thank you! excellent point in a pithy remark...
besides that, um, 'evolution' is NOT at play under such a short time period over such vague and indeterminate 'traits' as 'copying'...
wtf? paley -and other 'pirates'- is now considered a more desirable mate because of her 'copying' ? she now has an evolutionary advantage because she made a collage (a VERY good one, at that) ? ? ?
that's crazy talk...
*however*, i will concede that talking about the consistent 25% of society that are authoritarians, is almost certainly related to evolutionary pressures: stupid people learn enough to know that if they do EVERYTHING the smart nekkid ape in the tribe does, they have a better chance of surviving... so they slavishly 'copy' everything the smart, healthy nekkid ape does, whether they 'understand' what they are doing or not... *that* is almost certainly why we have so many stupid sheeple who only want to do what Big Daddy tells them to do...
besides that, if i 'copy' Ooog's new spear design, that requires that i already know how to make spears; *NOT* that i would have never had a spear without Ooog's new design...
*however*, if i *STEAL* Ooog's ACTUAL, PHYSICAL spear, *THAT* would be a sign of an unethical -but better living- nekkid ape...
hmmm, i think we've found the origin of the rip-off class that inhabits the RIAA/MPAA ! ! !
*that's* where the amoral miliken's, madoff's and dimon's of the world came from ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
*sniffle*
life has been so unfair to me...
all's i ever wanted to be was an astronaut/cowboy/ballerina, and i've worked my whole life at it s-o-o-o hard ! ! !
i've given up everything else to dedicate myself to it !
(its weally hard ! you wouldn't believe how hot it is cowboy'in and ballerina'in while in that big ole spacesuit! )
why won't Big nasa/Big montana/Big dance support me ? ? ?
wah wah wah
i spend s-o-o-o much time perfecting my art, and yet no one will pay me ! ! !
*must* be those damn chubby pirates again ! ! !
(that's the only logical explanation ! )
my dreams have been crushed all because some thoughtless 10 year old downloaded something somewhere...
b-bu-but, won't they think of the astronaut/cowboy/ballerinas ? ? ?
*snicker*
say, where's my 'royalty' on that roadway i did the drawings for it to get built that you freetards are riding on ? ? ?
say, where's my 'royalty' on your house i designed/drafted that you stinking freetards live in EVERY DAMN DAY without paying me ? ? ?
say, where's my 'royalty' on that business headquarters i designed that you freetards use to make money EVERY DAMN DAY, and i don't get a penny from you cheap bastards ? ? ?
say, where's my 'royalty' on that apartment building i drafted up, where you thieves are making a mint every month on *my* (*snicker*) Intellectual Property, while i get shafted ? ? ?
i don't get it, why isn't MY HARD LIFELONG LABOR making things ACTUALLY USEFUL TO SOCIETY worth 'royalties', too ? ? ?
norman, please explain...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
thirded
thanks for pointing out what i was going to, HATE these kind of widgets: GET OFF MY SCREEN!
...and to the grumpy anon below: i have chrome with adblock+ and the graybar of dearth is still there, only the icons are blocked... the 'preferences' button is ghosted, but maybe because i wasn't logged in at the time (what? anonymous browsers aren't allowed to have preferences ?)
*not* CENSORING = CENSORSHIP ? ? ?
okay, can't let that go by unchallenged...
1. *at least* there wasn't the general awful (and i mean offal) 'fact' that only governments can 'censor'...
2. *but*, i will NOT let this mis-understanding of what CENSORSHIP is just lay there unmolested...
IT DOES NOT MATTER if it is 'your sandbox', it is STILL CENSORSHIP...
YES, you have the right to shut up/kick out someone you don't like and/or disagree with from 'your house'...
AND THAT IS STILL CENSORSHIP ! ! !
it *may* be 'justifiable' CENSORSHIP, it is almost certainly 'legal'; BUT it is STILL censorship...
