Not saying he did anything wrong. It just struck me as funny (and surreal) at the time. I mean, the guy didn't react AT ALL. He was obviously just looking at the data for several minutes before either looking up, realizing that the telemetry had failed, or perhaps having someone tap him on the shoulder.
To be honest, my memory if it is actually a funny one. I remember chuckling at the guy still reading the telemetry data as if nothing had gone wrong after it blew up. I remember thinking "Hey asshole, you might want to look at your monitor." And even when he did realize something had gone wrong, I remember him calling it something like a "major malfunction." Yeah, major malfunction, no shit.
It likely means that Time Warner (along with many other ISP's) is throttling Netflix or streaming video in general. I know my ISP does (Netflix starts out with a faster speed and then drops suddenly after a few minutes, and this happens consistently).
It seems to be an affliction common to SNL alum. There seem to be three options for post-SNL cast members: Either you OD, you go nuts, or you're Tim Meadows.
I was referencing the movie (see my link), not the book. In the movie, she goes to the New York Times. I never read the book, but someone else pointed out that she went to Rolling Stone in the book (which IMHO, is fucking stupid, as Rolling Stone by the late 70's was just as mainstream as the NY Times and a lot less likely to be interested in a story that didn't involve some vapid rock star's sexual conquests).
There is a line that any entertainer can cross where self-righteousness about some cause, combined with their innate narcissism, turns them from a talent into an insufferable bore. With comedians this seems to often take the form of the once funny comic talent whose stand-up routines evolve from funny routines, with some political content, into full-on raving diatribes where not a laugh is heard. Franken (and many others like Miller and Garafalo) was at one point a guy you would have on your show to make funny (often taking satirical jabs at politicians, but always with the focus on the laugh). But over time, he became tired of the role of jester and decided he wanted to comment seriously. No, more than that, he wanted to RANT about politics. He stopped being funny and insightful and started being just angry and self-righteous. It wasn't enough to criticize, he was going to SCREAM (whether anyone wanted to hear it or not). And, what's more, his screaming became more shrill and less-and-less attached to reality over time.
Go back to around the turn of the century and start watching his increasingly uncomfortable appearances on Politically Incorrect and similar shows. Listen to some of the crazy shit that started to come out of that guy. We're talking some full-on, conspiracy theory, Gary-Busey-batshit-crazy shit. At one point a lot of shows just stopped having him on, because his appearances looked less like commentary and more like a mental breakdown.
The NY Times *may* have once had some real balls, back in the Vietnam/Watergate days. People used to really believe in them (and the press in general) back in those days too. Anyone remember the scene at the end of Firestarter where the guy takes the girl to the New York Times, knowing it's one of the few places she can tell her story that's safe from the government? Pretty typical attitude back in the "All the President's Men" era, when reporters regularly stood up to the government (or at least were perceived to).
But today they certainly don't have the guts to do it right. They will insist on editorial control of what gets actually posted, and once submitters see their stuff disappearing into a black hole (because the Times doesn't have the guts to publish anything that might offend their advertisers or subscribers, or *really* bring the government down on them), they'll go back to Wikileaks or other sites. No one wants to man-up and blow the whistle, only to have the NY Times kill their voice just as surely as the government would.
People don't believe in the press anymore. They've seen too many instances (like the second Iraq War) where the press served as little more than a cheerleader for the government, for big business, for nationalism, etc. No one still believes that The New York Times will be (or even could be) as free as Wikileaks.
Franken is one of those comedians who, with age, has gotten less and less funny and more and more nutball. Most of them are SNL alum too, which must say something about the mental toll of being on that show. Dennis Miller and Janeane Garofalo, I'm looking in your direction.
But on this and the Comcast/NBC merger, the guy is dead on. Who better to appreciate the depths of evil at NBC than a SNL alum, after all?
All this empty whitespace that makes me scroll like crazy and yet they couldn't find room to leave in the "+" and "-" buttons for submitted stories. Seriously?
Maybe it was meant to be symbolic of the agency itself.
I mean, let's face it, man may one day set foot on Mars. But the odds that he'll be wearing a NASA patch on his suit has been dropping pretty steadily ever since the early 70's.
Look past the bullshit her agent puts out and listen to an in-depth interview with her sometime. She's as clueless as they come (and gullible to boot).
Maybe I'm just getting old, but I haven't been very interested in most of the Oscar films in years. Every now and then I'll see a movie that really impresses me, but they almost never get Oscar nom's (occasionally they'll get Independent Spirit nominations). But some of my favorite movies/TV shows of the last decade never got any attention at all from any of these awards shows. Session 9 was the best horror film of the decade and never got any attention from any award show. Did Firefly or Battlestar Galactica ever win an Emmy? Nope.
