He wasn't promoting anything but digital delivery. He was pointing out how convenient it was. This is a reality of the marketplace today. But that goes against the party line, so they canned him.
How is this different from a journalist writing about any other illegally acquired information, like say a classified document leaked from the White House? OH! Because the mafiaa is involved. Suddenly it's a firing offense. ZOMG PIRACY!!1!1!
Doesn't always work these days. And can have the opposite effect of causing the government in power to revoke even more rights of the people to prevent future uprisings. For the sake of "security."
I don't watch Colbert. I only knew about the addition to the space station from Slashdot. And I seriously hope NASA's grown-ups give the module a worthy name, not that of a trendy cable-TV cult personality. NASA's naming conventions are generally far nobler than that.
If the FARK commandos had won the contest with "Rick Astley", would you expect NASA to honor the choice? I sincerely hope not.
I'm in my mid-thirties and I make roughly 60K a year in a smallish (100,000 people) midwestern community. I have ample means and opportunity to buy property--real estate is very affordable here--but at this point in my life I DO NOT WANT TO.
I have graduate school to pay off and a few other minor debts to take care of, and a massive mortgage responsibility is something I'd rather not carry at this point. Maybe when I'm 40. Maybe when I'm married and we have two incomes to budget with. Not now.
So I take exception to your insistence that I am at fault too in this.. I have my own ideas about who is to blame, from my understanding of the situation, but I can very safely assert that *I* was not among the stupid and irresponsible parties who share the blame for the current economic nightmare that we all share.
Most often-used (and non-actionable) slur on XBox Live: "Fag"
So I guess if you call someone else a fag, you're A-OK. If you call yourself one--WITHOUT the hatefulness!--that's a bridge too far, buddy! People can get offended! by that word when it's not meant as a personal insult. But if you want to insult someone with it... eh, that's just gamer culture, grow a spine, wuss.
I'm of the DA/DT mindset myself.. but good god. Microsoft needs to reinstate her account and apologize to her IMMEDIATELY if it wants to avoid a major PR nightmare. If it doesn't, well, I guess its reputation just sinks deeper into the muck of mainstream loathing than it already is.
Incidentally, I read the article... and anyone named "Richard Gaywood" has got to have the most unfortunate name in modern usage. Totally ban-worthy.. even if that IS your honest-to-goodness given name, you don't use it to play XBox Live. Ever.
"Alien" means "not from here." If our planet harbors a resident life form which we're not aware of, that doesn't make them alien. It just makes us ignorant.
> Terminator 3 was made without James Cameron and IMHO, was an entertaining movie that continued the story in an interesting way. I avoided it for a long time for this same kind of reason -- not made by the originator, but eventually watched it on DVD and liked it. (Not as much as the previous two, but still very entertaining.)
Indiana Jones 4 was made by the series originators and was a monumental embarrassment, and a huge blemish on the Indy Jones franchise. As much as I loved Blade Runner--it inspired my fantasies as well as my nightmares throughout my childhood--it needs to be left alone. Some films, nay, MOST films just don't need sequels.
Can I tag a story "STFU"? Cause reading a headline like this has about as much environmental impact as my blood boiling. I'm getting so very sick of having to hear about the "environmental impacts" of ridiculous things.
> I might add that a ___-killer should do something ___ does not do, and do it rather well.
Actually I would submit that a $DEVICE-killer needs to do something that $DEVICE does not do at all. Killer products are revolutionary, bringing a real innovation to the table. That's why the iPhone is such a market leader now, and you can make the same case for the iPod: they brought something to the market that nobody else was doing.
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You're just trying to get me fired for clicking that at work.
He wasn't promoting anything but digital delivery. He was pointing out how convenient it was. This is a reality of the marketplace today. But that goes against the party line, so they canned him.
How is this different from a journalist writing about any other illegally acquired information, like say a classified document leaked from the White House? OH! Because the mafiaa is involved. Suddenly it's a firing offense. ZOMG PIRACY!!1!1!
Doesn't always work these days. And can have the opposite effect of causing the government in power to revoke even more rights of the people to prevent future uprisings. For the sake of "security."
This isn't brave. It's murder. The only difference between us is *I* can feel pain!
