So apparently, microsoft has lost so much money because of the mac vs PC advertisement series that portrays windows as a dorky, chunky business man and mac as a cute, hipster. In order to combat it, they are coming out with an advertsiment series staring Jerry Seinfeld to help bolster windows vista. This is the first in the series and Seinfeld is being paid $10 million for his work in the series.
I seriously cannot fucking believe how lame it is. I would think this is going to be the death of microsoft. Check it out.
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09/05/2008 22:23 #45590
Microsoft is going to dieCategory: microsoft
09/04/2008 20:23 #45575
Thursday in the squareCategory: buffalo
I am so fed up with work today. After one of the worst work days
ever, I managed to check out the last Thursday in the Square.
Unfortunately, it is messing with my gym schedule, which is making me
angry.
Why don't they just make Lafayette square a concrete square if it ends up looking like this every year.
ever, I managed to check out the last Thursday in the Square.
Unfortunately, it is messing with my gym schedule, which is making me
angry.
Why don't they just make Lafayette square a concrete square if it ends up looking like this every year.
metalpeter - 09/05/08 18:22
Hope you had a great time.
Hope you had a great time.
tinypliny - 09/04/08 20:42
Chill out and Rock out! I am sure you can dance and holler away work blues! :)
(Who is playing?)
Peace out \m/
Chill out and Rock out! I am sure you can dance and holler away work blues! :)
(Who is playing?)
Peace out \m/
09/04/2008 19:25 #45567
The oldest tree in buffalo on frankinCategory: buffalo
It's not dead like earlier this year. (E:matthew) says they gave it
steroids.
steroids.
tinypliny - 09/04/08 19:38
Is it an evergreen?
Is it an evergreen?
09/04/2008 11:07 #45562
Fuck the environment, says RoswellCategory: environment
Is what I hear everytime I look in the dumpster at Roswell Park Cancer
Institute's IT building. The official reason they told me why they
throw out so much cardboard,"they don't have a truck to bring it
somewhere for recycling. "
It so irresponsible. I say hire a service. I hate it when the
cleaning lady asks if she can breakdown my cardboard and throw it
out. I take it home and recycle it.
Institute's IT building. The official reason they told me why they
throw out so much cardboard,"they don't have a truck to bring it
somewhere for recycling. "
It so irresponsible. I say hire a service. I hate it when the
cleaning lady asks if she can breakdown my cardboard and throw it
out. I take it home and recycle it.
jim - 09/04/08 16:02
STUPID TREES I HATE YOU
STUPID TREES I HATE YOU
dcoffee - 09/04/08 14:32
If you want to get the word out more, you can always post something on WNYmedia.net :::link::: they have good Alexa ratings and a lot of local viewers, anyone can post, and it could get picked up by local media. I agree with you, that's really bad. Changing the behavior of an institution like this is huge, it would eliminate a lot of waste. Finally my college SUNY Fredonia started a recycling program.
If you want to get the word out more, you can always post something on WNYmedia.net :::link::: they have good Alexa ratings and a lot of local viewers, anyone can post, and it could get picked up by local media. I agree with you, that's really bad. Changing the behavior of an institution like this is huge, it would eliminate a lot of waste. Finally my college SUNY Fredonia started a recycling program.
libertad - 09/04/08 13:51
So innaporpriate for me to be viewing at my desk! Seriously, I am put off that they made no response to our suggestions for the cafeteria. You should make a suggestion too since they ignored me and tinypliny.
So innaporpriate for me to be viewing at my desk! Seriously, I am put off that they made no response to our suggestions for the cafeteria. You should make a suggestion too since they ignored me and tinypliny.
heidi - 09/04/08 13:27
Where does the computer/electronics waste go? If they order 150-ish computers a week, there's a LOT of stuff being replaced...
Where does the computer/electronics waste go? If they order 150-ish computers a week, there's a LOT of stuff being replaced...
tinypliny - 09/04/08 11:36
oops, didn't meant to post that empty. An IT person told me that they order 150 PC/Comp units every week and I suppose all the cardboard packaging is thrown away. :/ That is environmental homicide.
oops, didn't meant to post that empty. An IT person told me that they order 150 PC/Comp units every week and I suppose all the cardboard packaging is thrown away. :/ That is environmental homicide.
tinypliny - 09/04/08 11:34
tinypliny - 09/04/08 11:33
I feel SO STRONGLY about all this non-recycling havoc that A CANCER CARE institute is wrecking on WNY. I think we should start a site called "Roswell DOES NOT Recycle" and post pictures of wanton non-recycling behaviour on it, daily. Since Roswell cares so much about its image, people would be forced to sit up and take notice. I am sick of writing letters to random people in authority every month. In response to (e:libertad)'s cafeteria call to action, I wrote a well-reasoned (I think) long letter to the comments box, and signed it so they would send me a response. But they never bothered!
