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Slashback: GSM, Buffy, Wobble
Macrovision, everyone's favorite killjoy. byteCoder writes "Apparently Macrovision marketing is trying to put a good spin on Intuit's plan to eliminate the use of Macrovision's DRM software for pre-paid copies of TurboTax (as discussed last week here). This reminds me of the classic Monty Python line: "I'm not dead yet!""
That's got to be some spin -- An anonymous reader points to Eric Hellweg's Tech Investor on CNN, which suggests that the backlash which triggered Intuit's copy-protection reversal may have cost the company $100 million.
Can I use my Go Phone there? An anonymous reader writes ""In a follow-up to the Slashdot article 'CDMA vs GSM in Post-war Iraq,' The Reg has a story about how MCI has won the contract to rebuild the mobile phone system with GSM. This is a good thing for the people of Iraq that GSM is being used, GSM is the world standard and several U.S. companies (AT&T for one) are switching to GSM."
Adding Money to Insult. Neophytus writes "Remember the 'Star Wars Kid' that waxy.org found a couple of weeks ago? Well after over a million downloads the guy has been found. His name is Ghyslain, a 15-year-old tenth grader living in Quebec. Jish contacted him and got a brief, but interesting, interview."
No unlimited copy privileges in jail. the-dude-man writes "As reported here A 19-year-old pleaded guilty to costing DirectTV for leaking information about the secrets of DirectTV's most advanced anti-piracy technology to hacker websites. As part of the plea deal, Serebryany admitted to copying and distributing 800 megabytes of scanned documents from DirecTV, costing the company $68,000 in investigatory costs. Both sides stipulated to sentencing factors that carry six months to a year in prison under federal guidelines -- assuming no prior convictions. The sentencing court can depart from the guidelines only if the judge finds that the proposed sentence doesn't adequately reflect the facts of the case. According to court records affidavit, Serebryany's adventures began when he found himself with access to some of DirecTV's most coveted technological secrets while working for his uncle at a document imaging company at the office of a Los Angeles law firm, Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue. The firm was representing the satellite TV company in a lawsuit against NDS, the makers of the smart cards DirecTV uses to control access to its signal."
For every 11 discontented customers, there's one of these happy oddballs! RedWingsSuck writes "A few weeks ago, I asked /. users what they thought about the wobble my 12" Power Book has developed. Last week Apple Care told me that I could send my laptop off for repairs. I decided to drive to the local Apple Store, about 15 minutes away, and drop it off. They had my laptop for less than 3 days. When I went in to pick it up, they told me that it was sent in and the BC (bottom cover) was repaired. It doesn't wobble anymore, so I am happy. I was really surprised with how fast it was fixed. I didn't mean to sound like I regretted my AiBook purchase in the last post, and now I even happier."
Relax, it's a television show. HardcoreGamer writes "Buffy creator Joss Whedon responds to questions from New York Times readers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer as it comes to the end of its 7 season run. He also discusses the now-canceled Firefly and concludes with one of the key reasons why the show is ending: 'I'm simply too tired.'"
'I'm simply too tired.'
Yes, seasons six and seven are certainly evidence that somebody was "asleep at the wheel." In fact, they were quite reminiscient of an enormous vehicular accident...
Do you like German cars?
She wants to devote full time to being a pr0n star? *looks hopefull*
"Much work is lost, for the lack of a little more." -Edward H. Harriman
Dawn the Vampire Slayer
Witness vampires and miscellaneous other creatures of the night defeated as Dawn petulantly screams. For instance: "Get out, get out, get out!"
Do you like German cars?
I'm gay. Blah blah blah.
--Some Priest
Good for you!
--Mister Apple-Impersonator.
And there ya have it! Go back under the bridge trolls.
Guess what -- our beloved USA-homegrown CDMA didn't win out in Iraq after all. So you all can take your allegations of US self-bias and shove it.
George W. Bush
President, United States of America
They tried to use illusions on Trogdor, but he burninated [spoilers] them all!
ANDREW: Illusions? Against a burninator? (chuckles)
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[Big Brick Wall]
I didn't mean to sound like I regretted my AiBook purchase in the last post, and now I even happier Sweet! Can't wait to get my hands on one... Wonder how much they are...
I mean, I know he's French, but jeez...
