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My objection
Aparrently like alot of people here, I've just about quit going to the movies. Lots of factors, but I'm curious if any other
/.ers share this reason: I'm tired of over-payed celebrity talking heads acting like they're God's gift to man. The hop on the late show to hock they're latest movie, which was just like their last one, and go on about how hard their lives are in the 11 months they don't work.
These people make hundreds of millions for pretending to be somebody on a camera for a couple months out of the year. For all the talk about globalism and evil multi-billion dollar corporations, it seems to me they're the worst offenders.
The straw that broke the camel's back for me was Cruise's little tirade - how dare a peon like you play a joke on your Thetan master! -
But what about Fishy?It is true, for many purposes there is no need for a bookmark. Google will take you just where you need to go, and will keep you informed if a better source for what you need becomes available and makes its way up the results page.
But other times, the search engine screws you over. Case in Point - fishy
The other day at work I wanted to play Fishy, so I typed it into Google, went to the top link, and started playing. What??? They changed FISHY?? NO, they didnt, the top link was some bizarro version of fishy (bizarro at least to me) that was not nearly as good as the one I remember growing up on. http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=fis
h y For anyone who hasnt played fishy, you need to put down what you are doing and go play -
Re:I beleive this to be the future of education
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Re:Burnout ruled
Flash has managed to create a whole new world of arcade games, making it easy for people with creative gameplay ideas into a working game. Check out the collection on eBaum's world if you're ready to destroy your productivity at work: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games.shtml
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Re:Too bad, fragmentation of FOSS Desktop efforts
how many people do you employ? how much do you pay in taxes? how many people use your software to run their businesses, etc.
Steve Ballmer: How much DO YOU think this advanced operating environment is worth?! ... how much do you think microsoft windows is worth??! ... all these features AND REVERSI! all for just... how much did you guess?? 500?? a 1000?? even more??? no!!! it's 99$, it's an incredible value but it's true! It's Windows from Microsoft, order today, P.O. Box, 286 D.O.S.,
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Re:Too bad, fragmentation of FOSS Desktop efforts
how many people do you employ? how much do you pay in taxes? how many people use your software to run their businesses, etc.
Steve Ballmer: How much DO YOU think this advanced operating environment is worth?! ... how much do you think microsoft windows is worth??! ... all these features AND REVERSI! all for just... how much did you guess?? 500?? a 1000?? even more??? no!!! it's 99$, it's an incredible value but it's true! It's Windows from Microsoft, order today, P.O. Box, 286 D.O.S.,
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Re:interference
Abandon ship! Warp core breach imminent! Quick! Someone activate the retro encabulator! ...frequency distortion harmonics to alter the subsystem dynamic core communication protocol... -
Re:SPIN SPIN SPIN!
It's a references to this.
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My latest invention
I give you the Mickey-inspired soluting glove:
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Re:Google is becoming THE INTERNET!
Bah! Google Scholar doesn't even turn up any results for retro encabulator. Now, that's lame. You can't call them "the internet" if their scholarly search doesn't turn up any results for this brilliant piece of research!
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Re:For those who don't want to RTFA, the top 10:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/bananaphone.html
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Not the actual flash with just the song, but a tale of woe with an infectious tune. -
Re:They will see....
Reminds me of this: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/nicepark.html
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Abuse of Little Computer LifeformsI think it's interesting that people abuse the systems; and that the systems possess the capacity to be abused. The article points to a now-defunct website created by someone who enjoyed torturing their simulated being in Creatures. An excerpt:
Her name is Slave. After I created her I started by hitting her constantly for about 5 minutes. Then I taught her all the words(using the SST) so it would be easier to make her scared of her surroundings. After she knew all the words, I placed her in a small area, surrounded by the FF Cob, with 5 Grendels. I left her there for about 20 minutes, beating her when she attempted to defend herself from the Grendels. After she was sufficiently traumatized, I put her back in the garden. In the Garden I forced her to Get, Look, Push and Pull everything around her, all the time, constantly beating her. I made her fear running so I wouldn't have to deal with that little problem(you fellow torturers out there know how annoying it is to chase them down once they get away). I also forced her to eat weeds, rewarding her when she did so. At the time I exported her, she's a quivering mass of fear. She might eat, if you're lucky, but she probably won't survive long enough for food to do any good.
Also worth noting is some of the feedback this fellow received, including various death threats. The most well-known cases of abusive behavior towards simulated lifeforms probably occur in The Sims. From a Wired article on same:
To Wright, one of the most memorable albums told the story of a woman's abusive relationship and how she eventually got out of it. But a search on the Sims Exchange of the word "abuse" reveals that Sims albums have become a common therapeutic tool. All told, 63 albums deal with abuse issues.
