Q: When will Valve release a video game that is also a full musical comedy?
A: Yes please. That would be a great deal of fun to do, whether or not it was any fun to play. I'll put you in touch with Gabe and you can insist that he make it happen.
I got it. The musical Gordon Sings! Released from his mute state, turns out that all he wanted to do was sing and dance, but instead had to save the world. Twice. (Maybe three times)
You can dislike Apple as much as you want. Knock yourself out, I don't really mind. Probably won't disagree with you on some of it. But if you are going down the road of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" road, then you don't really know much about MS. Plus, if your sig is all "Appel is teh suck" and your post is "poor poor MS has to defend itself, when will they get a break", then I may doubt the veracity of your being able to look at the subject objectively. It's something that sticks out a bit.
You are right, you have the right to say those things about Apple. I have the right to call them as I see them and perhaps challenge your objectivity.
It's hard to take anything you say seriously when your sig screams "partisan shill".
MS is trying to push through patents in the EU so it can start scaremongering over there like it's doing here already. Or haven't you heard about the "246 infringing patents in linux" bit from Balmer yet. No legal challenges (because they would lose) but enough to scare the companies to keep taking their MS medicine. Hey, have you heard...MS had its FAT file system patent challenged by PubPat. MS is no better than patent trolls, my friend. You need to take a look around before you make this rash call.
Or, if you're astroturfing, at least you're getting paid for this.
WRONG! And by your statement you prove that you know nothing about patents, why they were necessary at one time, why they're mostly irrelevant when it comes to software and how much MS kool-aid you've drank lately.
The patent system is broke. It's underfunded, undermanned and because of outside pressures, it pretty much allows nearly any yahoo to come along with a specious claim and "patent" it. Defensive patents are being bought, yes, but without the proper due diligence, it's pretty much a road to nowhere.
*BUZZZZZ* You are incorrect, sir. If that were to happen, there would be a huge international incident because as Jon Stewart once said, "We may not be very good at nation building, but we are still top notch at nation un-building." Especially when our cowboy present just loves pulling the trigger on that sort of thing. Besides, with Pakistan and the Saudis, expect us to send in a whole division of diplomats, 'cause we just love them! Or the current government does anyway. In fact, you may want to look at all the times we set up puppet regimes we thought would be friendly to our interests until they strayed from where we wanted them to go. Search for it and I think you'll find some familiar names.
Besides, aren't we supposed to be the good guys, the ones above torture, the ones idealistic about truth and justice? That "eye for an eye" thing is pretty passe, if you ask me.
Orlowski doesn't just hate Wikipedia, but open-source projects in general and GNU/Linux in specific.
I was able to comment on a story from Orlowski...once. Years ago, actually. Honestly, if the guy weren't somehow an editor on a somewhat respected tech site, he'd be nothing more than an internet troll or the crazy down the street. Reading his junk is why I stopped going to El Reg because his ham-handed "journalism" seemed to be driven by an agenda of hate.
Looking very similar to the SCO case now. The RIAA through data mining has come up with "evidence" and the AG for Oregon is asking something reasonable of the court: how did you get this information and what was it? Oh, and does the company you got this from even have an investigating license? It's sickening to see the RIAA try to get their way by their dumpster diving discovery requests.
They stalled on another case when they were asked to prove their methods. I believe the AG may have something there with investigator license which could turn into criminal charges for maybe both the RIAA and the company they hired to do their dirty work.
Maybe the guy from Hormel wasn't a part of the Spam fun. Hell, go to the Spam website and you can tell that it's all a bit tongue in cheek about the whole thing.
There's even a Spam museum in Austin, MN, which is I believe where it's first Spam factory is.
Sorry, I stopped reading halfway through your post. I started to get to "has an in-depth 8 page preview" and then just blah-blah-blah. I guess what I'm trying to say is...
Remember folks, there are two accounts that we should consider here. As there is an executive order to preserve all "official" communication, the White House emails are likely not that hard to get as they would be breaking federal law if they deleted those emails.
