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Active User  Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
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| 11-29-11 12:51pm - 4772 days | #5 | |
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| 11-18-11 12:37pm - 4783 days | #13 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Short list: - The Young Ones (great outrageous Brit-com) - The A Team (just because one can't enough of bad explosions, car wrecks and people walking away unscatched from a hail of bullets) - Monty Python (will probably never be duplicated) - MTV (when they actually played videos and had vj's) - The Wild, Wild West (funny and interesting, unlike the shitty Will Smith movie remake) - Gilligan's Island (mmmmm, Mary Ann or Ginger)(also, it got me pissed when some stupid thing called The Watergate Hearings pushed them out of their daily time slot for a while). And maybe one or two also mentioned. | |
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| 11-15-11 02:23pm - 4786 days | #2 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
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| 11-09-11 12:06pm - 4792 days | #2 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
I just did a google search and it appears to be a newish skin flick. That means you'll probably have to shell out some dough to buy the dvd or go the illegal torrent download route. Otherwise, just give it a few months and I'm sure it will pop up on some dvd website. | |
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| 11-03-11 01:21pm - 4798 days | #8 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Don't worry, not much has changed. If you read stories about Lincoln or some of the founding fathers, you'll see that it wasn't unusual for them to have cases lasting 5 years or so. Here's the real world answer to the problem: Courts don't have armies or treasuries. They rely on others to be funded they are always getting slashed. With the recent financial woes of the world it's not unusual now that if two parties in a civil lawsuit (as opposed to a criminal case) expect a trial to last more than a few days then they won't even get a trial date because there is no time and no judges available. On the federal level, about a third of the federal judge positions sit empty because the Senate can't even agree to vote on people that would otherwise pass unanimously. Lastly, the wheels of justice in America were never designed to turn fast. The whole process of motions, exchanging information, posturing, etc. takes time and was sort of designed to take time in order to ensure fairness and to dampen the emotions involved. Tack on the other two reasons and you get the current mess. Hell, there are lawyers who have spent their whole careers working a case. Don't worry though, there are places in Europe and other parts of the world where we look like speed demons. | |
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| 11-03-11 01:06pm - 4798 days | #7 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Don't get me started on crappy resolution pics (I pretty much say in my reviews that a site can't score in the 90's without pics or low res crap. Two prime offenders are RealityKings and NaughtyAmerica. They have lots of good content but (take your pick) ... 1) continue to use the first digital cameras ever made which limits their pics to 900x600; 2) are just claiming to be futurists by foreseeing the rise of cell phone porn and originally modeled their sites years ago to accommodate cell phone noobs; 3) have servers that gleefully accept video files that measure hundreds of mb's but can't seem to find the space to accept 200k pics; 4) they just don't care. Pic lovers are admittedly in the minority when it comes to porn. The average spanker force fed a steady diet of tv and family videos as a child apparently can't appreciate good photography or lacks the imagination to fill in the gaps that photos leave out compared to the annoying chattering, bad dialogue and fake orgasms videos let you enjoy. Pics are actually so damn easy to do well now a days. Even pocket cameras can shoot damn fine pics in the 10 mb range and if the lighting isn't right even the free photo editing software can fix that with a few clicks. No need for grainy pics (unless the bozo editing the ginormous original pic files doesn't know that his editing software might automatically set the "grain" at 72 pixels before editing down a file), excuses for file size (it might cost a buck or two a month more to rent servers for high end pics), bad cropping (don't get me started), or only 20 pics in a set. The bottom line is that if sites don't have decent pics then it just means they don't care about pics. End of rant.  | |
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| 10-12-11 02:02pm - 4820 days | #6 | |
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| 10-04-11 11:50am - 4828 days | #5 | |
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| 10-02-11 10:41pm - 4829 days | #11 | |
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| 09-30-11 11:59am - 4832 days | #3 | |
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| 09-30-11 11:51am - 4832 days | #6 | |
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| 09-27-11 11:59am - 4835 days | #23 | |
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| 07-28-11 12:36pm - 4896 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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| 07-28-11 12:32pm - 4896 days | #25 | |
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| 07-18-11 03:10pm - 4906 days | #108 | |
