re:" The PSP is a good example -- people didn't adopt it as a movie and game platform because it wasn't especially good at either. "
Um - bullshit?
There's plenty of games that are great on it. Just because you don't play them doesn't make them so. Now MOVIES - yes. The idea of micro-media instead of downloads is a no-brainer, until you realize that iTunes' video selling model only emerged AFTER the PSP specs were put down. I still enjoy transfering video onto a wide screen for portable video - compared to the squint-o-vision iPod video. Otherwise, I regard it as an add-on - but not a full-fledged feature. Sure it's neat watching tron on a small disk without burning a hole in my crotch with a super-heated dell laptop on a plane (those seatback tables work great too - until someone puts their seat-BACK), but is it why I got the PSP? No, that would be for the PSP puzzle games, Katamari and other titles that make long flights endurable.
Unless you're a fan of the current crop airline seatback video games, in which case, you have serious issues.
This should be interesting for all of 2 minutes before it's "haxxored" into the ground. I'm also sure that any federal authorities would be interested in anyone linking to it as well because the department of homeland security is pretty savvy on all things internet to be sure and wouldn't be prone to over-reacting in the slightest.
But, for me - I'm looking forward to the sheer gross tonnage of parody sites that will emerge and the humor that they'll bring. Don't let me down folks!
Now they're totally fucking dead. Either him - or getting on the cover of Wired seems to be the worst omens you can get. Although being on the cover of Businessweek isn't great either. EH KEVIN?
Actually according to Gil Amelio's book - you know - he former CEO of Apple, they were within 2 weeks of not having operating cash. Apple lost it's hoard after a ton of quarterly losses. It's back now of course - but it was very close back in 1996-7 that's why Jobs dumped his stock after selling NeXT (before getting another ton of options).
this is a lame rejoinder on your sig - but even when in an abject pissy mood where I want my karma to drop like a rock, for the hell of it all - getting bonus points for when my sense of humor sneaks out is a great thwarter of such moods. IE - I like-em.
re:"The promise of such dynamically stable robots is that they can be much taller without having to have a wide base, making them much more suitable for working with humans. "
Until said humans goes down a flight of stairs.
*Oof* *Bounce* *Expensive crashey noises*
At this rate we'll have-em screaming "exterminate" in no time.
(and yes I know post 2005 Daleks can do everything and go everywhere - I'm talking pre-video-game dalek)
Don't know how important it would be to pursue one since I'd probably get another Wiki-paste and some truncated garbage from the IM crowd. Good luck with your blackberry symposiums.
And all the other school shootings are myths to in their causes? If bullying was just one misattributed facet of Columbine, don't think that the idea hasn't had forebearers and copycats.
But guns are more efficient. And they're legal! Heck you can still get them for "hunting" under 18 in many states. You could waste time bulking up - but why bother when bullets are so much easier? If you really want to take people down - take them all the way.
The funny thing is this will make for fine TV for decades now. Perhaps the next Columbine will be posted on YouTube! Just imagine.
Or perhaps we could admit that bullying isn't really acceptable behavior for kids as it isn't for adults.
Nah - let them bullets fly! FLY! Get that bleeding head on the news NOW!
How nice - a line by line breakdown. Can you write a paragraph? Somehow I doubt you can. That would be called a debate by the way. It requires skills. Let me know when you get some.
That would make sense Godwin wise, if we weren't at war or something. I guess the big bad mans are just "misunderstood". Ever heard of the word APT? Or do you just work on your apologist skills for terrorists?
No no no - they'll claim the opposite always. In the same way I can claim that I wear this good-luck charm because it repells bear attacks at airports. Of course there haven't been any bear attacks at the airport so you can see how well it's working. No sense stopping now with such a perfect track record.
BTW: I need some money to buy more "mojo" for my anti-bear-charm. Could you send it Western Union? Thanks.
That one frustrated traveler will start with the shoes coming off and continue on till fully naked - and a large portion of the rest of the line will join in.
I for one support our future all-nude flying protests at security checkpoints. Saggy or flappy, I think "Nude Day at the Airport" is overdue.
That's fine. I won't be flying without carry-ons then until a few of them go out of business realizing that some of us either travel light, or don't like having our stuff sent to fucking alaska (unless you're going to fucking alaska of course).
Seeing how well many airlines are doing presently, I'm sure they won't mind. In the age of telecommuting what the fuck do I need to put up with Airport's bullshit these days anyway? There's also great businesses at the private jet commuter centers as well. I recommend others to check it out.
re:"And blathering on the internet can occasionally do good - in particular I've learned a lot of new things"
Good for you - means absolutely dick in the grand scheme of things. Keep telling yourself otherwise though, it's dellusion that makes life more fun than what it really is. Like appeasing hostile forces in a culture war. That's always fun, "but what if we saw things from Hitler's point of view" is a great time killer. Go nuts - or more specifically - go FURTHER nuts.
