Comment Re:new ad campaign? (Score 1) 169
before long it'll be: "Google: Billions and Billions of Servers." Of course, McDonald's just might have a problem with that,...
Also, Carl Sagan.
Comment Re:FTFA, It's for the Children, of Course (Score 2, Insightful) 447
Why does this American Federal employee talk like Speedy Gonzales?
Oh, I get it, besides being ignorant on how people in Mexico speak, you were too lazy to look up who the CBP is. Here's a hint, the first two words in the full name are: United States: http://www.cbp.gov/
Comment Re:What a nice gift to progressives (Score 1) 881
So what you're saying is that when they do "it", it's bad. But when we do "it", it's good.
Got it.
Nick
Comment Re:Today's news = sad days for new iphone3g owners (Score 2, Insightful) 770
it would be different if they said, "in 1 year, there will be this blah blah blah phone for $199" because that would have given the consumers a chance to decide if they want to go ahead with the massive $199 purchase or wait to get something that is better for the same price.
Yeah, so people like you would hold off on buying a phone for 5 months? Why would Apple do that to themselves? They much rather have you buy a phone in Feb and then the newer one a year later.
Comment Re:Stop the Presses... (Score 1) 325
No, I think we should collaborate and listen.
or even, HAMMERTIME!
Comment With unemployment so high, why is this a surprise? (Score 1) 770
So, unemployment is at 8,1% (highest since '83) and everyone is surprised H1-B's are going home?
Yahoo Spent $79 Million To Fend Off Microsoft 82
Apologetics Blog writes "Getting bought by one of the biggest companies in the world turns out to be a rather costly thing. Last year when Microsoft was in talks with Yahoo regarding a possible buy-out, in a report recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Yahoo announced that it cost them $79 million to fight off Microsoft. Most of that money was spent on advisors who examined Microsoft's proposals, and the way it would impact on Yahoo's search agreement with Google. The deal fizzled out when federal antitrust regulators said it would challenge any deal made between the two companies."
Comment Re:Well, duh. (Score 3, Insightful) 349
I've always found it puzzling how a group of people (geeks/nerds) who have traditionally been given such a hard time as a kid growing up (picked on at school, picked last for the kickball team, etc) seem to be almost universally intolerant to women within the geek domain. It seems almost counter intuitive. If you have felt the pain of ostracization and lack of acceptance why turn around and inflict it on others? Is it a simple lack of social skills? Regressing to playground "pull the hair of the girl you like" behaviour? I don't get it.
One persecuted minority taking out their frustration by persecuting an even smaller/weaker minority is common and universal through humanity. And, even if there is no active persecution, there is often an apathy to the struggles of others.
Comment Re:It's shareware all over again. (Score 1) 205
I just used twitter for the first time this morning. What the fuck is the point of that website? Even the 'official' twitter feeds were stupid & had no content....
How's is your lawn? And, do you want us to get off it?
Comment Re:That's not extortion (Score 1) 202
Or rather, it's only extortion if Yelp itself is generating the negative reviews.
From TFA, emphasis mine:
Indeed, Yelp does pay some employees to write reviews of businesses that are solicited for advertising. And in at least one documented instance, a business owner who refused to advertise subsequently received a negative review from a Yelp employee.
Comment Re:Equal Protection? (Score 1) 397
Paris Hilton was put on trial, convicted and sentenced. Childs hasn't even gone to trial yet (so, he hasn't been considered innocent nor guilty), so your analogy doesn't work.
Although, your real point was "FAMOUS BITCHES DONT GO TO JAIL AMIRITE?" so I guess I just wasted my time explaining this.
Comment Re:No hulu for boxee means... (Score 1) 375
Hulu has a choice: They can provide a good assortment of content playing by the content provider's rules, or they can provide very little content any way they damn well please. So far, evidence shows that Hulu has made the right choices.
Hulu is owned (in a "each company has this percentage of equity" sense, not a "Hulu will do what we say hahaha" sense) by those same content providers. So the content provider's rules are Hulu's rules.
I'm sure Hulu is spinning this as a "Our hands are tied! Sorry!" story to get better press, when in fact it's one big group that's decided to lock Boxee out.
Submission + - Leopard could attract Windows switchers
MacAddict writes: Prudential Equity has raised its rating and target price on Apple stock.
Analysts there now see Apple as an 'overweight' stock, raising the target price 20 per cent, from $100 to $105.
Prudential cites expectations of higher Mac sales, better margins and new product launches — including a widescreen, flash-based video iPod in the second half of the year — as catalysts for better performance from Apple.
The 27 March announcement of Adobe CS3 is likely to generate a spike in sales of Apple's professional Macs, Prudential said.
"Given that Microsoft's Vista has not been very well received by the consumer, a successful Leopard launch could drive more consumers to shift form Windows-based PCs to Macs," said the analysts, according to MacNN.
Prudential's analysis emerges as Banc of America analyst Keith Bachman speculates that the release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will add $200 million to Apple revenue this year, observing that the Mac OS X user base now sits at 22 million users.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm? newsid=17406
