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Post by Dragon Zachski on Dec 29, 2011 23:42:34 GMT -5
Also, what if the media is from another country and the only stores online are those you cannot navigate because you can't read them, they block access from your country, or simply won't ship to your country? What if the media is from said country, but isn't available to be bought online at all? Are you suggesting the person take time off of work (not a viable option for far too many people), buy airline tickets (which can get quite pricey), and pay for hotel stays simply to buy the media that the people who made it will only get a small fraction of the cost there-of because the record company in charge of producing the purchasable product takes most of the profit? Case in point... I remember reading that the guy who makes Touhou (I forget what name he used to represent himself) is aware of the piracy that goes on outside of the area where he sells his games. His response was more or less "I don't really care. That's not where I'm marketing my games. I'm marketing my games here." Of course, this is only what I've read, I haven't seen a direct source, so don't take my word for it.
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Post by Thejebusfire on Dec 30, 2011 0:04:17 GMT -5
Maybe I've spent to long here and on fundie websites, but I just found it like watching yet another fundie. Possibly Poe's law applies. It was satire. It was originally a parody of a fundie low budget Christian cartoon named "David and Goliath."
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Post by stormwarden on Dec 30, 2011 0:28:11 GMT -5
I'm a crime drama kind of person. The one I'm missing the most at the moment is Nero Wolfe. Great one if you can find it. I do watch a fair bit of NCIS, Criminal Minds (They're bringing the gang back together!), NCIS LA, and others.
Oh, and I'm watching Have Gun Will Travel. First western I've seen I actually like. What about we try to look for shows that don't suck? I can think of worse ways to derail a thread.
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Post by VirtualStranger on Dec 30, 2011 0:49:21 GMT -5
Most fans of Adult Swim are stoners. It's been that way for a very long time. I miss Moral Oral. It's being brought back. Apparently the reruns got really good ratings.
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Post by nickiknack on Dec 30, 2011 1:10:41 GMT -5
"David and Goliath"?? Isn't that the one with the talking dog??
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Post by Napoleon the Clown on Dec 30, 2011 3:25:06 GMT -5
I'm not against ancient alien visitors, per se, You should be. Space is big. Very, very big. Visiting another solar system would be even more difficult than climbing a ladder from the Earth all the way to the moon. It'd take longer and consume more energy. Inter-solar system travel just cannot happen on a timescale applicable to living creatures. Even at the speed of light the nearest star outside our solar system is over four years away. Sorry, no visits from ET have happened. Or will happen.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Dec 30, 2011 3:25:56 GMT -5
It's being brought back. Apparently the reruns got really good ratings. I...what? SHOW MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
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Post by itachirumon on Dec 30, 2011 3:36:11 GMT -5
It's being brought back. Apparently the reruns got really good ratings. I...what? SHOW MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. SECONDED!!! I love MO ._.
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Post by The_L on Dec 30, 2011 10:38:40 GMT -5
I've yet to pirate a video game (or a TV show) unless there's absolutely no other possible way of getting ahold of it. A lot of Japanese anime, for example, with uncut episodes and no crappy dubbing (I can live with subtitles, yes, and prefer to watch it as such, actually) to get in the way and make my ears bleed. That's all I'm going to say before this probably devolves into another pro/anti-piracy thread. This. There is no legitimate reason to pirate something you can legally get hold of in your home country. However, if there is no legal way to get something where you live, piracy becomes the only option. (It's also why the whole Ponyarchive issue in the My Little Pony fandom pisses me off.)
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Post by Vene on Dec 30, 2011 11:39:06 GMT -5
I'm not against ancient alien visitors, per se, You should be. Space is big. Very, very big. Visiting another solar system would be even more difficult than climbing a ladder from the Earth all the way to the moon. It'd take longer and consume more energy. Inter-solar system travel just cannot happen on a timescale applicable to living creatures. Even at the speed of light the nearest star outside our solar system is over four years away. Sorry, no visits from ET have happened. Or will happen. Ancient Aliens belongs on SciFi ( or SyFy, whatever).
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Post by Oriet on Dec 31, 2011 10:51:32 GMT -5
You should be. Space is big. Very, very big. Visiting another solar system would be even more difficult than climbing a ladder from the Earth all the way to the moon. It'd take longer and consume more energy. Inter-solar system travel just cannot happen on a timescale applicable to living creatures. Even at the speed of light the nearest star outside our solar system is over four years away. Sorry, no visits from ET have happened. Or will happen. Ancient Aliens belongs on SciFi ( or SyFy, whatever). I heartily agree. Stargate wasn't a documentary.
