For immediate release: "Steve Jobs is currently undergoing medical treatment at Princeton Plainsborough Teaching Hospital under the care of Doctor Gregory House. Dr. House has indicated that the diagnosis of Lupus Nephritis is the cause of Mr. Jobs' condition. Further questions may be sent to trashbin@apple.com"
Hold on a second. Who's manipulating the stocks? Stocks should be based on company output and performance, not on the CEO's health. If anything, it's the people who rate stocks on anything BUT company performance that are manipulating the stocks. Apple's giving a friendly version of the "not your business" protocol.
While Jobs's efforts have saved the company from a downward spiral, that doesn't mean that it's all on him. The executive team has hopefully learned from Jobs such that if he were to go, they could carry on. the concept of a legacy. Stocks should be based on actual production and sales, not on the health of one man. Whomever is driving this needs to not be working anymore, because it's just sensationalism.
Oh, and Steve Jobs's medical record is protected by HIPAA. So sure, SEC/Stockholders/Media Idiots can moan and whine about wanting to know, but if he chooses not to share it, they won't get it.
Sure, someone can leak it out. Then that someone will find themselves unemployed and most likely sued into submission.
Except those pesky instances of writings and/or movies with ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME NAMES AS THE ONES SHE USED which were released before she put pen to paper... Absolutely... she's totally original.
Oh those dastardly swedes, always so ready to chip their opponents because they suck at sports. Because in order to win, their opponents MUST be cheating.
I wrote BBOnline about this, and this was the reply they gave me:
Thanks for contacting Blockbuster Online Customer Care. I'm very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. When you log in to your BLOCKBUSTER Online account, the site uses "cookies" to determine if you have ever visited Facebook.com. (Cookies: a collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the Internet. It is used by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site.)
If cookies detect that you have a Facebook account, regardless of whether or not you have installed the Movie Clique(TM) application, then activities on blockbuster.com such as rating movies or adding movies to your Queue will be sent as notifications to your mini-feed and friends' profiles. You will see a "toast" for each action resulting in a notification. If you want to permanently disable the Facebook integration on blockbuster.com, you can easily change these settings on Facebook by clicking on Privacy Settings for External Websites. Under "Allow these websites to send stories to my profile" for Blockbuster, click "Never" and Save.
You may see a pop-up on blockbuster.com which introduces Movie Clique(TM) encourages you to link your BLOCKBUSTER Online® account to your Facebook profile. If you don't want to see the screen pop anymore, click the "Do Not Show This Again" box and click Save. I hope this information helps, feel free to contact me anytime.
So basically, they snag your facebook cookie, then they add your rental info on your account without asking permission, forcing itself on your account, and announcing away. It's up to you to then uninstall that shit.
No sign of intentional fraud? Have you watched any of the speeches that Bush has had over the years? He couldn't even keep his 9/11 story straight, and that was 3 months after the fact. A war is a HUGE thing, and the fact that he can't keep his "reason for getting into the war' straight (and people have caught him on video and called him on this) is pretty criminal to me.
Tin foil hat must be the new thinking cap, because someone calling Bush out on criminal activities seems like the least we could do to respect the memories of the dead.
Seriously. I spent a lot of time making her look attractive, and as long as I'm not flirting with other players, what's the big deal? I find more problems with guys who enjoy staring at the rear end of a muscular male character they created (in WoW) for hours on end. Either they believe themselves to be that character... or they get some closeted pleasure out of it.:P
Anyone who treats the internet more than what it truly is (a den of lies and piracy, dumptruck with a series of tubes) is only bound for a life of sadness. Anyone who is so into the internet that they stake their emotions into it need some good old fashion electroshock therapy.
Anyone else think that maybe, JUST MAYBE, our attitude towards the lax customer service portion of corporations have allowed them to grow lazy and fat as hell? I mean, it's sad when in Asia and the netherlands, most of their people have broadband (and most of the intro packages are cheaper and much faster than the crap we offer in the US). Yet, they're cool with keeping us underdeveloped because it would cost them an extra buck or two (even though it would eventually earn itself back). But nooo, they want to make the money now. And you allow them to continue with the short sighted business model, which in turn hampers our development.
Keep it up, man. Keep making America great. I mean, who needs to be on the leading edge of service anyway?
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That makes M$ an idea company too? And Sony?
For immediate release: "Steve Jobs is currently undergoing medical treatment at Princeton Plainsborough Teaching Hospital under the care of Doctor Gregory House. Dr. House has indicated that the diagnosis of Lupus Nephritis is the cause of Mr. Jobs' condition. Further questions may be sent to trashbin@apple.com"
Hold on a second. Who's manipulating the stocks? Stocks should be based on company output and performance, not on the CEO's health. If anything, it's the people who rate stocks on anything BUT company performance that are manipulating the stocks. Apple's giving a friendly version of the "not your business" protocol.
Apple is a software/hardware company. There's no such thing as an idea company.
Wrong.
