Most of the comments in an article about a man who killed a four-year-old on local news websites would most likely be along the lines of "OMG THIS SICK FUCK DOESN'T EVEN DESERVE A TRIAL! JUST SHOOT HIM!"...... At least that's the trend I notice on local news sites in my area.
One of the slides reads "Nothing is as complete as Windows 7".
Really? Three words: Service. Pack. 1.
And I'm pretty sure Linux has more FREE downloads than Windows. I'm also pretty sure that the rare security vulnerability occasionally found in Linux will be patched the next day.
Imagine this: A person is quietly reading a magazine in a quiet and peaceful room. Suddenly, as he flips the page, a video advertisement is played, displaying the Pepsi logo, filling the room with a low-quality, low-bitrate sound of the Pepsi jingle so loud everyone in the room turns and looks at him. And, guess what? NO WAY TO STOP THE DAMN AD!
Come September, this will be a reality.
First TV ads got louder and louder and annoyed the shit out of me to the point where I can't even watch TV anymore. Then Internet ads did the same. Now fucking paper ads will annoy me.
I, for one, will not purchase a product whose developers chose to advertise in this manner, nor will I purchase magazines that have these ads. Fuck you, spammers!
It's no wonder that Microsoft's sales figures for the Xbox 360 have always been suspiciously high: most likely 54.2% of all Xbox 360's purchased were replacements to broken Xbox 360s, thus reducing the overall sales of Microsoft's consoles...
It's stated at the beginning of the movie that Wikus, the protagonist, was an average employee of Multi National United, but he's appointed to head the major task of evicting the aliens from their District. When his boss is interviewed in the documentary, he states that the fact that he was married to the protagonist's sister had "nothing to do with his decision to promote Wikus" (in other words, sister begged boss to hire her brother). Therefore, we can assume Wikus was not a talented guy in his field, nor is he even qualified to do something like that. His character is portrayed as such a person.
As for Nigerians having power in the District, have you ever been to Africa? Not to mention the fact that the company, Multi National United, as it's name (and it's headquarters resemblance to the U.N. headquarters) suggests, most likely has a major influence in governmental politics.
I saw the film on opening day, and I loved it. I agree, best Si-fi movie of '09.
Something I've never understood about paying for DLC: If you've already purchased the video game, why would you want to pay more money for something that's not equivalent to what your paying?
On game consoles, the average just-released console game costs $60 (I believe the extra $10 is for licensing fees with the console manufacturer). Your average DLC pack costs $10 on Xbox Live or PlayStation Network. So your paying 17% of the original game's cost, but are you getting an extra 17% of a game? In many cases (Call of Duty...), your not.
It's really hard to get child porn charges dropped these days, with the whole "pedo witch hunt" in full swing these days.
I'm surprised the cat was cleared of it's charges. It's lawyer must be brilliant!
Why, if the mainstream never bothered to embrace ad-blocking technology, would one think it's possible for them to embrace Internet adblockers?
These days, TV ads are just as annoying and obnoxious as Internet ads, but guess what? Like Internet advertising these days, TV ads are obnoxious and interfere with the media you are trying to watch.
Especially the cable TV networks such as TNT, FX, and TBS. When they show movies, there is always a 15 minutes ad break every 15 minutes. They always show movies that have the best scenes of movies cut out to show more commercials. The actual film or TV show's sound is often lowered, and the commercials themselves always use high audio compression to make the ads much louder than the TV, resulting in an awkward transition from a low-volume dramatic scene of a TV show to a loud and obnoxious ad for Viagra. Oh, and let's not forget those drug companies who advertise their shitty erectile dysfunction drugs (Viagra, Cialis) during sports games when they KNOW kids would be watching, and use sexually suggestive and coercive language and visuals to illustrate what they CLAIM these drugs will do.
Although technology such as DVR has become more prevalent over the years, that's only because major cable companies started OFFERING DVR service... Therefore, the only way the mainstream would bother to embrace Interent Adblockers is if ISPs or browser developers actually made them built into the software.
Look at The Big Dig in Massachusetts. A 1985 estimate placed the cost of The Big Dig at $2.8 billion ($6.0 billion adjusted for inflation as of 2006), and yet $14.6 billion ($8.08 billion in 1982 dollars) has been spent on the project since 2006.
... on say, BitTorrent trackers, where you can download "episodic episodes" of TV shows for free.
Fiction == Making shit up.
on
Tetraktys
·
· Score: 0
Last time I checked, fiction IS making shit up, not making sure everything's 100% correct and accurate.
