OPPOSITES
By John Ross Harvey
Good Bad
Hot Cold
Up Down
Right Left
Light Dark
Cooked Raw
Human Inhuman
Meat Vegetable
Sugar Salt
Skinny Fat
Democrat Republican
Liberal Conservative
Free Oppressed
Surplus Debt
Legal Criminal
Sun Rain
Summer Winter
Thawed Frozen
Heaven Hell
Friday, November 06, 2009
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Batracer
Batracer is a free to play, or pay once for life to play, racing driver simulation.
The car graphics are merely for listing drivers and team standings
The car graphics are user created from archive photos and artwork and are generally in reverse of the true images they were derived from.
There are Formula 1 sets for 1986, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
all of which have Ferrari
There is LeMans which has many Ferraris
There is a Ferrari Challenge which strangely contains more Ferraris
Most other sets, and indeed there are many, do not contain any Ferrari.
As of yesterday, visiting www.batracer.com has displayed this message:
BATracer Unavailable Until Further Notice
BATracer is presently unavailable due to legal issues following receipt of a letter this morning (2nd November 2009) concerning user-submitted Ferrari content within BATracer. Efforts are being made to resolve this issue and to restore the site at the earliest opportunity following changes.
The ability to further upload user-submitted content for inclusion in the game has been disabled until further notice.
BATracer.com
Statement Concerning Infringement of Trademarks and Designs of
Ferrari S.p.A. "Ferrari" of Maranello
The inclusion of Ferrari material into BATracer was not authorised by Ferrari, and the activity of BATracer and user contributions was not in any way related to Ferrari.
All Ferrari content will be removed from the game, and all user-carset projects involving Ferrari content will also be removed.
Far be it for me to explain how free advertising of your product is an infingement of copyright, user images are not taken from Ferrari, they were created to resemble Ferrari.
You had several fans on this site willing to support the Ferrari duo of Massa and Alonso, now they won't.
Is bullying a minor gaming site like Batracer really what a multimillion dollar conglomerate like Ferrari needs to do?
I've been told they don't even own their image. Bernie Ecclestone does.
I don't see him suing Batracer for image copyright.
Why would Ferrari willingly attack its very own fanbase over a picture they see perhaps 10% of the time while playing?
I fail to see the logic of this rediculous attack by Ferrari, but I am a Bilingual Vulcan.
Batracer may run on say $2 million over 4 years, where as 10 cars sold at Ferrari probably equal that much, I'm sure it takes less than 4 years to sell them.
I doubt they even have that much, not all players have opted to pay for better control features, or sponsoring to get them. Most of the players actually pay nothing. So maybe $2 million is way beyond what they've actually taken in from paying players. That money pays for server rentals, maintenance, advertising, development and anything else a gaming site needs to spend money on. That amount of money is not a liquid pile of $ they put on display. It's spent most likely.
My $2 million figure is if 100,000 players bought the $20 one time only fee for better controls called Kool tools.
Do they have that many? I doubt it.
Can they possibly meet Ferrari's demands? I doubt it.
So why is Ferrari insistant on bullying the little guy?
Because that's all bullies do. They care nothing about anyone but themselves.
Many of their hard core fans have the same attitude.
I have not been a fan since Berger/Alesi years, I was planning to return next year with the Alonso/Massa lineup, now....probably not.
Support Batracer, and tell Ferrari to take a hike.
The car graphics are merely for listing drivers and team standings
The car graphics are user created from archive photos and artwork and are generally in reverse of the true images they were derived from.
There are Formula 1 sets for 1986, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
all of which have Ferrari
There is LeMans which has many Ferraris
There is a Ferrari Challenge which strangely contains more Ferraris
Most other sets, and indeed there are many, do not contain any Ferrari.
As of yesterday, visiting www.batracer.com has displayed this message:
BATracer Unavailable Until Further Notice
BATracer is presently unavailable due to legal issues following receipt of a letter this morning (2nd November 2009) concerning user-submitted Ferrari content within BATracer. Efforts are being made to resolve this issue and to restore the site at the earliest opportunity following changes.
The ability to further upload user-submitted content for inclusion in the game has been disabled until further notice.
BATracer.com
Statement Concerning Infringement of Trademarks and Designs of
Ferrari S.p.A. "Ferrari" of Maranello
The inclusion of Ferrari material into BATracer was not authorised by Ferrari, and the activity of BATracer and user contributions was not in any way related to Ferrari.
All Ferrari content will be removed from the game, and all user-carset projects involving Ferrari content will also be removed.
Far be it for me to explain how free advertising of your product is an infingement of copyright, user images are not taken from Ferrari, they were created to resemble Ferrari.
You had several fans on this site willing to support the Ferrari duo of Massa and Alonso, now they won't.
Is bullying a minor gaming site like Batracer really what a multimillion dollar conglomerate like Ferrari needs to do?
I've been told they don't even own their image. Bernie Ecclestone does.
I don't see him suing Batracer for image copyright.
Why would Ferrari willingly attack its very own fanbase over a picture they see perhaps 10% of the time while playing?
I fail to see the logic of this rediculous attack by Ferrari, but I am a Bilingual Vulcan.
Batracer may run on say $2 million over 4 years, where as 10 cars sold at Ferrari probably equal that much, I'm sure it takes less than 4 years to sell them.
I doubt they even have that much, not all players have opted to pay for better control features, or sponsoring to get them. Most of the players actually pay nothing. So maybe $2 million is way beyond what they've actually taken in from paying players. That money pays for server rentals, maintenance, advertising, development and anything else a gaming site needs to spend money on. That amount of money is not a liquid pile of $ they put on display. It's spent most likely.
