Like the GP says, perhaps without the original driving force behind the success, the company will 'turn to crap'. In the case of Microsoft and the ethos behind their market success, that could mean that they'll stop their creativity-stifling, monopolistic business practices.
It wasn't 2 hours of gay jokes. Yes, there were a lot of gay jokes, yes, but there were plenty of jokes about Trekkies, TJ Hooker, Shatner's singing career, Mel Gibson, and masturbating to that Farrah Fawcett poster. And no, it wasn't all funny (especially whenever Farrah Fawcett opened her mouth -- she's gone and partied herself simple), but I did enjoy it as a whole, and laughed at most of it. If you thought it was so awful, why did you spend two hours watching it?
And I assumed Farrah was there because she is friends with Shatner, but I could be wrong.
I take it that you have used GameTap then? Is there a problem with the service, and if so, what are your complaints? Or are you just trolling? I've seen the ads on TV for GameTap, and was thinking about checking it out, so I'd like to know if there are compelling reasons to not use it.
Did anyone catch the roast on Comedy Central? It was hilarious, and even had some music by Warp 11, that Star Trek tribute band that was in the movie Trekkies 2 (great band!). Plus tons of obligatory homosexual jokes because George Takei was there. Funny stuff, check it out if you get a chance.
Kind of a long commitment, especially considering that Hawking has ALS and could croak at any time -- the fact that he has been living with a disease that kills 95% of its sufferers within 5 years of diagnosis for 45 years vastly increases the chance of him dying at any moment.
We forgive you. Maybe if he had been elected we could blame you, but he wasn't, so we can't.
You Bush apologists crack me up. A damned blowjob does not equal a half trillion dollar war... Martyr? Maybe in the eyes of the Pat Robertson double-digit IQ brigade
Those are exactly the uneducated, unable to think for themselves, repressed people who DO think that a blowjob is worse than our children dying in Iraq for a lie.
anybody with a moderate level of critical reasoning ability is going to see him as one of the worst presidents in this country's history.
Unfortunately, there don't seem to be enough of us left anymore. Certainly not enough to make the needed difference. Only with hindsight will history be able to judge GWB, and the verdict will not be favorable.
The cool thing about Rendezvous is that the director just slapped a camera on the side of his car (a V-12 powered Ferrari) and took off through the streets of Paris. No permits, no closed streets, just the real deal -- the near misses are for real. The game video was pretty neat, too!
Personally, I am not a big fan of football. This could be in part due to the fans, who seems exceptionally boorish and idiotic compared to those of other sports (excepting hockey). If you judge by my in-laws, it looks like a sport that you need a sub-100 IQ and a case of domestic beer to enjoy.
I do like playing the Madden games, and I liked the NFL2K series too -- it's a fun game to play on a console, but I don't really consider it a sport -- the 'athletes' play one game a week, a play typically lasts for 10 seconds or less with a minute or more between plays, most of the players are just pituitary disorders with pads, and NFL games are really just media events, not competitive matches.
I am not shocked. Of course a company would want to protect its interests, and for Microsoft that means maintaining the status quo of expensive, proprietary software. Naturally, I didn't read the article, but if they used underhanded or even (gasp!) illegal tactics, I wouldn't be surprised. This is Microsoft we're talking about, after all.
The only thing that will effect Teddy Bear's chances of re-election will be death. The Democrats here in Alaska sometimes don't even bother running an opponent because there is literally no way Ted will be ousted -- he's done too much for the economy here, what with having been the (now former) head of the Senate Approprations Committee for 6 years. Sure, he's in bed with the oil industry, but if it wasn't for the oil industry, Alaska wouldn't be where it is today.
Interesting factoid: Uncle Ted is now the longest serving senator, making him president pro tempore. In other words, he is only two heartbeats away from being our president (of tubes)!
Overpriced? High reserve? What eBay are you looking at? I actually took the time to look at several of the auctions, and probably 70% of them had no reserve.
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Better put on your tinfoil hat, I think the CIA's brain control waves are starting to affect you again.
Is that a black helicopter?
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I thought degaussing was accomplished via exposure to an oscillating magnetic field.
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Rats, you beat me to it! Another example of video games predicting the future.
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Like the GP says, perhaps without the original driving force behind the success, the company will 'turn to crap'. In the case of Microsoft and the ethos behind their market success, that could mean that they'll stop their creativity-stifling, monopolistic business practices.
