Microsoft Launches Blogging Site

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Microsoft Launches Blogging Site

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday December 2, 2004 @01:50AM from the bandwagon-jumping dept.

Jeff Clark writes "In yet another attempt to take over all of the Internet, MSN has launched a blog service called MSN Spaces with the new version of MSN Messenger due out shortly. Features include comments, stats and trackbacks just like every other blog out there. Another built-in feature is also available where you can send pictures from your camera-phone directly to your Space. Now you can let Mom know just exactly what happened at that party last night!" Reader JDBaker adds, "Microsoft have released the first public beta of MSN Messenger 7. It can be downloaded direct from Microsoft, and carries the same build number as the recent private beta release. New features include: Winks, Set Status Before Login, Drag and Drop Backgrounds and Feedback."

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Because thats what we all want. by -kertrats- · 2004-12-02 01:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Animated smilies that make noise. The illiterates at my school are gonna be overjoyed at the prospect. I'm just going to be annoyed.

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1. Re:Because thats what we all want. by onepoint · 2004-12-02 02:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment.
  
  Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, and held up a handwritten sign that said "Where am I?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said "You are in a Helicopter."
  
  The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the copilot asked the pilot how he had done it.
  
  "I knew it had to be the Microsoft Building, because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer."
  
  Onepoint
  
  p.s. Just need to make you all laugh. Have a cup of coffee on me.
  
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2. Re:Because thats what we all want. by ch-chuck · 2004-12-02 04:42 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  the copilot asked the pilot how he had done it.
  
  "I knew it had to be the Microsoft Building, because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer."
  
  Then then co-pilot says, "Gee, you must be a Linux user". "How did you know that?" says the Pilot. "Because here you are in a broken helicopter, you didn't know where you were, and suddenly now it's Microsoft's fault".
  
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3. Re:Because thats what we all want. by aichpvee · 2004-12-02 08:39 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  It's because micros~1 can't even innovate their own jokes, they have to be stolen from another company.
  
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Forgotten new feature by smooth+wombat · 2004-12-02 01:54 · Score: 5, Funny

New features include: Winks, Set Status Before Login, Drag and Drop Backgrounds and Feedback."
They forgot to include the ability to have your system come to a crawl at an even faster pace with quicker ad and spam delivery

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All of your bloggers are belong to us! by deletedaccount · 2004-12-02 01:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Great. MS making it easier for another swathe of barely litterate nobodies to spout off uninformed bollocks on the internet. Not like erm, us... erm. Bugger. *gets coat*
Too much freedom of information by kyouteki · 2004-12-02 02:00 · Score: 2, Funny

"...now you can let Mom know just exactly what happened at that party last night!" How many people are going to tell their mom what happened at the party last night? O.o I mean, that was between me and that blond chick, and only because we were drunk...

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1. Re:Too much freedom of information by saintp · 2004-12-02 02:13 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  OMG! You played Doom with a girl???? Lucky bastard.
  
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The Nudge function is essential. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-02 02:02 · Score: 5, Funny

wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more?
Re:And I have no doubt... by Billly+Gates · 2004-12-02 02:03 · Score: 3, Funny

They wouldn't do that.

That would be illegal and unethical. This is Microsoft we are talking about here. Last thing they want is the DOJ investigating them and breaking them up.

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Irrelevant Links by echocharlie · 2004-12-02 02:12 · Score: 3, Funny

Why the links to "every other blog"? Those are not blog sites, just links to blogging software. More appropriate links would have been to sites like these.

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First Microsoft blog by robyannetta · 2004-12-02 02:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Hi, my name is Rob, and I'm a Linux advoc*$#*&^ NO CARRIER ^^^^^^^^^^^^

HELLO. MY NAME IS ROB AND I AM A MICROSOFT ADVOCATE.

[insert MSN advertisments here]

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Re:An even better feature by thepoch · 2004-12-02 02:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Yahoo Messenger has this same feature. It's called the Buzz feature. You buzz a person, it goes "Ding Dong!!!" and shakes the window and sets it on top. I've done it to annoy a few people. I put in "I'M NOT WORKING" in big bright red colored font, then shake the window. If the boss is looking, then I've hit jackpot. This is the reason I use gaim. When someone buzzes me, I get a *Buzz* text. Nothing more.
Re:private areas to the blog by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-02 02:33 · Score: 1, Funny

But in North Korea, private areas use old people!
blog = mirror for narcissist?? by B5_geek · 2004-12-02 02:52 · Score: 4, Funny

As if the "internet-generaton" isn't full enough of themselves, why dear $deity are blogs so bloody popular?

I just don't get it. If you are so self-absorbed that you feel the need to publish every thought & whim about yourself on the web (as if the anybody on the planet actually cared about you), how/why would you then go searching for and reading other peoples mutterings?

As a previous person stated, there used to be a barrier to entry that prevented a lot of this drivel from poluting the electrons; but alas now it's easy to whine and pout in public.

I think Fight Club got it right: "You are not a beautiful & unique butterfly." We are faulty-carbon units that need a swift kick in the ass more then we are getting.

People please, get over yourselves. * If you agree with anything that I have stated here, please come to my blog at http://blah.blah/ at sign my guestbook! **

*PS: I was not refering to any of the beautiful butterflies that visit /.
**PPS: For the humour impaired - I was joking

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Re:yawn: another slashdot copycat post by torqer · 2004-12-02 05:09 · Score: 2, Funny

Probably the same day when they realize that have a common look and feel and easy of use means a lot more to Joe Sixpack than being able to edit the html code on his blog.
I'm not saying no features is better, but I'm not certain how many people I'd trust with features like that. Some people can use it effectively, others... not so much. For Instances, how many the "geek" slashdotters forget to close the Italics/bold tags and type the remainder of the their message an annoyingly hard to read font?
Re:Destroying internet darwinism by NCraig · 2004-12-02 06:57 · Score: 2, Funny

What happened to the days when there was SOME barrier to entry, that at least made you put a LITTLE thought and energy into feeling important enough that people should read your every thought?

This is either brilliant sarcasm or incredible irony.
Re:An even better feature by Thorog+the+Slasher · 2004-12-02 10:05 · Score: 2, Funny

Seriously, does anyone really need the Nudge function? To all those of you who don't use MSN (whom I hold the deepest respect for, btw), all Nudge does is shake your window and the recipients window in some weird kind of internet seizure.

And I suppose if you nudge it too many times, the title bar displays "TILT!" and all the lights go out?