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6 Obnoxious Ads That Don't Even Try to Sell Their Products
There are a lot of annoying ad campaigns out there we all like to complain about. Some people go into a Hulk-like rage whenever they hear the Five Dollar Footlong song, or want to apply a chair directly to the forehead of whoever came up with the Head On commercials.
But at least it's clear what they're trying to do -- get the slogan in your head so next time you are really hungry for a sandwich and only have five dollars, perhaps you will think of them. A lot of other advertisers don't even seem to have that level of sense when they make their ads, leaving us scratching our heads wondering how their commercials were even supposed to work.
Here's a few common types of bewildering commercials:
#6. Gross-Out Food Commercials
Everybody knows that one way to make your product look great is to make your competitor's product look shitty, like when Verizon put out those ads showing their fat, healthy coverage map compared to AT&T's sad little lonely dots.
That sort of thing makes sense for most products, so Subway reasoned it would work when it came to food. They put out an ad starring a fictional fast food joint called "Burger Town," showing gratuitous close-ups of its nasty greasy kitchen and the grease being pumped into a truck out back.
Then they have the smarmy manager really rub it in that some poor schlub (it could be you!) is putting all this into his mouth.
Only then -- after the average viewer has been put into a general mood of disgust and loss of appetite -- only then do they bring up their own product, saying thank God that Subway sandwiches are free of all that grease! You should eat them! Yeah, a little late.
You see, food doesn't work like any other product. Appetite is a primal response, not a logical one. Actual hormones and chemicals and shit start flowing when your appetite is stimulated, or in this case, strongly turned off. The gross-out grease imagery goes past your brain and starts putting your stomach in a "I'm not hungry" mood. And that's when they show you their product.
This recent Wendy's ad isn't so appetite-inducing either:
And while they're not advertising food, Febreze commercials run into the same problem trying to sell something that supposedly appeals to your senses (smell, specifically) while visually only showing you appetite-quashing filth.
TV commercials (in the present, anyway) are only an audio and visual medium, so you can't smell the sweet Febreze they're trying to sell you, only see the awful kitchen and cringe at the girl almost touching the rotting meat with her nose. Sure, there's the logical message they're trying to get across: "If Febreze can cover up a smell this bad, it must be quite powerful!" But for a lot of viewers, that message is going to be overpowered by "SHE'S STICKING HER FACE INTO THAT! OH GOD! GET AWAY!"
#5. Creepy Commercials That Lost Track of the Point
Along similar, but slightly different lines, are the creepy high-concept commercials. For a recent Toyota Prius commercial, the advertising agency came up with a concept that "this one person is made up of all these people. When you see the Priuses available, that metaphor starts to unravel -- from one person to many, from one Prius to many."
Wow, that sounds pretty deep. I wonder how it comes out visually. How will they symbolize the ...
Sorry about that, I think my soul escaped temporarily. Anyway, I wonder how they made that. Some kind of CG, I'm sure, they didn't make actual people get together into those awkward pos-
All right, anyway, you get the point. I don't know why this would sell Priuses. Maybe when you want to get across a complex statement like, "From one person to many, from one Prius to many," you should just have someone say it, because I'm not sure nine out of 10 viewers would be able to gather that from a creepy alchemical amalgamation of souls getting up in the morning, getting ready for work and then suddenly breaking up into its individual components and getting into Priuses.
If you enjoy horror, you might also enjoy this commercial for a King Kong ride, where a child begins screaming at a King Kong ride and continues to scream as he ages into an old man through the power of CG. I don't even think you need pictures to see why that would be creepy, but here anyway:
The slogan is "The intensity lasts a lifetime," which sounds good as a phrase, but when put into pictures, becomes a disturbing reminder of our mortality. I'm sure they're trying to evoke the excitement and wonder of the ride lasting the kid through all the years of his long and fulfilling life, but the vibe that's actually coming across is that the kid drank from the wrong Grail. I mean, he ages into a wrinkled, frail old man, and then the screen goes to black. What kind of association do you expect people to make there? Maybe we should just be glad they didn't show him crumbling into dust.
And of course, one of the classic ads that was trying to get some attention and challenge people's sensibilities or whatever, but only ended up giving them nightmares or making them scratch their heads, was Sony's creepy baby doll commercial.
Its face spazzes out and then it levitates a PlayStation 3. This led to the PS3's long-standing reputation for being more easily possessed by ghosts than other consoles, which crippled its sales for many years.
#4. The Audience Representative Is the Stupidest Person Alive
Many commercials try to include a character that represents you, the viewer. They usually try to make this person somewhat intelligent and likable, because it's you, the person they're trying to talk into buying their stuff. This character usually ends up using their product and enjoying it, and if they did a good job painting that character as someone you could be, you will go, "That's me! I can see myself using that product and enjoying it!"
So I'm not sure what these McDonald's commercials are trying to do. They're pointing out how smart you, the customer, will be for saving money on the dollar menu, yet they're comparing this level of intelligence to spending 10 seconds of awkward silence figuring out a pet name for your girlfriend and finally coming up with "sweet-tea" and then "sweetie".
Man, only Einstein could come up with something like "honey" or "baby" quicker than that.
Or holding up this moron as a smart dollar menu shopper, when he spends the better part of 20 seconds trying to figure out the right answer to "My sister's new boyfriend told her Sundays are just for watching football. Believe that?" Whenever someone says, "Believe that?" and looks angry, obviously the answer is no. Is he really spending 20 seconds considering whether "I also believe Sundays are only for watching football" would be an acceptable answer?
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ..."
Sure, maybe someone would take that long to debate whether to be honest or whether to lie, but this isn't painted as a moral decision. The commercial lays it on pretty thick that coming up with the right answer is about showing how smart he is. Like he basically doesn't even know what the right thing to say is up until the end, and that he is proud for solving this complex puzzle.
Why would you show the audience this nincompoop and imply that they can be just as smart as him if they shop the dollar menu?
Or take the 5 Hour Energy commercials. They're basically telling you that you need their product because you are too stupid and/or lazy to make coffee, or buy coffee, or put sugar in it, or carry it.
I'm not making a joke, the ad actually talks about carrying coffee as a hassle you can't be expected to handle.
If these commercials work, it's in spite of their concept. "That guy sure is an idiot," you might think. "But wait, the ad said something about tiny burritos and sweet teas for a dollar. That's not bad." But I'd venture to say they would work better if the guy wasn't an idiot, and if that wasn't the first thing your potential customer took away from that ad.


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LISBON - With more and more welders needed nationwide, the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center has been leading the way in teaching people to fill those needs.
One of the instructors, Huck Hughes, recently attended the FAB Tech international show in Las Vegas. He was asked to speak in front of a committee of education professionals about the CTC's new lab and program. This fall the program doubled in size and began teaching classes in a new welding and material joining lab. Hughes said a lot of people asked questions after his presentation about the new lab. He believes some will even be coming to Lisbon to look at the program themselves.
"The rest of the country has been looking at what we are doing here," Hughes said, adding it is a pleasure to work with great staff and administrators who keep the students in mind.
