Shame on you Mass.
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| jacog Aug 02, 2007 4:18 AM EDT |
I was about to quote a line from a song by the Bee Gees, and then it occurred to me that I should be embarrassed by the fact that I can quote a song by the Bee Gees. Anyhoo... what's this about the quality of the standards and them improving over time? I thought the real issue was about what the word "open" means in the Microsoft format's name. It can't be a standard if a company is going to be making money off it in a rather direct manner. Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Plaf... this is such a tired discussion. |
| dinotrac Aug 02, 2007 5:02 AM EDT |
I suspect a more appropriate title for this thread would be "Shameless of You, Mass". |
| jacog Aug 02, 2007 5:05 AM EDT |
An even more appropriate title would require gratuitous use of expletives. |
| dinotrac Aug 02, 2007 5:07 AM EDT |
>An even more appropriate title would require gratuitous use of expletives. In this case, I don't think they'd be gratuitous. |
| jacog Aug 02, 2007 5:18 AM EDT |
True true |
| henke54 Aug 02, 2007 5:39 AM EDT |
An even more appropriate title would be : how much $ shifted hands here? ;-P |
| dinotrac Aug 02, 2007 5:52 AM EDT |
>An even more appropriate title would be : how much $ shifted hands here? I hope it was a lot. I can respect (in an odd way) good old-fashioned corruption. Dim-witted and lazy cowardice, on the other hand... |
| jacog Aug 02, 2007 6:35 AM EDT |
Not so odd, dino... I too prefer evil over stupid. |
| dinotrac Aug 02, 2007 6:49 AM EDT |
>I too prefer evil over stupid. At least you can count on evil. Stupid's just too unpredictable. |
| jacog Aug 02, 2007 7:03 AM EDT |
"Evil will always triumph over good, because good... is dumb." ( bzzzzzt, thread off-topic alert ) |
| dinotrac Aug 02, 2007 7:16 AM EDT |
>Evil will always triumph over good, because good... is dumb Yeah, that's what I was telling the Fuhrer this morning. |
| jacog Aug 02, 2007 8:06 AM EDT |
Dumb AND evil still falls under the category of dumb. |
| gus3 Aug 02, 2007 8:45 AM EDT |
Paging Inspector Clouseau... (Is there such an alignment in D&D as "catastrophic good"?) |
| mvermeer Aug 02, 2007 12:24 PM EDT |
> At least you can count on evil. Stupid's just too unpredictable Perhaps more relevantly, evil is a choice. Not surprising to see freedom-loving people feeling an affinity with it ;-) |
| moopst Aug 02, 2007 7:37 PM EDT |
I've often said that MicroSoft must internally use the Orwellian slogan "Ignorance is Profit". They got caught red handed fabricating evidence in Judge Penfield Jackson's court and wound up pissing him off. I'll bet these moves will only wind up pissing off more and more of their customers (proles). They're painting themselves in a corner with their proprietary formats and vendor lock in. |
| tuxchick Aug 02, 2007 9:12 PM EDT |
Everyone who thinks liking the Bee Gees is uncool raise your hand. I dare you. |
| tracyanne Aug 02, 2007 11:35 PM EDT |
This raised hand is from an Australian. The Bee Gees and Kylie Minogue totally uncool. |
| jacog Aug 03, 2007 12:31 AM EDT |
I thought the Bee Gees where originally from the Isle of Man. Er, not that I would know aaaanything abuot that, of course. As for Australians... Nick Cave... cool. Shane Warne... not. :P ( South African here ) |
| dinotrac Aug 03, 2007 4:23 AM EDT |
>Everyone who thinks liking the Bee Gees is uncool raise your hand. I think the first time I truly wanted to kill somebody while feeling old (and I was in my mid twenties!!!!) was after the Bee Gees covered Sgt Pepper's Loney Hearts Club Band. The underaged girlfriend of a drummer friend looked at me and asked, "Oh, the Beatles did that too?" |
| Bob_Robertson Aug 03, 2007 6:16 AM EDT |
I lived in Massachusetts for a few years. There is no depth that the government of Massachusetts could sink to that would surprise me. I assure you this isn't even a "lowpoint". Merely par for the course. Why do you think Peter Quinn (sp?) moved on to other work so quickly after it was discovered that he had made a decision good for the _citizens_? |
| jdixon Aug 03, 2007 8:17 PM EDT |
> Everyone who thinks liking the Bee Gees is uncool raise your hand. Which Bee Gees? The Bee Gees of New York Mining Disaster 1941, To Love Somebody, Massachusetts, I've Gotta Get a Message to You, and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart; or the Bee Gees of Saturday Night Fever, You Should Be Dancing, Jive Talkin, and Stayin' Alive? There almost like two completely different bands. |
| tuxchick Aug 03, 2007 9:15 PM EDT |
lordamercy jdixon, how old are you?? |
| jdixon Aug 04, 2007 5:06 AM EDT |
I turned 49 last month, TC. |
| tuxchick Aug 04, 2007 7:44 AM EDT |
oh, so you didn't hear the Bee Gees of New York Mining Disaster live. Don't know how I got that idea. :) you should be dancing..... |
| jacog Aug 04, 2007 8:43 AM EDT |
Well, can't you tell by the way he uses his walk? Anyway, back on topic... DID the lights all go down in Massachusetts? |
| Bob_Robertson Aug 04, 2007 1:36 PM EDT |
Didn't the lights go out in Georgia? If they did, I blame it all on the knights on Broadway. |
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