Musings on Random Musings

[lemming]

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I occasionally wind up on youtube after a link, but so far I've been resisting just going there and looking around.

[death tribble]

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Not to publically call out my friend Log, but, I never found either attractive and nor did I find thier music listenable.

 

 

But I have crappy taste. Just ask my collection of Poison and Warrant Cds.

 

 

It could be worse. You could like Motley Crue.

 

As to the B52s I was converted to the blonde member of the group when they were in England and did a live version of Love Shack on TV.

[Bazza]

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* imagine's death tribble singing Love Shack *

 

*shivers*

[death tribble]

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* imagine's death tribble singing Love Shack *

 

*shivers*

 

*imagines Bazza being boiled in vat of rancid Turkey juice*

 

*grins*

[Bazza]

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* imagines death tribble facing Superman *

 

* grins maniacally *

[teh bunneh]

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I last got to see the B-52s live when played at my town's little summer street-fest. I kept thinking, "Wow, from top-ten hitmakers to a free concert on a tiny stage in the middle of a hot August day in a podunk Colorado town."

 

It was a good concert, except Fred kept saying stuff like, "It sure is great to be back here in Denver... beautiful Fort Collins." I kept expecting him to say, "St. Louis... Denver... Fort Collins... whereever the f*** I am today."

 

Before that, I saw them playing at a little club down in Boulder, right before "Love Shack" made it big. Literally, like a week before everybody started playing the song and the video. My friend wanted to go see 'em, and I'm all like, "The B-52s? Who are they?"

[Mentor]

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Kate Peirson looking her best.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbGSDkvh8B0

 

I had forgotten the extent to which she helped make the 80s a more pleasant decade.

[zornwil]

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I occasionally wind up on youtube after a link' date=' but so far I've been resisting just going there and looking around.[/quote']

That's what I used to say....

 

The thing I like is that there are songs I like I can pull up anytime, and lots and lots of them.

[Bazza]

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BTW: Today's feature "Main Page" article on Wikipedia is ... Dungeons & Dragons. Looks like 30-40% of the edits on that page are vandalism reversions' date=' perilously close to the theoretical 50% limit.[/quote']

 

What do you mean "perilously close to the theoretical 50% limit"?

[Bazza]

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That's what I used to say....

 

The thing I like is that there are songs I like I can pull up anytime, and lots and lots of them.

 

Me too. I'm almost not buying music video DVDs as if I have an itch to scratch, I can scratch it on youtube rather than by the DVD.

[lemming]

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That's what I used to say....

 

The thing I like is that there are songs I like I can pull up anytime, and lots and lots of them.

 

Yea, I've been burning that knowledge out of my brain everytime it comes up. Safer for my time management which has enough trouble as it is.

[SatinKitty]

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Just bought a "Best of Elton John" CD. It goes from 1970 - 2002.

[zornwil]

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Oh, it's one of those mini-discs, the 3.5 inch ones?

 

 

Actually, though not a John fan, I respect his songwriting and like a few things, so totally kidding, I just felt like somebody had to make that joke!

[Bazza]

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Oh, it's one of those mini-discs, the 3.5 inch ones?

 

The one with a massive ego...that can play piano?

 

[zornwil]

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That reminds me, it'll be interesting to see how home-3d-holograms will go when that becomes viable technology, however that might work (and also when it becomes a projection into your optical, touch, hearing, and other sensory inputs).

imagine when the "best of" becomes a full concert in your living room or head (but in the latter case is entirely "real" to you), and even beyond when theres' enough intelligence and programming you can interview the artist yourself (and in this case answers would not only be the material the artist gave but a "trend"/"theoretical" answer taking into account their answers over the last few years to your or similar questions). And included becomes even having sex with that artist.

 

The future will be weirder than the present... (to us, to the futurites it will of course be the norm)

[Bazza]

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That reminds me, it'll be interesting to see how home-3d-holograms will go when that becomes viable technology, however that might work (and also when it becomes a projection into your optical, touch, hearing, and other sensory inputs).

imagine when the "best of" becomes a full concert in your living room or head (but in the latter case is entirely "real" to you),

This is arguably possible today... ... just not in the form you'd expect.

 

and even beyond when theres' enough intelligence and programming you can interview the artist yourself (and in this case answers would not only be the material the artist gave but a "trend"/"theoretical" answer taking into account their answers over the last few years to your or similar questions).

A virtual interview. I've got a few questions to ask Steve "Developers, developers, developers" Ballmer.

 

And included becomes even having sex with that artist.

