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~~Tsuyoshi~~ · 2011-04-21, 10:29

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Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

it is a Justin Beiber factory

Someone succumbed completely to the Beiber fever

Calling him someone of great talent and charm makes is overrating someone who hardly deserves the recognition he's getting imho. There's much better artists there. Looks like they define talent by how the artists market themselves.

SaintessHeart · 2011-04-21, 10:32

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Originally Posted by Tsuyoshi

Someone succumbed completely to the Beiber fever

Calling him someone of great talent and charm makes is overrating someone who hardly deserves the recognition he's getting imho. There's much better artists there. Looks like they define talent by how the artists market themselves.

I always thought the artiste market is defined by how well they look. Sure there are a few like Jay Chou who looks like a drug addict yet composes like a genius, but those are far and between.

Irenicus · 2011-04-21, 21:51

^Really, even I think Jay Chou's got the looks. In fact he looks a lot better than some of them Asian dolls.

Regarding the article, I don't see a future for the business in taking the pop music scene by storm any time soon. Jokes do get old. Sure it might survive on the bubblegum tweenpop niche, toppling old business models yadda yadda, but since when was tweenpop any good, at all, whatsoever?

To be honest I consider this business rather exploitative. Take in money, churn out a shitty product, sell the dreams. Then throw out ruined former teen stars and drug addicts (like Disney, those scumbags). It's hardly the only exploitative business in the USA and especially in the entertainment business (the horror, the horror), but to have even more mechanisms to take away gullible parents' money and abuse kids' dreams is, eh.

I hope most of the money for that song, Friday wasit?, go to the girl and not the company...oh who am I kidding. Of course it's not.

That said, I've never listened to the song. Given the hits on youtube it seems I have more self-control than most of the Internet. I shall now proceed to pat myself in the back for my inherent moral superiority over the rest of you. Yes, I mean you.

ganbaru · 2011-04-22, 04:35

Minister revokes support for Tory candidate who praised terrorists
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1994736/
Ah, all thoses hidden squeletons than come out of their closets in election time...

MrTerrorist · 2011-04-22, 09:31

A 75-year-old Georgian woman who says she has never even heard of the internet is facing a possible prison sentence for single-handedly cutting off the web to an entire country.

***GHDpro*** · 2011-04-22, 10:54

Amazon denies Skynet involvement in cloud outage

(this outage affected sites like reddit.com and the project hosting I use - repositoryhosting.com)

SaintessHeart · 2011-04-22, 11:18

First politics......

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Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

A 75-year-old Georgian woman who says she has never even heard of the internet is facing a possible prison sentence for single-handedly cutting off the web to an entire country.

Then technology,

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Originally Posted by GHDpro

Amazon denies Skynet involvement in cloud outage

(this outage affected sites like reddit.com and the project hosting I use - repositoryhosting.com)

Now economics.

Newsletter sells its credibility, loses trust

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Read the promotional newsletter carefully and it becomes clear that what does “not belong here” is McCabe and his newsletter. In fact, any newsletter that sells out to do a promotional piece pumping a stock loses so much credibility that investors should consider the newsletter trash, or at least the Stupid Investment of the Week.

Third time is a charm eh?

Xellos-_^ · 2011-04-22, 12:29

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Originally Posted by GHDpro

Amazon denies Skynet involvement in cloud outage

(this outage affected sites like reddit.com and the project hosting I use - repositoryhosting.com)

are we sure Amazon hasn't been taken over by Skynet?

MrTerrorist · 2011-04-22, 23:08

Mexican hunger strike teenager wins royal wedding trip

So going on a hunger strike can get you a wedding invitation......

Kotohono · 2011-04-23, 03:17

On the Royal wedding...

Ten things Kate can’t do once she marries Wills

To just included the ones I found amusing

:

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1. Be referred to as 'Kate'

When Kate Middleton joins the House of Windsor this year, her official title will become ‘Her Royal Highness the Princess William of Wales’.

She can be addressed as 'Catherine' or 'Ma'am' (pronounced like 'ham'). But 'Kate' isn't going to cut it anymore by Royal standards.

Clarence House officials will probably wine and dine London's Royal correspondents and then ask them to please refer to Kate as 'Catherine' in the future. But we think they will refuse to do this. Something to do with search engine keywords.

5. Play Monopoly

In 2008, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, said that the Royal Family was not allowed to play Monopoly at home "because it gets too vicious". No member of the family has yet revealed what they play in its place during the Christmas holidays.

7. Eat shellfish

British Royals are apparently never served shellfish, because of a fear of food poisoning. So if Kate can't live without crustaceans, she will have to seek them out in her own time.

