If you want to have tiered pricing, you better damn well ensure I get what I pay for. I would give up an extra 10-20 a month for BETTER service, not the SAME service. (I have AT&T broadband right now, and it serves my needs, I game and play around on KaZaA alot, and FTP stuff around between friends). But if I get the same service I get now, thats a Damn Rip Off (tm).
they just put a big red target on the rude ones... I dont have a problem with people on the phone, I have a problem with the people that are ON THE PHONE ALL THE TIME... I mean, does Suzy REALLY need to know that you're in Aisle 6 at the Supermarket and that creamed corn is on sale? No, she doesnt. When I go out, i am OUT. If I wanted to talk on the phone, I'd've stayed home. A simply conversation of hello, I'm here now, good bye, is convienient, but talking for hours and hours about nothing is just rude. I dont want to know THAT MUCH about your life.
Heck yeah. I agree with you completely. While I cant say that I wont ever pay a monthly fee for a game, I CAN say I will never ever BUY someones stuff from them using "real money". Thats just lame. the subscription fees arent horrendous, and I guess if you spend 2 hours a week (avg movie time) you got more than your 10 bucks worth out of the game.
My friend and I set fire to quite a few power supplies, mostly of the cheap variety... one was in an emachine (gah, they SUCK) after sticking a G4 ti4200 in it...
that was an accident..
the other was when he flipped the voltage on a system that wouldnt power on... that was an interesting smell, let me tell you...
Okay, SearchKing (that is soooo cheesy, IMHO) is a search engine, correct? And Google is a Search Engine too, right? Does Toyota advertise for Honda? Is there something here I missed, or is this whole thing just plain stupid?
I mean, really, this guy/company is stupid. Of course, "no publicity is bad publicity", just look at Acclaim...
But "lucky green" sounds like a cleaning agent and "palladium" sounds like some moldly crap growing on my sink... so "lucky green" vs "palladium" sounds like some commerical where a frustrated house wife is tired of scrubbing, so she sprays on the cleaner and voila, its brand spanking new...
to use this service, you need to send them 2500 which will be reimbursed when they transfer the rest of the money out of their respective repressed country!
As opposed to the people that bought high end machines and copy it too? I really dont think it matters how much your machine costs, its simply easier for someone to stick in a CD and install Office than to download OpenOffice using a dial up connection, which most people are probably still using. Also, I bet that 99% (blatant exaggeration, but you get my point) of the computer using population doesnt even KNOW about OpenOffice.
Oh good god... First there was the duplicate story, now we have duplicate postings? What's next, a headline about Microsoft shutting down some rinky dink Korean mod chip distributor?
Taking cues from Comedy Central's "Crank Yankers" I came up with a fun way to handle telemarketers. First, you answer the phone sounding like a fricken retard (I got mail, yeah!). I had one guy try to sell me a new long distance plan. I told him I wasnt allowed to use the phone because I called Japan, and then proceeded to "talk japanese" in an extremely loud voice. This call lasted roughly 5 minutes, in which I screamed "japanese sentences" in his ear no fewer than 3 times. I am sure he knew it was a crank, but at least they didnt call back for a few weeks.
If that doesnt work, you can always tell the people calling that you hate them and you hope they die, and that their company needs to go out of business. (this is after requesting to not be called again, and then getting called three times more by the same company in a ONE HOUR STRETCH!!)
After moving 3 states away from my coverage, I learned of a thing called "roaming"... learned it to the tune of 350 bucks... I disposed my cell phone by testing out gravity from the second story of my apartment complex... I'd like to state, as of last August at least, Gravity Still Works.
Humor folks, enjoy it. =)
(and for all you trolls who are going to flame me for "not know what roaming is" there were other factors not the least of which is phone companies suck alot, monopolistic bastards, and yes, I was aware I was roaming, there was simply no other choice for about 3 months...)
