When will the blue-nosed morons understand that the solution is ultra simple? If you want the game mfgrs to stop _making_ games that have hidden hacks for nudity-- stop BUYING them!
Well, I for one will revel in considerable glee while some content-providers that are too full of themselves and over-price the crap out of their content-- get reamed up the butt with a red-hot poker. And I hope Yahoo! takes their time and gives it to them slowly for all the torqueing they've given us over the years. That said, I hope Yahoo! doesn't become the new boss, same as the old boss. We _could_ get fooled again.
I love watching movies in the theater. I am thrilled to pay $18-25 bucks (more if I pay online) to take my sweetie to the movies and pay $20 bucks for some popcorn and sickening, syrupy coke. My sweetie really likes getting the bottled water for $4 dollars, she says "its exciting to pay so much" and it makes her feel "decadant". For me, the experience is really hightened by the half-hour to an hour of irritating commercials and silly nonsense that they play before the show. I find that they have a great calming effect and do a wonderful job of putting me in the mood to watch the show.
I especially like the commercials for the television programs. Who knew that I could get both television commercials _and_ movie commercials _at the same time_ and for such a reasonable price too!?!?!? Its really good to be reminded about all the truly wonderful television shows that are out there. Why without them, I would probably miss all those additional opportunities to be further educated about all the exciting products and services that the marketers have so thoughtfully selected for me!
And I don't know who thought it up, but kudos to whomever it was that decided to place the flatulant fat guy in front of me and the ceaslessly talking couple behind me. They were an excellent choice to distract me from the row of wiggly, whining kids with the constant coughs two rows up. How exciting it is to sit there and wonder while we wait for the mysterious illness we'll surely develop during the week. That's one of the best parts for sure. Who knows what it'll be this time? Last time it was malaria. My sweetie is hoping for denge fever.
And then there's the best part. I know its incredible, but on top of all the value that I've already received just to this point, it gets even better! They turn down the lights and switch from the really sharp projector showing the commercials to the other projector for the movie that has that soft, slightly fuzzy look we both love so well. And the sound is conveniently lower too. Before it was just blaring when all the commercials were playing. I'm glad they are so thoughtful and turn it down for the movie. I wouldn't want to miss any of the comments from the audience or be distracted by the movie when the baby cries. Maybe this time we'll get really lucky and someone will be talking on their cell phone! I can only dream.
And the movies they show these days are great too. Man I love those movies. They're not like the old movies that were so... unpredictable. Ha ha. I used to get so freaked-out by those. You never knew what was going to happen next-- sometimes those old movies had me sitting on the edge of my seat. Well, not anymore. Whew. Now days things are different. You might think you couldn't possibly guess the plot or what's going to happen next... but guess what? With today's movies, you really can!!! Oh man, what a thrill. I love knowing what's going to happen next. Its so reassuring.
And you know what else is reassuring? All those remakes of old movies. Yup, I gotta admit, that's one of the things that really makes it for me. Sure the originals were okay, but the remakes are just so-- oh, how can I decribe it...?? Its like getting one of those cool new Rolex watches they sell on ebay for $15.95, or the genuine Gucci bags they make now in China-- I really like going to the theatre and not having to worry about the plot. I've seen it before and it was good then, so surely it will be good again now.
And you have to admit that its really nice of those movie people to tone down the movies a bit so I don't have think so hard. I'm such a guy... I like my action big, my adventure swashbuckling, my ladies buxom, and my plots-- ummm-- well, you don't really need the plot-- they just get in the way anyway. With all that other stuff, what do I need a plot for? And its really cool the way they can pump out movie after movie with the same effects and the same lines and the same actors. Man, oh man... they were excellent the first time I saw them and regardless of what my swe
Konqueror also claims to be the second browser to have achieved compliance....
http://www.kde.org/announcements/visualguide-3.5.p hp
Does it really matter? Does anybody really care?
When will firefox be compliant?
What about MS Exploder?
I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?'
Hey, since you're not doing anything wrong, then you won't object if I want to come over to your house and watch for myself. I won't take up much room, I'll bring my own food, and I'll just sit out of the way in whatever corner seems to have the best view...
