Dont you hate it when the video companies charge you late fees! Well the simple solution is to copy your rented DVD's to your hard drive that tyou didnt get a chance to watch and return them on time. I dot this often because im a bit of a pirate. Although with movies I rarely watch them more than once unless they are really really really good.
The program I use is DVD Shrink for 1 reason.. its free and if its free it doesn't have all those moral issues about riping dvd's. Just head over to www.dvdshrink.org.. and because its an American site they even tell you to search for a copy of their own software because they cant directly link to it without fear of being sued or thrown in jail. Damn copyright laws can blow me. This is another example of what i consider fair use to be. Its a sweet program and easy to use.
Oh incase you wonder what movies i find really really good check out these thinking movies:
The Game - Michel Douglass
Memento - Guy Pierce
Fight Club
Dark City
For good fun with guns i love:
Lock Stock and two smoking barrels
Snatch - Brad Pitt
Pulp Fiction
Dusk till Dawn
The Mexican - Brad Pitt
The Wrong Man - Bruce W.
Boondock Saints
Payback - Mel Gibson
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Bullshit Detector
Everyone has 1. You know that niggling feeling you get when you are being poorly lied to. I do appreciate a good lier. Someone that can pull of a perfect lie and make you believe that they actually did climb your mumma. But when you are being poorly lied to.. you know their eyes cannot connect with yours they look down and shuffle their feet it a damn shame. What i adopt is the smiling assassin. You put a big grin on your face and in your head your screaming BULLSHIT!!!
Just take it on board and label this person not to be trusted. Accept his bullshit on face value but know that if you screw this person over it is for the greater good. Use and abuse this person as you see fit because you know this person is never going to tell you the truth. I prefer straight shooters than to sneaky bullshit artists. Above all never never never let this person talk for you. You are who you sleep with so never send mr BS on any errands you care about because if you can see through his BS so can anyone else.
Just take it on board and label this person not to be trusted. Accept his bullshit on face value but know that if you screw this person over it is for the greater good. Use and abuse this person as you see fit because you know this person is never going to tell you the truth. I prefer straight shooters than to sneaky bullshit artists. Above all never never never let this person talk for you. You are who you sleep with so never send mr BS on any errands you care about because if you can see through his BS so can anyone else.
Get off the Dole You Scum
Bloody dole bludgers. The scum of the earth. Fine i agree it is better than having bums crawling around our streets smelling like piss but why do we still have bums? Perhaps they don't get the dole because they don't have an address? Perhaps it is a life choice for them? If so fine than i have a lot of respect for bums who want to live free and not bludge of the taxpayer. Seriously folks you have to look after yourself financially too. If you have been working in a job and are suddenly retrenched then i think you are entitled to the dole... we just need to fix it a little perhaps we should only allow people to be on the dole a percentage of time that they have worked.. so how about this for an IDEA:
You must work at least 4 years to get 6 months on the dole.
And after your six months is up! Stiff shit buddy you are now in the employ of the government for 1 year. Hey your soaking up our money we should at least get some work out of you. Perhaps something great like a government sponsored potato picking festival where you get to spend a whole year picking spuds in tropical Queensland :) sound fun doesn't it.. How about graffiti removal 5 days a week 9-5. The possibilities are endless. If you don't like this option how about you get off your lazy ass and go get a job and stop being a drain on society.
Fuck The World
This sort attitude works! Who gives a flying fuck! No seriously think like that for a day and you stresses will disapear. Granted it will take you some time to achieve total "Flying Fuckedness" but you can do it and once you get there you have to reign it in with a 2 simple rules:
Rule 1: Dont give a fuck
If you late your late it couldnt be helped so stop worring. You have a mobile! - give the person your meeting a call and tell them when you can meet. If they give you attitude tell then to go fuck themselves and get a life you cant magically appear in front of them so either wait for me or dont just tell me what you are going to do.
Rule 2: Be courtious
You think this may conflict with rule 1 but let me clarify. I said courtious not tactful not nice. You can be courtious and blunt at the same time. If some one wants you to do something you dont want to... dont beat around the bush just say NO. Bam!!! a solid NO will stop so many people in their tracks of trying to weasel you into something you dont want to do. Sure you will get a reputation for being blunt but hey tact will only get you more weasling... so scrub maybe from your vocabulary (By the way if any girl says maybe to you its a NO). Every time i say a solid NO i get a good chuckle out of it. Dont get me wron you may all think i am a cold harted bastard but I do say YES to a lot of things... speaking of YES do say yes to shit you normally say NO to. Out of the ordinary shit only comes along so often and if it soiund like fun but you have a prior engagement say YES and ask for forgivness.. which brings me to my next pearl (I stole this mind you)
Rule 1: Dont give a fuck
If you late your late it couldnt be helped so stop worring. You have a mobile! - give the person your meeting a call and tell them when you can meet. If they give you attitude tell then to go fuck themselves and get a life you cant magically appear in front of them so either wait for me or dont just tell me what you are going to do.