My $2 million figure is if 100,000 players bought the $20 one time only fee for better controls called Kool tools.
Do they have that many? I doubt it.
Can they possibly meet Ferrari's demands? I doubt it.
So why is Ferrari insistant on bullying the little guy?
Because that's all bullies do. They care nothing about anyone but themselves.
Many of their hard core fans have the same attitude.
I have not been a fan since Berger/Alesi years, I was planning to return next year with the Alonso/Massa lineup, now....probably not.
Support Batracer, and tell Ferrari to take a hike.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Hallowe'en
HALLOWE’EN
By John Ross Harvey
3rd annual posting
All Hallow’s Eve
Hallow’s Evening
Hallowe’en
Not Halloween as many may write
This was not a Christian celebration
But a Celtic observation of the end of summer
Reaping of the final harvest
Beginning of winter
Where Samhain, Lord of Dead, gathers souls
In animals, and decides what other animals
They will reside in next
On the Eve of this Day
Barriers between Natural and
Supernatural worlds are Broken
Faeries were considered hostile
People would imitate Faeries
And ask for Treats, or the household
Would be tricked
Hence modern day trick-or-treating
These imitators would carry turnips
Carved with faces
Much like the modern day Jack-o-lantern
This festival became observed here
In North America after the Irish
Potato famine made many emigrate
From Ireland and bring their folklore with them.
But let’s face reality here
There is but one reason Hallowe’en exists today
Commercialism
An incentive to buy products
Second only to Christmas
At least for now
Until the next MUST HAVE candy comes around
Hallowe’en will then be #1
In the pockets of Commercial Enterprise
Too bad the Irish don’t run them.
By John Ross Harvey
3rd annual posting
All Hallow’s Eve
Hallow’s Evening
Hallowe’en
Not Halloween as many may write
This was not a Christian celebration
But a Celtic observation of the end of summer
Reaping of the final harvest
Beginning of winter
Where Samhain, Lord of Dead, gathers souls
In animals, and decides what other animals
They will reside in next
On the Eve of this Day
Barriers between Natural and
Supernatural worlds are Broken
Faeries were considered hostile
People would imitate Faeries
And ask for Treats, or the household
Would be tricked
Hence modern day trick-or-treating
These imitators would carry turnips
Carved with faces
Much like the modern day Jack-o-lantern
This festival became observed here
In North America after the Irish
Potato famine made many emigrate
From Ireland and bring their folklore with them.
But let’s face reality here
There is but one reason Hallowe’en exists today
Commercialism
An incentive to buy products
Second only to Christmas
At least for now
Until the next MUST HAVE candy comes around
Hallowe’en will then be #1
In the pockets of Commercial Enterprise
Too bad the Irish don’t run them.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
विन्डोज़ 7
WINDOWS 7
By John Ross Harvey
Like most people that converted from DOS to Windows
It was Windows 3.1
So now we have Windows 7
So where was Windows 4,5,&6?
Windows 95 is 4
Windows 98 is 5
Windows 2000 is 6
Windows XP is 7?
Windows Vista is 8?
Windows 7 is 9!
Hitchhikers Guide Math there
6x9=42
Only if the 9 is Windows 7
By John Ross Harvey
Like most people that converted from DOS to Windows
It was Windows 3.1
So now we have Windows 7
So where was Windows 4,5,&6?
Windows 95 is 4
Windows 98 is 5
Windows 2000 is 6
Windows XP is 7?
Windows Vista is 8?
Windows 7 is 9!
Hitchhikers Guide Math there
6x9=42
Only if the 9 is Windows 7
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Money Grows On Trees
MONEY GROWS ON TREES
By John Ross Harvey
Money is paper
Paper is made from Wood
Wood is Trees
Money comes from Trees
Now you Know!
Can that stupid slogan go away?!
By John Ross Harvey
Money is paper
Paper is made from Wood
Wood is Trees
Money comes from Trees
Now you Know!
Can that stupid slogan go away?!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Organic
ORGANIC
By John Ross Harvey
First off let’s get this straight
Everything on Earth is Organic
All items on Earth are Animal, Vegetable (plants, fruit incl.), or Mineral
The steel on your car is mineral, created from a rock of Iron ore
The rubber on your tires is from a plant
The gasoline in your vehicle is from long dead animals
(CARS the movie had it right with Dinoco)
The bricks on your house are clay from the riverbanks
The glass in your windows is from sand in a desert or beach
Claiming something isn’t organic is a fallacy
Everything on Earth is organic.
The CN tower 400 years ago may have been rocks and salt somewhere else
Before being repositioned as a 1815ft tall tower.
Everything on Earth is from this earth.
The food your parents ate became you.
Some potato from the Irish famine may now be blog writer.
To be inorganic, it must not be from this world.
So are you?
By John Ross Harvey
First off let’s get this straight
Everything on Earth is Organic
All items on Earth are Animal, Vegetable (plants, fruit incl.), or Mineral
The steel on your car is mineral, created from a rock of Iron ore
The rubber on your tires is from a plant
The gasoline in your vehicle is from long dead animals
(CARS the movie had it right with Dinoco)
The bricks on your house are clay from the riverbanks
The glass in your windows is from sand in a desert or beach
Claiming something isn’t organic is a fallacy
Everything on Earth is organic.
The CN tower 400 years ago may have been rocks and salt somewhere else
Before being repositioned as a 1815ft tall tower.
Everything on Earth is from this earth.
The food your parents ate became you.
Some potato from the Irish famine may now be blog writer.
To be inorganic, it must not be from this world.
So are you?
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