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  1. Re:Limewire? by blair1q · · Score: 1 · on 61.9% of Undergraduates Cybercheat

    Chucks are hot again, too.

  2. Preview of the Game by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny · on NASA Wants its MMO Created for Free
    I happen to have very rare output from the upcoming game that I've personally been working on for Nasa. Let's just say we found a way to keep this MMORPG low budget and, in fact, make money off of it without costing NASA or you, the consumer, anything!

    Multi-User Dungeon - MUD1 Version 1E

    * NASA's Super Happy MUD *
    * It's Edutainment! *

    Origin of version: Sat Sep 15 10:00:50 2007

    Welcome! By what name shall I call you?

    >> Buzz

    Hello, Buzz!

    Cape Canaveral Launch Pad.
    You stand in your Converse (tm) Brand space suit on the Launch Pad, before you is a towering shuttle with the huge Coca-Cola (tm) logo on the side of it. A crowd watches in anticipation and enjoys the T-Mobile (tm) cameras broadcasting the cabin and crew live to their cell phones.
    [Exits: shuttle, bathroom]

    >> bathroom

    Bathroom Adjacent to Launch Pad.
    You rush into the bathroom and rip off your helmet to deposit your stomach contents in the toilet. Luckily you have Rolaids (tm) antacid in your Converse (tm) Brand space suit. You pop a few pills into your mouth ... ahh much better, Rolaids spells relief.
    [Exits: door]

    >> door

    Cape Canaveral Launch Pad.
    You stumble out of the restroom and back on to the launch pad. Oh no, a congressman spots you! "Hey, why if it isn't Buzz!" he says as he moves in for a photo op!
    [A Congressman] is at [quite a few]
    Your pierce *** MASSACRES *** A Congressman!
    A Congressman's pound scratches you.
    Your pierce *** MASSACRES *** A Congressman!
    Your pierce DISEMBOWELS A Congressman!
    [A Congressman] is at [big nasty]
    You stop using A diamond-tipped dagger.
    You wield a legendary greatsword.
    A Congressman sees your attempt to trip him in time to avoid your foot.
    [A Congressman] is at [big nasty]

    Your fiery slash *** DEMOLISHES *** A Congressman!
    [A Congressman] is at [pretty hurt]
    A Congressman sees your attempt to trip him in time to avoid your foot.
    Your flaming slash *** DEVASTATES *** A Congressman!
    [A Congressman] is at [pretty hurt]
    Your burning slash *** OBLITERATES *** A Congressman!
    You trip A Congressman, sending him sprawling to the ground!

    Your flaming slash *** OBLITERATES *** A Congressman!
    A Congressman is mortally wounded, and will die soon if not aided.
    [A Congressman] is at [dying]

    You trip A Congressman, knocking him unconscious. A Congressman is mortally wounded, and will die soon if not aided.
    [A Congressman] is at [dying]

    You trip A Congressman, knocking him unconscious.
    A Comgressman is mortally wounded, and will die soon if not aided.
    Your burning slash *** DEMOLISHES *** A Congressman!
    The Congressman's body becomes limp and the politician drops to the ground DEAD!!

    You receive 212000 experience out of 280012 total. [neutral]
    [Exits: shuttle, bathroom]

    >> shuttle

    You stagger into the elevator paid for by Playboy Magazine and begin your assent to the cabin. The slow motion walking thingy starts to happen as you cross the bridge ... Before you enter the cabin, you hug the Doritos (tm) "Who Wants to Meet an Astronaut" Sweepstakes winner and step inside. You turn on your Sony Brand headset that sounds like a dream and prepare for blastoff ...

    That's all we have so far. I think you can see just how exciting this game is goi

  3. Preview of the Game by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny · on NASA Wants its MMO Created for Free
    I happen to have very rare output from the upcoming game that I've personally been working on for Nasa. Let's just say we found a way to keep this MMORPG low budget and, in fact, make money off of it without costing NASA or you, the consumer, anything!

