Mod parent up +5 Insightful. Just as porn and piracy have advanced technology development, they have also advanced personal development of so many here. Why shouldn't they do the same for the OLPC recipients?
Hey, wait a second, what if you're on to something there? Instead of vertical landing or wheeled landing gear, why not come in almost parallel to the ground and skid to a halt?
Unlike his peers, I've found that he does manage to rap in something resembling english. I even manage to like one of his tracks ("Hip Hop Is Dead", which is assembled from all kinds of familiar and comfortable samples, loops, and structures), which is really quite amazing to me.
That's why I used this username, so noone would think it was me.
Now pardon me while I go off with a transvestite hooker...
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I'm not going to bother arguing your political point. It falls on its own.
How about your tagline, though? Are you mental?
Sisko > Picard > Kirk > Archer > * > Janeway
More like Picard > Archer > Kirk > Janeway > * > Sisko And while we're at it, might as well compare the series too: TNG > Voyager > Enterprise > TOS > Movies > Early DS9 > Soap opera DS9
Janeway would rate higher than Kirk if she didn't discard so many chances to get home, such as the episode I saw the other day where they were all abducted onto a ship whose transporter uses artificial wormhole technology to beam people 10 light years and had all kinds of other cool technology...she and Tuvok managed to kick their asses but ended up giving them back their ship without even studying the technology, let alone keeping it which would really have been well within the bounds of justice...it would have been easy to write in some bit of plot to find technology on that ship for getting home faster, and in the meantime they could have had a second ship to help defend themselves...
(Maybe I should wear glasses. And put tape on the nose piece. And wear a pocket protector.)
"Sue You" is obviously a slightly modified version of my poem "Kill My Landord":
Dark and lonely on a summer's night. Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord. Watchdog barking. Do he bite? Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord. Slip in his window. Break his neck. Then his house I start to wreck. Got no reason. What the heck? Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord. C-I-L-L my land lord!
I demand you relinquish all rights back to me, or I will slip in your window, break your neck, then your house I'll start to wreck; I'll have a reason, despite this dreck.
I can see that the title you made is also unfair use of a Weird Al song, resembling it very closely indeed...I own those copyrights too. I'm gonna sue ya!
What isn't that modded +100 (+4 Insightful, +95 Who Cares If Slashdot's System Doesn't Go Higher Than +5)
It has become startlingly obvious to me that the music industry has no interest whatsoever in increasing profit.
Profit is up? Better fix that by suing the customers so they can't share music, a process which causes them to buy more music.
Profit down? Great, keep suing!
Profit not down enough? Ok, let's legislate away the way that people enjoy their music so that they will have another reason to do something else with their time.
Maybe they're trying to get people to stop listening to music and start going outside to get some exercise. See, they do have the consumer's best interests in mind!
Ok, not really proof, but here's some data to back up what we've been saying all along. Piracy is not the opposite of a healthy media marketplace. It actually helps to improve the market place.
Finally, someone other than me who has observed that revenues and profit follow piracy.
Your observation is correct, but I think your theory is a little off. Sure, piracy introduces people to some music they haven't heard; but in my experience, it's a more general excitement about music and about acquiring music. I know that when Napster came out and I started downloading stuff, I got very excited about music and constantly bought lots of it. Now that I fear losing my house if I get caught pirating, I don't use P2P, and I'm just not excited about music anymore. I listen often, but I don't bother acquiring any new music.
In the US market, here are my observations:
- When piracy went up, revenues and profits went up
- When piracy was at a record high, so were revenues and profits
- When they started to see reductions in piracy resulting from suing their customers, they also saw revenues and profits start to fall
- When they announced that they have piracy under control a few months ago, revenues and profits were at a low
This thing about Canada having loads of growth in the industry, where "piracy" is legal and taxed by extra taxes on blank media, is additional data to back that up.