Some background logic-fodder first, I used to work in advertising years ago (TBWA Chiat-Day among others) and the biggest mistake you could do was giving your competition free airtime on your nickel. Even if you're slagging the competition - you're putting that name into the audience which doesn't always work in your favor. Plus it's just idiotic to be spending 100 million a quarter on ad-buys and then slapping your competitors name on it in any shape or form.
That said, except for the first IBM vs Mac ads which were centered around an ease-of-use argument (the manuals thudding was a fave) most of Apple's campaigns have been too "Us vs Them". I'm not so concerned when they make the case generic, but when they drag in a name-brand, that's just immensely stupid. And it's been a hallmark of Jobs since he was bashing IBM, Sun, Microsoft, Intel, etc.
Why not push (HARD) the positives of YOUR product instead of wasting time - and a buttload of money - bringing someone else to the table?
Is it the Cola war spots that caused this? I don't get it myself. I'd be showing a ton of fun and cool things that you can DO with a Mac rather than harping on whose-better / first all the time. iLife is great, but looking at Apple's ads you'd never know it (and yes I know they hinted at it in one of the two "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC spots) but hinting isn't showing.
No you're not, you're just an ass who doesn't give two shits when there's actual genocide happening right now. Why not spam a plea for the hundreds of thousands being killed in Sudan / Darfur? Oh wait - the US has nothing to do with that. Too bad - it's been going on for what, 3 years now? Nice double standard you have there liberal prick.
Right and of course you've shown your concern over Dafaur in the Sudan's genocide for the last 3 years. No wait - no you haven't, you don't give a shit about genocide at all - you just want to bash the USA. Cry me a fucking river.
And the glorious Brittish Empire did no wrong - ever. Genocide is great when you can ignore your own history I guess. In the meantime enjoy your taxes, and keep buying our crap and entertainment.
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re:" The PSP is a good example -- people didn't adopt it as a movie and game platform because it wasn't especially good at either. "
Um - bullshit?
There's plenty of games that are great on it. Just because you don't play them doesn't make them so. Now MOVIES - yes. The idea of micro-media instead of downloads is a no-brainer, until you realize that iTunes' video selling model only emerged AFTER the PSP specs were put down. I still enjoy transfering video onto a wide screen for portable video - compared to the squint-o-vision iPod video. Otherwise, I regard it as an add-on - but not a full-fledged feature. Sure it's neat watching tron on a small disk without burning a hole in my crotch with a super-heated dell laptop on a plane (those seatback tables work great too - until someone puts their seat-BACK), but is it why I got the PSP? No, that would be for the PSP puzzle games, Katamari and other titles that make long flights endurable.
Unless you're a fan of the current crop airline seatback video games, in which case, you have serious issues.
This should be interesting for all of 2 minutes before it's "haxxored" into the ground. I'm also sure that any federal authorities would be interested in anyone linking to it as well because the department of homeland security is pretty savvy on all things internet to be sure and wouldn't be prone to over-reacting in the slightest.
But, for me - I'm looking forward to the sheer gross tonnage of parody sites that will emerge and the humor that they'll bring. Don't let me down folks!
Now they're totally fucking dead. Either him - or getting on the cover of Wired seems to be the worst omens you can get. Although being on the cover of Businessweek isn't great either. EH KEVIN?
Actually according to Gil Amelio's book - you know - he former CEO of Apple, they were within 2 weeks of not having operating cash. Apple lost it's hoard after a ton of quarterly losses. It's back now of course - but it was very close back in 1996-7 that's why Jobs dumped his stock after selling NeXT (before getting another ton of options).
re: "But the devil will grab you be the b...s if you show a nipple somewhere"
This is the internet - you can say "balls" here.
this is a lame rejoinder on your sig - but even when in an abject pissy mood where I want my karma to drop like a rock, for the hell of it all - getting bonus points for when my sense of humor sneaks out is a great thwarter of such moods. IE - I like-em.
re:"The promise of such dynamically stable robots is that they can be much taller without having to have a wide base, making them much more suitable for working with humans. "
Until said humans goes down a flight of stairs.
*Oof*
*Bounce*
*Expensive crashey noises*
At this rate we'll have-em screaming "exterminate" in no time.
(and yes I know post 2005 Daleks can do everything and go everywhere - I'm talking pre-video-game dalek)
Don't know how important it would be to pursue one since I'd probably get another Wiki-paste and some truncated garbage from the IM crowd. Good luck with your blackberry symposiums.
wow a wiktionary paste. some mad skillz there ROTFL. I'm sure LOL is about as deep as you go. So sad.
And all the other school shootings are myths to in their causes? If bullying was just one misattributed facet of Columbine, don't think that the idea hasn't had forebearers and copycats.