One group which reportedly took notice of Hughes' presentation is the American Welding Society. Hughes said members of the society promote welding and have asked him to speak before the U.S. Congress the next time they go to promote the profession.
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The drama surrounding the rejection began shortly
after when the Federal Communications Commission opened
an inquiry into who was responsible for the rejection of Google
Voice and whether the rejection violated any federal laws or rules.
AT&T quickly
responded that it did not mastermind the rejection, and that it
was Apple's doing. Apple followed up, taking
the blame and say it was working to get the app approved.
came a second
response from AT&T. Apparently in a sharing mood, AT&T
sounded off against Google and complained to the FCC that it believes
Google Voice breaks the law. Since AT&T has allowed
VoIP apps onto the iPhone, but Google Voice is still no where to
be found. Now AT&T has delivered a third
letter to the FCC further attacking the internet giant.
Google has been attacked by many -- newspaper moguls, telecoms, and
internet rivals -- the new letter is perhaps the harshest
conglomerated criticism leveled against the company to date.
Written by Robert W. Quinn, Jr., an AT&T Senior Vice President,
the letter entitled "Google Voice; Establishing Just and
Reasonable Rates for Local Exchange Carriers" opens claiming
Google is a hypocrite when it comes to net neutrality.
Quinn writes:
As the debate regarding "net neutrality" has
evolved, it appeared on the surface that all parties shared the same
desire to preserve the "free and open" nature of the Internet, a
goal enunciated by [FCC] Chairman Genachowski with which we heartily
As communications services increasingly migrate
to broadband Internet-based platforms, we can now see the power of
Internet-based applications providers to act as gatekeepers who can
threaten the "free and open" Internet. Google's double-standard
for "openness" – where Google does what it wants while other
providers are subject to Commission regulations – is plainly
inconsistent with the goal of preserving a "free and open"
Internet ecosystem.
The letter claims that Google's explanation that it is only
blocking certain kinds of rural calls like adult sex-chat lines, to
avoid high fees leveled against the free service, is a lie. The
letter accuses Google of conspiracy, saying it also blocked calls to
an ambulance service, church, bank, law firm, automobile dealer, day
spa, orchard, health clinic, tax preparation service, community
center, eye doctor, tribal community college, school, residential
consumers, a convent of Benedictine nuns, and the campaign office of
a U.S. Representative.
According to AT&T, Google is
"abus[ing] its market power". AT&T insists Google
is not exempt, either from being free or being internet-based, from
federal regulations that prevent such call blocking.
letter also calls Google a monopoly, citing, "In preparing a
complaint to challenge the Google/Yahoo arrangement, the [U.S.]
Department [of Justice] reportedly concluded that Google had a
"monopoly" in these markets and the proposed arrangement "would
have furthered [Google's] monopoly."
Furthermore, AT&T
accuses Google of practicing broad-scale manipulation of the media.
It says that Google blocked political advertisements from Senator
Susan Collins, due to her criticism of Moveon.org, a Google net
neutrality partner. It also accuses Google of blocking the
Inner City Press from Google News, as the publication criticized the
United Nation Development Programme, a Google-sponsored program.
then goes on to accuse Google of illegitimately "buying"
ads in its own auction to push its agenda for keywords such as "net
neutrality". The letter concludes, "Ironically, Google
appears oblivious to the hypocrisy of its net neutrality advocacy
relative to its own conduct. [A]t the same time, Google exploits the
dominance of its search engine and its gatekeeping power over other
applications to give its preferred content greater visibility than
its political opponents' content or to simply block its
competitors' applications altogether."
narrowing the principles to award Google a special privilege to play
by its own rules – or no rules at all – would be grossly unfair,
patently unlawful, and a renunciation of President Obama's
assurance that the Commission's Internet Policy Statement would be
used to "ensure there's a level playing field" between
competitors. Thus, the Commission's first fundamental step in
leveling that playing field must be to unequivocally re-affirm in its
proposed rulemaking that it will not exempt Google from whatever
rules it ultimately adopts."
quote: So, don't give me a "they're in trouble because their not doing their job right", you're on the damn Internet using all these free services so they seem to be doing a damn good job.
quote: So, if the future is allowing a monopoly to harvest vast amounts of data from the general population (not just browsing habits, mind you), create laws that benefit itself more than consumers, all while avoiding any criticism or oversight than it's a future in peril. And don't blame the electronic calculator for the new 1984 scenario playing out. Blame user's ignorance and short-sighted appetite for "free" content.
quote: If Google was only a search engine today, I'd agree to a degree but even an efficient search means more web browsing. But web browsing isn't the bandwidth hog. They've repeatedly swooped in to save bandwidth hogs like Youtube and Flickr. They then swooped in to save Grand Central, giving it's voice service an advantage against against cell phones and land lines that have government regulations to uphold. Each new product they come out with is aimed to push their influence out of their core business. So much so that they're making Microsoft look tame by comparison.
quote: They then swooped in to save Grand Central, giving it's voice service an advantage against against cell phones and land lines that have government regulations to uphold.


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quote: Don't forget, it's not just Apple working on security here. OSX's Unix underpinnings give them the ability to take advantage of decades of past, current, and future security research done by many others.
quote: So, they're not going at it alone as much as MS is.
quote: At the same time, it's an interesting contrast with MS in that MS has done a pretty good job securing what's inherently a less secure system model, while Apple has done a somewhat poor job securing a system that had a pretty good security model to begin with. Different focus, I guess.
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A Spintronic Semiconductor with Selectable Charge Carriers
Researchers found a semiconductor with two properties crucial for spintronics: a large Rashba effect (splitting of degenerate spin states) and ambipolarity (conduction via electrons and holes). Furthermore, it is possible to control whether the charge carriers are electrons or holes by engineering the surface layer. Read more...
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From Protein Structure to Function: Ring Cycle for Dilating and Constricting the Nuclear Pore
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) serve as gatekeepers between a cell's cytoplasm and its nucleus. Through crystallographic analyses at the ALS, researchers have elucidated the molecular architecture of the NPC transport channel. Read more...
As head of ALS User Services for the past six years, Sue Bailey's main goal has been to make the ALS user experience as smooth and efficient as possible. "I am constantly looking for ways to improve the processes for users to apply* for beam time, register, complete their training, and coordinate experiments," she writes. Read how Sue and her team are making life easier for new and returning ALS users.
*Reminder: General User Proposals are due Wednesday, September 4!
Summer at the ALS = Opportunities for Teachers and Students
The ALS plays host to many teachers and students each summer, providing invaluable internship and research opportunities. Here's a sampling of this summer's visitors; see what these intrepid researchers have been doing over the summer.
A Busy Fall Is on the Way!
This fall is shaping up to be a very exciting time for the ALS. If you haven't yet heard about the possibilities of "diffraction-limited" storage rings, then stay tuned for many interesting discussions at the upcoming User Meeting (Oct. 7-9) and a workshop devoted to the new science that would be made possible by this type of upgrade. This is especially timely as we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ALS this year.
The UEC is also currently accepting nominations for the Shirley, Halbach, and Renner awards. The deadline is August 30, so send those nominations in now! Awards will be handed out during the evening reception of the first day of the User Meeting.
