Engadget: Sony under fire for "racist" advertising

Sony, seriously, this is getting out of hand. Every time we want to rethink what you're doing and try to back you guys up, you go and pull some stunt like this latest ad campaign in Holland, which, as one can see above, depicts a "white PSP" avatar/model violently holding the mouth of a "black PSP" avatar/model -- in commemoration of the launch of the ceramic white PSP, of course. The billboard pictured here is one of supposedly somewhere near 100 evocative images created for the campaign with the same theme, which found viewers of the ads -- and game lovers alike -- crying foul at Sony's latest foible cum PR fiasco (and believe us, we're sure to catch some fire for calling it just that). When it comes down to it we honestly don't think Sony is stupid enough to mean any ill will -- or smart enough to capitalize on a PR firestorm -- with such an ad campaign. But instead of confronting the issue and addressing peoples' concerns, they meagerly defended themselves to GamesIndustry.biz with the following: "The marketing campaign for the launch of the White PSP in the Benelux focuses on the contrast between the Black PSP model and the new Ceramic white PSP model," and "A variety of different treatments have been created as a campaign to either highlight the whiteness of the new model or contrast the black and the white models. Central to this campaign has been the creation of some stunningly photographed imagery..." Oh, make no mistake Sony, the animosity and drama of the imagery, the visceral emotional implication of powerful racial overtones, and this is a huge blunder. And once again we find ourselves urging -- nay, demanding -- Tokyo reevaluate what the hell it is they're doing these days. Because mistake or not, this biz don't fly, Sony, and you're not helping the perception that you're an incredibly callous megacorp with little real direction.

P.S. -As always, we encourage a discussion. A sensitive, intellectual, worldly discussion. If you can't infer what it is we're asking of our dear readers tempted to intone on this matter, then please skip this thread to comment on, mkay?

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Smart Bikini Monitors Sun Exposure

We're seeing more and more products that take the guesswork out of determining your exposure to skin damaging UV rays. The Solestrom SmartSwim UV Meter Bikini has a waterproof digital UV meter built into its waistband that will give you the current UV reading at the touch of a button. It sells for $190, but there's no word if there'll be a similar swim trunk available for men.

500lbs Rubberband Ball VS Toyota

My Son!!

The self-driving Golf that would give Herbie a run for its money

It has proved one of the most endearing of cinematic legends - a loveable car with a mind of its own that can drive itself.

And for 40 years Herbie - or the 'Love Bug' - as the Volkswagen Beetle was dubbed in its first movie outing - has enthralled millions of families in a series of Hollywood sequels.

But now German car giant Volkswagen has turned fiction into reality by unveiling a fully automatic car which really can drive itself - and at speeds of up to 150mph.

It can weave with tyres screeching around tricky bends and chicanes, and through tightly coned off tracks - without any help or intervention from a human.

The remarkable car is the VW Golf GTi '53 plus 1' codenamed after the number '53' which Herbie carried when racing in his big screen adventures.

The GTi has electronic 'eyes' that use radar and laser sensors in the grille to 'read' the road and send the details back to its computer brain. A sat-nav system tracks its exact position with pin-point precision to within an inch.

The car can then work out the twists and turns it has to negotiate - before setting off at break-neck speed through a laid out course on a test track.

On a race circuit, it drove itself faster and more precisely than the VW engineers could manage - and can accelerate independently up to its top speed of 150mph.

To prove it is no trick, guests were invited to design for themselves a variety of different courses - using road cones - and then watch the car fly around them on its own at a test track near their world headquarters in Wolfsburg in northern Germany.

Prototype

The astonishing prototype was developed initially to help Volkswagen engineers test their vehicles.

But in an age when rapidly advancing technology and the Big Brother State is increasingly taking responsibility away from the driver - with the onward march of electronic speed limiters, collision avoidance systems, cruise control, satellite navigation, and pay-as-you-drive road tolling - the self-driving robot car is not such a distant prospect.

And many of the elements which make up its engine will be making their way into showroom cars within just a few years - just as sat-nav, collision avoidance sensors and anti-lock brakes have done in recent years.

A Volkswagen spokesman said: 'It really is a self-driving Golf. It steers, brakes and accelerates. And it races through handling courses independently. It can accomplish this at full performance and at the limits of its capabilities.'

'We called it '53' because it is reminiscent of the cinematic Volkswagen bug Herbie, which made history as the first self-driving Volkswagen. This time we've done it for real.'

