I had read somewhere (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that this was the impetus of the novel. There was a bet involving Burgess claiming that he could teach a reader enough words in a language to be "technically" fluent. I don't recall what the yardstick was, or what the strict definition of "fluency" was or is. Just something I recall reading, I think, in the forward to the British edition (which also has a different ending).
Beware. If you have spent the last few years reading Gibson considering him a "treasure" to the english language, then attempting to digest "The Sound and the Fury" could cause you physical harm. One of the greatest books written, this is not light reading. Could sprain your brain right before it expands your horizons. For those of us who enjoy brain sprain through literature, this is near the pinnacle.
"As I Lay Dying," also by Faulkner is one of my favorite books.
"Darkness at Noon" by Arthur Koestler is another brilliant read (kind of along the lines of Orwell's 1984) set in 1930s Soviet Union.
I'd like to add to that this: Just 'cause I thought they were innappropriate does not mean that I think they should be stopped from saying it. Yeah, I didn't think it was funny, but who cares? It's just my opinion and I, my friend, celebrate that constitutional right as well. Hell, I've been on the "no vaseline" end of first amendment attacks myself.
I know that, when taken as a single joke, the Nazi comparison seems pretty harmless. I just feel like these thing add up. I'm certainly not trying to dictate in any way what people can and cannot say. I just think the way I think and don't feel that it hurts anyone to hear an opinion that may not have occured to them before.
Now, since I've made this all about me, I think I'll just bail now. Thanks for not threatening to kill me;)
Apparently you missed my reply to the earlier message. I appreciate that you think I'm wanger-less, but you will please note that, as I am already dead, I couldn't care less about my lack of penis.
I can't believe you just invoked the name our our savior in such a manner. I am just so completely offended and angry that I can't wipe the spit off my monitor fast enough. Please...the air....I can't get a breath. What's happening to me? Oh my god. He did it. "DumbWhiteGuy777" made good on his threat. He killed me. I've never felt so dead.
And to think that you thought I'd freak out. I just thought the strip was stupid and lazy. Not so much funny either. Oh shit, I forgot I'm dead.
Nothing. But the strip is not parodying Strawberry Shortcake. That is the whole point of the parent post. They could if they were but the didn't so they aren't. Using a trademark in a parody is not neccessarily the same thing as using a trademark as a parody.
Even if that were not true, I find simplistic and offensive the equating of anything that people think is violating their rights as "Naziism". American Greetings, whether or not their suit is moral, are nowhere near Nazis. It's a lazy shortcut that relies on a certain perception of what a Nazi is that ends up watering down the whole concept. I don't think the Holocaust should be watered down.
I wonder why they didn't just dig into public domain? The parody would have been just as effective (if not more so) using Little Red Riding Hood or MIss Muffet. I'll bet they're wishing they had. Then again, would we all be discussing it if there were no legal issues involved?
"It just goes to show how a few incredibly selfish individuals can bring chaos and ruin to society"
Chaos and ruin? I hate spam. Hate it a lot. But isn't "chaos and ruin" a bit much?;) I mean, it's not like they're running around covering poorly lit walkways with banana peels. Now that would cause some serious chaos and maybe even a good measure of ruin!!
I think, based on my experience with them for the last year or so, that people here are greatly exaggerating the number of titles that are placed in "waiting" status. It happens from time to time for me (and I've got kids and never get to go to the theater) so I'm usually renting movies pretty much when they are released. Really, there is room for improvement (time in transit being #1 for me), but I'm feel like I'm treated fairly by Netflix.
And before someone accuses me of working for them simply because I like the fucking company...well...I don't. And you have to believe me because...well...I said so;)
It's amazing how many people here (both those apparently trying to be as offensive as possible and those who are not) are referring to "Africa" as if their incredibly broad, overarching statements could possibly apply to such an enormous region. Africa is a continent made up of different countries made up of different regions, cities, tribes, towns, etc. This virgin sex cure for AIDS did happen. Still happens. But it doesn't happen in "Africa." As far as I remember this was reported in parts of South Africa, a country in Africa about as different from other countries in Africa as you can get. A country that has been about as fucked by colonialism as you can get. So, to say that "yes, that happens in Africa" is essentially meaningless.
Check out the Peter's Projection map for a decent picture of how big the area being painted with a single brush is: Peters Map
I don't pretend to understand the cultural intricacies that can lead to dangerous behavior (unprotected sex), but have you looked in American high schools lately? We don't use condoms over here as much as we should either, but the disease is not as prevalent as there so our odds are much better.
