So... Card has publicly admitted on at least one occasion where he's borrowed from someone else.
It's called "honesty". Sometimes you borrow from someone else and twist or expand it. Now, I'm no great author; in fact I personally think I suck at writing but I enjoy doing it and a few people enjoy reading it, so I do it anyway.
I seem to be having tremendous difficulties with my lifestyle.
Oh, I'm sorry. I seem to be plagiarizing. Please let me correct that. The above sentence comes from chapter 31 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the late Douglas Adams, who in my opinion wasn't late at all but left the planet way too early.
Fucking party pooper.
That's from Monday's mcgrew journal, and just so the often unlearned mods don't misinterpret that as a troll or a flamebait I'll spoil the nerd in-joke by explaining it... no, on second thought, screw the mods.
"If I see farther than other men, it is because I stand on the shoulders of giants." -Isaac Newton
He is not, in fact, the first man to say that! (WP doesn't mention the quote stolen by the far more famous Newton). The fact is that all art is based on previous art.
Tech always seems to advance faster as time goes on. But with for example, TV, in the fifties almost everyone had a TV even though there weren't many stations to watch on them, they had far smaller screens, and were almost all black and white. They're just now getting higher definition.
When the last home I owned was built in 1918 it was state of the art; it had both gas AND electricity! There was still a gas pipe on the upstairs wall for a gas lamp. The basement could have been a "museum of house wiring" since it contained everything form the old 1918 wiring to modern wiring.
But the folks in 1918 surely thought that electricity distribution and house wiring were mature technologies.
Nope, sorry. One man's "pointless" is another man's "interesting". And I'm afraid you are vastly outnumbered; my "freaks" page is quite short, the "fans" page is long indeed.
That means most novels including many great works of literature are banned
Two Isaac Asimov science fiction novels are excellent examples. The Robots of Dawn has a woman who uses a humaniform robot as a dildo, and includes a graphic adultery scene. The Gods Themselves illustrates in detail sex between three aliens (sex takes three on their world).
I imagine there is quite a bit of banned shakespeare.
"Change your business model if you can't screen what you sell" is going to be the likely response from even a liberal court.
Is it the Republicans or the Democrats that want the nanny-state?
Both? God Damn son of a fucking bitch, that sucks.
And, er, "change your business model?" If they're going to say that, why don't they say it to the record labels? Sorry to burst your bubble, son, but America is a plutocracy, the businessman is king, mammon is the state religion and the banker is its high priest.
There is no reason for them to not be painfully aware of what's in everything they sell, and to sell it accordingly.
There's no reason they should have to. Should slashdot be "painfully aware" that some of the comments are vulgar, some of the journals are obscene, and there are links to goatse pictures?
Hell, I intend right now, this minute, to link to Boobs! (there are pictures!!!!) What's more I'm going to quote part of it RIGHT HERE AND NOW.
This article is a flimsy excuse to get pictures of tits on Uncyclopedia. Don't change a thing to remedy this.
NOT SAFE FOR WORK!!
The article you are looking at may not be work safe!
If a boss or coworker saw this article, claim that it was spam and blame the IT guys. Otherwise, continue to read it until your lewd urges are satisfied.
Boobs, sometimes called Weapons of Mass Erection, are the largest form of wart known to mankind. They are known to develop in roughly 50% of the population, usually on the upper chest area, though they occasionally form on the elbows. They are roughly twice as common as the Vagina. Some expert scientists believe that the possession of a vagina and the formation of boobs are somehow related in some obscure way, yet this has not yet been proven (see "causes" below), Boobs were created in the English city of Bristol in 1996, since the great boob factory fire of 99' production has moved to France, where they continue to be devolved to this day, although since the creation of the internet demand has plummeted.
Fuck censorship. There is nothing more obscene than censorship. If you want the god damned thought police, move to China.
I'm not clicking, as I thought the twofo was some damned virus. Come to think of it, a virus IS more obscene than goatse!
And indeed, often slashdot is very NSFW. That's an old one from last year, kids. The third newest one is a lot tamer, but it has a hooker in it. Am I under arrest?
