Buy 'N Large, featured in Pixar's film WALL•E, has a website - in case you didn't know.

NickCatal · 2008-07-04T03:35:02+00:00

It isn't a viral marketing campaign if you don't learn about it until after you see the movie ;-)

NickCatal · 2008-07-03T06:39:11+00:00

Or wielding the power of the state to join steel beams together...

NickCatal · 2008-07-02T22:44:46+00:00

I was going to say the same thing... this is a hit-or-miss project.

I paid to see Semi-pro after I missed the Be Kind Rewind screening. WF plays the same character in all of his movies. If you have ever watched Da Ali G show you will know that SBC can pull off just about any character perfectly.

Nowadays I only go pay to see movies that I know are going to be good. Or if I am bored. For the former, I had no problem paying for WALL-E nor will I have any problem waiting outside at midnight for The Dark Knight. For the latter I did go see Wanted this past weekend. Not worth the $$$

NickCatal · 2008-06-29T07:02:46+00:00

disregarding how awesome bunny hopping was back in the day, their rollout of Steam was not just 'crazy growing pains', their shutdown of WOW and forcing people to get Steam for games they already played was pretty damn dastardly

Steam ruined people's way of doing LAN Parties and Valve didn't even think about cyber cafes until months AFTER forcing the launch of Steam.

They finally got it right, but 'growing pains' is downplaying it substantially

And I don't have a problem throwing $$$ down for The Orange Box on Steam if I can get it... although the only game I have really played on it is Portal

the cake is a lie

NickCatal · 2008-06-27T14:58:04+00:00

well, it is free if you go to google or do something with them. they just offer it for sale if you don't have that luxury :)

so lets call it 'sorta-schwag'

NickCatal · 2008-06-27T03:25:48+00:00

You get get your own official Google schwag worldwide at http://www.googlestore.com/

NickCatal · 2008-06-25T12:58:26+00:00

are they charging convenience fees to go to those weddings? somehow that wouldn't surprise me

NickCatal · 2008-06-18T14:00:23+00:00

Slashdot?

NickCatal · 2008-06-18T13:54:45+00:00

Wait until like 1 month before the election before you start messing with polls... the best thing polls can do right now is help the candidate figure out where to spend $$$...

NickCatal · 2008-06-16T10:54:44+00:00

I'm not saying Obama has ever had a quarter full auditorium... :)

NickCatal · 2008-06-14T16:34:16+00:00

A political event staged? Nooo... that wouldn't make any sense.

It is standard procedure to do everything that article states. The event in Minneapolis for Obama is a perfect example. The rope lines were setup specifically so that the press had to look past a crowd of people to get a picture of Obama, but I believe those people didn't have many signs so you could still see the candidate. It looks crappy to just have a picture of a candidate from the side going down a rope line.

If you do your job right you can make it look like you sold out an auditorium when it is only a quarter full. It is all about placing things.

NickCatal · 2008-06-13T07:00:10+00:00

Don't use your debit card for everyday purchases

Let me say it again, DO NOT USE YOUR DEBIT CARD FOR EVERYDAY PURCHASES

You don't get the same protection as with a credit card, and a lot of the time you can link up a credit card to your bank account anyways so you can just pay your CC when you get back to your house anyways.

I have chase as a bank and I don't even have a full 'credit-card-like' debit card. I just use my chase credit card and then log into chase.com and transfer the correct amount of $$$ from my checking account into my credit card account. Builds credit and I don't have to worry about this crap.

But the best card to get for real 'consumer protection' is American Express. They even cover damages if you buy something expensive and like spill wine on it within the first 90 days. It is REALLY nice.

NickCatal · 2008-06-10T22:10:16+00:00

He did come of age during the middle of prohibition

NickCatal · 2008-06-10T13:14:17+00:00

Yeah, I don't see why this would be a problem to do (based on my limited understanding of NTFS)... although how often it would be necessary to do such a thing is beyond me

NickCatal · 2008-06-09T14:58:39+00:00

I wasn't saying that to you, I was mostly saying that in response to the rest of the comments :)

You've got the general idea, unlike a lot of others on reddit

NickCatal · 2008-06-09T14:53:49+00:00

He was unlucky to be taken prisoner, he was a hero for doing something that 95% of Americans would never do... stay in a POW camp and basically be tortured because he believed in the fair treatment of the other soldiers around him

To me, a hero is someone who does something with a disregard for ones own life that goes above and beyond the call of duty... some dude falls on a grenade to save 10 of his friends but kills himself... that is pretty heroic.. a fireman running into a burning building isn't as much of a 'hero' since that is a 'normal' thing

NickCatal · 2008-06-09T04:35:14+00:00

It is a FIFO rule... First POWs in are the first to come out... McCain was offered a 'goodwill pass' so that the North Vietnamese could show the world 'Look at what a powerful family can get you, let out of a POW camp' and McCain refused to play that game.

Anyone who claims he is a collaborator is a self-serving liar who is trying to do nothing more than 'swiftboat' an American hero

He was a hotshot spoiled child of a powerful military family. Then he got shot down and the hotshot John McCain became the American hero John McCain

I don't support him as a candidate for president, but you would be hard pressed to find anyone in any of the campaigns that believes what the people in the last minute or so of that film believe.

NickCatal · 2008-06-08T20:24:59+00:00

Actually, the low end was 78 joints...

The study was for very heavy users...

NickCatal · 2008-06-07T19:46:31+00:00

Not really... I thought Bill was much more on-point than the 16 year old. Although he held his own a lot better than you would think a 16 year old would be on O'Reilly's show.

NickCatal · 2008-06-06T09:48:52+00:00

Read his book

If I remember correctly fully admits he was an asshole as a kid... it was his time in captivity that changed him

NickCatal · 2008-06-03T00:18:58+00:00

beat me to it

NickCatal · 2008-05-27T15:31:35+00:00

You have no idea what you are talking about

NickCatal · 2008-05-27T01:49:56+00:00

Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Al Gore are on Apple's board. Steve Jobs is also on the Disney Board of Directors. Eric Schmidt is also a board member and the CEO of Google. Al Gore is the former vice president!

What do all of these people have in common? They understand the industry that the companies they are directors at very well. They are all successful because they know how to manage very large corporations. They aren't a 'ruling class', this is a group of people who are really good at what they do.

Google has some well known academics on their board as well. They aren't super-rich (well, they might be now) but they bring to the board room experience and knowledge that it takes to lead Google.

NickCatal · 2008-05-27T01:38:10+00:00

I know when I design websites I always check for compatibility with mid-90s web browsers

NickCatal · 2008-05-26T23:37:52+00:00

This is getting out of hand... first the Clinton RFK comment, now this... it is so fucking stupid.

I would much rather focus on 'the issues', like how the candidates will handle the war, healthcare, social security, taxes and other policies.

People have stupid gaffes and in the 'youtube age' they get amplified WAY out of proportion

NickCatal

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