The original phrase came from a cheesy video game called "Zero Wing." I've never actually played it, and in fact hadn't even heard of it until the "All Your Base" thing became so popular. Gamespy has some good information on the "All Your Base" mistranslation and on the game itself.
I know, this is just a bit off-topic. . . but I feel the need to engage soapbox mode here.
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Twenty years from now, this stuff's still going to get modded "funny." And it'll be just as pathetic then as it is now.
It isn't. Okay, the base.swf that had Dubya on the billboard with "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" was funny. . . the first few times I saw it. But my geekophile fiance didn't think it was funny the first time. That might tell you something about just how "funny" this gag is now that it's been beaten, skinned, and chopped into Purina Dog Chow.
You mean a LinuxWorld.com columnist might write an article that compares Linux favorably to Windows? Who would've guessed!
The guy may have said he thought Windows would install faster. Regardless, someone who tends to favor one system over the other will look for ways to "level the field" when he doesn't think his favorite pony will win. After all, this is journalism, not scientific research.
Then again, this sort of thing happens in scientific research, too. But at least scientists will try to make something of a claim of impartiality. How partial can you get when you work for a Linux-geek magazine?
This is a tidy little sum. The people who were gouged are going to end up with not-so-much relative to the amounts they were "overbilled".
Which is a fair amount more than they would have had if the lawyers hadn't done the footwork.
Don't get me wrong, I'll grouse about lawyers' jackpots just as much as the next guy--but lawyers do work for their money, and most of them don't get windfall cases like this one. A database administrator is just as likely, in most cases, to make a salary competitive with a lawyer; but we don't complain that the DBA makes too much. Add to that the fact that lawyers do have a significant place within our society. I don't have statistics for how many of our current Supreme Court justices practiced law before they became judges, but I'd make a bet that all nine of them did.
I'd rather see lawyers make the money than professional athletes. Two or three generations, what do we have to show for the hundreds of millions of dollars we wasted on them?
Actually, we can do both; and we can do them at the same time. While I'm not technically moaning, I online and talking about Sony's latest stunt--and simultaneously I am buying absolutely nothing from Sony. Amazing!
I'm not convinced that splitting up Microsoft is a good solution. Look how well it worked for Ma Bell--we ended up with the Baby Bells, and then devolved from that into the current morass of ethically (and financially) bankrupt telecommunications companies.
No, I can handle Microsoft's monopoly status. But let's start regulating them like one.
Relativity deals with relative velocities, rather than "absolute" velocities: the planes' motion relative to the earth will cause a time dilation relative to the earth.
If you happened to take time measurements from the middle of interstellar space where you could "zero out" your velocity, you would no doubt find time on earth dilated relative to you.
Secondly, why would they sell 150 tracks on a single CD for $20 when they can get away with selling only 15 tracks on a single CD for $20?
You could put 150 tracks of crap on a CD for $20, and a lot of folks would still buy it--because somewhere in that list of 150 tracks, they'll likely find 10 or 15 that they consider worth the price of the CD.
(they'll go against congress with a "see? This is what we are trying to stop!" attitude, and congress will agree).
No. . . this is what the RIAA was attempting to legalize, albeit only for their own benefit. If they can't take what they want to dish out, maybe they should reconsider their attempt at legislation.
That analogy won't fly--you can't bring down a skyscraper with a bus, or a taxi, or a car. A passenger airline, as we've all learned, is both a serious investment and a deadly weapon. The airlines have every right to protect their investment, and the government has every right to protect its people from guided-airliner attacks.
You still have privacy rights: take a Greyhound, or drive, or buy a boat. But unless you paid cash for that airline ticket, you've already forfeited your privacy anyway through your method of purchase. Quitcherbitchin' and just show your ID already.
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The original phrase came from a cheesy video game called "Zero Wing." I've never actually played it, and in fact hadn't even heard of it until the "All Your Base" thing became so popular. Gamespy has some good information on the "All Your Base" mistranslation and on the game itself.
I know, this is just a bit off-topic. . . but I feel the need to engage soapbox mode here.
<soapbox style="rant">
Twenty years from now, this stuff's still going to get modded "funny." And it'll be just as pathetic then as it is now.
It isn't. Okay, the base.swf that had Dubya on the billboard with "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" was funny. . . the first few times I saw it. But my geekophile fiance didn't think it was funny the first time. That might tell you something about just how "funny" this gag is now that it's been beaten, skinned, and chopped into Purina Dog Chow.
