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CueCat Seeks Simpsons Endorsement
smirkleton writes "The San Jose Mercury News has a story about the current struggles of CueCat manufacturer DigitalConvergence. One of several interesting factoids within the article: CueCat is trying to procure product endorsements from Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and Lisa Simpson. Mr. Groening, for the love of Flanders, don't do it! 'The Simpsons' once dissed on Apple's Newton (hilariously)- and it had an actual purpose and loyal following. Endorsing this utterly useless and universally despised advertising toy would constitute a sellout of Dilbertian proportions."
so what if Scott Adams "sold out"? What was he rebelling against in the first place? Ice cream? You're not making any sense, moron. I think it's great that Dilbert is featured on Ben & Jerry's ice cream, it's more of an honor than anything. More than you can say about your pathetic life, Hemos, you phoney rebel.
I read Hemos' comment as implying that it was Ben & Jerry (ice cream co. with a hippy left-wing image) who were selling out by pimping Dilbert -- after all, Scott Adams has come out and said plainly enough that he's in it for the money, and will license his properties to pretty much anybody (I lost most of what little respect I had for Adams when I heard about his licensing Dilbert for use in IBM employee handbooks).
But personally, at this stage in the game, I have a hard time getting myself worked up over cartoon characters being used to sell shoddy merchandise. After Warner Bros. stores opened every half mile from coast to coast, I just stopped caring.
All your shameless plugs are belong to us.
Actually, I rather enjoy the idea that my curiosity can destroy a hardware industry.
ALL YOUR INDUSTRY ARE BELONG TO... oh, sorry.
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There was ONE line about the Simpsons. One line. The Slashdot summary had more text about the Simpsons than the article it was on.
The article covered their problems with market penetration and getting the advertisements in magazines.
There was as much on the Simpsons as the MUCH more interesting one-liner about how the magazines don't need to cater to advertisers as much because of the collapse of online advertisement as a competitor.
This was an absurd article, I'm disappointed in Slashdot for this one.
Rest assured I was on the internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world.
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FYI, Groenig is the guy who gave us the first couple seasons of "don't have a cow, man" and heads that throb when choked.
The genius behind the simpsons is George Meyer, a writer who was considered so good they kept him in the editing room practically full time so that he very rarely got actual writing credit for a show. Most of the good, unexpected gags are his.
Meyer and some of the other good comedy writers that made it good are no longer there.
Vidi, Vici, Veni
blackboard: "What they don't know can't hurt them is not an excuse"
Open: Pan to Principle Skinner with Marge at school, parent/teacher conference is under way.
Skinner: I'm afraid we're going to have to ask Bart to take a semester off school. You see, we've caught him doing so many bad things already, and statistics tell us that means he's doing 10 times as many bad things that we don't catch.
Marge: But that doesn't seem fair, to kick a kid out of school because statistics show he's more likely to do bad things. He may not have done them.
Skinner: Marge, I'm afraid we've got these statistics down to a fine art. Did you know that people with larger shoe sizes tend to do better at math and complex calculous. Statistics can tell you the most amazing things.
Marge: That IS amazing. I just can't bear the that Bart would have to leave school. Tell me, if we could know EVERYTHING that Bart did, then might he stay in school?
Skinner: Sure, that'd be fine, but we have no way of doing that.
Scene Two: Mr. Burns and Homer, nuclear factory.
Homer: Awww Mr Burns, can't you see? Bart won't be able to stay in school unless you threaten to blow up the entire town?
Mr. Burns. Now Homer, that not necessary at all. You see, I know EXACTLY what that little bart simpson is doing at all times.
Homer: You dooo? Hows that?
Mr. Burns: You know that little white cat he's always running around an scanning things with?
Homer: I do!!!
Mr. Burns: We'll look here, we can watch what he's scanning right here.
Computer Screen:
Dynamite
Dynamite
TNT
C4
More Dynamite
15 Year of FBI secrets left in a park.
Homer: That's amazing, thank you so much Mr. Burns. Bart'll be so happy to be back in school.
Computer:
Violent Comics
Nuclear Reactor Meltdown Code
Meltdown initiated...
Babies are not good at solving complex calculus problems, so statistically speaking large show size does equal greater tendency to be able to solve math problems.