Of course this ruling was really only a question about forcing them to pay another tax, but the concept of applying broadcaster requirements to the Internet quickly becomes amusing. ("Your computer must now play the national anthem at least once every 24 hours...")
It gets worse--the content guys would sue if the anthem sounded too much like one of their versions (something about losing revenue from commemorative CDs and such crap), so it has to be played in MIDI.
'If the rocket blows up, we're all dead,' Sergey overheard a Russian guard say.
A fellow guard responded, "Yeah, if it doesn't fall down on us, Putin will. Reality that doesn't agree with his propaganda of sending rockets to Proxima Centauri and winning 99% of the vote for it? Gulagistan for the both of us!" The guard recounted his story on condition of anonymity to avoid the ex-KGBer's customary punishment of death by judo.
Plus, they were probably using Windows Notepad, which almost never seems to be deterred by that sort of thing when it opens a file. It's like it has...connections...
I'm sure it will be spun into how this makes Blogger a better experience for everyone.
At Google we're indeed committed to improving the experience of Blogger for all. Users will be switching from our neglected, censored trainwreck of a service to services that respect bloggers and have valid HTML, so they'll be better off. Since all three people that remain there will be highly dissatisfied and robo-flaming our GMail addresses, we will shut down our service next week to ensure that our programmers and mail-answering slaves can move on to more urgent needs like how to better copy Facebook in Google+ and adding more redundant tags to HTML5. Since we'll no longer be paying to maintain Pyra's annoying piece of shit, we can give our dear friend and dictator Larry Page a big bonus, in the hopes that he leaves the blinds open in the board room so we can watch as he shouts down that Sergey guy and withers him into a crying nerdy mess.
Blogger is more powerful and versatile than Twitter. At Google, we're confident you'll support us in fixing that (and you can do that by +1'ing us on Google+!).
Microsoft will kill Iris with their own sentient copycat, "Zero". Then Zero will get stricken by melancholy and drown out its sorrows by searching on Bing.
It's ok, someone will make a Metro app that unlocks the loader with a middle-finger gesture. (The devs just need a new name because "Angry Flipped Birds" won them a C&D...)
That is Touareg's Platinum Excalibur, forged in the Mountains of Deutschland and lost in the hazy forest of Googleania. Legends, thus far unconfirmed, say that the ancient dragon Laripej has a 3% chance to drop it there after you publicly +1 the game's website.
On FiOS TV where I live, you'll often see a "Check out CNN on Twitter" prompt while watching the channel. Push the relevant magic button and you're staring at their channel.
I won't be surprised if we hear about another TimeWarner-Internet Giant merger soon. CNN really does seem to at least mention or show staff @UserNames whenever there's screen space. It starts to annoy me when I see @brookebcnn float in that little box every few seconds like it was some sort of bikini girl on a raft in a pool.
"A'yo, SECNAV? Obie here. Those SEAL niggas need to do some target practice. Some guys on a private island offered themselves as live ones and they'll leave some computers as a gift. Ship'em out RayRay, Dodd'll hook ya up later."
If their secret technology is anything like the Guardian, then I demand a peaceful resolution to this conflict, and some time to personally inspect the system!
Rated I (Imam and up). Contains Violence, Discussion of Magic, Pictures of Jewish Women, and Muslim Ankle Nudity. Online Interactions Not Rated by the IRISRB.
Amending an "IP" "protection" bill is like cleaning the engine cylinders of a bomb-rigged Yugo as it hurtles toward a crowded mall--better to just detonate it before it even makes the parking lot.
--unless, of course, said mall is filled with mindless zombies instead of people. Perhaps the government of this crowded mall looked at our voting record and thinks we are all mindless zombies. I'm not sure I could blame them then.
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It gets worse--the content guys would sue if the anthem sounded too much like one of their versions (something about losing revenue from commemorative CDs and such crap), so it has to be played in MIDI.
A fellow guard responded, "Yeah, if it doesn't fall down on us, Putin will. Reality that doesn't agree with his propaganda of sending rockets to Proxima Centauri and winning 99% of the vote for it? Gulagistan for the both of us!" The guard recounted his story on condition of anonymity to avoid the ex-KGBer's customary punishment of death by judo.
If you do that again, I swear I'll try to remove you from the public offering but use the wrong page and just hide you from it instead!