Some mean person made very nasty remarks about my crappy online store. Since we now live in a world where every single whining crybaby threatens to sue somebody over the most trivial of things, I feel I want to sue a person who made some comments on their website. Sure, my knowledge of the legal system is little to none, but I really want to sue these guys because they are so mean! I have obviously never done any research on libel, or I would've learned the following information:
Ideas and opinions, whether true of false, cannot constitutionally be subject to libel claims.
However, my lawyer, who also works the night shift at the local Dairy Queen, says I can sue for MILLIONS of dollars! I tend to believe him, because I once saw him wear an expensive suit and I think that makes him smart.
there is a security flaw in my system that sends every/. post to my boss, and I'd rather they not know I wasnt working right now. Wait, maybe thats NOT a flaw...
Are there limits to what I can have at one time? How much are they? Are there lots of Audiogalaxy type material (rare songs, live songs, etc)? Is it fast, or would I get better downloads and searches using carrier pigeons?
Most important do I get to burn the songs to CD, keeping them forever, or until a "contract" is up?
Okay, Microsoft loses something obscene on every Xbox (what is it, like, 75 or so?) and they make that back with the games (I think it takes 12 games to equal that out, again, this is from memory, so it might not be quite right). When someone buys an XBox with no intent to buy games (or maybe very little intent, even) it HURTS their sales and they LOSE money. Granted, a "true buyer" might not get 12 games, but at least they arent truly hurting the bottom line.
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If you want to have tiered pricing, you better damn well ensure I get what I pay for. I would give up an extra 10-20 a month for BETTER service, not the SAME service. (I have AT&T broadband right now, and it serves my needs, I game and play around on KaZaA alot, and FTP stuff around between friends). But if I get the same service I get now, thats a Damn Rip Off (tm).
they just put a big red target on the rude ones... I dont have a problem with people on the phone, I have a problem with the people that are ON THE PHONE ALL THE TIME... I mean, does Suzy REALLY need to know that you're in Aisle 6 at the Supermarket and that creamed corn is on sale? No, she doesnt. When I go out, i am OUT. If I wanted to talk on the phone, I'd've stayed home. A simply conversation of hello, I'm here now, good bye, is convienient, but talking for hours and hours about nothing is just rude. I dont want to know THAT MUCH about your life.
Heck yeah. I agree with you completely. While I cant say that I wont ever pay a monthly fee for a game, I CAN say I will never ever BUY someones stuff from them using "real money". Thats just lame. the subscription fees arent horrendous, and I guess if you spend 2 hours a week (avg movie time) you got more than your 10 bucks worth out of the game.
My friend and I set fire to quite a few power supplies, mostly of the cheap variety... one was in an emachine (gah, they SUCK) after sticking a G4 ti4200 in it...
that was an accident..
the other was when he flipped the voltage on a system that wouldnt power on... that was an interesting smell, let me tell you...
thanks, that makes sense. :-)
Okay, SearchKing (that is soooo cheesy, IMHO) is a search engine, correct? And Google is a Search Engine too, right? Does Toyota advertise for Honda? Is there something here I missed, or is this whole thing just plain stupid?
I mean, really, this guy/company is stupid. Of course, "no publicity is bad publicity", just look at Acclaim...
but is it the prototype model that can shoot while cloaked, and if so does that mean the pilot has to have an eye patch bolted to his face?
So is it Romulan or Klingon?
But "lucky green" sounds like a cleaning agent and "palladium" sounds like some moldly crap growing on my sink... so "lucky green" vs "palladium" sounds like some commerical where a frustrated house wife is tired of scrubbing, so she sprays on the cleaner and voila, its brand spanking new...
then again, maybe its just me...
Imagine the possibilities... we could slashdot hundreds more sights hundreds times faster!
So is that Regular or Unleaded?
Humor folks, enjoy it! =)
Use Linux To Reduce Your Power, Bill! Mwuhahahahah!
