[scifinoir2] Re: Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned variety show

2009-10-28 Thread Kelwyn
This is hilarious to me on several levels. First, corporate cluelessness never ceases to amaze me. Before you sign on to sponsor an entire show you might wanna WATCH AN EPISODE! Second, corporations like Microsoft, Rolling Stone, Google, Apple, etc., start out as free wheeling companies and

[scifinoir2] Ninja Assassin

2009-10-28 Thread Kelwyn
Has anybody seen the commercials for Ninja Assassin? I haven't been this geeked for kung fu fighting since I my sane and sober youth! ~rave!

[scifinoir2] Me and my Vaio

2009-10-28 Thread Kelwyn
http://blackplush.blogspot.com/2009/10/me-and-my-vaio.html

Re: [scifinoir2] Me and my Vaio

2009-10-28 Thread Mr. Worf
Sorry to hear about that. Something like that can be rough. You may want to investigate your kid's friends. When I was in high school, my friend's ex-girlfriend got a couple of her friends to break into my friend's house to steal his tv and a couple of things that only someone that had been in

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned variety show

2009-10-28 Thread Keith Johnson
Really! All they had to do was listen to McFarlane on Bill Maher's Real Time recently. They were discussing atheism, and McFarlane said of it, It's about fu**ing time! He then went on to joke about religion with Maher, a noted atheist. I could care less about their opinions--well, I do

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned variety show

2009-10-28 Thread Mr. Worf
Having worked for them, I can assure you that M$ doesn't think very much higher up the ladder that you go. They talk a lot in jingoistic babble and catch phrases but not anything of substance. (M$ is a mix of ubber geeks and professional brown noser corporate types that are too busy having

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned variety show

2009-10-28 Thread Keith Johnson
Rave I have to say I enjoy your writing. Whenever I read something and neglect to check the sender's name, i can still tell it's yours from your tone. You have great insight, and interesting/entertaining dry/sarcastic wit, and a wide knowledge of culture. We don't always agree on

Re: [scifinoir2] Ninja Assassin

2009-10-28 Thread Mr. Worf
Have you seen Ong Bak 2? On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Has anybody seen the commercials for Ninja Assassin? I haven't been this geeked for kung fu fighting since I my sane and sober youth! ~rave! Post your

RE: [scifinoir2] Me and my Vaio

2009-10-28 Thread Martin Baxter
I feel your pain, brother. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: ravena...@yahoo.com Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:03:01 +

Re: [scifinoir2] Ninja Assassin

2009-10-28 Thread Mr. Worf
Ong Bak 2 just came out this week in the theaters. On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, thank you for reminding me of what I forgot to do when I was at the mall on Sunday. I was supposed to check that movie kiosk to see if they had the

[scifinoir2] O/T From Burger King in Japan, the Windows 7 Whopper

2009-10-28 Thread Mr. Worf
From Burger King in Japan, the Windows 7 Whopper To promote Windows 7 and reach a non-techie audience, Microsoft and Burger King teamed up to sell a burger as big as a dinner plate By Kenji Hall http://www.businessweek.com/bios/Kenji_Hall.htm Asia - Asia's Best Young Entrepreneur 2009: The

RE: [scifinoir2] Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned variety show

2009-10-28 Thread Martin Baxter
Television shouldn't be used for promoting evil, anyway. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date:

RE: [scifinoir2] SGU this week

2009-10-28 Thread Martin Baxter
LMNAATWO!! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: My double-take for the day

2009-10-28 Thread Martin Baxter
Marian, she later clarified that response, saying that it came at a point in their marriage when they were both beginning to realize that marriage hadn't been the best of ideas, that they were more irritating *to* each other *than* loving each other. She says that, now, she and Baker are

RE: [scifinoir2] O/T From Burger King in Japan, the Windows 7 Whopper

2009-10-28 Thread Martin Baxter
Why was I not told of this in advance? Yes, despite my loathing of all things M$, I would've showed up, eaten as much as I could of the burger... ... then sank back in my chair, unbuttoning my jacket to reveal a Firefox t-shirt. :-) If all the world's a stage and all the people merely

Re: [scifinoir2] O/T From Burger King in Japan, the Windows 7 Whopper

2009-10-28 Thread Daryle Lockhart
LOL...THAT is why you weren't invited. On Oct 28, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: Why was I not told of this in advance? Yes, despite my loathing of all things M$, I would've showed up, eaten as much as I could of the burger... ... then sank back in my chair, unbuttoning my

Re: [scifinoir2] Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned variety show

2009-10-28 Thread Mr. Worf
Don't forget to tip your waitress! :) On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Give it up for Mr Worf Now playing 250 nights a year at the Tropicana! If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell

[scifinoir2] Re: Me and my Vaio

2009-10-28 Thread Kelwyn
It was done in by kids, but not kids friendly with my children. I have learned that two brothers, 17 and 14, with no father and a mother who works all day while they do not go to school, were seen leaving my place of residence. The brothers live at the end of my block and the youngest was

[scifinoir2] Re: Ninja Assassin

2009-10-28 Thread Kelwyn
No, I have not yet seen Ong Bak 2: The Beginning, improbably a PREQUEL to 2003's Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior, which I have seen. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Have you seen Ong Bak 2? On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@...

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Me and my Vaio

2009-10-28 Thread Mr. Worf
But they didn't find your stuff right? How do they know it was the two boys? Carrying a large tv would stick out. In the case of my friend. I always suspected that it was his ex-girlfriend because she even hinted at it to me. A few years later I was looking out my window and saw my new neighbor.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned variety show

2009-10-28 Thread Keith Johnson
Wow, I hear ya Seen the latest Apple commercial? The one where the Apple guy hits the Microsoft guy with all the past ad campaigns that Windows version xxx will improve upon Windows version so-and-so? Love that one! - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To:

Re: [scifinoir2] Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned variety show

2009-10-28 Thread Keith Johnson
The Tropicana? Now I have visions of Ricky Ricardo and his band playing, or Carmen Miranda dancing around the stage with that wild headress on! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 28,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned variety show

2009-10-28 Thread Mr. Worf
Isn't it how they judge mental illness? If you keep doing the same thing over and over again with the same result expecting that it will change? On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Wow, I hear ya Seen the latest Apple commercial? The one where the

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned variety show

2009-10-28 Thread Keith Johnson
You and me both! I still think Catwoman sucked! :) - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:32:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Microsoft canceled its sponsorship of planned

[scifinoir2] Ok, Call me old fashion but...

2009-10-28 Thread Mr. Worf
Tonight I was watching a Halloween special called Monsters vs Aliens/Pumpkins on NBC. Immediately following the show, and a funny commercial they start Law and Order featuring a double murder and mutilation. Call me old fashion, but shouldn't they have given a warning to the parents to change the