The Ivy League has a long and sad history of...ahem..."exceptions" made for the wealthy, politically-connected, and famous. Basically--if you're a movie star, the son or daughter of a well-known U.S. politician, or the son or daughter of someone with a lot of money to donate to the school--you're in. They probably don't even check your SAT's. If you ever want proof of how stupid you can be and still get into the Ivy League, go listen to Brooke Shield's commentary track on "The Blue Lagoon" sometime. She's an epic ditz--and she got a free pass to Princeton (something the rest of us would have to work our asses off for).
You think Natalie Portman (and all those other ditzy celebrities) and most of the Kennedy himbos and bimbos actually EARNED their way into the Ivy League?
The Solicitor General does way more than that. As another post in the thread pointed out, a big part of the job is filing Amicus Curiae briefs with the Supreme Court. that means when the RIAA/MPAA or big media goes before the Supreme Court, guess who will be asked to file a friend of the Court brief saying "We support these guys"?
No he's a modern politician. That means that he has to spend most of his time fund-raising. And the entertainment industry are some of his biggest donors.
Actually, my position is more anti-DRM and pro-privacy. I buy every piece of my media legitimately, mind you. So it's not piracy I'm defending--it's my right as a legitimate consumer to be protected from big media companies intruding on my rights and my privacy because they assume I'm a pirate by default (and want to use the government to help them trample on my rights).
I can understand the argument that he wants the most vicious shark in the tank to be his attack dog. I might could even buy the argument that this WASN'T just another in a long line of examples of Obama prostrating himself before his Hollywood and entertainment industry patrons. But, it seems to me that he could have found an attack dog that was just as vicious who didn't come with RIAA baggage. To hire someone whose such an obvious enemy of much of the online community and such a lapdog of the entertainment industry seems specifically designed to send a message to his patrons that he's definitely in their pocket. It's the judicial equivalent of Eddie Cicotte hitting the first batter in the 1919 World Series.
SG:U was the first Stargate series I actually watched. I thought the writing and acting was pretty good. The earlier SG series all seemed kind of cheesy, and I never could get into them. Unfortunately, when I get into a series, it's pretty much the kiss of death for it. If I don't like a series, it runs forever.
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Not saying he did anything wrong. It just struck me as funny (and surreal) at the time. I mean, the guy didn't react AT ALL. He was obviously just looking at the data for several minutes before either looking up, realizing that the telemetry had failed, or perhaps having someone tap him on the shoulder.
To be honest, my memory if it is actually a funny one. I remember chuckling at the guy still reading the telemetry data as if nothing had gone wrong after it blew up. I remember thinking "Hey asshole, you might want to look at your monitor." And even when he did realize something had gone wrong, I remember him calling it something like a "major malfunction." Yeah, major malfunction, no shit.
It likely means that Time Warner (along with many other ISP's) is throttling Netflix or streaming video in general. I know my ISP does (Netflix starts out with a faster speed and then drops suddenly after a few minutes, and this happens consistently).
But can it render Toy Story in real-time? That's the real question.
So cynical. Next you'll be telling me that the PS2 can't render Toy Story in real time.
It seems to be an affliction common to SNL alum. There seem to be three options for post-SNL cast members: Either you OD, you go nuts, or you're Tim Meadows.
I was referencing the movie (see my link), not the book. In the movie, she goes to the New York Times. I never read the book, but someone else pointed out that she went to Rolling Stone in the book (which IMHO, is fucking stupid, as Rolling Stone by the late 70's was just as mainstream as the NY Times and a lot less likely to be interested in a story that didn't involve some vapid rock star's sexual conquests).
There is a line that any entertainer can cross where self-righteousness about some cause, combined with their innate narcissism, turns them from a talent into an insufferable bore. With comedians this seems to often take the form of the once funny comic talent whose stand-up routines evolve from funny routines, with some political content, into full-on raving diatribes where not a laugh is heard. Franken (and many others like Miller and Garafalo) was at one point a guy you would have on your show to make funny (often taking satirical jabs at politicians, but always with the focus on the laugh). But over time, he became tired of the role of jester and decided he wanted to comment seriously. No, more than that, he wanted to RANT about politics. He stopped being funny and insightful and started being just angry and self-righteous. It wasn't enough to criticize, he was going to SCREAM (whether anyone wanted to hear it or not). And, what's more, his screaming became more shrill and less-and-less attached to reality over time.
Go back to around the turn of the century and start watching his increasingly uncomfortable appearances on Politically Incorrect and similar shows. Listen to some of the crazy shit that started to come out of that guy. We're talking some full-on, conspiracy theory, Gary-Busey-batshit-crazy shit. At one point a lot of shows just stopped having him on, because his appearances looked less like commentary and more like a mental breakdown.
