An unidentified program wants access to your computer
Cancel I don't know where this program is from or what it's used for.
Obliterate I trust this program. I know it will blow my head off after it overheats both cores and evaporates the vacuum-laminations of the nearby buses.
Sounds like the (sadly) unchecked and unconvicted monopoly that I've known Cablevision to be. At best they seem scary, and at worst, evil.
I haven't heard much regarding Optimum's content-blocking practices (this sounds troubling and accurate--my DSL's never noticeably blocked or slowed any torrents/downloads; it does go down in rare cases for very short times though), but their misleading "grassroots" advertising during the West Side Stadium battle (in which they were clearly defending their own stadium interests in a very shady way--we can argue the actual usefulness of a WSS a later time) and things like this blog post are enough to make me abhor CVC's existence. They own the New York Knicks basketball team and I have a sinking feeling that they suck because CVC make enough money to consider them a non-issue.
In short, I hate them more than I could ever begin to be annoyed at, say, Microsoft. (MS has tried hard to be a powerful company, but their influence is increasingly waning. Comcast et al. seem to have awful service, but they don't seem to want to mess with entire city-building contracts that I know of--their influence seems to be mainly on their own internet service, for which I do hope they pay dearly. OTOH, Cablevision wants to get involved in too many things in their otherwise limited NE US service area.)
I haven't thrown away my parents' cable box yet and switched them (and myself) to FiOS, but mainly because I've never needed more speed than DSL gives anyway. I won't let their Triple Play (or anyone else's) in, though--I don't want Optimum Online, and bundles just help breed the anti-competitive practices that both cable and phone companies love.
No, stop laughing, I'm serious! --well at least stop rolling on the floor.:(
It could get about three more people playing in the arcades, if Namco really wants that and not just more IP tightening. For one, the Cutie has tits and a weapon, which seems to be the baseline for girl inclusion in a Soul game. (I mean, her nude transformations would fit quite nicely with such wholesome liberally-covered characters as Ivy and Sophitia "I'm sorry!" Alexandra.) Secondly, Namco can spin it to attract the female crowd by calling the 70s anime character who can turn into pretty much anyone an example of the feminist ideal.
Lastly, if they're really feeling cash-strapped with the whole arcade thing, they can get Michiko Neya to do both Sophie and Honey. (She's already done both, so it's not entirely crazy...)
It's not like Namco--or, at least, Namco Bandai--hasn't heard of her. Bandai distributed the 2004 movie in the States.
I'm not (necessarily) saying this as a fan of Honey, I'm saying this as something that would make some sense--at least as much sense as Link...or Yoda...or Vader. While they'd certainly have to hobble her abilities to put her against the main fighters, and I'm not sure about any associated Honey royalties, how exclusive Aruze's rights to use Honey are, or even if she's popular enough to make a difference for Namco's wallet, it would still be fun to see her bouncing around in an arcade fighting game for once. It'd certainly make more sense than any anti-console whining.
We all know it's a giant "star" filled with alien monsters, to which a hot transforming android chick in a bikini will fly to destroy it and save our collective ass.
They don't need to use the silly "spy satellite" defense.
I hate Cablevision with the deepest of passions, and far more than I could ever even begin to think of hating (e.g.) Microsoft or Sony or any other company short of maybe ExxonMobil, though partly for unrelatedreasons as well.
Until Google grows a pair and brings some decent wireless internet to my area, or I grow a pair (and a wallet) and let someone into my room* to set up Verizon FiOS or that newfangled "fast" DSL that SirLurksAlot mentioned here, I'll stick with their ("slow") DSL and a sincere smile on my face. Plus I don't want to change what's worked very reliably for me so far (even if they know I just submitted a comment to Slashdot) and I don't usually download giga-files and such stuff (when I do, I just grab a sandwich or something).
*God, my room's a mess. That and the stuff I've wanted it to have over the years means I don't feel like re-preparing it for any techs to enter into. Without getting neuralized/killed anyway.:P
I must've gotten a different package. My upgrade came with the row of teens that yelled into their cellphones! They even had pop-music ringtones (gangsta rap if it was a rated-G movie) and that Nextel/Sprint Direct Connect sound every ten seconds!
... clearly he's better qualified to invent nuclear powered Super Soakers.
...and to put them in the hands of sexy women wearing only t-shirts and panties! Ah, Super Soaker, you rival x-ray vision in your powers of revealing and fun.
Said people notice odd charges in credit cards, higher volume of mail, the occasional death threat from Santa Claus ("He knows where you are sleeping", etc.).
Volume of "identity theft" calls becomes overwhelming
"Our economy is improving! America has added over 5,000 new office jobs since last year!"
Suggest the Underpants Gnomes joke and I'll behead a bunny.
I was hoping for Heathcliff's robot to launch his fists in a Rocket Punch as the dog watched from his Pilder.
Shame that it instead looks like a wheeled PC tower with headlights and a set of ports embedded in what appears to be a pouring spout without the hole on top. At least I could mod the drive bays to do Breast Fire...or at least add a flashy ineffective square fan or something.
Slashdot Mirror
...will the Civics play Soulja Boy, and will "Superman that" be slang for attacking an incoming warhead?
"Oh yeah, baby, HeapAlloc me 'til GetLastError returns 8!"
Screw that. I want my flexible girl robot already.
An unidentified program wants access to your computer
I don't know where this program is from or what it's used for.
I trust this program. I know it will blow my head off after it overheats both cores and evaporates the vacuum-laminations of the nearby buses.
I always thought "Cyber Command" was a form of online BDSM.
