History is not going to say that the Apple TV was the first step in a new direction. History is not going to remember the Apple TV (except perhaps on lists of failed Apple products).
Tthe dicknose I was replying to was acting like because people said the iPod and the iPhone would fade into obscurity and they didn't, that since people were saying the iPad would fade into obscurity he could safely conclude that the iPad would not either. The fucking Apple TV will fade into obscurity and be forgotten to history. Your post seems to imply that the Apple TV didn't get it right so you recognize that the Apple TV isn't the kind of product like the iPod and iPhone that have made a huge impact. Thus, since you recognize this, it's obvious that you just wanted to link to free.fr in an attempt to demonstrate something rather than just read the fucking flow of conversation and understand it. In short, you're a fucking asshole. Go eat a bag full of dicks.
Excellent post. After that rootkit business, I swore off Sony products forever. I also try to avoid paying money to see films created by any of their subsidiary companies, which is difficult given how many studios they own.
Oh - you also forgot their lawsuit against lik-sang.com.
"This is like saying that a doctor is stupid because he couldn't fix your carburetor."
Well, I mean - what the fuck? I specifically told him that while I was in the recovery room, he should change the oil in my car. I gave him the keys and told him exactly where I had parked. Look - if I can't get my broken leg fixed and my coolant changed at the same time, the terrorists have won.
Holy fuck - how fucking stupid are you? Look back at my comment: where do you see me stating that Anonymous was protesting the fucking religion and not just the church? Answer, fucktard: I didn't. I was replying to the fucking moron that claimed that religion is some sacred cow that can't be attacked. I asked why that was the cause because if I think a religion's tenants are fucking stupid, I am going to say so. You're a fucking shit heel that thought you had some great fucking information so you were determined to post it, regardless of whether or not it had any bearing on the fucking flow of conversation as it was occurring. I hope you get diarrhea today you piece of trash.
"it's not cool even among Anons to insult Scientology itself"
Why
You've given no compelling reason why these are sacred cows. Religions are, in addition to many other things, supposedly guides for life. Why is in "not cool" to attack this guidance being offered?
I think you need to figure out comment threading on Slashdot. Your post has nothing to do with mine. Why the fuck did you reply to mine with this bullshit?
"Personally I bet that within a month of the release there are already at least 6 races designed to look like genitalia due primarily to the greater internet fuckwad theory."
An entire month and only 6 races? That's not much of a bet. For a lot of people, that's going to be the first goal they hit when designing a species.
I was more discussing the OP's statement that: "Its one thing to honestly point out flaws in a product, which he did and I'm not saying it wasn't a bad game. Its quite another to tell people that something is terrible and they shouldn't buy it." - not the specific reviews of Gerstmann. It is well within the range of a review/critique to call something terrible and suggest people not buy it. I'm not sure your reply really addresses the content of my post.
"Its one thing to honestly point out flaws in a product, which he did and I'm not saying it wasn't a bad game. Its quite another to tell people that something is terrible and they shouldn't buy it."
Yeah, that is different. What's your point? Ostensibly, if a reviewer says a game is terrible and no one should buy it, he or she should be able to point out flaws with it. On the other hand, pointing out flaws doesn't mean that the game is not worthy of a purchase. I don't see your point because your statement is flawed. The two possible positions on a game you cite aren't mutually exclusive. Now, as far as the F-word being used in his reviews - that's up to an editor to handle. If Gamespot doesn't want video reviews with the F-word in it, that's fine but the editor would make that happen.
What exactly is your point? Ebert tells people not to go to movies all the time and calls movies terrible. Are you saying Ebert deserves to be fired?
The person you were replying to wasn't asserting that trade shows never go under. He was asserting that CES seems to be a healthy trade show that still draws a large crowd. Your mention of COMDEX in no way refutes that statement since by the time COMDEX was canceled, it was pretty obvious that it had been slipping in size and stature.