3. *that* is one of the major problems i have with a LOT of websites, especially political discussion sites, where people are CENSORED for ALL KINDS of arbitrary 'reasons'...
those people are NOT practicing 'free speech', but they will not cop to that, EVER; it is always -you know- 'necessary moderation', blah blah blah
NO, it IS CENSORSHIP ! ! !
(whether it is 'justified' or not, is another issue... personally, i think CENSORSHIP is NEVER 'justified', but that's me, i tend to like my freedoms...)
4. AND, that is why ALL 'reasons' for CENSORSHIP are wrong: they are all -ultimately- ARBITRARY, there is NO rational basis for CENSORSHIP; OTHER THAN *SOMEONE* (with power) does not like what you said... THAT IS THE ONE AND ONLY 'REASON' PEOPLE CENSOR...
5. there are no such things as 'bad' words, there are no such things as 'bad' ideas; there are only people (with power) who don't like what you say...
6. i have NO RESPECT for sites which -purportedly- are there to encourage discussion and dissent, and then they proceed to squelch and CENSOR said discussion: that is a person who either does not know what 'free speech' entails, OR, they DON'T CARE...
the ONLY 'free speech' they care about, is their's and their like-minded sheeple...
IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF YOUR WORST ENEMY TO VOICE THEIR MOST DISGUSTING SPEECH, YOU DO NOT SUPPORT FREE SPEECH...
it is that simple, but the idea of it is so anathema to most people, that they -in fact- do NOT support free speech while claiming they do !!!
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
artguerrilla at windstream dot net
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U R fucking weird; and i don't mean weird in a 'good' way, i mean fucked-in-the-head weird...
the crap you have spammed here -EVEN IF 'TRUE'- is beside the point...
seems like you don't like the guy, fine...
from what you've shown so far -'real' comic artiste- i don't like you...
i have more evidence to base that opinion on than you do of the oatmeal guy...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What do you expect from the leeches?
Gwiz : "Maybe Google should start charging you for the "advertising" when you show up on thier search results and on the number of views they send to your website."
bwa ha ha ha ha-a-a-a-a
EXCELLENT point, gwizzer
+3 inertnets
and *that* sums up one of the main problems with society...
...anything that isn't deemed 'illegal', is 'okay'...
um, well, no its NOT: using 'illegality' as a measure of morality is such a low bar as to be meaningless in everyday social interactions...
in general, i don't GIVE A SHIT what the 'laws' say (which is only what our superiors with money are able to enact), MY MORALS are INFINITELY more restrictive than stupid, shitty 'laws'...
i don't do stupid, unethical stuff to people *because* it is not 'legal'; i don't do stupid, unethical stuff to people because my momma taught me IT AIN'T RIGHT, REGARDLESS of what 'The Law' says ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
at the authoritarian AC:
yeah! that's the ticket!
he was just -um- like *totally* concerned for her safety in case she had incriminating stuff on the phone, and an entitled donut eater wanted to abuse their position of authority and bully her into giving it up, yeah, that's it, he was just trying to ensure the evidence wasn't, like, um, you know, accidently lost in the evidence room, um, you know, or sumpin' like that...
*snicker*
try getting up off your knees supplicating to your masters, Citizen...
WE'RE the bosses, not THEM; something BOTH of us have forgotten...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
other professions, i'd say meh...
but most social psychologists agree that certain people who have certain onset psychological conditions should not hold ANY political office...
this is especially true if you have trouble determining constitutionality vs non-constitutionality...
as a non-gamer and a non-psychologist, i have seen this a million fucking times, and, usually, it involves a rich person with borderline personality disorder (look it up)...
the problem is that the user subconsciously believes that no actual human beings with feelings or sensitivities are their constituents...
this type of psyche is dangerous because they learn to conflate money with power... in reality, that's only about 1% of us...
mix that with a borderline personality disorder and being a rich sociopath, its a reactive mix...
its not the game's fault, but it is entirely the politician's fault, though most cases like this, the politician is quite well aware of his actions, he just doesn't care...