    Multi-User Dungeon - MUD1 Version 1E

    * NASA's Super Happy MUD *
    * It's Edutainment! *

    Origin of version: Sat Sep 15 10:00:50 2007

    Welcome! By what name shall I call you?

    >> Buzz

    Hello, Buzz!

    Cape Canaveral Launch Pad.
    You stand in your Converse (tm) Brand space suit on the Launch Pad, before you is a towering shuttle with the huge Coca-Cola (tm) logo on the side of it. A crowd watches in anticipation and enjoys the T-Mobile (tm) cameras broadcasting the cabin and crew live to their cell phones.
    [Exits: shuttle, bathroom]

    >> bathroom

    Bathroom Adjacent to Launch Pad.
    You rush into the bathroom and rip off your helmet to deposit your stomach contents in the toilet. Luckily you have Rolaids (tm) antacid in your Converse (tm) Brand space suit. You pop a few pills into your mouth ... ahh much better, Rolaids spells relief.
    [Exits: door]

    >> door

    Cape Canaveral Launch Pad.
    You stumble out of the restroom and back on to the launch pad. Oh no, a congressman spots you! "Hey, why if it isn't Buzz!" he says as he moves in for a photo op!
    [A Congressman] is at [quite a few]
    Your pierce *** MASSACRES *** A Congressman!
    A Congressman's pound scratches you.
    Your pierce *** MASSACRES *** A Congressman!
    Your pierce DISEMBOWELS A Congressman!
    [A Congressman] is at [big nasty]
    You stop using A diamond-tipped dagger.
    You wield a legendary greatsword.
    A Congressman sees your attempt to trip him in time to avoid your foot.
    [A Congressman] is at [big nasty]

    Your fiery slash *** DEMOLISHES *** A Congressman!
    [A Congressman] is at [pretty hurt]
    A Congressman sees your attempt to trip him in time to avoid your foot.
    Your flaming slash *** DEVASTATES *** A Congressman!
    [A Congressman] is at [pretty hurt]
    Your burning slash *** OBLITERATES *** A Congressman!
    You trip A Congressman, sending him sprawling to the ground!

    Your flaming slash *** OBLITERATES *** A Congressman!
    A Congressman is mortally wounded, and will die soon if not aided.
    [A Congressman] is at [dying]

    You trip A Congressman, knocking him unconscious. A Congressman is mortally wounded, and will die soon if not aided.
    [A Congressman] is at [dying]

    You trip A Congressman, knocking him unconscious.
    A Comgressman is mortally wounded, and will die soon if not aided.
    Your burning slash *** DEMOLISHES *** A Congressman!
    The Congressman's body becomes limp and the politician drops to the ground DEAD!!

    You receive 212000 experience out of 280012 total. [neutral]
    [Exits: shuttle, bathroom]

    >> shuttle

    You stagger into the elevator paid for by Playboy Magazine and begin your assent to the cabin. The slow motion walking thingy starts to happen as you cross the bridge ... Before you enter the cabin, you hug the Doritos (tm) "Who Wants to Meet an Astronaut" Sweepstakes winner and step inside. You turn on your Sony Brand headset that sounds like a dream and prepare for blastoff ...

    That's all we have so far. I think you can see just how exciting this game is goi

  4. Re:Converse by circusboy · · Score: 1 · on Lack of Testing Threatening the Stability of Linux

    noo, this is

  5. The "two player" sneaker market?!? by SoTuA · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Transmeta Mulls Exit From Processor Market

    Ayuh, Nike and Reebok have got the market cornered. Nobody gives a damn about the small, unknown, irrelevant players in the sneaker market.

  6. My shoes by pyretic22 · · Score: 2 · on Nike: Just Don't Do It

    I did some research on my own shoes. They're Converse, blue, you know, the skate type. The label inside the shoe told me "Made in Macau". I've never heard of Macau, let alone know where it is. I went to the Converse website to find out more. Let's have a look at their "studentinfo" (sic)

    http://www.converse.com/info/studentinfo/manuf.htm l

    • "...Converse Inc. is the largest U.S. manufacturer of athletic footwear due to its Lumberton, N.C. ..."
    • "Lumberton employs approximately 890 people and is the largest employer in Robeson County, NC.plant"
    • "Converse manufactured over 10 million pairs of the canvas Chuck Taylor All Star in 1992; 50 percent of which were shipped to overseas markets."
    Hmm that's strange, they're producing from the U.S ? There's nothing about Macau in there. It seems to be an All American shop.