Yes, education is going to help and we as a country should do more to help, but there is a lot more going on than just ignorance. Sometimes Americans (and Europeans for that matter) need to jsut shut up and listen to the people they are trying to help. Our solutions don't always apply in other countries. And a solution that works in South Africa might not have a snowball's chance in hell up in Algeria.
So there's my contribution to the derailment of the original posters thought.
No really, I have been using it for some time now. The bright little tags are helpful in telling you that a tag is incorrectly closed, but NOT where. There is still the endless searching through the source for the little fucker. I'm not talking about a simple unclosed font tag or some shit, and again I will restate for those who only read the words that they want to hear, that I have no problem with Dreamweaver. No problem with people who use it correctly and no use for it myself unless I need to clean up after them or work with the garbage code that they created with a tool they used incorrectly.
So no need to feel embarrased for me. Really. I'm just fine, but thank you for your concern.
Yeah, someone else. They wanna pay me to clean up their code, I'll do it by hand, do it well, and charge appropriately. For text editing/updating on DW-fucked pages, I'll do what needs to be done. The damage people can do to HTML when using DW without half a brain is impressive.
Note that I am not saying that using the program correctly is a bad thing, just that the only time I use it is when someone didn't clean up their code the first time. After numerous revisions, I don't find the code cleanup to be 100% reliable.
I've been working on a stack of revisions involving lots of subscripts. There are times where it can take me forever to figure out where the chain is broken causing things to sub, sub, sub, subscript. What a pain. This kind of fuckup would never happen if they were having the code done by hand.
The only thing I use Dreamweaver for is to edit or update pages that were created in Dreamweaver to start with. It may be selfish, but I feel that my life is too valuable to be wasted scrolling through pages and pages of font tags wrapped around...hmmm...around...well...there doesn't seem to be any text in here...oh well, on to the next page of font tags. BAH!
"but I always felt he was the gayest of all of the superheros... well, aside from AquaMan - he was outrageously gay.
Daredevil had Jennifer Garner in it, and she is hot enough to make me watch anything that she is in."
OK, you can relax now. You have made it abundantly clear that you are heterosexual. But then there was that comment about being "guilty and ashamed that I liked Daredevil."
"Something you hear over and over again in the research around what girls want out of games are themes like "open-ended" and "less-goal oriented" and "co-operative play"."
And I'll betcha that the emotionally handicapped loners and mysoginist marketers who design and sell games read something like that and start to feel fear. "Oh shit! You mean we have to actually thing about something to design this game? But we had this really great idea for retreading another shooter."
I'd love to see a game that was more open-ended and cooperative and that the only female characters weren't there to try and give ma a boner. I mean c'mon now. A video game boner? How utterly pathetic is that? Even more sad and lonely than an internet porn boner.
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In a ruling due by the end of June, the California Supreme Court had agreed to hear arguements that could place freedom of speech protections on advertising. Nike is claiming that it's lies about working conditions in it's factories was not advertising, per se, but rather "an entry in the marketplace of ideas." If this shit goes by, then how long would it be before spammers started cloaking themselves in constitutioal protection? The case is not entirely black and white (the ACLU is siding with Nike), but seems relavant to this thread.
Agreed completely. My use of the words "personal safety" were, I think a poor choice. I do feel that there is a distinction between "information," and "personal information" (duh, right?) and someone who can walk this line responsibly while still being a member of our government, can't be an extremist on either side. I'm hoping she does her friggin' job and clearly defines the "personal" as totally hands-off. I do not, however, believe that Tom Ridge or John Ashcroft will allow her to do that.
And further...anyone who would expect the government, or anyone really, to hire someone to a position like this who would not simultaneously consider personal privacy issues and and public safety, is crazy. She is called a consensus builder by the personal security crowd. Hopefully she will build consensus that can help protect us from our enemies (and I use that term with no small amount of confusion as to who they are) while still protecting us from our own government.
Using that reaoning, (and you might find some in dissagreement on this site) only top grossing operating systems are good? Only top grossing movies are good?
Your logic is flawed. Spending millions of dollars on promotion can make up for a hell of a lot of lack of talent (Anyone remenber the Spin Doctors? Ever hear of Avril Lavigne?). Promotion expenses gets passed on to the band. Labels will never allow artists to sell CDs at shows because they can't track the sales/trust the artists to report them correctly. Sure, if you're not on a label you can sell your own CDs, but then you're one of those bands who you claim don't deserve money.
The bands you refer to are such a minority, it makes using them to support a blanket arguement unjustifiable.
Hootie and the Blowfish made a lot of money touring, and they suck...a lot.