...THEY DON'T HAVE TO: as another poster has pointed out, there are NO CONSEQUENCES from being a lying, defrauding, anti-constitution, POS, psychopathic politician, NONE ! ! !
art guerrill
aka ann archy
eof
since you ultimately expressed your reservations about -you know- CENSORING just *one* more thing for the chilluns, i won't pick on you too much...
*HOWEVER*...
substitute "tee vee", "tabloids", "radio", "magazines", or "cave paintings" for "inertnet" in these situations, and you will see how stupid these types of CENSORSHIP campaigns are...
(of course, there are sheeple who *do* want to CENSOR everything, 'cause they are scairt authoritarian dumbos; being vapid, grown-children, they can safely be ignored...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
and I'm saying that people should do 'illegal' drugs... i absolutely encourage anyone to do harmless drugs and touch themselves in that special way... i have mixed feelings about the extent that ignorant people should be outlawed, i can present good arguments; either way, i do think we need better pro-drug policies than we have now...
there, makes more sense that way...
no thanks necessary...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
"wally" = ass unstein (traitor to the constitution, and all around fan of 1984)...
okay, i have as much proof of that as "wally" does of his assertions... *but*, my speculation fits the facts, while "wally's" does not...
usa = sponsor/originator of state terrorism
therefore, we should drone ourselves out of existence ? ? ?
seems to follow...
first thing let's do, is kill all the Toms...
dog damn ! i hates me all things Anderson ! ! !
if only we could rid ourselves of all the people with initials TA, *then* we'd be safe...
and -of course- i'm weally, weally serious, as you can *obviously* tell, 'cause you are unlike all the other nekkid apes on the planet who are not so sure...
*snicker*
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
exactly...
i think a couple others are making a similar point:
*ain't* that the way it is *now*, times ten ? ? ?
you get known because you are hot; you get known for some hokey tee vee show; you get known 'cause you slept with someone famous; you get known for a sex tape; you get known for some activist stuff; you get known for a gimmick; you get known for getting wasted and acting out; etc, etc, etc...
(not to mention serendipity, luck, and fickle society...)
BUT -far too often- you get known because some Big Media company decides to "make you a star", and all of us become subject to multi-million dollar, cross-licensed, synergistic, astro-turfed, high-profile publicity campaigns, until we want to puke at the millionth viewing of that flavor of the month being force-fed to us...
otherwise, *how* many singers are 'recognized' and become 'stars' SOLELY on the basis of their 'artistry' and 'talent' ? ? ?
if anything, the New Way promotes artistry over publicity agents...
based on a true story...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
1. just a little log rolling to say that i generally find your comments on-point and spot-on... (okay, your turn, hhh)
2. i am pretty much at the head of the line in bashing fat, stupid, lazy, violent, gluttonous 'merikans, *but*, there are other factors at play which i think widen the circle of blame, to wit:
A. i have 100% sympathy for nearly ANY parents, especially with wee ones, 'cause rugrats are a blackhole for time...
*of course* it is not 'impossible' to stay informed and on top of issues, keep abreast of technical developments, blah blah blah, but really ? ...it is generally impractical, at least, for *most* parents, especially working two+ jobs...
(not a prob for exceptional and nerdy techdirtians, though... /sarc)
B. here is the thing: that 1984 shit is WORKING: people ARE afraid to speak their minds if it contradicts 'conventional wisdom'; people ARE -justifiably- concerned that their business, their job, their livelihood is in jeopardy should they champion some 'unpopular' issue or person; people ARE -reasonably- afraid they will end up on secret lists for no-travel, or possibly no-life...
C. the cherry on top, is that the media, the press, the so-called journalists of the day working for Big Media are NOT working on behalf of the 99% of us, but the 1% who own Big Media... this is so common-place and beyond argument, that it is trite and naive to repeat it; yet that doesn't mitigate the horrible damage 'our' (sic) in-activist media continuously inflicts upon our body politic...
that is all, you may now resume your regularly scheduled programming...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
okay ! ! !
some koo-koo-kwazy pomo trollin' ! ! !
while not as challenging as the usual attempts at pathetic 'arguments', this has a certain cluelessness and desperate flailing that is charming...
particularly amusing was the self-incriminating: "Was you post..."
coming from a grammar-nazi troll, that is priceless stuff...
