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#2753295 - 06/29/09 05:55 AM
Re: If I had a blog, who here would read it?
[Re: PanzerMeyer]
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Opinions are pretty abundant these days. I'd say you'd probably find about 6 billion opinions for any selected topic. I have an opinion about that, which is... ...lost my train of thought
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#2753300 - 06/29/09 06:00 AM
Re: If I had a blog, who here would read it?
[Re: Wolfbiscuits]
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Dagestan, Dover, DMZ
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@Flyboy: I'm answering in the interest of your market research...
I likely wouldn't read until there was a reason to read. I guess everybody has to have a hook. People read if the subject is interesting, but people also read if they find the writing style to be really appealing. While not exactly a blog, if you look at something like the popularity of Zero Punctuation most of the people watching are there for the particular style of cutting wit as opposed to his skills as a reviewer.
I guess what I'm saying is, "we'll see." If you come up with something appealing, then people will come. Much like a new store, you have to give people a reason to come in as opposed to go down the street.
I hope that helps.
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#2753301 - 06/29/09 06:00 AM
Re: If I had a blog, who here would read it?
[Re: 20mm]
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Well my 'blogs' would hopefully be thought-provoking. I may not cover anything 'new' all the time, but I like to get people to think 'outside the box'. When I say blogs, that's probably not the right word. I would include TV and film reviews too, with factual information from such motion pictures. The military ones would be much like my 'Future Of Warfare' articles that were featured here, but on a smaller and more (perhaps) regular basis.
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#2753318 - 06/29/09 06:14 AM
Re: If I had a blog, who here would read it?
[Re: Flyboy]
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Give us something to read, then we will have a better idea.
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#2753325 - 06/29/09 06:21 AM
Re: If I had a blog, who here would read it?
[Re: Wango_Tango]
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#2753334 - 06/29/09 06:27 AM
Re: If I had a blog, who here would read it?
[Re: Wango_Tango]
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Give us something to read, then we will have a better idea. There you go Flyboy! The door has been left slightly ajar for you. Now be quick and take advantage! 
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#2753346 - 06/29/09 06:40 AM
Re: If I had a blog, who here would read it?
[Re: PanzerMeyer]
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OK, here is an example of a program review: [removed]
And here is an example of something military that captures my interest: [removed]
Edited by Flyboy (07/01/09 07:53 AM)
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#2753374 - 06/29/09 07:10 AM
Re: If I had a blog, who here would read it?
[Re: Flyboy]
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OK, here is an example of a program review:
I watched a documentary program on June 16 2009, on ITV1, called 'Nature's Fury: Fire Storm'. It was about the wildfire season in Southern California and it was a lot more interesting than I expected, to be honest. It focused on a bunch of guys who were in fact prisoners at a Californian detention facility, who were trained to be firefighters. It was quite humbling to see all these criminals pulling together and doing something positive. I was quite amazed at the tools these guys have to be able to use - there were shovels, pick axes and even chainsaws. They also had to be able to climb up huge Redwood (I think) trees in case branches needed to be cut down to starve fires of fuel. The gear they had to wear was second in scale only to the military in combat. The guys all seemed like really nice people. There is no doubt that fire-fighting in America is much more real and dangerous than in most other countries. This is mainly due to the large sort of bush fires that they can get there. It was cool to see these people trying to save houses from the fires that they might have once robbed. It also goes to show what some of the prisons are like over there. They try and make positive things come from a load of men being housed under one roof, by taking on these such duties. They don't just let them stay there and rot, so to speak. This was a deeply humbling and thought-provoking program, and I must admit I was nearly moved to tears at one point. But then, a lot of things in America do that to me. There is just something about Americans (in general of course) they are just so grateful to be given second chances, they own up to what they've done and try so hard to reform. Of course, these raging fires do more damage that they might do, say over here, as they seem to be mostly made of wood in the U.S. At one point, we saw a 100ft tornado of flames actually in the fire. This would surely have been a weapon of mass destruction, and if you believe in Heaven and Hell - this was surely the realization of the latter. Luckily, I don't think that it hit any residential areas.
And here is an example of something military that captures my interest...
On TV and in film it is always portrayed that, when a soldier returns to civilian life - whether it be short- or long-term - that they find it hard to adjust to 'normal' life and re-establish old routines. Thinking about it, I can see why this is so hard. The military is a way of life, a different way of life. It is almost like prison in the fact that everything is provided and you don't have to think about stupid things like paying the bills. People 'back home' don't know what you've seen, and most of them don't even try to understand. I do. I put myself (as best I can) in the soldiers shoes, and knowing what they might have seen, might have experienced, I try very hard to understand. I like to think that I have a better awareness of this than most people. As long as peoples petty little lives back home are all dandy, that's all that seems to matter. Yes, people decide consciously to join the armed forces, but that is probably mainly because they want something better, they want to make a positive, real change. No one, no one, does a job like the military. There are ones that come close - such as armed policing in hard criminal areas, large-scale fire-fighting, etc. But nothing even come close to real, modern warfare. When returning to civilian life, I can see how you get the sense that nothing matters. Even if you haven't seen any actual combat, just that detachment from military life is a big leap. It is important for me, that I try and understand what these soldiers are going through. I don't want to be ignorant about them. I want to support them and make the rest of their lives as easy as possible to comtemplate. I have heard of ex-soldiers who simply cannot cope with civilan life and they go on to have mental breakdowns and even commit suicide. It is absolutley critical that these people get priority mental health care and are given the help that they need. Ok, final answer is NO.....J/K. 
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#2753380 - 06/29/09 07:14 AM
Re: If I had a blog, who here would read it?
[Re: Flyboy]
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Loc: Chicagoland
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I've been thinking about starting a sort of blog, but I would like to know beforehand if anyone here would bother reading it and keeping up-to-date with it. Anyone?
The subject wouldn't be so much about me, but my thoughts on computers, technology and military. go for it! I will check it out. 
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#2753381 - 06/29/09 07:16 AM
Re: If I had a blog, who here would read it?
[Re: Wango_Tango]
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My opinion on your entry. Subject to contention etc...
Being brutal and honest:
I don't know who you are flyboy so when you inject the "I", "I can see", "I was", my attention slipped away. I don't care what you think.
Suggestion:
Be aggressive. Don't use "I". Example:
Your entry: "Thinking about it, I can see why this is so hard."
My suggestion: be aggressive and declare some of your observations. "There are many causes for this difficulty in adjustment." then enumerate the causes.
Case in point: Let's take Zero Punctuation since it has already been mentioned. You can remember phrases from him "Unless you're a &^*&^@#%!%... ", "If you're...", and some direct insults at gameplay etc. He declares who will not like the game. He declares a game is archaic. He declares that a game sucks.
It's just not what he thinks, he communicates that if he hated it chances are you'll hate it also. That makes the reader think and want to listen more.
Just a suggestion.
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