However, the likelihood of what they are looking for are actually in the RNC emails, those are the ones that should be under federal order not to be destroyed. The current administration (under the direction of Karl Rove) was directed to have most of their communication about political strategy (under which the whole Plame event would have qualified) to be routed through RNC accounts.
Bush, of course, does not use email. As loath as I am to say so, if he wanted to be secret, not using email is a pretty good way to achieve the lack of culpability for any political shenanigans.
We've become far too dependent on technology for trying to do actual investigative work. Data mining for ethnic foods? What happened to having a spy network in places that have known terrorists or security threats? Is the will even there to do this kind of first hand work or have we just given up and rely on computer algorithms to do the work for us?
Maybe someone within the FBI/NSA is pushing for technological solutions to do this kind of heavy lifting that used to be done by people. I don't know, but it doesn't make a lot of sense. We're not a meat and potatoes society anymore. People of every stripe are going out of their comfort zones and finding ethnic food really tasty (I am one of those people within the last 7-10 years). Do I get put on a watch list because I go through a month where I'm craving a good gyro and find the best place to get really good gyro is my local halal shop?
Shocking. But now all this food talk has made me hungry. Thanks FBI.
I think it's a sad state of affairs when we have to expect our politicians to tell the truth only when they're under oath. Ah, but that's the dreamer-me.
I mean I enjoy the Prime Minister's Questions in front of the House of Commons as much as the next person (where they can absolutely lie and at times expected to), but I'm not sure I can remember anything that Cheney ever got correct.
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A: Yes please. That would be a great deal of fun to do, whether or not it was any fun to play. I'll put you in touch with Gabe and you can insist that he make it happen.
I got it. The musical Gordon Sings! Released from his mute state, turns out that all he wanted to do was sing and dance, but instead had to save the world. Twice. (Maybe three times)
You can dislike Apple as much as you want. Knock yourself out, I don't really mind. Probably won't disagree with you on some of it. But if you are going down the road of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" road, then you don't really know much about MS. Plus, if your sig is all "Appel is teh suck" and your post is "poor poor MS has to defend itself, when will they get a break", then I may doubt the veracity of your being able to look at the subject objectively. It's something that sticks out a bit.
You are right, you have the right to say those things about Apple. I have the right to call them as I see them and perhaps challenge your objectivity.
No, no. Thank you. I'm jaded every month I look at my bill.
It's hard to take anything you say seriously when your sig screams "partisan shill".
MS is trying to push through patents in the EU so it can start scaremongering over there like it's doing here already. Or haven't you heard about the "246 infringing patents in linux" bit from Balmer yet. No legal challenges (because they would lose) but enough to scare the companies to keep taking their MS medicine. Hey, have you heard...MS had its FAT file system patent challenged by PubPat. MS is no better than patent trolls, my friend. You need to take a look around before you make this rash call.
Or, if you're astroturfing, at least you're getting paid for this.
WRONG! And by your statement you prove that you know nothing about patents, why they were necessary at one time, why they're mostly irrelevant when it comes to software and how much MS kool-aid you've drank lately.
The patent system is broke. It's underfunded, undermanned and because of outside pressures, it pretty much allows nearly any yahoo to come along with a specious claim and "patent" it. Defensive patents are being bought, yes, but without the proper due diligence, it's pretty much a road to nowhere.
There, fixed that for you.
*BUZZZZZ* You are incorrect, sir. If that were to happen, there would be a huge international incident because as Jon Stewart once said, "We may not be very good at nation building, but we are still top notch at nation un-building." Especially when our cowboy present just loves pulling the trigger on that sort of thing. Besides, with Pakistan and the Saudis, expect us to send in a whole division of diplomats, 'cause we just love them! Or the current government does anyway. In fact, you may want to look at all the times we set up puppet regimes we thought would be friendly to our interests until they strayed from where we wanted them to go. Search for it and I think you'll find some familiar names.
Besides, aren't we supposed to be the good guys, the ones above torture, the ones idealistic about truth and justice? That "eye for an eye" thing is pretty passe, if you ask me.
