Microsoft has been accused of a lot of things over the years, but never direct child abuse. (Unless you consider children using Windows as a form of abuse?) But now, in response to new business moves by Microsoft, Rob Glaser, the unhappy CEO of RealNetworks, has come right out and declared, "We think this a case where our technology competitors, in this case specifically Microsoft, have literally thrown the baby out with the bath water." Glory! Sounds like Uncle Bill needs to forget his charity work and get back behind the keyboard at Redmond because things are flying out of control!
And thanks, Rob, for a real-life cracker to add to my collection. :-)
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Struggling arn't you... nothing exceptional to report on? How is the grass going out the front? Time for another pre mow assessment.
ReplyDeleteStruggling?! This is my core business! Threads on Aker Akermanis are the exception, Bomber, not the rule. If you're bored, maybe this'd be of more interest to you?
ReplyDeletehey - i expected you to have posted on that completely cool demonstration of the microsoft speech "recognition" software. haha so funny. have you seen it?? i'll try to track it down again and show you. awesome!! haha.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean this one? Poor old Microsoft. And man, that reporter was so Michael Scott from the US version of The Office!
ReplyDeleteYou see my main problem here is that I read your Blog when I am bored and rely on it for entertainment. From this please see how much I comment of late and I think you get the gist.
ReplyDeleteThe day I made the previous comment I was so bored I just did not read it properly and missed the point all together, as I 'literally' jumped over the link to the previous blog. Silly me.
Now please note that in order to be correct I placed my machine on the ground with your Blog displaying and 'jumped' over it... well it was more of a trott or a skip even...
That dude does look just like Michael Scott.
ReplyDeleteWhile we are at it, and this may be another topic for you Blog... If I ever could be bothered doing one then it would be a topic for me...
I really do not like the US version of the Office. Why did they think they needed to do one... the UK version is so much better.
And when I say I do not like, I mean that is as stong as I can go without saying I hate it with a capital H, but I really should not Hate anything... I love youse all...
Now please note that in order to be correct I placed my machine on the ground with your Blog displaying and 'jumped' over it... well it was more of a trott or a skip even...
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you're starting to take your grammar more seriously.
I really do not like the US version of the Office. Why did they think they needed to do one... the UK version is so much better.
How much of the US Office have you watched? I certainly think it's a pale shadow of the UK one, and when I'm watching I laugh a lot but only because I'm recalling the funny bits they're copying. That said, once they stopped just doing remakes, and tried a few original storylines I think it got better. Which I think is why you remake a foreign show; so you can explore aspects of your own society and culture.
Oh, and one of the big disappointments for me with the US Office was Rainn Wilson. His Arthur Wilson from Six Feet Under is one of my all-time favourite TV characters, and Dwight Schrute just didn't do it for me in the same way. Victim of my own expectations, I guess. I just wanted more Arthur. :-)
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ReplyDeleteSomething to consider when comparing David Brent and Michael Scott is that David was so bad a boss that he was only ever going to last as long as it took for senior management to find out how bad he was.
This is OK for the UK series, because the series takes place over a very short period of time, and comes to a natural end when the inevitable happens and David is sacked.
Due to the nature of US television series, where 26 episodes per year are made, Michael Scott can't be as incompetent as David without either sabotaging the show's premise or demanding a major cast change for Season 2. (I wonder if Bruce Boxleitner is available?)
Incidentally, while David reminds me of a bad boss I had a few years ago, Michael is toned down and reminds me more of another bad boss I had a few years before that.
Bomber - As for "Should it have been made?", well speaking for myself I had my doubts about the Battlestar Galactica remake, and that won me over. I'm not sure yet about The Office, but the bit with the George Foreman Grill took me a big step of the way towards acceptance.
Troph - Get a time machine and convince your younger self to watch The Office first, then Six Feet Under. It certainly worked for me in terms of appreciating Mr Wilson's talents in both roles.
You see now I have a problem. I based all of my opinion of this bad boy on the 'remakes' not the new story lines which I did not know existed. When I saw the US remake of UK briliance, I had a spew and left it there. i think I actually went to watch friends ;-)
ReplyDeleteVery hung over today everything... please use small words.
Dear Blog spot,
ReplyDeleteI am hung over today and typed something which does not make sense. Now rather than deleting and re posting, can I please edit my post?
Thanks
Bomber
... Oh and that should read 'Very hung over today EVERYONE... please use small words'...
Bomber, pay attention: you can't edit your posts because that's how wars start. As I said here, just cut-and-paste your old text into a new comment, delete the old one and I'll take care of the rest. :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, and you don't have a problem. If you're not dead keen to watch the US Office already, then I wouldn't bother. It's hardly Essential TV Viewing. If you want a laugh, I reckon you're better of heading to Arrested Development or My Name Is Earl...
ReplyDeleteMy name is Earl... direct link to professional skateboarding... I like it. I have a Jason Lee board at home, best skate it tonight I think.
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