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| 07-15-11 01:15pm - 4909 days | #9 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Don't own one and probably won't but from what I've read you might have a few problems. First, due to legal claims and a general dislike between Apple and some other companies, I don't think that an I-Pad can run flash or shockwave videos. Any sites that have Quicktime download options will obviously run on your machine. There maybe some apps out there that might let you run more video than what comes with it out of the box but I don't know. I'd probably just get/buy an app that acts as a privacy scrubber and have it set up to run every time you close out your web browser app. Make sure it cleans your browsing history, cookies and all that stuff and you should be fine. You can save your web bookmarks at Google or some other similar hosting site where you have to sign in in order to access them. Again, that's the safe route. However, you may have to retype your PU log in info each time because I don't believe (again, I'm no expert) that there is no fool proof way of hiding cookies on your machine that let you log in automatically. If she doesn't know about your web browsing ventures to this site, be safe and just retype your log in every time. In my book, being safe wins out over convenience. | |
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| 07-12-11 01:09pm - 4912 days | #5 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
First off, I just want to complain about this lousy site and poor customer service ... oh wait, wrong forum thread ... wrong forum ... wrong site. Never mind. Seriously, it sounds like an OK concept so here's my take on it: - A monthly newsletter would be fine. Anything more than 2 or 3 times a month usually just starts sounding like spam to me. - HTML would probably be easier on your end because you guys could in turn link back to pages on the PU/TBP site if necessary or if, for example, we wanted to read the official review of a site you're offering a special on. - I would probably create a sign-up page where the user could check which niches they want to receive information on (including categories for toys, clothing, dvd's, etc.). I think this would be easy enough to do and wouldn't require us to scroll through pages of material that might not interest us. - Contests and prizes? Sure, why not. I like free shit as much as anyone else. - Since the focus of PU/TBP is websites my default proposal would be to stick with what you do best and don't get overly sucked in with offers on toys, cloths, etc. because unless you monitor pricing on other sites my guess is that people who would want that type of stuff would know where to find it cheaper. In other words, don't just be another marketing avenue if can't offer something of value. I would probably limit my content to website specials of a limited duration or limited to PU/TBP newsletter subscribers. We already have the option to see the new websites posted on the TBP homepage and most of us regulars regard them as flotsam in a sea of porn mediocrity so I would say don't bother with those unless there's a raging good introductory deal to go with it. I would probably skip new reviews since we can readily find them here if we want them. Personally, I wouldn't spend much time repeating in a newsletter what is already posted at PU/TBP because then it starts leaning towards the spam side of email. - When it comes to other "porn news" I would skip that. There are other sites, blogs, twitter accounts, etc. that already do this and I would say that most of us users care mostly about the end product and not the industry news which tends to be self promotional in nature as opposed to informative. - Lastly, when you create the sign-up page for the newsletter in whatever form it takes, you'll need to restate your privacy agreement though you guys probably already know that. We like our anonymity here so if there is contest or if some response would link us to an outside sponsor I'd really like to know that and have it spelled out in that specific newsletter posting. Overall, I think it's a decent idea. Just keep it simple, keep it clean in appearance and stick with what you guys do best and don't try to become everything to everyone in the quest to fund Rick's Ferrari investment account  | |
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| 07-01-11 12:00pm - 4923 days | #8 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
I've been on a bit of dry spell recently. I've signed up for a monthly membership about 3 weeks ago and have hardly been to it. I haven't even posted a review yet which is unusual for me since I usually knock reviews out within a few days of joining. For me it's a combination of trying to focus on other aspects of life, porn burn out (been there, seen that) and the fact that my current collection is enough to keep me going. It's probably going to be a while before I get back into the groove. | |