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As opposed to non-copyrighted movies?
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should
Oh, that's fine. Next, you're going to tell me I have to take my cloned dinosaurs off my website, too!
You mean a LinuxWorld.com columnist might write an article that compares Linux favorably to Windows? Who would've guessed!
The guy may have said he thought Windows would install faster. Regardless, someone who tends to favor one system over the other will look for ways to "level the field" when he doesn't think his favorite pony will win. After all, this is journalism, not scientific research.
Then again, this sort of thing happens in scientific research, too. But at least scientists will try to make something of a claim of impartiality. How partial can you get when you work for a Linux-geek magazine?
This is a tidy little sum. The people who were gouged are going to end up with not-so-much relative to the amounts they were "overbilled".
Which is a fair amount more than they would have had if the lawyers hadn't done the footwork.
Don't get me wrong, I'll grouse about lawyers' jackpots just as much as the next guy--but lawyers do work for their money, and most of them don't get windfall cases like this one. A database administrator is just as likely, in most cases, to make a salary competitive with a lawyer; but we don't complain that the DBA makes too much. Add to that the fact that lawyers do have a significant place within our society. I don't have statistics for how many of our current Supreme Court justices practiced law before they became judges, but I'd make a bet that all nine of them did.
I'd rather see lawyers make the money than professional athletes. Two or three generations, what do we have to show for the hundreds of millions of dollars we wasted on them?
Don't feel bad. The first time I read it, I thought it said, "pornographic," not "phonographic."
Agent Smith has kids? Who knew?!
Actually, we can do both; and we can do them at the same time. While I'm not technically moaning, I online and talking about Sony's latest stunt--and simultaneously I am buying absolutely nothing from Sony. Amazing!
How is it spyware if they tell you it's sending data to the copyright holder? Isn't spyware supposed to be a bit more subtle than that?
I'm not convinced that splitting up Microsoft is a good solution. Look how well it worked for Ma Bell--we ended up with the Baby Bells, and then devolved from that into the current morass of ethically (and financially) bankrupt telecommunications companies.
No, I can handle Microsoft's monopoly status. But let's start regulating them like one.
Relativity deals with relative velocities, rather than "absolute" velocities: the planes' motion relative to the earth will cause a time dilation relative to the earth.
If you happened to take time measurements from the middle of interstellar space where you could "zero out" your velocity, you would no doubt find time on earth dilated relative to you.
Come to think of it, that's probably why the .mil proxy server I sit behind eight hours a day blocks it, too.
I destroyed my radio in a fit of rage last week. Now, every week is "Boycott the Entertainment Industry" week.
Thank you, SlashDot!
Secondly, why would they sell 150 tracks on a single CD for $20 when they can get away with selling only 15 tracks on a single CD for $20?
You could put 150 tracks of crap on a CD for $20, and a lot of folks would still buy it--because somewhere in that list of 150 tracks, they'll likely find 10 or 15 that they consider worth the price of the CD.
What do you mean, I should upgrade my 2400bps modem?
1. Move to Ohio.
2. Whore E-mail address to spammers.
3. Sue spammers for UCE.
4. ???
5. Profit!
Nah, too many steps. It'll never work.
Which planet?
What planet do you live on?
Hrm. For some reason, copy-paste puts a few unwanted spaces in the link. Oh, well--here's a link, maybe that'll work.
Anyway, I think 11 September really kinda blurred the line between airliners and bombs. A faster airliner is a bomb in the wrong hands.
(they'll go against congress with a "see? This is what we are trying to stop!" attitude, and congress will agree).
No. . . this is what the RIAA was attempting to legalize, albeit only for their own benefit. If they can't take what they want to dish out, maybe they should reconsider their attempt at legislation.
Two cases of Guinness!
Why does a court need a wireless LAN, and exactly how much taxpayer money went into installing the LAN in the first place?
Companies of the future will mix astronomical names with technical jargon: for instance, "Uranus-Hertz."
That analogy won't fly--you can't bring down a skyscraper with a bus, or a taxi, or a car. A passenger airline, as we've all learned, is both a serious investment and a deadly weapon. The airlines have every right to protect their investment, and the government has every right to protect its people from guided-airliner attacks.
You still have privacy rights: take a Greyhound, or drive, or buy a boat. But unless you paid cash for that airline ticket, you've already forfeited your privacy anyway through your method of purchase. Quitcherbitchin' and just show your ID already.
Of course Israel doesn't need to profile an 80-year-old couple. They don't let Palestinians live that long.