I feel SO STRONGLY about all this non-recycling havoc that A CANCER CARE institute is wrecking on WNY. I think we should start a site called "Roswell DOES NOT Recycle" and post pictures of wanton non-recycling behaviour on it, daily. Since Roswell cares so much about its image, people would be forced to sit up and take notice. I am sick of writing letters to random people in authority every month. In response to (e:libertad)'s cafeteria call to action, I wrote a well-reasoned (I think) long letter to the comments box, and signed it so they would send me a response. But they never bothered!
09/03/2008 22:58 #45558
Tackiest jewlery everCategory: politics
I could talk about how riddled with ridiculousness their whole
convention is but I just can't get over this diamond navy/usmc broche.
Okay that and the fact that Sarah Palin's son is being deployed to
Iraq on September 11th. How dramatic. Can't they finally end the
September 11th/Iraq connection. I hope he discovers to weapons of
mass destruction.
convention is but I just can't get over this diamond navy/usmc broche.
Okay that and the fact that Sarah Palin's son is being deployed to
Iraq on September 11th. How dramatic. Can't they finally end the
September 11th/Iraq connection. I hope he discovers to weapons of
mass destruction.
jason - 09/05/08 17:03
(e:Ajay), you should really slow down, especially after that AIP debacle from just yesterday.
:::link:::
(e:Ajay), you should really slow down, especially after that AIP debacle from just yesterday.
:::link:::
jim - 09/04/08 16:07
37 million, almost as much as Obama: :::link:::
Everyone I know tuned in to see it.
37 million, almost as much as Obama: :::link:::
Everyone I know tuned in to see it.
ajay - 09/04/08 13:02
So hey, (e:joshua) : was she for the "bridge to nowhere" or against it?
And what about pork? Did she hire a lobbyist in Washington so that the metropolis of Wassilla got more pork, or not?
I could go on...
Nice to see that you're marching in line with the Repuglican line about "biased media". Read my earlier link: an independent study has shown that media has been biased against Obama more than against McCain. But you already knew that; you just wanted to whine about it.
So hey, (e:joshua) : was she for the "bridge to nowhere" or against it?
And what about pork? Did she hire a lobbyist in Washington so that the metropolis of Wassilla got more pork, or not?
I could go on...
Nice to see that you're marching in line with the Repuglican line about "biased media". Read my earlier link: an independent study has shown that media has been biased against Obama more than against McCain. But you already knew that; you just wanted to whine about it.
jason - 09/04/08 11:16
(e:Jim) - insinuating that community organizers don't have a real job, or don't have any responsibility is clearly wrong. That's the one criticism that's been made that I think is over the top. Of course, it ain't executive experience, and it isn't even a close substitute, but apparently people can't leave it at that. And you're right, that is serving the country as well.
(e:Jim) - insinuating that community organizers don't have a real job, or don't have any responsibility is clearly wrong. That's the one criticism that's been made that I think is over the top. Of course, it ain't executive experience, and it isn't even a close substitute, but apparently people can't leave it at that. And you're right, that is serving the country as well.
joshua - 09/04/08 11:11
For (e:ajay) regarding the debunked AIP lie the media perpetrated - :::link:::
CBS running with a lie - nahh, no bias. This was actually echo chamber material from Washington Monthly and The Atlantic. :::link:::
The source, if you can bear to read it. At least the guy from The Atlantic sourced where he got the news from - DailyKos "muckrakers." Note the "note" at the end.
:::link:::
Gotta love this seeming coordination between Kos, print media such as the Washington Monthly and The Atlantic, and finally with the alphabet networks.
For (e:ajay) regarding the debunked AIP lie the media perpetrated - :::link:::
CBS running with a lie - nahh, no bias. This was actually echo chamber material from Washington Monthly and The Atlantic. :::link:::
The source, if you can bear to read it. At least the guy from The Atlantic sourced where he got the news from - DailyKos "muckrakers." Note the "note" at the end.
:::link:::
Gotta love this seeming coordination between Kos, print media such as the Washington Monthly and The Atlantic, and finally with the alphabet networks.
jim - 09/04/08 11:00
!!!
