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		<title>Releasing Windows 7 now would be stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.taylorkarras.com/2009/02/21/releasing-windows-7-now-would-be-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Karras</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so I hear Windows 7 is the toast of the town. It’s fast, better then Windows Vista and has very few issues except for some bugs that need to be fix. Unfortunately the quality of Windows 7 can lead one man named Kelly Poe to create a website called releasewindows7.com which aims to release [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, so I hear Windows 7 is the toast of the town. It’s fast, better then Windows Vista and has very few issues except for some bugs that need to be fix. Unfortunately the quality of Windows 7 can lead one man named Kelly Poe to create a website called <a href="http://www.releasewindows7.com" target="_blank">releasewindows7.com</a> which aims to release Windows 7 on the market, as-it-is, in beta form, now. Now I don’t know the guy nor does anyone else, but he does say that he’s a major Windows fan and he loves a lot of things… I’m trying to wrap my head around why this is important. He say a lot that he’s really excited about the reviews of beta versions of Windows 7 (I don’t know if he uses Windows 7 himself) from only two sources, Leo Laporte and Paul Thurott (who ironically hosts a podcast with Leo on the same network, and <a href="http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/01/29/silly-release-windows-7-now-campaign.aspx" target="_blank">woefully rejects this stupid thing</a>) and according to those reviews that say that the Beta is surprisingly good, he decided to do this thing. This thing looks like something stupid that I would do surprisingly.</p>
<p>Okay, he says he understands that he understands bug fixes and taking the time to make sure it’s ready for mass consumption and the entire thing was created to show a community that they’re ready for Windows 7 and they’re apparently proud of it. Really, this doesn’t make any sense. If you wanted to create a group that shows people that are truly excited for Windows 7 then you’d probably create a Facebook group on it or join some Windows forum or create an IRC chatroom titled #windows7, that would of make tons more sense then this publicity grabbing site there is. Really, there should be some community to release Duke Nukem Forever, that’s being developed for a long time and should of flown a long time ago, that way the game would be released and Duke Nukem Forever would finally not be identified as vaporware. Seriously creating a community with the basis that you want to release Windows 7 now is stupid, instead you should of been entirely honest and just said that you were just excited for Windows 7.</p>
<p>Honestly, releasing a product now would be utter chaos, just look at the premature release of Windows ME, there were lots of flaws, bugs, and most importantly lots of crashes and BSoD’s which drove people to the near brink of insanity. Windows Vista was similar due to the fact that there were lots of incompatible hardware and software out there, people had to buy much more powerful hardware due to the higher system requirements and the 7 confusing editions. If Windows 7 were released now, then it’d be a nightmare for everyone to see that Windows 7 has disappointed everyone who believed in it. Software needs time to perfect (though I do say that they’re capable of making it to RC faster), to make a perfect experience for everybody, to make it sell and to make it exceed everyone’s expectations like every release of Mac OS X.</p>
<p>The site has even got some publicity due to the because of the avidness of the Windows fan and the impossibility of releasing Windows 7, and most of it seems to be making fun of it. Even though he does not get the idea, he still appreciates all of the publicity he’s getting and even posts it on his website. He’s even proud of a mention on MacBreak Weekly (if you’ve gotten a mention on a Mac specific podcast, that means they’re really taking you “seriously”) and “Microsoft” is reaching out to interview him… I’ll take this with a grain of salt because when Windows 7 is released which is to most people late 2009/early 2010 and after his 15 minutes of internet fame are up then Kelly Poe will go back to obscurity and this will be just another internet meme by 4chan but will instantly spread across the internet within a few weeks, which is what may happen due to the fact that releasing stuff now will likely be the new internet catchphrase mixed in with lots of products we wished got released.</p>
