Wow. Didn't know about that. I'm going to remember this next time some fucktard brings up the "nerd in parents' basement" argument.
Ironically though, the communications inside the country and in Moscow specifically, couldn't have been less "offline". I remember lots of people constantly running back and forth, updating friends and family in person. Nobody trusted the phones all that much as it was generally assumed that they were tapped.
And when the 1993 events rolled around people were so jaded that most just went about their business and just watched the news after work.
So Turow's et al "problem" is that because of piracy they don't sell enough book... And that is why their allegory about Shakespeare is particularly ASININE! Back in the day, people didn't buy a lot of books because most people were ILLITERATE. That means they couldn't read. Which means that buying books WOULDN'T BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR FREAKIN' "TO DO" LIST!
Wouldn't this be good for your friend? He can now pitch his work to studios by saying "Look. These were my ideas. I'm happy you used them and this proves my ideas are good. Let's see what I can create specifically for you instead of someone else recycling my old stuff."
I remember watching the Kenny Centre Honours and one of the presenters, while introducing Jon Stewart (or Stephen Colbert?), has described him by saying "He has done for news... what Fox News has done for news."
Looks like David LaChapelle is feeling a little fame envy. The stuff in the photographs looks like the standard S&M fare. No reason why he should feel miffed. Does he expect me to pay him royalties every time I spank my girlfriend?
Wait a second, let me get Gov. Perry on the phone...
Reminds me of an old Woody Allen standup routine about being offered to do an ad. So he starts by refusing and saying that he wouldn't want to use his art like that until the company tells him how much it pays.
Just like half the overweight slobs out there who think they can do a better job than a head-coach of a major league team, so too Alan McGee engages in some armchair quaterbacking. It's easy to make statements when there's ZERO chance of having to walk the talk. What makes him think he could do better than the job he has done at Creation Records and Poptones? Does he honestly believe that the size and importance of EMI would let him write legislation and ensure enforcement of said legislation around the world? Is he on crack?
Homeland Security force [...] seems to rely solely on information from various sports leagues (the NFL, NBA, NHL, WWE and UFC -- I'm really surprised that MLB isn't included, but that's probably only because it's the off-season)
Perhaps we should rename the Department of Homeland Security into Homeland Security League...
Oh, no! Not the office computers! If only there was some sort of a mobile, handheld device that would be able to view websites or send 140 character text messages to 21212 to post on Twitter... Oh, humanity!
Proving Iraq had WMDs was a slam dunk. I'm sure they could find something to put Assange in prison (at least for a while) too. As they say, it's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
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Ironically though, the communications inside the country and in Moscow specifically, couldn't have been less "offline". I remember lots of people constantly running back and forth, updating friends and family in person. Nobody trusted the phones all that much as it was generally assumed that they were tapped.
And when the 1993 events rolled around people were so jaded that most just went about their business and just watched the news after work.
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Uhmmm... logical much?..
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Fox News? Really? Can't be...
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Is someone feeling inadequat?
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Wait a second, let me get Gov. Perry on the phone...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OwJXbfElVE
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Uhmmm...
[...]it appears that Facebook has become the site of choice for prostitutes,[...]
Could someone please e-mail me some names in my area? LOL
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Always a good tactic:
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Useless decision of the month
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Where there's a will, there's a way
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