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Microsoft Sues EU
mormop writes "News.com is reporting that Microsoft is hauling the European Commission into court." The case is in response to "imposed sanctions against the software giant, including a record fine of about $621 million (497 million euro) in March 2004, in a case that also covered the bundling of Microsoft's Media Player with Windows, but the company has not entirely carried them out."
europe has a powerfull yet "sane" government
Wow, I just don't know where to start. It might be easier to just shoot you and be done with it.
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
Would you rather be a poor man in Mexico or Indonesia?
What those who want activist courts fear is rule by the people.
You are right, that wasn't funny. Still, I think there is a big difference between something like that "joke" and the various Simpsons references that one is apt to see. A Simpsons reference (or similar) is almost invariably given as a verbatim quote used in context. They aren't really jokes -- they are supporting evidence. The Simpsons are typically quoted today in the same way that Shakespeare or Kierkegaard once were. They provide a common point of reference.
On the other hand, these "all your base", "in soviet russia", "beowolf cluster", "insensitive clod" type 'jokes' are simply rehashing of a situation molded to the subject at hand. It is the lamest possible joke of all -- repeating someone else's witicism just after they said it but in the wrong context. Slashdot can claim to have invented an even lamer version of that by combining that form of "humour" with the other lamest form of humour, perpetuation. Actually, perpetuation can be funny -- but usually only when done very well and by very skilled comedians and it typically requires some fresh material at its base.
Anyways, the end result leaves one reminded of Hollywood's incessant use of fart jokes. Hey, maybe it isn't a slashdot phenomenon after all.