Rule 2: Be courtious
You think this may conflict with rule 1 but let me clarify. I said courtious not tactful not nice. You can be courtious and blunt at the same time. If some one wants you to do something you dont want to... dont beat around the bush just say NO. Bam!!! a solid NO will stop so many people in their tracks of trying to weasel you into something you dont want to do. Sure you will get a reputation for being blunt but hey tact will only get you more weasling... so scrub maybe from your vocabulary (By the way if any girl says maybe to you its a NO). Every time i say a solid NO i get a good chuckle out of it. Dont get me wron you may all think i am a cold harted bastard but I do say YES to a lot of things... speaking of YES do say yes to shit you normally say NO to. Out of the ordinary shit only comes along so often and if it soiund like fun but you have a prior engagement say YES and ask for forgivness.. which brings me to my next pearl (I stole this mind you)
It is better to ask for fogivness than for permission.
THis will get you into a lot of trouble but it is well worth it.
Be Responsible for Yourself
Yet another news story. This tenant slipped on a rug that the owner had put in the house which broke her wrist. Because she is in so much pain she forgets to take her pill and promptly gets herself pregnant. (Although I must admire a woman with a broken wrist who still finds time to screw). Then the scanky hoe has the audacity to sue the owner not only for her wrist but because she got pregnant. The owner who had a few other properties in his name was almost entirely cleaned out because the judge sympathises with her. What a fucking nightmare.
This sort of shit is happening everywhere. We are becoming more americanised by the second where the masses think the quickest way to become loaded is to sue which ever poor bastard comes your way. (oh and gold lotto is another good way of becoming rich -- i didnt say the masses were smart because obviously they missed the statistics class in grade 10). I think it is time to en this nonsence and be responsible for your self. So i have come up with this brilliant idea:
This sort of shit is happening everywhere. We are becoming more americanised by the second where the masses think the quickest way to become loaded is to sue which ever poor bastard comes your way. (oh and gold lotto is another good way of becoming rich -- i didnt say the masses were smart because obviously they missed the statistics class in grade 10). I think it is time to en this nonsence and be responsible for your self. So i have come up with this brilliant idea:
The National Waiver Card
The main idea behind this is that you sign all responsibility for you safety unto your self. By having this card you are effectivly saying that I cannot sue anyone. Shopping centers will have the condition of entry that everyone must have one of these cards or they cannot enter. Amusement parks, White water rafting, bungee jumping, to the death grudge matches, live human hunting. It can all be possible with the waiver card! Imagine going to skirmish where the helmet was optional, seatbelts in cars can be optional as long as you are a carrier of the NWC. You can do a friggin sydney harboyur bridge climb (on stars mind you) without being tethered to the hand rail. You being a shopkeeper can electrocute your customers with faulty fridges! Well there are some flaws but all in all with a little common sence attached it is still a good idea.
Go Outside and Play
Damn fine words that should be repeated more often. But nowdays people are too scared to send their childern out to play. So the question is:
Has the world become more violent or have we become more afraid?
I personally thing that we have become more afraid. My neighbour will drive his kids to school because we is afraid some mithical bad guy will abscond with his daughter. What bullshit. The world hasnt become more scary infact most people are afraid of his 16 year old son. What is lacking in this world is dicipline.
Your kids must respect you and if they dont tan thier backsides so they are afraid of you. Most parents dont give a shit what their kids are up to.. this is why on a thursday late night shopping you will see hordes of teenagers hangin around a shoping centre. THe little bastards should be at home with the oldies. And on the weekends they can catch the bus anywhere they want to go as long as they are back by 9.00pm. They need to learn to look after them selves and they need to respect people that are older than them.
Anyway back to the main point.. let your children out to play but make damn sure that they come home. This way they can have their freedom and learn how to take care of themselves but will also learn that you are boss.