IF you actually had some basis for the plaint, it surely was not enunciated in any discernible fashion...
irony, its what's for dinner ! ! !
hee hee hee
ho ho ho
ha ha ha
ak ak ak
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
Re: Re: Re: Books don't cost all that much to print.
DRM/etc does NOT reduce the incidence of theft, IT INCREASES IT ! ! !
*BECAUSE* it makes a layer of complication that is not inherent in the product/service, it is an INFERIOR product to the pirated/stripped versions: THE PIRATED VERSIONS ARE MORE 'VALUABLE'/useful ! ! !
'Honest', full-retail paying chumps end up with an inferior product, and 'dishonest', non-paying pirates end up with a superior product...
...and that is TOTALLY on the doorstep of the producers
besides forgiving my irate caps, *please* tell my mother-in-law *WHY* the ebooks she BOUGHT for her nook at PREMIUM HARDBACK prices, don't 'allow' her to 'lend' or send 'HER' ebooks to anyone else ? ? ?
(WHICH IS THE WHOLE REASON SHE BOUGHT THEM, *before* she found out she couldn't -naturally enough, so she thought!- send them to WHOEVER she wanted to, WHENEVER she wanted to, HOWEVER she wanted to do so...
silly oldster, she actually thought she -you know- "bought" something, not just had some sort of one-sided 'license' or other legal mumbo jumbo...
please, tell her why she is wrong to think she got ripped off AND screwed over using 'legitimate' media companies...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
1.previous thread: apologies for *real* moron-in-a-hurry mistake of *assuming* (because of the layout), that the first and second videos in a recent article were the competing exemplars of song copying, when they were the same...
2. absolutely agree with your conclusion: call a lying asshole a lying asshole...
a LARGE part of our current mess in society/gummint, is that there is -for all intents and purposes- NO ACCOUNTABILITY...
lying assholes get away with being lying assholes: not ONLY getting away with the crime, getting away with the loot, and getting away with the lies, they also suffer NO 'shame' (HA! what a concept!), no social penalties, nothing but net...
net profit for the 1%...
net losses for us 99%...
3. *of course*, mike/techdirtians have to adhere to certain methods of circumspection when calling a lying asshole a lying asshole...
when it comes down to *their* millionaire lying asshole lawyers against li'l ole *you*, whachewgonnadew ? ? ?
*EVEN IF* you are 100% in the 'right' (does that even matter, these days ? ? ?)
4. further, i will double down on the idea that disingenuous politicians, bidness leaders, etc, need to be called out on their bullshit...
except, that's why they don't bother 'buying off' the media, they just *BOUGHT* the media:
The first rule of Empire Club, is you don't talk about Empire Club...
hee hee hee
ho ho ho
ha ha ha
ak ak ak
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
"I think it is important to understand where people start from."
no shit ? ? ?
...and ? ? ?
(*hint* why is it *you* -precious anonymous snowflake- do not follow your own advice ? ? ?)
how is it we moronic freetards are to 'judge' your words and worth ? ? ?
fool, meet petard...
besides that, i am all for good ideas NO MATTER who or where they come from; i am all against bad ideas NO MATTER who or where they come from...
i'm just consistent like that...
(...and troll running away in 3...2...1...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
was it here i saw this lawyer joke? :
What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 75?
Your Honor.
hee hee hee
ho ho ho
ha ha ha
ak ak ak
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Innovation, Copying And Civil Disobedience
Re:
besides that, um, 'evolution' is NOT at play under such a short time period over such vague and indeterminate 'traits' as 'copying'...
wtf? paley -and other 'pirates'- is now considered a more desirable mate because of her 'copying' ? she now has an evolutionary advantage because she made a collage (a VERY good one, at that) ? ? ?
that's crazy talk...