<p>So that’s it in a nutshell. I want to say a few words before I end this, why does he ™ everything. It’s not a big problem but it definitely isn’t required. I use a lot of words without trademarks at the end generally because it doesn’t matter whether it’s at the end, because nobody’s going to sue for a word that’s being used in a general context. They’ll only sue when it’s used in an inappropriate and infringing context. Also he’s trying to start a community about people excited about Windows 7. To me, a community is where people can hang out, make new friends, talk about anything, share stuff with them and have a good time while doing it. Mostly all I see is a petition for people who want Windows 7 released now and the only thing that resembles a community is that Facebook group page a fan created. If he’s serious about making a community then he’ll have to rethink everything and take down that stupid petition in the first place. I appreciate what he’s trying to do but I don’t think it’ll work.</p>
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		<title>Chris Brown and Rihanna, R.I.P.?</title>
		<link>http://www.taylorkarras.com/2009/02/15/chris-brown-and-rihanna-rip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Karras</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmmm… I wonder what happened to them? They used to be such a lively couple. Performing together, creating songs and remixes about each other, being covered in nearly every celebrity gossip site there is, releasing really great albums. But what happened a few days ago really set their careers on a really steep slope and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm… I wonder what happened to them? They used to be such a lively couple. Performing together, creating songs and remixes about each other, being covered in nearly every celebrity gossip site there is, releasing really great albums. But what happened a few days ago really set their careers on a really steep slope and a huge amount of fallout for both stars. No seriously, Chris Brown’s having his endorsement deals suspended, his music pulled, his Sesame Street episode pulled indefinitely and on top of that, he’s a walking dead man with Jay-Z threatening to beat up Chris Brown if the story is true. Rihanna’s canceling her concerts and performances all for the sake of issues she had with her previous encounter. Not only that, but I think they might of broken off the engagement, with the two sort of on edge. Who could of known how this could of happened, how it all broke down within a few days before the Grammys.</p>
<p>According to various news sources (including TMZ) Rihanna and Chris Brown got into a fight that was probably started by a text message, their jealousy, or any other related factor that might of pushed him to the edge. Anyways, I’ve heard that Rihanna suffered some burses, bite marks, some possibly nasty stuff and according to her, it’s not the first time that’s happened as she’s been abused many times before by him, it’s kind of sad when they try to keep up that dream couple feeling when it’ll eventually go down in flames. So afterwards, Chris Brown turned himself in and that’s where the downward spiral begin. When he was released, he traveled in a black SUV heading for home and Rihanna, well she had to make some sacrifices since she was in that incident. That’s a summary of what has happened and what is happening now as we speak. Even now, MTV is planning to air a documentary type show that’ll analyze every aspect of their relationship as well as milk a lot of money off of this.</p>
<p>I feel bad for both of them, but especially Rihanna since she’s the one who suffered a lot (not numerically but emotionally and physically). I wonder what happened to Chris Brown, he’s a great R&amp;B star (even though I don’t know him personally), the self proclaimed future of R&amp;B and known for his mix of Usher and Michael Jackson (particularly Michael Jackson). He’s released 2 albums which spawned a plethora of hits, he’s become a superstar in his own right and he has been known to be madly in love with Rihanna, propounding his love every which way, including having a fight with T.I. over Rihanna. But why did he have to keep this dream romance together, especially considering the fact that mostly these romances have a 10% chance of succeeding. I feel that he tried to keep too tight of a leash on her, I feel that his jealousy over that text message was a bit over the edge and trying to keep him and her happy just doesn’t work well if you don’t match up that well, just look at Mariah Carey and Tommy Mottola’s marrige.</p>
<p>But Rihanna, she’s suffered the worst. Receiving really physical abuse from her former boyfriend Chris Brown over jealousy and wanting to have possibly a perfect marriage, physical wounds heal but I don’t think her mental ones will heal at all, ever. This is the downside from men trying to be the superior being over woman and trying to control everything in their life, and trying to beat their woman so that they’d support their man better, abuse is not the way to go when trying to make a perfect relationship. That’s why most people are in jail right now, because they can’t control themselves. Seriously, The girl who’s released 3 chart-topping albums and we can’t forget about “Disturbia” written by Chris Brown. Still, sad to see her get straight into a situation that she couldn’t get away from and for Chris Brown, he couldn’t even get out of. Having a man abuse a woman just isn’t right and in their cases, it’s kind of disturbing.</p>