    Let's do some more research and read a bit of the financial info on their website. Hmmm this SEC filing looks interesting. It seems to go to the sec.gov site, but no hits on the query they gave us. Try hitting the link for yourself to see what I mean.

    Grmbl, let's see what google gives us. Hey another link to the SEC site. And this one does mention Macau !

    http://www.secinfo.com/dS997.7433.htm

    "We utilize independent producers located in the Far East, particularly China, Taiwan, Macau, Vietnam and the Philippines, to manufacture approximately 64% of our footwear."

    Well, 64% eh, that's quite a lot. I wonder how many sweatshops that is.

    Converse, Stay True (tm)

  7. My shoes by pyretic22 · · Score: 2 · on Nike: Just Don't Do It

    I did some research on my own shoes. They're Converse, blue, you know, the skate type. The label inside the shoe told me "Made in Macau". I've never heard of Macau, let alone know where it is. I went to the Converse website to find out more. Let's have a look at their "studentinfo" (sic)

    http://www.converse.com/info/studentinfo/manuf.htm l

    • "...Converse Inc. is the largest U.S. manufacturer of athletic footwear due to its Lumberton, N.C. ..."
    • "Lumberton employs approximately 890 people and is the largest employer in Robeson County, NC.plant"
    • "Converse manufactured over 10 million pairs of the canvas Chuck Taylor All Star in 1992; 50 percent of which were shipped to overseas markets."
    Hmm that's strange, they're producing from the U.S ? There's nothing about Macau in there. It seems to be an All American shop.

    Let's do some more research and read a bit of the financial info on their website. Hmmm this SEC filing looks interesting. It seems to go to the sec.gov site, but no hits on the query they gave us. Try hitting the link for yourself to see what I mean.

    Grmbl, let's see what google gives us. Hey another link to the SEC site. And this one does mention Macau !

    http://www.secinfo.com/dS997.7433.htm

    "We utilize independent producers located in the Far East, particularly China, Taiwan, Macau, Vietnam and the Philippines, to manufacture approximately 64% of our footwear."

    Well, 64% eh, that's quite a lot. I wonder how many sweatshops that is.

    Converse, Stay True (tm)

  8. My shoes by pyretic22 · · Score: 2 · on Nike: Just Don't Do It

    I did some research on my own shoes. They're Converse, blue, you know, the skate type. The label inside the shoe told me "Made in Macau". I've never heard of Macau, let alone know where it is. I went to the Converse website to find out more. Let's have a look at their "studentinfo" (sic)

    http://www.converse.com/info/studentinfo/manuf.htm l

    • "...Converse Inc. is the largest U.S. manufacturer of athletic footwear due to its Lumberton, N.C. ..."
    • "Lumberton employs approximately 890 people and is the largest employer in Robeson County, NC.plant"
    • "Converse manufactured over 10 million pairs of the canvas Chuck Taylor All Star in 1992; 50 percent of which were shipped to overseas markets."
    Hmm that's strange, they're producing from the U.S ? There's nothing about Macau in there. It seems to be an All American shop.

    Let's do some more research and read a bit of the financial info on their website. Hmmm this SEC filing looks interesting. It seems to go to the sec.gov site, but no hits on the query they gave us. Try hitting the link for yourself to see what I mean.

    Grmbl, let's see what google gives us. Hey another link to the SEC site. And this one does mention Macau !

    http://www.secinfo.com/dS997.7433.htm

    "We utilize independent producers located in the Far East, particularly China, Taiwan, Macau, Vietnam and the Philippines, to manufacture approximately 64% of our footwear."

    Well, 64% eh, that's quite a lot. I wonder how many sweatshops that is.

    Converse, Stay True (tm)