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    The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined

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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    04:08 PM

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    You know, I'm actually one of those rare guys who will say something nice about Family Guy even when everybody is saying how bad it is, how racist the jokes are, how Seth is this or that...

    But those are pretty meh. Like they are not even trying. Maybe watching all of them at once didn't contribute too...

    The spinning mac disk was funny though.
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    Image of mangochutney mangochutney
    04:35 PM

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I think this is why MS killed the episode, not because of the racy jokes, but because they were bad.
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    tande04 promoted this comment mangochutney was starred mangochutney was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    04:44 PM

    @Bokusatsu_Tenshi: They weren't trying. I'm sure if they were giving it their all they would have actually animated something new instead of re-dubbing a couple of old clips.

    @mangochutney: Or it could be that there never was any "Family Guy Windows 7 episode" to begin with.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    03:55 PM

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    Arnold Schwarzenegger was asked if he wanted to upgrade to Windows 7.

    He replied "I still love Vista, baby".
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    Image of bobdobbs bobdobbs
    03:54 PM

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    Hey, give Seth Macfarlane a break! Hair transplants are expensive!
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    03:49 PM

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    It looks like part of the deal was to say "Window 7" as often as possible.
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    03:18 PM

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    They made the right choice in killing the Family Guy special.

    On the other hand, those would make fairly amusing stand-alone ads. A nice change from the nauseatingly sterile advertising that we're all used to.
     Reply
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    03:26 PM

    @jepzilla: These were stand alone ads. I don't watch hardly any TV and I've seen all of them.

    I don't think the special would have in any way shape or form resembled these.
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    Image of broyoyo broyoyo
    04:01 PM

    @tande04: "I don't watch hardly any tv"...so we've basically given up on the written English language now?
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    04:08 PM

    @broyoyo: I make typos from time to time and tend not to proof a comment on a blog.

    Can't speak for you though.
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    Image of broyoyo broyoyo
    04:17 PM

    @tande04: Fair enough...just as long as you don't actually speak like that...
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    04:20 PM

    @broyoyo: Um, who cares?

    I swore this was a post about Windows 7 Family Guy commercials and not how I might or might not speak in the real world.
     Reply
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    Image of broyoyo broyoyo
    04:31 PM

    @tande04: Nevermind...life goes on.
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    03:16 PM

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    The killed?

    Does that even make sense? Shouldn't it be "The dead"? or am I imagining things?
     Reply
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    Image of nforcer nforcer
    03:24 PM

    @phunnyballs: It was replaced by that horrible live-action special with Seth and Alex.
     Reply
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    03:31 PM

    @nforcer: I think thats all it was supposed to be in the first place.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-ray Improvements on the Horizon: Faster Loads, iPhone Connectivity and IMDB
    Ok, so, let me see if I've got this straight. Follow me on this: Some of the best new features of Blu-Ray (everything from the super-charged high resolution to the IMDb metadata) are most appealing to movie buffs and video enthusiasts, and honestly, only kind of "eh" to everybody else.

    Now most of those features are all available in software and methods available to those movie enthusiasts already. As an example, I have a media server, on to which I've ripped my DVDs as isos (which is the only the strangest kind of illegal). They're lossless, stored on a single hard drive, presented in XBMC, with IMDB metadata, fast load times (with or without previews), and I have a remote application for my Android phone.

    But they lock down the Blu-Rays, so I can't (yet) copy them to my hard drive. They lock down the media I give them money for, then offer me the features I'd already have if they hadn't locked it down in the first place?

    Yes. This. Makes. Perfect. Sense.
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    Image of landoncube landoncube
    09/30/09

    @OCEntertainment: Why can't you rip your BDs? AnyDVD HD, friend...
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment landoncube was starred landoncube was unstarred
    Image of firetwuck firetwuck
    09/30/09

    @OCEntertainment: At 40gb per blu-ray you could only get 25 movies on a 1tb drive, why bother? Just put the disc in the BD player. It's not THAT much more work.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/30/09

    @firetwuck: It's not about convenience. It's about coolness. "Yes, that's right. Every single Blu-Ray disc on ONE drive." Not to mention, I likely wouldn't own too many Blu-Rays anyways. As some person whose name I can't remember said...Serenity is definitely better in 1080p, 5.1 Surround Sound. But Groundhog Day is still funny no matter what resolution it is.

