Kevin: Who was that man?
Fidgit: That was no man. That was the Supreme Being.
Kevin: You mean God?
Fidgit: Well, we don't know Him that well. We only work for Him.
Randall: Shut up!
--Time Bandits
"I would not want to be a manufactured home repo man. Those would be hard to sneak away. Knock knock knock - 'Hi, could you go cut your grass... then look that way for half an hour?'" - Mitch Hedberg
According to CNN current Bush Administration political advisor Karl Rove will be resigning his post as senior political advisor at the end of August [CC] to spend more time with his family.
"When asked for comment Mr. Rove stated, 'I believe we will be settling down in this place called The Shire. I understand great opportunity exists there to squash more insurgency....'"
Naturally, you'd have to have read the actual LoTR to get that and not just seen the movies....
I hate to be persnickety, but it's actually called a "Service Pack" not "Patch." The actual developer's name for it is CSD or, "Corrective Service Diskette" which can be seen in the registry if you look. I believe the term comes from the days of OS/2 and shows yet another example of IBM's legacy in Windows....
When Katrina hit New Orleans, I was on team speak with some canadian folks. They're cool and all until something about America comes up and then they turn into these really mean, "USA sucks" people. Anyhow, they fully believed and tried to convince the Americans in the room that the U.S. is the reason behind modern hurricanes. We deserved it cuz we caused 'em due to our pollution and all that. I'm not saying whether I believe it or not, but they really didn't seem to have much evidence and rather seemed to enjoy making the accusations.
But I really hope that most peoples attitudes isn't "why would we buy music when we can pirate it" these days. If it is, maybe the RIAA should be suing people.
You seem to think only the little guy can commit a crime.
It is a crime for large companies to fix prices and kill competition. It is a crime to harass under-privileged children and the handicapped. It is a crime to take 1000s of dollars from common people who probably cannot afford it, who just may be downloading music because they can't pay the highway robbery prices charged for 5 cents of plastic and 9 bad songs. It is a crime to also harass artists (you seem to think all artists are actually happy with the record labels -- please read up on John Fogerty). It is a crime to force John Fogerty into court and him prove that he doesn't sound like himself in hopes of raping him for more millions than you've already raped him for (does the tune "Vance Can't Dance" ring a bell?). It is a crime to attempt to hinder innovation by forcing worthless and spent technology (CDs) just so you can keep a hold on your empire.
Do you honestly think it will stop with people downloading music? As more and more artists are able to create music outside of mainstream record labels, congress will be lobbied, somehow, to shut that down. The RIAA is a monster with money and they will use their huge reserves to continue to harass all sides, not just the evil people you seem to think represent the real villians attacking the harmless RIAA who, after all, care so much for the artists you mention....
At some point, decent people get riled up over injustice and finally do something about it. These RIAA lawyers have been bullying pre-schoolers long enough. "I'm telling my big brother" is coming home to them.
Use the market RIAA. Learn to compete. Give up on old technology and old ways of distributing music. Nobody wants to buy your 5 cent disk with 9 bad songs for highway robbery prices just to listen to one song you should allow to be downloaded at a cheap enough rate so that folks will stop bothering to pirate (not steal; remember, pirates are simply a form of entrepeneurs).
I actually attended seminary and graduated. I spent a decade of my life studying philosophy and theology. I had many talented professors with degrees from Oxford, Princeton, name it. Not one ever advocated a literal six day age for the earth or creation. All were extremely careful to give ALL possible explanations including fully embracing evolution. They were also careful to say that hard science is not theology. Theology is an endeavor to understand, as best as possible, God or the concept of God. You do not even have to believe in God to study theology (some of my teachers were atheists). Theology is a relational study. It is a liberal art. Some people decide to apply the bible as hard science, but I've never known an educated theologian who did this.
Understanding an argument means understanding the other side, and I really think you don't.
To quote Lewis, "I was an atheist and as a former atheist I must say that you are not one. You are a god-hater, and a god-hater is not necessarily an atheist." (paraphrased)
I, like, saw this show once, well, I didn't see it, but I heard about it, and, like, there were these kids and all, and then, like, there were these adults and stuff. So, anyhow, they like, lied and stuff and it was cool.
And stuff....
PS: That "see thru mirror" is actually called a "one-way mirror."
Exactly. A lot of clueless, ivory-tower folks around here. I cannot, for the life of me, understand how they don't get that not everyone is privileged, or lucky, or given the same chances in life. Before most common people have a chance they are addicted to big tobacco, have kids they can't afford and credit card debt they can't pay back. To top it off, they've changed bankruptcy laws so that, now, they can't even escape that massive debt. And these people haven't even finished getting their wisdom teeth most times.
