condescension.net » Rant http://condescension.net doesn't have a catchy tagline. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:53:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Facebook Beacon: Perfect for self-centered pricks. http://condescension.net/2007/11/16/facebook-beacon-perfect-for-self-centered-pricks/ http://condescension.net/2007/11/16/facebook-beacon-perfect-for-self-centered-pricks/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:42:20 +0000 Mike Corey http://www.condescension.net/2007/11/16/facebook-beacon-perfect-for-self-centered-pricks/ beacon_48.png

Facebook Beacon is a new effort announced by Facebook to allow users to share their buying preferences. A few lines of javascript allows a website to post to facebook what items you purchased, games you played, movies you saw etc. Hell attach the three lines of code to your toilet so you can alert your emo friends when you drop a deuce.

Seriously, are we that vain of a country that we need to tell everyone in the world we bought a DVD. I don’t care who you are I don’t give a toss if you bought friends volume 1 on DVD on overstock.com. If you think everyone does, you’re an ass.

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Oh well I do beg your pardon Steam. How absurd of me to attempt to play a game I purchased. Please accept my apology for bothering you while you were doing other, much more important things. I’ll try back later when its more convenient for you.

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Apparently one can trademark colors now. Gizmodo reports (via a long chain of sources) T-Mobile, in their copyright and trademark statements has managed to state that:

T-MOBILE, the T-MOBILE logo, T-ZONES, the T-ZONES design, the HOTSPOT design, T-MOBILE MDA, T-MOBILE SDA, T-MOBILEWEB, the WORLDCLASS logo, the “digits” design, the T-MOBILE acoustic logo, and the color magenta are registered and/or unregistered trademarks of Deutsche Telekom AG in the US and/or other countries.

Amazing. Consider mauve officially mine. I trademark mauve. Its mine. Use it, I’ll fucking sue you then kick you in the shin.

Via: Gizmodo

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