Archive for August, 2005

Read this over on slashdot.

BlackDog is a fully self-contained computer with a built-in biometric reader and a host of other powerful features. Unlike any other computing device, BlackDog is completely powered off of the USB port of your host computer – no external power adapter required!

To access and use your BlackDog, you merely plug it in to your host computer’s USB port* and BlackDog takes over! Your host machine’s monitor, keyboard, mouse, and Internet connection are taken over by BlackDog for the duration of your session, when you are done, you simply remove BlackDog and everything on the host is returned to its original state.

Clicky clicky.

I have no fucking clue what i’d use it for but fuck, I want one. If they add a hard-drive (a PCMCIA one would not be too hard to do) I’m buying it this very fucking instant. Watch out for my glorified pocket hard drive.

EDIT: Okay, I feel like I must explain this stuff a wee bit more.

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I sent this angry mail to the Amazon.ca customer service. You enjoy.

Dear Amazon,

I have tried your new online service “Easy FalseHope™” and I must say I am very pleased. I like how you order things with real money, and never receive your item — ever! I checked my mailbox this morning and think it is quite awesome, I still haven’t received it!

I have placed an order for the following item:

linkage

On January 20, 2005. Shipping estimates were for March 15 2005.

Last time I checked, we’re now the august 10th 2005. I really love it, time has been going by, and it still have not delivered!

Perhaps you guys are still out of stock — well, that’s nice, really. Fine by me, I understand. However, why the fuck is the item still up and available for purchase? Why is nothing being done to, you know, get more or this OH SO FIRST COPIES PRINTED EVER release?

Or at least let me know “Sorry our Japanese dealer snorted too much wasabi, and died, and now the Kyoto prefecture is being a dick and forbids us from importing it. We are currently sending rabid rhinoceroces to convince them as we speak — we will let you know once the item comes back in stock”.

It would have made me all warm and fuzzy to live under the chimerical illusion that you guys give two shits about your customers =/

What? Do I still want the cd? Well, yeah. I downloaded it already. And I have the right to, I’m canadian, and live in quebec, where the legal drinking age is a suggestion, where you can have sex with 14 years old girls legally (I kid you not) and where you can download from P2P freely.

Well, I like to think I’m supporting my favorite band, which would encourage them to come over at some point for a gig, which would make me happy.

So yes, I still want it. But I expect some kind of compensation on this order — free express shipping would be nice for instance, to make up for the months of ass grabbing on your part.

Else, well, you can cancel that order if you’re never going to receive it, and I’ll just go import it with yen currency, for double the price — but at least I’ll fucking get it

Thank you for your time.

Yeah. Someone has to say the truth you know.

In other news, this website now renders … better, in Internet Explorer. Not that I care, but you know, I dislike discriminating people.