Linking to Copyright Material Illegal
This is what a dim witted judge ruled in australia. I cant believe this crap! aparently it was explained as such:
"If you give someone permission to do something that infringes copyright, that in itself is infringement as if you'd done it yourself. Even if you don't do the infringing act yourself, if you more or less condone someone else doing it, that's an infringing act."
That is the bigest steaming pile of dog turd i have ever read. So technically if i link to another persons blog that is linking to copyrighted material I am once again a criminal. Well doesnt google link to copyrighted material... goddamn it if i was ruler i would banish all the lawyers judges baristers so fast it would make their heads spin. See this really gets my goat..
I mean lets take it to the extreme if people want to show pictures of a baby gorilla being felt up buy a 7 year old kid whilst laying a steamer on his mother then fine. Its not my taste but fine, according to Scoobys laws that is allowed. Perhaps a simple tag of .sickshit instead of .edu would be sufficient so that people could decide whether or not to visit. Hey even write death threats to your boss under the tag .diebossdie. The internet must be freed otherwise it will turn into some lame form of cable TV run by mega cooperations with vested interests.
And as for little kiddys on the web chatting to fred the creep. Well you as the adult have the power to say to little jimmy "Stop fucking using the computer you little fucktard" or some other nurturing words of that nature. Hey and while your at it little jimmy should get of his fat arse and go ouside and play....(perhaps a topic for next time)
Godamn I end up on tangents.. i have the attention span of a ferret. And the next pompous prickl i find using the term segway...
"If you give someone permission to do something that infringes copyright, that in itself is infringement as if you'd done it yourself. Even if you don't do the infringing act yourself, if you more or less condone someone else doing it, that's an infringing act."
That is the bigest steaming pile of dog turd i have ever read. So technically if i link to another persons blog that is linking to copyrighted material I am once again a criminal. Well doesnt google link to copyrighted material... goddamn it if i was ruler i would banish all the lawyers judges baristers so fast it would make their heads spin. See this really gets my goat..
I think that all material on the net should be free accessible. Anyone can do anything they like on the web and never be punished for it.
I mean lets take it to the extreme if people want to show pictures of a baby gorilla being felt up buy a 7 year old kid whilst laying a steamer on his mother then fine. Its not my taste but fine, according to Scoobys laws that is allowed. Perhaps a simple tag of .sickshit instead of .edu would be sufficient so that people could decide whether or not to visit. Hey even write death threats to your boss under the tag .diebossdie. The internet must be freed otherwise it will turn into some lame form of cable TV run by mega cooperations with vested interests.
After all it is only speech and not actions or intent.
And as for little kiddys on the web chatting to fred the creep. Well you as the adult have the power to say to little jimmy "Stop fucking using the computer you little fucktard" or some other nurturing words of that nature. Hey and while your at it little jimmy should get of his fat arse and go ouside and play....(perhaps a topic for next time)
Godamn I end up on tangents.. i have the attention span of a ferret. And the next pompous prickl i find using the term segway...
Music Artists
When did music change so that only beautiful people make music? All the chart topping music i dont see a single ugly one. Take a look at the 80's most musicians were ugly but hey at least they can sing! The amount of manufactured pretty artists that cant sing a damn is staggering. The litmus test is: Can they sing live? And I do mean live Brittney! Not that poor lipsyncing shit that you do.
I even went to a Robbie Williams concert. Not my most favourite singers but hey my GF loves him. But damn that man can put on a show. Best I have seen... ever. I went to my personal favourite Pearl Jam and i loved it because:
1. I knew all the words
2. They sound exactly the same live as they do on their album.
But Pearl Jams concert didn't hold a candle to this mans showmanship. It was all about the show. I was totally blown away by it.
Anyway I'm convinced if you want to sell something like music is must come with and experience attached to it.
I even went to a Robbie Williams concert. Not my most favourite singers but hey my GF loves him. But damn that man can put on a show. Best I have seen... ever. I went to my personal favourite Pearl Jam and i loved it because:
1. I knew all the words
2. They sound exactly the same live as they do on their album.
But Pearl Jams concert didn't hold a candle to this mans showmanship. It was all about the show. I was totally blown away by it.
Anyway I'm convinced if you want to sell something like music is must come with and experience attached to it.
Copyright Law
Ok Ive had it with all this bullshit copyright laws, Digital Rights Management bullshit and copyright protections. Enough is bloody enough. Let me tell you my story today:
I have bought a movie for my cousin for Christmas. Unfortunately he lives in the US and of course our region 4 DVD's wont work in his region 1 Player luckily for us some smart chaps have come up with "DVD shrink" (look it up in google and don't pay any money for it cause it is free). So because he is technically illiterate i have to Burn his movie to a blank DVD so that he can watch it in the US. When he is here he can watch the original! Now what i did was illegal because of the DCMA or something similar our pathetic Australian government signed while in bed with the USA who is in bed with the large recording studios. But I consider this fair use.