    @landoncube: Thanks for that, man. I actually haven't gotten into the Blu-Ray ripping scene yet, so it's good to know it's alive and well. Awesome.
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    Image of Eulatos Eulatos
    10/01/09

    @firetwuck: Actually after your rip them they will be only about 25 gigs, still fucking huge but...
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/01/09

    @Eulatos: Out of curiosity, did you do any compression on your BDs? For myself, I'm a stickler for using as little compression as possible. I'd rather spend another $80-100 for another TB drive than squeeze all my movie onto the storage space I have and get pixelated movies. I mean, especially for Blu-Ray, that's just silly.
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-ray Improvements on the Horizon: Faster Loads, iPhone Connectivity and IMDB
    Great, live lookup and a digital copy are on the Wolverine disk. Do either of these features somehow lessen this movie's utter suck?
     Reply
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    Image of ridgecity ridgecity
    09/30/09

    In reply to Blu-ray Improvements on the Horizon: Faster Loads, iPhone Connectivity and IMDB
    Great features, now about the price... aren't they a tad expensive?
     Reply
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    Image of ethanlechcharles ethanlechcharles
    09/30/09

    @ridgecity:
    Most places I see here (Canada) have them retailing for like 5-7 more. But there are obviously exceptions (like Wolverine: $26.99 for the DVD, $39.99 for the Bluray which is nuts)
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    09/30/09

    @ethanlechcharles: You'd have to be on crack to spend $39 on Wolverine. It's barely worth a redbox rental.
     Reply
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    07/24/09

    In reply to Fox Business Network on the Apple Tablet: DUUURRRRRRRRR
    Thanks Fox News for my daily dose of "Hey, I'm not as dumb as I previously thought I was"
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    Image of CharitableNinja CharitableNinja
    07/23/09

    In reply to Fox Business Network on the Apple Tablet: DUUURRRRRRRRR
    These people are so tech savy..... HA.

    And its not called the iTouch. its the iPOD TOUCH. That always kills me too.
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    Image of PlayerX PlayerX
    07/27/09

    @CharitableNinja: She probably said the words correctly; they just didn't make it all the way out of her makeup in tact.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    07/23/09

    In reply to Fox Business Network on the Apple Tablet: DUUURRRRRRRRR
    I do like the fact that you quite literally do not have to know anything, at all about anything ever and you're still paid to talk on the teevee box.

    Wait, no.

    It makes me want to kill myself.
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    Image of SuperSonik SuperSonik
    07/23/09

    In reply to Fox Business Network on the Apple Tablet: DUUURRRRRRRRR
    If we're going to bring other networks into the discussion, I guess I'd rather my anchors be idiots than liars. Idiots are funnier, like puppies tripping over their feet or chasing a bouncy ball.
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    Image of GarciaConcern GarciaConcern
    07/27/09

    @SuperSonik: Can't they be both? Take Sean Hannity for example.
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    07/23/09

    In reply to Fox Business Network on the Apple Tablet: DUUURRRRRRRRR
    When laypeople talk tech I both giggle and cringe at the same time.

    And no, woman in red shirt. Most people don't remember the Newton. Try something a little more mainstream like the Palm Pilot. But even that's pushing it.
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    Image of TheWerewolf - Sotto voce TheWerewolf - Sotto voce
    07/22/09

    In reply to Fox Business Network on the Apple Tablet: DUUURRRRRRRRR
    Ok - seriously - this really confirms my long standing suspicion that Apple bribes a lot of mainstream media - which isn't helped by these two bimbette's clear lack of functioning grey matter.

    First, there's been tablets and convertable touchscreen computers for YEARS. Even Best Buy has them. If they couldn't get up and walk to a Best Buy to find out what's out there - then we're talking epic fail or epic fangirl. Maybe both since they were at least aware of the Newton. (Although I'm betting that was scripted - or they saw *that* episode of The Simpsons...)

    Second, "everyone complains about everything looking too computery and so they want handwriting"? Say what?

    Have you SEEN most people's handwriting? The original Windows Tablet PC was built around the idea of you writing 'just like on paper' rather than using handwriting reco - and it was a flop.

    Finally, as I mentioned - we've had tablets for a while now and guess what? We've been through this - most people can type far, far faster than they can write. That's why every pure-tablet has failed and almost everyone has gone to convertables.
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    Edited by TheWerewolf - Sotto voce at 07/22/09 10:02 PM TheWerewolf - Sotto voce was starred TheWerewolf - Sotto voce was unstarred
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