Your head is going to asplode if you don't stop thinking like that, young fellow! Keep it up and you'll be expelled from DAMM (Not to be confused with the DAM, "Mothers Against Dyslexia")
Seriously, friends don't let friends play video games sober. WTF is wrong with you??? Now go open another beer, dammit!
Have you ever driven so drunk that you have to cover one eye to keep from seeing double
I've been like that sober! Ever driven with a nitrogen bubble inside one of your eyeballs? Driving drunk is a piece of cake by comparison. Glad the damned thing went away (the bubble I mean).
"a violent crime [that] is also 100 percent preventable." thanks, welcome to the world of grand theft auto.
Welcome to the world of anti-freedom nanny-state busybodies with the logic and reasoning abilities of a mentally retarded gerbil. Is there ANY violent crime that can't be prevented BY THE CRIMINAL HERSELF?
Do you know haw many old ladies on walkers I ran over while playing that game drunk? Or how many times I got busted, attacked by the police dog, and shoved in the police car's trunk?
Where the hell were they then?
Why aren't they going after song lyrics?
The Pietasters:
Half past five, I'm in the pub Six o'clock it's home for grub Eight o'clock its back to the bar Fuck the walk, ill take my car
(chorus: Knock it back, I'll have another one, drinkin' and drivin' is so much fun. Knock it back I'll have another one, drinkin' and drivin' is so much fun)
You, me, and the time to roam Don't forget the highway code Keep your head on, keep your cool Must avoid the right phone pole
(chorus)
In the motor, off you go Not too fast and not too slow See a spot and take your pick Out of the car door to be sick.
Mungo jerry (1970)
In the summertime when the weather is hot You can stretch right up and touch the sky When the weather's fine You got women, you got women on your mind Have a drink, have a drive Go out and see what you can find
Now if y'all will excuse me I have a case of beer and a couple of pints of Canadian Superior to dispose of...
As usual, the uncyclopedia entry on Jack Thompson (partially quoted below) is more accurate than the so-called "experts" (as uncyclopedia calls them) at Wikipedia. Wikipedia's entry on the most hated internet troll in the universe, Jack Thompson, is linked here. From the more highly respected Uncyclopedia:
This article contains actual facts. Normally this would make it utterly unsuitable for Uncyclopedia. However in this case the truth is stranger than fiction.
"These flowers were sent to harass me." ~ Jack Thompson on the one person in the universe that actually likes him
"I'm not a troll." ~ Jack Thompson on promoting his WoW character, Orc Jesus.
"That... um, Thompson... he's like a fence post... he bitches TOO MUCH about pointless shit." ~ Stoner on Trippin balls
Diet: Primarily Fax Machines
Jack Thompson was born February 31, -1337 - January 21, 2045, in South Africa, and is a lawyer/activist for which he is famed for being a joyless blowhard who blames all of the world's problems on radio, video games, and the price of tea in China. Strangely, he is ranked number fourteen out of thousands on Call of Duty 4. He actively campaigns against video game violence and the fact that nobody takes him seriously. He has no friends, has no grasp of logic and reality and as such is completely oblivious to what people in possession of more than five brain cells call factual information. This is why Jack wants to ban video games like Pokémon since he claims it promotes paganism, and Grand Theft Auto, which isn't quite as bad as Pokémon. Everyone hates Jack Thompson, including Jesus and his own mother.
He has recently announced plans to ban the Internet because they say bad things about him on it. His 12 year old son was able to purchase and download porn to earn the slightest strand of sanity, and poor old Jack didn't like that. Al Gore could not be reached for comment.
Clarke is the terrorist guru from the late '90s in the Clinton administration... and the guy the Bush administration chose to ignore
Well, look, if he hadn't ignored Clarke then 9-11 might not have happened. 9-11 was not only an Orwellian dream come true for a power-hungry politician, the Afghanistan war got Americans in a war mood which led to Iraq, which further destabilized the region which cause oil prices to skyrocket, which directly affected the coffers of oil men Bush and Cheney.
And people call Bush stupid. Yeah, "don't throw me in the briar patch Brer Fox!"
I paid $1.05 a gallon here when Bush took office. Yesterday it was $3.65. My paycheck hasn't tripled, but Bush and Cheney's have.
