Posts by xenawarrior

the wife of one of our lawyers is a judge here in dallas, and i overheard her husband telling a couple of other lawyers about this really tough case she has right now: deciding to issue a court order to give blood to premature twins whose parents are witnesses.

i popped in with "i'm an ex-jw -- ask me anything" so he and i started talking about the blood issue.

the father of the twins was in tears in the courtroom -- not because of his babies getting blood but because he was afraid he would be accused of giving his consent to the blood transfusion.

xenawarrior

What a sad story indeed Nina!

And I stayed in it for 46 years. Amazing.

And the truth about "the truth" shall set you free!

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Napster and the Workaround - Any more legal?

by Lostreality in

so napster is now charging 14.95/month for membership services, and its basicly, download all you can and want to in that month.

however, the files are wma files protected by digital rights management.

meaning, as soon as you stop paying for the napster service, they stop working.

xenawarrior

This is one of my peeves in the world. IMO, the record industry is one of the only industries that can have internal problems as an entity and force the consumers to deal with it. If I buy a pair of shoes and the shoemaking industry is having a battle within itself as to how that pair of shoes gets to market it's not my problem and it's unlikely it would become my problem.

Not so in the record industry. A year ago I bought a cd from Barnes & Noble. It wouldn't play on my computer. It would play in my car and on a boombox, however. It appears it had some sort of protection on it that wouldn't allow it to be played on my computer (and thus uploaded). I took it back to Barnes & Noble and explained. She told me that wasn't their problem and because I had opened it I couldn't return it. How did I know it didn't play if I didn't open the damned thing?! She said I'd need to talk to the record label. NOT! Well, after much ado she said that she'd take the return this time, but in the future, if this happened I'd have to deal with the label itself. No where on the cd packaging did it state that it wouldn't play on a computer. If it had, I'd have saved myself the time and disturbance. Another one of the "problems" in their industry they passed onto the consumer.

I tried to explain to this store clerk that the problems that come from the products they sell are theirs and not to be turned over to the consumer to then have to deal with the manufacturer or distributor. But that is what is happening in the record industry, IMO. Artists, labels, manufacturers and distributors have problems getting along and finding a fair way to market their product and have everyone in that chain paid fairly and they have been dumping the end result of all of that infighting on the consumer for years. I, for one am sick of it.

We as consumers have gone through many forced technology changes and have taken it in stride. I'm old enough that I bought 8 tracks as well as vinyl in 45's and LP's. Then came cassettes. Then cd's. And now dvd's. All in a relatively short period of time. And we've bought all the technology and the equipment needed to use it along the way. We've had no choice. They don't make vinyl anymore.

Just how many copies of Pink Floyd; "Dark Side of the Moon" should I be required to purchase before it's really MINE and I can listen to it as I'd like?

I make many compilation cd's and one song may end up on many of them because I like it. With the technology that exists with the online purchasing programs I'd be limited as to how many times I could even legally record that one song. I don't even know what happens to it -if it's like some Mission Impossible self destruct encoding on it or what- all I know is that there are limitations on it that are still not right for the consumer.

I used to download a lot. Haven't for a couple of years now. Because I did a lot of it, I got the one Metallica song I wanted and OMG, I'm sure it broke them that I did that. In the meantime I was able to sample some lesser known bands and find that I liked their music and spent my money on them instead. I spend a lot of $$ on music and it's mostly those lesser known bands. I've also shared that with others and many have found they liked that sound too and went out to purchase more of that artist. I just can't find anything wrong with that and many things right as far as the furthering of artists goes.

Okay, end rant.

Waiting for Hillary Step to arrive...

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I like Sarcastic Posters

by minimus in

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just thought i'd letcha know.

xenawarrior

like this one?

You can get one if these- 30 x 24 inches at:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/cubegoodies/posters/

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My Pull-Ups Make Me Look Fat

by simplesally in

yep!

she is 3 and a half years old and came up with that excuse as to why she cannot wear pull-ups with her nightgown.

i have no idea where she got that idea that she could ever ever look fat!!!!!

xenawarrior

LOL- That is so cute Sally! Out of the mouths of babes eh?

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HELP ME! I am stuck in JWD and cannot get off-line!

by BrendaCloutier in

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geez talk about trading one addiction for another..... i get on jwd reading, posting, chatting, and i just can't seem to get myself to log off the internet!

sometimes it's cuz i don't want to go do what i have to, or sometimes even want to, go do.

sometimes i'm just feeling anxious and needy.

xenawarrior

LOL Brenda- didn't you know that Simon is at fault for just about everything in the world?

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Flat Stanley needs to move on!

by bikerchic in

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damn that boy can eat you would have thought he walked all the way from new york his last designation!

in his defense he's also a worker, he's trimmed our cedar trees, walked the dog, cleaned up the dog's poop, did the dishes (sorry about his arms falling off, they are paper ya know), oh and he did the dishes after he cooked the dinner.........gawd do i really have to part with him?

all in all he's a great little guy, doesn't talk much, is very well behaved and doesn't take up much room either, so anyone interested in having flat stanley be a guest please pm me with your addy first to reply is the winner but get in line for the next designation after.. here is the original link explaining all about flat stanley: .

xenawarrior

Sorry, didn't mean to keep him too long and did not intent to hurt anyone's feelings. Just doing what I do.

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Flat Stanley needs to move on!

by bikerchic in

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damn that boy can eat you would have thought he walked all the way from new york his last designation!

in his defense he's also a worker, he's trimmed our cedar trees, walked the dog, cleaned up the dog's poop, did the dishes (sorry about his arms falling off, they are paper ya know), oh and he did the dishes after he cooked the dinner.........gawd do i really have to part with him?

all in all he's a great little guy, doesn't talk much, is very well behaved and doesn't take up much room either, so anyone interested in having flat stanley be a guest please pm me with your addy first to reply is the winner but get in line for the next designation after.. here is the original link explaining all about flat stanley: .

xenawarrior

OMG, I'm so sorry Kate

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Flat Stanley needs to move on!

by bikerchic in

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friends

damn that boy can eat you would have thought he walked all the way from new york his last designation!

in his defense he's also a worker, he's trimmed our cedar trees, walked the dog, cleaned up the dog's poop, did the dishes (sorry about his arms falling off, they are paper ya know), oh and he did the dishes after he cooked the dinner.........gawd do i really have to part with him?

all in all he's a great little guy, doesn't talk much, is very well behaved and doesn't take up much room either, so anyone interested in having flat stanley be a guest please pm me with your addy first to reply is the winner but get in line for the next designation after.. here is the original link explaining all about flat stanley: .

xenawarrior

aww, I'm glad the kids liked them. LOL- I usually use those for prank fodder at the homes of friends who are anyonebutpackersfans. I was thinking about the whole cheesehead thing and realized that kids in 2nd grade might not even know what they are! Thanks- I had a good time with that! I'm glad that Rhys and his class are having so much fun with it.

Lisa