I think this was an excuse for someone to use the word "typosquatting" in a serious context. Chances are a lunch bet was made over whether or not he can pull it off. Vegas has the odds of said lunch being Chipotle being 3-2 favorites.
You don't suppose, in some terribly deviant scheme, someone someplace needs to piggy-back off the popularity of another site and the poor typing skills of today's interweb surf0r to turn a quick dime do you? Do you have any idea how insane that sounds?
People need to get over the fact the internet is brought to you by companies who are paying huge sums of cash to put their product in front of you and they will find any and every way to get you to see them.
Now if anyone needs me I'll be over at Chipotle enjoying a fresh made fajita burrito with only the finest Bell & Evans chicken, grilled peppers, and recycled organic renewably-farmed rice. And I'll wash it down with an icy cold Coke...ahh...now THAT's refreshment./walks away with canvas bag with large "$" printed on front.
"Ja, eez dat s'posed to be hard or somezing? Vee defeated zem in like 20 minutes wiz pillows unt a squirting gun"
But seriously folks, we shouldn't be celebrating Apple's win over anyone who wants interoperability. No wonder Apple wants to see the headlines lumped together with the RIAA. Like "Captain America foils evil plot by Dr. Doom [then punches the retarded 10-year old next door]".
"increase their marketshare"...yes...because they are just struggling to make ends meet over there at apple. Sometimes a lost market creates a new market opprtunity, if the defeated party recognizes said defeat and moves off to create/dominate their newly forged market.
"Most people don't know anything about macs.... ads will go a long way towards fostering some curiosity"...I agree, to an extent. Most people make it a point to shop at the "iPod Store" and are shocked there are computers there. They tinker, their curiosity climaxes to levels of piqued typically reserved for question-mark labelled boxes and reality TV, but ultimatly they are dissuaded by the $2000 price tag and the fact they can't play minesweeper (if we're going to dumb down the audience you have to assume boot camp is about as within their comprehension as dark matter and immunochemistry).
So do I think Apple needs to take risks to improve their bottom line? Undoubtedly. Do I think telling Microsoft *AND* l33t h4x0rz "screw you guys - i'm perfect" is the way to accomplish that? It alienates their current users (not to mention puts them at risk from the virusii) and defies their "we're better because we don't need to say we are" attitude. Maybe I'm readig too much into Apple's lack of confrontation up to this point but I would like to *think* it was intentional.
I'm lumping this article describing how spammers could be yet MORE annoying with the Fox News special reports in which Geraldo Rivera details how many people could be killed if "terrorists were to jump this 6 foot chain-link fence and put a couple buckets of toxins in this bay-area resvoir".
Thanks - hope those spammers/terrorists have TiVo and a notepad.
Pointing out how 'unsinkable' your OS is when the only reason you've managed to have such a clean bill of health is due to the fact you haven't held enough market share to warrant attack is about as wise as a fattened lamb pointing out how inedible he is to the den of lions who had previously been feasting on the fetid diseased carcass of the Ballmer.
Furthermore...as much as I support Apple, what they're doing, and encourage competition, seems to me they're satisfaction with their vast growth is getting to their heads. They should have included Steve Jobs with George Clooney's acceptance speech in the "Smug Storm" episode of South Park. They're asking for a big steaming dose of reality.
This kind of eliminates the latter from the monkey/robot/ninja deathmatch now doesn't it? I mean if they can't even take out a bunch of berkenstock-clad hippes on the wet deck of a ship how can they handle a cybernetic bushido-wielding Capuchin?
I also find it odd that an environmentalist group patrols the oceans in a large diesel ship. Counter-productive much there Granola Moonbeam Humpflowers?
This post has merit - so far the only successful implementation of a centralized "mothership" server was done by the uber-congolo-hyper-mega-globo-corp Symantec. I used Brightmail and have to say it was the easiest and most effective spam solution I've used at a corporate level.