Ascaloth · 2011-04-23, 04:10

Wait, what? "The Princess William of Wales"? Did some editor fail to catch this, or did I just fall afoul of some obscure Royal rules of title?

Anh_Minh · 2011-04-23, 04:19

The latter wouldn't surprise me. In French, I've heard wives described as "Madame [first name of the husband] [last name of the husband]".

ganbaru · 2011-04-23, 04:21

First lady's jet got wrong info on other plane
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...73L4GR20110423

SaintessHeart · 2011-04-23, 19:39

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Originally Posted by ganbaru

First lady's jet got wrong info on other plane
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...73L4GR20110423

Wait, so they are still not getting more sleep? What the hell are the HR people doing?

Azumanga Davo · 2011-04-23, 21:14

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Originally Posted by Ascaloth

Wait, what? "The Princess William of Wales"? Did some editor fail to catch this, or did I just fall afoul of some obscure Royal rules of title?

The rather unpopular Princess Michael of Kent is a good example of this bizarre oddity.

ChainLegacy · 2011-04-23, 21:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Konakaga

On the Royal wedding...

Ten things Kate can’t do once she marries Wills

To just included the ones I found amusing

:

How anyone can still take this crap seriously blows my mind.

Vexx · 2011-04-24, 00:36

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Originally Posted by ChainLegacy

How anyone can still take this crap seriously blows my mind.

Cultural Inertia is an amazing thing.

Kotohono · 2011-04-24, 01:09

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Originally Posted by Vexx

Cultural Inertia is an amazing thing.

Indeed it is, and I don't take it seriously

, I just came across a link to it and laughed, and thus decided to post it

.

ganbaru · 2011-04-24, 04:02

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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Wait, so they are still not getting more sleep? What the hell are the HR people doing?

Probably sleeping on the job as well.

Anh_Minh · 2011-04-24, 05:01

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Originally Posted by ChainLegacy

How anyone can still take this crap seriously blows my mind.

I feel the same. But it's no worse than paying attention to Paris Hilton. Which I also don't find understandable, come to think of it.

2011-04-22, 04:35	Link #4744
ganbaru books-eater youkai Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity	Minister revokes support for Tory candidate who praised terrorists http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1994736/ Ah, all thoses hidden squeletons than come out of their closets in election time... __________________

2011-04-22, 09:31	Link #4745
MrTerrorist Takao Tsundere Cruiser Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Classified	A 75-year-old Georgian woman who says she has never even heard of the internet is facing a possible prison sentence for single-handedly cutting off the web to an entire country. __________________

2011-04-22, 23:08	Link #4749
MrTerrorist Takao Tsundere Cruiser Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Classified	Mexican hunger strike teenager wins royal wedding trip So going on a hunger strike can get you a wedding invitation...... __________________

2011-04-23, 04:21	Link #4753
ganbaru books-eater youkai Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity	First lady's jet got wrong info on other plane http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...73L4GR20110423 __________________

2011-04-21, 21:51	Link #4743
Irenicus Le fou, c'est moi Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA Age: 34	^Really, even I think Jay Chou's got the looks. In fact he looks a lot better than some of them Asian dolls. Regarding the article, I don't see a future for the business in taking the pop music scene by storm any time soon. Jokes do get old. Sure it might survive on the bubblegum tweenpop niche, toppling old business models yadda yadda, but since when was tweenpop any good, at all, whatsoever? To be honest I consider this business rather exploitative. Take in money, churn out a shitty product, sell the dreams. Then throw out ruined former teen stars and drug addicts (like Disney, those scumbags). It's hardly the only exploitative business in the USA and especially in the entertainment business (the horror, the horror), but to have even more mechanisms to take away gullible parents' money and abuse kids' dreams is, eh. I hope most of the money for that song, Friday wasit?, go to the girl and not the company...oh who am I kidding. Of course it's not. That said, I've never listened to the song. Given the hits on youtube it seems I have more self-control than most of the Internet. I shall now proceed to pat myself in the back for my inherent moral superiority over the rest of you. Yes, I mean you.

2011-04-22, 10:54	Link #4746
*GHDpro* Administrator Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Netherlands Age: 45	Amazon denies Skynet involvement in cloud outage (this outage affected sites like reddit.com and the project hosting I use - repositoryhosting.com)

2011-04-23, 04:10	Link #4751
Ascaloth I don't give a damn, dude Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In Despair Age: 37	Wait, what? "The Princess William of Wales"? Did some editor fail to catch this, or did I just fall afoul of some obscure Royal rules of title?

2011-04-23, 04:19	Link #4752
Anh_Minh I disagree with you all. Join Date: Dec 2005	The latter wouldn't surprise me. In French, I've heard wives described as "Madame [first name of the husband] [last name of the husband]".