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| 06-23-11 11:40am - 4931 days | #9 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Once again, time to clean out the bookmarks in my browser. Here's a few more porn and other funnies: - What a true "50" PU reviewed website would look like here and here. - What people really mean when they say "I had orange juice for breakfast today." - The actual unofficial motto of the PU website ... why doesn't Rick post this on the main page? - Why drinking alcohol is a great work out. - Moses actually got the 10 Commandments by accident. Also, why Jesus no longer "saves" the technologically ignornant. - Why old people hate technology here. - Leonardio DiCaprio's next movie ... er, move. - The real story behind the killing of Osama. - Another reason not to like facial websites. - What goes on inside your spice drawer. - While it may not be easy being green it doesn't mean you can't get easy. - Businesses adopt the "Dick in a Box" for advertising. (For our foreign friends who don't understand this, here's the original). - Another reason not to obsess over getting your porn from tube sites. - Not all of the Harry Potter actors are moving on to successful movie careers. - Lastly, I managed to secure a hip and chic location for the next PU forum awards ceremony. Enjoy and post some more of your own. Edited on Jun 23, 2011, 11:46am | |
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| 06-23-11 11:10am - 4931 days | #5 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
I've sort of been wondering when this topic would come up in the forum. As time goes on, I imagine that our foreign friends will be encountering more problems like this. While I've never used a proxy server and I'm no expert on them this would be my advice: 1. You're probably going to have to pay for a proxy server or do some research. By this, I mean find a proxy server based in the US or a similar porn friendly country that offers it's services for money. You could try getting in through a university system or some sort of other "free" but I think it requires a bit of knowledge about how these frameworks are set up in order to make use of it. Paying will obviously cost money but it eliminates the hassle. However, by investing some time doing internet searches you could probably figure out how to navigate the backdoors of free servers. Another option might be to by some software (I doubt the free stuff would be very effective but, again, I'm ignorant on this topic) that disguises your IP address but I don't know how effective these really are. If security is main priority then I would definitely go with a pay system. The good ones are theoretically untraceable in terms of a 3rd party being able to trace your actual IP address. 2. By a "virtual" prepaid credit card. By doing this and providing a less than truthful home address (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20500 would a good one  ) should be enough to get around the billing processors. I've used virtual cards or prepaid cards before without problem and they don't care what your true address is.3. Just be aware that if you're successful in going this route that you're probably committing a crime in your country. The odds of you ever getting caught and prosecuted are probably pretty damn small but sometimes you just gotta tug your weiner in the face of justice (insert alternate euphemism here). | |
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| 06-14-11 12:29pm - 4940 days | #2 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
That's what God make alcohol for, isn't it? | |
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| 05-13-11 01:26pm - 4972 days | #20 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Crap, who would have thought! Bin Laden did have a porn stash ... guess he really wasn't into the whole idea of an after life of virgins. (here) | |
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| 05-02-11 12:58pm - 4983 days | #8 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Considering he lived in a McMansion with no phone or internet access, I'm not sure I'd want his collection with the most recent updates going back to August, 2001. I will add that barring some ex Nazis, he did hold the world Hide and Seek record up until now. At least with him dead we don't have to worry about rumors spreading about him hanging out with Elvis .... | |
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| 04-28-11 12:10pm - 4987 days | #2 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
I'll take a stab at this one. Based upon the fact that you've discovered this little corner of cyberspace, you've joined the Charlie Sheen club: You're already a winner. I didn't check out your link but here are the basics: 1. Simply read the reviews that people have posted here (and/or at TBP) to find sites you like. Use the search functions to search by interest, price, etc. The higher the score, the less likely you'll be disappointed. 2. How much is too much for porn. If your name is Donald Trump then anything less than $100,000 a month probably isn't too much. If you're a cheap s.o.b. like me then focus on the special discounts and unlimited trials offered by TBP or other review sites. 3. If want to see debate about sites or pricing in porn, use the forum search function at the top of the forum page; lots of stuff to see. Welcome to PU and we hope you'll contribute with some reviews and more forum postings. | |
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| 04-21-11 08:27pm - 4993 days | #4 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Well, if Drooler is amused then it's good enough for me (shows how pathetic my life is  ). Since I'm cleaning out my bookmarks, here's a few more:- Why you got downsized from your last job. - Why the Japanese nuclear disaster will mean more anime porn (here and here). - What I do in my spare time when not downloading porn (here and here). - The newest Republican party advertisement promoting family values. - What I really think about when the deli guy is making my sandwich. - Since Easter is only a few days away, here's the perfect gift for the religious types in your family to remind them of the true message of Christ. - What every PU member is going to like fleeing from a fire (here). - What most of the PU female members look like (here). - The mystery that is "womanhood" finally explained here. - Coming soon to the PU store; the unofficial PU chastity belt. - What scared children before the TSA existed (here). - Finally, a disease that Americans take pride in having obliterated from the face of the Earth (here).  Edited on Apr 21, 2011, 08:35pm | |
