At 05:12 PM Thursday 3/20/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Dave Land wrote: > > > On Mar 20, 2008, at 12:52 PM, jon louis mann wrote: > > > >> ... did I mention that as a result of the airwaves being filled with > >> crap like 'Lost', I haven't owned a TV for about five years? > >> Curtis. > >> Garbage in garbage out Maru > >> > >> curtis, if you haven't owned a TV for five years, i guess you must > >> rely > >> on other sources of information to determine that 'lost' is crap? > >> sturgeon's law states, "90% of everything is crap", including science > >> fiction... > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law > >> > >> i apply that law to the internet, television and just about everything > >> (although the percentage may vary). here's the thing, if even 1% of > >> what is on television is worth watching, why throw out the baby with > >> the bath water? that's why i have tivo (and fast forward past the > >> commercials). what i really should do is get rid of my laptop, > >> because > >> i waste too much time on e-mail, blogs, discussion groups, internet > >> hoaxes, etc... > > > > It is true that 90% of Brin-L Posts are crap, too. > > > > Dave > > > > Self-Reverential Maru > >And my post here is one of the "crap" ones. :) > > Julia Figurative crap is like literal crap: if you try to hold it in and don't let it out on a regular basis, you will have bigger problems than if you let it out regularly . . . American Standard Maru . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