And then I woke up.
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You mean interesting as in sad, right?
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It wasn't 2 hours of gay jokes. Yes, there were a lot of gay jokes, yes, but there were plenty of jokes about Trekkies, TJ Hooker, Shatner's singing career, Mel Gibson, and masturbating to that Farrah Fawcett poster. And no, it wasn't all funny (especially whenever Farrah Fawcett opened her mouth -- she's gone and partied herself simple), but I did enjoy it as a whole, and laughed at most of it. If you thought it was so awful, why did you spend two hours watching it?
And I assumed Farrah was there because she is friends with Shatner, but I could be wrong.
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I take it that you have used GameTap then? Is there a problem with the service, and if so, what are your complaints? Or are you just trolling? I've seen the ads on TV for GameTap, and was thinking about checking it out, so I'd like to know if there are compelling reasons to not use it.
Cool links.
Did anyone catch the roast on Comedy Central? It was hilarious, and even had some music by Warp 11, that Star Trek tribute band that was in the movie Trekkies 2 (great band!). Plus tons of obligatory homosexual jokes because George Takei was there. Funny stuff, check it out if you get a chance.
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He lost the vote, and the election was undecided. He is a court-appointed president.
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Kind of a long commitment, especially considering that Hawking has ALS and could croak at any time -- the fact that he has been living with a disease that kills 95% of its sufferers within 5 years of diagnosis for 45 years vastly increases the chance of him dying at any moment.
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We forgive you. Maybe if he had been elected we could blame you, but he wasn't, so we can't.
Those are exactly the uneducated, unable to think for themselves, repressed people who DO think that a blowjob is worse than our children dying in Iraq for a lie.
Unfortunately, there don't seem to be enough of us left anymore. Certainly not enough to make the needed difference. Only with hindsight will history be able to judge GWB, and the verdict will not be favorable.
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Allow me to quote the bumper sticker: "When Clinton lied, no one died."
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Two words: natural selection.
Three more words: deal with it.
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The cool thing about Rendezvous is that the director just slapped a camera on the side of his car (a V-12 powered Ferrari) and took off through the streets of Paris. No permits, no closed streets, just the real deal -- the near misses are for real. The game video was pretty neat, too!
Cool links.
Personally, I am not a big fan of football. This could be in part due to the fans, who seems exceptionally boorish and idiotic compared to those of other sports (excepting hockey). If you judge by my in-laws, it looks like a sport that you need a sub-100 IQ and a case of domestic beer to enjoy.
I do like playing the Madden games, and I liked the NFL2K series too -- it's a fun game to play on a console, but I don't really consider it a sport -- the 'athletes' play one game a week, a play typically lasts for 10 seconds or less with a minute or more between plays, most of the players are just pituitary disorders with pads, and NFL games are really just media events, not competitive matches.
Cool links.
I am not shocked. Of course a company would want to protect its interests, and for Microsoft that means maintaining the status quo of expensive, proprietary software. Naturally, I didn't read the article, but if they used underhanded or even (gasp!) illegal tactics, I wouldn't be surprised. This is Microsoft we're talking about, after all.
Cool links.
The only thing that will effect Teddy Bear's chances of re-election will be death. The Democrats here in Alaska sometimes don't even bother running an opponent because there is literally no way Ted will be ousted -- he's done too much for the economy here, what with having been the (now former) head of the Senate Approprations Committee for 6 years. Sure, he's in bed with the oil industry, but if it wasn't for the oil industry, Alaska wouldn't be where it is today.
Interesting factoid: Uncle Ted is now the longest serving senator, making him president pro tempore. In other words, he is only two heartbeats away from being our president (of tubes)!
"Computer whacker" is one of my faves.
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See what happens when you don't follow the tenets of Christianism?
c. having a totally useless xBox360 better used as a paperweight.
Not that that is any different than before throwing it in the water. I'm glad I saved $500 by not buying the Paperweight360.
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Just remember... if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.
And working the drivethru at McDonalds is "sales and marketing for a Fortune 500 company." Sounds a lot better, and isn't even a lie!
Call it phlogiston envy.
Overpriced? High reserve? What eBay are you looking at? I actually took the time to look at several of the auctions, and probably 70% of them had no reserve.
Volvo lost their reputation as soon as Ford acquired them.