Many of us have probably stomped anthills in our youth, (or worse?), and bullied/been bullied. Does this power dynamic fall along the same lines? The example from Creatures, above, surprises me. But I will admit to building a Sims household with a swimming pool and no ladder.
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Epidemic Groove - An indie-developed casual RTS/Action hybrid for Windows. -
and Steve Ballmer will be their new spokesman
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=ballmerw
i ndows.wmv Except in Nebraska! -
Re:mu and swimmers
Make sure you don't tell this guy, he'll sink like a rock....
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Re:secret name of the honeymonkeys
That's Monkey Boy. Watch him dance!
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Re:Seems like big news...
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Re:Ack
Sort of like this?:
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Flash version of Pac Man
All these posts, and not one link so that I can immediately satisfy my craving to munch dots and run away from ghosts?
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Re:Maybe we could have a crime theme ...
... and they could get the Star Wars Kid to be the executioner/enforcer. -
GI Joe Public Service Announcements
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Acapella
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Re:Good idea to me
The customer goes "WTF" and i say.. yea your machine is infected.
No. Over there it would be WTF, mate? Get it right. -
Re:Honda Commercial
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Honda Ad
There is also this great ad from Honda I think all but one little part is real.
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Re:Honda Commercial
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OMG!
There's only one way to celebrate...You know it..
IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME! -
Re:Did anyone
I've been too busy using Aks Jeeves, the original's more attitude-driven alternative:
Aks Jeeves -- you'll need Flash and an indifference to coarse language...
"Shut the fuck up motherfucker. Can't you see I'm busy?" -- gold!
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Re:Beaten by a young girl
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Re:NonsenseUnless a seller makes a truly outrageous claim, you're generally toast in Court.
Hmm, and I was under the impression that it's the believable claims that are actionable, not those that are cleary tongue in cheek. Nobody in their right mind would sue Ford because the Sportka is not really capable of defending the its pristine paintjob against defecating pigeons or its interior against stray cats.
In the case of the bank however, the claim looked believable, because competitors of the bank in question truely moved to an open platform.
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Re:This is a good thing
There are just somethings that are best done with Flash
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Rockwell Automation.
You may have a future with Rockwell Automation...
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Re:BROWSER WARS IV - A New Hope
Wow. Can't wait for this movie (actually I'm watching it right now)...but I'm scared that "Darth Gates" will do the parts of both Anakin and Jar Jar in the preq--oh wait that second one's Steve Ballmer's part...
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Re:A rant...Holy shit, you sound a lot like this guy
I really hope you didn't go off too badly on the "drone in the store." Remember, he's just some guy trying to scrape out a living at minimum wage, and has nothing to do with corporate policies.
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Re:the world needs more vets....
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I hope it's better....
I hope it's better than my Microsoft Windows-based cat feeder.
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Re:Good
Yeah, look a Saudi Arabia. Hot weather != less clothes when you are ruled by relgious fundamentalists. Luckily that could never happen here.
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End of World
North Korea? That's not how it happens!
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Re:An agrarian view on Shuttle systems
This may be the precursor to a major mission-critical paradigm shift for global players and local merkets alike and could be leveraged by off-shoring and out-sourcing the stockholder-value to old people in Korea.
Note: In Nagasaki, they like bukakke. -
The Internet
Sorta unrelated but... this article reminded me of this video on the same site. Behold the wonders of... The Internet
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Check out the part at 2:30, pretty interesting put into today's context. -
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Re:I gave your MOM her first post!
In Nagasaki, they like bukakke.
Think about it. -
Wondering how MSFT really made more profit?
Check this out and be convinced that he really did something for Microsoft
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The steve ballmer effect
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/microsoftdance.html Hahahahahaha. They shouldve taken a video of the audience while this was going on.
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Re:It's so small because...
The power brick is the size of a washing machine and requires three-phase power.
On top of that, it requires being plugged into a retro encabulator. -
Here's a question Ken got wrong...
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Re:he does have a disadvantage
Or does he ever miss? I've only heard about this guy through a friend.
Video clip of one of Ken's funnier misses. -
Re:Ken is smart
but he's also remarkably good at putting together the pieces and figuring out a tough question that he didn't already know.
Ahhh.. you mean like this? :)
Just kidding, really. He probably just said that as a joke anyways. He was already kicking ass and had nothing more to play for at that point of the the show. -
The End of the World
Don't worry. The asteroid won't get us. This proves it. http://www.ebaumsworld.com/endofworld.html
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Jennings knowledge isn't toally narrow
as is proven in this video. His mind wasn't always on trivia it seems.