In addition, the ALS Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting is planned for September, and the UEC will be represented at the meeting. As always, if you have any news or comments relevant to the user experience at the ALS, please don't hesitate to contact your UEC representatives.
All users are welcome to contact their UEC representatives to raise issues of concern relating to their own research, or to alert us to issues facing our whole community.
For the user runs from July 23 to August 18, 2013, the beam reliability [(time scheduled - time lost)/time scheduled)] was 95.9%. For this period, the mean time between failures (MTBF) was 40.8 hours, and the mean time to recovery (MTTR) was 112 minutes. There were no significant interruptions.
More detailed information on reliability is available on the ALS reliability bulletin board, which is located in the hallway between the ALS and the control room in Building 80. Questions about beam reliability should be directed to Dave Richardson (
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Berkeley Lab Researchers Discover Universal Law for Light Absorption in 2D Semiconductors
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On Sunday, the musicians were spotted in Watch Hill, R.I., where Swift owns a summer home and appeared to be enjoying the water sport – she was spotted maneuvering across the waves on Wednesday.
Swift – currently in the midst of her Red tour – sported a black-and-white striped bikini, while the flame-haired Sheeran remained fully clothed (and fully drenched after a possible spill) in a black T-shirt and shorts.
On Saturday, Swift joined forces with Carly Simon for a duet of Simon's hit song, "You're So Vain."
Sheeran opened the show wearing a New England Patriots jersey with quarterback Tom Brady's number on the back. The singer later got his own customized Pats jersey with "Sheeran" emblazoned on the back.
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"I'm a very excited person I think, and I laugh a lot, so maybe that's it," Fanning tells PEOPLE.
The two spent the past few days in Europe as they launch their press tour for the movie Maleficent, out May 30.
Jolie plays the evil sorceress who curses Fanning's Aurora when she's an infant. (Young Aurora, by the way, is played by Jolie's youngest daughter, Vivienne.)
Perhaps it's not surprising, then, that Jolie would act almost maternally toward the 16-year-old star. "When we first met, she gave me this huge hug," says Fanning.
And now? Any secret handshakes?
"I wish!" she says laughing. "I think we're huggers. That was how it all started."


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Sunday, June 29, 2014
Berkeley County officials have announced JBE Inc. will expand its operations by establishing a new facility in Hanahan.
The expansion is expected to create 20 new jobs.
The company, which serves the automotive, paper, aerospace, recreational and electrical industries, currently operates in Hartsville, Charleston and Pell City, Ala. The company is a provider of supply chain management solutions.
JBE has been a part of South Carolinas business community for more than 30 years, and we are excited to celebrate with them once again as they create 20 new jobs, Gov. Nikki Haley said in a statement. We look forward to their continued success.
JBE Inc. was founded in 1982 and holds a Foreign Trade Zone designation. They work with numerous recognizable and leading brands, including Boeing, Cummins ENGINES, Honda Corporation, Otis Elevator, Hengst, ABB and Sonoco Products Company.
We are extremely proud to welcome JBE Inc. They represent the high caliber of company we continue to attract to Berkeley County, Berkeley County Supervisor Dan Davis said in a statement. They continue to grow and prosper, and we are excited to have them here serving the industries in our county and region.
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Monday, September 23, 2013
A 20-point second quarter was all the offense the Summerville football team needed to defeat Wando this past Friday night.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Green Wave scored on its next five possessions in the second and third periods to gain a 27-10 lead en route to a 36-10 victory.
It was a lackluster offensive performance by Wando, which threw for 65 total yards and ran for 195 more (260 total). Summerville actually fared slightly worse, gaining 257 total yards, but was able to capitalize on more drives and turnovers.
"We really had nothing to hang our hat on offensively," coach Jimmy Noonan said. "Right now, we're in a spread offense where we're struggling throwing the football, and those are contradicting terms. We'll have to evaluate our capabilities."
The Warriors suffered a pair of bad punt plays, one that gave Summerville the ball 15 yards from the end zone and the other resulted in a fourth quarter safety. On Wando's next punt attempt – seven total – it was blocked. Summerville took over inside the opposing 10-yard line and scored on the next play.
"We've got issues on our punt team," Noonan said. "We're going to have to look at scheme and personnel from top to bottom. We've never had issues there.
"But, I don't want to take anything away from Summerville. Summerville is a good team. They're always putting out a quality, consistent team. They're a great example of where you want to be year to year."
It was Wando's first home regular season loss since Oct. 21, 2011. Last season, the Warriors lost to Goose Creek in front of ChopHouse fans, but the Gators later forfeited that game due to a South Carolina High School League rule violation.
Noonan said the goal every game is to have 60 percent of the Warriors' pass attempts completed. Against Summerville, that mark was 42 percent. "I'm very concerned," he said. "We have people running up and down the field wide open, and we can't hit them."
Last season, the Green Wave was 2-4 heading into region play. Then, Summerville went 5-0 in its region to close the regular season. Noonan said Wando (2-3) can use that as an example. "If we can make the improvements heading into region, who knows," he said.
The Warriors travel to Fort Dorchester (2-2) on Friday for their final non-region contest of the regular season. The Patriots have lost their past two games: 26-13 to Stratford and 49-28 to Goose Creek.
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After a topsy-turvy season of sore ankles and even sorer losers, Dancing with the Stars ended Tuesday night by pitting an unlikely frontrunner against a heroic survivor.
After Ricki Lake, 43, was eliminated earlier in the show, Rob Kardashian, 24, the reality TV brother often overshadowed by his famous – and infamous – older sisters, went against J.R. Martinez, 28, the soldier-turned-actor whose triumph over severe burns received in Iraq brought raw emotion to the ballroom.
For their final dance, a samba which both couples had to choreograph on the fly, each earned perfect scores, leaving Kardashian with a one point lead after two nights of competition. But the judges' scores make up only half the final results. Once the viewers' votes were tabulated, the winner was determined. Keep reading to find out who won:
It was J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff!
Smirnoff covered her face and began crying when she heard the news.
"First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who voted for us for 10 weeks," Martinez said. "Thank you, America, for believing in us."
Then he addressed his dance partner, telling Karina, "You are amazing, and I'm so grateful I was able to be a part of your first mirror-ball trophy."
When he was awarded his mirror-ball trophy, Martinez hoisted it high above his head as confetti rained down.
Runner-up Rob Kardashian, who was paired with Cheryl Burke, echoed Martinez's celebratory sentiments. "I'm super thankful," he said, after the results were announced. "This is such a crazy experience. I'm definitely not sad. I won in my book."
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COLUMBIA — State lawmakers elected new members to several of the state's public colleges and universities Wednesday, with many of the chosen sporting family and other connections to the Legislature.
