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[PA Comic] Monday, March 4, 2013 - Engaging The Social Web
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It probably depends on the policy, but yeah, it totally could
Makes sense I guess. I feel sorry for emergency response people.
Laughed pretty hard at that line.
I mean Kurtz is right there guys. Let the man have a free motorcycle.
Well gosh, I suppose I might as well settle in for a nice cuppa ...... this is gonna be good!
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Considering that their total full-time staff numbers less than 100 people, they are pretty much still a small company; they just have better behind-the-scenes support than Grandma Lula's Online Fruit Preserve Emporium and Gingham Skirt Extravaganza.
I had the pleasure of playing around with a surface pro around at work. I really think Microsoft has something, this time around. The windows 8 os and the available technology actually makes it a feasible to have a "desktop os" experience on a tablet. I don't think Mike was out of line with the review. He called it like he saw it and sometimes there are just good products out there.
"You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."
Also, remember when they tried to back that one Steam-like digital distribution system? Sold me on some game they loved there that was just an awful waste of money.
DUI in particular is far more common among motorcycle riders than car drivers, which skews the statistics a bit.
"What if those people meant nothing to me?" gave me a good laugh on this abysmal Monday morning. Erika's pepsi can is a nice touch too, shoulda been tapped to the back of the laptop or something, though.
Mike makes some pretty good points on twitter about that surface thing. He keeps posting about all this cool shit he can do on his surface, but none of that is conveyed in the commercials. It's all just people pop lockin' to dubstep(albeit awesomely) or a bunch of buisness people having a synchronized Wub Wub buisness meeting and sliding their tablets all over the place.
Having said that, I've been more than a little envious of the free crap they get to shill review.
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Do you have any idea how hard it is to brief from slides you've only seen once while tutting into a set of crazylegs before the beat drops?
this is ridiculous
One the damn comic says they employ 14 people.
Pax relies on volunteers. As do the forums.
They went ad free specifically so they could protect their credibility.
you are being a goose. And a hippe.
Corporate machine? Seriously?
Well, Mike has said multiple times about this specific incident that Microsoft hasn't paid him for a positive review. So you have to ask yourself how much Mike would lose in future revenue / "street cred" if it came out that he lied about that. Then compare that to how much you don't really think they paid him. Then ask yourself if the risk would be worth the short term reward for him.
So, a couple of things :
1. Mike is not in any danger of not being about to support his children. Even if the PA Megacorp went belly-up tomorrow, he and his children will be able to live in the manner to which they are accustomed for many many years.
2. I don't think Mike and Jerry would give a falsely positive review for something in the hopes of getting future business. It would have the possibility of backfiring hugely on their credibility, and there's no guarantee it would even make a difference in getting new work. By now companies have a pretty good idea of what they're getting (and not getting) when they hire PA for a project.
That all being said, though, there's no reason to pay attention to their reviews of games / hardware. I haven't really put much stock in them myself for some time. My tastes differ from theirs in a few significant ways, but it's still interesting to read their opinions and compare them to my own. It's rare that I can't see where they're coming from on a product, which puts them miles ahead of some of the "reviewers" out there that I read. I just don't always agree. Usually it's worth a quick google of an unfamiliar product they mention to see if it's something I should check out, but oftentimes it isn't, and that's fine. I come here for the comic, after all. Anything else is gravy.
Going by an old podcast episode, Tycho's plan in the event of Gabe's untimely death is to "hire a team of artists, hook them up to a sled and ride them around the north pole."
The only thing this post is missing is a reference to "The Man." The sharp turn into philosophical chin-scratching on ethics and self-interest at the end was unexpected, though.
Shut it down!
Next to the "agree" and "awesome" buttons, there should be a "Dude...what?" button.
I bet you're a hit at parties.
I was carrying two big heavy cases of paper down two flights of stairs once. Each set of stairs had the same number of steps. On each flight I fell after reaching the third from the bottom step... I don't know why. Probably because I couldn't see the steps. After the second fall, I just had to sit there and laugh for a good five minutes.
The funniest part for me is that Khoo is apparently looking at a document on the laptop while saying this... as if he's got these incidents in a spreadsheet for handy reference.
and you think he doesn't?
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I liked the comic, but as the resident life insurance agent with a major national company can I say that I have never once seen a life insurance policy that had any clauses about motorcyle riding in any way. In fact, on my life insurance application I never ask anything about motorcycles for personal use. The only question that references motorcycles at all is the one that asks "In the last 3 years, have you engaged in any avocations such as mountain/rock climbing, vehicle racing, scuba/skin diving, sky diving, ballooning or hang gliding; or is such activity planned in the next 6 months?" but in this case it does include any kind of vehicle racing AND answering yes to this question does not necessarily preclude you from getting a policy either but may impact your ability to get preferred rates. Also, once you have the policy, any avocations you begin have no bearing on your current policy, only on future policies.
I laughed pretty hard at this little spiel. You sir, are adorable.
What are your thoughts on the US staging of 9/11 and the dissemination of mind control chemicals into the water supply?
Induhvidual: <dumb idea>
Me: this is a bad idea and you are a horrible person for causing me to be aware of its existence
Induhvidual: let me schedule another meeting so we can hammer out this compromise we both seem to be going towards