Deja Vu All Over Again

by on January 9, 2007 @ 1:24 pm

Hmmm… There’s something familiar about this press release:

Sony, Warner’s To Release 200 Movies in Blu-ray High-Def – 1/10/2007

Judging from announcements made Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a veritable flood of movies will be released this year on Sony’s Blu-ray DVD format. Sony’s own corporate sibling, Sony Films, said that it plans to release up to 100 movie titles this year. Warner Bros. said it is likely to reduce a similar number of films, while the smaller Lionsgate Studios said that it plans to offer about 40-50 titles.

Hold on, wait for it…

Sony, Warner Team Up To Release Over 100 UMDs Through 2005/06 – 11/1/2005

Warner Home Video became the latest major studio to announce that it will release products using the Universal Media Disc (UMD) format. The news bolsters what has been an impressive series of events for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) and it sibling UMD format in recent weeks.

Hmm… closer. Getting much closer.

Sony Excited For Release Of LV-1901 Trinitron/Betamax Console – 4/1/1975

Akio Morita, patriarch of Japanese giant Sony, announces that the Betamax format is “here to stay,” and that competing technologies will be crushed under its might.

There. That’ll do.

Next Step: Doggie Pilates

by on @ 12:18 pm

Evil Homer felt compelled to share the latest ridiculous product approved by the FDA: Anti-Obesity Pills…. For Dogs.

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“This is a welcome addition to animal therapies, because dog obesity appears to be increasing,” said Stephen Sundlof, D.V.M., Ph.D., director of FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine. “Veterinarians are well aware that overweight pets are at a higher risk of developing various health problems, from cardiovascular conditions to diabetes to joint problems.”

Adverse reactions associated with treatment with Slentrol include vomiting, loose stools, diarrhea, lethargy and loss of appetite.

To discourage human use, the label of Slentrol includes the standard warning, “Not for use in humans. Keep this and all drugs out of reach of children,” and cites adverse reactions associated with human use, including abdominal distention, abdominal pain, diarrhea, flatulence, headache, nausea and vomiting.

Seriously… I mean seriously. I know there are exceptions to this, but if you can’t keep a dog in good shape, should you be allowed to care for any being other than yourself, if that? Shit, if you’re going to put your dog on weight loss medication, why not just adopt a child and screw up their lives instead? I mean if you’re going to be a fuckup, go whole hog as a fuckup. Don’t limit your potential damage to a canine, you have endless destructive possibilities my idiot friend. God is calling upon you to share that gift with the world.

“To discourage human use,” Jesus. It stands to reason that a fat idiot would have a fat idiot dog too, why not share the medication if you’re sharing your leftover table scraps from that extra large pizza that you so lovingly call “your individual” size.

Damn You Steve Jobs!

by on @ 11:21 am

Previously, the only Apple to get me hard was Fiona. Oh and that one time with the box of Apple Jacks, but I think that was just puberty and bad timing. But now the trend has been cocked up by Steve and his pretentious looking cronies.

Apple TV – HDMI, WiFi, Intel, 40GB (Hard)

Apple Unveils The iPhone (Harder)

If it plays all of the formats that I desire, that Apple TV is going to look pretty slick in my entertainment center. I’ve been plotting to put together a little media center machine for all of these purposes, but laziness (and new game consoles) have deterred me from accomplishing this goal. If Apple wants to charge me $300 to do the whole shebang for me, kudos to them.

Find A New Alien Life Form… And Fuck It

by on January 8, 2007 @ 4:19 pm

NASA Finds Life On Mars, Kills It

That’s the ticket. Steven Spielberg has spent a lot of time and money to convince us that alien life is cute, cuddly, and loves our most peanut-buttery of terran candies. I say fuck that peace loving bullshit, blow them out of the fucking sky or wherever they come from. Then we can analyze the smoldering bits and determine whether or not their females were hot and had compatible orifices, and move forward appropriately.