Bands sign to labels who pay for everything up front. CD sales and concert sales all go to pay this back. If you take away what bands make in CD sales, the label will just take more of concert sales. Bands absolutely do not make money touring. Most just make enough to keep the tour going, some, not even that.
I'm not saying don't steal music. I'm just suggest that you try harder to not delude yourself. Be honest with yourself.
Personally I have no problem with stealing music. I also have no problem with a single license that would cover my right to download all I want. I'm not against paying musicians money. I just have no delusions of how profitable it would be for any but the very tiny minority to make a buck selling direct.
If you're talking about independent artists, then I feel that you are being even more idealistic. You have quoted figures of 10,000 people at a concert (all buying CDs? HA!) which eliminates the vast majority of bands anyway. An independent band with no promotions budget will not have even 1,000, likely not even 100 people, at a show. How many CDs would a band likely sell at a 100 person show? Maybe 4 or 5. That's not even enough money to eat and gas up for the drive to the next town.
Most musicians don't make money at all. Don't fool yourself. Tell youself the truth and decide what you want to do.
The definition you linked to (def. #2) actually does seem to suggest racism in the term. It uses a stereotype of Japanese culture to refer to something with a negative bias.
Regardless, the commercial is really cool. I don't know anything about the car except that it's ugly.
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I'm reading that one right now. I'm still trying to figure out if I like it or not.
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I had read somewhere (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that this was the impetus of the novel. There was a bet involving Burgess claiming that he could teach a reader enough words in a language to be "technically" fluent. I don't recall what the yardstick was, or what the strict definition of "fluency" was or is. Just something I recall reading, I think, in the forward to the British edition (which also has a different ending).
Beware. If you have spent the last few years reading Gibson considering him a "treasure" to the english language, then attempting to digest "The Sound and the Fury" could cause you physical harm. One of the greatest books written, this is not light reading. Could sprain your brain right before it expands your horizons. For those of us who enjoy brain sprain through literature, this is near the pinnacle.
"As I Lay Dying," also by Faulkner is one of my favorite books.
"Darkness at Noon" by Arthur Koestler is another brilliant read (kind of along the lines of Orwell's 1984) set in 1930s Soviet Union.
I know that, when taken as a single joke, the Nazi comparison seems pretty harmless. I just feel like these thing add up. I'm certainly not trying to dictate in any way what people can and cannot say. I just think the way I think and don't feel that it hurts anyone to hear an opinion that may not have occured to them before.
Now, since I've made this all about me, I think I'll just bail now. Thanks for not threatening to kill me ;)
Well duh. Everything is about my dick.
Apparently you missed my reply to the earlier message. I appreciate that you think I'm wanger-less, but you will please note that, as I am already dead, I couldn't care less about my lack of penis.
And to think that you thought I'd freak out. I just thought the strip was stupid and lazy. Not so much funny either. Oh shit, I forgot I'm dead.
Nothing. But the strip is not parodying Strawberry Shortcake. That is the whole point of the parent post. They could if they were but the didn't so they aren't. Using a trademark in a parody is not neccessarily the same thing as using a trademark as a parody.
Even if that were not true, I find simplistic and offensive the equating of anything that people think is violating their rights as "Naziism". American Greetings, whether or not their suit is moral, are nowhere near Nazis. It's a lazy shortcut that relies on a certain perception of what a Nazi is that ends up watering down the whole concept. I don't think the Holocaust should be watered down.
I wonder why they didn't just dig into public domain? The parody would have been just as effective (if not more so) using Little Red Riding Hood or MIss Muffet. I'll bet they're wishing they had. Then again, would we all be discussing it if there were no legal issues involved?
Chaos and ruin? I hate spam. Hate it a lot. But isn't "chaos and ruin" a bit much? ;) I mean, it's not like they're running around covering poorly lit walkways with banana peels. Now that would cause some serious chaos and maybe even a good measure of ruin!!
And before someone accuses me of working for them simply because I like the fucking company...well...I don't. And you have to believe me because...well...I said so ;)
Check out the Peter's Projection map for a decent picture of how big the area being painted with a single brush is: Peters Map
I don't pretend to understand the cultural intricacies that can lead to dangerous behavior (unprotected sex), but have you looked in American high schools lately? We don't use condoms over here as much as we should either, but the disease is not as prevalent as there so our odds are much better.
Yes, education is going to help and we as a country should do more to help, but there is a lot more going on than just ignorance. Sometimes Americans (and Europeans for that matter) need to jsut shut up and listen to the people they are trying to help. Our solutions don't always apply in other countries. And a solution that works in South Africa might not have a snowball's chance in hell up in Algeria.
