The goal is to spread the evil tendrils of humanity throught all of space, destroying and/or subjugating everything we encounter. As it has been, so it shall always be.
Well, let's hope that it's not too drunk when it comes home. That N800 is a hell-raiser, for sure. It's girlfriend is a pink Sony Ericsson but its parents would never approve of a mixed relationship.
PreacherTom is an astroturfer for BusinessWeek magazine. Look at the URL in this recent Slashdot story and notice the campaign_id string. Now look at his user page. Scroll down to the submissions section. Notice how almost every one is a link to a BusinessWeek.com article containing the campaign_id string. Now look at the search results for "campaign_id preachertom". He's been pulling this shit on slashdot, digg, Fark, MetaFilter, and who knows where else. Check out this MetaTalk thread for the initial discovery.
As a marketing d00d myself, clearly the message here is that the current models of in-game advertising are not effective enough. My firm is looking to increase the saturation of our in-game ads, and product placement is really taking off. I've been talking to several big names. Let's just say you'll be seeing a lot more of Tony Sinclair as a playable character in a variety of genres. For example, why leave your on-screen message display system unbranded, when instead you could have a simulated Nextel walkie-talkie on-screen for the whole game, complete with the signature beep sound whenever the player accomplishes a goal? We're also looking at putting watermark logos into the alpha channels of game textures. We've done some focus groups and the subtlety of these watermarks is very good, with a much higher impression rate than with "traditional" subliminal advertising. Really, the sky's the limit these days. Will these new methods be enough to crack the resistance gamers have to advertising? Only time will tell.
Hudson: Let's just bug out and call it even, OK? What are we talking about this for? Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Hudson: Fuckin' A... Burke: Ho-ho-hold on one second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it. Ripley: They can bill me.
GoldenEye also had the 2.X control schemes, which was really a nice touch! One N64 controller in each hand, and you had full analog movement AND look. Turn off auto-aim and you're sitting pretty.
Goldeneye 007's train level was super-fun, especially if you shoot that crate in the first car and get the magic RCP-90 and storm through the train slaying EVERYTHING with extreme prejudice. That RCP-90 was magic because it took all caliber of bullet. Not at all realistic, but damn if that ain't some ownage. It was like a cheat code but you weren't really cheating.
Free POP3 like keeping mails (including deleted) forever
I've been using my yahoo mail address since at least before 2000, generally as a quasi-throwaway account. You know, signing up for websites like slashdot with it. Honestly, I really don't give a shit that Yahoo knows that some of my comments have been replied to or that I forgot my password to MetaFilter. So that's not an issue of concern for me.
analyzing private message text to display ads?
Umm, you know, with a email client like T-bird retrieving your mail from Yahoo, there are no ads to display.
Anyway, I was just saying it sure is a PitA to have to load up the yahoo web-based mail all the time, instead of getting it right there in my client without any action on my part, and the thought of paying them for what others give away for free irks me.
Slashdot Mirror
I thought they called that "XP".
The goal is to spread the evil tendrils of humanity throught all of space, destroying and/or subjugating everything we encounter. As it has been, so it shall always be.
Do abortion-provider hitlists count?
Well, let's hope that it's not too drunk when it comes home. That N800 is a hell-raiser, for sure. It's girlfriend is a pink Sony Ericsson but its parents would never approve of a mixed relationship.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/1/ 5/6489
Bad news for folks with a force feedback steering wheel, too. Force feedback doesn't work at all on PS3.
So where are the actual sources?
PreacherTom is an astroturfer for BusinessWeek magazine. Look at the URL in this recent Slashdot story and notice the campaign_id string. Now look at his user page. Scroll down to the submissions section. Notice how almost every one is a link to a BusinessWeek.com article containing the campaign_id string. Now look at the search results for "campaign_id preachertom". He's been pulling this shit on slashdot, digg, Fark, MetaFilter, and who knows where else. Check out this MetaTalk thread for the initial discovery.
As a marketing d00d myself, clearly the message here is that the current models of in-game advertising are not effective enough. My firm is looking to increase the saturation of our in-game ads, and product placement is really taking off. I've been talking to several big names. Let's just say you'll be seeing a lot more of Tony Sinclair as a playable character in a variety of genres. For example, why leave your on-screen message display system unbranded, when instead you could have a simulated Nextel walkie-talkie on-screen for the whole game, complete with the signature beep sound whenever the player accomplishes a goal? We're also looking at putting watermark logos into the alpha channels of game textures. We've done some focus groups and the subtlety of these watermarks is very good, with a much higher impression rate than with "traditional" subliminal advertising. Really, the sky's the limit these days. Will these new methods be enough to crack the resistance gamers have to advertising? Only time will tell.
Hudson: Let's just bug out and call it even, OK? What are we talking about this for?
Ripley: I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Hudson: Fuckin' A...
Burke: Ho-ho-hold on one second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.
Ripley: They can bill me.
From Aliens (1986)
...then who is winning?
They should get robots to drive the other cars too.
GoldenEye also had the 2.X control schemes, which was really a nice touch! One N64 controller in each hand, and you had full analog movement AND look. Turn off auto-aim and you're sitting pretty.
Is good for girl to meet boy in park.
Is better for boy to park meat in girl.
Goldeneye 007's train level was super-fun, especially if you shoot that crate in the first car and get the magic RCP-90 and storm through the train slaying EVERYTHING with extreme prejudice. That RCP-90 was magic because it took all caliber of bullet. Not at all realistic, but damn if that ain't some ownage. It was like a cheat code but you weren't really cheating.
I bet this creates quite a buzz among genome researchers.
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No.
Whate're man. Whedon is awesome, if you have Asperger's Syndrome.
And so do all you losers that lick his asshole.
Free POP3 like keeping mails (including deleted) forever
I've been using my yahoo mail address since at least before 2000, generally as a quasi-throwaway account. You know, signing up for websites like slashdot with it. Honestly, I really don't give a shit that Yahoo knows that some of my comments have been replied to or that I forgot my password to MetaFilter. So that's not an issue of concern for me.
analyzing private message text to display ads?
Umm, you know, with a email client like T-bird retrieving your mail from Yahoo, there are no ads to display.
Anyway, I was just saying it sure is a PitA to have to load up the yahoo web-based mail all the time, instead of getting it right there in my client without any action on my part, and the thought of paying them for what others give away for free irks me.
Needs free POP3.
I'm totally getting that domain!
n/t