I just hope that one day we can improve our satellite resolutions to the point where we can make out an individual hemp shirt, or maybe even an individual blonde dreadlock.
That makes sense. Zombies have almost always been treated as a metaphor in the movies. Just look at the first two Romero films. The first (Night of the Living Dead) deals mostly with racism and bigotry, and the second (Dawn of the Dead) deals mostly with out-of-control consumerism. Just the fact that the zombies in Dawn return instinctively to the mall is pretty telling about where Romero is headed (and what he thinks about 70's consumer culture).
When Julian Assange was recently accused of sexual assault in Sweden, I maintained that this had "CIA discrediting campaign" written all over it. One of the main responses to this was "But the U.S. government doesn't have any control over Sweden or what they do."
I think people really underestimate the power and sweep of the U.S. government and its wealthy corporate allies. The IMF, the UN, the World Bank, unrest in virtually every oil-producing country that doesn't support U.S. policy, attacks on anyone who criticizes or threatens the U.S. dollar, and in a million other places--you'll find the hand of the U.S. government and its most powerful corporations either calling the shots outright or at least having a significant influence on events.
Just look at the WIPO copyright treaty (the treaty that brought the DMCA and DMCA-like laws to almost every first-world country in the world). Hollywood and the U.S. music/publishing industry pretty much DICTATED that treaty, with the U.S. government then pressuring countries to implement it with a multitude of carrots and sticks.
Some may accuse me of hyperbole here. And, believe me, I wish I were exaggerating. But you never have to dig very far.
No, since most of the population increases are in the third-world, and the first world countries have actually stabilized their populations, it will likely mean that the poor will get poorer and the rich will get richer. Well, either that or an eventual world war. One of those two.
Hush, you fool!! Killing off all the people stupid enough to believe that hippie claptrap before they can reproduce is a great way to chlorinate the gene pool.
And not be able to run indie games on the same box
Maybe you haven't been keeping up with the news, but there are TONS of indie games available on consoles now. Xbox Live even has its own indie section, where you can find thousands of indie and user-developed titles.
how much the bottom line drives everything they do anyway, and good riddance.
Yeah, that's how they pay their employees. If you went to work tomorrow and your employer told you he wasn't going to be paying you anymore because he's "tired of focusing on the bottom line," I'm pretty sure you wouldn't respond with "Good riddance!"
You can't argue with a true believer, you know. Whether their idol is Jesus, Mohammad, some politician, or open source; they've cut themselves off from any reasonable discourse or possibility of change.
This line of thinking, which sadly a large percentage of Linux users exhibit, is exactly why there are no games on Linux.
Linux users bitch when a game isn't available on Linux. Then, if it is available, they bitch that it isn't free and open source. So basically, they just bitch.
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Obviously, you've forgotten Rapey Smurf.
Why not get fired from one, then go work for the other? Best of both worlds!
No more bullshit welfare-to-work program for her.
plans to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost computer, for use in teaching computer programming to children.
I think I just got a jolt of deja vu for some reason.
I especially don't know what Groupon's owners were thinking for not taking it.
As the great Kenny Powers once said, "Sometimes when you bring the thunder, you get lost in the storm."
I just hope that one day we can improve our satellite resolutions to the point where we can make out an individual hemp shirt, or maybe even an individual blonde dreadlock.
don't you think we would have conquered China by now?
We would, but Walmart won't let us.
Don't you realize how green this planet would be if we could eliminate all the CO2?
Apple just patented Virtual Entertainment using any rectangular display.
FTFY
The more power global corporations gain, the more pressure there is to homogenize every country into a "corporation friendly" environment.
That makes sense. Zombies have almost always been treated as a metaphor in the movies. Just look at the first two Romero films. The first (Night of the Living Dead) deals mostly with racism and bigotry, and the second (Dawn of the Dead) deals mostly with out-of-control consumerism. Just the fact that the zombies in Dawn return instinctively to the mall is pretty telling about where Romero is headed (and what he thinks about 70's consumer culture).
When Julian Assange was recently accused of sexual assault in Sweden, I maintained that this had "CIA discrediting campaign" written all over it. One of the main responses to this was "But the U.S. government doesn't have any control over Sweden or what they do."
I think people really underestimate the power and sweep of the U.S. government and its wealthy corporate allies. The IMF, the UN, the World Bank, unrest in virtually every oil-producing country that doesn't support U.S. policy, attacks on anyone who criticizes or threatens the U.S. dollar, and in a million other places--you'll find the hand of the U.S. government and its most powerful corporations either calling the shots outright or at least having a significant influence on events.
Just look at the WIPO copyright treaty (the treaty that brought the DMCA and DMCA-like laws to almost every first-world country in the world). Hollywood and the U.S. music/publishing industry pretty much DICTATED that treaty, with the U.S. government then pressuring countries to implement it with a multitude of carrots and sticks.
Some may accuse me of hyperbole here. And, believe me, I wish I were exaggerating. But you never have to dig very far.
And I'll be able to reach my download caps in half the time!
Some of those books are freely available as Creative Commons downloads
And by "some," you mean "one" (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs)
or pick them up from the Pirate Bay
In the same sense that you can pick up as many diamond jewels as you can carry from your local jewelry store, if you just bring your own sledgehammer.
"The Tomorrow People"
Wow, I thought I was the only person in the world who still remembered that show.
They intentionally sabotaged Java on Windows for years
I've got a news flash for you. Java on the Apple OS always sucked balls too.
First, I've got to teach them to wash their hands between when they play in the dirt and eat lunch.
Jesus said that all we have to do is eliminate taxes on the wealthy and on corporations, and he'll return to fix all our problems for us!
No, since most of the population increases are in the third-world, and the first world countries have actually stabilized their populations, it will likely mean that the poor will get poorer and the rich will get richer. Well, either that or an eventual world war. One of those two.
Hush, you fool!! Killing off all the people stupid enough to believe that hippie claptrap before they can reproduce is a great way to chlorinate the gene pool.
No worries, anyone that stupid will have long ago blinded themselves with cheap moonshine anyway.
And not be able to run indie games on the same box
Maybe you haven't been keeping up with the news, but there are TONS of indie games available on consoles now. Xbox Live even has its own indie section, where you can find thousands of indie and user-developed titles.
how much the bottom line drives everything they do anyway, and good riddance.
Yeah, that's how they pay their employees. If you went to work tomorrow and your employer told you he wasn't going to be paying you anymore because he's "tired of focusing on the bottom line," I'm pretty sure you wouldn't respond with "Good riddance!"
You can't argue with a true believer, you know. Whether their idol is Jesus, Mohammad, some politician, or open source; they've cut themselves off from any reasonable discourse or possibility of change.
This line of thinking, which sadly a large percentage of Linux users exhibit, is exactly why there are no games on Linux.
Linux users bitch when a game isn't available on Linux. Then, if it is available, they bitch that it isn't free and open source. So basically, they just bitch.