Texsox

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 06:18 PM) The guy farts to see which way the political wind blows. If it stinks, he's usually somewhere in the area. You know, the one who smelt it dealt it? Is this a personal attack on myself?

They should have had their thumbs cut off, we need to get tough on crime and then kids won't do stuff like this. We need to raise the punishment to match, not lower the other one. Fill them prisons and then start killing the worse offenders.

That is one screwed up woman. I wonder how many of these go unreported? I can't remember ever hearing about these until a few years ago.

And you get to deduct her for the whole year It's now married claiming 3!

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 02:14 PM) Attempt to find a bank willing to give a loan to musicians to fund the recording, promotion, and distribution of a full-length...it doesn't exist. As long as music is being created and distributed on a national, or international basis, labels will be present. Gone are the days of the wandering minstrel. Many musicians create music to make a profit and earn a living--whether this makes for a better product or not is up for a different debate. Music labels are a means to an end. As long as musicians seek to earn a living--or, if they are the sentimental type and simply desire to distribute their work as some piece of communal art, belonging to the "people"--the role the label plays will be a crucial one. My point is with better and better technolgy it will not be nearly as expensive to produce the album. Instead of expensive recording sessions, technology will put a recording studio in a garage and it will be equal to the major studios of yesterday, just like a desktop calculator kicks butt over what sent Apollo to the moon. You will not have huge publicity costs of hitting every radio station, most consumers will have radio bots that will stream music to their desktop via a search type function from the artists server. There will be some artists that continue the traditional route, just like the networks compete for TV shows over cable stations. But the record labels will become less and less important to the process. The consolidation the record industry saw in the 80s will reverse and smaller, faster, niche companies will grab a huge market share.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 05:07 PM) He's pretty happy right now. Wait until he has to change that s*** filled diaper later. Then he won't be. Actually an amazing thing takes over and he'll actually think it's cute. I changed a lot of diapers, when it's your own kid, not a problem.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 05:05 PM) Part of the reason I think the whole Texas State Government is a great big boondoggle is him. The whole special sessions on school finance have been a big joke, they got nothing done, and there are many people that think he just likes the attention, so he keeps calling them back. Besides that, the man stands for nothing. That's probably why you like him, you big fat liberal! If I was a big fat liberal I would have voted Sanchez I was a little upset over the redistricting b.s. when he didn't choose a more bipartisan approach.

How is Mike doing? Is he holding up OK. I know how difficult it is for the new dad . A full day of labor, all the phone calls to make, holding the baby, the discomfort of listening to the mom complain, it is just so hard on the new father . . .

Girls are so cool

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 04:15 PM) Rick Perry is officially an assmunch. God, what a waste of a governor. Really? I like him. I've been fortunate enough to meet him on three occasions, two involving my kids, and walked away being impressed by his sincerity. In our last election, as much as I tried to like the Dem candidate, in the end, I pulled for Perry. I still think he was the better choice.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 01:45 PM) Rape is violent, hate crime. To call it anything else is to try to find an excuse for it. To find a cause is a step towards prevention, to call it finding an excuse is wrong.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 08:55 AM) That's gonna be me. They're afraid I'll blow up the place if I ever become a mod. HAHA I think you would make a great SL&P mod.

Funny, we look down at Iraq for getting f***ing tough on crime, yet we really wish we could be more like them.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 01:28 PM) Whats the over/under on how long it take the baby to get to 1000 posts? Like daddy will let him near the computer . . .

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 01:24 PM) In short no. I've actually heard one theory (albeit unpopular) that rape is committed for evolutionary reasons. Most psychologists (unless they've switched in the past year and a half) agree it's about power. Same reason people batter. Most of my old "rape" stuff (educational of course) is either at home or donated to my alma mater. Let me get back to you with some names after I finish my stupid poster from hell, okay? Sexual gratification never seemed to fit. Too easy to find a prostitute, and in countries which have legalized prostitution, the rape stats stayed the same. I am certain there are horny cases as well. Those are the ones that I think Nuke is mostly thinking about. Pick up a woman at the bar, you are both half smashed, she has next morning regrets and goes to the police. The underlyting premise in some of the laws, is not consistent. The victim is not responsible for their actions because they were drunk, the accused does not have that same presumption. The grab a lone jogger in the woods, and rape her, I don't see as being about sex.

I think there has to be a better, more tailored, distribution. When the record companies are cut out, and the band distributes to the consumer, $.25 becomes a reality per song. And they make more, and have more control.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 01:18 PM) I'll need you to be more specific there. Who has done any research into this? Is there a concensus opinion on why humans rape, while there are only a few other species that do?

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 01:15 PM) No. Im saying cases where evidence is lacking its probably a 1:1 ratio. Impossible to tell and thats why the burden of proof is on the accuser. There is always a lack of evidence as soon as the rapist admits he had sex with the woman. Even with evidence, it will come down to he said, she said. With it being as difficult as it is for a woman to report a real rape, I cannot believe there are that many false accusations.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 01:13 PM) Come on Tex, you're a Psych major: Stimulus generalization, not just for Pavlov anymore! What are the major theories on rape?

I don't think half of all reported rapes are false. Is that what you are saying Nuke? 1:1?

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 12:45 PM) some people have no class My guess, in a tribute to the White Sox, the baby will be born shoeless . . . just a guess, I could be wrong.

I think we were talking past each other. I doubt anyone here has anything less than total disgust for the rapists. But when we see someone who, unless drugged, make such an obviously made decision, it is worth commenting on. I recently taught a drunk driving awareness program. After completing the program, I realized something important was missing. The materials never talked about getting into a car with a drunk driver. I was amazed. I didn't believe anyone was saying it was her fault, I read people saying, why did she make such a poor choice [that poor girl]? What makes these cases the toughest is once the rapist agrees that sex occurred, but it was consensual, it becomes who do you believe. In this one, with the victim left unconscious on the side of the road, I think it will be an easy case, but in others, I would not want to be on the jury.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Nov 4, 2005 -> 12:52 PM) Move to Austin. That's a Democrat island right there. And actually Austin is a beautiful city with a great culture. And there just might be a few singles around there who aren't interested in marriage. Thank you Kap. I'm not certain if my girlfriend will go for it. Or are you confusing Soxy with me? If that's so, you've been working waaaaay tooooooo much!

Traditional entertainment companies have never been able to keep up with technology and have lost their legal battles at every turn. I track this back to audio recorders. The music industry thought no one would buy albums when they could tape off the air via their radios. Then the industry fought video recorders because no one would watch commercials. And there have been many battles in between and before and after. Strip away what we know and look how simple this should be. You have an artist who is making music you have customers who want to listen to it. In the simplest form it would be artist -----> consumer But there are now billion dollar companies in the middle trying to protect their piece of the pie. artist ---> companies $$$$$ ----> consumer IMHO, nature always favors the simplest solution to a problem. Technology will drive a distribution system that will directly connect the artist, producing work with great results from home, with their audience, who will pay a small fee for each download or a smaller fee, for a per listen license. We will have music stations that do little more than search and download from various artists' web sites and play songs. Highly customizable.