You're not doing anything wrong, right? Why should you mind?
"'It all comes back to the question of cannibalizing an existing business,' O'Grady said. 'If you determine that to some extent it's inevitable, wouldn't you prefer that you do it, instead of your competitors?'
Yah dood... good idea. Why not just realize the inevitable and go ahead and make ORACLE open source!
Nay, I believe they are covering up a rigged election.... and presumably their complicity in it. I thought it was pretty damned convenient that Bush started winning at the last minute after the whole rest of the country had pretty much voted, and just by coincidence the state tipping the balance to give Bush the election was using-- wait for it-- Diebold Election Machines.
And let's not forget that infamous quote from Walden O'Dell, chief executive of Diebold Inc., who swore that he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year." (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0828-08.h tm)
And just for the record-- you might wanna think about the election bru-ha-ha that happened in 2000 in California... a state conveniently governed by Bush's brother... coincidence??? Yeah, sure. Oh, and the margins were extremely slim there too.
So where's the evidence? Where's the smoking gun? Why aren't people crying out and taking to the streets? Well, it turns out THEY ARE! A quick google search for for "US Election Fraud" comes back with 17.9 Million entries. Another search for "us stole election 2004" turns up 9.2 Million entries. Yet another for "bush election fraud" turns up 11.9 Million entries. Admittedly these results are unscientific, and there is perhaps some overlap in the numbers, but every search with combinations of words like "Bush", "Stole", "Election", "US", and "2004" or "2000", and various permutations of these terms, comes up with literally millions and millions of results-- meaning a significant percentage of people in the US (and of course around the world) believe the US Elections were not fair and accurate. A similar check for with Clinton comes back with only a comparative handful of results. And very few people seem concerned with Nixon, Carter, or Reagan's election results-- only around a million or so have anything to say on that subject. And just for illustration purposes and to give us some counterpoint results, a google search for the word "vagina" turns up about 23 Million entries, so while it is clear that people are obviously more interested in vaginas than Bush, still they are ruminating about the liklihood of a fraudulant US election at least half as often. I'd say these are some startling results!
So, while this is definitely a somewhat tongue-in-cheek commentary about the subject of Diebold and election fraud, not to mention a clever way to work in the word "vagina" multiple times during my post... the subject of hijacking the US election is a very serious one and people need to demand that their elected officials do what's right (as if that ever happens) and get down to the truth of the elections. People are worried what the revelation of such a high, treasonous crime would do to the national outlook, economy, and to the rest of the world. However, I say that NOT looking into it, NOT telling the public the TRUTH, and NOT hanging everyone involved by the balls until blue would be an even GREATER INJUSTICE foisted upon the American people!
Yes its bad if the election's been compromised. Its worse if people know and nothing happens.
Here are a lot of links to get you on your way... there are a lot of people concerned about Diebold, the elections, and whether or not George W Bush is the rightful president-- and they are concerned about it not ONCE, but TWICE!!!
GOOGLE Declines to Publish Other Publically-Available Information
Someone should tell Debbie Frost, spokewoman for Mountain View, California-based Google, that *HER* personal name and address information is *LIKEWISE* available via publically-available sources, and yet GOOGLE seems to be choosing to keep *THAT* information to themselves...
My own view is that governments, acting on the behalf of the people (I'm speaking hypothetically, seeing as how our own government comes to mind...) has a legitimate interest in protecting state property and military interests from undue scrutiny and harm.
While the information may very well be available publically, it doesn't have to be made *EASY* to find just by typing a query into GOOGLE.
SHOULD Information be Searchable Online Even if it IS Publically-Available?
I like GOOGLE as much as anybody and it has definitely become my second-brain half-the-time, but I think there is a realistic point that some information needs to remain more obscure, even if it is technically public, just for the safety of everyone involved.
That said, I also don't think that this should be a good reason for the wholesale obfuscation of information either-- I think it needs to be carefully weighed, preferably by an uninterested, neutral, third-party (like that's going to happen...) who can evaluate the various interests in these cases.
