Also it creats the illution that you are a smarter consumer then you really are.
There's no way in hell someone wearing one of these would be mistaken for a "smart consumer." It's pretty clear that anyone who spends nearly twice the price of their ipod to watch video on a screen smaller than the ipod on a contraption that makes the wearer look like an alien is pretty much a complete tool.
Isn't naming the strategy "Leap Ahead" a tacit admission that they are in fact, across the board behind?
Actually, they want to really go with this whole "leaping" metaphor. They are planning to roll out a new game kind of like Twister with a giant mat you put on the floor with all these conclusions written on them; the game will be called "Leap to Conclusions"...
No, it's not really a shame at all. Lawyers who are that sleazy are not suddenly pinnacles of honesty when talking to their own clients. A client should not be punished because they were talked into going along with a sleazy lawyer's underhanded tactics. I'm not saying that's what happened here but I don't think it's wrong to have to prove malfeasance on the part of the client before they can be convicted of such.
Hey, that dead grandmother was illegally listening to downloaded mp3s! Copyright laws apply for a good 70 years after the death of the artist -- the law says nothing about the death of the listener. What, you think some grandma gets a free ride just because she committed her crimes in the afterlife?
For heaven's sake, GIMP means GNU Image Manipulation Program. It's a hell of a lot more intuitive than photoshop, the snarky acronym aside. Complaining about that name is like complaining that nobody would know that they could get money from an ATM. If people got GIMP on all their new computers they would quickly begin to recognize what it was the same way they now recognize "photoshop" which, as others have pointed out, sounds like a place to buy photos. Only professional photo developers understood the name "photoshop" at the beginning. And on top of it, it is usually listed as "Adobe Photoshop" so indeed, to find this image manipulation program on your computer you need to remember the name of a material for making bricks as well as a place for buying photographs. Whereas if you use the GIMP you are 90% of the way there just by knowing that you need a Program to Manipulate Images.
I am forced to use IE for Mac for work as the entire California State University system requires professors to interact with database software to check records, enter grades, for scheduling, etc. That software - a closed source program from PeopleSoft I believe; everyone calls it SOLAR - does not work well with any other browser (and even on IE/Mac it is horribly slow) and our technology support staff is powerless to suggest anything other than that the user use IE to access the database. I was thrilled when I heard MS was dropping MacIE support because maybe that will lead to PeopleSoft taking Mac browsers seriously. Open-sourcing IE will help nobody.
The dolls' target market is 14-24; not "toddlers" and definitely more in the range of ages of children who would throw smaller children around.
That said, anyone who buys this crap deserves what they get. Needy dolls from Codependent inc.? Don't we have enough of that shit in our real lives to seek it out in cuddly toys? On top of that the toys don't look all that pleasant at all; they are ugly and dopey looking, hardly the kind of thing I would want to hug, especially if it was fucking whining "touch me touch me" like the one in the video.
Certainly when I was 14-24 I had a lot more interesting things to do than playing caretaker for computerized codependents. Do these morons really expect to sell any of these things??
Winners: Musicians who now have the opportunity to tap into niche markets globally without paying a blood tax to soulless corporations who are destroying music
Losers: Ego-driven and greedy but untalented millionaire executives at said corporations who will see slightly less profit this year from sucking the blood of people with actual talent by locking down their distribution channels, yet will nonetheless whine like babies that they're being ripped off by the very fans who made them millionaires in the first place
Biggest Losers: Slashdotters who aren't getting a penny of this money but still feel driven to defend these bloodsucking corporate drones every chance they get.
fas.org is the Federation of American Scientists, so the short answer is yes, the document is real. However, your interpretation of the document and its meaning is dubious. Read up on FISA.
Go to Japan. Find a restaurant that serves basashi -- raw horse flesh. Yum!
Also you probably don't want to add human to your list for legal or ethical reasons but there is no reason not to try hufu, the healthy soy-based human flesh alternative!
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There's no way in hell someone wearing one of these would be mistaken for a "smart consumer." It's pretty clear that anyone who spends nearly twice the price of their ipod to watch video on a screen smaller than the ipod on a contraption that makes the wearer look like an alien is pretty much a complete tool.
Well, at least it helps keep the christmas cards coming....
He already drives a Ferrari, which he bought before founding Wikipedia. This is definitely not a money-making venture for him.
