ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
| reply to Rhobite
Re: Burned Thru $25 Million
Why would they need to deceive? IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL -- As long as no internal policies or risk fund allocation ratios are exceeded. Again, it's all legal. As long as everybody gets a cut -- they're happy. I just think it's unfair that "skimming" [for millions] is just part of the game. It's just too easy. |
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jsouth
Jsouth
join:2000-12-12
Wichita, KS
| reply to Hardcore
Re: I've Played the phantom it does exsist
Even if it did come out. It wouldn't do very well. All it is is a computer in a different case. They were trying to put it up against all of the console makers and pc makers so you can play games online. Big deal. You can buy a cheap addon for the PS2 and do that for less. They knew they couldn't compete. |
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biv
Bbr Biv
Premium,MVM
join:2000-09-26
Baltimore, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to b_zen
Re: Watch the video
said by b_zen  :
I like that, and will use it, just as long as you didn't apply for the CopyRights 
I only copyrighted the glue. Darn it, now I gotta call my attorney back.  |
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Whatever12
@168.143.x.x | reply to ronpin
Re: Burned Thru $25 Million
You have no idea what you're talking about. |
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pcscdma
Chocobo Chocobo Random Battle
Premium
join:2004-01-14
Winterset, IA
clubs:
| reply to biv
Re: Watch the video
said by biv :
It's a computer. Nothing more. A computer.
That's what the Xbox is too. |
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Rhobite
Premium
join:2002-02-24
Cambridge, MA
clubs:
| reply to ronpin
Re: Burned Thru $25 Million
said by ronpin :
Why would they need to deceive? IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL -- As long as no internal policies or risk fund allocation ratios are exceeded. Again, it's all legal. As long as everybody gets a cut -- they're happy. I just think it's unfair that "skimming" [for millions] is just part of the game. It's just too easy.
Fine, it's completely legal, but you still haven't named a single fund that does this.
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DrTCP
Yours truly
Premium,ExMod 1999-04
join:1999-11-09
Round Rock, TX
| reply to Beeper
said by Beeper :
A pension fund in a start up company? Your bleak cynicism has blinded you from reality.
I took it as other pention funds investing in this company (it is/was a publicly traded company - they bough a public company and changed its name, an unusual thing) |
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mibagent_x
Go giggle the handle
Premium
join:2001-03-04
Barnhart, MO
clubs: | reply to ronpin
And we are to believe you why? I haven't seen any reason to believe a word you have typed.
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Rogue Wolf
Says "Drink Your Ovaltine, Kids"
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Doctor Four
Re: We all new it was never going to come out!
Ugh. Thank (insert deity of your choice here) that they didn't come up with that idea themselves!
"Now download and play games at broadband speeds on a dial-up connection with Phantom's new Juice-Boosted technology!"
A lie THAT big might have caused the universe to implode. 
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hailinfantry
Bizarro Quinn
Premium
join:2004-01-18
Brooklyn, NY
| reply to the_buz
Re: Old news?
said by the_buz :
I thought the phantom console was canned years ago? Or maybe I just read that they were stopping production. Either way it was a waste of effort on their part. Best to leave the console productions to the big boys (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo).
You're right...screw additional competition...just let the "big dogs" take care of it (We can trust them, right?) |
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hovno2002
join:2002-04-30
Hackensack, NJ
| Phantom - an appropriate name for....
something that does not exist. This guy is an obvious crook. Typical thief who supports a lavish lifestyle with other people's money, then it's "ooops, product didn't take off - sorry, but you knew there was no guarantees" ---
Merriam Webster definition of Phantom -
1 a : something (as a specter) apparent to sense but with no substantial existence |
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mythology
join:2002-10-16
Seneca, SC | heh
This day in age everyone needs a lawyer for everything. Society is on a downward spiral once people cant come to agreement's without a highly paid middle man. What is wrong with these people? Has America as a whole lost all common sense? |
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AnonymousCoward
@151.143.x.x | Phantom = Chimera
I just can't figure out how Kevin Bachus of XBOX fame got involved in this.
He's either a dupe or an active participant.
BTW, [H]ardOCP has an article that examines an actual Phantom console prototype. |
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avd706
insert annoying animated gif here
Premium
join:2003-02-06
Union, NJ
| reply to Hardcore
Re: I've Played the phantom it does exsist
said by Hardcore :
It's too bad people jump to conclusions.
It's like Michael Jackson - people accuse, then everyone else jumps on the bandwagon. Now he's a pedophile even if he didn't touch the kids....
I actually was rooting on this thing so Infinitum would shut people up, but now I can't do that.
yeah, keep rooting for MJ too... |
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Corvus
Flaming Tards Since 2003
Premium,VIP
join:2003-11-26
| reply to Hardcore
said by Hardcore :
said by ecb12 :
The phantom was at E3 this year and had a huge booth. They had about 5 units all playing different things. I watched a demo and played a little Ut2k3. I don't really see the big deal w/ the phantom though, all it is, is a computer w/ a tv out, big deal. Thier subscription service was going to be a joke as well. It was like 20/month for old games and the new games you still had to pay full price for. The Phantom was actually playing online w/ other comps in utk3 which was really weird, i would of thought it would of been more like xbox live and less like a pc but nope, it was a pc in a shiny case.
It's too bad people jump to conclusions.
It's like Michael Jackson - people accuse, then everyone else jumps on the bandwagon. Now he's a pedophile even if he didn't touch the kids.
The Phantom's vaporware, even if it was shown at E3.
I actually was rooting on this thing so Infinitum would shut people up, but now I can't do that.
Are you one of these thinking that Michael Jackson is not a pedophile but just a very misundertsood guy? 
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xor2
join:2004-06-19
Palmer, AK
| Pre-order the Phantom
I pre-ordered my Phantom. Was that wrong? ;)
Ironically, the definition for phantom is:
Something apparently seen, heard,
or sensed, but having no physical
reality; a ghost or an apparition.
Hence, a TRUE phantom. |
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