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Icebaby
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 •09/02/2011 04:48 AM (UTC) •
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SubMan799 Wrote:
FlamingTP Wrote:
Also apple would have went under if Microsoft hadn't bailed them out all those years ago. A lot of Apple's money goes straight back to M$.


Wait, seriously? Bailing out the competition? Uhhh, links? Is this a common thing to do? How come WWE didn't bail out WCW? SO MANY QUESTIONS


Haha WWE bailing out WCW that's a good one.

grin

I got a busy day in a few hours. i need my sleep.
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totheark
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 •09/02/2011 04:53 AM (UTC) •
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FlamingTP Wrote:
The picture merely represents the search engine market, not actual company power as a whole.

I know that.

UNdiscovered just didn't seem to quite get that my post was a quick jab at the beastly baboon that runs MSFT; then seemed to turn it to a full-scale comparison.

Which of course being how I am, had to disprove him...
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FlamingTP
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 •09/02/2011 05:13 AM (UTC) •
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SubMan799 Wrote:
FlamingTP Wrote:
Also apple would have went under if Microsoft hadn't bailed them out all those years ago. A lot of Apple's money goes straight back to M$.


Wait, seriously? Bailing out the competition? Uhhh, links? Is this a common thing to do? How come WWE didn't bail out WCW? SO MANY QUESTIONS


OWNED
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 •09/02/2011 05:14 AM (UTC) •
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totheark Wrote:
FlamingTP Wrote:
The picture merely represents the search engine market, not actual company power as a whole.

I know that.

UNdiscovered just didn't seem to quite get that my post was a quick jab at the beastly baboon that runs MSFT; then seemed to turn it to a full-scale comparison.

Which of course being how I am, had to disprove him...


Im confused
Please stop

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UNdiscovered
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 •09/02/2011 05:19 AM (UTC) •
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wee oh wee oh we
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wee ah we ah weee
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totheark
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 •09/02/2011 05:21 AM (UTC) •
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FlamingTP Wrote:
SubMan799 Wrote:
FlamingTP Wrote:
Also apple would have went under if Microsoft hadn't bailed them out all those years ago. A lot of Apple's money goes straight back to M$.


Wait, seriously? Bailing out the competition? Uhhh, links? Is this a common thing to do? How come WWE didn't bail out WCW? SO MANY QUESTIONS


OWNED

In a nutshell, can you tell why MSFT did this?

They must have benefitted in some magical, intergalactic way.
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 •09/02/2011 05:28 AM (UTC) •
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totheark Wrote:
FlamingTP Wrote:
SubMan799 Wrote:
FlamingTP Wrote:
Also apple would have went under if Microsoft hadn't bailed them out all those years ago. A lot of Apple's money goes straight back to M$.


Wait, seriously? Bailing out the competition? Uhhh, links? Is this a common thing to do? How come WWE didn't bail out WCW? SO MANY QUESTIONS


OWNED

In a nutshell, can you tell why MSFT did this?

They must have benefitted in some magical, intergalactic way.


They did it for the lawls of course.

ok I have no idea why the hell they did it.
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 •09/02/2011 05:40 AM (UTC) •
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Because competition is always a good thing? I dunno
Making this post to see how my new Avy looks. That’s all
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J-spit
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 •09/02/2011 06:24 AM (UTC) •
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SubMan799 Wrote:
FlamingTP Wrote:
Also apple would have went under if Microsoft hadn't bailed them out all those years ago. A lot of Apple's money goes straight back to M$.


How come WWE didn't bail out WCW?


Because Stone Cold said so! Can I get a "hell yeah"!?
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Ninja_Mime
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 •09/02/2011 07:45 AM (UTC) •
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Fun fact: When I read these forums drunk, my usual thoughts are, "SHUT THE FUCK UP" and I want to skull every second post and close every thread for being total garbage.
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[Killswitch]
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Shao Kahn did nothing wrong

 •09/02/2011 08:11 AM (UTC) •
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Meh....

I don't know what I'm gonna do with the rest of my life.
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Detox
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You work with what you got...not what you hope for.

 •09/02/2011 09:12 AM (UTC) •
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Meh....

I don't know what I'm gonna do with the rest of my life.


I know the feeling dude.
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ShoeUnited
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Puto, ergo non est deus
Non opus est, si pretium non habetis.

