It's bad enough to do something like this, but to do it on April 1 is just ridiculous. Even if it survives through tomorrow, who honestly cares? (That or I am bitter for not having a low uid.)
As if I wasn't excited about The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One enough already, Ron Gilbert just sealed the deal for me. This is going to be more awesome than a thousand suns exploding at the same time.
This could really strike a blow to the prepaid carriers in the U.S. like Virgin Mobile and Trac unless they hop onto the Google bandwagon themselves. Virgin has had a limited "listen to ads for free stuff" program at one point, but I don't know how successful the program was. The rate structures for these companies vary, but certainly a free as in beer plan might appeal to some of the markets these companies are already tapping into (read: lower-class, (pre)teens, and the socially withdrawn).
I spent $170 to play Katamari Damacy on the PS2. One of the strongest points of the Playstation platform has been some of the quirky and innovative games available on the PS1 and PS2. Some of the games I still play on PS1 and PS2 are those that focused on gameplay over story or random shooting (Bust a Groove, Hot Shots Golf, Katamari, Guitar Hero, Okami). Where are the unique, fun, creative games on the new Playstation platforms, and why don't companies take risks by creating low-budget, creative, and fun titles at a new system's launch?
I skimmed the article--it's a bit light on the details, but I didn't read anywhere in the article that their Super Hi-Vision was interlaced. I would hope that the next generation of TV's (or whatever form they take) would get rid of this idiotic interlacing nonsense.
I remember learning how to use an Apple ][ computer when in primary and secondary school, and people weren't complaining about the interface, or why the floppy drives took so long to load. People used those clunky, green-screened machines because it had the applications they needed to use, and it was easy to pirate A][ programs.
The same was true of Windows--it had Microsoft Word (and Office), and also had Lotus' equivalent as well. 3.1 (and 3.11) were relatively easy to pirate. People used Windows at work, that's what they became familiar with, and that's what they bought when they decided to use a computer at home. Until Linux develops its own 'killer ap', it's never going to overtake Windows. If anything, the MacOS X is looking pretty inviting to a lot of users, especially with the iLife suite, but since that's not targetted at most businesses, it may not even make a difference.
Howl's Moving Castle may be the third Miyazaki film Disney has distributed in the U.S., but that doesn't mean much unless you live in a major metropolitan area. Those of us stuck outside the 20 largest cities in the U.S. are doomed to wait an additional six months for these title to come out on DVD. Apparently, Miyazaki is a taste that those of us in small towns to medium-sized cities just aren't cultured enough to understand. God forbid that Disney would actually do a wide release of these masterpieces, and actually back it up with advertising.
While the DVD releases have been good, I was under the impression that it was the boys at Pizar who got Disney to distribute Miyazaki's work in the U.S. in the first place. Not that I'm bitter or anything.
I wonder if the cast would want to move to (or at least live in) Canada for six to nine months a year. Presumably they would shoot in Vancouver, which already has an established film industry in place, so it wouldn't be like they were moving to Moose Jaw, but it's still a major change. If it's being funded by Canadians, there's also US $ to Can $ issues to consider. Not only that, but it's possible that cast members may already have other commitments. There's also the question of having to deal with an entirely new production crew, and possibly a different CG crew.
That's a lot of questions for a show which hasn't attracted viewers over a span of four years. One could argue that UPN's mismanagement of Enterprise has led to its low ratings (or UPN's lack of availability outside of major metropolitan areas), but sometimes a bad show is just a bad show.
What does this mean for Minimo (Mozilla's mini-browser that was funded/supported by Nokia)? It's been less than a year since they announced their financial support for the project,. I know the mozilla foundation released a few early versions for Windows CE/Pocket, but I haven't heard anything about the mobile phone version.
Or you could just get the regular Metro backpack on Amazon. It's the same backpack, $17 cheaper, unless you really want the jinx stuff on it. The Metro has survived rather well for me thus far this semester.
Revenge of the Sith isn't that surprising of a name for Episode 3. Return of the Jedi was originally titled Revenge of the Jedi--I think the very first teaser posters bore this name on them. Sadly, this contradictory title went unnoticed for months before it was finally corrected, when someone within the Lucasfilm juggernaut suggested that revenge would probably be incompatible with the Jedi code.
