... 43. Get a FP on/. 44. Modify a computer to look like something else 45. Contribute some code to an open source project 46. "Daydream" about two chicks at the same time 47. Reference the movie Office Space 400 times in a single day ...
I have to agree with this. EA management may be a bunch of assholes for attempting to exploit their workers, but anyone who stays at EA and puts up with exploitation, is an even bigger asshole. Be grateful that you live in a society in which you can choose your vocation, and where employment is largely based on mutual agreement between employer and employee.
I don't think you can own *options* in physical form, but the certificates of the shares themselves are some sort of stiff, heavy paper that would be really uncomfortable (and perhaps even dangerous) as toilet paper.
For $6,500 I'll sell you a cat with the exact genome of a dog. Everyone wins! Your girlfriend gets to have a cat. You enjoy the animal because it acts and looks like a dog. And I get enough money to pay for October's bandwidth.
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True, but it's a pain in the butt to install it all. Have one of your buddies convince your floormates to "prank" you, by covering your entire room in aluminum foil. Act really pissed, and then never take it down.
I'm sure somebody from Real is going to read the comments here, so I'd just like to go on record.
I'm a heavy user of online media. I listen to 40 hours of conference calls every quarter. I abhor the user-antagonism of many Microsoft products, but I always choose MediaPlayer over Real. Why? Their past (and probably continuing) history of "obscene invasiveness".
One questioner asked about product differentiation. Here's a great way to become differentiated from Microsoft. Offer non-intrusiveness. Offer complete privacy and anonymity. Offer a low overhead install with simple menus. Offer compatibility with a variety of machines, and a high-rate of fault tolerance.
What a lot of companies don't seem to understand (at least online), is that if you make the consumer hate you, they will do everything they can to avoid your products. I encourage you to take a page from the book of Google; you'll make more money, people will like you, and the world will be a better place.
And don't forget to brand this new product something other than Real, because that franchise is tainted.
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of 100 nerdly things to do before you die.
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43. Get a FP on
44. Modify a computer to look like something else
45. Contribute some code to an open source project
46. "Daydream" about two chicks at the same time
47. Reference the movie Office Space 400 times in a single day
I have to agree with this. EA management may be a bunch of assholes for attempting to exploit their workers, but anyone who stays at EA and puts up with exploitation, is an even bigger asshole. Be grateful that you live in a society in which you can choose your vocation, and where employment is largely based on mutual agreement between employer and employee.
That's Trekkian U.S.-ian you insensitive clod.
Not if you pay the roylaties to use my Future Patent (tm) machine.
I don't think you can own *options* in physical form, but the certificates of the shares themselves are some sort of stiff, heavy paper that would be really uncomfortable (and perhaps even dangerous) as toilet paper.
That wacky Minesweeper game just cracks me up!
Every month it has another "birthday". I think it just enjoys the attention.
For $6,500 I'll sell you a cat with the exact genome of a dog. Everyone wins! Your girlfriend gets to have a cat. You enjoy the animal because it acts and looks like a dog. And I get enough money to pay for October's bandwidth.
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True, but it's a pain in the butt to install it all. Have one of your buddies convince your floormates to "prank" you, by covering your entire room in aluminum foil. Act really pissed, and then never take it down.
They're 800 pages each. "NOW" may take a few days.
Bush, Kerry, and Hulk. Now that's a debate that I'd like to see. Did I say "debate"? I meant "ass-woopin'".
This is a great article. Good job!
I choose not to smoke.
I choose not to snort cocaine.
I choose not to watch TV.
Why do you give a shit what I choose? Feel free to fuck off and mind your own business.
Remember, if you wear a respirator, the geologists win.
Choose Finance as a Tag Skill, and by level 6 (42,500 XP) your insurance costs will be negligible.
As a Libertarian, I think my politics have very, very little in common with the Republican Party.
How about none of the above? I'm perfectly capable of despising most the candidates without some amateur pundit's assistance.
No, but electrolysis could.
>> BIRDS?
And bats, actually.
(Although I must admit to using wind power for 100% of my electical needs).
I'm sure somebody from Real is going to read the comments here, so I'd just like to go on record.
I'm a heavy user of online media. I listen to 40 hours of conference calls every quarter. I abhor the user-antagonism of many Microsoft products, but I always choose MediaPlayer over Real. Why? Their past (and probably continuing) history of "obscene invasiveness".
One questioner asked about product differentiation. Here's a great way to become differentiated from Microsoft. Offer non-intrusiveness. Offer complete privacy and anonymity. Offer a low overhead install with simple menus. Offer compatibility with a variety of machines, and a high-rate of fault tolerance.
What a lot of companies don't seem to understand (at least online), is that if you make the consumer hate you, they will do everything they can to avoid your products. I encourage you to take a page from the book of Google; you'll make more money, people will like you, and the world will be a better place.
And don't forget to brand this new product something other than Real, because that franchise is tainted.
Or, these might be good machines for sending spam, another fine product of porcine reductionism.
Try "no outsourcing Friday", employees love shit like that.
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Dutches...
Dutchians...
Hollandistas...
Holl
Netherlandites...
Netherisks...
Hmmmm...??? In any case, good job, people!
Interestingly, this borked some DNS servers at Qworst today.