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VoIP Provider Vonage Planning IPO?
SixDimensionalArray writes "The
rumor mill is exploding with stories that large voice-over-ip (VoIP) provider Vonage is planning an initial public offering to raise nearly $600 million. This information is interesting coming out not long after Google's recent release of Google Talk, which overs instant messaging/VoIP services PC-to-PC as well as a surge in marketing by VoIP providers such as Covad and Skype. Could this be yet another bubble?"
With vonage you can call anyone, anywhere free. With most other VoIP systems like google talk, etc, the receiver needs special software. I'd me more interested in Vonage stock than google stock at this time.
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so that the holders of the common stock can vote on removing that FUCKING ANNOYING noise they have on their tv commercials.
So, wait, does this mean we don't have to put up with ridiculously speculative stories about things that "might" happen in someone's mind but have absolutely no business being called "news" now that the rumor mill has exploded?
What's that you say? Oh, this is Slashdot?
Ah, never mind then. Nothing for you to see here, please move along.
"Will this be the death of X?"
"Uh oh, is X's dominance in the market place over?"
You won't phrase shit like this as a statement because you know it is retarded given the unimportant news announcement preceding it. Instead you write it as a question because then you can just claim to be "provocative" instead of a "fucking moron."
... they can do whatever they want, as long as they shut the hell up. Every second TV commercial is "Vuh-Vuh-VOOOONAAGE", half the sites I go to now have that stupid Vonage astronaut guy.
For God's sake, just shut the hell up!!!
A-MEN.
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It makes me sick how formulaic most of these stories are:
[insert unimportant story here]. [Make an absolutely outlandish jump to conclusions and ask a ridiculous rhetorical question that bears absolutely no logical connection whatsoever to either a.) the story in question or b.) any sane person's version of reality].
Example: Blah blah blah some anime company using Bittorent for distribution blah blah blah. The question is will other distributors and studios follow ADV's example or stick to their current distribution models?"
Are you fucking kidding me? Yeah -- Dreamworks is going to start distributing all of their blockbusters over BitTorrent without any DRM starting, uhm, NEVER?
Dear Slashdot:
This morning Microsoft's stock fell 3/10ths of a cent.... Is this the beginning of the end of the evil empire?
Dear Slashdot:
Google recently announced a beta of some new program they're making... Will they cure cancer and AIDS next?
Dear Slashdot:
Hollywood just announced another round of lawsuits for people illegally distributing copyrighted works online.... What's next? Is an elite team of Navy Seals and Green Berets going to storm my apartment (read: my mother's basement) the next time I download and install the latest Debian torrent?
Stop asking idiotic questions at the end of stories. You know the answers to them. This is _not_ a sign of "good" writing. It is fucking hackneyed and makes you look like a goddamned idiot.
Yah think I've got some strong feelings on the topic?
-Matt
Duke '05
...911. Oh, wait. I can't! #?@%*!
"You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"