Open-Source Counter-Terrorism
On the other hand-- there is another point-of-view... If GOOGLE would *START* publishing *LIVE* data (as live as it can get) maybe the OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY could do a BETTER JOB THAN THE !@*^%$# BUSH ADMINISTRATION in finding OSAMA BIN LADIN and the OTHER TERRORISTS.
After all, two can play the "Where do they live" game... and one might consider that 50 million amateur photo-analysts might just succeed where a few professionals working for an administration that doesn't _really_ have an interest in winning anything, can't.
As long as the Bush administration is fighting the "War on Terrorism", they have a ready-made and pat excuse to hand Haliburton and all of their @#$!@&* Buddies no-bid "sweetheart" contracts and otherwise RAPE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Does anybody really KNOW that the Bush administration did not secretly PAY Bin Laden to step up the terrorism? Afterall, it sure is working-out very conveniently for some pretty well-placed companies and people! And I find the fact that we _haven't_ found him in almost four years to be patently absurd.
This is one of my favorite teasers-- not especially hard but it might make you think for a bit...
Suppose someone is paying you with six sacks of gold. Each sack contains 100 coins and you have examined all the coins and verified the count in each sack. However, you have it on excellent authority that one whole bag of gold is counterfeit! Further, you have been tipped-off that the counterfit coins weigh exactly 1.1 ounces while the real gold coins weigh only 1.0 ounces. When you heft the bags they feel about the same so you're not really sure which one is the fake. You do have a scale, but it will only work ONE time. You can put ONE set of items on it and get ONE reading. You can't trick it by putting stuff on and off while its reading, so choose your items carefully! Assume for the problem that the tare weight of the bags is inconsequential. Using only these items in the manner described, is it possible to determine which bag has the counterfeit gold, and if yes, which one is it-- how would you know?
I think holding programmers liable for the bugs they produce is a capitol idea! Why didn't anybody think of this before!?!?!
And while we're at it, we should make the President responsible for the COUNTRY he runs...
And make the Congress-critters responsible for the LAWS they pass (pork pork pork)... Not to mention just simply being SUBJECT to the laws they pass...
And corporate CEO's and fat-cat EXECUTIVES responsible for the COMPANIES they ruin... (ooops, meant "run"... really, I did... a silly gesTYPO)
And wall street brokers responsible for the MONEY THEY LOSE...
And make Presidential Advisers responsible for the CIA AGENTS they reveal..
And national heads of emergency agencies (but I'm not naming names, you know who you are) responsible for the NATURAL DISASTERS they fuck up
And racist pig cops responsible for the poor, ethnic people they beat up...
And rich mother-fucking assholes responsible for the TAXES they dodge...
And silly-ass movie stars responsible for the stupid shit they spew...
And Haliburton responsible for the under-the-table BILLION DOLLAR contracts they got without bidding or anything...
And Microsoft responsible for the entire fricken COMPUTER INDUSTRY it destroyed...
And school board members responsible for the CHILDREN they administer...
And pedophile priests responsible for the LIVES they stole...
And arrogant drug companies responsible for the BLOOD MONEY they extort...
and there's more...... oh yes... the list goes on...... and on...... and on...
I think they should be responsible.
Make 'em ALL PAY!
Then maybe we'd have a decent country to live in again.
What a capital idea!
Magazine Ads Don't Stop you from Turning the Page
on
Why Do You Block Ads?
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· Score: 1
You're making two assumptions-
1. That we're _not_ bothered by magazine ads, and the perpetual creep into the content-space of the magazine-- and worse, making its way _into_ the content. That is very bad news imo.
2. Magazines don't make you wait to turn the page until the ads get printed. You are free to ignore the ads if you like.
Gee... let's see... THREE feet per century. And its like, uhhh, errrr, (thinking) oh yeah! 2005 NOW. So in 100 years (that's a century in doggie beers) it will be like-- whoaaaa-- ancient dude--- it will be 2105! And it will be THREE FEET LOWER!
Three feet == under water???
Hmm..
I don't think so. Maybe I should smoke some more man, and then everything will look smaller.... and shit.
Because white guys are smart-- they know that if they appear to be at the top of the intellectual heap, all the other races will be gunning for their spot. But if they position themselves just under the "top", then someone else has to do the defending, use up their oxygen, energy and time. So white guys actually have more real time to do smart things with their supremely intelligent brains like impress chicks and buy minivans.