 •09/02/2011 09:27 AM (UTC) •
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This is why.

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/does_microsoft_regret_helping_apple.html

If Apple survived, government antitrust regulators would have that much less of a case against Microsoft as a PC monopolist; in addition, the Macintosh would also provide Microsoft with an additional market for Office and Internet Explorer. In return, Apple would drop a long-running lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that Redmond had copied crucial aspects of the Mac operating system when creating Windows.

So Microsoft bought $150 million worth of Apple's non-voting shares, pledged to not sell them for at least three years, and thus became a significant investor in its rival. At the time, with Apple valued at around $2.5 billion, that number of shares translated into around a 6 percent stake for Microsoft, which got to position itself as a benefactor, maybe even a savior.
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 •09/02/2011 09:29 AM (UTC) •
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I tend to change my sig alot cause I try alot of things. I made a sub zero one (2 actually) and made 2 witchblade ones.

Jesus, I do nothing but sit here and make shit til school starts.


.....****!!!!!!!!!!! furious

Anyways! I'm here to show you guys somethin weird.



Yes, they have switched faces.
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Toxik
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 •09/02/2011 02:08 PM (UTC) •
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Ninja_Mime Wrote:
Fun fact: When I read these forums drunk, my usual thoughts are, "SHUT THE FUCK UP"



Haha, that's funny, because I think the samething when I get on MKO drunk. Not that I do it that often, but still.
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Arthur Zonatto
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Mortal Klaybat #1 - Shinnok, Shao Kahn, Sektor, Noob Saibot and Ermac!

•09/02/2011 02:16 PM (UTC) •
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Ninja_Mime Wrote:
Fun fact: When I read these forums drunk, my usual thoughts are, "SHUT THE FUCK UP" and I want to skull every second post and close every thread for being total garbage.


Haha lol

And... Finally!!! First in the series...Lord Shinnok!!!
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Toxik
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 •09/02/2011 05:17 PM (UTC) •
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Working on Labor Day weekend... Boo...
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FlamingTP
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 •09/02/2011 10:35 PM (UTC) •
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ShoeUnited Wrote:
This is why.

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/does_microsoft_regret_helping_apple.html

If Apple survived, government antitrust regulators would have that much less of a case against Microsoft as a PC monopolist; in addition, the Macintosh would also provide Microsoft with an additional market for Office and Internet Explorer. In return, Apple would drop a long-running lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that Redmond had copied crucial aspects of the Mac operating system when creating Windows.

So Microsoft bought $150 million worth of Apple's non-voting shares, pledged to not sell them for at least three years, and thus became a significant investor in its rival. At the time, with Apple valued at around $2.5 billion, that number of shares translated into around a 6 percent stake for Microsoft, which got to position itself as a benefactor, maybe even a savior.


I'm a PC kind of guy, but if apple died I wonder what kind of crap microsoft could have done to its customers...
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 •09/02/2011 10:46 PM (UTC) •
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Just got back from Family Fun Centersmile
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NS922
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 •09/02/2011 11:01 PM (UTC) •
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Wipeout is such a stupid American version of MXC.
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Icebaby
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 •09/02/2011 11:15 PM (UTC) •
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Being in an aggravated mood while packing for school isn't really the ideal kind of mood to be in for it...
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Arthur Zonatto
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Mortal Klaybat #1 - Shinnok, Shao Kahn, Sektor, Noob Saibot and Ermac!

•09/02/2011 11:38 PM (UTC) •
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Uploaded two more Klaybatants on Fan Sub:

The Emperor of Outworld!!!

and...

LK-9T9, Ketchup! I mean, Sektor!

Koming up...the ones in my signature... smile EDIT: Forgot the red font "problem" guys, sorry.
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[Killswitch]
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Shao Kahn did nothing wrong

 •09/02/2011 11:45 PM (UTC) •
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Went to Downtown Spokane with my fam to get some grub.

Homemade huckleberry ice cream = Sex in the mouth.
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(Erik)
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 •09/02/2011 11:45 PM (UTC) •
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My balls feel heavier than usual. I wonder if they just dropped. Puberty here I come. Oh shit. Imagine it's tumors. My roommate sophomore year had testicular tumors. Scary shit. Damn all the cancer in the air these days.
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