Not what I meant, although I would protest that the authors of that are far too interested in congratulating themselves on how damn smart they are (or think they are).

This is what I was referring to: http://catb.org/jargon/html/index.html


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I dunno. I'm wary of being too dismissive about the underlying influences of various media. You can say what you've said about "Hooked-on-Classics," and then you have to try to talk to people about dead composers (oxymoron?) without them imagining a disco beat behind the music. I once spoke with James Watson (trumpet player whose credits include the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies), and he said he was doing the Hooked-on-Classics series, and on a meal break from recording consequently wrote his resignation to the RPO on the back of a beer coaster.

 

Sorry, I didn't mean the net is annoying--just that particular corner of it. I agree with you on the rest of it. But I stand by the "that's the net for ya" thing; the net by its very nature allows the irritating along with the worthwhile.

I've never been much of a believer in the blanket "the medium is the message" idea either (Bad Canuck! No poutine for me tonight!)


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Don't worry, I've never played a hockey game in my life. And I'm not a great skater. In fact, I was actually an extra in a short film that once aired on Global TV in the mid-90s called "Can't Skate."

I'm a bit of a McLuhan fan, though, even though I still don't entirely understand his book, Understanding Media. I still find it good fuel for ideas, though, and just today I was thinking about picking it up and taking another crack at it. Some of the ideas seem almost purposefully enigmatic ("the medium is the message"), others poignantly topical ("global village"), and yet others likely yet perhaps unprovable (such as literacy being a mere transition in human expression).

 

Absolutely. I like that he wrote to make the reader think, not just to tell the reader what to think.


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Do they have decent Poutine in Vancouver? I always though it was funny the percentage of Tim Hortons to Starbucks from coast to coast in Canada. Vancouver is almost 100% Starbucks, Toronto 50%-50%, I wonder if the east coast is 100% Timmie's.

Oh no my heart stopped

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Dunno. I haven't found it if it's there but I bet you could find it somewhere. Without the right cheese curd it just ain't the same. Cheddar poutine? No thanks!

I grew up way north of Vancouver and had never even heard of poutine until I left home and went traveling. I remember there being lots of Timmie's up there though, and I think they might still be going strong.

I have moved back out to Vancouver Island so if anybody knows where to get good poutine in the Victoria area, clue me in! The ol' arteries could use a good plaquing.


Torben

 

I dont agree with sms speak, but i can at least understand why they do it.
There is no excuse when they are presented with a full sized keyboard.

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what on earth is that?

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You know how the Scots gave the world deep-fried Mars Bars? Well, the Quebecois gave the world poutine. French fries (preferably good hand-made ones) with a layer of cheese curd, drenched in gravy. Heaven. Or Hell. Damn good either way.


Torben

 

There's plenty of time on a forum to type correctly, unlike with a messenger program.
There's even a programming language based around internet
slang.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOLCODE

 

yuck, what a filthy language

the creator must have a lot of time on his/her hands.

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To be fair, the origional poster didn't use text speak. However, after a few years at college drinking too much and smoking weed, he'll probably loose the ability to write coherently.

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It's almost 100% Tim Horton's in Saint John. There were no Starbucks when I first moved here almost two years ago (not that I'm a fan), but now there's a little kiosk in the mall... it begins! We also still have Robin's Donuts, which seems to have run its course in Ontario? There are some nice local franchises, too. A place called the Red Whale just opened up around the corner from my house. But in a traditionally blue collar town, with a lot of hockey fans, you can bet Timmie's is here to stay.

 

My theory is right, as you move from coast to coast there is a correlation of Starbucks to Tim Hortons. Amazing

PS I can't stand Starbucks coffee, too bitter IMO.

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