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AND Then we all have to start using http://slashdot.slashdot./ I guess this gives these orgs the ability to have (using their examples) http://www.pepsi/ (I had to fight SO hard not to add .com to the end of that) But what difference would that be than saying http://pepsi.com/ rather than www.pepsi.com... Like how slashdot currently does it... I admit it would be fun to tell someone to go to http://slashdot.slashdot/ Or the ellipsis edition, http://slashdotdot.slashdot/

At first, when you wanted to check out Pepsi, you had to guess & write:
          http://www.pepsi.com/

And then browsers realized that non-http protocol became rare (gopher:// anyone?), so people could write:
          www.pepsi.com

And then people realized that "www" was superfluous, and so people could write:
          pepsi.com

Now it is suggested that the .com is superfluous in most cases, so people simply could write:
          pepsi

How is this not just the natural evolution of technology and human interaction? My apologies to all those who love to rant about pet conspiracy theories...

[Of course the downside, as you can see, is that /. currently only auto-recognizes links of the first kind!]

The difference is you watch a truckload of commercials in the hopes that maybe, just maybe you will buy Pirelli tires, Gerber baby food, a few cases of Bud, some Pepsi, Doritos, throw some Orville Redenbacher in the microwave, vote for LOCAL_POLITICIAN, replace the windows in your house, drink Florida orange juice, pick up the phone and call Binder & Binder, enroll in classes at Phoenix, get a couple Sham Wows for your friends, tune in for the BIG_STORY at 6 o'clock, stay at the HI Express tonight, ... well, you probably get the idea by now.

Yes, because Microsoft is the only company in the history of the world to craft a product after someone else created the market for it.

Hmmm, I don't know. As I sit here sipping my soda, the imagery reminds me of various things. One thing comes to mind, though.

And yes, there is the equivalent, many equivalents, of Room 101.

But we don't have telescreens in every room that can listen and watch us

...no one, even Coulter, is saying you should be tortured for doing it.

you don't have to guard your facial expression for fear of being tortured in Room 101

f you use up all your superlatives now, if you shout "tyranny" now, what words will you use when it gets worse?

Nothing beats playing my favorite EA games over my SBC Yahoo! DSL connection using my D-Link DGL-4300 Wireless 108G Gaming Router with a cool, refreshing Pepsi in one hand, my Logitech mouse in the other, wearing my Nike clothes and blasting a ClearChannel affiliate, my source for great new hits from 50 Cent and A Simple Plan.

Whoops, I meant to post that as an article.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=11 184

Macworld is reporting that the Journal of Consumer Research came across a study drawing a parallel between consumerism and religion.

The team looked at several brands, including those form the automobile industry, sci-fi TV series and Macs. "All of these brand communities have been demonstrated to be capable of producing transformative experiences in their consumers and all have traces of magic, religion or the supernatural," sez Macworld.

Not that hard to swallow considering the fervor and zealotry behind people's choice of sugared water.

So are you one of the faithful, a convert or a heretic?

..., e.g. Olympics ???

Not that I drink a lot of any CSD, but ...+

CC.

Does this mean I can assert copyrights over /etc/X11/rgb.txt?

Also.. Pepsi is an incredibly diverse company. They have 11 unique brands and a bunch of variations
like a decaf this and french vanilla flavored that that.
Dr. Pepper is owned by Cadbury Schweppes, another large multi-national corporation.
Gee... it seems like those two examples you gave suck... just like your 'insightful' commentary about EA Games and Nintendo.

Burn Karma Burn

If anything, the media should be embedding advertising and so on so they can sell commercial time on the traded files. It's an opportunity.

Are you sure you want to live in this world, where every movie has a character named Cisco and all the characters pause every thirty seconds to drink a Pepsi and comment on how refreshing it is? I will have even less reason to follow popular media, which may not be a bad thing.