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| 04-21-11 02:17pm - 4994 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Just wanted to say congratulations to Exotics4me for crossing the 400 point threshold ... and he still only accounts for about 3.5% of the total reviews here. Keep 'em rolling in there big guy. Also, congrats to Lk2fireone for finally crossing the 100 point threshhold (apparently he's too busy oogling porn to finally off the kitty). | |
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| 04-20-11 12:54pm - 4995 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
For those of us who have too much time on our hands, here's some pointless but entertaining links: 1. Graphs showing sex habits around the world here. 2. Masturbation statistics here. 3. Proof that internet porn can lead to unanticipated violence here. 4. Proof that internet porn leads to diminished violence here. 5. Pointless pictures: Beatles (the group) Bukkake, the reason why all computer viruses aren't bad here, Chuck Norris markets in everything here, proof of how messed up America is here, the real man's medicine cabinet here, why the internet makes everything better, the PornUsers medical emergency mantra, and, how Maslow's hierarchy of needs has been altered by the internet here. Add your own if you got 'em. | |
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| 04-20-11 12:35pm - 4995 days | #15 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Ah yes, the lovely combination of political pandering and functionally obsolete morality colliding in a big ugly train wreck: this pretty much sums up the culture war on porn. Porn is an easy mark for racking up cheap political points because just like Elvis, the Beatles, Woodstock and other culturally subversive acts of their day, it's easy to speak out against it and you don't burn any political capital by doing so. Porn is an easy mark because opinion polls say so many people are against it even though a lot of them use it. It's just another case where people will say what they think the right thing to say is even when they do the opposite. Also, since conservatives rely heavily upon older voters (those less likely to look at porn) it's an easy call for them to make. The biggest hypocrisy I see with all the conservative mumbo jumbo on this issue is that many of them profess libertarian principles (less government, period) but at the same time they want government to crack on anything socially "bad". Also, at the same time we're drowning in debt, why spend good money chasing porn makers, internet gamblers (the newest federal bust) and steroid abusing sports stars (Lance Armstrong, etc.). Shit, just tax the stuff like everything else, that's the libertarian way. The real criminals are the companies hiding huge amounts of money off shore and politicians not willing to do anything but pay lip service to addressing our debt problems. | |
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| 04-14-11 09:43pm - 5000 days | #17 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
If women always said no then the result would be many mornings where we don't regret the night before .... http://verydemotivational.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/demotivational-posters-regrets1.jpg | |
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| 04-07-11 12:30pm - 5008 days | #12 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Here's an off topic for Khan. Are we no longer able to link pictures into our forum posts? I was going to add one here but see that the photo link option is no longer available. Is that true or am I just missing something here. Also, what is the "do not link site titles" icon for (the one that sits at the far right on the top of reply tool bar)? That also seems new. | |
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| 04-06-11 10:52am - 5009 days | #5 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
12. Then I'd still be a virgin ... oh wait, was that my "out loud" voice. 13. Hollywood box offices see a sudden uptick in gladiator, Greek warrior and prison movies. 14. The "reach around" becomes the standard way of saying hello while in line at public restrooms. 15. Men find out how much women really complain and women find out that they have nothing to motivate men to do anything. 16. Farm animals and pets live in constant fear. 17. Obama gets overstressed and says "Fuck it all" and pushes the button. | |
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| 04-06-11 10:44am - 5009 days | #6 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Isn't that the purpose of watching ant sized sex on your cell phone, so that you can go out and watch porn in case your blind date leaves you feeling less than excited? Then again, going to the original post talking about new models, the website may just be philosophical talking about new models in the way that a river is never the same ... that's right, this week she's older than last weeks photoshoot ... that means she's now a MILF. | |
