Yup! Praise, after dinging it - like every Clarkson bit since the dawn of recorded history.
"This is a load of lamentable and somewhat funny excrement, that upon closer examination, is surprisingly tolerable and may even amuse to the verge of delight." Signed, Jeremy Clarkson
There is no 'natural' gravity to 'Sports Figures' or pop stars. This is a trained, social response.
People worship "American Idol" over Stephen Hawking, because they are SOLD and MANIPULATED these values. Crude appeal to animal sensations are made, and then rewarded socially, when "appropriately" responded to.
Again, the selective placement of these "investments" is no accident or whim.
The Soviets successfully made becoming a Physicist or Radiologist desirable and even "sexy" objectives for several decades.
Before this, Napoleon instituted the reformation of Académie des sciences. Becoming an Engineer was thereafter regarded tantamount to the status of peerage, for earlier generations. In fact, this status remains in those Asian and mid-East countries that emulated the French model.
Some say the price tag of £27,000 is silly and that you'd need to be mad to spend so much on a tarted-up shopping trolley that still has the turning circle of Jupiter and the boot of a ballerina. But look at it another way. Look at it as a mid-engined 3 litre 255bhp road rocket. Look at it as a rival for the NSX and the 911 and then £27,000 suddenly becomes a bargain.
This is Slashdot. The appropriate version of this plattitude goes:"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers".
At the suggestive notion of Princess Leia, and the salacious interpretation of "Slip through your fingers", many of the regular posters will now compulsively grasp their crotch, as the OggTheora of "Slave Leia's Supplication" is summoned from Portable VNC on the USB key, once again...
I can comment on the localized symptom in US and UK - where I reside.
I agree, that most western economies, based on fiat currencies and reserve banking are in the crosshairs.
The US has taken the bait deepest - and has had the most to lose.
After decades of Prole-papers and bad Labour/Tory politics, the UK still stays skeptical of the crap they are fed. SkyNews hardly dents - but we'll see what's up for the new generation.
Germany? They still actually manufacture high-quality industrial and engineering bits! Amazing! Try and build a VW CC or an Audi R6 in the states - or France, for that matter....
You are an example of someone who has succumbed to the "lose the capability for sound argument in the roar of mindless accusation and countercharges" strategy.
I include CNN and MSNBC in my wide net, too. Fox just sets pace and tone in a race for the bottom, where EVERYONE is a loser, by a nose. Don't feel so smug, folks. NPR and the Wall Street Journal are equally co-opted.
All parties and ideologies are simply there to distract the marks, by political and media shills who work to pick your pocket and keep you "happy" at the same time.
They are all employed by the same bunch of cons. Figuring out who the cons are - and what is the ostensible business they run - I will leave as an exercise for you, the insightful and reasoned observer.
International capital interests are banking against a US role in the future. They own the casino, and you are a fool to bet against this house.
There is an active effort to dumb-down America in particular, and to lose the capability for sound argument in the roar of mindless accusation and countercharges.
There is a reason that Fox News and the like are funded to billions of dollars, every year. These are investments in an outcome, not wild and speculative spending.
So.
Don't get your hopes up, Eloi. You ar ein a Morlock zone - and all your cleverness and intelligence will not change the decisions that have been made for you. Enjoy fighting the school board brownshirts over "Creation Science".
Maximum dystopian computing panopticon nightmare event horizon now imminent.
Please do nothing. We already know who you are and what you are doing. Should your innocence be established, the department will notify your surviving beneficiaries.
Slashdot Mirror
Yup! Praise, after dinging it - like every Clarkson bit since the dawn of recorded history.
"This is a load of lamentable and somewhat funny excrement, that upon closer examination, is surprisingly tolerable and may even amuse to the verge of delight."
Signed, Jeremy Clarkson
There is no 'natural' gravity to 'Sports Figures' or pop stars. This is a trained, social response.
People worship "American Idol" over Stephen Hawking, because they are SOLD and MANIPULATED these values. Crude appeal to animal sensations are made, and then rewarded socially, when "appropriately" responded to.
Again, the selective placement of these "investments" is no accident or whim.
The Soviets successfully made becoming a Physicist or Radiologist desirable and even "sexy" objectives for several decades.
