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As much as I like the Simpsons, I think it's way over due. They really lost it a long time ago. The last time I saw an episode a a couple of weeks ago, I thought it was awfully a lot like other episodes.

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Did you think before you gave the title:)

Oh, damn. So this isn't that kind of topic?

Julian Bashir is selected to become the model for a Long-term Medical Hologram, until a family secret is revealed.

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When I named my VA ships, I had a feeling most folks would opt for meaningful and well thought out ship names. I therefore went for insipid pop culture references:

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I suppose one answer would be because they can't wear normal T-shirts, and the V necks that would fit over their heads would have to be cut down to their navel. :p

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Did you think before you gave the title:)

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The animated series has been a fixture of the schedules since 1989 and is in its 23rd season, making it one of the biggest success stories in television history and a cash cow for Fox Television.

However, a contract dispute threatens to bring the show to an end.

Executives at the network have reportedly said that the show will close down in the spring unless cast members take a 45 per cent pay cut.

Dan Castellaneta voices Homer Simpson, the family patriarch, with Julia Kavner as Marge and Nancy Cartwright as Bart. The actors also lend their voices to other characters in the show and are paid handsomely – each earning an estimated $8 million per year. Their proposal for a 30 per cent cut in exchange for a percentage of the show's profits from global syndication and merchandising has been turned down by Fox.

A show insider told the Daily Beast website: "Fox is taking the position that unless they can cut the production costs really drastically, they'll pull the plug on new shows.

"The show has made billions in profits over the years and will continue to do so as far as the eye can see down the road. The actors are willing to take a pay cut of roughly a third, but that's not good enough for Fox."

On Tuesday, 20th Century Fox TV stated. "23 seasons in, The Simpsons is as creatively vibrant as ever and beloved by millions around the world. We believe this brilliant series can and should continue, but we cannot produce future seasons under its current financial model.

"We are hopeful that we can reach an agreement with the voice cast that allows The Simpsons to go on entertaining audiences with original episodes for many years to come."

The Simpsons was devised by Matt Groening, who took just 15 minutes to sketch the characters and named them after members of his own family.

They made their debut in a series of short animated features in The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987 and were granted their own series two years later.

Groening once said: "One of the great things about animation is that your characters don't have to age. Bart's had his 10th birthday on the show three times already."

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*does a little Dance* count me in for the Beta Testing!!!!

I give thanks to the Beta Testing gods... I also got into the Beta for Diablo 3! I just feel bad that my fiancee DakonKor hasn't got into either test.

Random Question:

Does anyone know if they differentiate between those accepted for the beta weekend and those accepted to the testing program?? because mine says testing program but I just wanted to know.

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Apple: Think Different