I have a funny feeling this "Antarctic's First Plane" thing started when an American dared point out that the first plane to fly in Antarctica was the "Stars and Stripes" (built by the legendary Sherman Farchild, and one of his pioneering aerial surveys). Then, as is always the case when an American dares claim a "first" in anything, hundreds of Europeans, Canadians, Australians, etc. with inferiority complexes immediately rushed out and found an obscure case of someone *shipping* a plane to Antarctica before this (which never actually flew), so they could once again show those big-shot Americans that their dicks were bigger.
Buying ANYTHING at Best Buy these days is a chore.
"No I don't want your optimization plan." "No I don't want an extended warranty." "No I don't want any accessories." "No I don't want the super awesome $50 Monster Cables with gold tips." "No I don't want your PlatinumShield super-dupper service plan."
What's bad is when you get a salesman who wants to argue with you. "But you need our service plan!!" Sometimes I just want to throttle these guys. If there was another place I could get computer parts and electronics locally (for times when waiting three or four days for Newegg isn't an option) I would never set foot inside their doors. A few weeks ago I had pushy BB salesmen try to sell me a warranty plan on a $20 card reader, for crying out loud.
Buying ANYTHING at Best Buy these days is a chore.
"No I don't want your optimaization plan." "No I don't want an extended warranty." "No I don't want any accessories." "No I don't want the super awesome $50 Monster Cables with gold tips." "No I don't want your PlatinumShield super-dupper service plan."
What's bad is when you get a salesman who wants to argue with you. "But you need our service plan!!" Sometimes I just want to throttle these guys. If there was another place I could get computer parts and electronics locally (for times when waiting three or four days for Newegg isn't an option) I would never set foot inside their doors. A few weeks ago I had pushy BB salesmen try to sell me a warranty plans on a $20 card reader, for crying out loud.
When I was in grad school, I had a class where we had to critique each others' papers. One of the best criticisms I ever heard in that class was aimed at a particularly pompous bullshit artist: "I have never read so many words that said so little."
It's an impressive tech demo. But there is no point in renting it (unless your one of the lucky handful of people with a 3D TV). Without the technical flash, it's just a bland retelling of Dances With Wolves.
Fox should be glad they're making money now, because this movie is going to tank when it hits home video. No one in their right mind if going to pay for a 2D DVD or blu-ray of this.
It was basically "Dances With Wolves" retold with stunning visual FX. Worth seeing though, just as a tech demo for what can be done with modern 3D--without having to sit through an annoying kid's movie (which has been almost exclusively what modern 3D has been used for up to this point).
Every time I hear this self-righteous arrogant prick make a proclamation, I always think back to an old Ben Stiller Show skit which has Bono saying things like "You think I'm a god? I'm not a god....Well okay, maybe I am a god."
I just got the Droid Eris for free at Best Buy (with ubiquitous contact clause of course). People who bought them for Christmas payed $100 for them. If you see a model you want, odds are it will drop down to an affordable price (or even no price at all) if you'll just wait a while. If you buy one when it's first out and uber-popular, you're going to pay a premium.
Am I the only one surprised to learn that he's *not* gay? Seriously, I don't mean that as a troll, I honestly always assumed he was until I read about his wife.
When you're at the very top, and your business model has come to depend on having 80%+ of the market share, even a small competitor can be a real threat. Even if Openoffice were to capture just 10% of the market, it would be a huge blow to Office's profits (and Office is one of MS's real cash cows, along with Windows). This isn't like IE and Firefox (MS doesn't make money off IE, it certainly does off Office).
Not only that, but if you're looking for someone who's also frustrated and ready to blow up the world, you could do a lot worse than to find an engineer.
Don't worry, the U.S. and the other EU countries will be imposing sanctions soon enough to convince your government to back down from such an obviously insane position.
Yeah but just when you think you've won the game, your wife leaves you, you lose your job, and your son decides to forgo college for the exciting world of drug dealing.
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I have a funny feeling this "Antarctic's First Plane" thing started when an American dared point out that the first plane to fly in Antarctica was the "Stars and Stripes" (built by the legendary Sherman Farchild, and one of his pioneering aerial surveys). Then, as is always the case when an American dares claim a "first" in anything, hundreds of Europeans, Canadians, Australians, etc. with inferiority complexes immediately rushed out and found an obscure case of someone *shipping* a plane to Antarctica before this (which never actually flew), so they could once again show those big-shot Americans that their dicks were bigger.
