http://www.nonattender.com what are the odds that you'll read this sentence again? Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:08:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en color is everything, the brighter the better. -- art does not imitate life - it intimates it. http://www.nonattender.com/archives/17 alternately, physics is having a straight in go fish mpaa vs imdb, it's a natural progression. poor mpaa.  this will weaken them (this lessens their ability to resist simultaneous DVD/theatrical releases) - and pretty soon, or, rather, immediatekly, we'll get all movies (not just mark cuban's) burned wirelessly to our ipods while we're watching them in theaters.  just ... http://www.nonattender.com/archives/16 STEP 1: DEFY THE MPAA - do not let your films be rated (isn't it evidence of a monopoly that needs to be busted up, if i can say "do not let your films be rated" and the "... by the mpaa" is implicit?) (you might want to make the first ... http://www.nonattender.com/archives/15 overseen/overheard:  "stephen hawking is the happiest guy on the planet and doesn't even know it anymore." --card sent to him " cheer up, buddy:  it's all (...) " "you know that "yes" moment?  why can't we engineer ourselves to be more conscious on that level?"  -- (bringing an uproar)  (i am too nice a person to take the ... http://www.nonattender.com/archives/14 (you know how some animals throw out signals to other animals to let them know they're friendly?  let me blaze my trail:) my very good (and completely un(screwed) definition of the term:  any theme which attempts to describe with accuracy AND certainty will necessarily fail, falling short this amount (this amount will be what we give in return:  interest) - ... http://www.nonattender.com/archives/13 those who can do.  those who can't teach. (those who can do those who can't teach.) those who can't do.  those who can teach. (those who can't do those who can teach.) ---  those who can should. should those who can't? those who can't shouldn't.  should those who can? those who can should those who can't? those who ... http://www.nonattender.com/archives/12 paparuleys: photographers - do not take photographs unless given permission. photographers - do not take photographs unless paid. celebrities - when you give permission, let them. celebrities - when they pay you, let them photograph you. viewers rejoice. (readers rarely notice) ---- wait, maybe better, maybe funnier:  someone makes a reality show out of following the paparazzi.   wouldn't that ... http://www.nonattender.com/archives/11 assuming people are honest assuming people are dishonest one is the road to revolution one is the road to innovation (assume people are dishonest) (assume people are honest)  (one is the road to innovation) (one is the road to revolution)  --- which one is which one is which one is which one? (which one is which one)^2 (=which one)? --- alternate title:  the ... http://www.nonattender.com/archives/10 "where there is no solution there is no problem" if you can't fix it, it's not broken.   http://www.nonattender.com/archives/9 What would happen if legislation was passed electronically by means of an up/down proxy vote on a line item basis?   This would work similarly to (and well with) presidential line-item veto power... except applied to items of a certain size (much smaller than current "bills" and eligible for vote by all members rather ... http://www.nonattender.com/archives/8