I remember when Verisign paid wwwwaaaaayyyy too much or Network Solutions - on the order of 21 - freakin' billion dollars. Has anyone pegged a true value for companies like these?
On the bad news side, I guess that means imminent layoffs for more geeks in Arizona.
I recall a noted incident from Nolan Bushnell after he finally got a patent for Pong - long after everyone had cloned the bejeezus out of it, and the coin-op industry had long moved on to other games in the 70s. After finding out he'd been granted it, he tossed it over his shoulder. Now if you're Adobe, and are pushing Photoshop and Illustrator for 20 and 23 years respectively, then I can sympathize, but for me, software has always been a matter of copyright law - not patent. Given the fact copyrights (thanks to Disney and Senator Bono) have massive shelf-life, I can't fathom why they're clogging up the works with patents (unless there's a damage-award scenario I'm not getting).
At first glance all I can think of is Serta Sleepers being thrown into space.
Liftoff! We have liftoff of Stainy One, ushering in America's new in-orbit dumping of unwanted mattresses. Next month will see the launch of Smelly Two.
In the US - most banks will allow free transfers to an account if the recipient has an account with the same bank (meaning a BoA transfer can be scheduled with online banking to another BoA customer). You can do it with another bank as well but that's when the fee's start.
I guess I could backdoor VLC compatible video files via dropbox, but how do they recommend to get non-standard (for iPad / iPhone) video on there by default? 2 steps that involve tedious uploads doesn't sound great to me.
Last I checked, most cocaine for the US has been going through Mexico after 30 years of interdiction from the Islands and Cuba going through the Gulf Coast states.
I'm sure there's lots of southbound traffic for other markets, but getting to the US markets by going over 4500 miles south doesn't make much sense - even to a drug dealer.
Taking the sex out of it, I wonder what's the difference between buying a woman drinks at a bar, or hiring a social consort (for chat only) in Japan? The obvious answer is you could get the woman in the bar drunk and get lucky, but what if you just want a conversation outside of the screen? I'd gladly pay for good conversation any day vs., expensive drunk dialogue with an amateur.
The article references the 90s, but even tho the Atari 7800 saw only modest success (if you call more than zero units success) I miss Ballblazer. Great simple gameplay.
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I guess John C Dvorak's "Cranky Geeks" are going to have to get another sponser.
I remember when Verisign paid wwwwaaaaayyyy too much or Network Solutions - on the order of 21 - freakin' billion dollars. Has anyone pegged a true value for companies like these?
On the bad news side, I guess that means imminent layoffs for more geeks in Arizona.
I recall a noted incident from Nolan Bushnell after he finally got a patent for Pong - long after everyone had cloned the bejeezus out of it, and the coin-op industry had long moved on to other games in the 70s. After finding out he'd been granted it, he tossed it over his shoulder. Now if you're Adobe, and are pushing Photoshop and Illustrator for 20 and 23 years respectively, then I can sympathize, but for me, software has always been a matter of copyright law - not patent. Given the fact copyrights (thanks to Disney and Senator Bono) have massive shelf-life, I can't fathom why they're clogging up the works with patents (unless there's a damage-award scenario I'm not getting).
At first glance all I can think of is Serta Sleepers being thrown into space.
Liftoff! We have liftoff of Stainy One, ushering in America's new in-orbit dumping of unwanted mattresses. Next month will see the launch of Smelly Two.
Get back to work chairman, right Mao!
I look forward to their next piece of plastic crap tho, I hear it's to die for!
In the US - most banks will allow free transfers to an account if the recipient has an account with the same bank (meaning a BoA transfer can be scheduled with online banking to another BoA customer). You can do it with another bank as well but that's when the fee's start.
Quick - someone post this to a news site and then post about it in a forum.
We can't disrupt the timeline or the universe will implode!
(Or worse - cats and dogs living together, Sarah Palin will become president - MASS HYSTERIA!)
I guess I could backdoor VLC compatible video files via dropbox, but how do they recommend to get non-standard (for iPad / iPhone) video on there by default? 2 steps that involve tedious uploads doesn't sound great to me.
Yes it does - it works great in the middle east right now.
Is Hollywood unaware of the cheap availability of gasoline and matches? They are - really.
They also make a great fruit smoothy! Animals in a blender - for SCIENCE!
Now where's my science blender - I feel another Daiquiri discovery coming on.
There's bad ass robots out there in the world..these would be the prison punks of the robot world
I'm a drone plane I drop bombs on enemy countries
I weld the sides onto aircraft carriers
I KNOW HOW MUCH KUMQUATS COST
*punch*
Last I checked, most cocaine for the US has been going through Mexico after 30 years of interdiction from the Islands and Cuba going through the Gulf Coast states.
I'm sure there's lots of southbound traffic for other markets, but getting to the US markets by going over 4500 miles south doesn't make much sense - even to a drug dealer.
Not really, it's just the police reducing the people they're supposed to protect. But if you read that neat-o link you'd know that.
There's plenty of other sites. Backpage.com is just one of many that comes to mind. Is Facebook is another.
Taking the sex out of it, I wonder what's the difference between buying a woman drinks at a bar, or hiring a social consort (for chat only) in Japan? The obvious answer is you could get the woman in the bar drunk and get lucky, but what if you just want a conversation outside of the screen? I'd gladly pay for good conversation any day vs., expensive drunk dialogue with an amateur.
And hey - their open IP laws will make those nasty death squads go away in the public mindset.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_squad#Brazil
That's good - I've been wondering what John Simm has been up to lately.
(claws at skin and thrashes around on the floor)
Aaaaaigh! Midichlorians! Get em off me! GET EM off Off Off OFF OFF!
re:"you're still thinking in 1800's physics lessons."
And fat jokes - don't forget about fat jokes.
True, but it looked best on the 7800, and was one of their first titles for it.
The article references the 90s, but even tho the Atari 7800 saw only modest success (if you call more than zero units success) I miss Ballblazer. Great simple gameplay.
How's it taste?
It varies from person to person.
Man...I just got fired from Piss Drinkers...the editor threw a shit fit. I don't wanna deal with that.
I'm gonna go work at Shit Fit.
Because JAPAN that's why!
Is there anything they can't do?