I can imagine this to become popular, especially with the porn industry. Not sure about it in a social ethical sense though.

 

The future will be weirder than the present... (to us, to the futurites it will of course be the norm)

but is that a good norm or a bad norm?

[zornwil]

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I have no idea, nor would I judge good or bad except in terms of survival.

 

Speaking of which, it occurs to me that this is really what good and bad mean to me morally/ethically, as well. You shouldn't kill because if we do that we'll kill ourselves off, and it certainly tears at the fabric of us as social beings. For the most part the commandments are about preserving community, which is essential for humans for long-term survival, being too weak or fragile on our own. This also begs, to me, that in general shouldn't allow ourselves to become too individualized and to break away from society, for even as we might get to a point we feel omnipotent and that exploring within is as important, I believe that the universe and beyond that the many dimensions have untold perils and we should be working together lest those perils overwhelm us. We'll assuredly hang apart, and all that.

[Bazza]

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I have no idea, nor would I judge good or bad except in terms of survival.

 

Speaking of which, it occurs to me that this is really what good and bad mean to me morally/ethically, as well. You shouldn't kill because if we do that we'll kill ourselves off, and it certainly tears at the fabric of us as social beings. For the most part the commandments are about preserving community, which is essential for humans for long-term survival, being too weak or fragile on our own. This also begs, to me, that in general shouldn't allow ourselves to become too individualized and to break away from society, for even as we might get to a point we feel omnipotent and that exploring within is as important, I believe that the universe and beyond that the many dimensions have untold perils and we should be working together lest those perils overwhelm us. We'll assuredly hang apart, and all that.

(blodfacing mine) IT occurred to me that is sort-of like a social contract. If we all follow this contract then we preserve our common unity (comm-unity) and increase our chances of long term survival.

 

The second point, where the common unity sort of breaks down and we as a community face threats to our survival, my mind recalled the personage of Billy the Kid. He is to me the example (poster child) of a social system breaking down and not looking after a member who is now on the outside. In his case he threatens society for his base survival (eg stealing animals aka rustling). To me Henry McCarty is a misunderstood individual, not the savage outlaw he is portrayed to be.

[zornwil]

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Interesting, I've heard sort of similar takes on Billy the Kid but not quite like that, thanks.

[Bazza]

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Interesting' date=' I've heard sort of similar takes on Billy the Kid but not quite like that, thanks.[/quote'] Look at this site, it is the most comprehensive I've encountered about Billy the Kid. Ps: read the link if you get time. It is long, real long but very entertaining.

 

My whole opinion on Billy changed, to me he held loyalty to one man (Tunstall*) who took him in. It is just the rest of the world was against the Tunstall's side in the Lincoln County War. As Billy was on the side who lost, he had to escape and survive the only way he could -- hense he was viewed as an "outlaw".

 

*I just found out, I wrong on this, his loyatly was to Tunstall's "side" which Billy was on.

 

edit: correction: Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang, Inc is the website I meant above when I said it is the most comprehensive. It is also the most authoritive. Myths about Billy

[Bazza]

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Zornwil,

 

further to my post(s) above:

So if Billy the Kid wasn't all that bad, why is he one of the most famous outlaws in history? One reason, the Lincoln County War. If he never participated or was killed during the war or even disappeared after the war was over, we would've never heard of Billy the Kid. He would been just another saddle tramp rustler lost to history or maybe he would've settled down to a normal law-abiding life, but because he got mixed up in the LCW, he is now immortalized in history. But out of all the other LCW participants, why is he the most famous? Because after the war, he came back to Lincoln County to settle the score, he rustled his enemies cattle and testified against them in court and because of that, the James Dolan side singled him out for special treatment. The newspapers (who were in cahoots with the Santa Fe Ring and Dolan) built up the Kid's reputation as the TERRORIST OF NEW MEXICO and all rustling activities were pinned on him. The public who were once sympathetic towards the Kid were brainwashed into believing he was their main problem and a threat to society and needed to be "taken out." (reference)

[zornwil]

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Thanks, I'll look into this as I have more time.

[zornwil]

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So there's blogs on the HERO site now?? Just noticed.

[Bazza]

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So there's blogs on the HERO site now?? Just noticed.

Yes.

 

But the question is, do you blog or do you muse...that is the question.

[zornwil]

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Heh, true.

 

An interesting thing would be to have everything in the random musing thread auto-show in one's blog. Not that I suggest HERO Games should go to that effort, as well as many probably wouldn't like that. But I think that would be cool.