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When you’re getting sued, you’ll do whatever a company says, even if it is a slimy company like Gator. Quoted:
In an effort to improve its corporate reputation, adware company Gator has launched a legal offensive to divorce its name from the hated term “spyware”–and so far its strategy is paying off.
I had very little respect for them before, but lawsuits like this make me respect them even less.
This and other headline anagrams from Davezilla. Don’t forget that the comments on that site are always funny, too.
Neil had a random brain fart: “While waiting for one of the lab machines to boot to XP Pro, a thought came into my head: if this is what XP Professional is like, what would XP Unprofessional be like?”
I think they already did a XP Unpro — it was called Window ME.
That was news to me until Jon pointed out a bit of local history. I knew we have some other major tech company offices here. I know Bend has a small Intel office for a few local geeks, and obviously Orcom is frickin’ huge in the utilities industry, but it is cool to know about what other tech companies have done around here.
(Got via an e-mail forward)
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend by the name of Common Sense, a virtuous one, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were lost long ago in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, and that life isn’t always fair. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not kids, are in charge). His health began to rapidly deteriorate when well intentions brought us overbearing regulations: Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate, teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch, and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student. This only worsened Common Sense’s condition. He declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student, but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. Finally, Common sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, churches became businesses, criminals received better treatment than their victims, and the Pledge of Allegence came under attack for using the words “under God”. Common Sense finally gave up the ghost after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, and after spilling a bit in her lap, and was awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust, his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by two stepbrothers; My Rights and Ima Whiner. Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still know him pass this on. If not, you give him a second death!
They hurt going down, and probably coming back out.
I love the Matrix movies, but I don’t like Keanu Reeves. Never really have, at least in the role he’s playing in Matrix. But I hate him less than I do Kevin Costner, who was seriously considered for the lead role in the Matrix series. I had heard rumors a LONG time ago that Jet Li was wanted as well, but turned it down. Instead, they got stuck with a guy that, really, has done some crappy movies. I’m sorry, but Keanu will always be Ted Logan or Tod Hawkes, in my mind.
Oh well … I know what I’ll be seeing on November 5th.
Update: Welcome to all the folks from Jon’s Matrix Name Generator. He was kind enough to link to me, even though I haven’t seen revolutions yet (don’t hold it against me — I haven’t had time to make it to the theater yet). BTW: My Matrix Name is Cairo 🙂
The 5K is a coding contest that requires you to program a web page in entirely 5-kilobytes. One of the entries was linked on BBspot, and, along with EasyRGB, this is my new favorite color toy. Look at the code for the thing. That’s the tightest code I’ve seen in a long time.
And one of the most colorful descriptions and e-mail exchanges gets posted. A damn funny read. Link via AllDumb.
Or so says the Random Celebrity Rumor Generator. It also says that Julia Roberts found Jesus just for attention, Sally Struthers got sassy with a stewardess after losing a bet, and Ed McMahon frolicked in manure for the hell of it.