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As a wise person once told me.....no-one has the right not to be offended. Unless you never go out, never read a newspaper, never watch television, never talk to anyone....then chances are you are going to be offended by something.
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly some people get offended by things that they could just as easily choose to ignore. If someone criticises a religious festival (Christmas for example), then surely it's far easier to just ignore it, than to get offended and have an argument over it.
There are some truly horrific things going on that are truly deserving of being offended (the events in Sydney and Pakistan for example).
As Stephen Fry said, your offence means nothing to me whatsoever. I couldn't care less about it.
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It's a terminology thing. The correct term is "The Holiday Season".
This is the official Pastafarian term for this time of year and there are clearly a lot of us out there as "Happy Holiday Season" is widely recognised as the correct greeting.
Aaarrrh!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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A year or so ago I hit ebay with the idea of building what would have been a kick arse stereo back in the 80s. I don't really like movies or have any interest in surround sound, I just wanted a pair of high quality speakers and an amp. Long story short I ended up finding what I wanted, bought a new cd player and was less than $1000 poorer and very happy.
Then my partner started to complain. Not about the noise, not about the 80 blond wood aesthetic of my rather large speakers but that the piece of furniture I had stored my cd collection in had gently bowed under the weight. Keeping 100s of cd in a draw just seemed like a silly idea when I could rip them in a lossless format and store them on a few cheap hdds so I went looking for solutions. There's a product, and it does look to be very good, called Sonos that would allow me to play digital streamed music from a NAS wirelessly but it is quite expensive, something like $700 aud for a device which would plug into my amp. So I went googling and found Volumio[^] a software solution which offered the feature I wanted and would run on a Raspberry Pi. I also found cheap I2C DAC for the Raspberry Pi which promises audiophile quality output called IQaudIO[^]
I'm still waiting for the DAC and using the Pi's headphone socket in the mean time but I am already very impressed with the setup. And all for less than $100aud. None of this would have been possible with the internet, we truly live in an amazing time.
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Not as inexpensive but my stereo (Onkyo Integra) supports UPNP, with a compatible device like a laptop or MS Surface I could play music to it from a file share on the network. Works pretty slick…
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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My Windows Update is trying to persuade me to install the KB3002339 VS update that a lot of people (myself included) had problems with last week[^]. Does anybody know if the problems have been fixed?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous ----- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944 ----- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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RedDk wrote: no programmers hang out in the CP Lounge, just riffraff.
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Hmmm...maybe someone should post a survey here, since that would limit it to CP Loungers.
cat fud heer
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Skip that and install it manually - that process seems to solve the problem...
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44907[^]
Also close all VS related products, like SSMS, Blender and so...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Clickity[^]
That's pretty unprecedented isn't it? Something must have really spooked them.
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JMK-NI wrote: Something must have really spooked them
The idea that some nut-job would blow up a theater. Oh, and the fact that films distributors wouldn't show the film.
Personally, I'd go to a screening - once we give in to these people we've lost.
We've lost.
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Karel Čapek wrote: these people Feeling generous today?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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jeron1 wrote: Feeling generous today?
No. However, everyone is people. In this case they're allegedly North Koreans but may be disgruntled employees of Sony. Either way, they win. We lose.
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Karel Čapek wrote: Personally, I'd go to a screening
You do realise it's got Seth Rogan in it don't you? It's just another one of those unfunny films that Hollywood put out daily, except this time it will be one of the most watched films because of the fracas it's causing.
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P0mpey3 wrote: You do realise it's got Seth Rogan in it don't you?
I didn't say I'd watch it!
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It makes you wonder what other info the hackers have...
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Some years back, there was a trailer for a movie concerning (if I recall correctly) an archeologist's discovery of the remains of Jesus. And I thought "yeah, that'll never make it to the cinema", and that was the last I heard of it.
P.S. It seems to be this -- The Body[^] -- so maybe it did get to some cinemas.
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I had been looking forward to it. I just checked Netflix and they don't have it.
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It's been around since 2001 if we are talking about the same movie[^].
...maybe Netflix doesn't go that far back?
Update: I guess we *are* talking about the same movie, just saw your link
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: And I thought "yeah, that'll never make it to the cinema", and that was the last I heard of it.
I don't remember there being threats of violence over it.
IOW, if a movie (book, art exhibit, etc) is protested non-violently, those objecting are using the same power of expression as the exhibitor and their opposition is very different than threatening violence, no?
cat fud heer
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I remember the stink that "Life of Brian" whipped up, to say nothing of the films that were actually about Christ.
Bombings no, but there were terrifying threats of excommunication!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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It's funny that you refer to it as a stink. I consider it just more of the give and take of ideas in a free society. I've got no problem with you calling it a stink, but it reminds me of the number of times I see/hear jourmalists refer to something as "controversial" because they can find someone who, like them, objects to it.
In the US, excommunication is protected by the right of association, covered by our First Amendment. Not exactly a re-birth of the Inquisition, eh?
cat fud heer
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Don, in the UK, colloquially, stink = controversy. I believe that controversy/controversial refers to something about which there are opposing arguments, strenuously, or even violently, voiced. I would suggest that any journalist worth their paycheque would only use the term when such opposing viewpoints exist.
The Life of Brian was certainly controversial, which in my view was farcical as the objections were mainly to do with Brian = Christ = blasphemy. If these objectors had actually watched the film, there was even a fleeting glimpse of Christ to show that Brian was not Christ. I'm sure there were some that saw this, in itself, as blasphemous.
I have no idea about excommunication in the US, but my reference to it was satirical.
You are right that everyone has a right to an opinion, even idiots!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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We use "stink" the same way in the US. I guess my point is that, when it comes to journalists here there is a tendency to use "controversial" only when in the journalist is in opposition to the point of view.
For example, in 2001 or so an American musical act, The Dixie Chicks, made some remarks about the US President, while on stage in London, that many thought here thought were controversial. However, there were also reports that reactions to their comments, e.g. pulling their music from radio playlists, were controversial.
Guess what! Depending on the news source, only the comments or the responses were called "controversial", although using the standard you put forth (and with which I agree) any level-field reporting would use "controversial" for both or neither.
Just my thing re journalists. They proclaim to be reporting the facts to suggest that means theirs is the whole truth. However, when they arbitrarily use certain adjectives they are expressing editorial bias. I have no problem with editorial bias. I think it's important that news outlets be permitted to have it. The alternative would be government control of the press.
Hmmmm...if I keep this up I may get relegated to the Soapbox.
Merry Christmas!
cat fud heer
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