People are raised in environments that affect them. Rich inherit wealth, poor inherit poverty. People struggling and trying are tempted by credit cards. They end up both working at and buying everything from walmart which is fast becoming the modern equivalent of the early 20th century's "company store...."
Meanwhile, mod me off topic, again, for addressing something that original parent brought up (gas prices) and also by stating, again, that in light of the economic woes of the U.S., music trading, copyrights laws, is just such an oddity....
Odd, I thought this place was full of democrats....
Rockefeller was worth 1/42 of the GNP of the U.S. at his prime. In an interview he was asked if he had enough money and he answered, "no." When asked how much more he needed he replied:
I know people who pay more for bottled water price-per-gallon than gasoline... and they complain about the price of gasoline.
I've heard the "your starbucks cappuccino costs more than a gallon of gas" argument before. What a load of bull. People don't NEED to drink coffee or bottled water. BUT PEOPLE NEED GASOLINE. And they need far more of it than a cup of coffee or bottle of water. What a privileged life you must live. The folks buying expensive water and coffee are not the folks really being hurt by the high gas prices. Just because someone with money complains, doesn't nullify the problem.
I helped a lady push her car to a nearby gas station recently. She was hoping to make it home on her last bit of gas. People like her have kids, minimum wage jobs and can't afford, hardly, food and housing. Gas prices are killing the low-income folks in this country. Where is her means of getting around cheaply, dependably?
Meanwhile, others are concerned about music and copyrights.
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Kevin: Who was that man?
Fidgit: That was no man. That was the Supreme Being.
Kevin: You mean God?
Fidgit: Well, we don't know Him that well. We only work for Him.
Randall: Shut up!
--Time Bandits
"I would not want to be a manufactured home repo man. Those would be hard to sneak away. Knock knock knock - 'Hi, could you go cut your grass... then look that way for half an hour?'" - Mitch Hedberg
RIP Mitch
You musta missed #20212131....
The movies did not cover "The Scouring of The Shire," so, no, you don't get it....
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Maybe this will help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouring_of_the_Shir
WARNING!!! SPOILER!!!
According to CNN current Bush Administration political advisor Karl Rove will be resigning his post as senior political advisor at the end of August [CC] to spend more time with his family.
"When asked for comment Mr. Rove stated, 'I believe we will be settling down in this place called The Shire. I understand great opportunity exists there to squash more insurgency....'"
Naturally, you'd have to have read the actual LoTR to get that and not just seen the movies....
I hate to be persnickety, but it's actually called a "Service Pack" not "Patch." The actual developer's name for it is CSD or, "Corrective Service Diskette" which can be seen in the registry if you look. I believe the term comes from the days of OS/2 and shows yet another example of IBM's legacy in Windows....
When Katrina hit New Orleans, I was on team speak with some canadian folks. They're cool and all until something about America comes up and then they turn into these really mean, "USA sucks" people. Anyhow, they fully believed and tried to convince the Americans in the room that the U.S. is the reason behind modern hurricanes. We deserved it cuz we caused 'em due to our pollution and all that. I'm not saying whether I believe it or not, but they really didn't seem to have much evidence and rather seemed to enjoy making the accusations.
But I really hope that most peoples attitudes isn't "why would we buy music when we can pirate it" these days. If it is, maybe the RIAA should be suing people.
You seem to think only the little guy can commit a crime.
It is a crime for large companies to fix prices and kill competition. It is a crime to harass under-privileged children and the handicapped. It is a crime to take 1000s of dollars from common people who probably cannot afford it, who just may be downloading music because they can't pay the highway robbery prices charged for 5 cents of plastic and 9 bad songs. It is a crime to also harass artists (you seem to think all artists are actually happy with the record labels -- please read up on John Fogerty). It is a crime to force John Fogerty into court and him prove that he doesn't sound like himself in hopes of raping him for more millions than you've already raped him for (does the tune "Vance Can't Dance" ring a bell?). It is a crime to attempt to hinder innovation by forcing worthless and spent technology (CDs) just so you can keep a hold on your empire.
Do you honestly think it will stop with people downloading music? As more and more artists are able to create music outside of mainstream record labels, congress will be lobbied, somehow, to shut that down. The RIAA is a monster with money and they will use their huge reserves to continue to harass all sides, not just the evil people you seem to think represent the real villians attacking the harmless RIAA who, after all, care so much for the artists you mention....