--Mark Zuckerberg, a.k.a BiZ MARKie
Plus, they were probably using Windows Notepad, which almost never seems to be deterred by that sort of thing when it opens a file. It's like it has...connections...
Damn. Well. Looks like law enforcement got mrclisdue before he could even sign the comment!
I fear they recognize more than license plates now...
I was about to dismiss that with a "You make a better one then." or even a "As if Web 2.0 is an improvement!?".
Then I noticed the lack of alt text, but for a site meter image that's tagged with an alt of...Site Meter. Travesty confirmed.
Those mottled white splotches on the windshield and hood are not dust, mate.
He was either hoping to make you look like a crazy homeless loner hippy who waits in front of buildings, or (worse) get you pinned for loitering.
Glad you called his bluff, but by simply making you do stuff like that, the Terrorists Win(TM).
Me, I'm just glad to be out of the school system, and won't look back.
You are indeed an un-American terrorist. Just look at that obvious misspelling of Utah in your subject line. You need re-education!
At Google we're indeed committed to improving the experience of Blogger for all. Users will be switching from our neglected, censored trainwreck of a service to services that respect bloggers and have valid HTML, so they'll be better off. Since all three people that remain there will be highly dissatisfied and robo-flaming our GMail addresses, we will shut down our service next week to ensure that our programmers and mail-answering slaves can move on to more urgent needs like how to better copy Facebook in Google+ and adding more redundant tags to HTML5. Since we'll no longer be paying to maintain Pyra's annoying piece of shit, we can give our dear friend and dictator Larry Page a big bonus, in the hopes that he leaves the blinds open in the board room so we can watch as he shouts down that Sergey guy and withers him into a crying nerdy mess.
Blogger is more powerful and versatile than Twitter. At Google, we're confident you'll support us in fixing that (and you can do that by +1'ing us on Google+!).
Hirai is already receiving congratulations from people grateful for his stewardship of such cultural cornerstones as Riiiiidge Raaacer!
Microsoft will kill Iris with their own sentient copycat, "Zero". Then Zero will get stricken by melancholy and drown out its sorrows by searching on Bing.
It's ok, someone will make a Metro app that unlocks the loader with a middle-finger gesture. (The devs just need a new name because "Angry Flipped Birds" won them a C&D...)
That is Touareg's Platinum Excalibur, forged in the Mountains of Deutschland and lost in the hazy forest of Googleania. Legends, thus far unconfirmed, say that the ancient dragon Laripej has a 3% chance to drop it there after you publicly +1 the game's website.
Part of the mindblow comes from the even more intense fish smell.
On FiOS TV where I live, you'll often see a "Check out CNN on Twitter" prompt while watching the channel. Push the relevant magic button and you're staring at their channel.
I won't be surprised if we hear about another TimeWarner-Internet Giant merger soon. CNN really does seem to at least mention or show staff @UserNames whenever there's screen space. It starts to annoy me when I see @brookebcnn float in that little box every few seconds like it was some sort of bikini girl on a raft in a pool.
"A'yo, SECNAV? Obie here. Those SEAL niggas need to do some target practice. Some guys on a private island offered themselves as live ones and they'll leave some computers as a gift. Ship'em out RayRay, Dodd'll hook ya up later."
If their secret technology is anything like the Guardian, then I demand a peaceful resolution to this conflict, and some time to personally inspect the system!
Rated I (Imam and up). Contains Violence, Discussion of Magic, Pictures of Jewish Women, and Muslim Ankle Nudity. Online Interactions Not Rated by the IRISRB.
I vote "Dreadfully Massive Excrement Act".
Shirtless Lamar Smith: "Look at this shelf. Now look at me. Now back at the shelf. Now back at me." and so forth.
Because on Facebook, you are not a person. You are either a corporation or a Dumb Fuck, and they don't care about the rights or privacy of the latter.
Wait, what? --ah, yes, the Policeman's Law of Illegal Drug Mass Equivalence. Perfectly sound science!
This will definitely increase cancer risks. In particular, it allows the Department of Homeland Security to spread and thrive.
Amending an "IP" "protection" bill is like cleaning the engine cylinders of a bomb-rigged Yugo as it hurtles toward a crowded mall--better to just detonate it before it even makes the parking lot.
--unless, of course, said mall is filled with mindless zombies instead of people. Perhaps the government of this crowded mall looked at our voting record and thinks we are all mindless zombies. I'm not sure I could blame them then.