When I was ([post sponsored by Politrix) writing this I was thinking ([Sponsor) thinking about how much money ([Symantec) product placements generate. Maybe ([Pepsi) Slashdot should look into this for ([RSA) revenue generation?

I replied to this message, because the other one was an AC.

Dr. Pepper is NOT a Pepsi product. Maybe in YOUR area, the same company bottles both, but Dr. Pepper is not produced by Pepsi.

So Mr. AC- I think you owe Windex an apology. Not only did he NOT say that Dr. Pepper was a Pepsi product, but you attacked him with false information.

Here is a list of Pepsi drink brands- they also sell food, but that is not on the list.

What if the court stated some metric? Like "must be at least 50% less than the original"... how about cutting the image in halves. Then posting both halves on your site such that they appear as one? Neither half violates individually?

Just to be safe, I cut the picture up into individual pixels and then reassemble them into a single new image. And you can't own a single pixel ... why, that would be tantamount to owning a color. And what kind of twisted company would try to trademark a color?

Cheers,
IT

You're absolutely correct. People need a place to discuss topics ranging from the great tasting new Pepsi Twist to the new Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza from Pizza Hut that's so deep, you'll need to eat it with a fork.

Without blogging capabilities we would be just like animals you would see on The Crocodile Hunter on Animal Planet, Wed. and Sat at 8pm, 11pm, and 3am.

All in all, blogging gives us purpose, and gives us a sense of comfort, similar to the new E-Class from Mercedes-Benz

buyout pepsi - get Britney spears as your *personal* secretary - meet her in space

things...

I suppose that it could be worse. Companies like Coke and Pepsi might entice us to shop at our local AMPM or CircleK more often with a chance to win money or something. At the absolut wurst they could embed advertising into our very content and change the nature of our speech to suit their needs.

Or isn't that being done already?

Compare the web sites of companies that make their money on the web (Google, Amazon, etc) to companies that make their money off the web (Ford, Pepsi, etc). You will notice how the web-based companies have sites that do not use Flash, big images, or anything else that makes it harder or slower to read their sites. The companies that make their money off the web will typically have sites designed by their marketing department to include the "coolest" features possible, regardless of how hard it makes the site to use.

So what defines a typo? Is this going to cause major problems for Cmdr Taco? What if I go domain shopping drunk? Is a site like monsantos a typo or a parody? Am I going to get busted because PopeAlien.com could be construed to be a typo of Pepsi.com?.. This is just silly.

You forgot to link Coke.com and Pepsi.
It's not really hard is it?

Oh, and while you're at it, help me pay for my Grandma's operation - Drink Pepsi!!

(sheesh...)

"Fresh from their Pepsi promotion, and in direct competition with the Simpsons alcopops (okay, there's no alcohol but you can feel the e-numbers, man), the Spice Girls have are endorsing Spiced Guiness, which they say just goes to show that girls these days have the power to drink anything."

It comes as no surprise that Guinness Brewery want the nicey nicey Spice Girls to endorse their drink:

• In the UK it was first marketed as an eccentrics drink with their "Friends of the Guinnless" ad campaign.
• Then they had some wonderful special effects ad campaign with the whole world being encapsulated in a drop of Guinness.
• They had the fertile soil campaign, which subtly suggested that Guinness makes you more potent.
• Then they had the "thinking man's drink" with some interesting black and white pictures, and most recently the "Good things come to those who wait" which is variously some chiselled looking surfers, or an old Italian bloke who can still swim out to see and back in the time it takes for his Guinness to settle.
• Finally it has come to Spiced Guinness, to appeal to the ladies, who they have so far failed to appeal to with their mostly male-oriented campaigns. Up until now, you would get the occasional girl drinking "Guinness and black[currant]" (the blackcurrant to take away the sour stout taste), or perhaps the odd pregnant woman who has been told by her doctor that the extra iron will do her and the baby good.

Now, however, this new drink looks set to appeal to a whole new segment of the market and heralds a paradigm shift into a new era of sexual equality in Guinness drinking.