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http://www.bedoper.com/inciter With Peter Jackson at the helm...

All the backwards compatibility with NES, SNES, N64, etc. etc. A brilliant move, and one propounded by myself and Frank Leibly of http://www.starroms.com/ years ago.

http://www.bedoper.com/404company/vcickie.htm
http://www.bedoper.com/bedoper/2004/twentieth.htm

Sandwich Boy Sues Nintendo

An insanely distraught Sandwich Boy today issued a flurry of fake lawsuits directed at video game giant Nintendo. At issue is software derived from this hardware. According to Mr. Sandwich, he has spent the past four months working furiously on a business plan involving the Vickie concept reborn as a software model. This software was just patented by Nintendo earlier this week.

"It's a coincidence, right? It has to be a coincidence. I know Jeffy Minter wouldn't do that to me. And there is no such thing as a shady VC firm, is there? It must be a coincidence. Regardless, I WANT MARIO DEAD! Luigi? - DEAD! Yoshi? - DEAD! I want Donkey Kong to carry out the hit."

As evidence, Mr. Sandwich offered this executive summary, conceived and developed three months ago. It is hoped that this lawsuit will bring attention to the fact that he is consistently ahead of the curve in the hardware and software development field, despite having no readily apparent skills or training.

Said Mr. Sandwich: "When my pen-sized digital slideshow generator hits the market next year, I am going to go ape spit if Newtek doesn't give me credit for the concept."

All the backwards compatibility with NES, SNES, N64, etc. etc. A brilliant move, and one propounded by myself and Frank Leibly of http://www.starroms.com/ years ago.

http://www.bedoper.com/404company/vcickie.htm
http://www.bedoper.com/bedoper/2004/twentieth.htm

Sandwich Boy Sues Nintendo

An insanely distraught Sandwich Boy today issued a flurry of fake lawsuits directed at video game giant Nintendo. At issue is software derived from this hardware. According to Mr. Sandwich, he has spent the past four months working furiously on a business plan involving the Vickie concept reborn as a software model. This software was just patented by Nintendo earlier this week.

"It's a coincidence, right? It has to be a coincidence. I know Jeffy Minter wouldn't do that to me. And there is no such thing as a shady VC firm, is there? It must be a coincidence. Regardless, I WANT MARIO DEAD! Luigi? - DEAD! Yoshi? - DEAD! I want Donkey Kong to carry out the hit."

As evidence, Mr. Sandwich offered this executive summary, conceived and developed three months ago. It is hoped that this lawsuit will bring attention to the fact that he is consistently ahead of the curve in the hardware and software development field, despite having no readily apparent skills or training.

Said Mr. Sandwich: "When my pen-sized digital slideshow generator hits the market next year, I am going to go ape spit if Newtek doesn't give me credit for the concept."

The fertilizers used to grow tobacco (and food) are naturally radioactive...they contain both Polonium 210 and Lead 210

http://www.webspawner.com/users/radioactivethreat/

http://www.bedoper.com/

Where Are They Now?

With the intense interest generated by our last featurette, BeDoper has decided to expand upon the idea, and see exactly what some of the other BeOS alumni are up to lately.

Steve Sakoman - With the dissolution of Steve's Snake Oil startup, Mr. Sakoman is currently part of our illustrious President Bush's press team.

Leo Schwab - Interestingly enough, Bols is now programming director for Columbia Broadcasting System.

Fred Fish - After lending his image to the indefatigable Freddi Fish series, Mr. Fish is preparing the Fred Fish Collection DVD, just in case this Amiga thing takes off again.

Scot Hacker - Scot is currently bringing down the house as Apple, Inc.'s resident Sigmund Freud impersonator.

Chris Herberoth - Aside from his death metal and hip-hop supergroups, Chris has declared 2003 "The year I beat Corum III".

Ynop - At this very moment, Ynop is working on top secret stuff, and getting me in trouble with my advisor at school.

I think it's real http://www.bedoper.com/bedoper/2005/32.htm Take a look.

Like BeDope, but not as BeLoved

Would Be, Inc still be in business they would sue them over what they stole. Oh, and Apple too.

"new" tools ROTFL.

Obligatory BeDoper post.

