SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
It is physically impossible to keep your eyes open while sneezing.
Door hinge, kinda.Lopan said:Nothing rhymes with orange.
MrBishop said:Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo
greenfreak said:Alexey Pajitnov created the Tetris game but didn't see a single cent in profit despite it's sold over 40 million copies worth over 800 million dollars.
Twasn't communism that did him in... twas a 'hacker' who stole the game and marketed it in the USA. Ain't capitalism a wonderful thingProfessur said:Ain't communism a wunderful thing??
Lopan said:ok, maybe wrong place to voice the orange thing. Try it in an English accent. Just force that plum down as far as it will go. pinch your nose aswell.
Of course, isn't it always the American's fault?MrBishop said:Twasn't communism that did him in... twas a 'hacker' who stole the game and marketed it in the USA. Ain't capitalism a wonderful thing
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/09/24/NEWS7742.dtlMass appeal of puzzle<
Pokhilko immediately saw the mass appeal of the puzzle and convinced Pajitnov it would make a great computer game. But in 1986, before the game was published, Soviet authorities demanded that Pajitnov sign over all rights to the game.
Later, Pokhilko and Pajitnov teamed to create other digital diversions, including El-Fish, a virtual aquarium.
In a 1996 Examiner interview, Pajitnov said he had acquiesced to the Soviet demand to sign over the rights of Tetris because he feared reprisals.
"I would have been in prison for sure had I gone directly to Nintendo," Pajitnov said. "I would have had to be a dissident and possibly be cheated for everything anyway. So it wasn't worth it."
During the 10 years the Soviet government brokered deals with Nintendo, Atari and other video-game makers, Pajitnov lost an estimated $40million in royalties.
One of those who brokered the largest license agreement was Rogers, whose Japan-based Bullet Proof Software locked in the rights to sell Tetris to its largest market, the hand-held gaming-device industry.
"That was the biggest market for Tetris," Rogers said. "That's what made the game huge."
Enlightened rule by the dead is preferable to the misguided failures of the living.
Lopan said:Nothing rhymes with orange.
Nixy said:No, you're right...there is no word in the english language that rhymes with orange...forced rhymes yes...REAL rhymes no.
Gonz said:To all you no word rhymes with orange answerers who write door hinge...the that would be words, not word