Didn't these "Darwin Awards" start as as email spams that mostly consisted of urban legends?
Buying ANYTHING at Best Buy these days is a chore.
"No I don't want your optimization plan."
"No I don't want an extended warranty."
"No I don't want any accessories."
"No I don't want the super awesome $50 Monster Cables with gold tips."
"No I don't want your PlatinumShield super-dupper service plan."
What's bad is when you get a salesman who wants to argue with you. "But you need our service plan!!" Sometimes I just want to throttle these guys. If there was another place I could get computer parts and electronics locally (for times when waiting three or four days for Newegg isn't an option) I would never set foot inside their doors. A few weeks ago I had pushy BB salesmen try to sell me a warranty plan on a $20 card reader, for crying out loud.
Buying ANYTHING at Best Buy these days is a chore.
"No I don't want your optimaization plan."
"No I don't want an extended warranty."
"No I don't want any accessories."
"No I don't want the super awesome $50 Monster Cables with gold tips."
"No I don't want your PlatinumShield super-dupper service plan."
What's bad is when you get a salesman who wants to argue with you. "But you need our service plan!!" Sometimes I just want to throttle these guys. If there was another place I could get computer parts and electronics locally (for times when waiting three or four days for Newegg isn't an option) I would never set foot inside their doors. A few weeks ago I had pushy BB salesmen try to sell me a warranty plans on a $20 card reader, for crying out loud.
When I was in grad school, I had a class where we had to critique each others' papers. One of the best criticisms I ever heard in that class was aimed at a particularly pompous bullshit artist: "I have never read so many words that said so little."
It's an impressive tech demo. But there is no point in renting it (unless your one of the lucky handful of people with a 3D TV). Without the technical flash, it's just a bland retelling of Dances With Wolves.
Fox should be glad they're making money now, because this movie is going to tank when it hits home video. No one in their right mind if going to pay for a 2D DVD or blu-ray of this.
It would have been less cruel if she had slept with your brother.
It was basically "Dances With Wolves" retold with stunning visual FX. Worth seeing though, just as a tech demo for what can be done with modern 3D--without having to sit through an annoying kid's movie (which has been almost exclusively what modern 3D has been used for up to this point).
Apparently, firewater wasn't the only poison the Indians embraced.
I thought Indians didn't believe in the evil white man's concept of individual property ownership. So much for the noble savage idea.
Every time I hear this self-righteous arrogant prick make a proclamation, I always think back to an old Ben Stiller Show skit which has Bono saying things like "You think I'm a god? I'm not a god....Well okay, maybe I am a god."
If Dubai's economy keeps tanking, America will just buy it (with money the Chinese loan them).
Things change. Young people embrace it, old people rooted in the old way bitch and moan about it. Rinse, repeat.
Well how else do you explain the fact that I love the TV show "Glee"?
If it was their average intelligence, it wouldn't be a 150 IQ, now would it? It would be 100.
I just got the Droid Eris for free at Best Buy (with ubiquitous contact clause of course). People who bought them for Christmas payed $100 for them. If you see a model you want, odds are it will drop down to an affordable price (or even no price at all) if you'll just wait a while. If you buy one when it's first out and uber-popular, you're going to pay a premium.
Am I the only one surprised to learn that he's *not* gay? Seriously, I don't mean that as a troll, I honestly always assumed he was until I read about his wife.
My town mistakenly ordered LEO lights. We can't tell if they work or not. They're too high to see.
When you're at the very top, and your business model has come to depend on having 80%+ of the market share, even a small competitor can be a real threat. Even if Openoffice were to capture just 10% of the market, it would be a huge blow to Office's profits (and Office is one of MS's real cash cows, along with Windows). This isn't like IE and Firefox (MS doesn't make money off IE, it certainly does off Office).
Not only that, but if you're looking for someone who's also frustrated and ready to blow up the world, you could do a lot worse than to find an engineer.
People who think these are really things you can control are always the next ones to get hit.
Don't worry, the U.S. and the other EU countries will be imposing sanctions soon enough to convince your government to back down from such an obviously insane position.
The government must have decided they're too big to fail. Or, to put it more accurately, their campaign contributions are too big for them to fail.
Yeah but just when you think you've won the game, your wife leaves you, you lose your job, and your son decides to forgo college for the exciting world of drug dealing.
Life, the game you can never really win.
If thirty years of bullshit promises about moonbases and men on Mars are any indication, this game will never actually materialize.