Sounds like the (sadly) unchecked and unconvicted monopoly that I've known Cablevision to be. At best they seem scary, and at worst, evil.
I haven't heard much regarding Optimum's content-blocking practices (this sounds troubling and accurate--my DSL's never noticeably blocked or slowed any torrents/downloads; it does go down in rare cases for very short times though), but their misleading "grassroots" advertising during the West Side Stadium battle (in which they were clearly defending their own stadium interests in a very shady way--we can argue the actual usefulness of a WSS a later time) and things like this blog post are enough to make me abhor CVC's existence. They own the New York Knicks basketball team and I have a sinking feeling that they suck because CVC make enough money to consider them a non-issue.
In short, I hate them more than I could ever begin to be annoyed at, say, Microsoft. (MS has tried hard to be a powerful company, but their influence is increasingly waning. Comcast et al. seem to have awful service, but they don't seem to want to mess with entire city-building contracts that I know of--their influence seems to be mainly on their own internet service, for which I do hope they pay dearly. OTOH, Cablevision wants to get involved in too many things in their otherwise limited NE US service area.)
I haven't thrown away my parents' cable box yet and switched them (and myself) to FiOS, but mainly because I've never needed more speed than DSL gives anyway. I won't let their Triple Play (or anyone else's) in, though--I don't want Optimum Online, and bundles just help breed the anti-competitive practices that both cable and phone companies love.
...stands for Ecolution can only leverage unrealistically tailored internal operating nature.
(I hope not. I just wanted to give LordKaT extra recursion nightmares for fun.)
Wake me when the females can Honey Flash.
Dr. Montgomery, on the other hand, is more than welcome.
I was hoping I'd get some of those, but that's apparently limited to Half-Human Wikipedia Staff.
No, stop laughing, I'm serious! --well at least stop rolling on the floor. :(
It could get about three more people playing in the arcades, if Namco really wants that and not just more IP tightening. For one, the Cutie has tits and a weapon, which seems to be the baseline for girl inclusion in a Soul game. (I mean, her nude transformations would fit quite nicely with such wholesome liberally-covered characters as Ivy and Sophitia "I'm sorry!" Alexandra.) Secondly, Namco can spin it to attract the female crowd by calling the 70s anime character who can turn into pretty much anyone an example of the feminist ideal.
Lastly, if they're really feeling cash-strapped with the whole arcade thing, they can get Michiko Neya to do both Sophie and Honey. (She's already done both, so it's not entirely crazy...)
It's not like Namco--or, at least, Namco Bandai--hasn't heard of her. Bandai distributed the 2004 movie in the States.
I'm not (necessarily) saying this as a fan of Honey, I'm saying this as something that would make some sense--at least as much sense as Link...or Yoda...or Vader. While they'd certainly have to hobble her abilities to put her against the main fighters, and I'm not sure about any associated Honey royalties, how exclusive Aruze's rights to use Honey are, or even if she's popular enough to make a difference for Namco's wallet, it would still be fun to see her bouncing around in an arcade fighting game for once. It'd certainly make more sense than any anti-console whining.
their accounts of their bumbling antics on their blog reminded me why I hate them.
This was obviously stolen from the SimCity 3000 Wacky Internets expansion pack.
Regina: Is Blu-Ray a carb?
Cady: YES.
We all know it's a giant "star" filled with alien monsters, to which a hot transforming android chick in a bikini will fly to destroy it and save our collective ass.
They don't need to use the silly "spy satellite" defense.
You misspelled "Evil Powergrab Agency". (what, you thought they care about silly things like breathable air and stable climates anymore?)
I hate Cablevision with the deepest of passions, and far more than I could ever even begin to think of hating (e.g.) Microsoft or Sony or any other company short of maybe ExxonMobil, though partly for unrelated reasons as well.
Until Google grows a pair and brings some decent wireless internet to my area, or I grow a pair (and a wallet) and let someone into my room* to set up Verizon FiOS or that newfangled "fast" DSL that SirLurksAlot mentioned here, I'll stick with their ("slow") DSL and a sincere smile on my face. Plus I don't want to change what's worked very reliably for me so far (even if they know I just submitted a comment to Slashdot) and I don't usually download giga-files and such stuff (when I do, I just grab a sandwich or something).
*God, my room's a mess. That and the stuff I've wanted it to have over the years means I don't feel like re-preparing it for any techs to enter into. Without getting neuralized/killed anyway. :P
I must've gotten a different package. My upgrade came with the row of teens that yelled into their cellphones! They even had pop-music ringtones (gangsta rap if it was a rated-G movie) and that Nextel/Sprint Direct Connect sound every ten seconds!
...and to put them in the hands of sexy women wearing only t-shirts and panties! Ah, Super Soaker, you rival x-ray vision in your powers of revealing and fun.
...and on version 4 they'll get really dyslexic and call it the PSAT.
I would've made a comment about Apple's new iPort passport/mp3-player/phone/pilot-light/oregano-grinder, but the name seems to be taken. :/
Who's accessing my dots??? ...are you accessing my dots?
I was hoping for Heathcliff's robot to launch his fists in a Rocket Punch as the dog watched from his Pilder.
Shame that it instead looks like a wheeled PC tower with headlights and a set of ports embedded in what appears to be a pouring spout without the hole on top. At least I could mod the drive bays to do Breast Fire...or at least add a flashy ineffective square fan or something.
--and thus he lent his voice to the theme from Shaft.
(As we all know, the shame of being associated with male genitalia forced him to slightly change his last name and join the Church of Scientology.)