First off, he doesn't cover the.com bombs at all! He only covers one specific model of offering a service for free and then turning it pay afterwards.
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Give me a break. This shouldn't even have made it on/.
Yes, Piro's random thoughts from his update comments space shouldn't have made it onto Slashdot -- and you shouldn't really consider them a full essay on the woes of Internet business for precisely that reason.
...not to mention a nonvolatile medium that has higher-resolution work than what could be reasonably served, considering all of MegaTokyo's bandwidth woes over the past months. It's not like the book is being thrust upon the viewers as a replacement for the site. They've all been rabidly shouting for it for months, myself included.;)
Gee, what I wouldn't have given for a 9600bps modem, let alone 9600 baud. Y'know, 'cause they aren't the same, although they were at lower speeds. Although, for all I know, 9600 baud might be normal now. Broadband really has spoiled me.
Also, blowing inside the NES itself seemed to help occasionally, especially on those occasions when you didn't let the thing cool off for the recommended period of time (you did follow the manual's safety instructions, yes?) before playing again.
Obviously, this sort of thing is already out. I mean, look at the movies -- any time they have to use a computer, they were obviously using an early beta of Microsoft's program, since they can type "DECRYPT ALL SECRET FILES AND COPY THEM TO MY [REMOVABLE MEDIA] REAL FAST."
I just hope they include a parameter to turn the beeping keyboard on and off.
>The last Pokemon show has aired in Japan And a new series will begin.
>Pokemon have been reported as tools of the devil, etc etc, by a number of critics. True. So has the Magic card game (which still exists), and many, many other things.
>Pokemon toys was the big hit this Christmas. And last Christmas, if I remember correctly.
>Pokemon card trading has been banned from many schools because >students spent more time doing that than learning. These aren't Pogs. Banning them probably won't kill Pokémon utterly, since the cards are only a small part of the franchise. An annoying part that I would love to see die, but I digress...
>A wrongful death lawsuit may be brought against Pokemon It could, but would it succeed? I'm honestly not certain, since these were Burger King's toys. In fact, the lady is suing Burger King, not Nintendo. And, in any case, if Pokémon is as big as everyone says it is, would one lawsuit cause it to go out of fashion?
>Pokemon, the cartoon, is overplayed way too much on WB networks And out of order, to boot. I feel it has gotten boring, but people who haven't seen it would not get bored as soon. This doesn't mean that it won't happen, only that it'll take a while. In any case, that still leaves the main part of the franchise, the GameBoy games, to be dealt with.
>"Pokemon the First Movie" was a practical failure in the states Toy Story 2 isn't the movie to compare to, since it is something of a classic, due to the original. Pokémon the Movie was brought over for all the Pokémon fans here in the States, and it did surprisingly (sickeningly?) well for an anime movie.
I don't hate Pokémon either, nor do I love it... although I wonder when everyone will settle down and start/playing/ the card game, bad as it is. I just don't think the points you presented will kill the games, nor the show. It has a lot of inertia behind it, and it'll take a long while to stop rolling.
I'm reminded of the time I was frantically typing lines from Julius Caesar for a presentation. Clippy interrupted me, making me lose two or three lines in the process, only to ask, "You appear to be writing a letter. Would you like some help?"
In the Microsith pages, the pages appear to use PHP, although my browser may be controlled by the Dark Side. Wouldn't the Evil Empire use ASP? Obviously the author(s) are rooting for the Rebellion.:)
I fail to see how some of these qualify as the Net's "most subversive hacks." The Worm, of course, is legendary, but the rest seem to be almost randomly-selected site defacements.
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First off, he doesn't cover the .com bombs at all! He only covers one specific model of offering a service for free and then turning it pay afterwards.
[...]
Give me a break. This shouldn't even have made it on /.
Yes, Piro's random thoughts from his update comments space shouldn't have made it onto Slashdot -- and you shouldn't really consider them a full essay on the woes of Internet business for precisely that reason.
...not to mention a nonvolatile medium that has higher-resolution work than what could be reasonably served, considering all of MegaTokyo's bandwidth woes over the past months. It's not like the book is being thrust upon the viewers as a replacement for the site. They've all been rabidly shouting for it for months, myself included. ;)
Gee, what I wouldn't have given for a 9600bps modem, let alone 9600 baud. Y'know, 'cause they aren't the same, although they were at lower speeds. Although, for all I know, 9600 baud might be normal now. Broadband really has spoiled me.
> Mario will rise from the dead to pummel both the hedgehog and the bandicoot.
I look forward to this Mario/Altered Beast combination game.
Also, blowing inside the NES itself seemed to help occasionally, especially on those occasions when you didn't let the thing cool off for the recommended period of time (you did follow the manual's safety instructions, yes?) before playing again.
Okay, maybe I'm just using the Wacky Edition of Windows ME, but I can still get into a DOS prompt the same way I always do:
Click on the Start Button.
Choose Run.
Type "command".
Press Enter.
Shazam! It's a CLI!
You are Microsoft Bob, and I claim my dopey canine assistant.
I wonder if I still have the box for Bob lying around here...
Obviously, this sort of thing is already out. I mean, look at the movies -- any time they have to use a computer, they were obviously using an early beta of Microsoft's program, since they can type "DECRYPT ALL SECRET FILES AND COPY THEM TO MY [REMOVABLE MEDIA] REAL FAST."
I just hope they include a parameter to turn the beeping keyboard on and off.
>The last Pokemon show has aired in Japan
/playing/ the card game, bad as it is. I just don't think the points you presented will kill the games, nor the show. It has a lot of inertia behind it, and it'll take a long while to stop rolling.
And a new series will begin.
>Pokemon have been reported as tools of the devil, etc etc, by a number of critics.
True. So has the Magic card game (which still exists), and many, many other things.
>Pokemon toys was the big hit this Christmas.
And last Christmas, if I remember correctly.
>Pokemon card trading has been banned from many schools because
>students spent more time doing that than learning.
These aren't Pogs. Banning them probably won't kill Pokémon utterly, since the cards are only a small part of the franchise. An annoying part that I would love to see die, but I digress...
>A wrongful death lawsuit may be brought against Pokemon
It could, but would it succeed? I'm honestly not certain, since these were Burger King's toys. In fact, the lady is suing Burger King, not Nintendo. And, in any case, if Pokémon is as big as everyone says it is, would one lawsuit cause it to go out of fashion?
>Pokemon, the cartoon, is overplayed way too much on WB networks
And out of order, to boot. I feel it has gotten boring, but people who haven't seen it would not get bored as soon. This doesn't mean that it won't happen, only that it'll take a while. In any case, that still leaves the main part of the franchise, the GameBoy games, to be dealt with.
>"Pokemon the First Movie" was a practical failure in the states
Toy Story 2 isn't the movie to compare to, since it is something of a classic, due to the original. Pokémon the Movie was brought over for all the Pokémon fans here in the States, and it did surprisingly (sickeningly?) well for an anime movie.
I don't hate Pokémon either, nor do I love it... although I wonder when everyone will settle down and start
I'm reminded of the time I was frantically typing lines from Julius Caesar for a presentation. Clippy interrupted me, making me lose two or three lines in the process, only to ask, "You appear to be writing a letter. Would you like some help?"
The paper clip must die.
In the Microsith pages, the pages appear to use PHP, although my browser may be controlled by the Dark Side. Wouldn't the Evil Empire use ASP? Obviously the author(s) are rooting for the Rebellion. :)
I fail to see how some of these qualify as the Net's "most subversive hacks." The Worm, of course, is legendary, but the rest seem to be almost randomly-selected site defacements.