In my various journeys around the Internet(s) this weekend, I did manage to trip up on a few things that bothered me…
- Classic Bush: He appoints an anti-contraception advocate to the head of Office of Population Affairs. I just don’t know what to say anymore. It just speaks for itself, I think (and hope).
- In yet another sign Bill O’Reilly is losing his mind, he somehow manages to say that gaming will be the end of the United States in an epic attempt at reasoning that only Bill O’Reilly can accomplish. C’mon, O’Reilly — are things really as bad as you claim?
- The PS3 launch was utterly ridiculous on so many fronts, ranging from Sony shipping ~200,000 for the U.S. only to the violence at launch time. Amazing what people go through and how much they spend on eBay for such a terrible piece of hardware. Sony has botched this one, bigtime.
- Rep. Charlie Rangel wants the draft to come back. Amazing how the folks in power — i.e. biggest proponents of the war — cower up when they think of the possibility of their sons and daughters going to war involuntarily…honestly, the reaction isn’t really surprising.
- If you believe Steve Ballmer, expect a flurry of patent infringement cases against Linux distributions that aren’t SuSE very soon…
- Finally…how can police get rid of ten codes?!? I talk to my friends in radio-speak and ten codes all the time. I’m sure I look like a giant doofus in front of, well, everyone, but hey…
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The Linux thing is almost hilarious. Microsoft won’t specifically say what patents are supposedly being infringed. It does seem rather fishy though that after Novell cuts a deal with Microsoft to work together, “big brother” decides that everyone else violates patents except the one group that is paying royalties..
I’d like to know what exactly is in violation here. As the article said, “once we find out what is in violation, it will be removed and another method inserted in its place.” C’mon Microsoft, do something smart for the first time in…ever.
Well, with the US population at a slim 300 million and the world population at a miniscule 6.5 billion, it is about time we got someone in office who will encourage people to have as many babies as they possibly can.
Otherwise what is planet Earth going to do with this vast overabundance of food, natural resources, and wealth?
I’m not into gaming whatsover, but why did Sony send so few Playstations? Is it just to get more marketing attention? It’s really silly.
Okay, so I couldn’t resist posting another comment, but I have to tell this story. My source at Toys ‘R’ Us told everybody this story today.
I thought that was absolutely hilarious.
Ew, sorry again, that didn’t like my less-thans at all. Please forgive me. Here’s a single-post on the forum I posted this on to share. PCStats Forum – View single post
Vera, there’s no real explanation why so few PlayStations were sent — it appears to have a lot to do with manufacturing and logistics problems, but a lot of people do theorize that it was to build up artificial hype. However, artificial hype is just that — when a product just isn’t good, it’ll go downhill.
This New York Times article absolutely torches the PS3 on many fronts. A good read…