Archives for January 2008

The Daily Loper – January 5, 2008

January 5, 2008 by Lopy

Dead Moron’s of No Use To Anyone Edition

Todays links of interest:

Clemens, Pettitte asked to testify before Congress
Well good, because there will be absolutely no grandstanding whatsoever by members of Congress in this election year. No doubt that they will get to the bottom of the steroids mess in the same way they sussed out Bush’s lies about Iraq.
Guild Says Actors Will Not Cross Picket Lines For Golden Globes
So essentially the entire show will consist of shots of the Hollywood Foreign Press members getting drunk and some guy from the MPAA imploring us not to download bootlegged movies.
Warner Bros. Says It Will Drop HD DVD Support
True story: a friend today said that he almost bought a Blu-Ray player over Xmas but couldn’t quite pull the trigger. Seconds after reading this story, he was ready to buy a Blu-Ray player right this second.

The Daily Loper – January 3, 2008

January 3, 2008 by Lopy

The Angels Have The Phonebox Edition

Todays links of interest:

Chances of asteroid hitting Mars go down
And so, the Martians breathe a sigh of relief, and postpone their invasion plans for another day.
Winter vomiting bug sweeps UK
Let’s go there!!!
Office 2003 update blocks older file formats
This is the type of shit what makes people hate Microsoft so godsdammed much.

The Daily Loper – January 2, 2008

January 2, 2008 by Lopy

So This Is The New Year Edition

Todays links of interest:

Cell phone users tie up traffic: study
Prediction: we are within two years of the formation of Mothers Against Texting And Driving On Roads.
Announcement for Battlestar Galactica – Season 3
March 25, for those of you keeping score at home. Giving us who love this show ABSOLUTELY NO TIME to watch Season 3 before Season 4 starts. A Season 4 that will be truncated by the Writers Strike, so there is really no reason to rush it out in the first place. Why do you hate us, Sci-Fi Channel?
FBI renews interest in D.B. Cooper
Next up: finding Jimmy Hoffa.

Whatever Happened to…Wal-Mart’s Video Download Store?

January 1, 2008 by Kassia Krozser

We admit it freely: sometimes we can’t help the snarkiness. It just comes out. For example, let us return to this gem from ”The Daily Loper – February 7”:

Headline: Wal-Mart entry to video downloads a â€˜game changer’
Us: Yeahhhhhh . . . no.

Like most of you, we read the Reuters piece — classic journalism filled with breathless anticipation and so-far-off-base-it’s-funny commentary from media experts — with a dose of skepticism. Despite the fact that Wal-Mart has a strong brand name, we simply could not fathom how the Wal-Mart product could change the game. In fact, our analysis of the service suggested quite the opposite. Still, Memory Lane is a fun place, so let’s look back at a fun comment:
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