When I was in highschool and cellphones were just getting big, we used to call our friends phones and hit the button to go straight to voicemail. Then we'd try the default pin to log in. If they didn't change it, we would change the greeting message to something funny(usually disgusting) and change the password on them. It was hilarious.
The first thing I though of was the Chapelle show "Trading Spouses" skit where the guy finds the woman's dildo and is waving it around like a light saber.
Then again, technically it would be possible to include both configurations, and have the user pick one at first boot.
Right, technically that would work. But then you would have to sell a Windows license to people who didn't want it in the first place. Unless of course you made them do a separate transaction on first boot up, but that kind of introduces hassle to people who were trying to avoid it by getting Windows in the first place.
"Despite the backlash from women about the sexist advertising schemes, sales of the Delldo (Dell's new dildo mount for laptops and pc's) was spectacular."
Everyone tries to say that the problem with Linux growth is that it's too hard for people to switch, or the ordinary user can't understand it. That is simply not the problem.
The problem is, Windows started with a much bigger chunk of the general population while Linux catered to the geeky, nerdy population. As with most things in life (religion, political views,...), preferences are passed down from parents to children to grandchildren and so on. With the general population, reproduction happens regularly. With Linux users, the only hope of having more Linux users is for them to convert there non-computer using mothers and fathers into Linux users and hope that they have more children late in life. On the off chance that a Linux user finds a mate(some girl wanders into the basement), the population could increase, but this doesn't happen often.
This is why Linux has little to no chance of ever catching Windows as the OS used by the majority of the population.
You think they will make an add-on to make the ending not suck.
I mean I play through this whole game enjoying most of it, then I get to the end waiting for this epic duel between good and evil, and it's over without a single button press. LAME!
Sorry for this post, it just frustrates me when I feel like I wasted $60 on a game.
They can pull out every stop if they want. But with an economy that sucks, even if most of it is in peoples heads, people are looking for every way they can to save a penny.
Now would be the perfect time for some upstart companies to gain some market share by simply pricing themselves $10 or so cheaper than the competition. Throw in the added bandwidth and its a no-brainer. The biggest hurdle is getting your name out there. They need to make sure they budget for the right kind of local marketing for it to work.
Perhaps no company is more in the grip of the international paradox than YouTube, which [an analyst] recently estimated could lose $470 million in 2009, in part because of the high cost of delivering billions of videos each month.
We just can't let this happen. Youtube is too big to fail. Just think of the impact it would have on the economy.
How long do you think it will be before they are able to do a full system like this. Or at least the brain, eyes, lungs, and heart. That would be amazing!
It would also make a good goofy syfy movie where the bodyless organs go around and commit crimes. It would get away with it because nobody would be able to identify it (lack of facial features).
I, like anyone else, would love to have unlimited internet.
But, if this metered approach is going to work, there needs to be a way to provide a real time, accurate way to view how much of your allotted data has been used. Without this there will never be a fair way to do it.
Maybe they should ship everyone a mode with a digital meter right there on the front that starts to change colors the closer you get to your cap.
Even then, certain things, such as security updates, need a way to get passed through without detracting from your allotment.
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Maybe it came from a herd(?) of whales during mating season with a severe lack of females.
When I was in highschool and cellphones were just getting big, we used to call our friends phones and hit the button to go straight to voicemail. Then we'd try the default pin to log in. If they didn't change it, we would change the greeting message to something funny(usually disgusting) and change the password on them. It was hilarious.
You wouldn't buy a plane ticket from A to (random location), then (random location) to B-
You obviously don't fly much. Lay-overs suck.
The first thing I though of was the Chapelle show "Trading Spouses" skit where the guy finds the woman's dildo and is waving it around like a light saber.
from summary:
How best to balance the content vs. performance tradeoffs"
I don't know, kill the 3rd party adds and social networking widgets?
"tits n' blood"
You just gave me my new favorite search term.
Thank you sir.