$43 TRILLION -- That's how much the ROTTON, SCUMBAG, THIEVING CEO'S cost american investors, in ONE DAY. Enron, Worldcom, Adelphia and all the rest. $178 Million? HAH! Who cares, call me back when you've got some REAL news.
I think you all have the wrong point-of-view on this issue. So what they implement DRM, big deal. I say if they can tell us what we can do with the content we buy, we should get together and invent CRM (Cash Rights Management) to tell them what they can do with the money. So we don't like it that they buy huge gas-guzzling SUV's? Or make slavish workers in Africa mine the dirt for their diamonds and jewels? Or use up enormous amounts of energy or resources jet-setting around the world? Just turn off these uses of the cash they get. Simple. They want to restrict what we do with the content we buy, we'll just restrict what they can do with the cash we buy it with.
That's ridicuposterous! I have more intellimegence than 20 folks like me. Besides Karl tells me what to think every morning. Today I just have to sit here on my big ole' airplane and color pretty pictures. Wee! Daddy can I have Iran? Before you go, would you please hand me my bicycle?
Ah Microsoft, they've got some pretty screens and some nifty point-n-click widgets, but all they've really done is buy up innovation, squash creativity, stimy the IT industry, and sue the bejeezus out of anybody they couldn't otherwise intimidate or coerce. There's no innovation there, they're just bullies. We've seen this business model before.
Slashdot Mirror
When will the blue-nosed morons understand that the solution is ultra simple? If you want the game mfgrs to stop _making_ games that have hidden hacks for nudity-- stop BUYING them!
idiots.
Well, I for one will revel in considerable glee while some content-providers that are too full of themselves and over-price the crap out of their content-- get reamed up the butt with a red-hot poker. And I hope Yahoo! takes their time and gives it to them slowly for all the torqueing they've given us over the years. That said, I hope Yahoo! doesn't become the new boss, same as the old boss. We _could_ get fooled again.
Or people could just be sensible and not buy the stupid thing. Lack of customers typically has a profound effect on marketing.
Well, this certainly explains why teenage gamers are losing interest in playing games. Another Slashdot mystery solved!
The entire US patent system is...
(wait for it)
Patently Ridiculous!
I love watching movies in the theater. I am thrilled to pay $18-25 bucks (more if I pay online) to take my sweetie to the movies and pay $20 bucks for some popcorn and sickening, syrupy coke. My sweetie really likes getting the bottled water for $4 dollars, she says "its exciting to pay so much" and it makes her feel "decadant". For me, the experience is really hightened by the half-hour to an hour of irritating commercials and silly nonsense that they play before the show. I find that they have a great calming effect and do a wonderful job of putting me in the mood to watch the show.
I especially like the commercials for the television programs. Who knew that I could get both television commercials _and_ movie commercials _at the same time_ and for such a reasonable price too!?!?!? Its really good to be reminded about all the truly wonderful television shows that are out there. Why without them, I would probably miss all those additional opportunities to be further educated about all the exciting products and services that the marketers have so thoughtfully selected for me!
And I don't know who thought it up, but kudos to whomever it was that decided to place the flatulant fat guy in front of me and the ceaslessly talking couple behind me. They were an excellent choice to distract me from the row of wiggly, whining kids with the constant coughs two rows up. How exciting it is to sit there and wonder while we wait for the mysterious illness we'll surely develop during the week. That's one of the best parts for sure. Who knows what it'll be this time? Last time it was malaria. My sweetie is hoping for denge fever.
And then there's the best part. I know its incredible, but on top of all the value that I've already received just to this point, it gets even better! They turn down the lights and switch from the really sharp projector showing the commercials to the other projector for the movie that has that soft, slightly fuzzy look we both love so well. And the sound is conveniently lower too. Before it was just blaring when all the commercials were playing. I'm glad they are so thoughtful and turn it down for the movie. I wouldn't want to miss any of the comments from the audience or be distracted by the movie when the baby cries. Maybe this time we'll get really lucky and someone will be talking on their cell phone! I can only dream.
