Bill Gates, Entertainment God?

ppgreat sent in a wired story about the home of the future sort of story discussing A/V in a Microsoft Media Player 9 future. As seems to always be the case, there's a lot of cool stuff in there, but more than a few eyebrow raises.

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I Prefer to think of him as a Plastic Jesus

[Angry White Guy]

I don't care if it rains of freezes
'Long as I got my Plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car.

Through my trials and tribulations
And my travels through the nations
With my Plastic Jesus I'll go far.
Plastic Jesus! Plastic Jesus,
Riding on the dashboard of my car

I'm afraid He'll have to go.
His magnets ruin my radio
And if I have a wreck He'll leave a scar.
Riding down a thoroughfare
With His nose up in the air,
A wreck may be ahead, but He don't mind.

Trouble coming He don't see,
He just keeps His eye on me
And any other thing that lies behind.
Plastic Jesus! Plastic Jesus,
Riding on the dashboard of my car ...

Though the sunshine on His back
Make Him peel, chip and crack,
A little patching keeps Him up to par.
When I'm in a traffic jam
He don't care if I say "damn"
I can let all my curses roll

Plastic Jesus doesn't hear
'Cause he has a plastic ear
The man who invented plastic saved my soul.
Plastic Jesus! Plastic Jesus,
Riding on the dashboard of my car ...

Once His robe was snowy white,
Now it isn't quite so bright -
Stained by the smoke of my cigar.
If I weave around at night,
And policemen think I'm tight,
They never find my bottle - though they ask.

Plastic Jesus shelters me,
For His head comes off, you see
He's hollow, and I use Him for a flask.
Plastic Jesus! Plastic Jesus,

Riding on the dashboard of my car ...
Ride with me and have a dram
Of the blood of the Lamb -
Plastic Jesus is a holy bar.

Re:Entertainment God?

[deadsaijinx*]

satan, god, it's all good

another MS story

[crimsontiger6]

cue predictable anti MS bitching, security jokes etc. *yawn*

Re:Bill Gates, Entertainment God?

[IdleTime]

Sure :)

What really bothers me is the thought of my apartment talking to me when I come home after a long and crueling day at work, not to mention the reading of your email:
- Here is your new card! Platinum XYZ at 49% interest!
No thanks, I have enough spam as it is!

And since this crappy house seems to be running Windows, how on Earth am I gonna trust the biometric reader to work? Think about it! MS products is not exactly rock bottom solid... You're coming home after a rather liquid night and stare into the reader when a female voice comes back at you: "Access denied. Please evacuate the premises withing 30 sec or the Police will be notified" Heck no! I don't want that crap.