I'm not sure who this new Bill guy is, but I like him already.
A lot better than most of the other Bills around.
The RIAA (not the "state")
I thought they were the same thing now.
It's because people in California are striving for a healthier environment.
They are trying to conserve blinker fuel.
Why would you want sexually explicit words all over your screen all of the time?
It's a minor annoyance and something you'll see addressed in the not-too-distant future.
3000 A.D. Sha la la
Then again, technically it would be possible to include both configurations, and have the user pick one at first boot.
Right, technically that would work. But then you would have to sell a Windows license to people who didn't want it in the first place. Unless of course you made them do a separate transaction on first boot up, but that kind of introduces hassle to people who were trying to avoid it by getting Windows in the first place.
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"Despite the backlash from women about the sexist advertising schemes, sales of the Delldo (Dell's new dildo mount for laptops and pc's) was spectacular."
Everyone tries to say that the problem with Linux growth is that it's too hard for people to switch, or the ordinary user can't understand it. That is simply not the problem.
The problem is, Windows started with a much bigger chunk of the general population while Linux catered to the geeky, nerdy population. As with most things in life (religion, political views, ...), preferences are passed down from parents to children to grandchildren and so on. With the general population, reproduction happens regularly. With Linux users, the only hope of having more Linux users is for them to convert there non-computer using mothers and fathers into Linux users and hope that they have more children late in life. On the off chance that a Linux user finds a mate(some girl wanders into the basement), the population could increase, but this doesn't happen often.
This is why Linux has little to no chance of ever catching Windows as the OS used by the majority of the population.
Arrrgh! The Canadian pirates be true pirates, eh?
You think they will make an add-on to make the ending not suck.
I mean I play through this whole game enjoying most of it, then I get to the end waiting for this epic duel between good and evil, and it's over without a single button press. LAME!
Sorry for this post, it just frustrates me when I feel like I wasted $60 on a game.
They can pull out every stop if they want. But with an economy that sucks, even if most of it is in peoples heads, people are looking for every way they can to save a penny.
Now would be the perfect time for some upstart companies to gain some market share by simply pricing themselves $10 or so cheaper than the competition. Throw in the added bandwidth and its a no-brainer. The biggest hurdle is getting your name out there. They need to make sure they budget for the right kind of local marketing for it to work.
Perhaps no company is more in the grip of the international paradox than YouTube, which [an analyst] recently estimated could lose $470 million in 2009, in part because of the high cost of delivering billions of videos each month.
We just can't let this happen. Youtube is too big to fail. Just think of the impact it would have on the economy.
We must support them with a government bailout.
It may not be as quick as texting yet, but as the interfaces and the technology gets better, I don't see why it couldn't be.
For this to be possible at all with this preliminary technology, it shows the future iterations could be amazing.
WRONG.
Getting a blowjob with a gun to my head.
Or you could just be continuously Rick Rolled in picture in picture.
I would find it soothing to be watching the game, seeing my team choke, but still have rick's face in the corner of my screen.
So what if humans or animals want to run on 1/2 electricity. It could drastically cut down on methane gas emissions.
So it's good enough for cars, but not for us?
How long do you think it will be before they are able to do a full system like this. Or at least the brain, eyes, lungs, and heart. That would be amazing!
It would also make a good goofy syfy movie where the bodyless organs go around and commit crimes. It would get away with it because nobody would be able to identify it (lack of facial features).
Anomally?
Sounds like smart marketing to me. Just block your biggest competitor.
I wonder if they blocked Mozilla too?
I, like anyone else, would love to have unlimited internet.
But, if this metered approach is going to work, there needs to be a way to provide a real time, accurate way to view how much of your allotted data has been used. Without this there will never be a fair way to do it.
Maybe they should ship everyone a mode with a digital meter right there on the front that starts to change colors the closer you get to your cap.
Even then, certain things, such as security updates, need a way to get passed through without detracting from your allotment.