Seriously! I haven't even been able to read the power supply review yet due to the load on their website, and now there's another frontpage link to Hexus. grrrr
"If customers can't do something with their TiVo that they could in the past, they will stop using it."
Wouldn't that be a great day for the content owners.
Nobody skipping ads any more, nobody storing broadcast shows into digital format ready to be whisked away to other devices at the user's whim, etc. Heavens, the users might actually be persuaded to license the right to record a show in some not too distant future! Let's do it!
Didn't anyone tell Marvel that it might be a good idea to phase the movies out a little bit?
10 movies in 7 years is a new super hero movie every 8 and a half months.
They're either have to have at least two different teams work on these movies (which might be a good idea anyway), or really crank them up assembly line style.
"Sony does stupid things, but not everything they do is stupid."
Actually, the case in point is that Sony is ragging on their competitors in a particularly stupid way. If that were the first time, I'd probably think someone just got a little carried away in the "heat" of the interview, but various Sony execs have been bashing their competitors for quite some time now. It's as if they can't give one interview without resorting to bashing others with stuff that's, if not outright lies, but certainly no basis in reality.
They might've not, but the fact that this ass maggot spammed you, me, your dog, my cat, the prosecutor in the case, his daughter, hurricane Katrina and a billion other people made the authorities to notice him quite quickly.
A lot of the movie theatres are just in a disgusting state. They're just not appealing environments for me.
You go there and half the ticket booths are not staffed and the automated ticket machines are all malfunctioning, so you can't pick up tickets bought in advance without having to wait in line.
You get inside the theatre and half the concession stands are unstaffed.
The ones that are staffed have lines longer than the bathrooms, have sticky goo all over the counter and are staffed by people who have no concept of customer service whatsoever.
Once you get your $3 coke, that costs $1 outside the theatre, and start walking to take a seat, you have to struggle to not get your feet stuck to whatever sticky shit is covering the floor.
Whenever you arrive at your seat, you're hoping that you don't sit down on one of the many seats that have been broken for more than 2 months. Once you're reasonably happy with the seat, that still creaks and is uncomfortable, you have to clear your immediate surroundings from droppings left by people attending the previous screening. Anything from gum on the seats and/or armrests, empty soda cups in the cupholders, nachos boxes with old, smelly cheese under the seat, etc.
Then when the movie starts, it actually doesn't start until 20 minutes of commercials.
Madden 2006 sells a record breaking 1.7M copies in its first week.
So it doesn't seem to matter to the lemmings that the game has very little to offer in terms of innovation.
$49.99 for a new roster either means people have more than enough disposable income to waste, the reviews are wrong or mass consumtion is good. Or something else.
Better issue a stock split for something like that as others have said.
If I was a skeptic, I'd rather guess they want to pay the banks handling the offering(Morgan Stanley, CSFB and Allen & Co.) to mend any potential problems the auction IPO caused between the banks and Google, but I don't think that's the reason either.
They're not arguing that TLD proliferation is bad, they're arguing that.xxx is bad, cause it's porn.
I might actually buy the argument, if they argued against TLD proliferation. I still wouldn't agree with it, but at least it'd be somewhat more valid than "heavens, more porn! Gotta oppose it!"
1. M$ doesn't HAVE the patent yet, as it hasn't been granted yet 2. M$ is unlikely to get the patent, as their is prior art 3. Media outlets, incl. apparently/., reporting on the story have the facts wrong
" As entrepreneurs go, Richter is scummy and opportunistic, but spammers come a lot worse"
No, they don't.
Richter has done it all. He's done every dirty trick in the business, including spamming for a fake 9/11 charity and pocketing the money for himself.
Spamming using open proxies and zombies: check Bulletproof hosting in China: check
About the only thing he has NOT done is hijacking unused netblocks to get anonymous Internet routing.
He may NOW be all "legit" and shit, but the money running his current spam empire has all come from various illegal activities.