/end corporate whoredom.
In all seriousness though - I don't see "if you don't want junk mail subscribe to this entirely new Postal Service" catching on. Also to jump up a few comment threads - whitelists SUCK. Such is the problem with e-mail filtering; 99% of people want an implicit accept and gripe when they get a couple pieces of spam. My solution is to buy those people a keyboard with 2 delete buttons and no "@" key.
/lives in state with extremely tight anti-spam laws and doesn't have to deal with much. //also uses gmail - lowest false-positive of any free email. ///made that stat up - but they're very very very good.
The matter of a 5-fretted multi-colored playskool guitar being a 'simulation' is obviously won by the true Guitar advocates, but the matter as to why they're so upset that hordes of people are picking this game up and [heart]ing it for hours on end in their basement, often much to the chegrin of their significant other, is another matter entirely.
Is it jealousy that drives a talented 'musician' (as much a musician as a guy who 'can totally play Dave Matthew's when I'm not this drunk' can be) to criticize a hobbyist for playing something that emulates their pasttime but with much more fervor? Where are the outraged NFL players protesting the pick-up flag football game on the south lawn? Or the picket lines of Orcs demanding equal representation in online WoW forums?
So the issue at hand is whether or not the SG Controller is realistic - it makes no claims to be and neither do it's thousands of fans. The issue is the fact that Guitarists feel somehow slighted by the fact that people would rather play a dumbed-down more enjoyable experience rather than spend months practicing to get 2/3 of the intro lick to "higher ground" without lyrics, bass, or percussion accompaniment.
Sorry 'Slash' but in today's micro-wave instant coffee and non-dairy-creamer world there's just no more place for the dorm room acoustic next to the venerable green, red, yellow, blue, and orange buttons...I'll say a poem for you someday.
You misinterperated my point that games such as those don't justify a $400 system. I in no way disparage small, addicitive, and creative games - espeically the practice of selling them a la carte online with a simple interface. It's a great idea - and so far it's been well executed, but it's not something that needs to be exclusive to Xbox.
The fact that you have friend our age (we share the same approximate vintage) owns no game save the ones he buys online proves the argument that Xbox Live is arguably the only reason to buy this $400 piece of equipment. That was my point - a lack of genuine releases.
Love nickelodeon games, love the concept and marketing. Hate that the Xbox diverts attention from it's shortcomings by waving this flag of Xbox live Arcade,
Well said - nickelodeon games and live chat won't make up for an overall lack of software and certainly don't justify a $400+ investment in dedicated equipment.
Seems to me that Miyamoto's view that the PS3 and Rev are non-competitors is shared by his audience - and that if he does feel that way then answering questions about the PS3 seems out of his realm of concern.
Makes me wonder why, given the opportunity to talk shop with the Uber-mancer at Nintendo Guardian chose to base the brunt of their discussion on PS3. Are they trying to hype that near-dead horse into a fine paste?
Or is it (as my title suggests) just nonsequitous sensationalism?
Couldn't agree more with the DDR and Guitar hero - I've used both of those extensively getting my wife more comfortable with video games and now she is surpassing me at both (though it may not be such a bad thing to not be as good as your wife at DDR/ITG).
Also I'd suggest a game that is 'new' to both of you. You may be well versed overall in sports games but maybe Mario Strikers or MLB 2006 will be enough of a learning experience for both of you that the table will be even. Speaking from experience my wife was happy doing her own thing with games like Animal Crossing, Sims2, Lumines, etc. But you have my suggestions for 2-player video game foreplay.
http://www.bentwookie.com/ - I blogged heavily about my previous job and thankfully resigned about the time they caught wind of it and wanted to press charges for referring to the CEO by the pseudonym "cockfag". Seemed better than a real name considering the assinine things he would do.
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/walks away with canvas bag with large "$" printed on front.
