Heck, they don't even want to let us burn the flag. ..
Look, can you still burn the flag? Yes. If THEY didnt want us to burn it, then THEY would make it illegal.
I'll have more respect for the US when it actually starts trying to give people as much freedom as it claims they have, and works at increasing rather than decreasing them.
Which freedoms are being decreased? Which do they claim that we have that we actually don't have? Your arguments and rhetoric are well worded and somewhat poetic, but vague and lacking in substance. Basically, your argument is the same of some college students i know who complain about government and smoke pot. Yours is only better worded. "Hey man, like, we are so oppressed (pffffft). Like, the man keeps me down (pfffft). Like, all I do all day is sit on my ass and watch TV, man, and does the government give me money? No! I can't even pay for cheap hookers, and like, even if I could, The Man would try to put me in jail! And would I be free then? No, man! Our government is fascist!"
All in all, it's a very colorful collection of goons we've got down here in the good ol' boy state.
Two comments: 1) If you don't want to grow up to be a goon, VCU might not be your best bet. Try VT or (gag) UVa. 2) I thought VA was the good ol' boy state too, until I moved to NC, which has a considerably higher good ol' boy factor. Then I saw SC, and that took the cake. I hope I never have to go to Georgia.
As a graduate of a Virginia high school, I take offense to your assertion that the State can't spell. We can. Never mind the fact that I dropped out of college;o). Here is an illustration of the difference:
The State Capitol is in Richmond. It is a building. The Inbreeding Capital of America is West Virginia. It is a place.
Man, that would be fun! Especially if you could send "knowledge" (programs) to others. If you get mad at someone, you can send them an infinite loop and trick them into running it.
Then they are lying on the floor, frozen, maybe uttering something over and over like they were Max Headroom. "Catch-catch-catch the wave!"
Then you can beat the hell out of them, then reset them, and they'll have no clue what hit them.
Maybe this cyberimplantation is not the best idea - but it would be fun;o)
If they built a capsule in the center of the wheel, all those fools who wanna play in zero-g can go there; the gravity would be much lower in teh middle of the wheel. While they're being pummeled by others' fluids, I'll be looting their space-hotel rooms.
If it's illegal to distribute virii, then it'll be much more difficult for anti-virus software producers to get copies of the virus in order to write an antidote.
Maybe I am missing something, but if the virii are illegal to distribute (theoretically meaning that they will not be distributed), why would the anti-virus software need to protect against it? The virus would not be there. ..
Key words: its own format. Sony LOVES to make its fun stuff unduplicatable (PSX, anyone?). Up side: maybe it will catch on as well as MiniDisc. Ha ha ha....;o)
That IS what happens. I took C++ online last semester. We took tests on real paper in a real lecture hall, once a month. All the homework and labs were submitted through the WWW and FTP.
As probably the only white/.er who likes rap, I have run into this problem: I was listening to "Gimme Some Mo'" by Busta Rhymes a couple of months back. I was enjoying this song with one of my best friends, who happens to be black. Now, Busta enjoys referring to his fellow African-Americans as "n****rs." Not demeaning in any way; he uses it in place of "friends." So there we are, and I start rapping along to the CD. I say That Word a time or two (rapping along, mind you, exactly what Busta is saying), and my friend tells me that it is offending him because I am white.
It's okay when Busta says it, but not when I say it?!
No, it isn't; that's what the first amendment is for. I wasn't saying that it was right. I really don't think it is. I was just trying to show why it wasn't illegal.
Yes, because in this case the squatting is done for a different reason. When it's done for money, usually those squatters are squatting on a legally trademarked name. That's illegal because it is now akin to copyright infringement, which is in these cases at least misleading and and most (if the squatted site is forwarded to a porn site) offensive and defaming.
All the NAACP is doing is keeping offensive material to a minimum. They are not infringing on trademarks. There are no products called "N****** Cola" or "N***** Motor Company." (I hope.)