The NY Times *may* have once had some real balls, back in the Vietnam/Watergate days. People used to really believe in them (and the press in general) back in those days too. Anyone remember the scene at the end of Firestarter where the guy takes the girl to the New York Times, knowing it's one of the few places she can tell her story that's safe from the government? Pretty typical attitude back in the "All the President's Men" era, when reporters regularly stood up to the government (or at least were perceived to).
But today they certainly don't have the guts to do it right. They will insist on editorial control of what gets actually posted, and once submitters see their stuff disappearing into a black hole (because the Times doesn't have the guts to publish anything that might offend their advertisers or subscribers, or *really* bring the government down on them), they'll go back to Wikileaks or other sites. No one wants to man-up and blow the whistle, only to have the NY Times kill their voice just as surely as the government would.
People don't believe in the press anymore. They've seen too many instances (like the second Iraq War) where the press served as little more than a cheerleader for the government, for big business, for nationalism, etc. No one still believes that The New York Times will be (or even could be) as free as Wikileaks.
Franken is one of those comedians who, with age, has gotten less and less funny and more and more nutball. Most of them are SNL alum too, which must say something about the mental toll of being on that show. Dennis Miller and Janeane Garofalo, I'm looking in your direction.
But on this and the Comcast/NBC merger, the guy is dead on. Who better to appreciate the depths of evil at NBC than a SNL alum, after all?
All this empty whitespace that makes me scroll like crazy and yet they couldn't find room to leave in the "+" and "-" buttons for submitted stories. Seriously?
Agreed, way too much Whitespace. I have to scroll now to get past one story.
Oh, but law enforcement is above the law, of course. You ever seen a cop get pulled over for speeding?
Maybe it was meant to be symbolic of the agency itself.
I mean, let's face it, man may one day set foot on Mars. But the odds that he'll be wearing a NASA patch on his suit has been dropping pretty steadily ever since the early 70's.
Look past the bullshit her agent puts out and listen to an in-depth interview with her sometime. She's as clueless as they come (and gullible to boot).
Maybe I'm just getting old, but I haven't been very interested in most of the Oscar films in years. Every now and then I'll see a movie that really impresses me, but they almost never get Oscar nom's (occasionally they'll get Independent Spirit nominations). But some of my favorite movies/TV shows of the last decade never got any attention at all from any of these awards shows. Session 9 was the best horror film of the decade and never got any attention from any award show. Did Firefly or Battlestar Galactica ever win an Emmy? Nope.
The Ivy League has a long and sad history of...ahem..."exceptions" made for the wealthy, politically-connected, and famous. Basically--if you're a movie star, the son or daughter of a well-known U.S. politician, or the son or daughter of someone with a lot of money to donate to the school--you're in. They probably don't even check your SAT's. If you ever want proof of how stupid you can be and still get into the Ivy League, go listen to Brooke Shield's commentary track on "The Blue Lagoon" sometime. She's an epic ditz--and she got a free pass to Princeton (something the rest of us would have to work our asses off for).
You think Natalie Portman (and all those other ditzy celebrities) and most of the Kennedy himbos and bimbos actually EARNED their way into the Ivy League?
I was writing my reply and was wondering if you would be offended if I didn't capitalize the "n" in grammar nazi.
The Solicitor General does way more than that. As another post in the thread pointed out, a big part of the job is filing Amicus Curiae briefs with the Supreme Court. that means when the RIAA/MPAA or big media goes before the Supreme Court, guess who will be asked to file a friend of the Court brief saying "We support these guys"?
No he's a modern politician. That means that he has to spend most of his time fund-raising. And the entertainment industry are some of his biggest donors.
Actually, my position is more anti-DRM and pro-privacy. I buy every piece of my media legitimately, mind you. So it's not piracy I'm defending--it's my right as a legitimate consumer to be protected from big media companies intruding on my rights and my privacy because they assume I'm a pirate by default (and want to use the government to help them trample on my rights).
Well, it's a slightly better deal than you would get with a crack dealer, at least.
I can understand the argument that he wants the most vicious shark in the tank to be his attack dog. I might could even buy the argument that this WASN'T just another in a long line of examples of Obama prostrating himself before his Hollywood and entertainment industry patrons. But, it seems to me that he could have found an attack dog that was just as vicious who didn't come with RIAA baggage. To hire someone whose such an obvious enemy of much of the online community and such a lapdog of the entertainment industry seems specifically designed to send a message to his patrons that he's definitely in their pocket. It's the judicial equivalent of Eddie Cicotte hitting the first batter in the 1919 World Series.
SG:U was the first Stargate series I actually watched. I thought the writing and acting was pretty good. The earlier SG series all seemed kind of cheesy, and I never could get into them. Unfortunately, when I get into a series, it's pretty much the kiss of death for it. If I don't like a series, it runs forever.
Maybe they should consult him more often.