They're sending it in to space, (presumably) never to be seen again by anyone ever. Does it really matter if the tributes contain a few goatse references or whatnot? As an added bonus, if an alien civilization manages to stumble across it and reverse-engineer the storage medium, it'll be the first inter-galactic goatse.
Although that probably violates the "healthy development of alien life and culture" part of the Prime Directive...
What's wrong with listening to our biology? Why isn't doing what comes naturally to us "right"? Furthermore, who are you to tell other people what "right" is?
They do have REALLY messed up pricing, and an even more messed up coupon scheme. They'll be offering a monitor with a base sale of 25% off, and then give out coupons to get the monitor at 15% off. The coupon replaces the base discount. It's like one hand has NO CLUE what the other hand is doing, even though they're working on the same thing.
Honestly, the creativity that scammers show is pretty amazing to see. Some of the stories/methods that they dream up in order to manipulate people into their scams are actually pretty amazing.
Why would they react any differently than they have been? They've known that the internet is a great advertising medium, and this is just another way of advertising. They're still going to be against the distribution of the whole movie, though.
$500 for "barely" being able to play modern games? You can get an Athlon 64 3700+ / 1GB RAM / 300GB SATA / 6600GT computer for a little above $500, and that should last quite a while.
Agreed! I've run DOS 5, Win 3.1, Win95, Win98, Win2k, and now WinXP, and I haven't ever picked up a virus or spyware. Up until about a year or so ago, I used IE exclusively, too. Use your computer intelligently, and you shouldn't have problems.
Bad users will find a way to screw up any system, regardless of OS. (Barring, say, a C64)
Wait a sec, the other article says "Finally, the RIAA tried asking the Judge to amend the judgment in order to allow them to sue the child through a Guardian Ad Litem. However the court denied [the] RIAA's request.".
It costs a truckload of money to break into the gaming industry the way MS did. Many were saying that they could never compete, but they got a HUGE amount of mindshare in quite a short period of time (even beating out a company that had been doing this for 15 years), and it was a pretty brilliant move businesswise.
They're not profitable YET, but they will be. There's more money going into the videogame market every day, and MS has (at least this generation) shown that they can grab a significant chunk of that. Give it a while, and I fully expect MS to be profitable not only on the games, but on Live and the hardware itself as well.
I think it started even before the internet. I blame the "cleanliness" industry for telling us that EVERYTHING WE EVER TOUCH has to be completely sanitized or the evil germs will get us. In addition to making us completely paranoid, it's hindered the development of our immune systems.
George Carlin said it the best in his "fear of germs" tirade.
It's one thing to say that most people don't use the radio, but most people don't use the LCD? Are you mad? Maybe back in the 64MB days, no, but once you get 100+ songs on a device, the LCD becomes more and more useful. Would you rather hit "next" a possible 100 times to find a certain song you want to listen to, or just navigate to it real quick on the LCD? What if you want a couple different playlists? Only want to hear a certain artist?
Going from a CD-based MP3 player with no name display to a Dell DJ was night and day. Even with 20 times the amount of music, I get FAR less frustrated trying to find what I want to listen to. Yay LCD.
Which is why you can get a $20-million settlement for spilling your hot coffee in your lap while driving
It's nice to see that we have people looking into the facts of things before flinging accusations around!
Firstly, to clear up the facts, she was not driving, she was a passenger. The car was stopped at the time. Secondly, she did not receive $20 million, she received $640,000. $160,000 for medical expenses / pain and suffering / etc. (reduced from $200,000 due to her being partially at fault), and $480,000 in punitive damages (reduced from $2.7 million). She originally asked for $20,000, the cost of her treatment, and only resorted to a lawsuit when McDonalds refused that.
Now, McDonalds sold their coffee far hotter than is generally accepted. How hot? 180-190 degrees F. This, IIRC, is about 30 degrees hotter than it is usually served at, and is hot enough to cause THIRD-DEGREE burns in as little as two seconds. If you don't know, third-degree burns result in PERMANENT disfigurement, and require A LOT of medial treatment. Her doctor said that it was one of the worst scald burns he had ever seen. Consumers were unaware that this drink could pose such a serious threat. A study was performed, and no restaurant in area was higher than 20 degrees less than McDonalds served it at.
There's more - in 10 years, McDonalds had reports of over 700 people getting injured similarly, but did nothing. To make things worse, McDonalds even ADMITTED that its coffee was too hot to be fit for consumption when sold because of the burns it could cause.
This case is constantly thrown around as being an example of frivolity since nobody actually bothers to look into the details. People who actually do the research typically view it as a very fair ruling.
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They're sending it in to space, (presumably) never to be seen again by anyone ever. Does it really matter if the tributes contain a few goatse references or whatnot? As an added bonus, if an alien civilization manages to stumble across it and reverse-engineer the storage medium, it'll be the first inter-galactic goatse.
Although that probably violates the "healthy development of alien life and culture" part of the Prime Directive...
Why, electronic traffic signs of course!
What? No, they're not necessary, but since when has the Linux community focused on "necessary" rather than "because we can"?
put the napkin on his lamp
That sounds like a fire hazard, we shouldn't be encouraging that.
Still doesn't make it right..