The only thing different with him and your garden variety chickenboner is that he is somewhat successful in scamming businesses to buy spamming services from him. He gets repeat business, most spammers don't.
"A lot of the time it is very hard for young children to distinguish between fantasy and reality, especially in a game like GTA that is based off real situations. "
That's probably why that game has an M-rating, e.g. suitable to people over 17.
You guys really do have to get over the stereotype that games are for kids. The Economist article had some statistics on this, you should take a look at them.
"but there's a problem with this new crop of games. When I was a kid, a video game was having a little round guy eat dots and avoid ghosts."
You either didn't read the article on The Economist, or you're just missing the points made in the article quite spectacularly.
Here's a summary of ones applying to your "argument":
1. Mature games -> mature subject matter 2. Movie violence -> more graphic 3. Video game ratings -> same as movie ratings 4. Cops and robbers or Cowboys and Indians -> same thing as "controversial" video games, just a different setting
"Were they seriously thinking that this data was created from false research?"
Of course not. It's just that their puppet masters (read campaign donators) demand that any study showing global warming as a serious, man-made issue, will have to get buried, by any means necessary.
Take one guess which industry "Mr." Barton's biggest financial contributor.
Intermix, Inc., the company that owns MySpace.com, is the very same company sued by NYS Attorney General for spyware violations. They also have a LONG history of spamming the universe.
Good thing my dorm building had a T1. I moved in right after it was built and leeching was such a pleasure until the units became occupied with 24/7 leeches.
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe they're conducting load balancing testing :)
Seriously! I haven't even been able to read the power supply review yet due to the load on their website, and now there's another frontpage link to Hexus. grrrr
I don't know whether I should laugh or cry.
It's uncanny, however, how perfectly the Al Qaeda's plan is working.
"If customers can't do something with their TiVo that they could in the past, they will stop using it."
Wouldn't that be a great day for the content owners.
Nobody skipping ads any more, nobody storing broadcast shows into digital format ready to be whisked away to other devices at the user's whim, etc. Heavens, the users might actually be persuaded to license the right to record a show in some not too distant future! Let's do it!
Didn't anyone tell Marvel that it might be a good idea to phase the movies out a little bit?
10 movies in 7 years is a new super hero movie every 8 and a half months.
They're either have to have at least two different teams work on these movies (which might be a good idea anyway), or really crank them up assembly line style.
Seems kinda rushing it to me.
I completely agree.
Having dabbled with WebSphere at work some, I'd say IBM's documentation isn't any better. Trial and error is still the #1 troubleshooting method.
EJBs: JBoss
No EJBs: Either will do
You think the US is not doing the same? If so, I've got this big ass bridge I'd like to sell you.
The difference is that the Chinese really are blocking US.
"Sony does stupid things, but not everything they do is stupid."
Actually, the case in point is that Sony is ragging on their competitors in a particularly stupid way. If that were the first time, I'd probably think someone just got a little carried away in the "heat" of the interview, but various Sony execs have been bashing their competitors for quite some time now. It's as if they can't give one interview without resorting to bashing others with stuff that's, if not outright lies, but certainly no basis in reality.
Let's put it this way. How long would it have taken, if he hadn't spammed everyone and their dogs? He would still been in business.
They might've not, but the fact that this ass maggot spammed you, me, your dog, my cat, the prosecutor in the case, his daughter, hurricane Katrina and a billion other people made the authorities to notice him quite quickly.
I think this has to do more with Hollywood marketing than people's appreciation to "good movies".
When's the last time you saw a $40M marketing blitz on a "good movie"?
A lot of the movie theatres are just in a disgusting state. They're just not appealing environments for me.
You go there and half the ticket booths are not staffed and the automated ticket machines are all malfunctioning, so you can't pick up tickets bought in advance without having to wait in line.
You get inside the theatre and half the concession stands are unstaffed.
The ones that are staffed have lines longer than the bathrooms, have sticky goo all over the counter and are staffed by people who have no concept of customer service whatsoever.