*however*, i will concede that talking about the consistent 25% of society that are authoritarians, is almost certainly related to evolutionary pressures: stupid people learn enough to know that if they do EVERYTHING the smart nekkid ape in the tribe does, they have a better chance of surviving... so they slavishly 'copy' everything the smart, healthy nekkid ape does, whether they 'understand' what they are doing or not... *that* is almost certainly why we have so many stupid sheeple who only want to do what Big Daddy tells them to do...
besides that, if i 'copy' Ooog's new spear design, that requires that i already know how to make spears; *NOT* that i would have never had a spear without Ooog's new design...
*however*, if i *STEAL* Ooog's ACTUAL, PHYSICAL spear, *THAT* would be a sign of an unethical -but better living- nekkid ape...
hmmm, i think we've found the origin of the rip-off class that inhabits the RIAA/MPAA ! ! !
*that's* where the amoral miliken's, madoff's and dimon's of the world came from ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
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On the post: GMacGuffin's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
where's my rainbow unicorn ? ? ?
life has been so unfair to me...
all's i ever wanted to be was an astronaut/cowboy/ballerina, and i've worked my whole life at it s-o-o-o hard ! ! !
i've given up everything else to dedicate myself to it !
(its weally hard ! you wouldn't believe how hot it is cowboy'in and ballerina'in while in that big ole spacesuit! )
why won't Big nasa/Big montana/Big dance support me ? ? ?
wah wah wah
i spend s-o-o-o much time perfecting my art, and yet no one will pay me ! ! !
*must* be those damn chubby pirates again ! ! !
(that's the only logical explanation ! )
my dreams have been crushed all because some thoughtless 10 year old downloaded something somewhere...
b-bu-but, won't they think of the astronaut/cowboy/ballerinas ? ? ?
*snicker*
say, where's my 'royalty' on that roadway i did the drawings for it to get built that you freetards are riding on ? ? ?
say, where's my 'royalty' on your house i designed/drafted that you stinking freetards live in EVERY DAMN DAY without paying me ? ? ?
say, where's my 'royalty' on that business headquarters i designed that you freetards use to make money EVERY DAMN DAY, and i don't get a penny from you cheap bastards ? ? ?
say, where's my 'royalty' on that apartment building i drafted up, where you thieves are making a mint every month on *my* (*snicker*) Intellectual Property, while i get shafted ? ? ?
i don't get it, why isn't MY HARD LIFELONG LABOR making things ACTUALLY USEFUL TO SOCIETY worth 'royalties', too ? ? ?
norman, please explain...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Apple Store Refuses To Sell To American Citizens Speaking Farsi In Case They Might Send iPhone To Iran
Re: Couple of things...
thanks for pointing out what i was going to, HATE these kind of widgets: GET OFF MY SCREEN!
...and to the grumpy anon below: i have chrome with adblock+ and the graybar of dearth is still there, only the icons are blocked... the 'preferences' button is ghosted, but maybe because i wasn't logged in at the time (what? anonymous browsers aren't allowed to have preferences ?)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: David Lowery Wants A Pony
Re: Re: Re: Techdirt vs Thetrichordist
okay, can't let that go by unchallenged...
1. *at least* there wasn't the general awful (and i mean offal) 'fact' that only governments can 'censor'...
2. *but*, i will NOT let this mis-understanding of what CENSORSHIP is just lay there unmolested...
IT DOES NOT MATTER if it is 'your sandbox', it is STILL CENSORSHIP...
YES, you have the right to shut up/kick out someone you don't like and/or disagree with from 'your house'...
AND THAT IS STILL CENSORSHIP ! ! !
it *may* be 'justifiable' CENSORSHIP, it is almost certainly 'legal'; BUT it is STILL censorship...
3. *that* is one of the major problems i have with a LOT of websites, especially political discussion sites, where people are CENSORED for ALL KINDS of arbitrary 'reasons'...
those people are NOT practicing 'free speech', but they will not cop to that, EVER; it is always -you know- 'necessary moderation', blah blah blah
NO, it IS CENSORSHIP ! ! !
(whether it is 'justified' or not, is another issue... personally, i think CENSORSHIP is NEVER 'justified', but that's me, i tend to like my freedoms...)