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| 03-15-11 07:01pm - 5030 days | #11 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
To sum up: | |
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| 03-15-11 03:33pm - 5031 days | #15 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
My whole attitude is that once I'm over it, it's erased (sort of like my memory after a bunch of beer). For me, I like to look over what I have and that means keeping something of a cap on how much one can actually look at. There's stuff I'll keep for the long haul but most of it can / will be replaced someday. Since a lot of us collect part of the fun is the hunt for new trophies to put on our wall (probably not our Facebook wall though). Since there will always be new shit coming out might as well ditch the stuff that ain't up to snuff any more. | |
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| 03-15-11 03:27pm - 5031 days | #12 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
That was fast. I must say I wasn't offended by the phrase but just sort of thought it could use some sprucing up (maybe "fluffing up" would be more appropriate). Apparently our senior leaders are seeking to prevent civil unrest, rioting and potential overthrow and are attempting to appease us peons with a new slogan to chant while we toil away in the porn mines.  | |
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| 03-14-11 12:47pm - 5032 days | #3 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
When I first joined up I thought that the little catch phrase you mentioned was sort of funny. I agree that it is getting a bit stale and probably not best suited towards a business that ranks as high as it does (in conjunction with TBP) on web searches and the like. How about Rick putting together a contest to come up with a new PU slogan with some funky prize(s)? That could be fun. | |
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| 02-17-11 12:36pm - 5057 days | #23 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Does anyone know if Mozilla Firefox has a similar feature (I only see an "import" function, not an export) or if there is an app that allows for exporting your bookmarks to a separate document? | |
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| 02-17-11 12:33pm - 5057 days | #22 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
I think that prices have somewhat stabilized. For years you had to pay about $30 for a high quality site with decent amounts of content. Now, you can often find networks offering lots of goodies and good quality for that or less. I think we are seeing fewer trial rates than were being offered a year or two ago but that's just an off the cuff observation. Other than that, I think that Thomas is pretty spot on regarding his observations for what the smaller players have to do to stand out from the big boys in the porn world. | |
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| 02-17-11 12:29pm - 5057 days | #16 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
I agree that the list is pretty darn arbitrary (how can you exclude countries like China or other places that basically run their internet "on behalf" of their citizens). The internet does make it easier to organize protests than the old days. However, it the impact of the net is a little over-hyped by western media. Countries like Tunisia that started this whole chain reaction were not well connected in terms of people being on twitter and Facebook before the fruit seller set himself on fire and killed himself (the event that triggered the Tunisian uprising). What gets overlooked is that you need a select group of catalysts to get the protests organized. It was this group of young computer smart people who benefited from having the skills to use web connectivity. Then it becomes a matter of getting people on the streets which is still done the old fashioned way by personally cajoling people and using phones/cellphones/text messaging to get them where they're needed. The whole Middle East region though is ripe for revolt because of a long history of autocratic rule, little opportunity for young people and economic stagnation/corruption once you get outside the oil business. Still the web is useful for starting the change revolution. What's good to note is that while many of these countries have tight control over the internet, the actual timing of when to take it down proved the ultimate downfall for Mubarak (he waited too long). In the future, it will be almost impossible to take down the internet with the advent of cheap, encrypted personal web servers (interesting article on that here). Governments are also going to find it harder to take down the net in the future. With cell phones becoming personal computers and critical infrastructure either dependent on the net or running their own private internet connections the "net" is fast becoming too amorphous and fractured to be effectively turned off or on by cutting ISP connections or international access. The real story for us Westerners in all of this upheaval abroad are the political gymnastics our governments are employing. We slam the Iranians for beating crowds and demand regime change but our leaders speak of the need to move more slowly when talking about our patrons like Egypt and Bahrain; only jumping on the bandwagon when the winds of change are clear. Also, while praising the freedom the internet brings the US government is also quietly trying to force companies to turn over twitter and email accounts in a desperate attempt to bring criminal charges against Wikileaks for releasing a treasure trove of diplomatic memos. Then of course there is the ever present war against porn and other culturally bad things our leaders think we shouldn't be seeing. While we have more political freedom than many other countries we still have our own "freedom battles" to fight here. | |
