Do you want these cashless smart cards to "catch on" in America too? Call them X-treme Cash Cards! Apparently the only way to get people to buy something here is to call it X-treme, Extreme, etc..., and to inform your target market that your product doesn't support terrorists. And while you're at it, give them a few designs to choose from: Avril Lavigne, Goody Mob, Dixie Chicks, and Dale Earnhardt so they can express their individuality (very important).
As soon as these things start getting stolen through violence, the sheeple will line up for their cashless laser tattoo forehead bar codes. I give it five years tops.
...agreed to halt all future funding on the program without extensive consultation with Congress.
Who needs Congressional funding? Poindexter can just smuggle drugs instead. It worked for the CIA and Las Contras, whom Poindexter was inextricably associated with during the free-flowing cocaine days of the 1980's. But hey, I can see why nobody remembers any of this, what with the more important stories like the President's blow job, the numerous baby-fell-in-the-well stories, O.J., Jon Benet Ramsey, Martha Stewart, etc...
The sound carrier industry plans however with their DRM campaign (digital rights management) to mix into any commercially distributed audio recordings so-called "digital watermarks"...
I wonder if the industry plans to lobby Congre$$ to absolve the industry of responsibility for any hearing loss endured by a large part of society, much like the pharmaceutical industry was recently absolved of responsibility for potential side effects of certain vaccines. I don't know, have any/.ers read the entire Homeland Security Act? Maybe they snuck it in there somewhere.
Remember, Taliban members would be more than willing to die
Maybe you mean al Qaeda. The Taliban was just another batch of thuggish warriors in Afghanistan. Yet somehow you fear them attacking you here, halfway around the world.
wireless carriers and their partners are developing a host of... business models
Developing business models a la myextremefuneral.com? I hope all the VCs learned their lesson during the last gold rush: the only viable business model consists of selling a product or service for a profit.
This is quite different, as you may have gathered had you read the (fucking)article. Point:
In one test that they discussed, human embryonic stem cells would be injected into an early mouse embryo when it was still a small ball of cells called the blastocyst. Scientists would then see whether the human stem cells showed up in all the mouse's tissues. That ability, known as pluripotentiality, is the hallmark of a true embryonic stem cell.
If it hadn't been for the greedy hackers "sharing" their music, the RIAA wouldn't have noticed the Internet at all.
That's not true. The industry saw dollar signs long before the average pimply faced teen knew what mp3 meant. Their business model--top-down music engineered by committees of accountants and marketroids--has failed because no one wants to hear music designed for the lowest common denominator. With the failure in their business model, a failing economy, unprecedented consolidation of media and politics, a gullible public, many easy scapegoats, they (and you) are perpetuating the fallacy that people who share music are to blame.
Nice troll (really--I'm a fan), but I think it's not subtle enough. Especially the "You people should be ashamed of yourselves.". ROTFFLMFAO!
How far does the long arm of US copyright law reach?
Unfortunately for the ROTW, no one is really safe. You see, American hypocrisy^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Foreign Policy works something like this: we want citizens and leaders of other nations to be held accountable to a World Court, yet we hold ourselves above them (example: America was found guilty of state-sponsored terrorism for our actions in Nicaragua). And after all, if you support peer-to-peer networks you obviously support terrorism.
Because the terrorists are jealous of our freedoms, especially our freedom to disrupt peer-to-peer networks.
I do hope that a lot of people are archiving history as it happens; some day the children will have to be taught about the perils of fascism.
I place as much faith in your infidel superstitions as I place in "you're" grammar. By the way, how were you able to post your drivel in post-Columbine, post-911, post-RAPTURE America? I guess you got Left Behind, sucker.
If you were to Read The Fucking Article right now, you--like the rest of us--would realize what a dumbass you sound like. Too bad whomever modded you up also didn't RTFA.
"It's not water from airplane toilets.... Its isotopic composition bears the signature... of Iberian rain"
What's with the dramatic pauses? I was expecting a violin crash after he uttered "Iberian rain".
Back to the topic, what are we to glean from such a shallow article from an entertainment company? Can we get an article from a scientific journal next time? Is this really a new phenomenon, or is it that accounts of ice falling from the sky are discounted? After all, you can't expect the evidence to last very long on a balmy summer day...
