Archive for July, 2008

I disagree that stars are no longer bankable, there ‘was’ a time …

I disagree that stars are no longer bankable, there ‘was’ a time when people would go see Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, George Clooney, but they are no longer marketable for this generation. Now people are rushing to go see the next movie with Johnny Depp, Shia LaBeouf, Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen etc.
I completely […]

Wow, the replies to this story really make me sad

Wow, the replies to this story really make me sad.
Half of you didn’t even read the story, and the other half don’t understand a simple argument:
A. There’s no oil shortage - let’s just make that clear - big oil and speculators are driving the price up.
B. Even if there was an oil shortage, why would […]

But he would never have considered running jets full of people in…

But he would never have considered running jets full of people into buildings to bring about the same goal on a larger scale. Nuh-uh. No way. There is a clear line, and it’s drawn somewhere between dressing up soldiers as the enemy and shooting at them to provoke war for profit and dressing up soldiers […]

It is not at all “end of story

It is not at all “end of story.” They only made 8% so they made a SMALL profit.
They just happen to be a big company that spends a lot of money to produce their product. They make a tiny bit more when they sell it. They should be punished just because they are big? Raw […]

For what it’s worth, here’s the original list from the Ukrainian …

For what it’s worth, here’s the original list from the Ukrainian Secret Service website (untranslated)
http://www.ssu.gov.ua/sbu/control/uk/publish/artic …
Here’s a Russian list of the names, badly translated back into English. Anybody wants to finish it off by researching who these devils were, be my guest.
1. Joseph Stalin - (Сталін (Джугашвілі) Йосип Віссаріонович)
2. ?nokurov Oleksandr Mikolayovich - Вінокуров Олександр […]

His stance would probably be that nobody owns your life but you, …

His stance would probably be that nobody owns your life but you, certainly not the government. And therefore, you have the right to take Viagra as much as you need.
He would probably also say that federal government should not even be involved in funding of drugs or forcing people to take them, while at the […]

excuse me? from wikipedia: most career NFL touchdown passes (442)…

excuse me?
from wikipedia:
most career NFL touchdown passes (442), most career NFL passing yards (61,655), most career pass completions (5,377), most career pass attempts (8,758), most career NFL interceptions thrown (288) (so what, that happens with 16 years of straight playing), most consecutive starts among NFL quarterbacks (253; 275 total starts including playoffs), and most career […]

“Whether you like it or not, marijuana is illegal, it needs to re…

“Whether you like it or not, marijuana is illegal, it needs to remain illegal, and it can wreck people’s lives. Nothing good has become of its use. There is no reason to make it legal. So the burden of proof shifts to those trying to legalize it.” — Responsible use of drugs does not do […]

This list shows the PS3’s biggest problem, the lack of library ex…

This list shows the PS3’s biggest problem, the lack of library exclusives.
Multiplatform games aren’t a reason to own any one system but rather a reason to be a gamer. In almost all multiplatform cases the 360 outsells the PS3 versions so more and more developers are inclined to produce more exclusive DLC (GTA4) in exchange […]

Perhaps in another 10 years or so I might try one of their produc…

Perhaps in another 10 years or so I might try one of their products again. For the last 10 years they have been bloatware to put it mildly. They install far more services and code than what is needed to accomplish the original desired task. I haven’t used windows in a while […]