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New Charleston-area college board members elected Wednesday:The CitadelGene Pinson of GreenwoodCollege of CharlestonL. Cherry Daniel of CharlestonG. Lee Mikell of ColumbiaEdward L. Thomas of AndersonRenee Buyck Romberger of GreenvillePansy King-Reid of Fort MillRicci Land Welch of ManningHenrietta U. Golding of Myrtle BeachRenee B. Goldfinch of Myrtle BeachDavid Mikell Hay of CharlestonMedical University of South CarolinaMichael E. Stavrinakis of CharlestonWilliam H. Bingham Sr. of CayceCharles W. Shulze of GreenwoodCharles B. Thomas Jr. of GreenvilleRagin C. Monteith of ColumbiaE. Conyers O'Bryan Jr. of FlorenceJames A. Battle of Nichols
One of the legislators blasted the selection of connected candidates as improper while others said connections played no role in which candidates won.
Of 48 seats elected Wednesday, at least nine chosen board members are connected to the Legislature, either through family, marriage or as a former lawmaker.
In two of the most closely watched races, Michael Stavrinakis of Charleston, brother of Rep. Leon Stavrinakis, D-Charleston, bested Susan Pearlstine for a seat on the Medical University of South Carolina board.
Pearlstine contended before the election that lawmakers choose college board candidates based on who they know.
Pansy King-Reid of Fort Mill, sister of Rep. John King, D-Rock Hill, edged out Sumter doctor Michael Todd Warrick for a seat on the College of Charleston board. King-Reid won despite concerns among some lawmakers about her tax returns.
Rep. Rick Quinn, R-Lexington, said he voted for Stavrinakis because of his business experience, not because he had a connection to the Legislature.
"I think we need more of that in government," Quinn said. "It has nothing to do with who his brother is."
Rep. Phyllis Henderson, R-Greer, said following the elections that lawmakers voting for connected candidates in contested races was nothing less than nepotism.
"I've had people argue, 'Well, just because they're my brother or my mother or my sister doesn't mean that they're not qualified,' " Henderson said. "I'm not arguing anybody's qualifications. My point is that — and many of my colleagues agree with me — we don't want to be put on the spot to feel like we have an obligation to vote for them."
Henderson said she did feel pressured to vote for connected candidates but did not vote for them Wednesday unless they were running unopposed.
She introduced a bill on Tuesday that would bar the General Assembly from appointing immediate family members of sitting lawmakers to a judgeship or board seat at a public college or university. The measure would require family members to wait for at least one year after their lawmaker family member left the Legislature to be eligible for a college board seat or judgeship. Henderson's proposal already has picked up close to 40 GOP co-sponsors.
The bill almost certainly will not pass this session because it was introduced after a legislative deadline.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Greg Delleney, R-Chester, said he opposes Henderson's bill but it will receive a committee hearing.
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Justin Bieber has taken the world by storm with his energetic, teeny-bopper music. He sells out almost every concert appearance and his road show has even been televised on prime time TV.
Justin found his fame on YouTube when he was spotted by Scoot Braun in 2008. Braun then introduced Justin to Hip Hop mega star, Usher. Braun became his manager and Usher became his golden ticket to fame. A recording contract with Island Records soon followed. Together they have molded Justin into the pop sensation he is today.
The Bieb has become a platinum selling artist and was named on Forbes 2011 Best-Paid Celebs Under 30 list ranking in at number 2. For a kid found on YouTube, he hasn't done bad for himself. He is now a multi-millionaire, is dating the cutest Disney star, Selena Gomez, and has a lengthy philanthropy list as well.
Though Bieber is known for being a pretty good kid he has been accused of having problems with anger management. Run-ins with the paparazzi are becoming the norm for him. His latest incident with a Photog has Justin under investigation for misdemeanor battery.
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Payment made to a informant or grass by the pigs.
I reckon he's on the blue giro after the police let him off.
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An informer, on the police's payroll. Derived from the fact that payment comes in the form of a giro cheque, and that the police in England are sometimes called 'the blues'.
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Thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure what you mean by 'extend the time' - you mean you'd like a longer video?
glad to hear you re-iterate that the application key is NOT a security feature!
Josh, you sir are awesome :) Thanks for all the blog posts and the tutorials, I've learned so much from you. Much appreciated! And keep up the amazing work.
I watched this video because I have an XNA game that works with both Wp7 and W8 (through Monogame), however, I can use the Azure Mobile API on W8 but not on my WP7 version which is why I I'm opting for using the REST API in its place.
I would like to know how to integrate this into the phone. How can I translate this process for use on a phone.
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When you willingly have sex with an ugly chick or dude and it sorta feels like you got mugged. you then have to run home and take a shower cause you feel dirty and ashamed.
Yeah, poor Scott was desperate the other night and he ended up getting fugged by this chick from online.
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I got just got fugged by that creep.
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Beer is truly the most democratic, egalitarian, and open source of all beverages.
Beer: The open source beverage of choice
Beer is truly the most democratic, egalitarian, and open source of all beverages. It is for both common folk and connoisseurs. It is for the masses. And, from my experience as a homebrewer and beer geek, you will rarely find a beverage that can be so liberating (in more ways than one).
There's a beer for that
Beer goes with everything. There really is a beer for every type of food, and sometimes there are multiple options, depending on whether you want to enhance or balance out the flavor of the food. This fact excites both beer snobs and pub patrons all the same.
Think about it. When you're watching your favorite football team play, do you grab a glass of wine or a cold beer? Could you pick a better soulmate for your nachos and chili cheese fries than a malty brown ale or refreshing lager? Or maybe you're an IPA fan and the bite of those American hops cutting through the salty and greasy game-day food is your own personal heaven.
This Thanksgiving, put that Côtes du Rhône aside and try a bottle of a malt forward Bière de Garde, like La Choulette Ambrée. There's something special about popping the cork on a beautifully effervescent and rustic beer to celebrate what we're thankful for, and it will complement the turkey, stuffing, and hearty fall vegetables on your plate. Or you could always go with a can of Miller High Life, if that's how you roll. After all, it's the "Champagne of beers."
There's a beer for every type of cheese and meat. And there's a beer for every type of flavor. Some of them are simple and expected pairings. But what about more unusual ones?
Say you're eating a rich, dense, flourless chocolate cake with tangy tomatillo sauce. Try a silky chocolate stout to embolden your little chocolate heaven. Or cut the richness with an acidic lambic. Or complement it with a malty Oktoberfest/Märzen-style beer.
The point is, there is not just one possible pairing—you have choices.
Branching out
If the world of beer were a tree (or Git repo), there would be many, many branches. Check out the latest beer poster from Pop Chart Lab.
Throughout history, almost every culture on the planet Earth has had a variation of fermented grain and water, including chicha, kvass, and other forms of "beer." This is one of the reasons why there are more varieties of beer and more possible pairings with food than any other kind of drink, even wine.
Did you know that there are over 23 different categories of beer—28 if you count mead and cider? And within the 23 main categories, there are 84 subcategories. These include styles ranging from the crisp American pilsner to bold German doppelbocks, from refreshing Belgian saisons to the pleasantly sour lambics.