And the movies they show these days are great too. Man I love those movies. They're not like the old movies that were so... unpredictable. Ha ha. I used to get so freaked-out by those. You never knew what was going to happen next-- sometimes those old movies had me sitting on the edge of my seat. Well, not anymore. Whew. Now days things are different. You might think you couldn't possibly guess the plot or what's going to happen next... but guess what? With today's movies, you really can!!! Oh man, what a thrill. I love knowing what's going to happen next. Its so reassuring.
And you know what else is reassuring? All those remakes of old movies. Yup, I gotta admit, that's one of the things that really makes it for me. Sure the originals were okay, but the remakes are just so-- oh, how can I decribe it...?? Its like getting one of those cool new Rolex watches they sell on ebay for $15.95, or the genuine Gucci bags they make now in China-- I really like going to the theatre and not having to worry about the plot. I've seen it before and it was good then, so surely it will be good again now.
And you have to admit that its really nice of those movie people to tone down the movies a bit so I don't have think so hard. I'm such a guy... I like my action big, my adventure swashbuckling, my ladies buxom, and my plots-- ummm-- well, you don't really need the plot-- they just get in the way anyway. With all that other stuff, what do I need a plot for? And its really cool the way they can pump out movie after movie with the same effects and the same lines and the same actors. Man, oh man... they were excellent the first time I saw them and regardless of what my swe
Konqueror also claims to be the second browser to have achieved compliance.... http://www.kde.org/announcements/visualguide-3.5.p hp
Does it really matter? Does anybody really care?
When will firefox be compliant?
What about MS Exploder?
I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?'
Hey, since you're not doing anything wrong, then you won't object if I want to come over to your house and watch for myself. I won't take up much room, I'll bring my own food, and I'll just sit out of the way in whatever corner seems to have the best view...
You're not doing anything wrong, right? Why should you mind?
"'It all comes back to the question of cannibalizing an existing business,' O'Grady said. 'If you determine that to some extent it's inevitable, wouldn't you prefer that you do it, instead of your competitors?'
Yah dood... good idea. Why not just realize the inevitable and go ahead and make ORACLE open source!
Nay, I believe they are covering up a rigged election.... and presumably their complicity in it. I thought it was pretty damned convenient that Bush started winning at the last minute after the whole rest of the country had pretty much voted, and just by coincidence the state tipping the balance to give Bush the election was using-- wait for it-- Diebold Election Machines.
And let's not forget that infamous quote from Walden O'Dell, chief executive of Diebold Inc., who swore that he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year." (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0828-08.h tm)
And just for the record-- you might wanna think about the election bru-ha-ha that happened in 2000 in California... a state conveniently governed by Bush's brother... coincidence??? Yeah, sure. Oh, and the margins were extremely slim there too.
So where's the evidence? Where's the smoking gun? Why aren't people crying out and taking to the streets? Well, it turns out THEY ARE! A quick google search for for "US Election Fraud" comes back with 17.9 Million entries. Another search for "us stole election 2004" turns up 9.2 Million entries. Yet another for "bush election fraud" turns up 11.9 Million entries. Admittedly these results are unscientific, and there is perhaps some overlap in the numbers, but every search with combinations of words like "Bush", "Stole", "Election", "US", and "2004" or "2000", and various permutations of these terms, comes up with literally millions and millions of results-- meaning a significant percentage of people in the US (and of course around the world) believe the US Elections were not fair and accurate. A similar check for with Clinton comes back with only a comparative handful of results. And very few people seem concerned with Nixon, Carter, or Reagan's election results-- only around a million or so have anything to say on that subject. And just for illustration purposes and to give us some counterpoint results, a google search for the word "vagina" turns up about 23 Million entries, so while it is clear that people are obviously more interested in vaginas than Bush, still they are ruminating about the liklihood of a fraudulant US election at least half as often. I'd say these are some startling results!