!!!
joshua - 09/04/08 10:58
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...
jim - 09/04/08 10:41
Oops, that's Tuesday never mind.
Oops, that's Tuesday never mind.
jim - 09/04/08 10:40
Actually these are the numbers I found on Drudge:
TUESDAY NITE CONVENTION RATINGS, 10 PM ET
FOXNEWS 6,179,000
NBC 4,468,000
CNN 3,220,000
ABC 3,098,000
CBS 2,928,000
MSNBC 1,590,000
(Total: 21,483,000)
Actually these are the numbers I found on Drudge:
TUESDAY NITE CONVENTION RATINGS, 10 PM ET
FOXNEWS 6,179,000
NBC 4,468,000
CNN 3,220,000
ABC 3,098,000
CBS 2,928,000
MSNBC 1,590,000
(Total: 21,483,000)
dcoffee - 09/04/08 10:36
Politics, the best show on Television!
Politics, the best show on Television!
jim - 09/04/08 10:32
Biden is super boring in comparison.
Biden is super boring in comparison.
jim - 09/04/08 10:31
Makes sense, we all wanted to see her :)
Makes sense, we all wanted to see her :)
joshua - 09/04/08 10:21
I found the answer to my question - 30 million viewers, the most ever to have watched a VP acceptance speech.
I found the answer to my question - 30 million viewers, the most ever to have watched a VP acceptance speech.
paul - 09/04/08 10:01
Oh and as for viewership/rating. Its not really that surprising. I watched it and so did (e:matthew) and (e:terry) and I can assure you we only watched it to make fun of them and entertain ourselves the way we would watch George Bush speak - only sadly less entertaining as he is the ultimate idiot.
I don't want to give the wrong impression - I am not all that pro Obama/democrat. I really once again just don't like anyone so much - although then again I might vote for him unlike Kerry who I refused to vote for.
Oh and as for viewership/rating. Its not really that surprising. I watched it and so did (e:matthew) and (e:terry) and I can assure you we only watched it to make fun of them and entertain ourselves the way we would watch George Bush speak - only sadly less entertaining as he is the ultimate idiot.
I don't want to give the wrong impression - I am not all that pro Obama/democrat. I really once again just don't like anyone so much - although then again I might vote for him unlike Kerry who I refused to vote for.
paul - 09/04/08 09:58
Just to explain myself, I did not mean it was an empty or fake gesture sending her kids to kill people in Iraq for oil. I just thought it was overly dramatic referring to that fact that he was being deployed on sept 11th to reinforce the fictitious Iraq/Sept 11 link.
Just to explain myself, I did not mean it was an empty or fake gesture sending her kids to kill people in Iraq for oil. I just thought it was overly dramatic referring to that fact that he was being deployed on sept 11th to reinforce the fictitious Iraq/Sept 11 link.
jon - 09/04/08 09:57
Hillary vs Obama
now...
Palin
...so very entertaining. I doubt we'll have this much drama in an election year for decades to come.
All that is missing is a reality TV show staring the above.
Hillary vs Obama
now...
Palin
...so very entertaining. I doubt we'll have this much drama in an election year for decades to come.
All that is missing is a reality TV show staring the above.
jim - 09/04/08 09:43
How can you mock community organizing the day after making a big deal out of service? As much as this speech pumped up Republicans, it's energizing Democrats just as much. Net-wash in the long term is my thinking, although of course I wish she'd flamed out.
How can you mock community organizing the day after making a big deal out of service? As much as this speech pumped up Republicans, it's energizing Democrats just as much. Net-wash in the long term is my thinking, although of course I wish she'd flamed out.
joshua - 09/04/08 09:22
Palin was extremely effective and served her purpose, which was to reassure the base and introduce herself to the country. I'll tell you the one thing I was most surprised about - not last night, but Tuesday night's overall viewership was only 3 or 4 million shy of the DNC convention nationally. I had assumed that the viewership would have been much lower... I was wrong. I'm curious as to what the ratings were for last night - I expect that they were very good.
re: the jewelry. I can't commentate on what makes good jewelry (this fact petrifies me if I ever pick a ring out for a girl one day) but (e:jason) pointed out the purpose behind it.
(e:ajay) - yeah, that stuff was debunked.
