November 2008
54 posts
Tiger's split with GM an ad warning for athletes →
This is how the world ends (for General Motors): Not with a bang, but with a whimper. Things are now bad enough that GM has to cut marketing costs, which is why the Tiger Woods sponsorship is over at the end of the year.
At least they aren’t trying to blame Tiger for it.
What is next for GM? Will they start shutting down the production lines for their shittier cars in order to keep the...
WatchI understand the logic of hyping up the Black Friday sales, but isn’t there a way to keep the competitive spirit and the thrill of getting that one good deal but without risking customers and/or employees getting hurt?
Here’s how I would do it:
1. Break the Black Friday flyer into zones. Any customer that walks into the store before a given time, say 7 AM, gets to pick a fixed amount...
Scoop: Cruise ready to appear as Nazi in holiday... →
Very nice assholes. You couldn’t have written the headline as “Cruise ready to appear as German Army general that tried to assassinate Hitler.” No sir, that would not sound as juicy as making Tom Cruise look like a nazi.
Cruise is playing Claus Von Stauffenberg, the leader of the main plot to kill Hitler on July 20, 1944. A German Army officer, not a “Nazi officer.”
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Go ahead and nap — it may boost your memory →
Commentary: Bush should do something to stop... →
Quack?
The Reckoning - Citigroup Saw No Red Flags Even as... →
Scan scam
This is a screen capture taken in Safari in OS X 10.5. The page is designed to fool a windows user into thinking that his machine is infected, and to download a scanner tool that is actually a trojan. They did a really good job with it, the only reason I knew it was bullshit is because I had read about it a few days ago.
WatchFlip Video Ultra test: Fallout 3
Obama's vetting could chase away candidates →
And this is a problem because? Are we going to criticize this new administration simply because they are pushing people through a hard interview process?
And what if the questionnaire is extremely invasive? Have you ever had to go through a god damn background investigation for cleared work? That thing is just horrible!
I think this is just some dumbass making noise because he was promised a job...
Mozilla dependent on Google →
Fredo’s Kiss of Death strikes again.
First Apple pumped a lot of money into KHTML, which became WebKit, instead of spending that money on Mozilla.
Google then decides that they want their own browser. Again, instead of pumping money into Mozilla, they use WebKit with some minor parts of Mozilla’s Gecko.
While doing this, they have a deal in place with Mozilla, to make Google the...
“There is a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington,...”
– Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-New York
WatchAttractive Girls Union Refuses To Enter Into Talks With Mike Greenman
Makes sense to me too →
braddoro:
As the CFO of this business that employees 140 people, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama will be our next President, and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG…
Yahoo CEO Yang to step down →
They should have asked him to refund his salary from the day he turned down Microsoft’s offer. Dumbass.
Goldman CEO, execs give up 2008 bonus →
Cry me a fucking river! They are patting each other’s backs because they told their board that they did not deserve a bonus? These people are getting paid $600,000 per year!
If they were so contrite, why not refund the company the salaries that they drew FOR NOT DOING THEIR JOBS?
I am all about fair pay for fair work. If you are a god damn genius and a captain of the industry, you deserve...
No he can't, have a Blackberry
Joy of Tech is (c) Geek Culture.
Army general is nation's first four-star woman →
Douchebag of the week: United Airlines →
United Adds $800 In Fees To $560 Trip, Loses Customer For Life.
WatchFirst the Puppy Cam, now the Hamster Live!
‘CSI: Miami’ is watchable, yet horrible →
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Well, not really. But yeah. Part of the fun of watching the 3 CSI shows is to spot the little things that make each of the shows unique.
My favorite is Vegas, Ivette’s favorite is Miami (she has a secret crush on Horatio Caine that I am not supposed to know about). We both agree that NY is the worst of the tree.
One Velociraptor per Child (OVPC), a low-cost,... →
Circuit City files for bankruptcy protection →
Fallout 3
If you have ever played Oblivion, then you’ll feel right at home. The controls, mission tracking, inventory management, etc. are almost identical. Combat is simpler and is augmented with a system called V.A.T.S. that allows you to target multiple enemies in a split second. You can even aim at specific parts of the body. What was fame/infame in Oblivion is karma in Fallout.
There are no...
Let G.M. go bankrupt →
Equal amount of puppies for everyone
VP|bofh: why do you hate the healing process?
VP|bofh: btw, the joke is on you, I'm a shut in
Subnet_: oh is that where everyone is? perhaps i have acted in haste
VP|bofh: well
VP|bofh: think about it
VP|bofh: the 8 yr national nightmare is over
VP|bofh: the Obama Messiah is here to deliver us from evil
VP|bofh: and bad mortgages
VP|bofh: and greedy banks
VP|bofh: and big oil
Subnet_: dont forget the puppies
Subnet_: btw i've heard he gives more than santa
VP|bofh: who do you think setup the puppy cam?
Subnet_: no fucking way
VP|bofh: yup
Subnet_: santabama?
VP|bofh: ho ho ho, bitch
Subnet_: lol
Subnet_: one question though, does he torture the enemies' puppies? or just take them away
VP|bofh: he redistributes them
VP|bofh: equal amount of puppies for everyone
Subnet_: ahhh of course
Subnet_: no puppy left behind
dev_null: let the puppies breathe!
Subnet_: how much longer before everyone is healed i'm getting impatient again
Crusher: the healing will begin when the hurting is done
Subnet_: THE HEALING HAS ALREADY BEGAN STOP IT
Subnet_: Crusher is back in investigation
WatchThe puppy cam that wrecked havoc on geek productivity this afternoon. DO NOT WATCH PUPPY CAM unless you have at least two hours available!
The Prediction
This is how it’s going to work out, you heard it here first:
1. The new president has about 100 days to shock and awe everyone. And I mean, everyone.
2. After the first 100, he’ll spend his time either defending his first 100, or getting ready for the midterms.
3. By the time the dust clears after the midterms, it’s time to get ready for reelection. If his party is not in...
Apple iPhone 3G overtakes RIM's BlackBerry News →
It’s funnier when you think how many people swore there was no way Apple could even sell a million iPhones.
Gene Tied to Common Childhood Language Disorder →
Yahoo’s Yang: Microsoft deal best option →
In other words: I was wrong all along, and I am willing to go through with this as long as you let me save a little face.
One thing is for sure, Ballmer is probably throwing furniture around his office right now, screaming “WHY COULDN’T HE SAY THAT 6 MONTHS AGO????”
I don’t understand why Yang still has a job. You do something half as stupid as what he did in any other...
I Sense Desperation
WatchWhen engineers own a dog
Best-Selling Author Michael Crichton Dies,... →
Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job →
Vote!
It took me a little over 30 minutes to vote, and my line was huge! Some genius decided maybe it was time to split the line into two, so after half an hour waiting I eneded up first in the M-Z line.
Duh.
We used scanner ballots, they are printed on what felt like like a very heavy weight paper, and we used ink instead of pencil.
Vote!
Fresh Genes Needed to Save Chicken Industry →
Yes, inbreeding is going to ruin the poultry industry!
Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging FAQs →
Pure genius. Lower the cost to the company that makes the toy, lower the shipping cost from Amazon, then tell us they are doing us a favor.
Which they are, the problem is that they are wrapping this up like it is being done out of the goodness of their hearts.
The three main reasons this is being done:
1. It allows Amazon and the partners to have good publicity as being pro-environment.
2. We...