Actually, they want to really go with this whole "leaping" metaphor. They are planning to roll out a new game kind of like Twister with a giant mat you put on the floor with all these conclusions written on them; the game will be called "Leap to Conclusions"...
- The Final Solution
- Processor chip of the Proletariat
- Intel Macht Frei
The new Intel chips will be a lot more complicated, but don't worry, they will come with a Little Red Manual.Maybe Mao was using one of the old Pentium IIs with the math bug?
From now on, it's Sir Mac Fanboy to you!!
No, it's not really a shame at all. Lawyers who are that sleazy are not suddenly pinnacles of honesty when talking to their own clients. A client should not be punished because they were talked into going along with a sleazy lawyer's underhanded tactics. I'm not saying that's what happened here but I don't think it's wrong to have to prove malfeasance on the part of the client before they can be convicted of such.
Hey, that dead grandmother was illegally listening to downloaded mp3s! Copyright laws apply for a good 70 years after the death of the artist -- the law says nothing about the death of the listener. What, you think some grandma gets a free ride just because she committed her crimes in the afterlife?
It's too late for that.
terrible font, and puke green background? Ugh! What did these guys make this with; Photoshop?
Sounds like they just did.
Yeah man, they should be doing credit card transactions with their iPods! I mean, those devices can do anything, right?
It also depends on the source material you are listening to; I've definitely run across a lot of things recorded that way.
Now that MS read about the OSX feature on slashdot.
You'd discover that 91% of the American population is dating CowboyNeal.
For heaven's sake, GIMP means GNU Image Manipulation Program. It's a hell of a lot more intuitive than photoshop, the snarky acronym aside. Complaining about that name is like complaining that nobody would know that they could get money from an ATM. If people got GIMP on all their new computers they would quickly begin to recognize what it was the same way they now recognize "photoshop" which, as others have pointed out, sounds like a place to buy photos. Only professional photo developers understood the name "photoshop" at the beginning. And on top of it, it is usually listed as "Adobe Photoshop" so indeed, to find this image manipulation program on your computer you need to remember the name of a material for making bricks as well as a place for buying photographs. Whereas if you use the GIMP you are 90% of the way there just by knowing that you need a Program to Manipulate Images.
Tequila shot glasses, however, are tall compared to normal shot glasses, but I notice they are always filled to the very top.
I am forced to use IE for Mac for work as the entire California State University system requires professors to interact with database software to check records, enter grades, for scheduling, etc. That software - a closed source program from PeopleSoft I believe; everyone calls it SOLAR - does not work well with any other browser (and even on IE/Mac it is horribly slow) and our technology support staff is powerless to suggest anything other than that the user use IE to access the database. I was thrilled when I heard MS was dropping MacIE support because maybe that will lead to PeopleSoft taking Mac browsers seriously. Open-sourcing IE will help nobody.
That said, anyone who buys this crap deserves what they get. Needy dolls from Codependent inc.? Don't we have enough of that shit in our real lives to seek it out in cuddly toys? On top of that the toys don't look all that pleasant at all; they are ugly and dopey looking, hardly the kind of thing I would want to hug, especially if it was fucking whining "touch me touch me" like the one in the video.
Certainly when I was 14-24 I had a lot more interesting things to do than playing caretaker for computerized codependents. Do these morons really expect to sell any of these things??
The Lord goes on to say "We love Apple." Of course, us die hard Apple fanboys knew that all along.
Winners: Musicians who now have the opportunity to tap into niche markets globally without paying a blood tax to soulless corporations who are destroying music
Losers: Ego-driven and greedy but untalented millionaire executives at said corporations who will see slightly less profit this year from sucking the blood of people with actual talent by locking down their distribution channels, yet will nonetheless whine like babies that they're being ripped off by the very fans who made them millionaires in the first place
Biggest Losers: Slashdotters who aren't getting a penny of this money but still feel driven to defend these bloodsucking corporate drones every chance they get.
fas.org is the Federation of American Scientists, so the short answer is yes, the document is real. However, your interpretation of the document and its meaning is dubious. Read up on FISA.
Intelligent flushing?
Also you probably don't want to add human to your list for legal or ethical reasons but there is no reason not to try hufu, the healthy soy-based human flesh alternative!