<p>Still, I wish the both the best of luck on trying to resolve their now persistent issues. Because most people do not like to see their career and their life destroyed in the process. Sure Chris Brown might of lost every bit of his endorsement, fame, and recognition and Rihanna might of lost some of her self consciousness, and what he did to her was wrong but people need to forgive right? Even though Chris Brown won’t be able to get Rihanna back as her girlfriend now. Also some of you may note that I’ve become inactive recently or I have stopped updating my blog regularly. Well just to let you know that I’m not dead and I am still taking a break and thinking about some things. This break has really proven to be essential as it allowed me to view things into perspective and don’t worry, I’ll be back posting updates on a regular basis and interacting with you guys again. I don’t know when that’s going to be exactly but hey, keep waiting, I’ll pop up eventually.</p>
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		<title>Act out in public, increase your publicity</title>
		<link>http://www.taylorkarras.com/2009/02/01/act-out-in-public-increase-your-publicity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Karras</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I haven’t been posting on my blog much, been involved in some deep BS which I’m unable to get out of, but this is bringing me to my point. Publicity, a lot of people have been seeming to get it a lot. Either by associating themselves with a community, doing something stupid and hurtful [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry I haven’t been posting on my blog much, been involved in some deep BS which I’m unable to get out of, but this is bringing me to my point. Publicity, a lot of people have been seeming to get it a lot. Either by associating themselves with a community, doing something stupid and hurtful and also having pre-existing fame through past stupid behavior. I seem to fall in the “all of the above” area for all of the stuff I’ve done in the past and for additionally having autism, which is something I don’t deny having, I just feel that people (like me) are deprived of ever being taken seriously, mostly everything I read seems to have that effect that they have to mention their community in some way.</p>
<p>I’d admit it, I tie myself with a community for most of the following reasons. It’s because the community is neat, you feel a certain attachment to them after an amount of time and I’d admit it, the people on there are very nice and very talented but you tend to be associated with the community after a long time. Note, I don’t mention the various names of the communities I’ve been with or in well because I feel like I want this to truly be a blog of my thoughts and opinions, also I don’t want to risk any of my other fans finding out about this site well because most of them I feel ashamed for and I don’t also want to be associated with them. If something bad happened and everybody turned against you, would you be associated with them anymore?</p>
<p>Also, if someone’s acting like in they’re own world, acting stupid or just have serious problems, they get much more attention and much more of the fame. I know I said something about this before but I feel that they and I need some help. I know they’re just trying to be a part of the community, trying to help out, trying to get noticed but is mocking them really going to do any good. I’ve been mocked before and I clearly know how it feels, it feels like your being mistreated and nobody takes you seriously anymore, I’ve been through it a lot of times. I just wish some people would try to show these misguided people the light, even though I might of contributed to the problem and I feel sorry for it.</p>
<p>I’d imagine that this would be longer but, whatever. I also have some problems with people doing stuff with my stuff that I didn’t want done, I’ve tried to speak out in 2006 but they wouldn’t even take me seriously then, 3 years later, still the same. For those of you reading, please don’t play my music and videos on radio talk shows when somebody is talking, it’s not funny and it’s disruptive. Also, I’m not a comedian, you may think I’m a comedian because the stuff that I did in the past is really funny and gut busting, hell, even I think it’s funny but I’m trying to get people to take me more seriously. I obviously have a long way to go before ever reaching that status but hell, this might be the perfect time to take a break from all of this and seriously get to some things I’ve been dreaming to do but haven’t been able to do.</p>
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