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Comment A very merry unbirthday.... (Score 1) 1

by SRM2 on Monday October 18, 2010 @11:52PM (#33942466) Attached to: 2012 Mayan Calendar 'Doomsday' Date Might Be Wrong

12/21 is my birthday, and on most calendars the first day of winter.... I was planning on throwing a huge Happy Birthday to Me / First Day of Winter / End of the World (or at least the Mayan Calender Cycle) party! What am I supposed to do now??

Submission + - Microsoft's Takeover

Submitted by SRM2 on Saturday September 15, 2007 @04:05PM

SRM2 writes: Several years ago (late 90's) when a close family member was working for Microsoft he mentioned something to me one day about a plan he had heard about that involved a massive takeover in the digital media market. A takeover that could one day potentially put many video, music, and game rental chains out of business. At the time I didn't see how it could even be possible. "Users will have to rent movies, video games, and music and watch them all on their computer," he said. "They will never have to leave their homes." With the release of the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live users can buy games and videos download them and watch them on their "computers," and with new browser plug-ins like Silverlight trying to compete with Flash and others, I believe I can see a takeover in progress...

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