All of these styles have wide ranges of complexity, mostly due to the variety of ingredients that are used in brewing. There are over 50 hop varieties, and that is just one ingredient! Many different types of grain can be used, including barley malt, roasted barley, rye malt, wheat malt, flaked wheat, sorghum, maize, and quinoa. In addition, the multiple varieties of ale and lager yeast cultures each lend their own flavor profiles to the beer. You can also leverage the endless combinations of spices, fruits, and other adjuncts. Homebrewers, like me, enjoy the challenge of crafting something that is unique, imaginative, and sometimes downright unusual. Even within the same subcategory of beer, there will be a noticeable difference in tastes. And, as you might guess, these differences are usually easy for the average beer drinker to discern.
All beer nerds are created equal
This is why the best beers in the world are rated by the community. Beer is for the people, by the people. Whenever I'm in the beer store staring at something new, I take advantage of this active community by visiting sites like Beer Advocate, where I can make informed decisions by reading average people's comments about the aroma, color, and taste of each beer. Then I choose the bottle that strikes my fancy.
Conversely, if you're looking for the best wines in the world, you have to check the latest Wine Spectator ratings, which are determined by a panel of socalled "experts." You're subjected to some critic's opinion, not the community's! There's also a stigma that comes with wine and a developed (or underdeveloped) palate. Ever heard this when you're out with your friends?
"Give the wine list to Michael. Let him decide. He's the expert on wine."
This is called authoritarianism.
Now, I'm not knocking wine because I do enjoy a glass every now and then. It has its place. But good wine is often too expensive and unapproachable for most people. For this reason, beer is the more democratic option.
Sharing is caring
Another amazing thing about the members of the beer community is their desire to share. There are multiple homebrewing forums where new and experienced brewers can share recipes, offer tips, and geek out over each other's brewing equipment. President Obama even shared his recipe for the White House Honey Ale.
The fact is, brewers love sharing.
The other day, I brewed my own rendition of the highly sought after Pliny the Elder. I've never had the original before because they don't distribute it to North Carolina, but my version, at least, was excellent. It was only possible because Vinnie Cilurzo, the owner and head brewer of Russian River Brewing Company, made his recipe public. Likewise, I've made clones of other reputable brews, which is all part of learning and improving the craft of brewing. As the community and craft-brew culture improves and grows, we all benefit.
Have a brew
Whether Budweiser or Rochefort 10 is your beer of choice, you're entitled to your opinion, and that opinion is valid in the world of beer. So, raise your mug or tulip glass and salute to the freedoms we have in beer. And, if you're interested in taking part in the community, I've included one of my award winning recipes: Method Brewery's Quadrupel Ale.
Feel free to brew, remix, and share with the masses. Cheers!
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Excellent article. I'd never linked beer and Open Source, but you're quite right. I can't understand why most people here in Australia drink almost identical sweet sugar beers, distinguished only by the labels on the cans, when they are so fussy about their choice of the currently fashionable white, tart, rotted grape juice. There's heaps of interesting variety in boutique and international beers.
I'm a beer snob, pure and simple, having had around 600 beers that I've documented from around the world (and the countless others I've not written down/forgotten over the years). We'll make no friends picking on the wine world though (not all wine is tart, and none of it is rotted!).
This article is great, well written and by definition alone a New Zealand brewer released an Open Source beer called Digital IPA last year which includes a QR code link to the recipe of the time (http://yeastieboys.posterous.com/private/yCmgJxeHrs).
Hi Mark,
Sorry wasn't having a go at you, was just saying while beer is very diverse so is wine and yes the seperation is quite large and so are the social stigmas of each.
Try NikoBrew for hops from NZ/Aus (they've been buying lots of our hops) and should get you closer to the delicious beers we make now.
Brewing is indeed open source. Brew crews are often egalitarian and democratic in my experience. Some friends and I have been keeping a blog with our beers and ales. Most of them are herbal as well as highly intoxicating!
I am a beer snob, tried and true. Just spent a few days in CO touring microbreweries.
That said, wine gets a bad rap. Wine has just as much community as beer, just not as prevalent. Bottlenotes, vinocellar, etc.
And yes, the barrier to entry may be higher, but you can get the same sort of home brew equivalents for wine. And in VA, there's a teaching vineyard (Vint Hill Craft Winery).
Even tho it has a snooty background, wine can be just as open. People set an artificial barrier b/c of things like Wine Spectator and Robert Parker.
Great comments! Thanks so much for sharing -- some really great communities out there. I look forward to sharing these with my homebrewer friends -- and as one who enjoys wine too, I'm interested in Vint Hill Craft Winery.


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Dr. George Whitesides and his team at Harvard University had the creativity required for any endeavor that attempts to effect change in society. And they had the scientific know-how and ingenuity to actually pull it off: patterned paper. (That's right - paper.) This paper contains channels that are filled with chemical assay reagents. It is a cheap, reliable diagnostic tool that is easily transported and doesn't require any fancy machines for data analysis. A pinprick and a dot of blood on the postage stamp-sized paper results in a rapid color-producing reaction that signals the diagnosis—easy to detect and simple to interpret. From this description you can surely appreciate the intelligence of the design and the sheer genius of those who engineered it. Yet, perhaps the greatest demonstration of intelligence is not in the technology itself, but rather what Dr. Whitesides decided to do with it.
He led the effort to start the nonprofit enterprise Diagnostics For All (DFA) in 2007, which late last year announced Dr. Una Ryan (former CEO of Waltham Technologies) as its CEO. Could Dr. Whitesides' technology have been of use to traditional for-profit biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies? Certainly. Could it have generated substantial profits within that arena? Most definitely. Yet, Dr. Whitesides was smart enough—or perhaps simply benevolent enough—to realize the potential for his technology beyond generating revenue for stockholders. He and everyone associated with Diagnostics For All should be applauded for their efforts, as they work to marry scientific ingenuity not with blockbuster drugs or expensive treatments but, rather, with practical solutions to some of the many health issues facing rural populations in developing countries around the world.
DFA is not the first example of such an altruistic enterprise, but it certainly serves as an model of what can be achieved when biomedical research is actually focused on innovation and practicality to a world in need. It is an example of scientists and entrepreneurs taking the noble, less-traveled road of nonprofit biotech, although it is my sincere desire that our society can begin wandering down that path more often.
As a developed nation with thriving industries in biomedical research and biotechnology, don't we have some sort of commitment to those less fortunate than ourselves? Shouldn't we be reaching out—looking past the dollar signs? The industries of pharmaceuticals and medical products/equipment were ranked numbers three and four, respectively, on Fortune 500's 2009 list of most profitable industries, yet the amount of accessible medical resources in developing nations lags far behind what one would expect, given the successes and marketable technologies of this country.
The solution is not to sporadically throw money or donate batches of vaccines to countries in need, as many pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies do. Instead, there needs to be more avenues for scientists to turn their innovations into life-saving tools in the areas of the world that are most in need. This will not be achieved through the standard channels provided by the "big pharma" for-profit giants but through humble endeavors like DFA. As a biomedical moral compass of sorts, DFA shows what is possible when scientists choose to invest their energies in nonprofit. It would serve us all well to think about how our energy will be spent to bring the innovations of this country and its scientists to the rest of the world.
