Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03

[mmm3587]

I know a strange woman who lives in a high rise but is completely a satellite tv junkie.

(Now, I realize that I bet she pirates all the access, because she seems like the kind of person who would figure that out and do it. And I know that she runs with some organized crime types. And, maybe this a severe and inapproproate prejudice, but, she is Eastern European, and hangs out in the Eastern European community, and the idea that Eastern European organized crime types would be heavily involved in satellite card piracy does not surprised me in the least.)

She told me this whole story about how, in the winter (in Chicago), her high rise apartment gets too cold with the type of window that one needs to get satellite reception. But, in the summer, she has some satellite-transarent window that might be more atmosphere-transparent, but that's fine in the summer, so she sets up her dish on a stand and gets reception.

(She also told me how her tv mount on her wall in her apartment wasn't mounted correctly, and it fell on her bed while she was in it, destroying wall, tv, mount and bed. But, she wasn't hurt, luckily.)


So, you really can't get the local networks over satellite in NY and LA now? Wasn't there legislation about that? Or did the legislation simply say that the networks had to provide the satellite companies feeds if they so desired, and now the leverage has shifted in some way? If, so, how?

[Fugee]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
She should definitely cut her hair. I'll sound like my mother, but she shouldn't hide that face.

Her boobs look a bit ridgey there. Shadows maybe? Don't tell me they're fake. (Settle down, Francis, this is not an accusation. My score on the Playboy test was an abysmal 6/12.)

I'll second on the hair. The long hair draws attention from her face -- and the rest of her too though I don't expect TM to agree. She has the perfect head shape, face and bone structure and body for short hair. It all works together.

As for the boobs, that is the dress. It has built-in boning/wiring to push her boobs up like a WonderBra but keep them inside the top. All that makes them look less natural.

She should give her stylist a raise (assuming the hair was for the Gothika look and not because the stylist told her it looked good). I have liked some of her dresses better than others but she always looks fabulous at big events.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
When this trainwreck hits, the sound will be deafening.

Yeah, but the confession business will be booming as well...

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by mmm3587
Damn, a day full of a single annoying client can really get me going!

This should be a new poll: worst client behavior traits. I have this client who regularly does the following terrible client behaviors:

1) Has these crazy fire drills, where this shit has to be done, like, yesterday, and expects me and my firm to drop everything to take care of it;

2) Is a big corporation, so has a bunch of employees, and always wants to have these massive e-mail distribution lists of, literally, 20 people, and NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS INDIVIDUALLY ACCOUNTABLE OR ABLE TO ACTUALLY STEP UP AND DO ANYFUCKINGTHING;

3) Is unresponsive; Seriously, you are paying hundreds of dollars an hour for me to continue to call your various employees, write e-mails, write memos about how this transaction is all fucked up, all because you can't get anyone to do any fucking thing at your organization. JUST CALL ME BACK!

4) Passes off these crazy general tasks where it "has tobe done," but no actual input or information is given.

5) Whenever I go to their location, I have to go through a different security procedure, because of some stupid additional policy that they have. And their security (because they have a complex-type building) always acts like I'm trying to storm the building with some poisonous Redwells* or something.

That's all, I have calmed down enough to get some dinner and enjoy a nice, calm evening. Hopefully, the scary avatar and the vitriol won't freak dtb out too much!


* I'll say it, motherfuckers!

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by mmm3587
So, you really can't get the local networks over satellite in NY and LA now? Wasn't there legislation about that? Or did the legislation simply say that the networks had to provide the satellite companies feeds if they so desired, and now the leverage has shifted in some way? If, so, how?

People are going to start to think I work for DTV.

The prior post simply means that once upon a time you could watch the NYC locals from LA, or anywhere in the country. "Hey, 'Friends' is on in New York." Not anymore. Because DTV worked out deals with locals, they suck up local signals and shoot them back down through the dish in many, but not all, localities, including (of course) NYC and LA. If you don't live in one of the places where locals are offered, you must either (1) pick them up OTA on a regular antenna (which means you can't Tivo them with a DirecTivo; long story); (2) get yourself basic-basic cable for locals only (ditto); (3) convince DTV that you're situated in a place where you can't get reception, in which case they'll send you the NBC, ABC, CBS etc. affiliates from your nearest megalopolis (which means you don't get the local news, no big loss).

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by mmm3587
This should be a new poll: worst client behavior traits.

My favorite client is one who compensates for the vast majority of the time in which he is ignoring our work by calling up out of the blue, asking what we're doing, and then coming up with some off-the-wall tactic and ask us if we've thought of that. ("Um, no.") Having proved to us that he is sharp as a tack, ensuring that we're on our toes and won't think we can get away with anything, he goes back to ignoring us.

[mmm3587]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
People are going to start to think I work for DTV.