Asking what The Da Vinci Code would be like if the author got the facts right would be like asking what J.R.R. Tolkien's books would be like if he got the facts right.
... If your addicted to the Internet, don't look for help ON the Internet.
Same case. Seeking help for WoW addiction ON THE DAMN GAME is like holding an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a bar. You'll just drink and drink and drink, and forget you have a problem.
Private corporations deciding for themselves what people should and should not view on the Internet? Wow, it's the Communist People's Republic of China with a slight Capitalist twist!
... The Everything's-Okay Alarm, as invented by Homer Simpson. Now you to can have a very annoying warning go off every few seconds if everything is indeed okay!
This just in: Users who switch to an inferior search engine based on an aggressive advertising campaign found to be more susceptible to advertising! Details at '11!
Chapter 272: Section 36. Blasphemy
Section 36. Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, his creation, government or final judging of the world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching or exposing to contempt and ridicule, the holy word of God contained in the holy scriptures shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, and may also be bound to good behavior.
It's one of those old laws that's been in the books for years, but never removed. Someone could still be arrested and charged with blasphemy in Massachusetts (although that would probably cause a shitstorm of controversy these days), but the last time that happened was in 1838.
This program offers training to future doctors and veterinarians at the same time. After all, where else could you go to find half-human half-animal anthropomorphic avatars wandering around?
After browsing the site in question, there doesn't seem to be any rule that states that only law enforcement officials may register and participate in the discussions. Moreover, the site used to allow registration (it's been disabled due to so many users registering over the past day, however).
I can see health insurance companies adopting this logic:
People who frequently exercise are less of an insurance risk. By pricing policies according to the amount of physical activity a person gets, insurance companies can offer discounts to healthier people, and put an appropriate cost penalty on basement-dwelling nerds, obese people, and other physically-unfit people.
Slashdot Mirror
Because no one in their 20s BUYS pornography anymore.
I wonder if this issue of Playboy will be avialbe in Australia, given their intolerance towards cartoon pornography...
I don't see any ads on the NYT pages. I do, however, use NoScript and AdBlockPlus. And incidents like this show all the more reason to use them.
Most of the comments in an article about a man who killed a four-year-old on local news websites would most likely be along the lines of "OMG THIS SICK FUCK DOESN'T EVEN DESERVE A TRIAL! JUST SHOOT HIM!"... ... At least that's the trend I notice on local news sites in my area.
No, that'd be someone to lazy to use the -o switch.
One of the slides reads "Nothing is as complete as Windows 7".
Really? Three words: Service. Pack. 1.
And I'm pretty sure Linux has more FREE downloads than Windows. I'm also pretty sure that the rare security vulnerability occasionally found in Linux will be patched the next day.
Imagine this: A person is quietly reading a magazine in a quiet and peaceful room. Suddenly, as he flips the page, a video advertisement is played, displaying the Pepsi logo, filling the room with a low-quality, low-bitrate sound of the Pepsi jingle so loud everyone in the room turns and looks at him. And, guess what? NO WAY TO STOP THE DAMN AD!
Come September, this will be a reality.
First TV ads got louder and louder and annoyed the shit out of me to the point where I can't even watch TV anymore. Then Internet ads did the same. Now fucking paper ads will annoy me.
I, for one, will not purchase a product whose developers chose to advertise in this manner, nor will I purchase magazines that have these ads. Fuck you, spammers!
It's no wonder that Microsoft's sales figures for the Xbox 360 have always been suspiciously high: most likely 54.2% of all Xbox 360's purchased were replacements to broken Xbox 360s, thus reducing the overall sales of Microsoft's consoles...
(Possible spoilers, read at your own risk).
It's stated at the beginning of the movie that Wikus, the protagonist, was an average employee of Multi National United, but he's appointed to head the major task of evicting the aliens from their District. When his boss is interviewed in the documentary, he states that the fact that he was married to the protagonist's sister had "nothing to do with his decision to promote Wikus" (in other words, sister begged boss to hire her brother). Therefore, we can assume Wikus was not a talented guy in his field, nor is he even qualified to do something like that. His character is portrayed as such a person.
As for Nigerians having power in the District, have you ever been to Africa? Not to mention the fact that the company, Multi National United, as it's name (and it's headquarters resemblance to the U.N. headquarters) suggests, most likely has a major influence in governmental politics.
I saw the film on opening day, and I loved it. I agree, best Si-fi movie of '09.