I really find your post offensive in the sense that it adds nothing to the discussion and seems to be refuting something that was not said. What was the point of your post, really?
No one fucking said trade shows never go under. What the fuck?
"Find a forum where no one gives anecdotes. post there. I doubt you will find a front page thread on slashdot, where for all post there does not exist an anecdote."
Ah, so your argument for using anecdotal evidence is that everyone else is doing it? Well, isn't that righteous. I hate to have to be the parental figure you so desperately need but if all of your friends were jumping off of bridges, would you as well?
Fuck you.
"The purpose of an anecdote it to convey personal experience and opinion."
Sometimes that is the purpose. Other times it is for assholes to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt without having real evidence. In this case, it sure as fuck isn't the former.
"You can really make as much noise as you want but expletives and pejoratives does not make one right."
Anecdotal evidence had no place in the discussion. There is nothing you can say about me as a person that will change that fact. You were in the wrong to mention it.
"As for my anecdote, I assume anyone who isn't new to slashdot will take any anecdote with a grain of salt."
It isn't a matter of taking it with a grain of salt. It's information that has no relevance to the discussion whatsoever. Unless we're talking about fucking morons who don't understand statistics, it should not have been mentioned. Pure and simple. Your preface merely underlines the fact that you knew this. There's no grain of salt nonsense here; you should not have mentioned it. Just take it back already.
"Remember who threw the first Ad hominem before bemoaning of mis treatment."
My complaints are facetious. Yours showed that you had no argument. While I insulted you in the context of destroying your argument, the best you could muster was to call me a troll. I have thoroughly destroyed you. Now go do the right thing and kill yourself.
"You need not refute juvenile drivel. Only acknowledge the child lest they throw a bigger tantrum."
Are you saying that I should just ignore your personal attacks?
Seriously - your anecdotal evidence had no place in the discussion. It is meaningless and caters to the weak-minded. The fact that you knew it was worthless only underlines the fact that you were being intellectually dishonest in bringing it up.
Your anecdotal evidence served no point in this discussion. It had no place here.
I may have resorted to personal attacks but at least I had content to go along with those attacks. You just launched a personal attack against me with no discussion of the valid points I raised.
Since we've previously established that you're not a moron, it appears you realize that you are beat but still want the last word. Sorry asshole, you lost. Shut the fuck up.
"You missed the part where several major retailers including EB/gamestop re-affirmed the ~33% stat."
How could I have missed "the part" when you did not mention EB/Gamestop in your original post? Also - you'll need to cite a statistically valid study that shows 33%, not some manager from an EB. I'll also thank you very much for losing the fucking tone with me. Seriously - I missed the part of your post where you mentioned EB/Gamestop? I'm still missing it because it's not fucking there asshole.
But honestly, and here's where you really failed - my point was that your anecdotal evidence has no fucking place in any discussion. The fact that you said "informally" only underlines the fact that you already understood that your anecdotal evidence was completely fucking worthless but still chose to bring it up. That means you're not a moron but instead, just an asshole. Too bad, I would have liked you better if you were a moron. Now fuck off and die, asshole.
"Yes, yes, I know nitpicking at the details is a national sport on Slashdot, but take a pause and think about it a bit. You get to run back to the mission, if you want to continue it, and to roughly where you were when you faceplanted. Because, you know, you have to continue from there. Same thing, whether there's a corpse on the ground or not."
Let's think about it:
1. Run back to your body to continue playing, regardless of whether you want to continue the mission/quest you were on or not.
2. Only run back to the point where you died if you want to continue the mission/quest you were one.
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That was pretty funny.
Tthe dicknose I was replying to was acting like because people said the iPod and the iPhone would fade into obscurity and they didn't, that since people were saying the iPad would fade into obscurity he could safely conclude that the iPad would not either. The fucking Apple TV will fade into obscurity and be forgotten to history. Your post seems to imply that the Apple TV didn't get it right so you recognize that the Apple TV isn't the kind of product like the iPod and iPhone that have made a huge impact. Thus, since you recognize this, it's obvious that you just wanted to link to free.fr in an attempt to demonstrate something rather than just read the fucking flow of conversation and understand it. In short, you're a fucking asshole. Go eat a bag full of dicks.