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If it wasn't for you I would be speaking Vietnamese, Iraqi-style Arabic, Panamanian Spanish, or that horrible patois they speak in Grenada.
and die like a sucker.
Do you want these cashless smart cards to "catch on" in America too? Call them X-treme Cash Cards! Apparently the only way to get people to buy something here is to call it X-treme, Extreme, etc..., and to inform your target market that your product doesn't support terrorists. And while you're at it, give them a few designs to choose from: Avril Lavigne, Goody Mob, Dixie Chicks, and Dale Earnhardt so they can express their individuality (very important).
As soon as these things start getting stolen through violence, the sheeple will line up for their cashless laser tattoo forehead bar codes. I give it five years tops.
Gulp! Would someone please define "much lower" so I can sleep again?
Who needs Congressional funding? Poindexter can just smuggle drugs instead. It worked for the CIA and Las Contras, whom Poindexter was inextricably associated with during the free-flowing cocaine days of the 1980's. But hey, I can see why nobody remembers any of this, what with the more important stories like the President's blow job, the numerous baby-fell-in-the-well stories, O.J., Jon Benet Ramsey, Martha Stewart, etc...
I wonder if the industry plans to lobby Congre$$ to absolve the industry of responsibility for any hearing loss endured by a large part of society, much like the pharmaceutical industry was recently absolved of responsibility for potential side effects of certain vaccines. I don't know, have any /.ers read the entire Homeland Security Act? Maybe they snuck it in there somewhere.
Maybe you mean al Qaeda. The Taliban was just another batch of thuggish warriors in Afghanistan. Yet somehow you fear them attacking you here, halfway around the world.
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That's what I thought when I saw all those links.
Developing business models a la myextremefuneral.com? I hope all the VCs learned their lesson during the last gold rush: the only viable business model consists of selling a product or service for a profit.
This is quite different, as you may have gathered had you read the (fucking)article. Point:
Spielen sie "Strip Schnipp-Schnapp", Herr Weishaupt?
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Never forget.
In Russia they tell jokes about the insane bureaucracy in America.
WTF is a PHO, besides a TLA? I thought it might stand for Pin Headed something-or-other, but seemed to be used in a much kinder context.
That's not true. The industry saw dollar signs long before the average pimply faced teen knew what mp3 meant. Their business model--top-down music engineered by committees of accountants and marketroids--has failed because no one wants to hear music designed for the lowest common denominator. With the failure in their business model, a failing economy, unprecedented consolidation of media and politics, a gullible public, many easy scapegoats, they (and you) are perpetuating the fallacy that people who share music are to blame.
Nice troll (really--I'm a fan), but I think it's not subtle enough. Especially the "You people should be ashamed of yourselves.". ROTFFLMFAO!
Infidel bitch SexyKellyOsbourne likes to hide gay porn links in slashdot comments!
Wow, you mean you can hax0r one of these puppies for 56K dialup access? What's that sound? It's the sound of third-worlders cheering.
Unfortunately for the ROTW, no one is really safe. You see, American hypocrisy^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Foreign Policy works something like this: we want citizens and leaders of other nations to be held accountable to a World Court, yet we hold ourselves above them (example: America was found guilty of state-sponsored terrorism for our actions in Nicaragua). And after all, if you support peer-to-peer networks you obviously support terrorism. Because the terrorists are jealous of our freedoms, especially our freedom to disrupt peer-to-peer networks.
I do hope that a lot of people are archiving history as it happens; some day the children will have to be taught about the perils of fascism.
Whose t-shirt? I'd fork over $50 to put my DNA on say, Charlize Theron's t-shirt.
I place as much faith in your infidel superstitions as I place in "you're" grammar. By the way, how were you able to post your drivel in post-Columbine, post-911, post-RAPTURE America? I guess you got Left Behind, sucker.
If you were to Read The Fucking Article right now, you--like the rest of us--would realize what a dumbass you sound like. Too bad whomever modded you up also didn't RTFA.
What's with the dramatic pauses? I was expecting a violin crash after he uttered "Iberian rain".
Back to the topic, what are we to glean from such a shallow article from an entertainment company? Can we get an article from a scientific journal next time? Is this really a new phenomenon, or is it that accounts of ice falling from the sky are discounted? After all, you can't expect the evidence to last very long on a balmy summer day...
You should be testifying before Congress. Your solution appears to be the only reasonable proposition so far.