They say: 1GB of storage
They mean: Don't worry about stupid space limits (a la Hotmail)
Companies do this sort of thing all the time. They offer a hugh amount of something knowing that almost no one will actually use that much.
I've been following the X-Prize work at Armadillo
for the last year or so. If nothing else than for the John Carmack factor. They seem to have stalled lately, always reengineering their rocket motors and such. I'm still cheering them on anyway though I can't see them surpassing Scaled Composites at this point.
Sorry, me again. I've been poking around the web and I came across this Phantom feature document. There are some images of the console in there, and they almost look like photos except something's not quite right. Look at the connectors on the back, especially the RCA jacks. See any reflection from the metal? Me either. I think they're 3D renders. No sign of a real photograph.
Paid-for search results lessen the credibility and trustworthiness of a search engine. I personally don't put any stock in results that I know might have been manipulated by the flow of cash. If I want to find information about laptops, I want this, not this. Notice that the google search returns links to relevant research sites, whereas overture just spams me with links to retailers. A good search engine helps you find information that's not easy to find on your own, and it's not exactly difficult to find someone who wants to sell you something.
Darl: "Thanks everybody for listening in on this financial meeting. We've got some really good numbers to talk about today. Our core product, Turbo Litigation Plus, is doing very well right now. We've got more penetration in the court room market than any of our competitors and we feel that things are only going to get better from here on out."
Investor: "Can I just say that I love what this latest release had done to stock prices. I'm sleeping on a bed of money at home right now."
Darl: "That's great to hear. We're glad your happy, but please hold your comments until I'm finished speaking."
Investor: "..."
Darl: "Right now I'd like to announce a couple more features that we've added to Turbo Litigation Plus."
Listeners: A hush....Pent up excitement...Maniacal greed...
Darl: "First, we've decided to add Hasbro to our list of targets. We've discovered that the substance that give's Nerf(TM) toys their "Nerfiness", if you will, is actually part of the Intellectual Property of SCO in a very literal sense. It's what makes up 90% of our brains over here."
Investor: "Excellent!"
Darl: "Please man! *slaps the table* Let me speak!"
Investor: "..."
Darl: "Secondly, after a toss up between Ronco, the maker of the indespensible Door Saver(TM) which of course was actually invented by Billy over here, and McDonalds, maker of the McDarl, we've chosen to add, wait for it, ourselves!"
Listeners: Gasp!
Darl: "Yes folks, we're going to sue ourselves. I mean think about it, we own all our own Intellectial Property, we only have to pay half as much in lawyer fees, and I love to cross examine myself."
As a bonus, it looks like he'll get a good forearm workout using the mouse
My dream system would be one which allowed me to control my computer through thought alone, would provide nourishment intraveinously, and would wisk away my bodily waste in a similar manner. It sounds gross, but using it would be oh so easy.
Slashdot Mirror
That's like a tobacco company owning a chain of funeral homes.
anybody reading Slashdot today has already given up on finding anything useful
Yes, but we're still reading right?
"Will you marry me?"
"Yes, but you have to stop playing video games and posting on that horrible slashamawhatsit internet site."
"Nooooooooooo!"
Yea, and really cheap too, undercutting all the other local homeless people stores and forcing them out of business. That's not right.
Indeed, this is a poor excuse for a convincing April Fool's joke.
What? That is wierd. People must be reading the article.
Is this another attempt to make the cordless extention cord?
Does anyone else find it interesting that this guy [catb.org] is the one giving the sex tips [catb.org] referenced in the article?
Interesting? No.
Frightening? Absolutely.
noted that Slashdot's OSDN Sister site ThinkGeek
Now I know how to reliably get a story accepted: put in references to Slashdot affiliates.
They say: 1GB of storage They mean: Don't worry about stupid space limits (a la Hotmail) Companies do this sort of thing all the time. They offer a hugh amount of something knowing that almost no one will actually use that much.
I was overwhelmed after the fourth question. I'm have to go take a nap now.
I've been following the X-Prize work at Armadillo for the last year or so. If nothing else than for the John Carmack factor. They seem to have stalled lately, always reengineering their rocket motors and such. I'm still cheering them on anyway though I can't see them surpassing Scaled Composites at this point.
Where did the games go?
They left with the heros, the cowboys, and the left socks.
Ever wonder what would happen if monkey's ruled the world?
Wow, that was fast! Are you browsing Slashdot from the bookstore?
"chip-enhanced"
Sheesh, that's like saying a prison is razorwire-enhanced. The stinkers....
Sorry, me again. I've been poking around the web and I came across this Phantom feature document. There are some images of the console in there, and they almost look like photos except something's not quite right. Look at the connectors on the back, especially the RCA jacks. See any reflection from the metal? Me either. I think they're 3D renders. No sign of a real photograph.
A quick visit to the web site shows a page that lets you preorder the phantom console.
Some funny excerpts:
We will be releasing our units to the public early in 2004.
Oh really? I'm not going to bet on it.
It will be action packed and appeal to all audiences and will be the best service for gaming available on the market.
Now those are some pretty audacious claims! This run on sentence brought to you by Billy.
You bet your sweet bippy they're Version-certified. And they suck because everything costs money.
Paid-for search results lessen the credibility and trustworthiness of a search engine. I personally don't put any stock in results that I know might have been manipulated by the flow of cash. If I want to find information about laptops, I want this, not this. Notice that the google search returns links to relevant research sites, whereas overture just spams me with links to retailers. A good search engine helps you find information that's not easy to find on your own, and it's not exactly difficult to find someone who wants to sell you something.
Well, that's a little shady. See, the physical console itself is phanstasmal. So, you can't really see it. It's just sort of vaporish.
I say let them have their "little meeting". They can dig their own grave.
Darl: "Thanks everybody for listening in on this financial meeting. We've got some really good numbers to talk about today. Our core product, Turbo Litigation Plus, is doing very well right now. We've got more penetration in the court room market than any of our competitors and we feel that things are only going to get better from here on out."
Investor: "Can I just say that I love what this latest release had done to stock prices. I'm sleeping on a bed of money at home right now."
Darl: "That's great to hear. We're glad your happy, but please hold your comments until I'm finished speaking."
Investor: "..."
Darl: "Right now I'd like to announce a couple more features that we've added to Turbo Litigation Plus."
Listeners: A hush....Pent up excitement...Maniacal greed...
Darl: "First, we've decided to add Hasbro to our list of targets. We've discovered that the substance that give's Nerf(TM) toys their "Nerfiness", if you will, is actually part of the Intellectual Property of SCO in a very literal sense. It's what makes up 90% of our brains over here."
Investor: "Excellent!"
Darl: "Please man! *slaps the table* Let me speak!"
Investor: "..."
Darl: "Secondly, after a toss up between Ronco, the maker of the indespensible Door Saver(TM) which of course was actually invented by Billy over here, and McDonalds, maker of the McDarl, we've chosen to add, wait for it, ourselves!"
Listeners: Gasp!
Darl: "Yes folks, we're going to sue ourselves. I mean think about it, we own all our own Intellectial Property, we only have to pay half as much in lawyer fees, and I love to cross examine myself."
Listeners: Applause
Darl: "Thank you all for your time. SCO Rules!"
Advisor: "Darl..."
Darl: "Sorry."
Oh come on, are you afraid of a little config file editing. My grandma does it all the time. She loves it.
As a bonus, it looks like he'll get a good forearm workout using the mouse
My dream system would be one which allowed me to control my computer through thought alone, would provide nourishment intraveinously, and would wisk away my bodily waste in a similar manner. It sounds gross, but using it would be oh so easy.