A doctor's note is required before engaging in reading this post. Alright, by now you've heard that the mechanic-on-mechanic snickers action has been pulled from the lineup. Yeah, I didn't need to see that anyway, it gave me the jibbles. (here they come again) But now an anti-suicide group is going after that commercial where the unemployed robot jumps off a bridge (even though it turns out it was only a dream). Yeah, it makes fun of depressed people and falsely gives them hope that jumping off a bridge is the solution. I mean, do you know how many people survive jumping off bridges? Buildings are where its at. And that commercial wasn't even original; it was just a larger scale ripoff of an Ikea commercial where the family gets a new lamp and the old one sits dejected on the curb. I'm so tired of people being personally offended and making it a public issue. Maybe you need to man up. What's next, keep them from showing "Its a Wonderful Life" at Christmas? Give me a break.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
But We Already Have a Logo.
Poor Google, those Europeans just don't understand that its best for us all to just shut-up and do what Google says. First all those news websites suing for infringing content cause Google News linked to their articles. And now they've lost the broad European trademark for GMail to a letter delivery service in Germany. Like actual letters, not e-letters or anything. They tried to buy the name off Daniel Giersch for 250,000 but it was no deal. GMail is apparently too well established in Germany for him to give it up. Google also lost out in the UK where GMail is an analytical software package.
I think they should take the high road and name their service "GermanyMail". Or if that's already taken, how about "GierschMail"?
I think they should take the high road and name their service "GermanyMail". Or if that's already taken, how about "GierschMail"?
Hello, [reader name], Nice Day To Read Blags, Isn't It?
This is kinda funny. If you're not creeped out about surveillance and tracking and whatnot. Mini owners (the car, not small persons who hold property) in major cities that enroll in a program will see personalized messages displayed on Mini billboards as they drive by. The system works by retrieving data wirelessly from the key fob in the car and generates a message based on survey information the user has filled out. (Like telling Kate that its a nice day for her convertible) Kind of neat but also kind of weird that people volunteer to be advertised to about a product they've obviously already bought.
I could see someone striking up a deal with EZpass to do much the same thing; of course it'd have to be an opt-in situation or risk massive privacy invasion.
I could see someone striking up a deal with EZpass to do much the same thing; of course it'd have to be an opt-in situation or risk massive privacy invasion.
Take Your Censor And Cram It... Into Your Living Room.
Yes! Roll this out into every American's home today! Well, maybe just to everyone who complains about the language and suggestive content on TV. I'm mostly unsympathetic to these folks; if you don't want to see it, don't watch it. Pretty simple, don't go complaining to the censors every time your virgin eyes get molested. I know we've got the rating system and we've got the v-chip, but that's apparently too hard to use. Enter the personal TV censor. Its like having a 1950's school teacher running the volume control in your living room. Every time she sees a dirty word pop up in the closed captioning the TV mutes for a second.
Yeah, the first thing I thought when I read this was "but the closed captioning is a little behind the audio on most shows." So you'd just end up bleeping some innocuous word a few seconds after the eff bomb. Whatever, I don't care, cause I'm not getting one. No one is getting one. But I feel like this idea is important because but it'll help crystallize the issue. You are responsible for the content you consume, just like food. Sure, the government may have regulations about packaging and labeling, but if you want to eat spam you're allowed to eat spam. People aren't complaining because they're accidentally exposing themselves to objectionable content. (dammit, I was at the grocery store looking for healthy food and I accidentally opened and ate a can of spam, even though it was clearly marked as such) They don't want you to expose yourself to that content. And they don't have that right.
Yeah, the first thing I thought when I read this was "but the closed captioning is a little behind the audio on most shows." So you'd just end up bleeping some innocuous word a few seconds after the eff bomb. Whatever, I don't care, cause I'm not getting one. No one is getting one. But I feel like this idea is important because but it'll help crystallize the issue. You are responsible for the content you consume, just like food. Sure, the government may have regulations about packaging and labeling, but if you want to eat spam you're allowed to eat spam. People aren't complaining because they're accidentally exposing themselves to objectionable content. (dammit, I was at the grocery store looking for healthy food and I accidentally opened and ate a can of spam, even though it was clearly marked as such) They don't want you to expose yourself to that content. And they don't have that right.
Robot Valets Before Robot Butlers?
Check out this swank parking garage in New York. Its clean and well lit and for robots only. Cause lets face it, you let people into a parking garage and they're just going to gunk it up with chewing gum and urine. Basically you let this robotic car jukebox park you car for you instead of screeching around corners looking for a spot before that soccer mom can get to it. The space in this particular case went from a 24 spot mini lot to a 67 car sardine can that would make an aircraft carrier jealous. (if you've never been on an aircraft carrier, trust me, its a tight fit.) But its the all mechanical attendants that keep people from wasting space by parking with enough room to actually get out the door.
The only humans on hand will be collecting cash, because you just can't trust those robot bastards with money.
Heh, robot bastards always shorting the till. This sounds pretty good (aside from the reports of dropped and stuck cars) as a second option if I can't have my George Jetson car that folds into a briefcase.
Busy Busy.
Ok, I took care of some stuff and I have a whole list of things piled up to blag about. I bet you didn't hit up Daily Placebo Too in the absence of real posts did you? Well its on like a large ape rolling barrels down steel girders. So don't even bother now.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Feck you.
Yeah, I've got shit to talk about, did it ever occur to you that I've got better shit to do? Well It appears I don't at 12:18 in the morning, so here we go:Uh... underground highways, aren't you guys about 50 years too late? I mean, sure I've had visions of the interstate system in a huge tube, no animals in, no emissions out, but that's just silly. Building highways underground at this point looks to be little better than putting walls around freeways. Those retaining walls hold less noise than a three fingered beggar holds ball bearings.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Bike What?
I thought the reason all these bike persons we better than me was cause they don't need any of my technology to help them out. Bikes are the same as they've been for the last 50 years, and they don't need any help or imagination. The folks in Norway disagree, cause they've got some steep as shit hills there. So the "bike Trampe" is well received, and authorities say that an uphill escalator for bikes has increased bike usage in the last year.We Don't Need Roads.
Next up, there's DMC. Yeah you only know about them causa 'Back to the Future' and its a passing fancy at that. Well there's a new DMC these days and they cater to providing parts and service to original DMC customers. Well, their web site lists a flux capacitor for 6 grand, mostly as a head nod, and and a hover conversion for 12 grand. It was all good and fun till someone actually ordered the items. Now they've taken the parts off their site and no one loves anything anymore. Hope you're happy.Mooninites Invade Boston!
Uh, you probably think that's funny if you've seen Aqua Teen Hunger Force before. If not you may be calling some kind of bomb squad. Well, let me dissuade you. Its a stupid cartoon, not an IDE. Trust me. Apparently the Adult Swim guys thought it'd be cool to promote the Aqua Teens by placing lighted signs around Boston and other cities. And the freaks around Boston think they're so important that anything out of the ordinary must be an act of violence. Now, Update
Here's a couple links to Flickr galleries with the "devices"
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/xjohnpaulx/360279201/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderlin/358742603/
Yeah, those are not bombs.
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