A well-hyped $50K 1.0 launch party would be a better way to generate press and motivate people to switch to the browser. It would get far wider coverage than a single page in one edition of the NYT.
The only people who will go to or read about a launch party are the enthusiasts who already use and/or know about the browser. I doubt either will have a big impact, but the people who donated to create the ad did so expecting the ad. They can't simply change their minds about how to spend the money now.
Interesting that he can describe driving directions and specific geography but can't apply the same skills to locating the silverware - they seem like very similar tasks.
You're being intentionally (I think, at least) obtuse.
Of course you can elect to not support their industry - that's certainly your right, but you are also implying that they are doing something wrong or unreasonable. You're wrong about that. Regardless of high ticket prices, poor quality of movies, etc. You don't have to right to steal stuff. You don't get to make that decision.
I'm not saying this because the MPAA needs defending - certainly not by a dope like me, but you should reexamine their (and your) argument.
Fuck you and your holier than thou attitude. Who the hell do you think you are, making broad, presumptuous generalizations like that.
You're not enlightened because you may or may not see a movie and you're not better than anyone for having an opinion. You're certainly no authority to declare that everyone is somehow less than you for choosing to see a movie - for whatever the fuck reason they have.
So shut your goddamned cake hole and keep you asinine, unwelcome opinions to yourself.
In an odd sort of way, I miss John Katz. While his editorials were always verbose and made you wonder what he was smoking, they were always entertaining.
But those that were harmed already have the memory they needed. All the discount RAM in the world isn't going to be a remedy to everyone - only those who need more memory.
I'm not buying that. If that were the case, then it'd clearly be a bad question (Hrm: There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people...) Anyway, if we all accepted "Wrong answer, but exactly what I'm looking for -- A+!!" then the system is broken.
Semi-related anecdote: In junior high, I had an geometry class and the teacher has us completing angles and side-lengths for triangles with partially complete data. Many of the triangles supposedly had right angles (the 90deg being a clue to help us solve for the unknowns). Well, they LOOKED like right angles, but there's was no box in the corner to say for sure, so I noted that there was insufficient data to solve the problems. I flunked the test and was scolded for being a pest. I'm still a bit pissed off about it.
A woman pops a tape into the Betamax. Zooop! It's in the sink! Bzzft! It's on a bookshelf! Schwizing! It's in the backseat of Gordy Howe's car! Fffft! It's on the JumboTron(tm) in Times Square!...yeah - they should have covered that in the lawsuit. Damned Sony and their fancy 'videotapes'...
"If you merely want to browse the Web quickly without any bells and whistles, Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 is worth the free download."
I'm shocked by this statement. The implication that Firefox is (a) lacking 'bells and whistles' and (b) only conditionally valuable, despite being free, are fucking ridiculous.
How on earth can the reviewer seriously count 'lack of ActiveX support' as a negative. pcmag sucks. This 'review' is crap. Not because I disagree with it, but because it's wrong.
Since FF 0.9.1 kept crying wolf and telling me that new updates were available (that weren't) - I would have been way behind in updating hadn't I seen this article on/.
I don't like that the entire package had to be updated - a whole new setup program/procedure. I understand the depth and breadth of this particular bug, (and I don't suppose this is the issue) - but It's a drag that to update a minor fix in FF an entire download and install are required. The bright side is the rather small download size...
According to Scott, he doesn't really have to buy drugs. People just give them to him. *sigh* I should have been a rock star.
Here's the torrent for the Howard Stern interview with VR (in flac format)... http://66.90.75.92/suprnova//torrents/ 1800/vr2004- 05-24.fm.flac.torrent
Slashdot Mirror
© is for © ...and most punctuation is for nothing, it seems.
® is for ® symbol
The same people that click on pop-up ads to buy pop-up blocking software. This intraweb is a crazy world, son....
Still a better job than "Jizz Mopper"... Barely.
That that the real web site or are they bracing for a Slashdotting? Where's the information?
The new Netscape browser won't reload the page and clear your form data when you resize the window? Hrmph. How can they call that Netscape?!?