I think this was an excuse for someone to use the word "typosquatting" in a serious context. Chances are a lunch bet was made over whether or not he can pull it off. Vegas has the odds of said lunch being Chipotle being 3-2 favorites.
You don't suppose, in some terribly deviant scheme, someone someplace needs to piggy-back off the popularity of another site and the poor typing skills of today's interweb surf0r to turn a quick dime do you? Do you have any idea how insane that sounds?
People need to get over the fact the internet is brought to you by companies who are paying huge sums of cash to put their product in front of you and they will find any and every way to get you to see them.
Now if anyone needs me I'll be over at Chipotle enjoying a fresh made fajita burrito with only the finest Bell & Evans chicken, grilled peppers, and recycled organic renewably-farmed rice. And I'll wash it down with an icy cold Coke...ahh...now THAT's refreshment.
"Ja, eez dat s'posed to be hard or somezing? Vee defeated zem in like 20 minutes wiz pillows unt a squirting gun"
But seriously folks, we shouldn't be celebrating Apple's win over anyone who wants interoperability. No wonder Apple wants to see the headlines lumped together with the RIAA. Like "Captain America foils evil plot by Dr. Doom [then punches the retarded 10-year old next door]".
Not cool, Jorbs, not cool...
"increase their marketshare" ...yes...because they are just struggling to make ends meet over there at apple. Sometimes a lost market creates a new market opprtunity, if the defeated party recognizes said defeat and moves off to create/dominate their newly forged market.
.... ads will go a long way towards fostering some curiosity"...I agree, to an extent. Most people make it a point to shop at the "iPod Store" and are shocked there are computers there. They tinker, their curiosity climaxes to levels of piqued typically reserved for question-mark labelled boxes and reality TV, but ultimatly they are dissuaded by the $2000 price tag and the fact they can't play minesweeper (if we're going to dumb down the audience you have to assume boot camp is about as within their comprehension as dark matter and immunochemistry).
"Most people don't know anything about macs
So do I think Apple needs to take risks to improve their bottom line? Undoubtedly. Do I think telling Microsoft *AND* l33t h4x0rz "screw you guys - i'm perfect" is the way to accomplish that? It alienates their current users (not to mention puts them at risk from the virusii) and defies their "we're better because we don't need to say we are" attitude. Maybe I'm readig too much into Apple's lack of confrontation up to this point but I would like to *think* it was intentional.
I'm lumping this article describing how spammers could be yet MORE annoying with the Fox News special reports in which Geraldo Rivera details how many people could be killed if "terrorists were to jump this 6 foot chain-link fence and put a couple buckets of toxins in this bay-area resvoir".
Thanks - hope those spammers/terrorists have TiVo and a notepad.
Scott Richter, are you getting all this?
Couldn't agree more.
Pointing out how 'unsinkable' your OS is when the only reason you've managed to have such a clean bill of health is due to the fact you haven't held enough market share to warrant attack is about as wise as a fattened lamb pointing out how inedible he is to the den of lions who had previously been feasting on the fetid diseased carcass of the Ballmer.
Furthermore...as much as I support Apple, what they're doing, and encourage competition, seems to me they're satisfaction with their vast growth is getting to their heads. They should have included Steve Jobs with George Clooney's acceptance speech in the "Smug Storm" episode of South Park. They're asking for a big steaming dose of reality.
"After months confronting whalers and pirates..."
This kind of eliminates the latter from the monkey/robot/ninja deathmatch now doesn't it? I mean if they can't even take out a bunch of berkenstock-clad hippes on the wet deck of a ship how can they handle a cybernetic bushido-wielding Capuchin?
I also find it odd that an environmentalist group patrols the oceans in a large diesel ship. Counter-productive much there Granola Moonbeam Humpflowers?
This post has merit - so far the only successful implementation of a centralized "mothership" server was done by the uber-congolo-hyper-mega-globo-corp Symantec. I used Brightmail and have to say it was the easiest and most effective spam solution I've used at a corporate level.
