... schools today are rapidly becoming the "conditioning centers" of tomorrow. The idea of thinking for yourself has been replaced with conformance - "for your safety".
Perhaps this will break the stranglehold that the majors have on filmmaking. Filmmakers will still have to pitch their ideas - but instead of pitching them to crusty, non-thinking, I-want-a-hundred-million-dollar-blockbuster studio exec, they can pitch their idea to like minded individuals. If enough folks participate in this business model, it will force the major studios to reform their 'accounting' practices in a way that gov't regulations never could (or will).
with all the b.s. you spew, I'd assume that'd be using up most of the available bandwidth. But then again, in order to use bandwidth - you actually have to say something (transmit information).
"If [we think] there is demand for [1 Gbps] service we will provide it," Time Warner Cable chief operating officer Rob Marcus
meaning there will never be a "demand" for 1 Gbps service unless the taxpayers subsidize it, and then pay through the nose for it, and be screwed repeatedly with no recourse, with no competition from pipsqueak upstarts...
Re: "police had been monitoring Miller's Facebook page"
When social-networking sites are part of the surveillance state, then we'll figure out who the fuck you are and send the men in white coats to go collect your ass....
even handed?!?!!????!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH AHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH...
This won't end well for our collective culture - now that Luke and Leia will be pimped out to sell the... wait... what?!?! THEY'RE ALREADY PIMPED OUT!!?!?! OMFG!!!!1!
/nerd-rage-on
For $4B?? I'd say that G.L. put one over on Disney; but I'm confident Disney *will* find a way to make every last penny of that $4B back and then some...
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Huxley was right
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Re: Have (digital) sword. Will travel(digitally).
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Re: Just a few exceptions
awesome sauce for you my friend!!
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Re: Just more of Mike's pro-Google puffery.
with all the b.s. you spew, I'd assume that'd be using up most of the available bandwidth. But then again, in order to use bandwidth - you actually have to say something (transmit information).
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"If [we think] there is demand for [1 Gbps] service we will provide it," Time Warner Cable chief operating officer Rob Marcus
meaning there will never be a "demand" for 1 Gbps service unless the taxpayers subsidize it, and then pay through the nose for it, and be screwed repeatedly with no recourse, with no competition from pipsqueak upstarts...
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Re: Some translations from Mike-speak are required:
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Re:
... seems legit!
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Re: none
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Re: "police had been monitoring Miller's Facebook page"
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Re: Do you not understand contracts, Mike?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH AHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH...
[breathe man! breathe!]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH AHA!
[wipes eyes]
That's some seriously funny shit there...
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Re: Music First is one of two things
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Re: And why aren't you "re-routing around the damage"?
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Re: Re: Category error
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/nerd-rage-on
For $4B?? I'd say that G.L. put one over on Disney; but I'm confident Disney *will* find a way to make every last penny of that $4B back and then some...
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
$2.50 x 10exp(-22) per electron...
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but... butt... Pirates!!1!
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