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"At Beauty's Pawnshop" by John O'Dell (Xlibris, 2013, $15.99)
John O'Dell's new volume of poems, "At Beauty's Pawnshop," is a splendid way to spend a summer evening.
O'Dell is a perfectionist who writes about nature, art, history and family. The poems are so deftly crafted that fellow poets will not fail to learn a thing or two to improve their own art. The average reader will learn more about life and the delicate intersection between life and art. In short, these are poems of universal appeal that deserve our full attention.
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The poet immediately captures our interest with the opening poem, "Query." In this poem he compares a poet's blank notebook to the net used by an entomologist to gather insects: "Out into the day lilies.../loud blooming take/your notebook, a net/to seize a few summer/specimens..."
As the poem progresses, he continues to compare the activity of a poet with that of the entomologist as he urges the poet to display his specimens: "pin them between/the page's stern lines/with your ballpoint's rigid/tip." Thus, the poet collects and displays his images the way the entomologist collects and displays insects.
In the poem "Truth and Trawling," O'Dell shifts gears and delves into family history as he writes of how his parents met and fell in love in Sydney, Australia. In "Sons and Tattoos," he continues to explore the generations when he speaks of how his son got a tattoo. Around the same time the poet and his wife were preparing to divorce, their 17-year-old son decided to get a tattoo. Resistance to the idea of the tattoo was the last thing to unite husband and wife prior to the divorce. Their son simply "smiled sincere pity/at our ignorance."
O'Dell demonstrates his eye for detail in the nature poems "October Wasp" and "November Cardinal." In "October Wasp," he describes a wasp walking "up the wide waste of porch screen." It is autumn, a time of death for insects. He describes the supreme effort of the wasp: "The wasp climbs on, but it's a sham, this act/of looking for a corner, crevice, an inviting/eave in which to daub mud, wait out winter." He compares the difficulty the wasp has encountered to the dilemma of human aging as he concludes "Now, all our vertical tricks only get harder."
In "November Cardinal," the poet describes what he sees from the vantage of his kitchen: "As I stand in the kitchen, I'm startled/by a cardinal darting out behind the shed." The sight of the bird fulfills a human need: "from shallow pockets of November/he lifts a few moments, gives just what we lack."
O'Dell demonstrates his serious love of art in the poem "Among Monet's Lilies." This poem is written after he has had an experience with a Monet painting at the National Museum of Wales on a June morning. Also present at the museum that morning are a group of schoolgirls, "Cardiff school nymphs," who carry sketch pads and hope to learn from the Monet painting. O'Dell describes the scene of the schoolgirls observing the aged painter's work: "The ravishing bloom/of their faces radiating/up the walls to find/and pluck an old painter's/last obsessed seeing." As the schoolgirls look at the painting then glance downward "back to the pastel sketches/they cradle in their laps" the art of Monet is reflected in the faces of the girls and their faces are then also reflected in their own amateur sketches cradled in their laps. The continuous interaction between the Monet painting, the girls and their drawings creates a continuous reflection: "reflection upon reflection/of sky, water, budding life."
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Microsoft takes Motorola back to court in Germany, seeking licensing fee on Google Maps
0. phoneArena 11 Oct 2012, 11:50 posted on
No sooner had Motorola Mobility practically stopped selling hones and tablets in Germany, than Microsoft is at it again taking Motorola Mobility back to court in Germany alleging that Motorola's Android phones ship with Google Maps which Microsoft says infringes on its own mapping patents...
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2. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
Apple sit back on this one and watch an OG how is done
53. plgladio (Posts: 314; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Yeah correctly said, Apple sit back in every other area, watch how others are innovating things around you.
3. Insignificant (Posts: 192; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
I dare Microsoft to try Sony and see what happens...
Microsoft knows it's own phones fail, so it has to make money from others. I suppose, therefore, you could say it's doing well in the phone market. Bullies.
Just like a certain other company.
I can't wait for the day Google stops being so cosy with everyone and joins these wars head on.
4. crankyd00d (Posts: 191; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
What is that certain company? I hope you don't mean Apple, or you would be wrong, they are not like Microsoft because their phones/products are actually selling, unlike Microsoft where all they get is licence/law suit money. I have no love for Apple but their products do sell
6. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Wow. You really HATE facts, dontchya?
-Google kinda owns Motorola. In case ya missed it.
-Microsoft gets royalties from other manufacturers due to actual advancements they made and own. It is truly not the same as taking someone to court over a shape.
-Microsoft had approached Moto over and over about licensing fees, trying to work out a deal not involving court. Moto, owned by Google in case you missed it, said no.
-Rest assured..... Sony is coming. Android as an OS uses technology at it's core that requires a license fee. It isn't highway robbery, nor is it immorally wrong, and it isn't even about stopping Motorola (Which is owned by Google, by the way) or any other Android developer from making money or outselling. It is about using their tech that is patented.
33. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
"Rest assured..... Sony is coming."
What is sony using that microsoft has patented? Please let us know
39. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
Ooh, Microsoft just got burned like toast by Insignificant Yo!!!!!
41. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
So is this what MS has been suing the Android manufactures for? We havent heard a peep about what they were getting money for until now.
If so...this is odd seeing as how Google Maps is Google's thing and not the OEMs
5. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Motorola get over it, all Microsoft wants is to enter in licensing agreement of Android patents.
11. iphone4me (banned) (Posts: 35; Member since: 09 Sep 2012)
MOTOROLA, don't be an idiot like SAMSUNG, pay the FEE, or forever be labeled a CHEATER like SAMSUCK, I mean, SAMMY, lol Sorry. ;-((
7. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
I don't care THAT heavily about Motorola, Microsoft, or the German court system. But this cements in my mind that I will never have another Microsoft product in my home. They are just as evil, if not more than my now SECOND favorite tech company, Apple. (Yes, I love Apple products too. I just hate the way they do business and the infectious arrogance that seems to spread to SOME its iPhone customers).
This just seems like another "patent-gone-wrong" story that never should have happened in the first place. People use two different sources to present information all the time, but when you put it in an app someone get to "own" it? Apple and microsoft are gonna destroy the tech world until they are the only two left, then we'll really see what's its like to get f*cked.
18. blazee (Posts: 407; Member since: 02 Jan 2012)
This patent sounds like one of the ridiculously broad, stupid patents apple holds. Microsoft does not deserve any royalties or licensing off Google maps. I also do not think I will be buying any more Microsoft products, as I see no more need for them and i am starting to dislike the company for its pettiness
27. asulect (Posts: 131; Member since: 27 Aug 2012)
Well, when you buy an samsung phone, considered yourself just bought some $12 to $13 worth of Microsoft product.
37. JeffdaBeat (unregistered)
Instead of hating the folks who are awarded the patent, why not hate the folks that gave out the patent?
58. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
So we should only dislike the system and never those who use it to do bad things? There are plenty of reason why MS has been banned from my home, starting with the Motorola Q, the Samsung Saga, Windows Mobile 5, 6, 6.5, and ending with a non-operational 6 month old Vista laptop that just died for no reason at all. Their products suck, plan and simple and that already horrible experience was made worse by reading crap like this. It may seem harsh but I'm sure I didn't hurt MS feelings at all.
