There should be a minimum age requirement for writers of "Tech Culture" articles such as this. But because game culture writers are just one tick below music reviewers on the journalism pecking order, we will forever be getting these painfully-latest-jargon-ridden analyses by some 20-something about the most amazing online experience ever! that was previously done to death and then some back on CompuServe.
Both Left and Right have them: The Evangelicals who think the world is 5,000 years old, and the Animists who believe that every species should be preserved, no matter the cost. Both sides refuse to acknowledge evolution. It is amusing to note how many of the self-righteous latter are so critical of the former.
And the Puritans thought liquor was pretty dangerous, too, and actually outlawed it here in the 1920s. Prohibition was an enormous failure, back then, because you cannot legislate morality. You can, however, today, hashtag something from benign to "evil," because most all of the sheep are corralled in the same social media/mainstream media pens. In the end it is not a government ban on Porn that should scare you, it's the SJW turning of Porn into a thought crime that is the real danger.
I don't know how much porn the Utah government downloads, but according to a researcher at Harvard, the *people* of Utah are quite the dawgs, which was my point.
Porn has nothing to worry about from the Right, and knows it I even read someplace that Utah is the state with the largest number of porn downloads, on the average. Porn *IS* terrified that the #MeToo and #KillHarvey and whatever other movements percolating up from the feminist Left that demonize the objectification of women will begin to impact porn consumption.
Not every problem can or should be solved with a hammer, however. But the Carpentry Council, accustomed to meeting daily and driving nails into whatever was nearby, is getting antsy. Also, they have used only a fraction of their T&E budget, and that is *really* pissing them off.
No. But we do believe that if the only movies available to watch were those from Bollywood or the European film industry (sic) the global suicide rate would rise exponentially.
Right. Because how American companies, American content creators and American software developers interact with and upon the internet will have no effect on the internet for the rest of the world at all.
You are correct, but it is not for any lack of trying. That whole big "Sad Puppies" brouhaha that kicks up every year around the Hugo Awards is exactly about the attempt to turn science fiction into "message fiction" by refusing recognition to non-SJW writing in the genre. That said, it's nothing new. Marion Zimmer Bradley pioneered the field back in the 20th century with her "Oppressed Lesbian Telepaths of Darkover" books. But unlike her counterparts today, she was happy to coexist with others of a different world view.
Sometimes it starts with an orbital laser cannon achieving self-awareness, other times with snooty CAPTCHAs. But make no mistake, our moment is officially past...
I know all about VidAngels (the company referenced in your link). What's this got to do with Walmart? Again, Walmart doesn't censor. It's so big, it doesn't have to. It tells the artist "We won't sell your stuff unless you provide us with a (clearly marked) clean version," and 9 times out of 10 the artists capitulate because: Money.
You are wrong again, Oh Anonymous FUD Purveyor. Whereas it is true that Walmart was instrumental in getting media distributors to produce (*and clearly label as such*) "clean" versions of CDs/DVDs/Downloads/Whatever Else, absolutely no label or studio or artist is going to let them or anyone else pass off an edited/cleaned up edition as anything but that. Some artists refuse to produce "clean" versions of their work, and they're not sold through Walmart.
We may theoretically be a democracy, but we are in fact a representative republic. We elect people we believe will vote the way we would vote on any given issue, in order that every single little matter doesn't require every citizen to go to the ballot box. We base our opinion, in part, upon the politician's character as evinced by his public voting record and statements.
We endure him in New York, bust just barely. It does not matter if there can be no legal teeth to his pronouncements, everything he does is about relaying a carefully focus-grouped sound bite or photo op. His stances on various issues have routinely "evolved" as the political winds have shifted during his career. He is the poster child for everything that is wrong with American politics: descended from political royalty, with the commensurate sense of entitlement, absolutely no moral compass or POV on anything that has not been vetted by pollsters, and a clear and unabashed tie-in to the media.
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There should be a minimum age requirement for writers of "Tech Culture" articles such as this. But because game culture writers are just one tick below music reviewers on the journalism pecking order, we will forever be getting these painfully-latest-jargon-ridden analyses by some 20-something about the most amazing online experience ever! that was previously done to death and then some back on CompuServe.
Ask me that when I issue a press release about my recommended website blocking guidelines.