Interesting that he can describe driving directions and specific geography but can't apply the same skills to locating the silverware - they seem like very similar tasks.
You're being intentionally (I think, at least) obtuse.
Of course you can elect to not support their industry - that's certainly your right, but you are also implying that they are doing something wrong or unreasonable. You're wrong about that. Regardless of high ticket prices, poor quality of movies, etc. You don't have to right to steal stuff. You don't get to make that decision.
I'm not saying this because the MPAA needs defending - certainly not by a dope like me, but you should reexamine their (and your) argument.
Fuck you and your holier than thou attitude. Who the hell do you think you are, making broad, presumptuous generalizations like that.
You're not enlightened because you may or may not see a movie and you're not better than anyone for having an opinion. You're certainly no authority to declare that everyone is somehow less than you for choosing to see a movie - for whatever the fuck reason they have.
So shut your goddamned cake hole and keep you asinine, unwelcome opinions to yourself.
Now, to AC or not to AC... Fuck it.
John Katz? Is that you?
(removes mirrorshades, wipes tears, blows nose, composes self)
The looks we got whilst trying to demonstrate light sabres were priceless.
So, then - you're the "Star Wars Kid"?
(http://www.spindulik.com/)
But those that were harmed already have the memory they needed. All the discount RAM in the world isn't going to be a remedy to everyone - only those who need more memory.
Do You Thrive or Crack Under Pressure?
What's with the 3rd degree?!? What's the deal with all the questions? It wasn't me! I - uh... I've got to go...
It's starting to sdound like a "Real Men of Genius"/"Real American Hero" ad. :-)
Here's to you, mister super-linux-kernel-debugger!
Are you proposing a pig-canon? I'm listening...
"Someone glanced sideways at it and down it went."
When you put it that way, it almost sounds like it's French!
I think it's probably from Murphy's Law.
Close. Al Gore.
I'm not buying that. If that were the case, then it'd clearly be a bad question (Hrm: There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people...) Anyway, if we all accepted "Wrong answer, but exactly what I'm looking for -- A+!!" then the system is broken.
Semi-related anecdote: In junior high, I had an geometry class and the teacher has us completing angles and side-lengths for triangles with partially complete data. Many of the triangles supposedly had right angles (the 90deg being a clue to help us solve for the unknowns). Well, they LOOKED like right angles, but there's was no box in the corner to say for sure, so I noted that there was insufficient data to solve the problems. I flunked the test and was scolded for being a pest. I'm still a bit pissed off about it.
Space-shifting videotapes?
...yeah - they should have covered that in the lawsuit. Damned Sony and their fancy 'videotapes'...
Let's picture this...
A woman pops a tape into the Betamax. Zooop! It's in the sink! Bzzft! It's on a bookshelf! Schwizing! It's in the backseat of Gordy Howe's car! Fffft! It's on the JumboTron(tm) in Times Square!
When I first started there (almost six years ago now)...
Lane, I've been going to this high school for 7 and a half years. I'm no dummy.
"If you merely want to browse the Web quickly without any bells and whistles, Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 is worth the free download."
I'm shocked by this statement. The implication that Firefox is
(a) lacking 'bells and whistles' and
(b) only conditionally valuable, despite being free,
are fucking ridiculous.
How on earth can the reviewer seriously count 'lack of ActiveX support' as a negative. pcmag sucks. This 'review' is crap. Not because I disagree with it, but because it's wrong.
Since FF 0.9.1 kept crying wolf and telling me that new updates were available (that weren't) - I would have been way behind in updating hadn't I seen this article on /.
I don't like that the entire package had to be updated - a whole new setup program/procedure. I understand the depth and breadth of this particular bug, (and I don't suppose this is the issue) - but It's a drag that to update a minor fix in FF an entire download and install are required. The bright side is the rather small download size...
Anyway, just my two small complaints about FF.
According to Scott, he doesn't really have to buy drugs. People just give them to him. *sigh* I should have been a rock star.
/ 1800/vr2004- 05-24.fm.flac.torrent
Here's the torrent for the Howard Stern interview with VR (in flac format)...
http://66.90.75.92/suprnova//torrents