Or are we too busy having our nerd-flashbacks?
Fucking move on people. Or you can stay a victim forever I guess. The therapist market is ready to take your money and operators are standing by.
Hell the thing is a PS2 exclusive and even the Sony haters haven't made comment-one. Bizzare.
But guns are more efficient. And they're legal! Heck you can still get them for "hunting" under 18 in many states. You could waste time bulking up - but why bother when bullets are so much easier? If you really want to take people down - take them all the way.
The funny thing is this will make for fine TV for decades now. Perhaps the next Columbine will be posted on YouTube! Just imagine.
Or perhaps we could admit that bullying isn't really acceptable behavior for kids as it isn't for adults.
Nah - let them bullets fly! FLY! Get that bleeding head on the news NOW!
How nice - a line by line breakdown. Can you write a paragraph? Somehow I doubt you can. That would be called a debate by the way. It requires skills. Let me know when you get some.
That would make sense Godwin wise, if we weren't at war or something. I guess the big bad mans are just "misunderstood". Ever heard of the word APT? Or do you just work on your apologist skills for terrorists?
No no no - they'll claim the opposite always. In the same way I can claim that I wear this good-luck charm because it repells bear attacks at airports. Of course there haven't been any bear attacks at the airport so you can see how well it's working. No sense stopping now with such a perfect track record.
BTW: I need some money to buy more "mojo" for my anti-bear-charm. Could you send it Western Union? Thanks.
I predict:
That one frustrated traveler will start with the shoes coming off and continue on till fully naked - and a large portion of the rest of the line will join in.
I for one support our future all-nude flying protests at security checkpoints. Saggy or flappy, I think "Nude Day at the Airport" is overdue.
That's fine. I won't be flying without carry-ons then until a few of them go out of business realizing that some of us either travel light, or don't like having our stuff sent to fucking alaska (unless you're going to fucking alaska of course).
Seeing how well many airlines are doing presently, I'm sure they won't mind. In the age of telecommuting what the fuck do I need to put up with Airport's bullshit these days anyway? There's also great businesses at the private jet commuter centers as well. I recommend others to check it out.
re:"And blathering on the internet can occasionally do good - in particular I've learned a lot of new things"
Good for you - means absolutely dick in the grand scheme of things. Keep telling yourself otherwise though, it's dellusion that makes life more fun than what it really is. Like appeasing hostile forces in a culture war. That's always fun, "but what if we saw things from Hitler's point of view" is a great time killer. Go nuts - or more specifically - go FURTHER nuts.
Some background logic-fodder first, I used to work in advertising years ago (TBWA Chiat-Day among others) and the biggest mistake you could do was giving your competition free airtime on your nickel. Even if you're slagging the competition - you're putting that name into the audience which doesn't always work in your favor. Plus it's just idiotic to be spending 100 million a quarter on ad-buys and then slapping your competitors name on it in any shape or form.
That said, except for the first IBM vs Mac ads which were centered around an ease-of-use argument (the manuals thudding was a fave) most of Apple's campaigns have been too "Us vs Them". I'm not so concerned when they make the case generic, but when they drag in a name-brand, that's just immensely stupid. And it's been a hallmark of Jobs since he was bashing IBM, Sun, Microsoft, Intel, etc.
Why not push (HARD) the positives of YOUR product instead of wasting time - and a buttload of money - bringing someone else to the table?
Is it the Cola war spots that caused this? I don't get it myself. I'd be showing a ton of fun and cool things that you can DO with a Mac rather than harping on whose-better / first all the time. iLife is great, but looking at Apple's ads you'd never know it (and yes I know they hinted at it in one of the two "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC spots) but hinting isn't showing.
No you're not, you're just an ass who doesn't give two shits when there's actual genocide happening right now. Why not spam a plea for the hundreds of thousands being killed in Sudan / Darfur? Oh wait - the US has nothing to do with that. Too bad - it's been going on for what, 3 years now? Nice double standard you have there liberal prick.
Right and of course you've shown your concern over Dafaur in the Sudan's genocide for the last 3 years. No wait - no you haven't, you don't give a shit about genocide at all - you just want to bash the USA. Cry me a fucking river.
I didn't see that anywhere in the article. Oh well - the bashing continues....
And the glorious Brittish Empire did no wrong - ever. Genocide is great when you can ignore your own history I guess. In the meantime enjoy your taxes, and keep buying our crap and entertainment.
re:"Leander who wouldn't know Monty Python humor if it built a condominium in her arse"
Actually it's very similar to the "Splunge" sketch where each word uttered by the producer is lavashed on by applause and cheers.
You do know Monty Python humor - DON'T YOU?
Or is it because it was a women who wasn't prone to the RDF?
Seriously they're on FIRE!