Seriously. Has there ever been a more contrived or self-absorbed organization than the EFF? They lost their way when they moved out of D.C....
Both Left and Right have them: The Evangelicals who think the world is 5,000 years old, and the Animists who believe that every species should be preserved, no matter the cost. Both sides refuse to acknowledge evolution. It is amusing to note how many of the self-righteous latter are so critical of the former.
No. They will cast Idris Elba.
And the Puritans thought liquor was pretty dangerous, too, and actually outlawed it here in the 1920s. Prohibition was an enormous failure, back then, because you cannot legislate morality. You can, however, today, hashtag something from benign to "evil," because most all of the sheep are corralled in the same social media/mainstream media pens. In the end it is not a government ban on Porn that should scare you, it's the SJW turning of Porn into a thought crime that is the real danger.
I don't know how much porn the Utah government downloads, but according to a researcher at Harvard, the *people* of Utah are quite the dawgs, which was my point.
Porn has nothing to worry about from the Right, and knows it I even read someplace that Utah is the state with the largest number of porn downloads, on the average. Porn *IS* terrified that the #MeToo and #KillHarvey and whatever other movements percolating up from the feminist Left that demonize the objectification of women will begin to impact porn consumption.
What self-respecting Slashdotter refers to himself as a "Slashdotter?"
We wanted to see "Spy Mistress." Not only technically more accurate, but much cooler on so many levels...
...what can be explained by incompetence.
Not every problem can or should be solved with a hammer, however. But the Carpentry Council, accustomed to meeting daily and driving nails into whatever was nearby, is getting antsy. Also, they have used only a fraction of their T&E budget, and that is *really* pissing them off.
No. But we do believe that if the only movies available to watch were those from Bollywood or the European film industry (sic) the global suicide rate would rise exponentially.
>>amirite
>>eejuts
Right. Because how American companies, American content creators and American software developers interact with and upon the internet will have no effect on the internet for the rest of the world at all.
You are correct, but it is not for any lack of trying. That whole big "Sad Puppies" brouhaha that kicks up every year around the Hugo Awards is exactly about the attempt to turn science fiction into "message fiction" by refusing recognition to non-SJW writing in the genre. That said, it's nothing new. Marion Zimmer Bradley pioneered the field back in the 20th century with her "Oppressed Lesbian Telepaths of Darkover" books. But unlike her counterparts today, she was happy to coexist with others of a different world view.
He is from Brooklyn. How would he fit that tinfoil hat over his man-bun?
The story does not read as the headline indicates.
Or so we have been told.
Y'know, I mock the Randians as much as the next free-thinker, but dammit if some of her screeds aren't proving a bit prescient.
Sometimes it starts with an orbital laser cannon achieving self-awareness, other times with snooty CAPTCHAs. But make no mistake, our moment is officially past...
...has officially devolved into self-parody. I suppose it was inevitable.
You sound like someone who has never, and will never, create anything worthwhile in your life.
I know all about VidAngels (the company referenced in your link). What's this got to do with Walmart? Again, Walmart doesn't censor. It's so big, it doesn't have to. It tells the artist "We won't sell your stuff unless you provide us with a (clearly marked) clean version," and 9 times out of 10 the artists capitulate because: Money.
You are wrong again, Oh Anonymous FUD Purveyor. Whereas it is true that Walmart was instrumental in getting media distributors to produce (*and clearly label as such*) "clean" versions of CDs/DVDs/Downloads/Whatever Else, absolutely no label or studio or artist is going to let them or anyone else pass off an edited/cleaned up edition as anything but that. Some artists refuse to produce "clean" versions of their work, and they're not sold through Walmart.
We may theoretically be a democracy, but we are in fact a representative republic. We elect people we believe will vote the way we would vote on any given issue, in order that every single little matter doesn't require every citizen to go to the ballot box. We base our opinion, in part, upon the politician's character as evinced by his public voting record and statements.
We endure him in New York, bust just barely. It does not matter if there can be no legal teeth to his pronouncements, everything he does is about relaying a carefully focus-grouped sound bite or photo op. His stances on various issues have routinely "evolved" as the political winds have shifted during his career. He is the poster child for everything that is wrong with American politics: descended from political royalty, with the commensurate sense of entitlement, absolutely no moral compass or POV on anything that has not been vetted by pollsters, and a clear and unabashed tie-in to the media.