BeDoper

Zeta Torrents Oh, a new element has been added to BeDoper's underwhelming traffic: Cheeky Pirates. 50% of our hits now come from sods searching for torrid Zeta torrents. On one hand, piracy can be an indicator of success. No one pirates software that sucks. On the other hand, it's not much of a business model. One thing that seemed to differentiate the BeOS and Amiga scenes was the relatively low instance of piracy on the Be side of things. Aside from that Opera key in Serials 2000, which I hope no one used, I didn't see much by way of BeOS piracy, even on BeShare. Part of this can be attributed to JLG and Co's generosity regarding BeOS Personal Edition. So this seemingly new increase in casual piracy, which could quit possibly stifle the infant Zeta, is disturbing. If you're reading this, you're probably part of the problem. Stop it. Buy the software. BeOS has been given a slight reprieve. Don't ruin it. Torrent. Torrent Torrent Torrent.
BeDoper - Like BeDope, with fewer stories that are less funny. And also sort of bitter.

Steve Sakoman is a Shape-Shifting Reptilian Alien

And inhabited by shape-shifting reptilian aliens.

Reptilian Watch

in the Baton Rouge Serial Killer case. Out of more than ten thousand tips, about 14 were about me. This is because I'm a usenet troll and death metal drummer/lyricist.

I just hope they don't use it against me in the future...

BeDoper - We're not just about BeOS anymore.

First of all, I'm interested to know why the U.S. has high-resolution images of important buildings and their surroundings while they force others to pull photos and blueprints of said buildings.

That said, the Pentagon (nevermind all the other buildings used by DoD/US) is a huge building to renovate IT-wise. 9/11 didn't help either (though some believe the attack on the defense nerve center was planned).

Psh. Omega Race in 3.5k. Scrumptious!

BeDoper - 59 Reasons Why BeOS is Better Than Linux

5 grams of pot is a nice amount.

Crapdot.org - Still no counter.

Using a Video Toaster, SVHS deck, goggles and a color Sony security camera. I'm glad someone's developing the idea further. My approach used chromakeying, making it quick and dirty and cheap, perfect for the home market.

Toward Ultimate Reality

I even worked it into a few joke articles on BeDoper:

All Future Movie Studios and Televisions To Run BeOS

404 Company Goes Pubic

Using a Video Toaster, SVHS deck, goggles and a color Sony security camera. I'm glad someone's developing the idea further. My approach used chromakeying, making it quick and dirty and cheap, perfect for the home market.

Toward Ultimate Reality

I even worked it into a few joke articles on BeDoper:

All Future Movie Studios and Televisions To Run BeOS

404 Company Goes Pubic

Using a Video Toaster, SVHS deck, goggles and a color Sony security camera. I'm glad someone's developing the idea further. My approach used chromakeying, making it quick and dirty and cheap, perfect for the home market.

Toward Ultimate Reality

I even worked it into a few joke articles on BeDoper:

All Future Movie Studios and Televisions To Run BeOS

404 Company Goes Pubic

And not one person clicked on my URL. I may need to rethink this marketing strategy.

It is nice of Microsoft to give Linux so much publicity, though. I wish I could travel five years into the future and see what the OS market looks like then. With three more years before the next Windows, Linux should have them fully destroyed by then.

During the original Desert Storm, a bunch of people brought their own computers, and the military brought $10,000 wind/sand/static electricity-resistant PCs.

After a week, only the C-64s and Amigas were still working. All of the PCs, even the milspec ones, were fried.

I've seen my Amigas survive a brownout without rebooting, while all the PCs in the house went down.

SCO/Microsoft Announce Intention to Sue BeUnited

That I first started putting together in 1990, was picked up over my wife's head and thrown to the ground.

It still works. Try that with your PC.

Is Bush A Shape-Shifting Reptilian Alien?

SCO/Microsoft Announce Intention To Sue BeUnited

404 Company Goes Public

I called it the Biputer, and it's just a custom video card with OS hooks.

I was also looking into using white LEDs to make a flashlight-sized projector...two of my ideas in a single week.

Sue Nintendo, no one blinks an eye:

Sandwich Boy Sues Nintendo

Fox owns the merchandising for The Simpsons and Family Guy. Groening owns the merch rights to Futurama.

Ergo, no Futurama...

Just Pointless

Fuck them. Check out BeDoper, since they obviously don't want you to...

Shit eaters...

to mod down links to competing sites? Even when they are entirely on topic?