4. AND, that is why ALL 'reasons' for CENSORSHIP are wrong: they are all -ultimately- ARBITRARY, there is NO rational basis for CENSORSHIP; OTHER THAN *SOMEONE* (with power) does not like what you said... THAT IS THE ONE AND ONLY 'REASON' PEOPLE CENSOR...
5. there are no such things as 'bad' words, there are no such things as 'bad' ideas; there are only people (with power) who don't like what you say...
6. i have NO RESPECT for sites which -purportedly- are there to encourage discussion and dissent, and then they proceed to squelch and CENSOR said discussion: that is a person who either does not know what 'free speech' entails, OR, they DON'T CARE...
the ONLY 'free speech' they care about, is their's and their like-minded sheeple...
IF YOU DO NOT SUPPORT THE RIGHT OF YOUR WORST ENEMY TO VOICE THEIR MOST DISGUSTING SPEECH, YOU DO NOT SUPPORT FREE SPEECH...
it is that simple, but the idea of it is so anathema to most people, that they -in fact- do NOT support free speech while claiming they do !!!
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
artguerrilla at windstream dot net
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On the post: Funnyjunk's Lawyer Charles Carreon Just Keeps Digging: Promises He'll Find Some Law To Go After Oatmeal's Matt Inman
Re: Re: Re: Re:
the crap you have spammed here -EVEN IF 'TRUE'- is beside the point...
seems like you don't like the guy, fine...
from what you've shown so far -'real' comic artiste- i don't like you...
i have more evidence to base that opinion on than you do of the oatmeal guy...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Funnyjunk Lawyer Being Mocked Mercilessly, Makes Things Worse By Trying To Shut Down The Oatmeal's Fundraiser
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What do you expect from the leeches?
bwa ha ha ha ha-a-a-a-a
EXCELLENT point, gwizzer
+3 inertnets
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: The Oatmeal v. Funnyjunk: How The Court Of Public Opinion Beats The Court Of Baseless Legal Threats
and *that* sums up one of the main problems with society...
um, well, no its NOT: using 'illegality' as a measure of morality is such a low bar as to be meaningless in everyday social interactions...
in general, i don't GIVE A SHIT what the 'laws' say (which is only what our superiors with money are able to enact), MY MORALS are INFINITELY more restrictive than stupid, shitty 'laws'...
i don't do stupid, unethical stuff to people *because* it is not 'legal'; i don't do stupid, unethical stuff to people because my momma taught me IT AIN'T RIGHT, REGARDLESS of what 'The Law' says ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Police Arrest Woman For Filming Them, Take Phone Out Of Her Bra, Claim That It Must Be Kept As 'Evidence'
Re: Re: Re:
yeah! that's the ticket!
he was just -um- like *totally* concerned for her safety in case she had incriminating stuff on the phone, and an entitled donut eater wanted to abuse their position of authority and bully her into giving it up, yeah, that's it, he was just trying to ensure the evidence wasn't, like, um, you know, accidently lost in the evidence room, um, you know, or sumpin' like that...
*snicker*
try getting up off your knees supplicating to your masters, Citizen...
WE'RE the bosses, not THEM; something BOTH of us have forgotten...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Holder In The Hot Seat, Still Can't Explain Why DOJ Censored Hip Hop Blog
Re: Psychology of politicians...
but most social psychologists agree that certain people who have certain onset psychological conditions should not hold ANY political office...
this is especially true if you have trouble determining constitutionality vs non-constitutionality...
as a non-gamer and a non-psychologist, i have seen this a million fucking times, and, usually, it involves a rich person with borderline personality disorder (look it up)...
the problem is that the user subconsciously believes that no actual human beings with feelings or sensitivities are their constituents...
this type of psyche is dangerous because they learn to conflate money with power... in reality, that's only about 1% of us...
mix that with a borderline personality disorder and being a rich sociopath, its a reactive mix...
its not the game's fault, but it is entirely the politician's fault, though most cases like this, the politician is quite well aware of his actions, he just doesn't care...