In one article on the on-again, off-again sequel, I thought I had read Harrison Ford is actually older today than Sean Connery was when they shot Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Besides, even (or maybe especially) among the geek community, I would think that John Rhys-Davies has more star power than does Harrison Ford.
Just what the world needs, another crappy scifi trilogy. After the fiascoes in storytelling that have been Episodes 1 & 2, why would anyone want to go see these sequel movies? It's bad enough that Lucas is shoving Geriatric Jones and the Lost Walking Cane on us.
Granted, I'm going to go see Episode 3, but I'll not be participating in any sort of line party for it, and I may even opt to rent at as opposed to seeing it in the theater. I'll be surprised if it even manages to match Episode 2's BO, and Episode 2's BO was nowhere near Episode 1's BO.
(BO=Body Odor or Box Office, whichever.)
It's good to see that the UCB is still in business, even after their show got cancelled. It makes me wonder if this project is somehow related to their Bucket of Truth project.
Explorer.exe is now a.NET managed code application, but it crashes frequently.
Well it's good to know that Windows hasn't changed that much. (yes, I know it's an alpha, but explore.exe crashes have happened to me in every final version of windows that I have used.)
'Spiderman 2' will not be affected by this, the film will be out next May. Merchandising will be affected, and most probably, a lot of those crappy commercials/ads with Spidey in them (cough, verizon) won't appear next year. Marvel will have problems that Sony hasn't paid them fully for merchandising--that part of the case, I believe, will closely mirror the people who used to own Winnie the Poo's suit against Disney (which Disney won).
To put it briefly, buy your movie-themed Spidey Underoos and Spidey faceplate for your cell phone now, because they won't be around for long. Spidey 2 will be out next year, released by Sony. Look for Spidey 3, should it happen, to possibly be financed by another studio.
"I'm Rupert Murdoch, the billionare tyrant, and this is my skybox."
Come on people, anyone who has been on the Simpsons (and yes, that was Rupert's voice in the superbowl episode) can't be all that bad.
As for all the raging conspiracies about 'liberal bias' or 'right-wing media' is just crap, at least in the context of the article at the top of this discussion. Granted, Ted Turner (primary owner in AOL-Time Warner, who own CNN) and Rupert Murdoch (primary owner of News Corp) both have political leanings, Ted's to the left and Rupert's to the right. If you think this has the slightest influence on these networks, however, you are dead wrong. Both men are primarily about making a dollar any way they can, and they don't care if that dollar is American, Canadian, Australian, or even a Euro. (Note: MSNBC is a non-factor, and NBC moved Brian Williams off of it onto CNBC for when they decide to sell MSNBC off. I also don't know what the ownership levels are for MSNBC either.)
Fox News set itself up as an alternative voice, presenting the news with a PT Barnum style of showmanship. The strong personalities of Fox, both liberal and conservative, are what has led the network to the top (if you put credence into Nielson ratings). Liberals on Fox? Alan Colmes and Greta van Susteren are half of Fox's primetime line-up. Fox's radio wing is setting up their first radio program, with Alan Colmes as host. As with all of Rupert's franchises, they are there to make money and to do it any way possible.
Now, the problem with all of that, is that it has very little to do with Rupert buying a stake in DirectTV. Does anyone honestly think he'd pull the plug on news channels, of all things, if this sale goes through? It's absurd. Look at the satellite providers in the UK. Has anyone complained about the channel selection they have there on this board? The answer is no, or if they have, it hasn't been moderated up. Rupert's ultimate goal is extending his media empire, and doing something like removing channels from a satellite system would only cause a company to lose money.
In short, get over it folks. Money is the primary motivator for most business moguls. Politics are just a way to make more money.
So let me get this straight. As opposed to just sitting in the apartments or offices or whatever, spammers are now riding around major urban areas trying to find insecure wireless networks? This, to me, would seem to be a tremendous waste of time.
I'll admit, I don't understand why people spam; but the economics of such a thing simply don't seem practicle. The 25% would seem to be about right to me, but that 18% of the total was just for spam, just doesn't seem to add up.
Then again, as Mark Twain said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
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So if I read this correctly, Google is stealing orphans and locking them up in a database? Sounds like win-win all around!
It's bad enough to do something like this, but to do it on April 1 is just ridiculous. Even if it survives through tomorrow, who honestly cares? (That or I am bitter for not having a low uid.)