/end corporate whoredom.
/lives in state with extremely tight anti-spam laws and doesn't have to deal with much.
//also uses gmail - lowest false-positive of any free email.
///made that stat up - but they're very very very good.
In all seriousness though - I don't see "if you don't want junk mail subscribe to this entirely new Postal Service" catching on. Also to jump up a few comment threads - whitelists SUCK. Such is the problem with e-mail filtering; 99% of people want an implicit accept and gripe when they get a couple pieces of spam. My solution is to buy those people a keyboard with 2 delete buttons and no "@" key.
The matter of a 5-fretted multi-colored playskool guitar being a 'simulation' is obviously won by the true Guitar advocates, but the matter as to why they're so upset that hordes of people are picking this game up and [heart]ing it for hours on end in their basement, often much to the chegrin of their significant other, is another matter entirely. Is it jealousy that drives a talented 'musician' (as much a musician as a guy who 'can totally play Dave Matthew's when I'm not this drunk' can be) to criticize a hobbyist for playing something that emulates their pasttime but with much more fervor? Where are the outraged NFL players protesting the pick-up flag football game on the south lawn? Or the picket lines of Orcs demanding equal representation in online WoW forums? So the issue at hand is whether or not the SG Controller is realistic - it makes no claims to be and neither do it's thousands of fans. The issue is the fact that Guitarists feel somehow slighted by the fact that people would rather play a dumbed-down more enjoyable experience rather than spend months practicing to get 2/3 of the intro lick to "higher ground" without lyrics, bass, or percussion accompaniment. Sorry 'Slash' but in today's micro-wave instant coffee and non-dairy-creamer world there's just no more place for the dorm room acoustic next to the venerable green, red, yellow, blue, and orange buttons...I'll say a poem for you someday.
There's something I can agree with .... hey wait! It's YOU! You're just trying to promote your pro-WoW agenda!
You misinterperated my point that games such as those don't justify a $400 system. I in no way disparage small, addicitive, and creative games - espeically the practice of selling them a la carte online with a simple interface. It's a great idea - and so far it's been well executed, but it's not something that needs to be exclusive to Xbox. The fact that you have friend our age (we share the same approximate vintage) owns no game save the ones he buys online proves the argument that Xbox Live is arguably the only reason to buy this $400 piece of equipment. That was my point - a lack of genuine releases. Love nickelodeon games, love the concept and marketing. Hate that the Xbox diverts attention from it's shortcomings by waving this flag of Xbox live Arcade,
Well said - nickelodeon games and live chat won't make up for an overall lack of software and certainly don't justify a $400+ investment in dedicated equipment.
Seems to me that Miyamoto's view that the PS3 and Rev are non-competitors is shared by his audience - and that if he does feel that way then answering questions about the PS3 seems out of his realm of concern. Makes me wonder why, given the opportunity to talk shop with the Uber-mancer at Nintendo Guardian chose to base the brunt of their discussion on PS3. Are they trying to hype that near-dead horse into a fine paste? Or is it (as my title suggests) just nonsequitous sensationalism?
Couldn't agree more with the DDR and Guitar hero - I've used both of those extensively getting my wife more comfortable with video games and now she is surpassing me at both (though it may not be such a bad thing to not be as good as your wife at DDR/ITG). Also I'd suggest a game that is 'new' to both of you. You may be well versed overall in sports games but maybe Mario Strikers or MLB 2006 will be enough of a learning experience for both of you that the table will be even. Speaking from experience my wife was happy doing her own thing with games like Animal Crossing, Sims2, Lumines, etc. But you have my suggestions for 2-player video game foreplay.
http://www.bentwookie.com/ - I blogged heavily about my previous job and thankfully resigned about the time they caught wind of it and wanted to press charges for referring to the CEO by the pseudonym "cockfag". Seemed better than a real name considering the assinine things he would do.