/. community has been trying to do for years? Guess we're going to have to find a new hobby now that we finally won...
Isnt that what the
humor folks, ejoy it! =)
to use this service, you need to send them 2500 which will be reimbursed when they transfer the rest of the money out of their respective repressed country!
As opposed to the people that bought high end machines and copy it too? I really dont think it matters how much your machine costs, its simply easier for someone to stick in a CD and install Office than to download OpenOffice using a dial up connection, which most people are probably still using. Also, I bet that 99% (blatant exaggeration, but you get my point) of the computer using population doesnt even KNOW about OpenOffice.
"Good-bye"
But if people can't record movies, then how am I going to download my 100 movies a day off of KaZaA???
hmm... IMHO from the DEP atricle, it sounds like KDE and OFB are SOL, but WTF do I know, I didnt RTFM... and better yet, WGASA?
TTFN!
Humor Folks, enjoy it! =)
Oh good god... First there was the duplicate story, now we have duplicate postings? What's next, a headline about Microsoft shutting down some rinky dink Korean mod chip distributor?
Taking cues from Comedy Central's "Crank Yankers" I came up with a fun way to handle telemarketers. First, you answer the phone sounding like a fricken retard (I got mail, yeah!). I had one guy try to sell me a new long distance plan. I told him I wasnt allowed to use the phone because I called Japan, and then proceeded to "talk japanese" in an extremely loud voice. This call lasted roughly 5 minutes, in which I screamed "japanese sentences" in his ear no fewer than 3 times. I am sure he knew it was a crank, but at least they didnt call back for a few weeks.
If that doesnt work, you can always tell the people calling that you hate them and you hope they die, and that their company needs to go out of business. (this is after requesting to not be called again, and then getting called three times more by the same company in a ONE HOUR STRETCH!!)
After moving 3 states away from my coverage, I learned of a thing called "roaming"... learned it to the tune of 350 bucks... I disposed my cell phone by testing out gravity from the second story of my apartment complex... I'd like to state, as of last August at least, Gravity Still Works.
Humor folks, enjoy it. =)
(and for all you trolls who are going to flame me for "not know what roaming is" there were other factors not the least of which is phone companies suck alot, monopolistic bastards, and yes, I was aware I was roaming, there was simply no other choice for about 3 months...)
"Dear judge-
Some mean person made very nasty remarks about my crappy online store. Since we now live in a world where every single whining crybaby threatens to sue somebody over the most trivial of things, I feel I want to sue a person who made some comments on their website. Sure, my knowledge of the legal system is little to none, but I really want to sue these guys because they are so mean! I have obviously never done any research on libel, or I would've learned the following information:
Ideas and opinions, whether true of false, cannot constitutionally be subject to libel claims.
However, my lawyer, who also works the night shift at the local Dairy Queen, says I can sue for MILLIONS of dollars! I tend to believe him, because I once saw him wear an expensive suit and I think that makes him smart.
Sincerely,
Mr Novak"
there is a security flaw in my system that sends every /. post to my boss, and I'd rather they not know I wasnt working right now. Wait, maybe thats NOT a flaw...
D'oh!
=)
people with KaZaA actually buy CD's from Amazon??? Hmm... Who knew?
Humor folks, enjoy it. =)
Are there limits to what I can have at one time? How much are they? Are there lots of Audiogalaxy type material (rare songs, live songs, etc)? Is it fast, or would I get better downloads and searches using carrier pigeons? Most important do I get to burn the songs to CD, keeping them forever, or until a "contract" is up?
Okay, Microsoft loses something obscene on every Xbox (what is it, like, 75 or so?) and they make that back with the games (I think it takes 12 games to equal that out, again, this is from memory, so it might not be quite right). When someone buys an XBox with no intent to buy games (or maybe very little intent, even) it HURTS their sales and they LOSE money. Granted, a "true buyer" might not get 12 games, but at least they arent truly hurting the bottom line.