Implication
Does this imply then we Americans are a group of "Yahoos"?
Posts by Dan Dietzer
7 publicly visible posts • joined 17 May 2007
Google is Europe's most visited site
Microsoft waves in Minority Report-style computing era
Poland probes gay Teletubbies
Tuesday 29th May 2007 15:31 GMT
Changing Times
Gareth:
Hah! It certainly shows how the meaning of certain words and phrases changes over time, e.g., "Having a gay time .. wish you were here!"
Yes, I wondered about the "innocent friendship" angle in the Sponge Bob episode when he and Patrick adopt a baby clam and become "Daddy" Patrick and "Mommy" Sponge Bob. I begin to think Dr. Wertham was right when he wrote "Seduction of the Innocent" :)
Tuesday 29th May 2007 12:26 GMT
Closet Homosexuality?
Sorry, I couldn't resist that title...
When Robin was introduced into the Batman comics there was an intimation that there was a homosexual relationship involved. Nowadays, it's SpongeBob and Patrick. It is a shame that people have to infer that any innocent friendship between guys must necessarily be gay. As boys, we just hung around each other and had nothing to do with girls -- the whole "cootie" thing, you know.
It seems to me that I had heard the "Village Voice" was the publication that had actually "outed" poor Tinky.
Drive-by Wi-Fi 'thief' heavily fined
Wednesday 23rd May 2007 18:13 GMT
Not Thinking Of Consequences
This is a great example of a law that is ramrodded through a legislature without thought for the consequences. My daughter's PC has trouble accessing our own home WiFi network on occasion because of all the noise from the neighbors' unsecured routers! As a Michigan resident, I guess I'd better ensure that she knows enough to hook up to the CORRECT router.
Probably Sparta was not pulling in enough funds from traffic citations so they went after another "source of funds".
Biting the hand that feeds IT