This must be so the CIA can legally keep the info it gathers on everyone through facebook.
As if I wasn't excited about The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One enough already, Ron Gilbert just sealed the deal for me. This is going to be more awesome than a thousand suns exploding at the same time.
This could really strike a blow to the prepaid carriers in the U.S. like Virgin Mobile and Trac unless they hop onto the Google bandwagon themselves. Virgin has had a limited "listen to ads for free stuff" program at one point, but I don't know how successful the program was. The rate structures for these companies vary, but certainly a free as in beer plan might appeal to some of the markets these companies are already tapping into (read: lower-class, (pre)teens, and the socially withdrawn).
I spent $170 to play Katamari Damacy on the PS2. One of the strongest points of the Playstation platform has been some of the quirky and innovative games available on the PS1 and PS2. Some of the games I still play on PS1 and PS2 are those that focused on gameplay over story or random shooting (Bust a Groove, Hot Shots Golf, Katamari, Guitar Hero, Okami). Where are the unique, fun, creative games on the new Playstation platforms, and why don't companies take risks by creating low-budget, creative, and fun titles at a new system's launch?
I skimmed the article--it's a bit light on the details, but I didn't read anywhere in the article that their Super Hi-Vision was interlaced. I would hope that the next generation of TV's (or whatever form they take) would get rid of this idiotic interlacing nonsense.
If ever there was a time when a goatse.cx picture would have been appropriate, this article would have been it.
I remember learning how to use an Apple ][ computer when in primary and secondary school, and people weren't complaining about the interface, or why the floppy drives took so long to load. People used those clunky, green-screened machines because it had the applications they needed to use, and it was easy to pirate A][ programs.
The same was true of Windows--it had Microsoft Word (and Office), and also had Lotus' equivalent as well. 3.1 (and 3.11) were relatively easy to pirate. People used Windows at work, that's what they became familiar with, and that's what they bought when they decided to use a computer at home. Until Linux develops its own 'killer ap', it's never going to overtake Windows. If anything, the MacOS X is looking pretty inviting to a lot of users, especially with the iLife suite, but since that's not targetted at most businesses, it may not even make a difference.
Everyone knows the moon does that because it's made of cheese.
Howl's Moving Castle may be the third Miyazaki film Disney has distributed in the U.S., but that doesn't mean much unless you live in a major metropolitan area. Those of us stuck outside the 20 largest cities in the U.S. are doomed to wait an additional six months for these title to come out on DVD. Apparently, Miyazaki is a taste that those of us in small towns to medium-sized cities just aren't cultured enough to understand. God forbid that Disney would actually do a wide release of these masterpieces, and actually back it up with advertising.
While the DVD releases have been good, I was under the impression that it was the boys at Pizar who got Disney to distribute Miyazaki's work in the U.S. in the first place. Not that I'm bitter or anything.
I wonder if the cast would want to move to (or at least live in) Canada for six to nine months a year. Presumably they would shoot in Vancouver, which already has an established film industry in place, so it wouldn't be like they were moving to Moose Jaw, but it's still a major change. If it's being funded by Canadians, there's also US $ to Can $ issues to consider. Not only that, but it's possible that cast members may already have other commitments. There's also the question of having to deal with an entirely new production crew, and possibly a different CG crew.
That's a lot of questions for a show which hasn't attracted viewers over a span of four years. One could argue that UPN's mismanagement of Enterprise has led to its low ratings (or UPN's lack of availability outside of major metropolitan areas), but sometimes a bad show is just a bad show.
What does this mean for Minimo (Mozilla's mini-browser that was funded/supported by Nokia)? It's been less than a year since they announced their financial support for the project,. I know the mozilla foundation released a few early versions for Windows CE/Pocket, but I haven't heard anything about the mobile phone version.
Or you could just get the regular Metro backpack on Amazon. It's the same backpack, $17 cheaper, unless you really want the jinx stuff on it. The Metro has survived rather well for me thus far this semester.
Revenge of the Sith isn't that surprising of a name for Episode 3. Return of the Jedi was originally titled Revenge of the Jedi--I think the very first teaser posters bore this name on them. Sadly, this contradictory title went unnoticed for months before it was finally corrected, when someone within the Lucasfilm juggernaut suggested that revenge would probably be incompatible with the Jedi code.