Before this, Napoleon instituted the reformation of Académie des sciences. Becoming an Engineer was thereafter regarded tantamount to the status of peerage, for earlier generations. In fact, this status remains in those Asian and mid-East countries that emulated the French model.
Some say the price tag of £27,000 is silly and that you'd need to be mad to spend so much on a tarted-up shopping trolley that still has the turning circle of Jupiter and the boot of a ballerina. But look at it another way. Look at it as a mid-engined 3 litre 255bhp road rocket. Look at it as a rival for the NSX and the 911 and then £27,000 suddenly becomes a bargain.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article883541.ece :-)
This is Slashdot. The appropriate version of this plattitude goes:"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers".
At the suggestive notion of Princess Leia, and the salacious interpretation of "Slip through your fingers", many of the regular posters will now compulsively grasp their crotch, as the OggTheora of "Slave Leia's Supplication" is summoned from Portable VNC on the USB key, once again...
You know you're a peasant when you worship the very people who are right now, this minute, conning you and taking your shit.
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/21289
Two word answer:
"Social Engineering"
You are almost 3 centuries out of date.
Now, you need to have been the object of a Bris, at minimum.
I can comment on the localized symptom in US and UK - where I reside.
I agree, that most western economies, based on fiat currencies and reserve banking are in the crosshairs.
The US has taken the bait deepest - and has had the most to lose.
After decades of Prole-papers and bad Labour/Tory politics, the UK still stays skeptical of the crap they are fed. SkyNews hardly dents - but we'll see what's up for the new generation.
Germany? They still actually manufacture high-quality industrial and engineering bits! Amazing! Try and build a VW CC or an Audi R6 in the states - or France, for that matter....
You are an example of someone who has succumbed to the "lose the capability for sound argument in the roar of mindless accusation and countercharges" strategy.
I include CNN and MSNBC in my wide net, too. Fox just sets pace and tone in a race for the bottom, where EVERYONE is a loser, by a nose. Don't feel so smug, folks. NPR and the Wall Street Journal are equally co-opted.
All parties and ideologies are simply there to distract the marks, by political and media shills who work to pick your pocket and keep you "happy" at the same time.
They are all employed by the same bunch of cons. Figuring out who the cons are - and what is the ostensible business they run - I will leave as an exercise for you, the insightful and reasoned observer.
Oh, and welcome to Bush's 3rd term. By MY counting, it's actually Poppy's sixth or seventh.
Yeah! Forgot to type "the".
Look,
International capital interests are banking against a US role in the future. They own the casino, and you are a fool to bet against this house.
There is an active effort to dumb-down America in particular, and to lose the capability for sound argument in the roar of mindless accusation and countercharges.
There is a reason that Fox News and the like are funded to billions of dollars, every year. These are investments in an outcome, not wild and speculative spending.
So.
Don't get your hopes up, Eloi. You ar ein a Morlock zone - and all your cleverness and intelligence will not change the decisions that have been made for you. Enjoy fighting the school board brownshirts over "Creation Science".
Season's are passing/
Dripping like icicles/
Death arrives faster
"cool kids"?
Wow. You need to get out more often! :-)
Does the ear constitute a "device"? :-)
What are the 12 states?
I NEED to know. ;-)
"Fly with me... Lesbian Seagull!"
Get Your Neuromancer On!
Maximum dystopian computing panopticon nightmare event horizon now imminent.
Please do nothing. We already know who you are and what you are doing. Should your innocence be established, the department will notify your surviving beneficiaries.
"In the Darkness...
Bind them."
I wouldn't think there's enough Dick Cheney to feed the population. Even only one serving...
Still, it's pretty evident that he feels nothing at all.
Coulter, aren't you that bony, self-hating drag queen in the "I can lick my own asshole" video?
CAN != Should
Inn fact, he's really still in "the Village" the whole time. You can tell - because his apartment door in London still opens by itself.
I'm DIGESTING my inner child...
Yes.
And old James Burke's shows. He'd throw in a prop or sound effect - but Connections is basically a man in front of a camera.
We don't have attention spans long enough for story ideas that cannot be swiftly resolved with guns.
Let's try an jive thing up a bit, eh? You know, like 24, with brainwashing!