36. microsoftnokiawin (Posts: 1178; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
fanboy talk
59. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Awwwww );
61. haseebzahid (Posts: 1853; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
if you using windows xbox or office suit u get a licence yes but u want it without licence and use it for free by Crack and no company wants that their things go in market for free so same goes with the things involved with motorola and MS.
8. iphone4me (banned) (Posts: 35; Member since: 09 Sep 2012)
WoW! So Google is affiliated w/ Crooks & Cheaters.
So Far Score for Cheaters = -2
2. Motorolla
= Bad Google
I'm glad I don't own an Android, or Motorolla, or else I'll be labeled as Cheaters & Copycats. ;-((
10. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Good so if you really care for not being called cheater then you should read this entire thread on following link :)
14. iphone4me (banned) (Posts: 35; Member since: 09 Sep 2012)
RusticGuy, I'm not sure if that is just your facade but, you seem to have left out old wounds, SJ is correct, MICROSOFT is nothing if they didn't steal Apple UI from the beginning. They ended paying up Apple like 300 mil.
16. ktfrank (Posts: 4; Member since: 11 Dec 2010)
How old are you? I think you need to check history on the relationship between Apple and Microsoft. And the original user interface Apple stole from Xerox PARC. And Apple did attempt to sue Microsoft and lost, then Microsoft bailed Apple out.
49. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
A big mistake Miscrosoft made for bailing them....
17. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
No one is a saint for sure sepcially the one's who have setup labs with all flavours of linux installed just to steal more ... :)
46. microsoftnokiawin (Posts: 1178; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
are you taco50 because you sound like him
48. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
I was thinking the same! Could it be him? I assume.....
47. nofear (Posts: 151; Member since: 22 Jun 2012)
Excellent recovery for an ignorant. Way to go rusticguy!
54. plgladio (Posts: 314; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Great one. Thieves are always rich for example Apple :)
13. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Do you know SJ tried to kill LINUX by trying to employ LINUS which he refused? Both Apple and M$ are dead against any Free Software because it breaks their monopoly. Only if S/W patents could be annuled can the world be free from what has become their business policy (litigation) because both these crooks stole from *NIX.
50. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
No wonder he was taken away from sanity and life.
19. zippolite28 (Posts: 106; Member since: 28 Sep 2012)
Half good and second half not ok
29. willard12 (Posts: 1687; Member since: 04 Jul 2012)
"Good artists copy, great artists steal"--Motorola....Oh wait, that was Steve Jobs. Motorola is the company that invented the cell phone. Maybe you'll get rid of your cell phone so you're not associated with any self-proclaimed "copycat" who made their cell phone based on Motorola's innovation.
32. CellieCell (Posts: 121; Member since: 14 Apr 2010)
Iphone4me, are you Taco50?
9. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
If they can't win in markets they try to win in courts. Pathetic really. So either way they want cash.
15. iphone4me (banned) (Posts: 35; Member since: 09 Sep 2012)
STEALING IS WRONG! Pay the Royalty Fee Moto!
25. Zero0 (Posts: 592; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
It's amazing how Tesla patented all kinds of actually innovative technologies and didn't give a crap about who used them*, while Microsoft patents something little more obvious than breathing, and gets millions.
* = "Marconi is a good man. He is using 17 of my patents. Let him continue."
26. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Are you really that big of a fanboy or Google hater to realize that this has absolutely nothing to do with stealing anything? This is two of the world's biggest companies joining forces to kill off their biggest threat... Google. Anything Google or Android is a target to these guys and they want it destroyed. You may think there is nothing wrong with that right now, but as you can see... Apple is going into the set top box and TV manufacturing business now. What happens when they take over your TV and there is no more free public TV? Or they start patenting rectangular TVs and force recalls on the set you've had for years?
The typical Apple fanboy will say "That would be great!", but that's because many of them only think in the short term. These types of broad patents over any and everything will have serious implications for us as consumers down the line that those of us with foresight already know would be very bad. But enjoy that tiny sliver of freedom while Apple and Microsoft allows you to have it.
28. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Dude, no one in MS wants Android destroyed. That is silly. They make a ton of money with MS Office on iOS and Android, and they are expanding that. They are creating an App for XBOX Live and XBOX Music for Android. They get a few bucks for most every Android device sold. They have a great working relationship with Android device makers, and hope to get Tablets with Windows RT and Windows Pro on as many device makers as they can.
Sure, they are in direct competition with Google with Bing, WP, and Outlook email services. But they are NOT TRYING TO KILL OFF ANDROID. They only want to get paid for their tech that Android OS uses. They have NOT taken any other device maker to court, or threatened to ban them. EVER.
That is the difference between them and Apple. Apple went straight to court. They had the expressed purpose of banning devices. Microsoft sees it as a steady stream of cash flow and is more then happy to work out deals.
56. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Their actions is what I'm referring to. There may not be a "We want Android dead" plan, but every step they've made brings us one step closer. They already have them out of Germany, why bring them back to court again? These patents are to vague, and enforcing these senseless patents is going to choke innovation. This isn't a new technology, it's a patent for common sense.
As for the good working relationships, its only with the ones who pay them. HTC, Samsung...no more problems with MS. But the rest are squarely within MS's cross haires. Let's face it, MS is evil, and I dont think it's silly at all to think so. Just look at their actions.
31. flamencoguy (Posts: 107; Member since: 04 Aug 2012)
False accusations are WRONG.
20. theBankRobber (Posts: 681; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
So every android phone and device is basicly in violation because of Google Maps? Why microsoft wait 5 years or longer to sue, why doesn't Microsoft grow a pair of BALLS and take Google head on. That's what I don't get, they sue the OEM's but scared to death to take Google on in the court rooms. If you feel that strong about Google maps, take Google on for a ride and see what will happen.
24. JLMCGE01 (Posts: 8; Member since: 21 Dec 2011)
But Microsoft of Apple wont because all Google has to do is be like... Motorola created the first cellphone and we patented it ... we expect $700 billion of dollars worth of damages over the years from apple and microsoft. and by the apple dont make us pull our apps from your store no youtube, or gmail... no platform see how your maps came out smh.... they dont want "Googaorola"
34. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
M$ kept silent all these years coz their Valentine partner (read Apple) was using it in iOS ... once the valentine gave up google maps the patent troll gangster comes out in open. Who says M$ and Apple are enemies. They are of the same flock. I say this because Jobs brokered a deal years back for M$ against Mandriva Linux winning some contract in some African nation. Both are evil to the core. They hate Open source free software though both steal from there.
38. anonimust (Posts: 19; Member since: 12 Jan 2012)
By the way Microsoft is taking Google head on as they have amended their original complaint to add Google as a defendant. So I guess they are NOT scared to death to take on Google as you claim. Unfortunately phonearena did not post more details about this case, but wmpoweruser.com did.
