They do come by it honestly, though. It's a reference to "BBCi," which stands for "BBC interactive" and has been the brand name of their digital and online services since 2001.
And here I thought there wasn't any money to be made off blogging anymore, turns out you just need to be the blogger's lawyer instead of the blogger. I wish there was any amount of common sense I could display that'd earn me $700,000.
This is especially frustrating to me, as it just so happens I am actually an exiled Nigerian prince who makes a perfectly honest living selling male potency supplements. Badly designed spam-blocking systems have made it incredibly difficult for me to find a complete stranger who will let me deposit sixty millions of American dollars into their bank account for completely legitimate reasons.
I believe the Google ads were there the first time I saw that page, which was before the letter from Linden. It makes sense that Google would cough up Second-Life-related ads for that page, since it doesn't have any subject matter beyond a Second Life spoof to base AdSense on.
Bankers react to Vista Launch
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Pre-Op Groin Shavers react to Vista Launch
etc.
The major difference is the fake currency from Second Life is openly exchangeable for cash, both through Linden's own site as well as third-party currency exchanges that have sprung up. There is nothing shady or underground about it.
Thing is, now that he's meekly announced that he's cracked it but not saying how, someone else can duplicate his work (or comes to the same end by unrelated means) and post it anonymously, and it'll all come back to this guy now. He's put himself in the crosshairs even without posting source code.
Disclaimer: I was given special permission by Verizon to stress-test the G'zOne. Verizon and I both agree: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. These tests were performed so that we as consumers can validate Verizon's claims without you having to test them yourself. If you break your own equipment, you're the one responsible.
I understand why the reviewer would want a disclaimer of some sort, but since when does a product reviewer need "special permission" from a vendor to do a proper review?
Now I can take a well-configured Linux lappy to the airport, hook up through these bad guys, and make extra sure to do everything illegal, immoral, and dangerous I can think of over their pipe without a smidgen of guilt. Woo and yay!
It could be, but Lithgow is much harder to type an impression of in text. Unless, of course, you're doing Lithgow from Buckaroo Banzai. "Laugh-a while you can-a, monkey-boy!"
Am I the only one who remembers "Twilight Zone: The Movie" ?
You may want to grab the playable SQ6 demo. It's not actually part of SQ6, it's a shorter original story told with SQ6's art and engine, and as was standard back then it was spread around the early web and online services as well as included on the CDs for one or two earlier Sierra games. It's a really neat peek at the style of the game, if you dig it you'll dig the genuine article.
I don't know about King's Quest, but Space Quest was pretty much gold right up to the point when they just stopped acknowledging the series' existence. Although there was a rumor that they wanted to make a 7th which was a multiplayer FPS style of thing to compete with Quake before dropping the whole thing, so maybe we were narrowly saved from a blatant shark-jumping.
SCEA's Jack Tretton, who responded to the question "Will we see the PS3's price drop?" with the point blank answer of not anytime soon.
Begging his pardon, but we already are seeing price drops. Remember that Sony only suggests the retail price, but it's ultimately determined by how much the customers are willing to pay for the thing. Even the Sega Saturn and the Virtual Boy cost a pile at one point.
PS1 games will never again be viewable the way they were intended.
That's a bit ominous, especially when anyone can still blow $20 on a junky color TV and hook an old Playstation up to it. Not every television purchase is a 90" super-sharp plasma-flatscreen home-theater football-humper yet.
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They do come by it honestly, though. It's a reference to "BBCi," which stands for "BBC interactive" and has been the brand name of their digital and online services since 2001.
And here I thought there wasn't any money to be made off blogging anymore, turns out you just need to be the blogger's lawyer instead of the blogger. I wish there was any amount of common sense I could display that'd earn me $700,000.
This is especially frustrating to me, as it just so happens I am actually an exiled Nigerian prince who makes a perfectly honest living selling male potency supplements. Badly designed spam-blocking systems have made it incredibly difficult for me to find a complete stranger who will let me deposit sixty millions of American dollars into their bank account for completely legitimate reasons.
I believe the Google ads were there the first time I saw that page, which was before the letter from Linden. It makes sense that Google would cough up Second-Life-related ads for that page, since it doesn't have any subject matter beyond a Second Life spoof to base AdSense on.
Mike broke the Hubble! Mike broke the Hubble!
I don't forget, I just tell jokes.
(-1, Redundant)
Bankers react to Vista Launch
Claims Adjusters react to Vista Launch
Baristas react to Vista Launch
Southpaws react to Vista Launch
Episcopalians react to Vista Launch
Underwater Basket-Weavers react to Vista Launch
Pizzeria Owners react to Vista Launch
Pre-Op Groin Shavers react to Vista Launch
etc.
Does this mean that electrons have finally jumped the shark?
The major difference is the fake currency from Second Life is openly exchangeable for cash, both through Linden's own site as well as third-party currency exchanges that have sprung up. There is nothing shady or underground about it.
Thing is, now that he's meekly announced that he's cracked it but not saying how, someone else can duplicate his work (or comes to the same end by unrelated means) and post it anonymously, and it'll all come back to this guy now. He's put himself in the crosshairs even without posting source code.
NO WAI! Can I get that in PDF with resell rights? That would be A++++++++!!!
Now I can take a well-configured Linux lappy to the airport, hook up through these bad guys, and make extra sure to do everything illegal, immoral, and dangerous I can think of over their pipe without a smidgen of guilt. Woo and yay!
There's... someone on the wing! Some... thing! And it's... trying to... leech wifi! </shatner>
You may want to grab the playable SQ6 demo. It's not actually part of SQ6, it's a shorter original story told with SQ6's art and engine, and as was standard back then it was spread around the early web and online services as well as included on the CDs for one or two earlier Sierra games. It's a really neat peek at the style of the game, if you dig it you'll dig the genuine article.
I don't know about King's Quest, but Space Quest was pretty much gold right up to the point when they just stopped acknowledging the series' existence. Although there was a rumor that they wanted to make a 7th which was a multiplayer FPS style of thing to compete with Quake before dropping the whole thing, so maybe we were narrowly saved from a blatant shark-jumping.
Dude, spoiler warning!
/tosses book
November 2007? Sure, what the hell, I've had a good life.
So, who wants to loan me large sums of money? Pay you back in December?