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Post by SpukiKitty on Dec 31, 2011 11:11:34 GMT -5
Y'know, I genuinely believe that there's a conspiracy to make folks idiots. This is why intelligence, variety, creativity is abhored by the bigwigs. Money & ratings isn't a good enough excuse. This is why only trashy, Neo-Gangsta rap is promoted while intelligent rap is ignored. This is why Celebrities are hyped to death. This is why Cable Stations veer from their niche. This is why Un-Reality Shows are big. Most of these stations are owned by 2-3 conglomorates, which are run by slimeballs like Rupert Murdoch, who has an interest in dumbing down people & making them degenerates. The Nielsen Rating System consists of only a few hundred households that are hand-picked by by the Big Shots.....most of them are likely losers, hood-rats, trailer trash & regressives. The Music Industry & Hollywood is probably under the same mindset as the Conglomorate of TV Tyrant Moguls of Doom. Smart people should get all of their media from The Web, DVDs, Torrents, and stuff like TiVo & similar. Just BOYCOTT THE MAINSTREAM! If you can get your entertainment online, that's great - but I've always disapproved of pirating. For example, if there is an obscure art film released by an independent studio, and you really want to see more of it, you should buy it legitimately instead of pirating it. By pirating it, you are depriving that studio of the money and encouragement it needs to make that kind of film. But when a studio churns out the same old crap, they're guaranteed to make more money off of films that never break any boundaries because they are simply appealing to the largest number of people possible. Piracy doesn't dent big studios, it hampers the little ones. Yeah, you're right about pirating. People should only pirate big stuff! Indie niche thingys & not well-established stuff should ALWAYS be off-limits....but well-established, weathy stuff is fair game!
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Post by SpukiKitty on Dec 31, 2011 11:20:25 GMT -5
I'm not against ancient alien visitors, per se, You should be. Space is big. Very, very big. Visiting another solar system would be even more difficult than climbing a ladder from the Earth all the way to the moon. It'd take longer and consume more energy. Inter-solar system travel just cannot happen on a timescale applicable to living creatures. Even at the speed of light the nearest star outside our solar system is over four years away. Sorry, no visits from ET have happened. Or will happen. Well, there's wormholes & other weird quantum physics stuff. If beings from space are really advanced they probably have the tech to do it. I've seen some stuff on more legit documentaries with various physicists & mathematicians discussing quantum mechanics, wormholes, curved space, parallel universes, etc. One would be a fool to not free their mind & consider the vast posibilities.
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Post by Vene on Dec 31, 2011 11:25:31 GMT -5
You should be. Space is big. Very, very big. Visiting another solar system would be even more difficult than climbing a ladder from the Earth all the way to the moon. It'd take longer and consume more energy. Inter-solar system travel just cannot happen on a timescale applicable to living creatures. Even at the speed of light the nearest star outside our solar system is over four years away. Sorry, no visits from ET have happened. Or will happen. Well, there's wormholes & other weird quantum physics stuff. If beings from space are really advanced they probably have the tech to do it. I've seen some stuff on more legit documentaries with various physicists & mathematicians discussing quantum mechanics, wormholes, curved space, parallel universes, etc. One would be a fool to not free their mind & consider the vast posibilities. Oh gods, just shut up. You don't know fucking shit about quantum mechanics if you think this post is reasonable.
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Post by Sigmaleph on Dec 31, 2011 13:11:01 GMT -5
You should be. Space is big. Very, very big. Visiting another solar system would be even more difficult than climbing a ladder from the Earth all the way to the moon. It'd take longer and consume more energy. Inter-solar system travel just cannot happen on a timescale applicable to living creatures. Even at the speed of light the nearest star outside our solar system is over four years away. Sorry, no visits from ET have happened. Or will happen. Well, there's wormholes & other weird quantum physics stuff. If beings from space are really advanced they probably have the tech to do it. I've seen some stuff on more legit documentaries with various physicists & mathematicians discussing quantum mechanics, wormholes, curved space, parallel universes, etc. One would be a fool to not free their mind & consider the vast posibilities. I'm trying not to be an ass about this, but you really shouldn't invoke about science you don't understand.
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