Another Emulation Platform Announced

Moderators on crack again. Not a troll. Dig deeper. Slashdot is just jealous of BeDoper.

Crapdot.org

BeDoper

Having reached what can only be termed an impasse in ongoing venture capital negotiations, BeDoper's parent company, the 404 Company, has elected to release all of their BeOS, Amiga, Linux and Windows hardware and software designs under the Nethack General Public License.

These products include:

1. Vickie

2. Auggie Doggie

3. Biputer

6. Electronic LSD

9. Walkman Pipe

7. Oral/Aural Web *

5. A500/A600/A1200 Power Supply Switch

8. Amiga Wireless Presentation Thingie

4. Musician's Union *

10. PhoneRoom

11. Virtual Theater

Any future shelved Wal-Mart items derived from these works shall become the sole property of myself and not the bloody multi-nationals who will undoubtably develop them. Shouts out: The Usual Suspects.

*Represents actual effort, and hence unavailable at press time.

Anyone remember that? 2000, I think.

A few months later, the company that won Best of Show for their BeOS-based webpad switched to Windows CE...

BeDoper

Toward Ultimate Reality

Doc format, Linux boy...

Roughly the equivalent of SITTING DOWN.

BeDoper.com

Cuz I still got BeStock.

No, not that one

Microsoft's Strange Obsession with Be, Inc.

May 23, 2001

http:///perl/story/9928.html

Microsoft and its leader Mr. Gates have been spellbound by Be for years.
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) apparently has Be, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEOS) on the brain. Not long ago, the Be family of operating systems was referred to as technically "great" by Microsoft representative Doug Miller in a Slashdot editorial. Miller reportedly said "BeOS is a great operating system technically." Similarly, Microsoft co-opted the code name "Stinger" for the company's new line of smart phones. Stinger is the old name for BeIA. Then Microsoft used the tractor beam on Qubit, DT Research as well as Compaq. Apparently this is business as usual for Microsoft. The company's recent escapades have me convinced that the Department of Justice was named by an Orwell fan.

Be, Inc. has been on Microsoft's radar ever since the BeBox was in beta, but I think things got really personal at the Computer Chronicle's Quiz Bowl several years ago. For those of you unfamiliar with this bit of computing history, I'll recount.

Everyman's friend Bill Gates was the moderator. A certain Jean-Louis Gassee was a competitor. The question from Gates was (and I am paraphrasing) "What is the name of the yearly contest on Usenet in which the object is to produce the most convoluted C code that still produces a working program?"

According to many, JLG's brilliant answer was: "What is Windows?" As you might have imagined, Mr. Gates was not amused.

And then there's BeDope. While not an official Be, Inc. site, BeDope undeniably reflected the attitudes of many Be, Inc. employees.

A popular site, even outside of the BeOS community, BeDope was filled with stories such as Bill Gates crashing Windows '98 during a demo, and then rebooting into BeOS for the remainder of the demo. "It would be sort of like this, except slower and less stable," he supposedly said. (Again, I am paraphrasing.)

Does anyone remember Comdex? Two of the three products nominated for Best of Show were BeIA devices: the Sony Evilla, and Qubit's Webpad, the Orbit. A few scant months later, Qubit had essentially ditched BeIA in favor of everyone's favorite performer, Windows CE.

Apparently, Qubit's new customers demanded Internet Explorer. Best of Show? Bah. A meaningless accolade, apparently. McDonald's, oops, Microsoft wins again.

Un-Clever Coincidences

Compaq was once one of the bigger partners Be, Inc. had in the Internet appliance game. The deal now seems more like a diversionary tactic, and a way to steal information. If Compaq's BeIA device foot-dragging wasn't bad enough, Compaq allegedly turned over proprietary info regarding Be, Inc. to Microsoft.

Did anything at all come of it? Why not? With partners like these, who needs enemies?

Far be it from me to suggest anything untoward about the computer industry. This is all a coincidence, right? Peapod (Nasdaq: PPOD), an online grocer, currently has a stock price triple that of Be, Inc. Hand-delivered Spam is worth much more than a technically advanced operating system, right?

If you believe that, I have some Pets.com stock I'd like to sell you.

I came up with a major web innovation last week. Bite my sac, Marc. I'll work up a demo in a week or so...

Sammitch Boi

BeDoper