Oh come on, don't tell me you didn't like that episode where the Galactica superkids formed a Bad News Bears-esque little league team. The fact that that episode didn't win the series an immediate Emmy is just a travesty.
The REALLY weird thing is that all the unique stuff that Radio Shack carries that occasionally forces me to go there (audio adapters, electronic components, etc) is the very stuff they have moved more and more AWAY from in the last decade or so. The unique stuff keeps losing shelf space and the crappy stuff that everyone has (cellphones, cheap stereos, etc.) gets MORE space. It's like they're a company that's determined not to make money. Maybe the whole company is just some tax dodge or something (like a Uwe Boll movie), some write-off for investors who actually want it to lose tons of money.
Seriously, has ANYONE ever bought a modern cellphone from Radio Shack? Cellphones take up over half their floor space now and I've never met anyone who has bought a cellphone there (not since they sold the old bricks back in the 80's anyway).
I understood when they had to raise prices. The studios have gotten crazy greedy on the whole streaming thing and their costs have gone through the roof. Netflix streaming is still BY FAR the best deal around. You can watch the entire runs of shows like Battlestar Galactica (original AND new, even 1980), The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Firefly, Family Guy, etc (many of them in HD, no less). Nothing else even comes close to the selection or quality of Netflix's streaming library.
But I'm a lot LESS sympathetic with some of their bonehead moves--like trying to separate their by-mail/streaming divisions with annoying separate websites and queues (a move destined to serve little purpose other than pissing off loyal customers like me) and paying $40 million for a bunch of shitty Dreamworks streaming rights (a move that's only going to encourage the greed of the other studios in the future).
The Groupon sales people probably sold her on the idea that it would help to drum up business, conveniently forgetting to tell her that Groupon has become a notorious hotspot for professional freeloaders and exploiters, who have no damned intention of becoming repeat customers once they've gotten their freebies.
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Has anyone ever made anything worthwhile with the NEW ones?
How many times now have similar bills died, only to be reintroduced under more and more bizarrely inaccurate names? Next time I suspect they'll call it the "Stop Online Pedophiles Act" and use the argument that it can be used to combat child predators. After all, you don't want to support pedophiles *DO YOU*?
I propose a law that mandates that laws introduced in the future can only be called by their official Congressional letter-number designation. I'm calling it the "Super-Patriot I-Love-America Act."
Why would a linguist of all people have such a romantic attachment to the idea of an unchanging English language?
Only dead languages don't change, and that's NOT a good sign for your culture. I have no desire to see English go the way of Latin, and certainly don't want to see the political collapse that would be necessary for that to happen.
People who blame Bill Gates for things that MS is doing today remind me of people who still make jokes about how "It's a Wonderful Life" runs 24/7 on TV around Christmas. Some people just don't pay attention.
But if the Windows bootloader integrity is compromised, we could all end up infected with Ubuntu, Debian, FreeBSD--god only knows what!
Won't someone PLEASE think of the children?!?!?
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I was watching CNN today and prominent in the video was one guy wearing a "Legalize It" t-shirt with a big marijuana leaf on it and another wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt and waving a Cuban flag. And they wonder why they can't get more mainstream traction.
Now contrast that with civil rights-era marches where everyone is wearing a suit and tie.
Reminds me of that scene in PCU where the main characters are being approached by the various causeniks in the quad, none of whom have any real understanding of the causes they're espousing. When one of the causeniks urges them to "Free Nelson Mandela!" they have to explain to him that Nelson Mandela has already *been* freed.
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Oh, and another thing...FUCK PERL!
That's right, PHP all the way, bitches!!
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Man, I was calling out "Occupy" back when it was hip--unlike you Johnny-Come-Lately poseurs only calling it out *now*.
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I just can't keep up anymore. Do you know that just *yesterday* I learned that owling had replace planking? And even that still probably leaves me several memes back.
In their defense, it's tough to organize with all that noise from the drum circles.
Also, they're VERY high right now, and will be totally sure to get around to it tomorrow.
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Clearly the "Occupy" meme is being abused now. Every dipshit with any pet cause is slapping "Occupy" on it and co-opting solidarity with the OWS movement. "Occupy" is teetering on the edge of really jumping the shark here. If it goes much further, we run the risk of "Hey, remember that whole 'Occupy' fad? What was with THAT, huh?" becoming a segment on VH1's Hey, Remember The Teens? episode on 2011.
Therefore I propose we Occupy "Occupy" before it's too late. We must stand up to those who would steal our term. Because if we don't make a stand today, tomorrow we may be faced with Twilight fans wearing "Occupy Edward" and "Occupy Jacob" t-shirts, which can only lead to nostalgic Gen-Xer's wearing lame "Occupy Empire" and "Occupy Rebellion" Star Wars shirts.
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You can tune me out from monitoring your radio, but you can't tune out my love.
There's greedy and then there's crazy greedy.
