...I realize that's the point of them being animated, but when I am trying to read an article or watch a Youtube video, my eyes are instictively drawn to the dancing "shadow people", supposedly overjoyed because of "low mortgage rates in my area"!
I have never, nor will I ever, click on one of those ads, nor would I ever even consider purchasing any of their products!
Old-fashioned, non-moving banner ads, however, I can have respect for; I can glance at them once, without anger, and if it's for a normal product that I might purchase (by bricks or clicks), then I'll consider it.
But animated ads distract me so much that all I'll do is block them.
Doggone it!!!
I work weekends, and during my morning preshift (10 mins to boot up & bring up the apps), I try to do some cursory surfing, which includes Slashdot, and IT'S FREAKIN' PINK!!!!
I had to go straight to Digg for fear that my co-workers would see my screen and think I was surfin' some Holly-Hobbie-Strawberry-Shortcake site or something!!!!
Anyone who plans to go on a "Crime Spree" will do it regardless of whether they've played a "GTA-type" game or not.
Crime sprees occurred in the decades past, well before these types of games.
Last night, I played Vice City on my Xbox.
I ran down several characters and killed a few; however, I understand that these are characters, no more real than the old "Space Invaders" of my youth.
In real life, I find it difficult to even be discourteous to real people, much less act violently toward them.
Hybrids are pure crap!!
I could understand if, one day, vehicles with high-powered fuel cells were to emerge - if sold at a competetive price, they could reduce emissions, etc, but I ain't buyin' a Prius just because Claire Fisher from Six Feet Under has turned into an enviro-whacko!!!
" You just ruined our chance to panic and flame about ISS falling from the sky. Thanks a lot! Sheesh...You and your hard facts
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ANS:> 42"
I'm old enough to remember when Skylab fell from orbit - there was a lot of excitement, they even made a song about it!
Imagine, however, if Skylab had reamined in orbit long enough for the shuttle to boost it a bit higher - we could have used it all this time (with a little refurbishing), possibly adding modules over the years, etc.
This concept was tried once, and (thankfully!) failed miserably - it was called DIVX (not to be confused with the divX which is used for playing back dowloaded video content).
It was conceived by an L.A. law firm (not Wolfram & Hart, lol) in conjunction with Circuit City, and attempted to kill the DVD format.
The whole scheme involved purchasing a disc for about 4-5.00 (no extra features, not even in widescreen), and playing it in your DIVX player - you had about 48 hours to watch it, and thereafter would be charged a fee (appx 4-5.00) to play it again for another 48 hour period (the machine was connected via a phone line to the DIVX office).
If you wished to have permanent playback for the disc, you could activate it as "DIVX silver" for around &20.00, but only on your player.
None of these discs play on anything anymore, unless someone has created a hack for them (but they're not even widescreen, so what's the point?).
The whole concept was crap, and we're much better off that it died in June of '99 (less than a year after it's launch!).
I belive the good Reverend Eric Camden is also required in the reunification process - wonder if Annie will get jelous?
Before he does this, maybe I could ask him to fix me up with Jessica Biel?
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...I realize that's the point of them being animated, but when I am trying to read an article or watch a Youtube video, my eyes are instictively drawn to the dancing "shadow people", supposedly overjoyed because of "low mortgage rates in my area"! I have never, nor will I ever, click on one of those ads, nor would I ever even consider purchasing any of their products! Old-fashioned, non-moving banner ads, however, I can have respect for; I can glance at them once, without anger, and if it's for a normal product that I might purchase (by bricks or clicks), then I'll consider it. But animated ads distract me so much that all I'll do is block them.
By that rationale, no company that has any business dealings with any government agency could be considered "commercial", including Burger King.
Damn. One of the Great Three (Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke).
Doggone it!!! I work weekends, and during my morning preshift (10 mins to boot up & bring up the apps), I try to do some cursory surfing, which includes Slashdot, and IT'S FREAKIN' PINK!!!! I had to go straight to Digg for fear that my co-workers would see my screen and think I was surfin' some Holly-Hobbie-Strawberry-Shortcake site or something!!!!
Ummm....AW&ST is a reputable publication, and does NOT equate the Weekly World News...
Anyone who plans to go on a "Crime Spree" will do it regardless of whether they've played a "GTA-type" game or not. Crime sprees occurred in the decades past, well before these types of games. Last night, I played Vice City on my Xbox. I ran down several characters and killed a few; however, I understand that these are characters, no more real than the old "Space Invaders" of my youth. In real life, I find it difficult to even be discourteous to real people, much less act violently toward them.
Hybrids are pure crap!! I could understand if, one day, vehicles with high-powered fuel cells were to emerge - if sold at a competetive price, they could reduce emissions, etc, but I ain't buyin' a Prius just because Claire Fisher from Six Feet Under has turned into an enviro-whacko!!!
" You just ruined our chance to panic and flame about ISS falling from the sky. Thanks a lot! Sheesh...You and your hard facts -- ANS:> 42" I'm old enough to remember when Skylab fell from orbit - there was a lot of excitement, they even made a song about it! Imagine, however, if Skylab had reamined in orbit long enough for the shuttle to boost it a bit higher - we could have used it all this time (with a little refurbishing), possibly adding modules over the years, etc.
This concept was tried once, and (thankfully!) failed miserably - it was called DIVX (not to be confused with the divX which is used for playing back dowloaded video content). It was conceived by an L.A. law firm (not Wolfram & Hart, lol) in conjunction with Circuit City, and attempted to kill the DVD format. The whole scheme involved purchasing a disc for about 4-5.00 (no extra features, not even in widescreen), and playing it in your DIVX player - you had about 48 hours to watch it, and thereafter would be charged a fee (appx 4-5.00) to play it again for another 48 hour period (the machine was connected via a phone line to the DIVX office). If you wished to have permanent playback for the disc, you could activate it as "DIVX silver" for around &20.00, but only on your player. None of these discs play on anything anymore, unless someone has created a hack for them (but they're not even widescreen, so what's the point?). The whole concept was crap, and we're much better off that it died in June of '99 (less than a year after it's launch!).
Will they send Titus Pullo to do their dirty work?
I belive the good Reverend Eric Camden is also required in the reunification process - wonder if Annie will get jelous? Before he does this, maybe I could ask him to fix me up with Jessica Biel?