Palin was extremely effective and served her purpose, which was to reassure the base and introduce herself to the country. I'll tell you the one thing I was most surprised about - not last night, but Tuesday night's overall viewership was only 3 or 4 million shy of the DNC convention nationally. I had assumed that the viewership would have been much lower... I was wrong. I'm curious as to what the ratings were for last night - I expect that they were very good.
re: the jewelry. I can't commentate on what makes good jewelry (this fact petrifies me if I ever pick a ring out for a girl one day) but (e:jason) pointed out the purpose behind it.
(e:ajay) - yeah, that stuff was debunked.
brit - 09/04/08 09:00
haha, I like the jewels dude, the price of them probably could have bought some body armour for a platoon in Iraq but hey..
anyway, I thought Palin did a good job with what she had to work with. I thought Guiliani came over as childish and jeering...like when he started laughing at community organizers. He should have just said 'he has no executive experience' then perhaps he wouldn't have insulted the millions of people who work for their communities in America. guy is a douche of epic proportions
I had an awesome class last night with one of the more respected forecasters in the country who is a die hard Republican and he is expecting his post convention model to project an Obama win. It was fascinating with regard to what affects an election and what goes into a model
btw, did anyone else notice that the baby daddy chewed gun in the most vile manner when he was onstage and shaking hands with McCain...I mean rep or Dem if he was your kid you would thrash his ass
haha, I like the jewels dude, the price of them probably could have bought some body armour for a platoon in Iraq but hey..
anyway, I thought Palin did a good job with what she had to work with. I thought Guiliani came over as childish and jeering...like when he started laughing at community organizers. He should have just said 'he has no executive experience' then perhaps he wouldn't have insulted the millions of people who work for their communities in America. guy is a douche of epic proportions
I had an awesome class last night with one of the more respected forecasters in the country who is a die hard Republican and he is expecting his post convention model to project an Obama win. It was fascinating with regard to what affects an election and what goes into a model
btw, did anyone else notice that the baby daddy chewed gun in the most vile manner when he was onstage and shaking hands with McCain...I mean rep or Dem if he was your kid you would thrash his ass
jason - 09/04/08 08:46
I don't know anything about jewelry, but I do know Cindy McCain supports her kids. Jack McCain is in the Naval Academy, and Jimmy McCain is a Marine. That ain't an empty gesture on her part, and people who are familiar with this stuff don't think it strange, but as I said I can't comment on the tackiness aspect because I don't know what makes a good piece of jewelry.
(e:Ajay), that was an A+ rant, and others here have made that same case. Of course, the lies have already been exposed, Sarah Palin's voter registration records have been released, and the network bloggers who propagated the smear have already corrected themselves. This is called the "Anatomy of the Death of a Smear" - but the precedent has long been set that the truth doesn't matter, only the extent to which you can damage someone. I hear that Conservatives are still talking about the "fake birth certificate" and the "secret muslim" stuff as well.
This is from two days ago, just so everyone knows and accepts the facts as it pertains to her being a member of the party. It also gives a link to TPM, so you can get your next version of the company line.
:::link:::
Here is the link to the original ABC blogger:
:::link:::
I don't know anything about jewelry, but I do know Cindy McCain supports her kids. Jack McCain is in the Naval Academy, and Jimmy McCain is a Marine. That ain't an empty gesture on her part, and people who are familiar with this stuff don't think it strange, but as I said I can't comment on the tackiness aspect because I don't know what makes a good piece of jewelry.
(e:Ajay), that was an A+ rant, and others here have made that same case. Of course, the lies have already been exposed, Sarah Palin's voter registration records have been released, and the network bloggers who propagated the smear have already corrected themselves. This is called the "Anatomy of the Death of a Smear" - but the precedent has long been set that the truth doesn't matter, only the extent to which you can damage someone. I hear that Conservatives are still talking about the "fake birth certificate" and the "secret muslim" stuff as well.
This is from two days ago, just so everyone knows and accepts the facts as it pertains to her being a member of the party. It also gives a link to TPM, so you can get your next version of the company line.
:::link:::
Here is the link to the original ABC blogger:
:::link:::
mrmike - 09/04/08 08:33
yeah, the whole double standard thing is troubling. She opens the door to her family with the son's deployment then wonders why the media covers the prego daughter.
Cindy McCain is looking like what if the GOP was in charge of Barbie Doll production.
yeah, the whole double standard thing is troubling. She opens the door to her family with the son's deployment then wonders why the media covers the prego daughter.