Look, I am an 18 year old computer nerd. I recieved a full, 4-year scholarship to a large university last year. I dropped out after two semesters because I looked at the big picture and at my options: a) stay in school for five years, take crap like "poetry" and "water aerobics", then graduate knowing a whole lot of C++ and nothing else, and start out making about $30K -OR- b) drop out, get a lower-level IT job which not only gives me experience and on-the-job training but also free MCSE, Cisco, Novell certification courses, make $16K this year, $24K next, $30K next, and by the time my friends graduate, $40K.
Think this is fanciful? Hardly. Many of us forget that common folk are not as nerdy as we are. They know nothing about computers, and big companies pay top dollar for young punks like me to teach them how to empty the recycle bin.
P.S. Testimonial: I know a guy, dropped out of high school, now 19 years old, LAN admin, makes $118K. Yes.
I agree. If Big Brother was watching us, then you KNOW that we would all be in jail. MP3s, Warez, Hackz, Crackz, etc. Probably not getting the same, erm, treatment as Naughton, but in jail nonetheless. If Big Brother was really after all of us slackers, we'd have gone to court for Hacking, cracking, etc. And we'd at the least be broke from court costs. And then we'd not have enough money to buy these computers that we use as vehicles for bitching about The Man. So shut up. If you don't like the FBI, move to Albania.
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Look, can you still burn the flag? Yes. If THEY didnt want us to burn it, then THEY would make it illegal.
I'll have more respect for the US when it actually starts trying to give people as much freedom as it claims they have, and works at increasing rather than decreasing them.
Which freedoms are being decreased? Which do they claim that we have that we actually don't have? Your arguments and rhetoric are well worded and somewhat poetic, but vague and lacking in substance. Basically, your argument is the same of some college students i know who complain about government and smoke pot. Yours is only better worded. "Hey man, like, we are so oppressed (pffffft). Like, the man keeps me down (pfffft). Like, all I do all day is sit on my ass and watch TV, man, and does the government give me money? No! I can't even pay for cheap hookers, and like, even if I could, The Man would try to put me in jail! And would I be free then? No, man! Our government is fascist!"
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Two comments:
1) If you don't want to grow up to be a goon, VCU might not be your best bet. Try VT or (gag) UVa.
2) I thought VA was the good ol' boy state too, until I moved to NC, which has a considerably higher good ol' boy factor. Then I saw SC, and that took the cake. I hope I never have to go to Georgia.
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The State Capitol is in Richmond. It is a building.
The Inbreeding Capital of America is West Virginia. It is a place.
And there you have it.
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Then they are lying on the floor, frozen, maybe uttering something over and over like they were Max Headroom. "Catch-catch-catch the wave!"
Then you can beat the hell out of them, then reset them, and they'll have no clue what hit them.
Maybe this cyberimplantation is not the best idea - but it would be fun ;o)
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Maybe I am missing something, but if the virii are illegal to distribute (theoretically meaning that they will not be distributed), why would the anti-virus software need to protect against it? The virus would not be there. . .
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So there we are, and I start rapping along to the CD. I say That Word a time or two (rapping along, mind you, exactly what Busta is saying), and my friend tells me that it is offending him because I am white.
It's okay when Busta says it, but not when I say it?!
As Busta would say, "what the dilly, yo?" ;o)
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No, it isn't; that's what the first amendment is for. I wasn't saying that it was right. I really don't think it is. I was just trying to show why it wasn't illegal.
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All the NAACP is doing is keeping offensive material to a minimum. They are not infringing on trademarks. There are no products called "N****** Cola" or "N***** Motor Company." (I hope.)
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a) stay in school for five years, take crap like "poetry" and "water aerobics", then graduate knowing a whole lot of C++ and nothing else, and start out making about $30K -OR-
b) drop out, get a lower-level IT job which not only gives me experience and on-the-job training but also free MCSE, Cisco, Novell certification courses, make $16K this year, $24K next, $30K next, and by the time my friends graduate, $40K.
Think this is fanciful? Hardly. Many of us forget that common folk are not as nerdy as we are. They know nothing about computers, and big companies pay top dollar for young punks like me to teach them how to empty the recycle bin.
P.S. Testimonial: I know a guy, dropped out of high school, now 19 years old, LAN admin, makes $118K. Yes.
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