Oh come on, don't tell me you didn't like that episode where the Galactica superkids formed a Bad News Bears-esque little league team. The fact that that episode didn't win the series an immediate Emmy is just a travesty.
And also, how do you feel about hemlock?
The REALLY weird thing is that all the unique stuff that Radio Shack carries that occasionally forces me to go there (audio adapters, electronic components, etc) is the very stuff they have moved more and more AWAY from in the last decade or so. The unique stuff keeps losing shelf space and the crappy stuff that everyone has (cellphones, cheap stereos, etc.) gets MORE space. It's like they're a company that's determined not to make money. Maybe the whole company is just some tax dodge or something (like a Uwe Boll movie), some write-off for investors who actually want it to lose tons of money.
Seriously, has ANYONE ever bought a modern cellphone from Radio Shack? Cellphones take up over half their floor space now and I've never met anyone who has bought a cellphone there (not since they sold the old bricks back in the 80's anyway).
I understood when they had to raise prices. The studios have gotten crazy greedy on the whole streaming thing and their costs have gone through the roof. Netflix streaming is still BY FAR the best deal around. You can watch the entire runs of shows like Battlestar Galactica (original AND new, even 1980), The X-Files, Twin Peaks, Firefly, Family Guy, etc (many of them in HD, no less). Nothing else even comes close to the selection or quality of Netflix's streaming library.
But I'm a lot LESS sympathetic with some of their bonehead moves--like trying to separate their by-mail/streaming divisions with annoying separate websites and queues (a move destined to serve little purpose other than pissing off loyal customers like me) and paying $40 million for a bunch of shitty Dreamworks streaming rights (a move that's only going to encourage the greed of the other studios in the future).
The Groupon sales people probably sold her on the idea that it would help to drum up business, conveniently forgetting to tell her that Groupon has become a notorious hotspot for professional freeloaders and exploiters, who have no damned intention of becoming repeat customers once they've gotten their freebies.
Has anyone ever made anything worthwhile with the NEW ones?
They're taking the scenic route.
Third!!
And we need more marks like you here in Vegas.
How many times now have similar bills died, only to be reintroduced under more and more bizarrely inaccurate names? Next time I suspect they'll call it the "Stop Online Pedophiles Act" and use the argument that it can be used to combat child predators. After all, you don't want to support pedophiles *DO YOU*?
I propose a law that mandates that laws introduced in the future can only be called by their official Congressional letter-number designation. I'm calling it the "Super-Patriot I-Love-America Act."
At least the charges against him are real.
Why would a linguist of all people have such a romantic attachment to the idea of an unchanging English language?
Only dead languages don't change, and that's NOT a good sign for your culture. I have no desire to see English go the way of Latin, and certainly don't want to see the political collapse that would be necessary for that to happen.
I always suspected he would end up working under Pusey.
They took yer job, U.S. government!
People who blame Bill Gates for things that MS is doing today remind me of people who still make jokes about how "It's a Wonderful Life" runs 24/7 on TV around Christmas. Some people just don't pay attention.
But if the Windows bootloader integrity is compromised, we could all end up infected with Ubuntu, Debian, FreeBSD--god only knows what!
Won't someone PLEASE think of the children?!?!?
I was watching CNN today and prominent in the video was one guy wearing a "Legalize It" t-shirt with a big marijuana leaf on it and another wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt and waving a Cuban flag. And they wonder why they can't get more mainstream traction.
Now contrast that with civil rights-era marches where everyone is wearing a suit and tie.
Reminds me of that scene in PCU where the main characters are being approached by the various causeniks in the quad, none of whom have any real understanding of the causes they're espousing. When one of the causeniks urges them to "Free Nelson Mandela!" they have to explain to him that Nelson Mandela has already *been* freed.
Oh, and another thing...FUCK PERL!
That's right, PHP all the way, bitches!!
Man, I was calling out "Occupy" back when it was hip--unlike you Johnny-Come-Lately poseurs only calling it out *now*.
I just can't keep up anymore. Do you know that just *yesterday* I learned that owling had replace planking? And even that still probably leaves me several memes back.
it is simply a disorganized mess.
In their defense, it's tough to organize with all that noise from the drum circles.
Also, they're VERY high right now, and will be totally sure to get around to it tomorrow.
Clearly the "Occupy" meme is being abused now. Every dipshit with any pet cause is slapping "Occupy" on it and co-opting solidarity with the OWS movement. "Occupy" is teetering on the edge of really jumping the shark here. If it goes much further, we run the risk of "Hey, remember that whole 'Occupy' fad? What was with THAT, huh?" becoming a segment on VH1's Hey, Remember The Teens? episode on 2011.
Therefore I propose we Occupy "Occupy" before it's too late. We must stand up to those who would steal our term. Because if we don't make a stand today, tomorrow we may be faced with Twilight fans wearing "Occupy Edward" and "Occupy Jacob" t-shirts, which can only lead to nostalgic Gen-Xer's wearing lame "Occupy Empire" and "Occupy Rebellion" Star Wars shirts.