...THEY DON'T HAVE TO: as another poster has pointed out, there are NO CONSEQUENCES from being a lying, defrauding, anti-constitution, POS, psychopathic politician, NONE ! ! !
art guerrill
aka ann archy
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On the post: Press Tries To Pin High Profile Killings On The Web & World Of Warcraft
Re: Re: not to pick on you...
*HOWEVER*...
substitute "tee vee", "tabloids", "radio", "magazines", or "cave paintings" for "inertnet" in these situations, and you will see how stupid these types of CENSORSHIP campaigns are...
(of course, there are sheeple who *do* want to CENSOR everything, 'cause they are scairt authoritarian dumbos; being vapid, grown-children, they can safely be ignored...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Press Tries To Pin High Profile Killings On The Web & World Of Warcraft
Re: Re: Re:fraidy cats rule the roost...
there, makes more sense that way...
no thanks necessary...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
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On the post: NYTimes Reveals Details Of How US Created Stuxnet... And How A Programming Error Led To Its Escape
Re: Re: Re:Something to remember
okay, i have as much proof of that as "wally" does of his assertions... *but*, my speculation fits the facts, while "wally's" does not...
usa = sponsor/originator of state terrorism
therefore, we should drone ourselves out of existence ? ? ?
seems to follow...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: UK High Court Judges Can't Agree On Twitter Joke Issue, Require Rehearing Of The Case
Re:
dog damn ! i hates me all things Anderson ! ! !
if only we could rid ourselves of all the people with initials TA, *then* we'd be safe...
and -of course- i'm weally, weally serious, as you can *obviously* tell, 'cause you are unlike all the other nekkid apes on the planet who are not so sure...
*snicker*
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Is It A Problem If People Only Discover A Musician Because They Have A Cool Kickstarter?
Re: agreed
i think a couple others are making a similar point:
*ain't* that the way it is *now*, times ten ? ? ?
you get known because you are hot; you get known for some hokey tee vee show; you get known 'cause you slept with someone famous; you get known for a sex tape; you get known for some activist stuff; you get known for a gimmick; you get known for getting wasted and acting out; etc, etc, etc...
(not to mention serendipity, luck, and fickle society...)
BUT -far too often- you get known because some Big Media company decides to "make you a star", and all of us become subject to multi-million dollar, cross-licensed, synergistic, astro-turfed, high-profile publicity campaigns, until we want to puke at the millionth viewing of that flavor of the month being force-fed to us...
otherwise, *how* many singers are 'recognized' and become 'stars' SOLELY on the basis of their 'artistry' and 'talent' ? ? ?
if anything, the New Way promotes artistry over publicity agents...
based on a true story...
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On the post: Wyden To Obama: Hollywood Shouldn't Know More About TPP Than Congress
Re: Re: your boat
2. i am pretty much at the head of the line in bashing fat, stupid, lazy, violent, gluttonous 'merikans, *but*, there are other factors at play which i think widen the circle of blame, to wit:
A. i have 100% sympathy for nearly ANY parents, especially with wee ones, 'cause rugrats are a blackhole for time...
*of course* it is not 'impossible' to stay informed and on top of issues, keep abreast of technical developments, blah blah blah, but really ? ...it is generally impractical, at least, for *most* parents, especially working two+ jobs...
(not a prob for exceptional and nerdy techdirtians, though... /sarc)
B. here is the thing: that 1984 shit is WORKING: people ARE afraid to speak their minds if it contradicts 'conventional wisdom'; people ARE -justifiably- concerned that their business, their job, their livelihood is in jeopardy should they champion some 'unpopular' issue or person; people ARE -reasonably- afraid they will end up on secret lists for no-travel, or possibly no-life...