What's wrong with listening to our biology? Why isn't doing what comes naturally to us "right"? Furthermore, who are you to tell other people what "right" is?
They went a step further and said that Sony is dying.
They do have REALLY messed up pricing, and an even more messed up coupon scheme. They'll be offering a monitor with a base sale of 25% off, and then give out coupons to get the monitor at 15% off. The coupon replaces the base discount. It's like one hand has NO CLUE what the other hand is doing, even though they're working on the same thing.
Honestly, the creativity that scammers show is pretty amazing to see. Some of the stories/methods that they dream up in order to manipulate people into their scams are actually pretty amazing.
;)
If they weren't such bastards, I'd admire them
The problem is that the major media corporations don't want to release movies that way, and if the content isn't there, the medium won't do very well.
Why would they react any differently than they have been? They've known that the internet is a great advertising medium, and this is just another way of advertising. They're still going to be against the distribution of the whole movie, though.
I don't see their position changing at all.
Yes, the reason I know you can do that is because of running the site. So? Does that make the statement any less true?
$500 for "barely" being able to play modern games? You can get an Athlon 64 3700+ / 1GB RAM / 300GB SATA / 6600GT computer for a little above $500, and that should last quite a while.
Agreed! I've run DOS 5, Win 3.1, Win95, Win98, Win2k, and now WinXP, and I haven't ever picked up a virus or spyware. Up until about a year or so ago, I used IE exclusively, too. Use your computer intelligently, and you shouldn't have problems.
Bad users will find a way to screw up any system, regardless of OS. (Barring, say, a C64)
Wait a sec, the other article says "Finally, the RIAA tried asking the Judge to amend the judgment in order to allow them to sue the child through a Guardian Ad Litem. However the court denied [the] RIAA's request.".
What gives?
They should make batteries that get recharged from the static electricity people build up. Low battery? Wear a sweater.
It costs a truckload of money to break into the gaming industry the way MS did. Many were saying that they could never compete, but they got a HUGE amount of mindshare in quite a short period of time (even beating out a company that had been doing this for 15 years), and it was a pretty brilliant move businesswise.
They're not profitable YET, but they will be. There's more money going into the videogame market every day, and MS has (at least this generation) shown that they can grab a significant chunk of that. Give it a while, and I fully expect MS to be profitable not only on the games, but on Live and the hardware itself as well.
Expect every airport to be shut down for a week after the 4th of July.
You've never heard of them? They had a HUGE hit single years ago called "flagpole sitta".
How exactly DO spearmen beat tanks?
I think it started even before the internet. I blame the "cleanliness" industry for telling us that EVERYTHING WE EVER TOUCH has to be completely sanitized or the evil germs will get us. In addition to making us completely paranoid, it's hindered the development of our immune systems.
George Carlin said it the best in his "fear of germs" tirade.
It took out my less-than sign. That was supposed to be a heart, not a 3 :(
Will Wright. 3
It's one thing to say that most people don't use the radio, but most people don't use the LCD? Are you mad? Maybe back in the 64MB days, no, but once you get 100+ songs on a device, the LCD becomes more and more useful. Would you rather hit "next" a possible 100 times to find a certain song you want to listen to, or just navigate to it real quick on the LCD? What if you want a couple different playlists? Only want to hear a certain artist?
Going from a CD-based MP3 player with no name display to a Dell DJ was night and day. Even with 20 times the amount of music, I get FAR less frustrated trying to find what I want to listen to. Yay LCD.
Oh god, I think I lost around 20% of my brain mass just typing that out, and that's still not nearly as bad as a lot of what I've seen. :(
i think that you're conclusion bout da net makin ppl dum is rong. their not dum their just typin in da web way. u just dont get it.
Which is why you can get a $20-million settlement for spilling your hot coffee in your lap while driving
It's nice to see that we have people looking into the facts of things before flinging accusations around!
Firstly, to clear up the facts, she was not driving, she was a passenger. The car was stopped at the time. Secondly, she did not receive $20 million, she received $640,000. $160,000 for medical expenses / pain and suffering / etc. (reduced from $200,000 due to her being partially at fault), and $480,000 in punitive damages (reduced from $2.7 million). She originally asked for $20,000, the cost of her treatment, and only resorted to a lawsuit when McDonalds refused that.
Now, McDonalds sold their coffee far hotter than is generally accepted. How hot? 180-190 degrees F. This, IIRC, is about 30 degrees hotter than it is usually served at, and is hot enough to cause THIRD-DEGREE burns in as little as two seconds. If you don't know, third-degree burns result in PERMANENT disfigurement, and require A LOT of medial treatment. Her doctor said that it was one of the worst scald burns he had ever seen. Consumers were unaware that this drink could pose such a serious threat. A study was performed, and no restaurant in area was higher than 20 degrees less than McDonalds served it at.
There's more - in 10 years, McDonalds had reports of over 700 people getting injured similarly, but did nothing. To make things worse, McDonalds even ADMITTED that its coffee was too hot to be fit for consumption when sold because of the burns it could cause.
This case is constantly thrown around as being an example of frivolity since nobody actually bothers to look into the details. People who actually do the research typically view it as a very fair ruling.