Something I've never understood about paying for DLC: If you've already purchased the video game, why would you want to pay more money for something that's not equivalent to what your paying?
On game consoles, the average just-released console game costs $60 (I believe the extra $10 is for licensing fees with the console manufacturer). Your average DLC pack costs $10 on Xbox Live or PlayStation Network. So your paying 17% of the original game's cost, but are you getting an extra 17% of a game? In many cases (Call of Duty...), your not.
Meh, it doesn't concern me though: I don't own a game console. Unfortunately, however, some companies have recently asked the question: If console gamers are willing to spend $60 on a game, why wouldn't PC gamers?
It's really hard to get child porn charges dropped these days, with the whole "pedo witch hunt" in full swing these days. I'm surprised the cat was cleared of it's charges. It's lawyer must be brilliant!
Watch the average Twitter user try to figure out what a "DDoS" is in real-time! This is even funnier than the swine flu scare...
My favorite so far: "DDoS? So it's like a terrorist attack on the Internet???".
Why, if the mainstream never bothered to embrace ad-blocking technology, would one think it's possible for them to embrace Internet adblockers?
These days, TV ads are just as annoying and obnoxious as Internet ads, but guess what? Like Internet advertising these days, TV ads are obnoxious and interfere with the media you are trying to watch.
Especially the cable TV networks such as TNT, FX, and TBS. When they show movies, there is always a 15 minutes ad break every 15 minutes. They always show movies that have the best scenes of movies cut out to show more commercials. The actual film or TV show's sound is often lowered, and the commercials themselves always use high audio compression to make the ads much louder than the TV, resulting in an awkward transition from a low-volume dramatic scene of a TV show to a loud and obnoxious ad for Viagra. Oh, and let's not forget those drug companies who advertise their shitty erectile dysfunction drugs (Viagra, Cialis) during sports games when they KNOW kids would be watching, and use sexually suggestive and coercive language and visuals to illustrate what they CLAIM these drugs will do.
Although technology such as DVR has become more prevalent over the years, that's only because major cable companies started OFFERING DVR service... Therefore, the only way the mainstream would bother to embrace Interent Adblockers is if ISPs or browser developers actually made them built into the software.
... The Crying Victim In Outrageous American Lawsuits!
Look at The Big Dig in Massachusetts. A 1985 estimate placed the cost of The Big Dig at $2.8 billion ($6.0 billion adjusted for inflation as of 2006), and yet $14.6 billion ($8.08 billion in 1982 dollars) has been spent on the project since 2006.
... on say, BitTorrent trackers, where you can download "episodic episodes" of TV shows for free.
Last time I checked, fiction IS making shit up, not making sure everything's 100% correct and accurate.
Asking what The Da Vinci Code would be like if the author got the facts right would be like asking what J.R.R. Tolkien's books would be like if he got the facts right.
... If your addicted to the Internet, don't look for help ON the Internet.
Same case. Seeking help for WoW addiction ON THE DAMN GAME is like holding an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in a bar. You'll just drink and drink and drink, and forget you have a problem.
Private corporations deciding for themselves what people should and should not view on the Internet? Wow, it's the Communist People's Republic of China with a slight Capitalist twist!
I, for one, welcome our new Communist overlords.
... The Everything's-Okay Alarm, as invented by Homer Simpson. Now you to can have a very annoying warning go off every few seconds if everything is indeed okay!
This just in: Users who switch to an inferior search engine based on an aggressive advertising campaign found to be more susceptible to advertising! Details at '11!
Chapter 272: Section 36. Blasphemy Section 36. Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, his creation, government or final judging of the world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching or exposing to contempt and ridicule, the holy word of God contained in the holy scriptures shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, and may also be bound to good behavior.
It's one of those old laws that's been in the books for years, but never removed. Someone could still be arrested and charged with blasphemy in Massachusetts (although that would probably cause a shitstorm of controversy these days), but the last time that happened was in 1838.
This program offers training to future doctors and veterinarians at the same time. After all, where else could you go to find half-human half-animal anthropomorphic avatars wandering around?
After browsing the site in question, there doesn't seem to be any rule that states that only law enforcement officials may register and participate in the discussions. Moreover, the site used to allow registration (it's been disabled due to so many users registering over the past day, however).
I can see health insurance companies adopting this logic:
People who frequently exercise are less of an insurance risk. By pricing policies according to the amount of physical activity a person gets, insurance companies can offer discounts to healthier people, and put an appropriate cost penalty on basement-dwelling nerds, obese people, and other physically-unfit people.