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| 02-09-11 01:50pm - 5065 days | #6 | |
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Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
But what if the sex wasn't so good? Does that mean they're going to go out there and just punch the clock? In fact, if you want aggressiveness wouldn't it almost be better to be mocked by some chick about your sexual performance so you'd want to take it out on someone? Yeah, it's just one of those myths that people use to psych themselves up or build team comradery. Unless you're shagging 5 minutes before you hit the field it probably doesn't matter from a purely physical perspective. | |
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| 02-02-11 05:56pm - 5071 days | #11 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
This is one of those cases where technology and practicality just don't quite meet. I agree that it's stupid to be advertising high band widths but then charge people up the wazoo for any overages. Charging per GB once you go over is just another name for rape especially if you have a low threshold to begin with. I can understand charging more if someone is burning a TB a month but charging someone a bunch of money for using say because they used 60GB instead of their 50GB allotment is just a scam. The real thing the big companies are trying to avoid is having to buy more servers (more expensive than just stringing cable since the servers also require service) and dealing with large amounts of web traffic. By keeping people on low DL limits they avoid having to spend more time and money and increase their profit margins. I think it's going to take another decade or so before you can get high speed / high download limits for a reasonable price. This whole thing goes back to the principle that life is like a pencil: first your used and then you find out there's no point. | |
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| 02-01-11 01:57pm - 5073 days | #19 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
I find this story interesting because it shows the ingenuity of how people adapt to technology in information suppressive societies. The initial source of all this unrest started in Tunisia (a local Egyptian neighbor) where Facebook and other social media helped coordinate the protests that lead to them ousting their dictator. Egypt saw that and said "Hey, cut the lines and we keep our jobs" but to now avail. Why? Because 1) They were too late (sort of like Western governments having the authority to pull the plug in the event of a cyberattack: once you realize it's happening it's too late); 2) There are too many work arounds so that unless you can shut down all communications you're screwed; and 3) Once you shut down the system it shows how desperate you are which is a bad signal to the rest of the world and the people you're trying to repress. There's an interesting article here about how people from around the world have come together to work on apps that allow for micro networks, posting internet posts via voice phone and other novel solutions. So long as some influential people have access to the technology and the work arounds you can still organize large protests even with the government shutting down ISP's. If nothing else, these events should serve as a warning sign to those who propose blocking the internet for political or social (anti-porn) purposes. Having the levels of control where you can readily pull the plug or edit online discourse available in your country either means you have an autocratic ruling class (a generally unstable form of government anyway) or have to allocate large amounts of money and man power to control what's available. The fact that in times of crises people can readily work around these barriers should serve as warning that you're just wasting time, money and political capital if you think no one is doing this to get around censorship blocks in "normal" times. | |
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| 02-01-11 01:44pm - 5073 days | #6 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Agreed that it's an interesting article. Serves as a reminder that online porn is basically unbridled capitalism where the big get bigger and are willing to crush the small for more profit even if it means hurting the industry overall. I do agree that tube sites would still be thriving even if the major players didn't have a financial stake in them and that tube sites are here to stay much to the disgust of most small operators. It also drives home my often repeated point that it takes a certain level of business acumen to succeed in the adult biz today. I don't really venture into tube sites since I'm more concerned about quality, avoiding nasty computer viruses, and don't have all day to waste sorting through them. However, for the casual porn surfer (that's most of the world) tube sites give you a quick opportunity to wank one out without the hassle or cost of buying a membership. It's the minority of users that want to "collect" quality pics and vids or have the one-on-one chat room experience where the money is at. That means if you're trying to make it as a small time player in the porn biz then quality product and good marketing are essentials, not after thoughts. | |
