slow-Moving, Muddled."
Never watched the show, but thanks for the tip; you've told me all I need to know to stay away from the torrents and DVDs.
I know lots of people that pirate, and when they find something they like, they buy it.
And I know plenty of people, and many sub-people, who pirate with no intention of ever buying it. They collect digital files of music they don't like, books they can't read, even pictures they don't understand, all for purposes of uploading them to thousands of strangers for the odd reason that it makes their dick grow to be such a big "contributor" to the "community"
Anyone who has been watching/reading news corp material and comparing it to on the ground reality or watching the daily show at the same time know murdoch and his henchmen are losing grip with reality and receding into delusion.
You're getting your news from a comedy show and you're concerned about Murdoch's grip on reality?
Hope you don't mind if I use that...
But why is there a review of a comic book in slashdot?
If this ain't "news for nerds," nothing is.
Um, people in the US actually show a higher approval rating for their government than they have in years.
Eight years, specifically. The last time a US president's approval rating were as high as Obama's was 100 days into Bush's first term.
Considering how that presidency ended, I'm not sure I'd use that fact as the basis for any pro-Obama argument.
Citation?
oh, please. Push yourself away from Internet message boards for a day and join the real world.
My wife works for a radio station. She had to cover this as a news story, so she reached out to the organizers of the local protests and found their party affiliation to be pretty much split down the donkey/elephant middle -- especially since we live deep inside a "blue state." Her colleagues at other radio outlets owned by the same corp concurred: not left, not right, just angry people.
But, because it's anti-government, the pro-government shills worked overtime to paint it as some kind of partisan conspiracy. Much the same way the government shills tried to portray the anti-war protests as being manipulated by pro-left media outlets.
Y'know, as scary as the right-wing lockstep horse-blindered jack-booters were under Bush -- and they were pretty scary -- the lefty apologists are shaping up to be no less the fascist tools. I guess, as the man said, "power corrupts."
This government is actually moronic enough to make me wish the Tories were in power.
On this side of the pond, I was fascinated recently to see the number of tax protests being organized by local elected Democrats. It suited the national media's agenda to portray the tax protests as some kind of right wing/redneck phenomenon, but it was clear to anyone on the ground that it cut across the whole political spectrum.
I do download music and videos, but its not the stuff that the major networks produce.
That's because you're young, and, consequently, have little money.
In 10 years your tastes will have ossified, the lead singer of your favorite goth-noise-emo-trance band will be hosting a gameshow on VH1, and you'll have disposable income. Then you'll be part of the desirable demographic all these broadband deals are being scripted to attract.
Enjoy your youth.
'Suppose we have the capacity to make it possible for the president of the United States at will to communicate with hundreds of thousands of Iranians at no risk or limited risk?
For what purpose? So he can apologize?
Sorry, Bruce, you must have erred and posted to the wrong website. Christians only persecute and oppress here. They're responsible for that Inquisition thing, didn't you know? And for DRM too, if I recall correctly.
Here on Slashdot, only Muslims and atheists are oppressed. And sysadmins, but they deserve it, most will agree.
"Christians persecuted." Hah. C'mon, Bruce, get with the 21st century, wouldja?
I'm sorry but "Colbert" and "Comedian" only belong in the sentence if the words between them are "is not a ". Maybe I'm English and I just don't get him....
That's OK, mate. We don't get the whole cross-dressing thing here.
Cheers.
Remove all 9/11 images is what the government is saying. Please forget this ever happened.
Because the more fixated you are on the events of 9/11, the less likely you are to vote Democrat. Or so the prevailing sentiment on both sides of the political aisle goes. Republicans trot out the images every opportunity they get when up for election, from dogcatcher through president, and the Democrats feed the Marketing Mindset by running from them like vampires from garlic -- or doing stunts like this.
I think it was Vonnegut who said, "You are what you pretend to be. Be careful of what you pretend to be."
Now who can I actively pay *not* to be exposed to stories from the NY Times or the Washington Post?
Maybe Google can get paid twice: once by the rags to get their stories shoveled to the top of the heap, and another time by the users to get them buried back down again.
Pretty clever, Google, now that I think of it...
The sooner I can download what ever text I want, the better. I hope the governement doesnt stand in the way.
I wouldn't worry about the government standing in your way, I would worry about the author.
As much as it amuses me to see the decadent and salacious content of Satan America's Hollywood Filth Factories streamed into repressed and otherwise medieval (except for the broadband and nukes) societies, somebody has to pay the piper.
Maybe YouTube can get some Obama Stimulus, or put it into the defense budget under propaganda/psychological warfare? It's like having a private sector Tokyo Rose...
What, you thought the British government was gifting its people with free broadband because it liked and trusted them?!