Tag: Futurama

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Futurama: “Bender’s Game” is Released!

“Good News, Everyone!”

The third installment of Futurama Movie is now released. “Bender’s Game” is available in DVD and Blu-ray format. The Blu-ray version is in High-Definition if it’s not “Beyond High-Definition”.

Get it at your local retail store or buy it from Amazon.com:

For more fun, visit ILoveBender.com or send Bender an email (bender@ilovebender.com).

Bender's Game

Bender's Game (Blu-ray)

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Disclaimer

If you bought anything through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.

“If you buy Futurama DVD and Blu-ray, I can buy a Blu-ray player to play Futurama Blu-ray.” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.

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I’ll Give You 110-Percent!

I was listening to Leo Laporte’s The Tech Guy Show and looking at the show notes.

It says:

“Google looses search ground in June.
Google’s share of the web search market is down to 61%. What is that other 49% using?”

Let’s see. 61% + 49% = 110%

I get it, it’s just like Bender who is made of 30% iron, 40% dolomite, 40% titanium and 40% zinc, with a 0.04% nickel impurity.

OK, it’s a typo on Leo’s Show Notes. It might get fixed by now.

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Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs has arrived

June 24th, 2008

Futurama The Movie – The Beast With A Billion Backs DVD is now officially released. Run to your local store and buy the DVD because it is great just like Bender, who is great. Don’t forget to go to ILoveBender.com and send message to Bender at bender@ilovebender.com now! If not, the Gentacle will seek you out!

The Beast With A Billion Backs picks up where Bender’s Big Score left off. Well, if you don’t know what it is about, then you either:

  • have not seen Bender’s Big Score
  • did not pay attention to the ending
  • saw “Sex and The City” movie and TV series

To mitigate this, go watch the DVD again, or if you don’t have it, buy one now meatbag!

Futurama The Movie - The Beast With A Billion Backs DVD

In a totally related gibberish:

From: bender@ilovebender.com
 Subject: Re: The Beast With A Billion Backs
Date: June 24, 2008 2:20:58 AM PDT
To: xxxxxxx@37prime.com
Reply-To: bender@ilovebender.com


Dear Admirer,

Thank you for taking the time to write to me, Bender.  Although I deleted your email without looking at it, I’m sure it was very boring.  Write again soon!

Your robot pal,

Bender

P.S. – If you buy less than eight copies my DVD, you’re a cheapskate.

For the latest info on Futurama, go to http://www.gotfuturama.com/

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Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs

Amazon.com is taking pre-orders for Futurama The Movie – The Beast With A Billion Backs DVD.

Futurama The Movie – The Beast With A Billion Backs DVD is scheduled for release on June 24th, 2007.

Futurama The Movie - The Beast With A Billion Backs DVD

In a somewhat related gibberish:

From: bender@ilovebender.com
Subject: Re: Head in a Jar
Date: June 11, 2008 6:09:19 PM PDT
To: xxxxxxx@37prime.com
Reply-To: bender@ilovebender.com

Aloha, Friend!

Bender Bending Rodriguez here, better known as the Robot King. Did you know that the Hawaiian word “Aloha” can mean both “hello” and “goodbye”? However, in the following usage, it only means goodbye. Aloha, jerk!

Yours truly,

Bender

P.S. – Please buy my DVD. And once again, aloha. Jerk.

For the latest info on Futurama, go to http://www.gotfuturama.com/

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Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Futurama: “Future Stock”

As I have previously stated before that the Microsoft bidding for Yahoo! reminds me of an episode of Futurama titled “Future Stock“. I am such a Futurama geek. The (evil) Momcorp was going to buy out Planet Express, Inc. and the stockholders of both companies must approve the take-over.

Are there any relevance between this Futurama episode and Microsoft’s bid to take-over Yahoo!? (That’s a bit tricky, the exclamation point in Yahoo! and the question mark at the end of the sentence which is a question.)

  • Futurama is great, just like Bender, who is great.
  • Shareholders from both Microsoft and Yahoo! must approve such take-over; similar to what shareholders of Momcorp and Planet Express, Inc. had to do.