It was said about the Apple TV too.
Oh - you also forgot their lawsuit against lik-sang.com.
For the good of the discussion, if you're going to make statements like this - preface it with "IANAL". Thanks!
Well, I mean - what the fuck? I specifically told him that while I was in the recovery room, he should change the oil in my car. I gave him the keys and told him exactly where I had parked. Look - if I can't get my broken leg fixed and my coolant changed at the same time, the terrorists have won.
Well, which country were you talking about when you said they were illegal everywhere? Your claim was that it was the same everywhere.
Go kill yourself.
Holy fuck - how fucking stupid are you? Look back at my comment: where do you see me stating that Anonymous was protesting the fucking religion and not just the church? Answer, fucktard: I didn't. I was replying to the fucking moron that claimed that religion is some sacred cow that can't be attacked. I asked why that was the cause because if I think a religion's tenants are fucking stupid, I am going to say so. You're a fucking shit heel that thought you had some great fucking information so you were determined to post it, regardless of whether or not it had any bearing on the fucking flow of conversation as it was occurring. I hope you get diarrhea today you piece of trash.
You've given no compelling reason why these are sacred cows. Religions are, in addition to many other things, supposedly guides for life. Why is in "not cool" to attack this guidance being offered?
So you're saying we should arm ourselves with nuclear weapons?
I think you need to figure out comment threading on Slashdot. Your post has nothing to do with mine. Why the fuck did you reply to mine with this bullshit?
I was more discussing the OP's statement that: "Its one thing to honestly point out flaws in a product, which he did and I'm not saying it wasn't a bad game. Its quite another to tell people that something is terrible and they shouldn't buy it." - not the specific reviews of Gerstmann. It is well within the range of a review/critique to call something terrible and suggest people not buy it. I'm not sure your reply really addresses the content of my post.
What exactly is your point? Ebert tells people not to go to movies all the time and calls movies terrible. Are you saying Ebert deserves to be fired?
I really find your post offensive in the sense that it adds nothing to the discussion and seems to be refuting something that was not said. What was the point of your post, really?
No one fucking said trade shows never go under. What the fuck?
Was that supposed to impress someone?
Fuck you.
Sometimes that is the purpose. Other times it is for assholes to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt without having real evidence. In this case, it sure as fuck isn't the former.Anecdotal evidence had no place in the discussion. There is nothing you can say about me as a person that will change that fact. You were in the wrong to mention it.The point is that your great evidence had no place in the discussion.
Seriously - your anecdotal evidence had no place in the discussion. It is meaningless and caters to the weak-minded. The fact that you knew it was worthless only underlines the fact that you were being intellectually dishonest in bringing it up.
Your anecdotal evidence served no point in this discussion. It had no place here.
I may have resorted to personal attacks but at least I had content to go along with those attacks. You just launched a personal attack against me with no discussion of the valid points I raised.
Since we've previously established that you're not a moron, it appears you realize that you are beat but still want the last word. Sorry asshole, you lost. Shut the fuck up.
But honestly, and here's where you really failed - my point was that your anecdotal evidence has no fucking place in any discussion. The fact that you said "informally" only underlines the fact that you already understood that your anecdotal evidence was completely fucking worthless but still chose to bring it up. That means you're not a moron but instead, just an asshole. Too bad, I would have liked you better if you were a moron. Now fuck off and die, asshole.
Anecdotal evidence is meaningless. People need to stop mentioning it on Slashdot.
1. Run back to your body to continue playing, regardless of whether you want to continue the mission/quest you were on or not.
2. Only run back to the point where you died if you want to continue the mission/quest you were one.
Pretty fundamental difference there.