C. the cherry on top, is that the media, the press, the so-called journalists of the day working for Big Media are NOT working on behalf of the 99% of us, but the 1% who own Big Media... this is so common-place and beyond argument, that it is trite and naive to repeat it; yet that doesn't mitigate the horrible damage 'our' (sic) in-activist media continuously inflicts upon our body politic...
that is all, you may now resume your regularly scheduled programming...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
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On the post: Dan Bull, Amanda Palmer & El-P: A Big Week For Artists' Voices On Techdirt
Re: Re: Re:
some koo-koo-kwazy pomo trollin' ! ! !
while not as challenging as the usual attempts at pathetic 'arguments', this has a certain cluelessness and desperate flailing that is charming...
particularly amusing was the self-incriminating: "Was you post..."
coming from a grammar-nazi troll, that is priceless stuff...
IF you actually had some basis for the plaint, it surely was not enunciated in any discernible fashion...
irony, its what's for dinner ! ! !
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art guerrilla
aka ann archy
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On the post: If Publishers Can't Cover Their Costs With $10 Ebooks, Then They Deserve To Go Out Of Business
Re: Re: Re: Books don't cost all that much to print.
*BECAUSE* it makes a layer of complication that is not inherent in the product/service, it is an INFERIOR product to the pirated/stripped versions: THE PIRATED VERSIONS ARE MORE 'VALUABLE'/useful ! ! !
'Honest', full-retail paying chumps end up with an inferior product, and 'dishonest', non-paying pirates end up with a superior product...
...and that is TOTALLY on the doorstep of the producers
besides forgiving my irate caps, *please* tell my mother-in-law *WHY* the ebooks she BOUGHT for her nook at PREMIUM HARDBACK prices, don't 'allow' her to 'lend' or send 'HER' ebooks to anyone else ? ? ?
(WHICH IS THE WHOLE REASON SHE BOUGHT THEM, *before* she found out she couldn't -naturally enough, so she thought!- send them to WHOEVER she wanted to, WHENEVER she wanted to, HOWEVER she wanted to do so...
silly oldster, she actually thought she -you know- "bought" something, not just had some sort of one-sided 'license' or other legal mumbo jumbo...
please, tell her why she is wrong to think she got ripped off AND screwed over using 'legitimate' media companies...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
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On the post: If Publishers Can't Cover Their Costs With $10 Ebooks, Then They Deserve To Go Out Of Business
Re: I'm with you, but...
2. absolutely agree with your conclusion: call a lying asshole a lying asshole...
a LARGE part of our current mess in society/gummint, is that there is -for all intents and purposes- NO ACCOUNTABILITY...
lying assholes get away with being lying assholes: not ONLY getting away with the crime, getting away with the loot, and getting away with the lies, they also suffer NO 'shame' (HA! what a concept!), no social penalties, nothing but net...
net profit for the 1%...
net losses for us 99%...
3. *of course*, mike/techdirtians have to adhere to certain methods of circumspection when calling a lying asshole a lying asshole...
when it comes down to *their* millionaire lying asshole lawyers against li'l ole *you*, whachewgonnadew ? ? ?
*EVEN IF* you are 100% in the 'right' (does that even matter, these days ? ? ?)
4. further, i will double down on the idea that disingenuous politicians, bidness leaders, etc, need to be called out on their bullshit...
except, that's why they don't bother 'buying off' the media, they just *BOUGHT* the media:
The first rule of Empire Club, is you don't talk about Empire Club...
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art guerrilla
aka ann archy
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On the post: Overreacting To Anonymous Is A Greater Threat To Freedom, Innovation & Creativity Than Any Of Their Attacks
Re: Re: Re:
no shit ? ? ?
...and ? ? ?
(*hint* why is it *you* -precious anonymous snowflake- do not follow your own advice ? ? ?)
how is it we moronic freetards are to 'judge' your words and worth ? ? ?
fool, meet petard...
besides that, i am all for good ideas NO MATTER who or where they come from; i am all against bad ideas NO MATTER who or where they come from...
i'm just consistent like that...
(...and troll running away in 3...2...1...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
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On the post: Ridiculous: Court Says Mock Basketball Which Appears In Hyundia Commercial For 1 Second 'Dilutes' LV Trademark
Re:
What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 75?
Your Honor.
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