I really think thats what he was angling for. Either that or a whole mac system. Not that I can blame him. If I had to be embarrassed like that I'd try to cash in too. Maybe a Fox reality special= Ghyslain: CONFIDENTIAL!
Since the last posting about Buffy, I've had to look no further than my own computer area to figure out how it's relevent to Slashdot.
:)
Doesn't every nerd have a huge poster of Sarah Michelle Gellar next to their Matrix poster?
And Morena Baccharin is sexy in that exotic Asian kind of way. Maybe that, or it's because she played a whore. Mmmmm ... Morena ...
And yeah, Gina Torres is the sexy woman who played Jasime, the Devourer (a decidedly un-nasty, disgusting freak of a beast in Angel).
Let's not forget Jewel Staite ... her character Kaylee was sexy in that innocent, home-girl kind of way, though it was revealed in one of the episodes how she got her position as mechanic wasn't exactly innocent! (Screwing the previous mechanic). That one was a real shocker. Man, I loved that show.
Ohh yeah, and there's Summer Glau, sexy in that psycho-freak kinda way. Especially the girl-in-the-box part, where she's naked ... yeah that's really cool.
And I'm not homosexual, but if I were, I would definitely be all over that Nathan Fillion! Mmmmm! (That one was for the girls)
Cyde Weys Musings - Scrutinizing the inscrutable
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That's a pretty good trick... care to tell me how you do it?
lysergically yours
Oh christ you can't be serious. John Doe??! That is the most god-awful bastardization of a science fiction show ever conceived by the likes of man. I'd rather watch CleoPatra 2525 with thumbscrews attached to my genetalia tightened every time a bare midriff is shown. John Doe. Even the thought of it makes me want to retch. I don't know where to start: bad acting, ridiculous plots, laughable science, dues ex machina, I could go on. I was absolutely astounded when FireFly got cancelled and the absolute mind-raping garbage that is John Doe stayed on the air.
Perhaps Slashdot should do an interview with the Star Wars kid. To further the emotional scarring =)
Bah. We all know that Lucas is going to surprise us in the next SW film with a 15-minute lightsaber sequence featuring Cowboyneal.
-- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
I actually came up with two lame puns for this and couldn't decide which one to use, so here's both.
Dawn the Vampire Slayer... So each week we just watch a sunrise? Boring.
Dawn the Vampire Slayer... So *that's* what the blue liquid was in Blade.
General Geekery
Like maybe to France's Alcatel?
I sure hope none of the money goes to Alcatel! Not because they're a French company, but because their stuff is crap.
Willow:
:-) Why couldn't Xander's dream have included the tongue-ring, Kennedy, Willow, AND Dawn?! Now THAT would have been a series climax!
"...I could lose control. And I don't mean like 'my girl-friend's got a tongue-ring losing control'"
Dawn, a few minutes later:
"OH! Tongue-ring..."
That girl can stretch a t-shirt like nobody's bidness...
Buffy to Spike: Here's a magic amulet. Let's shag.
Buffy to Willow: I need a spell.
Willow: I'm scared.
Buffy: Don't worry. The writers didn't bother to look up the latin. All you have to do is sit and look constipated.
Willow: I can do that; I had bran today!
Wood to Faith: I'm better looking than you, skank.
Andrew: I'm a geek. Wheeeee!
(Inside the Hellmouth)
Kennedy: Look at all the vampires.
Buffy: Don't worry. Willow's spell made you all slayers.
Kennedy: Why didn't we do this in episode 3 this season? Then we could have had time for some good episodes.
Buffy: Shut up ho, and kill uber-vamps.
Kennedy: Hey, how come one of these uber-vamps kicked Buffy's arse six ways to sunday for two episodes, yet now we're killing thousands of them.
Faith. Shut up and kill uber-vamps.
The First: Neener neener neener
Buffy: Beat it, bitch.
Spike: Woo hoo, me necklace is killing all the uber-vamps.
Kennedy: Shame angel couldn't have brought it in episode 3, then we could have...
Spike: stuff it, wanker.
Anya: Hey, how come I have to be the only one to die?
(Above ground)
Dawn: Hey look, the whole town's gone, fallen into a pit.
Cordelia: I always said Sunnydale was a pit.
Xander: Beat it, slut, you're not in this show anymore.
Cordelia: oops.
Willow: So, what do we do now?
Buffy: fuckifiknow.
(Fade to black)