King Arthur: [about the inscription on the rock] What does it say, Brother Maynard? Brother Maynard: It reads, "Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathia. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh... King Arthur: What? Brother Maynard: "The Castle of Aaaauuuggghhhh" Sir Bedevere: What is that? Brother Maynard: He must have died while carving it. King Arthur: Oh come on! Brother Maynard: Well, that's what it says. King Arthur: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't have bothered to carve 'Aaaauuuggghhhh'. He'd just say it. Sir Galahad: Maybe he was dictating it. King Arthur: Oh shut up! Sir Robin: Well does it say anything else? Brother Maynard: No, just "Aaaaauuuugggghhh". [knights making groaning sounds] Sir Bedevere: Do you think he could have mean, 'Camaaaauuuuggghhhh'? Sir Galahad: Where's that? Sir Bedevere: France, I think. Sir Lancelot: Isn't there a Saint "Aaaaavvvveeeesss" in Cornwall? King Arthur: No that's Saint "Ives". Sir Lancelot: Oh, yes. "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"! [All knights saying, "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"] Sir Bedevere: Whooooouuuuaaa! Sir Lancelot: No no no, it's "Aaaaauuuugggghhhh" from the back of the throat. Sir Bedevere: No I mean, "Whoooouuuuaaa!" as in surprise and alarm. Sir Lancelot: Oh, you mean like, "AAAHH!" Sir Bedevere: Yes, that's it. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Aw crap. I forgot that clicking "post anonymously" isn't enough to avoid canceling moderation I've done. Lame!
Well, fine, the deed is done. Here's my message with my name on it this time.
Mplayer is a good cross-platform player that will play FLV. I use it in Windows and Kubuntu.
Faster than extensions or websites, on any platform using most modern browsers (I use it mainly in Opera), use this bookmarklet. Just bookmark the link at this site which may be where I originally got it. I can't seem to paste it properly into a slashdot comment...
That's possible, or perhaps (more likely) you've somehow managed to read better books than I have. I've read quite a large quantity of books in the past approximately 15 years or so.
Or the vague memory I have of one scene where he slept with his time-traveling self...but I don't remember which book it was in, or if I imagined it...
Heinlein is right up there with Asimov and Frank Herbert, IMO.
I beg to differ. I'd say that Asimov and Herbert are right up there with Heinlein. I'd describe Heinlein as the gold standard by which others are measured.
The premise of encasing the solar system reminds me of a book I read where earth was encased for, IIRC, a similar reason. I just googled around until I found it. It's Spin by Robert Charles Wilson.
(Don't worry, the link is a google cache of lyrics to a song. The link is safe for work, home, men, women, children, small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri, etc.)
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Mod parent up +5 Insightful. Just as porn and piracy have advanced technology development, they have also advanced personal development of so many here. Why shouldn't they do the same for the OLPC recipients?
Hey, wait a second, what if you're on to something there? Instead of vertical landing or wheeled landing gear, why not come in almost parallel to the ground and skid to a halt?
Oh, I see what you did there...
Unlike his peers, I've found that he does manage to rap in something resembling english. I even manage to like one of his tracks ("Hip Hop Is Dead", which is assembled from all kinds of familiar and comfortable samples, loops, and structures), which is really quite amazing to me.
LOL, somebody modded me up without clicking on the link. It was a joke, folks; that wiki is for the rapper who goes by the name "Nas".
That's why I used this username, so noone would think it was me.
Now pardon me while I go off with a transvestite hooker...
How about your tagline, though? Are you mental?More like
Picard > Archer > Kirk > Janeway > * > Sisko
And while we're at it, might as well compare the series too:
TNG > Voyager > Enterprise > TOS > Movies > Early DS9 > Soap opera DS9
Janeway would rate higher than Kirk if she didn't discard so many chances to get home, such as the episode I saw the other day where they were all abducted onto a ship whose transporter uses artificial wormhole technology to beam people 10 light years and had all kinds of other cool technology...she and Tuvok managed to kick their asses but ended up giving them back their ship without even studying the technology, let alone keeping it which would really have been well within the bounds of justice...it would have been easy to write in some bit of plot to find technology on that ship for getting home faster, and in the meantime they could have had a second ship to help defend themselves...
(Maybe I should wear glasses. And put tape on the nose piece. And wear a pocket protector.)
"Sue You" is obviously a slightly modified version of my poem "Kill My Landord":
Dark and lonely on a summer's night.
Kill my landlord.
Kill my landlord.
Watchdog barking. Do he bite?
Kill my landlord.
Kill my landlord.
Slip in his window. Break his neck.
Then his house I start to wreck.
Got no reason. What the heck?
Kill my landlord.
Kill my landlord.
C-I-L-L
my land
lord!
I demand you relinquish all rights back to me, or I will slip in your window, break your neck, then your house I'll start to wreck; I'll have a reason, despite this dreck.
I can see that the title you made is also unfair use of a Weird Al song, resembling it very closely indeed...I own those copyrights too. I'm gonna sue ya!