Cindy McCain is looking like what if the GOP was in charge of Barbie Doll production.
dcoffee - 09/04/08 08:09
haha, paul you are so right. I couldn't read the pin until now, that makes it even stranger. It's funny how John McCain has taken off his tie and jacket to appear like a man of the people, then he stands next to his billionaire wife with her couple thousand dollar outfits. it makes me chuckle.
haha, paul you are so right. I couldn't read the pin until now, that makes it even stranger. It's funny how John McCain has taken off his tie and jacket to appear like a man of the people, then he stands next to his billionaire wife with her couple thousand dollar outfits. it makes me chuckle.
libertad - 09/04/08 07:31
She has classic white woman lips. I could go on an on about why McCain should not be president just because of her alone.
She has classic white woman lips. I could go on an on about why McCain should not be president just because of her alone.
ajay - 09/04/08 00:44
Giuliani the idiot set the stage with his "9/11" references. That guy has absolutely no shame.
And the contrived links to 9/11 by Palin? Puhleeze.
This is a woman who was a member of, and spoke at, the "Alaska Independence Party" convention; whose founder said, on the record: "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government", and who refused to be buried in Alaska under the American flag.
Palin is a hypocrite of the highest order. But, what else should we expect from the Repuglicans, the party of hypocrites.
Giuliani the idiot set the stage with his "9/11" references. That guy has absolutely no shame.
And the contrived links to 9/11 by Palin? Puhleeze.
This is a woman who was a member of, and spoke at, the "Alaska Independence Party" convention; whose founder said, on the record: "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government", and who refused to be buried in Alaska under the American flag.
Palin is a hypocrite of the highest order. But, what else should we expect from the Repuglicans, the party of hypocrites.
james - 09/04/08 00:13
That is so tacky.
That is so tacky.
tinypliny - 09/04/08 00:12
Hehehehe... I remember my high school English teacher. She was maybe 150 years old and she had flabs of skin hanging over her neck. That would have been okay had she not insisted on wearing multiple stacks of tight pearl "chokers" around all those skin flaps. It was most hypnotic - but not in a soothing way. More like a "OMG, I want to die now, having seen the face of ugliness" way.
Hehehehe... I remember my high school English teacher. She was maybe 150 years old and she had flabs of skin hanging over her neck. That would have been okay had she not insisted on wearing multiple stacks of tight pearl "chokers" around all those skin flaps. It was most hypnotic - but not in a soothing way. More like a "OMG, I want to die now, having seen the face of ugliness" way.
Wow, that's incredibly bad. Who wants to see Bill Gates adjust his shorts???? (e:vincent) is right, the only cool part is that ancient picture of Bill on the superdorks card.
I almost bought a lunix-based UMPC... until I started using OneNote, which I am totally loving. Evil has won the battle. :-( (If it wasn't free from UB, I wouldn't be using it!)
(hmmmm... a little research shows :::link::: Notebook might be an able competitor....)
First of all, those Mac Vs. PC adds are awesome and very funny, oh and that actor is in the New Die Hard movie it is on HBO tonight for those who haven't seen it yet.
I don't understand the Microsoft ad my self. I did like it but that is because I thought it was for some shoe place no one had ever heard of then they leave and it is for windows, I don't get it.
Here is the rundown -> :::link:::
And I agree, word for word.
Heh... He had a very handsome jawline back then. :)
The only cool thing about that commercial is that he used his Mug Shot from 1977 on his Clown Club Card.
:::link:::
Of course, if Google releases its long-awaited long-talked-about super-secret opensource OS, then all bets are off. They already have an internal version of the Linux Ubuntu distribution. M$ will surely die then.
I am not sure I can even laugh. Its just bizzare.
Microsoft can never die till office of the world (eg. Roswell) don't bow down to its inefficient monopoly and dumb users like me are too scared to jump ship to Linux (because of dumbness and a certain lame laziness and lack of comforting software) and too un-hep to justify the cost of a ultra-elitist Mac.
oh my lord, what crap! One day future historians will look at this ad as the 'end of microsoft'. I swear it!
No commercial will ever convince me to buy another Microsoft product.
Next time its either open source or Mac.
In the future Windows versions would make the computer an edible cookie.
And we should be excited about Bill Gates getting a better pair of shoes and shorts.
A former comedian with a terrible recent movie helped him see the light.
Exactly. HUH?
Appealing in it makes you want to purchase or you laugh because its so ridiculous.
I hate microsoft, but the commercial is appealing.
huh? i don't get it? am i missing something? i think this is too high brow for me.