George W Bush gives the flag to victims
22/12/05 18:50
George W Bush decided to bring the flag to each and every victim of his familys crusades.
With over 30000 Iraqis killed, 2100+ heroes dead and an unkown number of collateral damage during the last Iraq War alone. This journey is reported to be Bush´s final one, as he promised not only to bring the flag, but to pay all funeral costs and 1 million dollars US to the families the victims left behind. Since this travel will take quite a while, Bush is not expected to return during his lifetime, elections will be on January 1st, 2006.
baseface.com says: Great Job Mr. Bush!
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Apple chickens out on mobile Industry
18/12/05 13:17
As The Register reported Apple ditched the ringtone segment from their iTunes Music Store.What a coward´s move there Steve Jobs, I submit you would have stirred up the entire ringtone market for sure, but you missed that opportunity. Ringtone market in Europe has always been a big cash cow for mobile service providers, kids paying up to 3 Euro for one single ringtone. With that argument given it´s easy to understand why Steve Jobs didn´t take the challenge, it would have been hard to explain, why you could buy a song for 99 cent, but had to pay 2 or 3 dollars/euro for a ringtone.
On the other hand, selling ringtones at a price like 50 cent, which I would regard as sufficient, would make some maybe important future partners like eg Vodafone mad at Apple and it would have spoiled furture business possibilities.
However, shareholder-value wins over value, again.
GW Bush and his iPod
16/12/05 15:55
After baseface.com got wire of George W Bush using an ipod, there was no way I could stop special investigator "laylow" from finding out what´s on the playlist of the most powerful man in the world. I cannot explain how he managed to get the results as I do protect my sources und if you wanna know, sue me, I will be the one carrying the heavy wooden cross in the courtyard.George W Bush´s top 10 tunes on his iPod.
01. The Chipmunks - Whistle while you work
02. Phil Collins - Against all Odds
03. Gunshot - World War 3
04. Suicidal Tendencies - War inside my head
05. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
06. The Ink Spots - I don´t want to set the world on fire
07. The Chipmunks - Ragtime Cowboy Joe
08. Cranberries - Zombie
09. Paul Hardcastle - 19
10. Rolling Stones - Painted Black
Good Percentage, Soldier
12/12/05 23:03
Howdy Partner, that was some grrrrreat shooting out there.
I know it is digusting to put up a deathcount, but facing 2140 Victims on US Army side, this war seems more like a butcher´s job. Regarding these 30 k dead people only count the victims since 2003 invasion, another landmark I wish I had never seen during my lifetime.
Bush´s new guy in PR department
06/12/05 20:54
After getting into some trouble about kidnapping a german citizen. The President of the United States hired a new Chief in Charge for his Department for PR and Misinformation.
Apple issues and the future [again]
02/12/05 21:22
The K-10 form filed by AAPL concerning the the review of the past financial Period points out clearly where Apple is heading.The filing said: "[Apple] is currently focused on market opportunities related to digital music distribution and related consumer electronic devices, including iPods. The company faces increasing competition from other companies promoting their own digital music products, including music enabled cell phones, distribution services, and free peer-to-peer music services.
"These competitors include both new entrants with different market approaches, such as subscription services models, and also larger companies that may have greater technical, marketing, distribution, and other resources than those of [Apple]."
I see no need to comment on this as it is exactly my point all the way, Apple has turned into an audio company rather than a company building computers for creative people.
At the same time AAPL is reported to leave the path of high price, high performance machines towards cheap products for the mass market.
Shareholder value wins over value.