Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by W.W.L.D.
This house is fucking cool !!

Holy shit. That is insane.

I'm not sure why you'd want to have "one of the few working computers" after a nuclear attack. Who exactly would you communicate with? That's like being the only guy with a working telephone.

But I do love the 1000-pound cement door that appears to be between the pantry and a bathroom. I guess that's where you go for a really nasty dump.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I'm not sure why you'd want to have "one of the few working computers" after a nuclear attack. Who exactly would you communicate with? That's like being the only guy with a working telephone.

Though a concept bizzare to most FBers, I've heard that computers are occasionally used for purposes other than Internet communication.

Gatti(frankly, I've forgotten about those other uses myself, but that's what I've heard)gap

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Holy shit. That is insane.

I'm not sure why you'd want to have "one of the few working computers" after a nuclear attack. Who exactly would you communicate with? That's like being the only guy with a working telephone.

But I do love the 1000-pound cement door that appears to be between the pantry and a bathroom. I guess that's where you go for a really nasty dump.

"The Subterranean Fortress is for someone who wishes to live just like everyone else, with all the comforts of a normal civilian neighborhood community, while at the same time, is secretly prepared for the worst disaster without having to leave the home. "

This is amazing. And the price is quite reasonable for a subterranian fortress. Could you imagine being a kid and growing up in that sort of house? The possibilities for playing would be endless.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I think they send a repo man after your toaster if you order a white zin.

I'm struggling with the new vernacular, but I read your comments as "Thrasher Fan's joke should have ended with "he's gay, and wants to get laid"", and, the White Zin works.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Nude bikers rally in Tennessee.

(spree: it's CNN -- what do you expect?)

I heard this on the car radio news yesterday, and at first I thought they were talking about bicycles (TDF on the brain I guess) -- and I thought, DAMN!, that sounds painful -- and downright unsanitary to boot!

But then I found out they were talking about motorcycles, and it all made sense.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Though a concept bizzare to most FBers, I've heard that computers are occasionally used for purposes other than Internet communication.

Gatti(frankly, I've forgotten about those other uses myself, but that's what I've heard)gap

I would start a new game of Civilization. By the time I finished, it should be safe to leave the bunker.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Though a concept bizzare to most FBers, I've heard that computers are occasionally used for purposes other than Internet communication.

Gatti(frankly, I've forgotten about those other uses myself, but that's what I've heard)gap

Yeah, you might want to write a letter on your word processing program that you can't send. Or balance your checkbook for your account that no longer exists. Or just sit and master every computer game ever invented, so you can holdthe record for every one of them into eternity.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by purse junkie
Try to think of Jagger's voice objectively, without the Rock-God-for-4-Decades earplugs, and tell me honestly if he would make it past the "look at the vocal horrorshows we rejected" outtakes from American Idol.

Just goddamned awful.

Forgive me, but the "how far would he make it on American Idol" test does not hold a lot of water for me in determining which rock stars are going to get a portion of my healthy CD-purchasing budget.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Though a concept bizzare to most FBers, I've heard that computers are occasionally used for purposes other than Internet communication.

Yeah, but only a tool like you would continue writing a brief after the bombs drop.

Though I suppose a game of Hitman or SimCity might cheer up the post-apocalyptic soul.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Forgive me, but the "how far would he make it on American Idol" test does not hold a lot of water for me in determining which rock stars are going to get a portion of my healthy CD-purchasing budget.

To be fair, it's not mine either. But on the "would I rather listen to a CD of cackling hyenas for an hour instead and does he repulse me more than Jack Nicholson" test, Mick Jagger doesn't fare so well anyhow.

Speaking of whom, JN's latest babe is apparently Amanda Peet. Gross (them as a couple, not Amanda Peet).

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Yeah, but only a tool like you would continue writing a brief after the bombs drop.

Although perhaps gattigap really means is "thank god our associates will be able to keep billing even during a nuclear winter."

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by W.W.L.D.
27 July 2003. Citing lackluster results in its aggressive Subpoena-the-Family campaign, The Recording Industry Assocation of America, or RIAA, announced today it was escalating the war against music file sharing even higher by opening its massive detention facility in the high desert of Movaje, CA.

I'm curious -- what do people think about the "sue-the-customer" approach of the RIAA? I've been reading the press articles about it for awhile now.....

Personally, I have no sympathy for people who get sued for stealing music. Especially non-sympathy inducing was a quote I read today, from parents of some kid sued for his downloading, to the effect of "if only they'd sent us a letter telling us it was wrong." People unclear on the concept.... the kid didn't post his name and address with his kazaa moniker, and did they really need a personal letter to figure out this was wrong after all the warnings the RIAA gave in the press and elsewhere?

I do approximately zero recording industry work, but have some friends who do a fair amount, and it does seem like online piracy has become a huge financial drain to the industry. Yeah, I know -- CDs are too expensive, you need to buy a crappy album to get one good song, yadda yadda yadda.... but really, so what? It doesn't justify what anyone with the brain to use a computer knows is illegal.

But perhaps I'm being too harsh...... I'd like to hear the opposite view.

Sidd(jesus, I'm getting as old and crotchety as Bilmore)Finch

[Mister_Ruysbroeck]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Though I suppose a game of Hitman or SimCity might cheer up the post-apocalyptic soul.

You do know they are up to SimCity 4 and Hitman 2, don't you?

<--- computer geek

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Although perhaps gattigap really means is "thank god our associates will be able to keep billing even during a nuclear winter."

Very perceptive, Burger.

You know how many billing units you can fit into that underground lair? Setting aside file space (in those concrete pipes, perhaps), the leverage would be impressive indeed.

Get me a white suit and a shaved cat, and I'm all set.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Although perhaps gattigap really means is "thank god our associates will be able to keep billing even during a nuclear winter."

Good point. But then they'd expect us to maintain their salaries, and who would pay the bills?


Sidd("It's a nuclear holocaust. Take a day off.")Finch