Another reason why buying anything not made in the US is a bad idea
I would posit that it's not where it's made, but who made it. If it's made by a multinational corporation like Sony or Erricson, it's safe for the US military, because the US Government has been bought and paid for by those corporations.
To the American government, you don't matter. Sony and BP and Shell matter. Sony contributes wads of money to "campaign contributions", all you do is vote for one paid off fool or another.
It cracks me up how the U.S. government is always taking ludicrous steps to "protect national security,"
"National Security" means protecting cowardly politicians. How many US politicians take a train? None? Do you have metal detectors ate the train station? No? But try to get on an airplane!
Are there metal detectors at Walmart or JC Penny or the grocery store? Nope. But they're at the place you get license plates and in the courthouses and city halls.
They don't worry about YOUR securiuty and safety, they worry about THEIR security and safety. In this case, it's about protecting their cushy jobs.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congress has passed a bill officially postponing April Fool's Day, originally on April 1, to May 1. Additionally, pranks on the traditional date will be a federal and capital offense punishable by death.
Naturally, pranksters and liars all over the United States are flabbergasted, shocked, and whining.
President George W. Bush said, "This is a national blasphemy to a major Western celebration, and I will veto this bill... APRIL FOOL!", attempting a poor April Fool's prank, and subsequently signing the bill into effect.
I. M. Luvinitt, of Kansas City, not in Kansas, says, "March 31, 2008 is a date which will live in infamy. Yesterday Congress attacked pranksters, liars, and mischief-causing brats -- a vital and necessary part of our society."
There is more in the linked article, which pretty much stinks on its own even without a new phone or a burning pig covered in sugar.
Slashdot Mirror
It's called "honesty". Sometimes you borrow from someone else and twist or expand it. Now, I'm no great author; in fact I personally think I suck at writing but I enjoy doing it and a few people enjoy reading it, so I do it anyway.That's from Monday's mcgrew journal, and just so the often unlearned mods don't misinterpret that as a troll or a flamebait I'll spoil the nerd in-joke by explaining it... no, on second thought, screw the mods.
-mcgrew
"If I see farther than other men, it is because I stand on the shoulders of giants." -Isaac Newton
He is not, in fact, the first man to say that! (WP doesn't mention the quote stolen by the far more famous Newton). The fact is that all art is based on previous art.
Tech always seems to advance faster as time goes on. But with for example, TV, in the fifties almost everyone had a TV even though there weren't many stations to watch on them, they had far smaller screens, and were almost all black and white. They're just now getting higher definition.
When the last home I owned was built in 1918 it was state of the art; it had both gas AND electricity! There was still a gas pipe on the upstairs wall for a gas lamp. The basement could have been a "museum of house wiring" since it contained everything form the old 1918 wiring to modern wiring.
But the folks in 1918 surely thought that electricity distribution and house wiring were mature technologies.
Nope, sorry. One man's "pointless" is another man's "interesting". And I'm afraid you are vastly outnumbered; my "freaks" page is quite short, the "fans" page is long indeed.
And his brothers, of course!
Oh my god... it's full of GEEZERS!
Please put the chair down, Mr. Ballmer.
I am a cyborg, you insensitive clod!
You will be assimilated. Resistance is not only futile, but when it's your turn you will beg to join us.
we'll need a government program to treat it. Your health care dollars at work.
We don't have health care in the US. Well, I do but quite a few folks I know (one who died from its lack) don't.
That means most novels including many great works of literature are banned
Two Isaac Asimov science fiction novels are excellent examples. The Robots of Dawn has a woman who uses a humaniform robot as a dildo, and includes a graphic adultery scene. The Gods Themselves illustrates in detail sex between three aliens (sex takes three on their world).
I imagine there is quite a bit of banned shakespeare.
"Change your business model if you can't screen what you sell" is going to be the likely response from even a liberal court.
Is it the Republicans or the Democrats that want the nanny-state?
Both? God Damn son of a fucking bitch, that sucks.
And, er, "change your business model?" If they're going to say that, why don't they say it to the record labels? Sorry to burst your bubble, son, but America is a plutocracy, the businessman is king, mammon is the state religion and the banker is its high priest.
There is no reason for them to not be painfully aware of what's in everything they sell, and to sell it accordingly.