Who knows, with isolation like this, there may be something to be gained given the right kind of people.
Thanks .. that was all I really wanted to know after reading the summary. +1 informative ...
Wonder if the other female participant felt left out for NOT being fought over.
I don't watch Colbert. I only knew about the addition to the space station from Slashdot. And I seriously hope NASA's grown-ups give the module a worthy name, not that of a trendy cable-TV cult personality. NASA's naming conventions are generally far nobler than that.
If the FARK commandos had won the contest with "Rick Astley", would you expect NASA to honor the choice? I sincerely hope not.
I'll be in my bunk.
"So long and thanks for all the bugs."
Please go stand by the stairs so we can protect you.
I don't have to take it. I DON'T own a home.
I'm in my mid-thirties and I make roughly 60K a year in a smallish (100,000 people) midwestern community. I have ample means and opportunity to buy property--real estate is very affordable here--but at this point in my life I DO NOT WANT TO.
I have graduate school to pay off and a few other minor debts to take care of, and a massive mortgage responsibility is something I'd rather not carry at this point. Maybe when I'm 40. Maybe when I'm married and we have two incomes to budget with. Not now.
So I take exception to your insistence that I am at fault too in this .. I have my own ideas about who is to blame, from my understanding of the situation, but I can very safely assert that *I* was not among the stupid and irresponsible parties who share the blame for the current economic nightmare that we all share.
That isn't much consolation.
> We end up with a bloody Koala problem
It's the cutest infestation ever.
Most often-used (and non-actionable) slur on XBox Live: "Fag"
So I guess if you call someone else a fag, you're A-OK. If you call yourself one--WITHOUT the hatefulness!--that's a bridge too far, buddy! People can get offended! by that word when it's not meant as a personal insult. But if you want to insult someone with it ... eh, that's just gamer culture, grow a spine, wuss.
I'm of the DA/DT mindset myself .. but good god. Microsoft needs to reinstate her account and apologize to her IMMEDIATELY if it wants to avoid a major PR nightmare. If it doesn't, well, I guess its reputation just sinks deeper into the muck of mainstream loathing than it already is.
Incidentally, I read the article ... and anyone named "Richard Gaywood" has got to have the most unfortunate name in modern usage. Totally ban-worthy .. even if that IS your honest-to-goodness given name, you don't use it to play XBox Live. Ever.
"Alien" means "not from here." If our planet harbors a resident life form which we're not aware of, that doesn't make them alien. It just makes us ignorant.
> Call it what you want, cutting off a part of you is mutilation.
Guess you would insist babies be moored to their mothers with their umbilical cords indefinitely, then.
Idiot, no. Boring (and highly practical), yes.
That's the funniest idea for a sequel title I've ever seen in my life.
> Terminator 3 was made without James Cameron and IMHO, was an entertaining movie that continued the story in an interesting way. I avoided it for a long time for this same kind of reason -- not made by the originator, but eventually watched it on DVD and liked it. (Not as much as the previous two, but still very entertaining.)
Indiana Jones 4 was made by the series originators and was a monumental embarrassment, and a huge blemish on the Indy Jones franchise. As much as I loved Blade Runner--it inspired my fantasies as well as my nightmares throughout my childhood--it needs to be left alone. Some films, nay, MOST films just don't need sequels.
> You can't get ye flask!
Corn tits .. pizza tits .. sesame tits .. onion tits .. tater tits ..
Betcha can't eat just one!
Can I tag a story "STFU"? Cause reading a headline like this has about as much environmental impact as my blood boiling. I'm getting so very sick of having to hear about the "environmental impacts" of ridiculous things.
Crap.
http://www.everythingtreo.com/articles/2009/1/8/palm-webos-sdk-legacy-app-support-in-webos/
Oh well. Guess I'll stick with my T3 for a while.
> I might add that a ___-killer should do something ___ does not do, and do it rather well.
Actually I would submit that a $DEVICE-killer needs to do something that $DEVICE does not do at all. Killer products are revolutionary, bringing a real innovation to the table. That's why the iPhone is such a market leader now, and you can make the same case for the iPod: they brought something to the market that nobody else was doing.