'Lost'

[Dave Land]

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