Let me also say that technically i am a pirate when it comes to music. I hear a song on the radio and i go download it if i like it. That is pretty much straight forward piracy and yes im a guilty as sin however who lost because of me? I would never have bought the song anyway as I rarely get albums. If I like a particular artist enough I will buy their album so it probably benefits them having me listen to a couple of their tracks. Infact if i like their song from the radio so much i wil probably download some of their other songs and perhaps if i like those too I will buy their album.... would i have done this before?? If i like thir song I may even go see them play! Now as far as I know and you can check this for me out of a $20 cd how much does the artist get? now if i pay $100 for a ticket to the concert how much does the artist get? If I get my girlfriend a $100 ticket and maybe even buy a $50 t-shirt at the concert how much does the artist get? Now if i share my downloaded music with friends and they go to the concert how much do they get?
See the way i see it to sell something that physically costs nothing and has no experience attached to it for an overpriced amount of $20 - $30 dollars you are bound to be ripped of left right and center. If CD's were however $10 I would have no problem buying them regularly because the jacket and CD is worth just that and no more.
Movies are a different story. I love going to the movies I will pay $9 to see a movie and do almost every week because it is cheap hey it is so cheap ill even buy their overpriced popcorn and large drink. GF and I can go to the movies for $30 which is a cheap night out. We can even rent (Try renting a Music CD) a movie for $5 (or even $1 on Tuesdays if we want to scramble for the good movies on dole bludger day). So yes the movie industry is doing fine from our house because it sells an experience at the movies and rents its self cheaply at video stores. Hell Like i said i even bought my cousins favorite movie for $30.
The difference is the experience! If music artists knew what was good for them they would put on a show.
I have bought a movie for my cousin for Christmas. Unfortunately he lives in the US and of course our region 4 DVD's wont work in his region 1 Player luckily for us some smart chaps have come up with "DVD shrink" (look it up in google and don't pay any money for it cause it is free). So because he is technically illiterate i have to Burn his movie to a blank DVD so that he can watch it in the US. When he is here he can watch the original! Now what i did was illegal because of the DCMA or something similar our pathetic Australian government signed while in bed with the USA who is in bed with the large recording studios. But I consider this fair use.
Let me also say that technically i am a pirate when it comes to music. I hear a song on the radio and i go download it if i like it. That is pretty much straight forward piracy and yes im a guilty as sin however who lost because of me? I would never have bought the song anyway as I rarely get albums. If I like a particular artist enough I will buy their album so it probably benefits them having me listen to a couple of their tracks. Infact if i like their song from the radio so much i wil probably download some of their other songs and perhaps if i like those too I will buy their album.... would i have done this before?? If i like thir song I may even go see them play! Now as far as I know and you can check this for me out of a $20 cd how much does the artist get? now if i pay $100 for a ticket to the concert how much does the artist get? If I get my girlfriend a $100 ticket and maybe even buy a $50 t-shirt at the concert how much does the artist get? Now if i share my downloaded music with friends and they go to the concert how much do they get?
See the way i see it to sell something that physically costs nothing and has no experience attached to it for an overpriced amount of $20 - $30 dollars you are bound to be ripped of left right and center. If CD's were however $10 I would have no problem buying them regularly because the jacket and CD is worth just that and no more.
Movies are a different story. I love going to the movies I will pay $9 to see a movie and do almost every week because it is cheap hey it is so cheap ill even buy their overpriced popcorn and large drink. GF and I can go to the movies for $30 which is a cheap night out. We can even rent (Try renting a Music CD) a movie for $5 (or even $1 on Tuesdays if we want to scramble for the good movies on dole bludger day). So yes the movie industry is doing fine from our house because it sells an experience at the movies and rents its self cheaply at video stores. Hell Like i said i even bought my cousins favorite movie for $30.
The difference is the experience! If music artists knew what was good for them they would put on a show.
My message to the music artists:
Do the gig, sell your merchandise, sell and autographed CD at the gig and make all the money... just don't be offended if we share your music with others.. all we are doing is making you popular.
Do the gig, sell your merchandise, sell and autographed CD at the gig and make all the money... just don't be offended if we share your music with others.. all we are doing is making you popular.
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