So, while this is definitely a somewhat tongue-in-cheek commentary about the subject of Diebold and election fraud, not to mention a clever way to work in the word "vagina" multiple times during my post... the subject of hijacking the US election is a very serious one and people need to demand that their elected officials do what's right (as if that ever happens) and get down to the truth of the elections. People are worried what the revelation of such a high, treasonous crime would do to the national outlook, economy, and to the rest of the world. However, I say that NOT looking into it, NOT telling the public the TRUTH, and NOT hanging everyone involved by the balls until blue would be an even GREATER INJUSTICE foisted upon the American people!
Yes its bad if the election's been compromised. Its worse if people know and nothing happens.
Here are a lot of links to get you on your way... there are a lot of people concerned about Diebold, the elections, and whether or not George W Bush is the rightful president-- and they are concerned about it not ONCE, but TWICE!!!
The Wikipedia Entry on the STOLEN US Election:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_U.S._Election_co ntroversies_and_irregularities
A goog search on the subject: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=2004+election +voting+machine&btnG=Google+Search
Some selected sites (I have no affiliation):
Hearings on Ohio Voting P
GOOGLE Declines to Publish Other Publically-Available Information
Someone should tell Debbie Frost, spokewoman for Mountain View, California-based Google, that *HER* personal name and address information is *LIKEWISE* available via publically-available sources, and yet GOOGLE seems to be choosing to keep *THAT* information to themselves...
My own view is that governments, acting on the behalf of the people (I'm speaking hypothetically, seeing as how our own government comes to mind...) has a legitimate interest in protecting state property and military interests from undue scrutiny and harm.
While the information may very well be available publically, it doesn't have to be made *EASY* to find just by typing a query into GOOGLE.
SHOULD Information be Searchable Online Even if it IS Publically-Available?
I like GOOGLE as much as anybody and it has definitely become my second-brain half-the-time, but I think there is a realistic point that some information needs to remain more obscure, even if it is technically public, just for the safety of everyone involved.
That said, I also don't think that this should be a good reason for the wholesale obfuscation of information either-- I think it needs to be carefully weighed, preferably by an uninterested, neutral, third-party (like that's going to happen...) who can evaluate the various interests in these cases.
Open-Source Counter-Terrorism
On the other hand-- there is another point-of-view... If GOOGLE would *START* publishing *LIVE* data (as live as it can get) maybe the OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY could do a BETTER JOB THAN THE !@*^%$# BUSH ADMINISTRATION in finding OSAMA BIN LADIN and the OTHER TERRORISTS.
After all, two can play the "Where do they live" game... and one might consider that 50 million amateur photo-analysts might just succeed where a few professionals working for an administration that doesn't _really_ have an interest in winning anything, can't.
As long as the Bush administration is fighting the "War on Terrorism", they have a ready-made and pat excuse to hand Haliburton and all of their @#$!@&* Buddies no-bid "sweetheart" contracts and otherwise RAPE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Does anybody really KNOW that the Bush administration did not secretly PAY Bin Laden to step up the terrorism? Afterall, it sure is working-out very conveniently for some pretty well-placed companies and people! And I find the fact that we _haven't_ found him in almost four years to be patently absurd.
This is one of my favorite teasers-- not especially hard but it might make you think for a bit...
Suppose someone is paying you with six sacks of gold. Each sack contains 100 coins and you have examined all the coins and verified the count in each sack. However, you have it on excellent authority that one whole bag of gold is counterfeit! Further, you have been tipped-off that the counterfit coins weigh exactly 1.1 ounces while the real gold coins weigh only 1.0 ounces. When you heft the bags they feel about the same so you're not really sure which one is the fake. You do have a scale, but it will only work ONE time. You can put ONE set of items on it and get ONE reading. You can't trick it by putting stuff on and off while its reading, so choose your items carefully! Assume for the problem that the tare weight of the bags is inconsequential. Using only these items in the manner described, is it possible to determine which bag has the counterfeit gold, and if yes, which one is it-- how would you know?
Yes, that is the pattern, and also I apologize for incorrectly transcribing my notes
Nope, interesting thought, but there is a real solution.
Here is the little brain teaser I thought up-- see if you can solve
it...
In the following sequence:
1, 4, 8, 13, 21, 30, 36, 44...
What is the next number and why:
A. 48
B. 50
C. 53
D. 57
E. 61
F. There is no pattern
I think holding programmers liable for the bugs they produce is a capitol idea! Why didn't anybody think of this before!?!?!
