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QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Nov 11, 2009 -> 01:11 AM) When I was a kid, I wanted to be John Lennon. Carl, don't be a goof. I'm making a serious point here. .. Nice BC reference.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 11:43 AM) I'm pretty disappointed. It sounds like a lackluster QOTSA offering. I think it will grow on me with repeated listenings. The guitars obviously sound very QOTSA, and may lack enough variation and depth to make this album stand the test of time. But I think the songwriting is a little more varied and mature and the performance quite a bit more nuanced than my admittedly small sampling of QOTSA has revealed.

Venture to say that is typically the case with sloppy seconds.

Tex, this is Bob over at the video rental store, calling to let you know that the copy of "Weapons of A$$ Destruction" you checked out is three weeks overdue. You mean that call?

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 11:18 AM) If you tell me you sailed there, I will be so envious . . . No, we ferried over. But we did a lot of ocean kayaking while we were there. I wonder the same thing all the time.

Yeah, I'm backing off on my unequivocal stance that school classrooms are not public per se and therefore it's not a public performance. http://www.movlic.com/copyrightcompliance.html I do still think that many administrations crack down more to keep teachers from getting lazy than because they fear a knock on the door from the MPAA.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 11:06 AM) Good luck with that, unless there was a spelling error . . . No error, we know Balta is out of his vulcan mind.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 11:04 AM) You don't have to buy one made for the mac, but I would get one because those usually have the firewire connections. USB 2.0 is just too slow these days. Agreed, and those drives are going to be labeled for cross-platform, so you don't have to pay a premium for a mac-exclusive drive just so it will match the look of you mini or your base station.

Unless you are looking to make extensive use of the Time Capsule back-up thingy, no, you don't need to buy a drive that is exclusively for a Mac. You will need to reformat the drive if it is not Mac-formatted and if you want to take advantage of journaled content searches, but that is easy enough. Mac Mall has amazing deals on terrabyte drives from Fantom (my preference) and others. I particularly like the drives that have Firewire 1 and 2 as well as USB 2 connectivity.

Oh, no, not by any means. Had some hand-pressed roast coffee at Iron Chef Cat Cora's new restaurant on Sunday that was heavenly.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 10:22 AM) They specifically mentioned it based on the legal side of things, not on the educational. My feeling then is that it is either a misunderstanding of the code on their part, or a convenient stretching of the truth to make sure teachers are teaching and not slacking off with movie days.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 10:18 AM) Our school system here could very well be wrong, but that is what they told our teachers. I guess there have been districts where parents have actually caused problems over the movie policy. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 10:18 AM) That is what our school system told our teachers. Sure, and that's another matter entirely. When my kids' school goes into lazy auto-pilot around the holidays and shows way to many movies I get pi$$ed off. Not a legal issue in this case, just a $hitty substitute for actually teaching.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 09:57 AM) A private residence is considered a private showing. so is a screening to a defined, closed group such as a school classroom. I can't walk in off the street to see the film.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 09:56 AM) As I understood it, has to be germane to something specific that the teacher is teaching. You can't just show a movie. Yes you can, and jasonxtcf's posting of Code Section 110(1) of Title 17 clearly states the exemption. If the showing is not producing revenues (charging admission) and if it is a defined classroom audience, it is neither a public or a commercial showing. The membership program at my institute deals with this all the time for the films we show for our institutional paid boosters. If we charge admission to the films that would be illegal because it would be an unauthorized commercial use. If we opened the viewings to the general public it would be illegal even if we didn't charge because public exhibition or rebroadcast is not authorized. But, if we screen a legally purchased or leased copy of a film without charge to a defined, closed membership group (which is what we do) then we are operating correctly. If, on the other hand, we were screening subscription series materials without paying appropriate licensing fees, we'd be in trouble. We would also be on shaky ground if the only thing we offered our paying (annual donation dues) institutional boosters was free film screenings, because we would be profiting exclusively off the films and they would essentially be unauthorized commercial rebroadcasts. Since the monthly members-only film series is only one of many different monthly program elements we offer our members, that is not the case. I see the situation being similar for the in-school classroom screenings. The kids aren't attending school exclusively to see free films and the taxes or tuition paying for their education is not a direct profit resulting from playing the films. None of that may change the opinion of a knee-jerk school administration, but that is the legalese we have encountered in a similar situation.

QUOTE (G&T @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 08:29 AM) Honestly, I've never tasted anything like it. Definitely worth the experience...and already I'm wondering when I'll get another one. See. . . ? You're starting to crave it already. And you are lucky you have easily obtainable rauchbiers, because I sure don't. If you ever run into one of the Rauchinfels Steinbiers (the hot rocks beers), be sure to give it a spin as well.

Moroccan coffee, with frothy pan-steamed milk and, cinnamon, cuman, a little black pepper and a good dose of sugar, is a nice treat. Sadly, most days it is instant, but at least it's Bustello or Pilon.

Kona is scarce, so Sumatra is usually my go-to robust coffee as well.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Nov 10, 2009 -> 12:29 AM) Them Crooked Vultures leaked their own album online... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ6arQ-qK34...&playnext=1 Cool!

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 11:49 PM) He could have used Land Down Under by Men at Work instead.... Colin Rolled?!?

The iPhone gets Rick Rolled with ikee worm

Solid Gold Dancer I make a gold jumpsuit look good.

QUOTE (G&T @ Nov 9, 2009 -> 06:27 PM) I'm drinking an Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen. This is a weird, wild experience. Glad you located a rauchbier. Yes, the first encounter is odd, but soon you'll crave the darn things

Opining here that you totally just made that up.

There ain't no partay like my Nana's tea partay. . . Hi. . . Ho. . . !