The prior post simply means that once upon a time you could watch the NYC locals from LA, or anywhere in the country. "Hey, 'Friends' is on in New York." Not anymore. Because DTV worked out deals with locals, they suck up local signals and shoot them back down through the dish in many, but not all, localities, including (of course) NYC and LA. If you don't live in one of the places where locals are offered, you must either (1) pick them up OTA on a regular antenna (which means you can't Tivo them with a DirecTivo; long story); (2) get yourself basic-basic cable for locals only (ditto); (3) convince DTV that you're situated in a place where you can't get reception, in which case they'll send you the NBC, ABC, CBS etc. affiliates from your nearest megalopolis (which means you don't get the local news, no big loss).

Sure. My recollection of satellite tv network affiliate availablity was as follows:

[beginning of time and intermediate technological dark age of billions of years]

[long time] - Couldn't get local channels in major metropolitan areas, because networks fought it, then federal legislation that you could get them in major metropolitan areas, followed by:

[short time] Could get local channels and their non-local network sisters in major metropolitan areas, followed by:

[short time] - could pay extra for local channels and their non-local network sisters in major metropolitan areas, but not get them for free, followed by

(AG tells me...) [present time] - Can's get non-local network stations anywhere (except with illegal methods, but anyway) because network affiliates aren't required to do that under the law and have started being pissy.

Is that it?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by mmm3587
[present time] - Can's get non-local network stations anywhere (except with illegal methods, but anyway) because network affiliates aren't required to do that under the law and have started being pissy.

Yes. You can't get out-of-area local affiliates unless you submit an affidavit saying the locals are out of range or have poor signal strength. Apparently, the locals sometimes can block a requested exemption notwithstanding your affidavit. I've heard that people lie about OTA signal strength, but as DTV floats more birds with more bandwidth, and adds more locals on those new satellites' capacity using bandwidth conserving technology like spot beams, the problem goes away, mostly. The network affiliate you get is your local.

Of course, once people start expecting DTV to cram HDTV signals from locals on those same satellites, and DTV introduces them first to LA and NYC as the biggest markets, I imagine the applications for exemptions will shoot back up. "Hey, look, Jennifer Aniston has nose hair!"

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by mmm3587
So, you really can't get the local networks over satellite in NY and LA now? Wasn't there legislation about that? Or did the legislation simply say that the networks had to provide the satellite companies feeds if they so desired, and now the leverage has shifted in some way? If, so, how?

No, this is not true. DIRECTV says that if you would be physicall able to get a network affiliate feed, you cannot get the NY and/or LA affiliate feed from that same network on your DIRECTV.

This is different from the issue of whether you can get local channels on DIRECTV. You can, no matter where you are.

Edited to add that I'm talking out of my ass on this one, and that y'all should listen to Atticus instead of me. Maybe the "on this one" is superfluous.

[mmm3587]

I'm, of course, curious about the Michael Jackson end game. My vote: next trial of the century. Or he kills himself. I think the prosecutors and the victim on this sound like they have the strength to push it through, and this whole dying kid angle just makes it more meaty.

I'm also interested in Rush: http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/11/1....ap/index.html

I guess I'm surprised that there aren't better ways to buy illegal drugs, if you're a guy like that. But maybe the angle of setting your dealer up as your gardener, or soemthing like that, leaves a better paper trial. Cash is probably the way to go. Just don't be stupid about it. The hypocrisy of all this amuses the absolute hell out of me.

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by mmm3587
I do some criminal stuff. I like hookers and blow. I have the occasional chunk of unlicensed content.

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!

Less (maybe its been a long enough time since the last) inSF

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by mmm3587
. . .And their security (because they have a complex-type building) always acts like I'm trying to storm the building with some poisonous Redwells* or something.

. . .

* I'll say it, motherfuckers!

Say what? There is no trademark on "Redwells." Now, "Redwelds" is an entirely different matter. See http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...ate=t29n1t.3.1 (trademark link)

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Say what? There is no trademark on "Redwells." Now, "Redwelds" is an entirely different matter. See http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...ate=t29n1t.3.1 (trademark link)

Why the fuck do people fuck with my fucking head and call them redwells? I hate that. RedwelDs. Jesus.

I meant to comment earlier but forgot. This is, therefore, a highly substantive post, piggybacking Lester.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by mmm3587
I'm also interested in Rush: http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/11/1....ap/index.html

Watch this space for Say_hello to tell us all that structuring isn't really a federal crime, because it's YOUR money, ethereally flowing betwixt and among YOUR bank and YOUR brown paper sacks, and if you just happen to need it 30 to 40 times in increments of exactly $9,999, that's none of the FBI's fucking business. Besides, they should innovate a better way to defeat criminal enterprises, and giving drug lords access to cash incentivizes the market for more effective policing techniques.

Edited to add: Holy shit, who died and made me Fringey?

[dc_chef]

Originally posted by mmm3587
Are there really guys out there who, as adults, are such easy ejaculators that they can just squirt one off while sleeping without anything being in a mouth or a vagina or a hand?

If I haven't had an orgasm in a couple of days, yes, I will have a wet dream.