Once you get your $3 coke, that costs $1 outside the theatre, and start walking to take a seat, you have to struggle to not get your feet stuck to whatever sticky shit is covering the floor.
Whenever you arrive at your seat, you're hoping that you don't sit down on one of the many seats that have been broken for more than 2 months. Once you're reasonably happy with the seat, that still creaks and is uncomfortable, you have to clear your immediate surroundings from droppings left by people attending the previous screening. Anything from gum on the seats and/or armrests, empty soda cups in the cupholders, nachos boxes with old, smelly cheese under the seat, etc.
Then when the movie starts, it actually doesn't start until 20 minutes of commercials.
Why would I go enjoy all that voluntarily?
http://investor.ea.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=88189&p=iro l-newsArticle&ID=744892&highlight=
Madden 2006 sells a record breaking 1.7M copies in its first week.
So it doesn't seem to matter to the lemmings that the game has very little to offer in terms of innovation.
$49.99 for a new roster either means people have more than enough disposable income to waste, the reviews are wrong or mass consumtion is good. Or something else.
Better issue a stock split for something like that as others have said.
If I was a skeptic, I'd rather guess they want to pay the banks handling the offering(Morgan Stanley, CSFB and Allen & Co.) to mend any potential problems the auction IPO caused between the banks and Google, but I don't think that's the reason either.
They're not arguing that TLD proliferation is bad, they're arguing that .xxx is bad, cause it's porn.
I might actually buy the argument, if they argued against TLD proliferation. I still wouldn't agree with it, but at least it'd be somewhat more valid than "heavens, more porn! Gotta oppose it!"
"First, thanks for plugging your blog."
That's not my blog and not my story. Engadget had it in their story yesterday.
Here's what the facts really are http://wizbangblog.com/archives/006750.php
/., reporting on the story have the facts wrong
1. M$ doesn't HAVE the patent yet, as it hasn't been granted yet
2. M$ is unlikely to get the patent, as their is prior art
3. Media outlets, incl. apparently
" As entrepreneurs go, Richter is scummy and opportunistic, but spammers come a lot worse"
No, they don't.
Richter has done it all. He's done every dirty trick in the business, including spamming for a fake 9/11 charity and pocketing the money for himself.
Spamming using open proxies and zombies: check
Bulletproof hosting in China: check
About the only thing he has NOT done is hijacking unused netblocks to get anonymous Internet routing.
He may NOW be all "legit" and shit, but the money running his current spam empire has all come from various illegal activities.
The only thing different with him and your garden variety chickenboner is that he is somewhat successful in scamming businesses to buy spamming services from him. He gets repeat business, most spammers don't.
"A lot of the time it is very hard for young children to distinguish between fantasy and reality, especially in a game like GTA that is based off real situations. "
That's probably why that game has an M-rating, e.g. suitable to people over 17.
You guys really do have to get over the stereotype that games are for kids. The Economist article had some statistics on this, you should take a look at them.
"but there's a problem with this new crop of games. When I was a kid, a video game was having a little round guy eat dots and avoid ghosts."
You either didn't read the article on The Economist, or you're just missing the points made in the article quite spectacularly.
Here's a summary of ones applying to your "argument":
1. Mature games -> mature subject matter
2. Movie violence -> more graphic
3. Video game ratings -> same as movie ratings
4. Cops and robbers or Cowboys and Indians -> same thing as "controversial" video games, just a different setting
"Were they seriously thinking that this data was created from false research?"
Of course not. It's just that their puppet masters (read campaign donators) demand that any study showing global warming as a serious, man-made issue, will have to get buried, by any means necessary.
Take one guess which industry "Mr." Barton's biggest financial contributor.
Some sort of Open Source dating service?
Intermix, Inc., the company that owns MySpace.com, is the very same company sued by NYS Attorney General for spyware violations. They also have a LONG history of spamming the universe.
Fox is just getting more crappy by the day.
Good thing my dorm building had a T1. I moved in right after it was built and leeching was such a pleasure until the units became occupied with 24/7 leeches.