Not so much. You either did something originally, elegantly or at least competently, any of those would earn you some cred and any of those would do nicely in this case, although all of them together would be brilliant. This isn't about eyecandy, it's about functionality and compatibility, and in a more general sense its about having enough pride in one's work not to sit on a halfassed release, attempting to add cruft when the underlying base is still flawed and obviously so. Deckchairs on the Titanic is probably an overly dramatic metaphor - /. is far from doomed - but it's the first that springs to mind.

How about Secret Agent Laser Obstacle Chess?

Forgot to add: each of those pairs came out in the same year, there wasn't even a pretense of them being anything other than multiple studios cashing in on the new hot idea.

Antz/A Bug's Life is far from the only example, there's also Armageddon/Deep Impact, Romeo and Juliet/Tromeo and Juliet, Dante's Peak/Volcano... I'd say your understanding is spot on.

This isn't a protest against advertising, it's a protest against Google's privacy policy. It's purely because Google need to get paid that hijacking their advertising revenue stream might get their attention. It's effectively blackmail for (depending on your opinion) a noble cause.

Oil's pretty valuable too. That's why I've got a million-dollar face.

Well that sucks, I was always kind of proud that my birthday is on the same day as Bell.

I guess historical fame through massive fraud still counts as quite an achievement...

FFS, that poor shuttle needs to get retired while it's still in one piece or it's going to end up scattered across the North Atlantic, and we'll have to make do with a scale model for the Smithsonian.

Can someone please build us another spaceship before it's too late?

A better technical explanation would be that ActiveX can lick Windows' bellybutton from the inside.

If your Zeppelin makes a *whoosh* sound, it might be time to get the parachutes out.

Percussive maintenance is a time-honoured approach to child-rearing. Its actual efficacy is hotly debated, but I think it'll always be a tempting option.

Don't forget its most important function: Scrabble.

Also it's hard to find the original product. Most people just settle for the generic version.

If you guys want him, he's allll yours. Consider it Nicole Kidman Tax.

What about those making the JPEGs in the first place? This would be tantamount to having a hitman tried for murder while letting his clients go free. Or were you referring to CGI/fake-underage models?