'The computer calculates where and at what speed the GTi has clearance between the cones. The GPS satellite enables navigation to within less than an inch.'

Voltron: Fleet Of Doom

POSTs???

looks like i need to start posting a hell of a lot more.

I been update my babys blog and I have not touched mine in a while.

Well I will try to update more.

BUSH on the Radio Yesturday!

E3 Console Wars

GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work

Here's the idea:

For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not se lling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.

The Rescue

One day, three boys were walking over a bridge when they heard a guy yelling for help. It was President Bush. He was drowning, and the three boys rescued him. He thanked them dearly and promised them whatever they wanted as a reward.

The first boy wanted $10,000, so Bush gave him the money. The second boy wanted a Ferrari, so Bush gave the boy a Ferrari.

The third boy wanted a wheelchair, Bush said, "Why do you want one of those, son, you're not handicapped." The boy replied, "I will be when my dad finds out whose life I saved."

My Car is dead!!

Wrecked: April 24, 2006 (1998 Phymouth NEON)

I was driving home from work and someone pulled out in front of me. I was going at 35-45mph. And it turned out the Lady was DRUNK. At the age of 54 you think the Lady would have known better. She was ARRESTED for 3rd DUI (3rd oh then she deserves to goto jail). I did not retain any major injuries, but the Cops suggested I go to the ER to get checked out so I did. I was in there for 2HOURS and all the Doctor did was write me up for IBUPROFEN and some muscle relaxer. Good thing I was not really hurt.

BUT NOW I AM CAR LESS.






I Guess I have to work on my 2000 Hyundai Tiburon (the one I blew the engine in, and replaced last year). It failed inspection for No Passanger side Mirror and a bad Dent on the back side of the
wheel (rim). This is why I love cell phones, If I was on one then I would not have fallen a sleep
at the wheel. ANYWHO... I got that all fixed and went to take it again and GUESS WHAT
it FAILD AGAIN, this time for broken brake hose on the Driver Side. So I fixed that and we shall soo see if it passes this weekend.

Some Photos I took with my Sony Ericsson W600I

 

Voodoo Enronomics

Feudalism: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.

Fascism: You have two cows. The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.

Communism: You have two cows. You must take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.

Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.

Enron Capitalism: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt-equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred through an intermediary to a Cayman Island company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The Enron annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.

Political Humor

Bill Clinton, John Kerry, and George W. Bush face a firing squad in a

small Central American country. Bill Clinton is first placed against the

wall, and just before the order to shoot him is given, he yells,

Earthquake!" The firing squad falls into a panic and Bill jumps over the

wall and escapes in the confusion.

John Kerry is the second one placed against the wall. The squad is

reassembled and John ponders what his old pal Bill has done. Before the

order to shoot is given, John yells, "Tornado!" Again, the squad falls

apart and Kerry slips over the wall.

The last person, George W. Bush, is placed against the wall. He is

thinking, "I see the pattern here, just scream out a disaster and hop

over the wall." As the firing squad is reassembled and the rifles raised

in his direction, he grins his famous smirk and yells, "Fire!"

Tator Tots

What employers really need to focus their efforts on is why are people looking for a job, versus trying to get them to stop them from looking for it !

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A quarter of U.S. workers who use a computer admit using it to hunt for a new job on company time, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

Among workers who believe their Internet use is monitored by their bosses, one-quarter use their work computer for job-hunting, according to research conducted for professional staffing company Hudson Highland Group Inc.

"It's one of the ways employees deal with work-life balance issues," said Robert Morgan, chief operating officer at Hudson Talent Management, one of the company's divisions. "Because we're spending so much time at work, that's the only time we have to schedule some of those appointments."

One-third of workers who think their managers are unaware of their personal Web surfing use their work computer to find a new job, according to the study.

Half of the workers surveyed said their companies monitor their computer use, while three-quarters said they believe their bosses know how much they use the Internet for nonwork activities.

Job-hunters may not be overly concerned about what their bosses know, Morgan said.

"Once they've made that decision to make a job change, they're probably less concerned about their current employer finding out," he said.

"What employers really need to focus their efforts on is why are people looking for a job, versus trying to get them to stop them from looking for it at work."

Among managers, 24 percent admitted to job-hunting on their work computer, the survey showed. Among nonmanagers, the figure was 23 percent.

More than two-thirds of workers said they spend "hardly any" time on personal e-mails, surfing the Web, in chat rooms or blogging in a typical work day, it said.

One percent said they spend more than two hours a day at work on such activities, it said.