Geriatric Jones is more like it.
In one article on the on-again, off-again sequel, I thought I had read Harrison Ford is actually older today than Sean Connery was when they shot Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Besides, even (or maybe especially) among the geek community, I would think that John Rhys-Davies has more star power than does Harrison Ford.
Just what the world needs, another crappy scifi trilogy. After the fiascoes in storytelling that have been Episodes 1 & 2, why would anyone want to go see these sequel movies? It's bad enough that Lucas is shoving Geriatric Jones and the Lost Walking Cane on us.
Granted, I'm going to go see Episode 3, but I'll not be participating in any sort of line party for it, and I may even opt to rent at as opposed to seeing it in the theater. I'll be surprised if it even manages to match Episode 2's BO, and Episode 2's BO was nowhere near Episode 1's BO.
(BO=Body Odor or Box Office, whichever.)
It's good to see that the UCB is still in business, even after their show got cancelled. It makes me wonder if this project is somehow related to their Bucket of Truth project.
From the article, underneath a screen shot:
.NET managed code application, but it crashes frequently.
Explorer.exe is now a
Well it's good to know that Windows hasn't changed that much. (yes, I know it's an alpha, but explore.exe crashes have happened to me in every final version of windows that I have used.)
'Spiderman 2' will not be affected by this, the film will be out next May. Merchandising will be affected, and most probably, a lot of those crappy commercials/ads with Spidey in them (cough, verizon) won't appear next year. Marvel will have problems that Sony hasn't paid them fully for merchandising--that part of the case, I believe, will closely mirror the people who used to own Winnie the Poo's suit against Disney (which Disney won).
To put it briefly, buy your movie-themed Spidey Underoos and Spidey faceplate for your cell phone now, because they won't be around for long. Spidey 2 will be out next year, released by Sony. Look for Spidey 3, should it happen, to possibly be financed by another studio.
As for all the raging conspiracies about 'liberal bias' or 'right-wing media' is just crap, at least in the context of the article at the top of this discussion. Granted, Ted Turner (primary owner in AOL-Time Warner, who own CNN) and Rupert Murdoch (primary owner of News Corp) both have political leanings, Ted's to the left and Rupert's to the right. If you think this has the slightest influence on these networks, however, you are dead wrong. Both men are primarily about making a dollar any way they can, and they don't care if that dollar is American, Canadian, Australian, or even a Euro. (Note: MSNBC is a non-factor, and NBC moved Brian Williams off of it onto CNBC for when they decide to sell MSNBC off. I also don't know what the ownership levels are for MSNBC either.)
Fox News set itself up as an alternative voice, presenting the news with a PT Barnum style of showmanship. The strong personalities of Fox, both liberal and conservative, are what has led the network to the top (if you put credence into Nielson ratings). Liberals on Fox? Alan Colmes and Greta van Susteren are half of Fox's primetime line-up. Fox's radio wing is setting up their first radio program, with Alan Colmes as host. As with all of Rupert's franchises, they are there to make money and to do it any way possible.
Now, the problem with all of that, is that it has very little to do with Rupert buying a stake in DirectTV. Does anyone honestly think he'd pull the plug on news channels, of all things, if this sale goes through? It's absurd. Look at the satellite providers in the UK. Has anyone complained about the channel selection they have there on this board? The answer is no, or if they have, it hasn't been moderated up. Rupert's ultimate goal is extending his media empire, and doing something like removing channels from a satellite system would only cause a company to lose money.
In short, get over it folks. Money is the primary motivator for most business moguls. Politics are just a way to make more money.
So let me get this straight. As opposed to just sitting in the apartments or offices or whatever, spammers are now riding around major urban areas trying to find insecure wireless networks? This, to me, would seem to be a tremendous waste of time.
I'll admit, I don't understand why people spam; but the economics of such a thing simply don't seem practicle. The 25% would seem to be about right to me, but that 18% of the total was just for spam, just doesn't seem to add up.
Then again, as Mark Twain said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
It's also a gun easily disabled by an electro-magnetic pulse, which is especially relevant since the military now has EMP bombs.
The monoliths are already forming! Now we really need to stay away from Europa.
Note to self: find someone get to work on that Bowman virus post-haste.