40. Hemlocke (unregistered)
Google is named in this suit. Apple and Microsoft aren't "afraid" of Google (Just the fact that you think like that smells of the teenager mindset), nor should they be. As easily as Apple handled Samsung, and as easily as Microsoft has handled all the Android OEMs, going after Google would be easy. The problem is, Google makes almost nothing directly from Android, so there isn't much incentive to do it. You need to stop thinking like Google is some "secret powerhouse" in the computing or mobile space. They are a search company, and that's about it. Most of the Motorola stuff they bought is FRAND encumbered, aka "useless" in court.
44. theBankRobber (Posts: 681; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
No their BOTH (Microsoft and Apple ) are cowards. All the Android OEM's are being sued over dumb s**t which leads to androids OS. They take OEM's to court but not Google, and the ONLY reason Google was put in later is because they OWN Mtorola. HOW f**king stupid are you people, they are suing MOTOROLA for Google maps, only reason Google was thrown in was because they had to remind everyone Google now owns Motorola. Motorola inovates and the rest want Motorola to be forced to make their patents FRAND based while both Microsoft and Apple sue for stupid s**t like swipe to unlock. Hell with with that bulls**t while both Microsoft and Apple try to monopolize the cell phone industry with the most BS forms of how to use a standard modern cell phone.
45. theBankRobber (Posts: 681; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
Lets NEVER FORGET without Motorloas TRUE INOVATION WE WOULDNT HAVE CELL PHONES. Praise the REAL KINGS of TRUE Innovation before opening your mouths.
55. plgladio (Posts: 314; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
MS sues OEM because they make money out of it. Google is developing and giving that for free, so Patent case against this will fail
57. theBankRobber (Posts: 681; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
Respect to the fullest my friend
21. Zero0 (Posts: 592; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
This is ridiculous.
I take information from multiple sources all of the time. I don't use it to make maps, but this isn't an innovative idea at all. Software patents need to go.
22. ambrown (Posts: 33; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
This is seriously such BS. I just don't understand how Microsoft can sue, AND WIN, a company for using another company's product. I know that Motorola is technically owned by Google, but Google doesn't own Samsung, HTC, and all the other OEMs using Google Maps. Guess Microsoft just doesn't have the balls to go head to head with Google since they can intimidate OEMs easier than they can Google. Even more stupid is that Microsoft probably didn't even start using most of their map technology till well after Google Maps was dominating the market.
I seriously hate the patent system since loopholes and broad patents are given more credence than actual invention these days. The only winners are the freaking patent trolls and the guys that get paid the legal fees.
30. flamencoguy (Posts: 107; Member since: 04 Aug 2012)
Microsoft is behaving like Apple. This is not an MS invention. The idea of layering has been around for a very long time and has been implemented in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) years before there were even PCs.
USPTO again failed to know about this.
And Miscrosoft is being greedy. It wants to be like Apple.
This is very easy to verify. Another evil empire to watch out for !
35. anonimust (Posts: 19; Member since: 12 Jan 2012)
I understand that some patents are very broad and ridiculous, but to say that there should be absolutely no software patents whatsoever is a bit extreme. You android fanboys are probably the same people who pirate music and video because you think it should be free.
Newsflash for you fanboys, people need to get paid for their work. How would you like it if you come up with an idea or develop something that is supposed to earn you money to feed your family and someone else justs rips it off and you make earn nothing for your hard work?
If the patent was so ridiculous as many of you claim, then why is it that Samsung was willing to pay a license fee for it? They should have ignored it just like they ignored Apple. The fact 2 major companies (HTC&Samsung) entered into a licensing agreement seems to indicate that there is some measure of validity to the patent. Whether you want to debate that Microsoft's fee is unreasonable is one thing but to blanketly state that all software patents should be null and void is idiotic. Some software takes a lot of money and resources to develop, and without companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Google, Oracle, etc. a lot of the software we have now would take years or decades to develop inside your parent's basement/garage. Take Linux, OpenOffice, etc. Why don't they become mainstream? Because without lots of money and resources behind them, people can't dedicate all of their time working on a free project, people do have to make a living and these great works end up being nothing more than niche products.
Could MS choose to allow companies to use their products for free? Yes, but they choose not to be charitable. Good for Google if they so choose to give away certain products because they have other revenue sources to compensate. If a patent was granted that should not have been, then let the courts decide. Motorola will have its chance to prove its case. If you don't like how court cases turn out, then that is what the appellate courts are for. If you don't like how the appeal goes, then I suppose you should boycott not just Apple and Microsoft but also the country you live in that allows those unfavorable decisions. Its my understanding that China has very lax patent laws, piracy is pretty much legal over there.
By the way, all you fanboys, whether it be Apple, Microsoft, or Google, ALL COMPANIES ARE EVIL. THEY ARE ALL IN IT TO MAKE MONEY AND YOU MEAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ANY OF THEM OTHER THAN $$$$$. When was the last time any company other than the one you work for cut you a check out of their billions in profit so you could pay your bills or feed your family. There are no charitable corporations, if they were they'd be called non-profit organizations, not corporations.
42. flamencoguy (Posts: 107; Member since: 04 Aug 2012)
This is prior art bro. My post is number 30. I worked on GIS in 1975 before PCs. Rudimentary yes but certainly not invented by MS.
The idea of layering of any geographic are goes something like this: Bottom layer can be about soil types, next layer above can be about vegetation and tree types, next layer can be about precipation then temperature etc. Amalgate the layers and you have a composite picture.
You can find this in many Geography journals.
Another huge failure of USPTO.
Your basic argument is they patented it so they must have invented it.
They read academic journals and used the ideas to create their maps and patented it or seen how others implemented maps.
Why is Samsung willing to pay? To avoid lawsuit against yet another troll. You cannot fight them all nor win them all. Decisions are based on least cost.
And do you not think Google should be paid for their work. They have the greatest most useful and most used maps out there. Everyone else copied
including MS.
Yes there should be patents for real inventions based on original ideas and concepts. Not transferring concepts and ideas invented on big computers to little computers (yes smartphones are computers).
If you understand this then you would understand that Apple patented typing word autocompletion on smartphones which has existed on PCs for many years.
We can see the difference between patents for real inventions and patents to be used as a weapon to extract more money from unsuspecting companies.
I hope MS looses. Did they not steal the spreadsheet idea from Lotus 1-2-3 and from Visicalc?And Word from Wordperfect? And MS-DOS from DR-DOS?
52. flamencoguy (Posts: 107; Member since: 04 Aug 2012)
Layering in GIS/mapping
Example of GIS; http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis
This company has been doing this since 1969:
anonimust must read
60. anonimust (Posts: 19; Member since: 12 Jan 2012)
You should re-read my post. I stated that if the patent is invalid, then let the courts decide that. If you feel so strongly about it present the evidence to Google/Motorola and offer your services to be a consultant on their legal team.
I simply pointed out that's the way the system works and too many people expect EVERYTHING that is software or can be turned into software to be free.
43. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
microsoft uses nokia maps on bing!
51. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
"Specifically, Microsoft says that Google Maps violates its patent for taking map information from one set and overlaying it with data from another. In other words, it means that the mapping application uses data from two different sources to present you with information and is a common technique"
THAT ...is a patent?


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