Saruman didn't factor in the ents....
At some point, decent people get riled up over injustice and finally do something about it. These RIAA lawyers have been bullying pre-schoolers long enough. "I'm telling my big brother" is coming home to them.
Use the market RIAA. Learn to compete. Give up on old technology and old ways of distributing music. Nobody wants to buy your 5 cent disk with 9 bad songs for highway robbery prices just to listen to one song you should allow to be downloaded at a cheap enough rate so that folks will stop bothering to pirate (not steal; remember, pirates are simply a form of entrepeneurs).
You obviously flunked humor....
You obviously flunked history. Switzerland will remain blindingly neutral....
When asked to respond to J&J's lawsuit Satan replied, "dayum!"
I actually attended seminary and graduated. I spent a decade of my life studying philosophy and theology. I had many talented professors with degrees from Oxford, Princeton, name it. Not one ever advocated a literal six day age for the earth or creation. All were extremely careful to give ALL possible explanations including fully embracing evolution. They were also careful to say that hard science is not theology. Theology is an endeavor to understand, as best as possible, God or the concept of God. You do not even have to believe in God to study theology (some of my teachers were atheists). Theology is a relational study. It is a liberal art. Some people decide to apply the bible as hard science, but I've never known an educated theologian who did this.
Understanding an argument means understanding the other side, and I really think you don't.
To quote Lewis, "I was an atheist and as a former atheist I must say that you are not one. You are a god-hater, and a god-hater is not necessarily an atheist." (paraphrased)
The editors cannot change the article as they have killed themselves with their new maglite lasers....
You better wake up pal, and starting wrapping your house in plastic and duct tape!
I, like, saw this show once, well, I didn't see it, but I heard about it, and, like, there were these kids and all, and then, like, there were these adults and stuff. So, anyhow, they like, lied and stuff and it was cool.
And stuff....
PS: That "see thru mirror" is actually called a "one-way mirror."
Sorry I'm a jerk. I'm in therapy for it....
Now people are gonna get that blank ink stuff in their eyes and hatch into fanged aliens. But, Skully's hot, so, there's your silver lining....
Will making documentation more entertaining actually work to get people to read it?
s -tank-manuals-unexpectedly.html
The Germans thought so:
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/02/wwii-nazi
That doesn't include the energy needed to support the nation of wow, now numbering over 9 million....
You are suggesting that they repel repeal in order to repeal the misunderstanding of repel.
Exactly. A lot of clueless, ivory-tower folks around here. I cannot, for the life of me, understand how they don't get that not everyone is privileged, or lucky, or given the same chances in life. Before most common people have a chance they are addicted to big tobacco, have kids they can't afford and credit card debt they can't pay back. To top it off, they've changed bankruptcy laws so that, now, they can't even escape that massive debt. And these people haven't even finished getting their wisdom teeth most times.
People are raised in environments that affect them. Rich inherit wealth, poor inherit poverty. People struggling and trying are tempted by credit cards. They end up both working at and buying everything from walmart which is fast becoming the modern equivalent of the early 20th century's "company store...."
Meanwhile, mod me off topic, again, for addressing something that original parent brought up (gas prices) and also by stating, again, that in light of the economic woes of the U.S., music trading, copyrights laws, is just such an oddity....
Odd, I thought this place was full of democrats....
Plus, if you play wow you're supporting the terrorists.
Or, heck, for that matter, might be one....
Rockefeller was worth 1/42 of the GNP of the U.S. at his prime. In an interview he was asked if he had enough money and he answered, "no." When asked how much more he needed he replied:
"Just a little more...."
I know people who pay more for bottled water price-per-gallon than gasoline... and they complain about the price of gasoline.
I've heard the "your starbucks cappuccino costs more than a gallon of gas" argument before. What a load of bull. People don't NEED to drink coffee or bottled water. BUT PEOPLE NEED GASOLINE. And they need far more of it than a cup of coffee or bottle of water. What a privileged life you must live. The folks buying expensive water and coffee are not the folks really being hurt by the high gas prices. Just because someone with money complains, doesn't nullify the problem.
I helped a lady push her car to a nearby gas station recently. She was hoping to make it home on her last bit of gas. People like her have kids, minimum wage jobs and can't afford, hardly, food and housing. Gas prices are killing the low-income folks in this country. Where is her means of getting around cheaply, dependably?
Meanwhile, others are concerned about music and copyrights.
Odd place the U.S....
lol! I love making fun of god. It's ok too, cuz god's gotta sense of hu
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