Oh, my; that was some heavy drinking right there, wasn't it?

Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OUYA.

As for me, a decent PC would do.

It's true that they have very little exposure compared to mainstream news agencies, so they need not only our financial support, but also our support in spreading the word.

Then, a few of them have other interesting projects they are trying to carry out and which could help with that. Using the examples I gave: The Young Turks are attempting to call for a convention to get money out of politics with Wolf-Pac (www.wolf-pac.com); and the Real News Network is initiating debates in the city of Baltimore (where they are based) with a view to organize the population into having greater control over the management of the city, and eventually spreading that across the country.


It's true there are those cases that you mention of people not wanting to "rock the boat", but those people at least "see the boat" for what it is. The point I was trying to make was the opposite: many don't see the bullshit and corruption because they accept it as being normal or at least a necessity for the way things work. In other words, they were brought up and educated with those views, so they don't even question it.

And the example I was trying to give with the presidents was the one that says that "despite all the flaws America might have, the intentions are always good and whatever errors might have been done are far outweighed by the rest. And who are those foreigners to judge an American president anyway?" sort or mentality, which is bullshit of course.


Why should the choices be limited to those two? As I said in response to another post, we have far more resources in the west (not for pretty reasons, but let's leave that aside for now), so we have far more possibilities than that. Start by spreading the word about alternative media to family, friends, coworkers, etc; donate if you can; and contribute directly if you'd like. Corporate controlled media might have the biggest share of viewers at the moment, but that can, and is changing.

EDIT: seems the site for wolf-pac is down at the moment; bad timing I guess. Anyway, if you go to the TYT youtube channel, you can see news of how things are going.

I'm in the same situation, as I should be promoted to Senior Member before the 17th, and as far as I know, people seem to have previously been paid the newest rank; so Full Member in your case. Just don't forget to update the signature on July 8.

Yes, they are good examples of what not to follow, but let us not fall into the error of excusing what we have in the west because it could be worse; with the resources we have at our disposal, it should be better, a lot better than what it currently is.

The press in the US is obviously not free, as practically everyone else in this thread already mentioned, and I believe mostly for the reasons previously stated: they are paid by people that have a vested interest in spreading their views. Now, there are exception to this, usually in the form of small, mostly online based companies, that don't receive state or corporate funding and rely on public donations instead. Examples are Democracy Now (http://www.democracynow.org/), The Young Turks (http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks/featured), The Real News Network (http://therealnews.com/t2/), and so on.

However, I think a more interesting topic would be in what way a "good education" may influence this by limiting the spectrum of "acceptable" opinions. You see, in most cases, I don't believe there actually is anyone telling journalists and editors they can't report on something, or that they need to do so through a specific view; people are groomed to accept it. Then those that more easily rise through the ranks are those that have internalized those views.

As a practical "try it yourself at home" example, what if someone told you that every American president since the second world war ought to be brought before an international court and tried for war crimes?

Precisely; organized religion has always been little more than a form of population control preying on people's need to understand and control the world around them. I'd figure that as our understanding increases, people would stop relying on myths and legends for this, but I guess most people are still far from that point unfortunately.

Humans appeared in the sequence of about 4 billion years worth of evolution, and though the origins of life aren't yet completely understood, the evolution of species is not a random process.

Then, what you're basically doing is throwing the concept of god to the fringes of our current knowledge and saying that since this hasn't been understood yet, god must have done it. That is nothing more than a modern example of the god-of-the-gaps fallacy. All in all, you have a weird definition of the word "plausible", if you find that to be more logically sound and credible. And then, the real problem with that is, it really doesn't help us in any way whatsoever: it doesn't advance our understanding of the universe in any way, and it doesn't even allow us the chance to test it out directly, so science will just continue to fill in the gaps in our knowledge, while theories like those will just be forced to continually retreat, as they have for centuries.

It would be easier to make a recommendation if you share what you're into: sci-fi, comedy, historical, etc. Otherwise, even if people recommend something great, the type of which you don't like, you're not going to enjoy it.

Most consistent and trustworthy campaign, yes definitely; but it hasn't been the highest paying campaign since the times of Ritz. By the way, on that note, it seems that UpDown came back, surprisingly enough.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to place this warning in the OP so that people can more easily find it, especially if you are considering banning people for non-compliance. After all, it's likely that not everyone comes to the forum everyday, much less this thread, and may end up missing it if this gets buried.

Nah, it wasn't Godzilla's fault; they just got on the wrong ship. 

 

Yeah, but wouldn't you wish to have earned a few pennies worth of btc a few years ago and the forethought to have kept them?

Anyway, as others suggested, the good thing about faucets is that they allow people who are relatively new to this to earn enough to start playing with it; you won't get rich with it, but that was never the point.

Isn't it likely that that is merely a reflection of its participants?

Shall we start with you then?

Attempting to play the devil's advocate here, those things don't necessarily imply the Earth, or more likely, some regions within the planet, couldn't be hollow. Oil would in theory form even if the Earth was hollow, with little more than the crust. Magnetism and gravity would require there to be something inside I suppose, though if the hollow region(s) were relatively small, they could perhaps go by unnoticed. In this case, for the "whole" Earth to be hollow, there would still need to be something equivalent to the core inside, and some as yet unknown material covering the inside of the crust to prevent the whole planet from collapsing (just don't ask me how the planet could have been formed that way).

On the other hand, seismic waves give us a very good idea of the interior composition of the planet; unless there is something fundamentally wrong with our understanding of them, they negate the idea that the Earth could be hollow, or even that large regions are, especially when combined with the other methods.

I'm not sure there is much point in trying to explain how activity works here. The most recent pages all have people asking and then people answering this very question, but nobody bothers to look. In fact, just a few posts back, in this very page mind you, I explained that to someone else; in other words, he didn't even look at the page he was posting in.

I have also spent a lot of time with Civilization I, II, III, and IV... and then with Alpha Centauri (the sequel, when the ship you launched from Earth reaches Alpha Centauri).

But all in all, I also liked Master of Orion and probably Master of Orion II more: building your own spaceships, alien races, the possibility to customize your own species, plus all the things that made Civ a great game. And then there is Space Empires V. It takes all of that to the next level, with far more options than any of those games. Both the graphics and the enemy AI kind of suck, but if you really like these kinds of games, take a look at it; you won't be disappointed.

I wouldn't say that they had almost nothing to do with it; their participation was important, but it's true that their role is often vastly overstated. Still, at least you can't blame Americans for discrimination; they only see in shades of green.

Oh, I read his post as well as yours, and I didn't mean to single you out in that; sorry if that was the impression it left.

My point is: wouldn't it be more productive to tell him just that (how eloquent they are is irrelevant), instead of going on a meaningless tangent that does nothing to help the situation, and then further wasting your time by offering to search for the source of the "Obama says 'uh' about 31x more often as Bill Clinton"?