... oh yes... the list goes on... ... and on... ... and on...
And while we're at it, we should make the President responsible for the COUNTRY he runs...
And make the Congress-critters responsible for the LAWS they pass (pork pork pork)... Not to mention just simply being SUBJECT to the laws they pass...
And corporate CEO's and fat-cat EXECUTIVES responsible for the COMPANIES they ruin... (ooops, meant "run"... really, I did... a silly gesTYPO)
And wall street brokers responsible for the MONEY THEY LOSE...
And make Presidential Advisers responsible for the CIA AGENTS they reveal..
And national heads of emergency agencies (but I'm not naming names, you know who you are) responsible for the NATURAL DISASTERS they fuck up
And racist pig cops responsible for the poor, ethnic people they beat up...
And rich mother-fucking assholes responsible for the TAXES they dodge...
And silly-ass movie stars responsible for the stupid shit they spew...
And Haliburton responsible for the under-the-table BILLION DOLLAR contracts they got without bidding or anything...
And Microsoft responsible for the entire fricken COMPUTER INDUSTRY it destroyed...
And school board members responsible for the CHILDREN they administer...
And pedophile priests responsible for the LIVES they stole...
And arrogant drug companies responsible for the BLOOD MONEY they extort...
and there's more...
I think they should be responsible.
Make 'em ALL PAY!
Then maybe we'd have a decent country to live in again.
What a capital idea!
You're making two assumptions-
1. That we're _not_ bothered by magazine ads, and the perpetual creep into the content-space of the magazine-- and worse, making its way _into_ the content. That is very bad news imo.
2. Magazines don't make you wait to turn the page until the ads get printed. You are free to ignore the ads if you like.
All I can say is "Right-Fucking-On"!
FINALLY a company with BALLS.
I bookmarked your site. I just found where I'm going to be doing my Christmas shopping.
Tell those SLIMY BASTARD RECORD COMPANIES they can fold it twice and shove it where the sun don't shine.
Gee... let's see... THREE feet per century. And its like, uhhh, errrr, (thinking) oh yeah! 2005 NOW. So in 100 years (that's a century in doggie beers) it will be like-- whoaaaa-- ancient dude--- it will be 2105! And it will be THREE FEET LOWER!
Three feet == under water???
Hmm..
I don't think so. Maybe I should smoke some more man, and then everything will look smaller.... and shit.
Because white guys are smart-- they know that if they appear to be at the top of the intellectual heap, all the other races will be gunning for their spot. But if they position themselves just under the "top", then someone else has to do the defending, use up their oxygen, energy and time. So white guys actually have more real time to do smart things with their supremely intelligent brains like impress chicks and buy minivans.
I suppose you're just here for the chicks then?
$43 TRILLION -- That's how much the ROTTON, SCUMBAG, THIEVING CEO'S cost american investors, in ONE DAY. Enron, Worldcom, Adelphia and all the rest. $178 Million? HAH! Who cares, call me back when you've got some REAL news.
I think you all have the wrong point-of-view on this issue. So what they implement DRM, big deal. I say if they can tell us what we can do with the content we buy, we should get together and invent CRM (Cash Rights Management) to tell them what they can do with the money. So we don't like it that they buy huge gas-guzzling SUV's? Or make slavish workers in Africa mine the dirt for their diamonds and jewels? Or use up enormous amounts of energy or resources jet-setting around the world? Just turn off these uses of the cash they get. Simple. They want to restrict what we do with the content we buy, we'll just restrict what they can do with the cash we buy it with.
That's ridicuposterous! I have more intellimegence than 20 folks like me. Besides Karl tells me what to think every morning. Today I just have to sit here on my big ole' airplane and color pretty pictures. Wee! Daddy can I have Iran? Before you go, would you please hand me my bicycle?
Ah Microsoft, they've got some pretty screens and some nifty point-n-click widgets, but all they've really done is buy up innovation, squash creativity, stimy the IT industry, and sue the bejeezus out of anybody they couldn't otherwise intimidate or coerce. There's no innovation there, they're just bullies. We've seen this business model before.