So there's my contribution to the derailment of the original posters thought.
No really, I have been using it for some time now. The bright little tags are helpful in telling you that a tag is incorrectly closed, but NOT where. There is still the endless searching through the source for the little fucker. I'm not talking about a simple unclosed font tag or some shit, and again I will restate for those who only read the words that they want to hear, that I have no problem with Dreamweaver. No problem with people who use it correctly and no use for it myself unless I need to clean up after them or work with the garbage code that they created with a tool they used incorrectly. So no need to feel embarrased for me. Really. I'm just fine, but thank you for your concern.
Note that I am not saying that using the program correctly is a bad thing, just that the only time I use it is when someone didn't clean up their code the first time. After numerous revisions, I don't find the code cleanup to be 100% reliable.
I've been working on a stack of revisions involving lots of subscripts. There are times where it can take me forever to figure out where the chain is broken causing things to sub, sub, sub, subscript. What a pain. This kind of fuckup would never happen if they were having the code done by hand.
The only thing I use Dreamweaver for is to edit or update pages that were created in Dreamweaver to start with. It may be selfish, but I feel that my life is too valuable to be wasted scrolling through pages and pages of font tags wrapped around...hmmm...around...well...there doesn't seem to be any text in here...oh well, on to the next page of font tags. BAH!
Daredevil had Jennifer Garner in it, and she is hot enough to make me watch anything that she is in."
OK, you can relax now. You have made it abundantly clear that you are heterosexual. But then there was that comment about being "guilty and ashamed that I liked Daredevil."
Hmmmm...
And I'll betcha that the emotionally handicapped loners and mysoginist marketers who design and sell games read something like that and start to feel fear. "Oh shit! You mean we have to actually thing about something to design this game? But we had this really great idea for retreading another shooter."
I'd love to see a game that was more open-ended and cooperative and that the only female characters weren't there to try and give ma a boner. I mean c'mon now. A video game boner? How utterly pathetic is that? Even more sad and lonely than an internet porn boner.
Link to story on SFGate.com
Agreed completely. My use of the words "personal safety" were, I think a poor choice. I do feel that there is a distinction between "information," and "personal information" (duh, right?) and someone who can walk this line responsibly while still being a member of our government, can't be an extremist on either side. I'm hoping she does her friggin' job and clearly defines the "personal" as totally hands-off. I do not, however, believe that Tom Ridge or John Ashcroft will allow her to do that.
And further...anyone who would expect the government, or anyone really, to hire someone to a position like this who would not simultaneously consider personal privacy issues and and public safety, is crazy. She is called a consensus builder by the personal security crowd. Hopefully she will build consensus that can help protect us from our enemies (and I use that term with no small amount of confusion as to who they are) while still protecting us from our own government.
Using that reaoning, (and you might find some in dissagreement on this site) only top grossing operating systems are good? Only top grossing movies are good?
Your logic is flawed. Spending millions of dollars on promotion can make up for a hell of a lot of lack of talent (Anyone remenber the Spin Doctors? Ever hear of Avril Lavigne?). Promotion expenses gets passed on to the band. Labels will never allow artists to sell CDs at shows because they can't track the sales/trust the artists to report them correctly. Sure, if you're not on a label you can sell your own CDs, but then you're one of those bands who you claim don't deserve money.
The bands you refer to are such a minority, it makes using them to support a blanket arguement unjustifiable.
Hootie and the Blowfish made a lot of money touring, and they suck...a lot.
I'm not saying don't steal music. I'm just suggest that you try harder to not delude yourself. Be honest with yourself.
Personally I have no problem with stealing music. I also have no problem with a single license that would cover my right to download all I want. I'm not against paying musicians money. I just have no delusions of how profitable it would be for any but the very tiny minority to make a buck selling direct.
If you're talking about independent artists, then I feel that you are being even more idealistic. You have quoted figures of 10,000 people at a concert (all buying CDs? HA!) which eliminates the vast majority of bands anyway. An independent band with no promotions budget will not have even 1,000, likely not even 100 people, at a show. How many CDs would a band likely sell at a 100 person show? Maybe 4 or 5. That's not even enough money to eat and gas up for the drive to the next town.
Most musicians don't make money at all. Don't fool yourself. Tell youself the truth and decide what you want to do.
The definition you linked to (def. #2) actually does seem to suggest racism in the term. It uses a stereotype of Japanese culture to refer to something with a negative bias. Regardless, the commercial is really cool. I don't know anything about the car except that it's ugly.