+9001 Funny.

downloadable content. Day one downloadable content is the real cancer where you don't get the whole game unless you pay extra.

timothy's best posts are dupes. It's the original stuff that you need to watch out for.

For the $50 promotional advertising credit I got with my dog's Facebook he pulled down 7,500 fans. Granted he is not a brand, but there is some effectiveness with them. I personally haven't used Facebook outside of the pages (which are naturally ad free), so I can't testify to the experience for those who do. I don't want to keep tabs on people, but Squinky demands fame.

The company's name is MICROS Systems, Inc.. Not that bad a job butchering it really by omitting the Inc.

It's pretty amazing news really when you think that there are only a dozen or so other companies that are better liked and have better offerings doing the same thing for free.
In all seriousness though at $7 a month for 1 TB and Office 365 the people who still insist on Microsoft Office are getting a pretty good deal compared to $10 a month for 1 TB and Google Apps. I personally prefer Google Apps over Microsoft Office and prefer not having to use either in general, but the interoperability between other people still stuck in Office is undeniable. A few phone calls from people who use Office everyday but have no clue what they are doing who struggle with files from Google Docs makes having a copy around worth it.

No way. Apple left them for dead when they leaked new iPods. They can kiss Apple's business goodbye very soon unless they have something important patent wise that precludes them from doing so.

It not working takes out the incentive to moderate and log in, though.

I constantly have people refer to my Moto X as an iPhone and tell me that it's natural for me to use an iPhone since I work on a lot of Macs. I don't think the Slashdot crowd are the type to get duped, but I can recount tons of people who went in for iPhones and were sold on Galaxy S3 by Verizon sales critters. I don't think really either is going to make for a better life more than the next. You can play Angry Birds while you poop with either equally effectively.

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Log in and moderate and you can block them or get a hosts file or browser that runs AdBlock. There is no reason you need to see ads on any site since damned near the invention of online advertisement.

The magic is that it sold for two billion bucks. That's a lot of money riding on something cool to get out of it. It could be the next cool thing or the next MySpace. Either way that's a helluva lot of reasons for Facebook to do something with it.
First and foremost I'm hoping they make Farmville VR so I don't have to drive 10 minutes to see what farming is like.

I was the same way about Windows 8, but since it was only a $20 upgrade from Windows 7 I took the plunge. Now it is only mild nausea and a case of the douche chills when I have to use the terms "Charms Bar".

It doesn't just run any Mico$oft O$. It runs the latest greatest Windows 8.1 which we all know isn't nearly as bad as Windows Vista 2013 Edition.

I'd personally feel comforted if someone referred to the auto I was in an accident in as a "rolling sarcophagus". We need more frank honestly like this which could be potentially damning in courts. I'm sure KIA refers jokingly to their cars as Killed in Action when presented with queries about their safety. When Ford employees refer to their vehicles as rolling death boxes I'm sure whoever uses that terminology gets super not fired too.