capt_wolf

capt_wolf, 6 hours ago

Well… It does have electrolytes…

capt_wolf, 9 hours ago

Hello, FBI? This guy right here… Couldn’t be more of a red flag.

capt_wolf, 8 hours ago

As an avid coffee drinker… WHAT THE FUCK!?

capt_wolf, 1 day ago

“It’s the population’s fault for being so reliant on our product, so we’ll just go ahead and pass on the cost of those charges to them…”

capt_wolf, 2 days ago

https://media.tenor.com/72U7gSFgA-UAAAAM/devastating-to.gif

capt_wolf, 2 days ago

The specific design of the shapes is trademarked, not copyright. Drawing circles and squares is fine. Using those specific shapes in a game meant for use with a Playstation controller falls under fair use. Otherwise using them in any way that it would seem like Sony would be involved, not so much.

IANAL, but this describes it well enough.

capt_wolf, 3 days ago

This would have been cheaper if I just did it at home!

capt_wolf, 3 days ago

I hear Iowa’s got huge tracts of land! https://media.tenor.com/oFm5GFvWC7YAAAAM/monty-python.gif

capt_wolf, 4 days ago

So nice if them to mention how important an artist he was, but then not show any of his works. Here’s a link to Artstation with a good deal his pieces. I always loved how he played with color in shapes. The way he designed them, to my eyes at least, gives them a shifting sort of movement.

capt_wolf, 5 days ago

And be sure to report

capt_wolf, 5 days ago

This sort of thing is why Google’s monopoly on the internet is so dangerous.

capt_wolf, 5 days ago

Well, yes, but in a broader sense, they have way too much of a stake in the control of global communications altogether. Even just a hiccup on their servers or slight change to their system has a global impact, as obviously evidenced here. The world is dangerously reliant on a centralized private company for daily functioning.

Such a powerful entity shouldn’t be controlled by private parties and needs to be governed in a way that the benefit of the people is kept paramount.

capt_wolf, 5 days ago

Not really anything to do but draw attention to it… It’s not like we have an effective globally governing body to oversee something like this objectively.

capt_wolf, 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago)

I mean, I’m a fan of regulatory action, in the same vein as what was proposed with net neutrality originally, and dissolution of the monopoly. The services Google provides are vital to the functioning of the internet, and as such, must be treated as a governed utility the same way internet provision should be, with tight definitions of services and regulations to control what can be done and when. In that regard, companies like Google and Amazon(in regard to AWS) would be classified as utility providers similar to ISPs with the same degree of accountability in regard to service provision, availability, transparency of policy and actions, liability, etc.

In addition, break up the monopoly accordingly. Entertainment services, telephony/internet/communication services, electronics development, however it would be appropriate. Problem is how many of those services overlap and likely where they’d argue that the company can’t be broken up.

Like you said, that’s like seizing their business from them and it also doesn’t account for global factors. However, each nation is ultimately responsible for how companies operate within their borders, internet service providers should be no different.

capt_wolf, 5 days ago

I expected Ufoporno…

capt_wolf, 5 days ago

I love it! Tried to find you an audio file or even a copy of the music playing in the background. I’m at work though and searching UFOPorno on the company network is a little frowned upon…

capt_wolf, 6 days ago

Indestructible…

capt_wolf, 6 days ago

They’ve gone out to forage for dorito and cheeto dust. Sprinkle some in the computer and they’ll return! You have to keep them properly fed or they’ll leave! Don’t forget to leave a cap of Baja Blast in there every other week too!

capt_wolf, 6 days ago

It also actually makes it significantly easier to find someone when their user name happens to be the same as 5000 other people.

capt_wolf, 8 days ago

The original, “The Thing From Another World,” is a truly terrible B-movie classic worthy of MST3K! Totally worth watching to see the masterpiece they turned the story into. The Mary Elizabeth Winstead one, same name, different movie, wasn’t too bad either.

capt_wolf, 8 days ago

Horror Express with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, which I’ve never seen. William F Nolin, who did Logan’s Run, wrote a version, but it was never filmed. Couldn’t really find any others, but I’m sure there are.

I also just found out tonight that there’s a fan film called The Thing Returns that looks so terrible I have to see it.

Also, there’s The Thing video game for PS2, Xbox, and Windows. Carpenter apparently considers it to be a canon sequel and the events in it clarify what happens at the end of the first movie.

capt_wolf, 8 days ago

After that, he decides to change his name and retires to the Carribean.

capt_wolf, 8 days ago

Can it run Doom?

capt_wolf, 9 days ago

Stop, or I’ll say stop again!

capt_wolf, 10 days ago

Suffering costs people money. Cancer care costs about $200 billion dollars a year. Who in their right mind would cure cancer when it’s so profitable??? /s