While Jobs's efforts have saved the company from a downward spiral, that doesn't mean that it's all on him. The executive team has hopefully learned from Jobs such that if he were to go, they could carry on. the concept of a legacy. Stocks should be based on actual production and sales, not on the health of one man. Whomever is driving this needs to not be working anymore, because it's just sensationalism.
Oh, and Steve Jobs's medical record is protected by HIPAA. So sure, SEC/Stockholders/Media Idiots can moan and whine about wanting to know, but if he chooses not to share it, they won't get it.
Sure, someone can leak it out. Then that someone will find themselves unemployed and most likely sued into submission.
Read Scott Card's reply to Rowling's BAAAAW. Some of the authors did try to take it to court.
Except those pesky instances of writings and/or movies with ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME NAMES AS THE ONES SHE USED which were released before she put pen to paper... Absolutely... she's totally original.
or skynet.. :o
Wait... I think I remember the plot of this movie.... didn't we turn to an air force-run computer to wipe out a virus tha.... oh no.... SKYNET!
Why doesn't Skynet EVER try and kill Kyle Reese? Skynet's so illogical.
Oh those dastardly swedes, always so ready to chip their opponents because they suck at sports. Because in order to win, their opponents MUST be cheating.
but blockbuster can be sued. :D
:D
And they'll lose.
I wrote BBOnline about this, and this was the reply they gave me:
Thanks for contacting Blockbuster Online Customer Care.
I'm very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. When you log in to your BLOCKBUSTER Online account, the site uses "cookies" to determine if you have ever visited Facebook.com. (Cookies: a collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the Internet. It is used by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site.)
If cookies detect that you have a Facebook account, regardless of whether or not you have installed the Movie Clique(TM) application, then activities on blockbuster.com such as rating movies or adding movies to your Queue will be sent as notifications to your mini-feed and friends' profiles. You will see a "toast" for each action resulting in a notification. If you want to permanently disable the Facebook integration on blockbuster.com, you can easily change these settings on Facebook by clicking on Privacy Settings for External Websites. Under "Allow these websites to send stories to my profile" for Blockbuster, click "Never" and Save.
You may see a pop-up on blockbuster.com which introduces Movie Clique(TM) encourages you to link your BLOCKBUSTER Online® account to your Facebook profile. If you don't want to see the screen pop anymore, click the "Do Not Show This Again" box and click Save. I hope this information helps, feel free to contact me anytime.
So basically, they snag your facebook cookie, then they add your rental info on your account without asking permission, forcing itself on your account, and announcing away. It's up to you to then uninstall that shit.
BBOnline: See you in court!
No sign of intentional fraud? Have you watched any of the speeches that Bush has had over the years? He couldn't even keep his 9/11 story straight, and that was 3 months after the fact. A war is a HUGE thing, and the fact that he can't keep his "reason for getting into the war' straight (and people have caught him on video and called him on this) is pretty criminal to me.
Tin foil hat must be the new thinking cap, because someone calling Bush out on criminal activities seems like the least we could do to respect the memories of the dead.
Look, dude, if the thief had to outrun a huge rolling ball, I think he earned what he stole. :D
And who are you to judge how people play a game? Until you purchase my game for me, you really have no right to tell me how to play my game. :P
Seriously. I spent a lot of time making her look attractive, and as long as I'm not flirting with other players, what's the big deal? I find more problems with guys who enjoy staring at the rear end of a muscular male character they created (in WoW) for hours on end. Either they believe themselves to be that character... or they get some closeted pleasure out of it. :P
Well, that and ebay comes from xxx.ebay.com, and phishers come from xxx.ebay-woohoo.ru/
Anyone who treats the internet more than what it truly is (a den of lies and piracy, dumptruck with a series of tubes) is only bound for a life of sadness. Anyone who is so into the internet that they stake their emotions into it need some good old fashion electroshock therapy.
I just want to know... why is Rum always gone?
If websites would follow through on their promise of sending me a free DSLR for subscribing to Ebay and Video Professor, I might not block their ads.
You have to be discrete about it. Come on now, that's basic know-how they taught in Sex-ed.
A failed career as a real lawyer and a desire to obtain money to pay off his drug habits and AIDS treatments? I think so!
Anyone else think that maybe, JUST MAYBE, our attitude towards the lax customer service portion of corporations have allowed them to grow lazy and fat as hell? I mean, it's sad when in Asia and the netherlands, most of their people have broadband (and most of the intro packages are cheaper and much faster than the crap we offer in the US). Yet, they're cool with keeping us underdeveloped because it would cost them an extra buck or two (even though it would eventually earn itself back). But nooo, they want to make the money now. And you allow them to continue with the short sighted business model, which in turn hampers our development.
Keep it up, man. Keep making America great. I mean, who needs to be on the leading edge of service anyway?
No, because our country is governed by zealots and money-hungry folk, whom are guided by the fundamentalists.
Seriously, this is why the UK will always have an upper hand.