<![CDATA[Gizmodo: bastards]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: bastards]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/bastards http://gizmodo.com/tag/bastards <![CDATA[Microsoft's Dirty Santa IM Bot Talks Oral Sex]]> This may or may not be real, but The Reg is appalled at Microsoft's dirty Santa IM bot after it started talking about oral sex and dirty bastards. The transcript is above, but even IM transcripts are pretty easy to fake. We remembered the hours we spent chatting up SmarterChild in lieu of having any real friends, so we tried to reproduce this ourselves using The Reg's text:

9:38:07 AM northpole@live.com: This Microsoft Agent is powered by Windows Live Agents. Microsoft's Privacy Statement (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=74170) applies to all information which you provide to this Microsoft Agent. Please be careful about information which you provide to online services and follow safety tips, some of which can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx.
9:38:07 AM northpole@live.com: Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas, jc! I'm Santa Claus!

Tell me, are you a boy or a girl?
9:38:17 AM jc: pizza (pi)
9:38:17 AM northpole@live.com: Sorry - Santa really needs to know if you're a boy or a girl.
9:38:20 AM jc: boy
9:38:21 AM northpole@live.com:

And what do you want for Christmas, jc?
9:38:27 AM jc: pizza (pi)
9:38:27 AM northpole@live.com: Yum!
9:38:37 AM jc: Maybe you shouldn't eat so much! You are quite large!
9:38:37 AM northpole@live.com: Ho ho ho?
9:38:42 AM jc: Eat it!
9:38:43 AM northpole@live.com: Go grab something healthy to eat. And when you'll be back you'll find me right there.
9:38:45 AM jc: Eat it!
9:38:45 AM northpole@live.com: If you need a break to go eat, I will be right there when you come back.
9:38:47 AM jc: Eat it!
9:38:47 AM northpole@live.com: Go grab something healthy to eat. And when you'll be back you'll find me right there.
9:38:51 AM jc: Eat it
9:38:51 AM northpole@live.com: If you need a break to go eat, I will be right there when you come back.
9:38:57 AM jc: Maybe you shouldn't eat it?
9:38:57 AM northpole@live.com: Interesting!
What do you want for Christmas, jc?
9:39:35 AM jc: YOU SHOULD EAT IT
9:39:35 AM northpole@live.com: If you need a break to go eat, I will be right there when you come back.


No luck. [The Register]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=329248&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ABC Trying to Kill PVR Ad Skipping]]> tivo-thumb.jpgIt had to happen. TiVo makes it just too damn easy to skip over commercials, so now ABC is on the warpath, trying to persuade personal video recorder (PVR) manufacturers to add a "feature" that disables the ability to fast forward a digital video recording. ABC President of Advertising Sales Mike Shaw thinks this will not be a big deal for consumers, instantly revealing to all the world that he is a clueless moron.

Just how Shaw thinks he's going to get PVR manufacturers to cooperate with this "request" is not revealed, but we're certain there must be some serious arm-twisting going on behind the scenes. In the meantime, TiVo users, you're probably aware that the following key combination will activate a hidden, semi-secret easter egg, a 30-second skip function: Select Play Select 3 0 Select. For a 60-second skip, just key in Select Play Select 3 0 Select Select Play Select 6 0 Select. Just trying to be helpful.

Anyway, killing ad skipping? Let's just see them try. The bastards! There would be a revolt, no question. – Charlie White

ABC wants to kill DVR ad-skipping [Ad Jab, via The Consumerist]

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