Orlowski doesn't just hate Wikipedia, but open-source projects in general and GNU/Linux in specific.
I was able to comment on a story from Orlowski...once. Years ago, actually. Honestly, if the guy weren't somehow an editor on a somewhat respected tech site, he'd be nothing more than an internet troll or the crazy down the street. Reading his junk is why I stopped going to El Reg because his ham-handed "journalism" seemed to be driven by an agenda of hate.
Looking very similar to the SCO case now. The RIAA through data mining has come up with "evidence" and the AG for Oregon is asking something reasonable of the court: how did you get this information and what was it? Oh, and does the company you got this from even have an investigating license? It's sickening to see the RIAA try to get their way by their dumpster diving discovery requests.
They stalled on another case when they were asked to prove their methods. I believe the AG may have something there with investigator license which could turn into criminal charges for maybe both the RIAA and the company they hired to do their dirty work.
Maybe the guy from Hormel wasn't a part of the Spam fun. Hell, go to the Spam website and you can tell that it's all a bit tongue in cheek about the whole thing.
There's even a Spam museum in Austin, MN, which is I believe where it's first Spam factory is.
...hot or not?
Yeah, but to make shit loads of money, you really need to piss off the people who use your product.
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
NOW who's stealing?
Blanket statements without proof are a tough way to defend any position.
Let me help you clear your cognitive dissonance.
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/070529_Unclassified_Plame_employement.pdf
Que the Empire references.
"No Darl, (MULTICS breathing) I am your father."
"No...that's not true. That's impossible!"
"Search your feelings. You know it to be true."
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Sorry, I stopped reading halfway through your post. I started to get to "has an in-depth 8 page preview" and then just blah-blah-blah. I guess what I'm trying to say is...
Oh look, a bunny!
Remember folks, there are two accounts that we should consider here. As there is an executive order to preserve all "official" communication, the White House emails are likely not that hard to get as they would be breaking federal law if they deleted those emails.
However, the likelihood of what they are looking for are actually in the RNC emails, those are the ones that should be under federal order not to be destroyed. The current administration (under the direction of Karl Rove) was directed to have most of their communication about political strategy (under which the whole Plame event would have qualified) to be routed through RNC accounts.
Bush, of course, does not use email. As loath as I am to say so, if he wanted to be secret, not using email is a pretty good way to achieve the lack of culpability for any political shenanigans.
I wonder how they would make a caricature of Freddie Mercury embedded in the Google logo?
Now that all depends on who you are, doesn't it?
We've become far too dependent on technology for trying to do actual investigative work. Data mining for ethnic foods? What happened to having a spy network in places that have known terrorists or security threats? Is the will even there to do this kind of first hand work or have we just given up and rely on computer algorithms to do the work for us?
Maybe someone within the FBI/NSA is pushing for technological solutions to do this kind of heavy lifting that used to be done by people. I don't know, but it doesn't make a lot of sense. We're not a meat and potatoes society anymore. People of every stripe are going out of their comfort zones and finding ethnic food really tasty (I am one of those people within the last 7-10 years). Do I get put on a watch list because I go through a month where I'm craving a good gyro and find the best place to get really good gyro is my local halal shop?
Shocking. But now all this food talk has made me hungry. Thanks FBI.
Well, not surprising once you find out who three of his top five campaign contributors are Disney, Viacom and Time Warner.
Here: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patrick_Leahy#Money_in_politics
I think it's a sad state of affairs when we have to expect our politicians to tell the truth only when they're under oath. Ah, but that's the dreamer-me.
I mean I enjoy the Prime Minister's Questions in front of the House of Commons as much as the next person (where they can absolutely lie and at times expected to), but I'm not sure I can remember anything that Cheney ever got correct.
This is the end of Slashdot!
Nah, thanks for the catharsis you insensitive clod!
Do I get modded down for squeezing in two cliches? Yeah? Crud.
Who replies to their own comment?
Oh I know, some idiot astroturfer who just signed up today. Silly me. Weird kind of astroturfing though.