What isn't that modded +100 (+4 Insightful, +95 Who Cares If Slashdot's System Doesn't Go Higher Than +5)
It has become startlingly obvious to me that the music industry has no interest whatsoever in increasing profit.
Profit is up? Better fix that by suing the customers so they can't share music, a process which causes them to buy more music.
Profit down? Great, keep suing!
Profit not down enough? Ok, let's legislate away the way that people enjoy their music so that they will have another reason to do something else with their time.
Maybe they're trying to get people to stop listening to music and start going outside to get some exercise. See, they do have the consumer's best interests in mind!
Your observation is correct, but I think your theory is a little off. Sure, piracy introduces people to some music they haven't heard; but in my experience, it's a more general excitement about music and about acquiring music. I know that when Napster came out and I started downloading stuff, I got very excited about music and constantly bought lots of it. Now that I fear losing my house if I get caught pirating, I don't use P2P, and I'm just not excited about music anymore. I listen often, but I don't bother acquiring any new music.
In the US market, here are my observations:
- When piracy went up, revenues and profits went up
- When piracy was at a record high, so were revenues and profits
- When they started to see reductions in piracy resulting from suing their customers, they also saw revenues and profits start to fall
- When they announced that they have piracy under control a few months ago, revenues and profits were at a low
This thing about Canada having loads of growth in the industry, where "piracy" is legal and taxed by extra taxes on blank media, is additional data to back that up.
King Arthur: [about the inscription on the rock] What does it say, Brother Maynard?
Brother Maynard: It reads, "Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathia. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh...
King Arthur: What?
Brother Maynard: "The Castle of Aaaauuuggghhhh"
Sir Bedevere: What is that?
Brother Maynard: He must have died while carving it.
King Arthur: Oh come on!
Brother Maynard: Well, that's what it says.
King Arthur: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't have bothered to carve 'Aaaauuuggghhhh'. He'd just say it.
Sir Galahad: Maybe he was dictating it.
King Arthur: Oh shut up!
Sir Robin: Well does it say anything else?
Brother Maynard: No, just "Aaaaauuuugggghhh".
[knights making groaning sounds]
Sir Bedevere: Do you think he could have mean, 'Camaaaauuuuggghhhh'?
Sir Galahad: Where's that?
Sir Bedevere: France, I think.
Sir Lancelot: Isn't there a Saint "Aaaaavvvveeeesss" in Cornwall?
King Arthur: No that's Saint "Ives".
Sir Lancelot: Oh, yes. "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"!
[All knights saying, "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"]
Sir Bedevere: Whooooouuuuaaa!
Sir Lancelot: No no no, it's "Aaaaauuuugggghhhh" from the back of the throat.
Sir Bedevere: No I mean, "Whoooouuuuaaa!" as in surprise and alarm.
Sir Lancelot: Oh, you mean like, "AAAHH!"
Sir Bedevere: Yes, that's it. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Aw crap. I forgot that clicking "post anonymously" isn't enough to avoid canceling moderation I've done. Lame!
Well, fine, the deed is done. Here's my message with my name on it this time.
Mplayer is a good cross-platform player that will play FLV. I use it in Windows and Kubuntu.
Faster than extensions or websites, on any platform using most modern browsers (I use it mainly in Opera), use this bookmarklet. Just bookmark the link at this site which may be where I originally got it. I can't seem to paste it properly into a slashdot comment...
Would you say that you botched that post in a harmonious way?
That's possible, or perhaps (more likely) you've somehow managed to read better books than I have. I've read quite a large quantity of books in the past approximately 15 years or so.
Or the vague memory I have of one scene where he slept with his time-traveling self...but I don't remember which book it was in, or if I imagined it...
(Or as they say on digg: FAIL.)
I'm sorry, what is the conspiracy theory you're presenting? It's not obvious to me, but I left my tinfoil hat at home today.
These type of contests have been around for a long time.
Thanks for the tip. Seems like a book I'd enjoy.
The premise of encasing the solar system reminds me of a book I read where earth was encased for, IIRC, a similar reason. I just googled around until I found it. It's Spin by Robert Charles Wilson.
Or, how about something completely free and hosted/backed up by big companies? Say, for example, usenet.
alt.patent.reform.bork.bork.bork
or, more seriously
misc.int-property
alt.inventors
Oh no, my weed!
(Don't worry, the link is a google cache of lyrics to a song. The link is safe for work, home, men, women, children, small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri, etc.)