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bemis
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join:2008-07-18
united state

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bemis to Shady Bimmer

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to Shady Bimmer

Re: [OT] Weather Underground being acquired by The Weather Chann

This is bad.

Have you been to the weather.com lately? It's like a freaking geocities site circa 1998... motion and flashing everywhere... half the page is ads, fourty percent are sensationized weather-related stories, videos or photo montages... maybe 10% is what you'd expect... over all it's all fluff and very little substance. Their only redeeming feature--the text forecast--got harder and harder to locate and now seems to be completely gone. You can no longer get a 5-day narrative text forecast from them that can read on a single screen, you must click through all the days (and probably refresh their 55-second Bud Lite weekend ads, as well as "One Weird Trick" and "Obama Lowers Mortgage Rates Again!")

They are buying WU to eliminate competition.

SmokChsr
Who let the magic smoke out?
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join:2006-03-17
Saint Augustine, FL

SmokChsr

Premium Member

said by bemis:

They are buying WU to eliminate competition.

Well you know the old saying.. If you can't beat'em, Buy'em!
Kearnstd
Space Elf
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ

Kearnstd

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said by SmokChsr:

said by bemis:

They are buying WU to eliminate competition.

Well you know the old saying.. If you can't beat'em, Buy'em!

its the rule of the tech industry.

And if you can't buy em, sue em for a look and feel patent!