Look, I title my WiFi networks weird things all the time, just because I know strangers will see it and be confused. Some are great wordplay, some are simply bizarre non-sequitors, some of them are downright disgusting, and some are deliberately misleading.

My hunch is that this network is NOT that of an actual FBI surveillance van, but the product of a fun-loving person setting up their router.

That said, it would be pretty simple to use wifi sniffing tools to pinpoint the source of the signal and actually, you know, VERIFY this absurd claim.

I mean, the feds are stupid, but I don't think they're THAT stupid.

> it adds up to be about an extra 10-15 inches

But, sadly, not where it counts.

*ducks*

Tried it. Headphone port was too small, and I couldn't squish it flat enough to fit in the dock connector.

Yeah, after I looked at it on my iPhone I realized my mobile Slashdot experience had all but been destroyed. Thank you Google Mobilize service ...

I've got boxes of old G3 and G4 chips, plus a bunch of 68K Macs that are stuffed in a closet that I pull out once a decade. Are we supposed to include those?

love it.

seriously.

i love it.

What world are you living in? It's not because the masses have more collective monetary power (they don't), it's economics of scale. You can only sell so many $500,000 cars, and there's very little chance of repeat business in any short time frame.

It's about selling in volume. That's what made Wal-Mart.

In 2004, the top 5% of the economic bracket controlled over 58% of the wealth. That was a long time ago, now the figure is skewed even more in favor of the rich.

Sorry, but you're wrong.

>>corporations don't have the power to suck money from my wallet against my will,

Compulsory tax on blank media, passed by the gov't at the behest of corporations

>>throw me in jail for years,

RIAA/MPAA exploiting the laws they paid politicians to write to fine/jail people "guilty" of downloading copyrighted material.

>>send out goons to give me a Rodney King-style beating,

Foreclosure procedures often include using police to do the dirty work of corrupt banking establishments.

>>or execute me on the electric chair

Not yet, but they can certainly have you "silenced" or "suicided" as it were.

So, while the force is directly applied by government entities, if the government is just another branch of the corporations (it's a shared resource they like to use/abuse), then the corporations are the ones actually exercising that force, even if there's a badge or a robe that indicates government affiliation.

"I'm an overly literal nitpicking asshole"

FTFY

Or, to use rap as an example, 50 Cent has about as much relation to militant black activism as Norman Rockwell. Chuck D still puts out albums, but is he getting airtime?

We're talking about the current state of music, not some glorified past.

Ummmmm... Elvis Presley?

Look, MOST music movements start out in the way you describe, and it isn't until they are co-opted that they turn into little manufactured bits of distraction.

Case in point: Just because US hardcore punk started out with bands like Black Flag, Minor Threat, etc., doesn't mean that acts like Green Day have any relation whatsoever to that original spark of creativity, regardless of whether or not the music is similar.

That's no dog, it's Keanu Reeves in heavy makeup.

Let's assume that your unsupported claim that rap acts earn less than rock acts is true.

One reason could be that, as rock was back in the day, rap is a producer-led game with various interchangeable personalities marketed as the "artist" towards certain demographics. However, their artistic contribution is minimal and they rely on the producer for the beats, the melody, the technical skills, etc. In most rap, the PRODUCER is the one making the music, and the "artist" is just a face they use to sell the product. Rock was like that for a while too.

The Problem with Music by Steve Albini

Looks like Courtney Love pilfered a lot of her article from Mr. Albini (that doesn't surprise me one bit), which really adds a nice rich chocolatey irony sauce to the whole thing.