There's no reason they should have to. Should slashdot be "painfully aware" that some of the comments are vulgar, some of the journals are obscene, and there are links to goatse pictures?
Hell, I intend right now, this minute, to link to Boobs! (there are pictures!!!!) What's more I'm going to quote part of it RIGHT HERE AND NOW.Fuck censorship. There is nothing more obscene than censorship. If you want the god damned thought police, move to China.
Well, they buy laws when they have to, but it's a lot cheaper to just make everyone THINK it's the law. Same result.
People think downloading Metallics MP3s is illegal, for instance, when actually you have to upload them to infringe.
I'm not clicking, as I thought the twofo was some damned virus. Come to think of it, a virus IS more obscene than goatse!
And indeed, often slashdot is very NSFW. That's an old one from last year, kids. The third newest one is a lot tamer, but it has a hooker in it. Am I under arrest?
Your head is going to asplode if you don't stop thinking like that, young fellow! Keep it up and you'll be expelled from DAMM (Not to be confused with the DAM, "Mothers Against Dyslexia")
Seriously, friends don't let friends play video games sober. WTF is wrong with you??? Now go open another beer, dammit!
Huh?
Right wing socialist?
Have you been drinking?
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Screw that, I'm driving back to the bar for another beer. And a couple of shots.
Has anyone ever noticed that anytime something is labeled "Adult" or "Mature", it is almost inevitably juvenile?
I just turned 56 last month, and I'm as juvenile as they come. Just ask the people in my "freaks" list!
Have you ever driven so drunk that you have to cover one eye to keep from seeing double
I've been like that sober! Ever driven with a nitrogen bubble inside one of your eyeballs? Driving drunk is a piece of cake by comparison. Glad the damned thing went away (the bubble I mean).
"a violent crime [that] is also 100 percent preventable." thanks, welcome to the world of grand theft auto.
Welcome to the world of anti-freedom nanny-state busybodies with the logic and reasoning abilities of a mentally retarded gerbil. Is there ANY violent crime that can't be prevented BY THE CRIMINAL HERSELF?
WTF is wrong with these people?
Do you know haw many old ladies on walkers I ran over while playing that game drunk? Or how many times I got busted, attacked by the police dog, and shoved in the police car's trunk?
Where the hell were they then?
Why aren't they going after song lyrics?
The Pietasters:Mungo jerry (1970)
Now if y'all will excuse me I have a case of beer and a couple of pints of Canadian Superior to dispose of...
Clarke is the terrorist guru from the late '90s in the Clinton administration ... and the guy the Bush administration chose to ignore
Well, look, if he hadn't ignored Clarke then 9-11 might not have happened. 9-11 was not only an Orwellian dream come true for a power-hungry politician, the Afghanistan war got Americans in a war mood which led to Iraq, which further destabilized the region which cause oil prices to skyrocket, which directly affected the coffers of oil men Bush and Cheney.
And people call Bush stupid. Yeah, "don't throw me in the briar patch Brer Fox!"
I paid $1.05 a gallon here when Bush took office. Yesterday it was $3.65. My paycheck hasn't tripled, but Bush and Cheney's have.
Another reason why buying anything not made in the US is a bad idea
I would posit that it's not where it's made, but who made it. If it's made by a multinational corporation like Sony or Erricson, it's safe for the US military, because the US Government has been bought and paid for by those corporations.
To the American government, you don't matter. Sony and BP and Shell matter. Sony contributes wads of money to "campaign contributions", all you do is vote for one paid off fool or another.
It cracks me up how the U.S. government is always taking ludicrous steps to "protect national security,"
"National Security" means protecting cowardly politicians. How many US politicians take a train? None? Do you have metal detectors ate the train station? No? But try to get on an airplane!
Are there metal detectors at Walmart or JC Penny or the grocery store? Nope. But they're at the place you get license plates and in the courthouses and city halls.
They don't worry about YOUR securiuty and safety, they worry about THEIR security and safety. In this case, it's about protecting their cushy jobs.
Yes, in case you folks missed it, April Fool's Day was postponed.There is more in the linked article, which pretty much stinks on its own even without a new phone or a burning pig covered in sugar.