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| 01-31-11 04:34pm - 5073 days | #19 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Reading all of the responses sort of confirms what I was thinking in the back of my mind. A lot of us like our anonymity and most of hardcore PU types tend to be older so we don't gravitate towards social media so much. Besides, there are only so many hours in the day and what's more important - reading what someone you barely know had to eat for dinner last night or tending to your porn stash? I keep meaning to getting around and signing up for Facebook mostly because I have a lot of relatives who live on the other side of the country but apparently I don't like them enough to actually getting around to doing it. | |
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| 01-28-11 02:49pm - 5077 days | #13 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
I did a mammoth post on this a while back in The Future of Porn: How You Pay to Get It thread where I talked about what I saw as the pro's and con's of micro porn transactions (single scene purchases). Overall I thought that it is an idea that is coming regardless of whether you want it or not and that it works well for the collector of particular girls or only wants to keep a few scenes. The big downside is that it creates tiered pricing (downloads vs. full site downloading privileges) that will probably drive up the cost of monthly memberships in the long term and it might eliminate the full access trial as a "norm" in the business. Lots of issues with this whole business model but I'm sort of surprised that I haven't seen more of this being done already. | |
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| 01-28-11 02:38pm - 5077 days | #9 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Ditto for me in that I have no need for a softcore calendar. I live alone and I don't even put anything risque on my desktop just in case someone drops by. As one who occasionally pretends to live in the business world I wonder why people even bother with most of the business swag stuff out there. I got a bunch of pens and coffee cups with logos on them and I'll be damned if I can remember the names of any those companies without looking at them. Conventions maybe a bit different because people sort of expect to pick up a bunch of "booty" (using the term literally and figuratively) but most of that just gets dumped or shoved into some drawer and forgotten about until you die and your family gets to find out how big of a perv you really were. Frankly, I'd spend the money on a jazzed up (not jizzed up) display or hand out membership discounts or limited memberships (free 30 minutes) or something like that. Give them something that gets them to your site, not something old and stale ... even if it does you a case of morning wood checking the day of the week. | |
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| 01-25-11 01:34pm - 5080 days | #26 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Now it's time for everyone to check on their predictions. Max has "been on the lose" since January 21st. He's been paroled and has returned to the LA area to serve out a few months of time in a halfway house and/or house arrest. After that, he's still on probation for a few more years. Guess that means we won't be getting any more shock vids from him for a while yet. | |
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| 01-11-11 12:33pm - 5094 days | #7 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
Of course it's important to ban graffiti on cows in order to preserve our American values and stop us from heading down a dangerous and slippery slope. Everyone knows that bovine graffiti is a gateway drug to that cursed disease of cow tipping (no likes having to spend your nights at meetings saying "Hi, my name is ____ and I'm a cow tipper). Also, no one wants to be distracted while driving down the road and seeing all sorts of cows covered in advertising (do I really need to eat "mOre chikken"). Thus, Texas is simply leading the way in preserving cow decorum and civility ... thus keeping our cow population relaxed and healthy so they'll be more tasty when we eat 'em. In actual attempt at using my remaining gray matter, I think the real reason for this law is to to make it illegal for cattle rustlers to mess with brand markings and claim roaming 4 legged, 4 stomached rudiments as their own. Texas probably has or had an open range law that let ranchers have their cattle roam and could easily be poached by devious long mustached desperados. So my guess is that "brand integrity" is probably a big deal there in Texas. Edited on Jan 11, 2011, 05:15pm | |
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| 01-06-11 05:13pm - 5098 days | #6 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
I really got no clue this year. The Patriots should win it all on paper but I've shredded a lot of paper in time. The AFC is looking much better than the NFC although by me saying this it means you can count on the Seahawks going to the Superbowl. I'm definitely more pumped about college ball, the BCS Auburn/Oregon game should be a good barn burner and I was thrilled to see the Big 10 go 0 for 5 on New Years Day. Way too many bowl games and no playoff system sucks but the action is more interesting game in and game out during the regular season and every game counts unlike the pros. As for Messmer, remind me again what the final score was in the Canada / Russian World Jr. Hockey final? | |
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