Now, after a poor excuse for mentioning Futurama over and over again, let’s see what went on so far.

Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal

Microsoft’s cash on hand was estimated at 21 Billion Dollars, and they were offering Yahoo! 44.6 Billion Dollars in cash and stocks.

Yahoo! rejects Microsoft’s takeover bid

Yahoo! shares rose from $19.18 to $28.38 on February 1st after Microsoft announced their take-over bid. Meanwhile, Microsoft shares dropped from $32.60 to $30.45 on the same period.

Yahoo! Board of Directors Says Microsoft’s Proposal Substantially Undervalues Yahoo!

Yahoo! Board did not explicitly reject Microsoft’s proposal.

Now let’s see here. Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo! shares at $31 per share. It was a sweet deal when Yahoo! shares was still at $19.18 per share. On February 1st, Microsoft’s offer is only 8.45% higher than the value of Yahoo! shares. There has been some whispers that Yahoo! is holding out for $40 per share to approve Microsoft’s take-over bid.

Major Yahoo investor urges Microsoft to raise offer

Yep, a major Yahoo! shareholder wants to see payday, at $40 per share. Who doesn’t like making profit on the stock market?

Hypothetically, if Yahoo! shareholders wanted this take-over to happen (like this one), there would still be a lot of hurdles for Microsoft to make it happen. Microsoft would have a tougher time to convince their own shareholders to approve this take-over. Yahoo! take-over seemed to be a bad financial move for Microsoft. Can Microsoft actually afford Yahoo! without breaking their bank? What are Microsoft’s shareholders saying regarding this Yahoo! take-over. SmartMoney says that “Microsoft Shareholders to Pay High Price for Yahoo“.

I am not a financial analyst, but I am a huge Futurama fan. Based on what I learned from Futurama’s “Future Stock”, shareholders from both company must approve the take-over. If that held true, then maybe Microsoft shareholder might be the one who would stop Steve Ballmer and his pals from driving Microsoft over the cliff, metaphorically.

Let’s see how this play out.

Disclaimer: I do not own a single stock because I don’t have the cash or the guts to gamble, but I make stupid stock predictions for other people.

Known Fact: Bender is Great! So send email to Bender – bender@ilovebender.com

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Microsoft Bids on Hostile Takeover for Yahoo!

Microsoft has made their intentions clear, they want to assimilate Yahoo!. Microsoft has been approaching Yahoo! in 2006 and 2007 for some kind of partnerships and even a merger. Yahoo! has been rejecting the proposals, and now Microsoft is moving in for the hostile takeover. Now it is up to Microsoft and Yahoo! shareholders to decide the fate of this hostile takeover. This reminds me of Futurama episode “Future Stock“.

Microsoft to Buy Yahoo!

Breaking news on the tech industry as Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion in stock and cash. As reported, Microsoft would pay shareholders $31 per share. Yahoo! share closed on $19.18 on Thursday January 31st, 2008.

Microsoft Press Release:

REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 1, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion. Microsoft’s proposal would allow the Yahoo! shareholders to elect to receive cash or a fixed number of shares of Microsoft common stock, with the total consideration payable to Yahoo! shareholders consisting of one-half cash and one-half Microsoft common stock. The offer represents a 62 percent premium above the closing price of Yahoo! common stock on Jan. 31, 2008.

“We have great respect for Yahoo!, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market,” said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft. “We believe our combination will deliver superior value to our respective shareholders and better choice and innovation to our customers and industry partners.”

Microsoft’s consistent belief has been that the combination of Microsoft and Yahoo! clearly represents the best way to deliver maximum value to our respective shareholders, as well as create a more efficient and competitive company that would provide greater value and service to our customers. In late 2006 and early 2007, we jointly explored a broad range of ways in which our two companies might work together. These discussions were based on a vision that the online businesses of Microsoft and Yahoo! should be aligned in some way to create a more effective competitor in the online marketplace. We discussed a number of alternatives ranging from commercial partnerships to a merger proposal, which you rejected. While a commercial partnership may have made sense at one time, Microsoft believes that the only alternative now is the combination of Microsoft and Yahoo! that we are proposing.

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CNBC: Microsoft Makes $44.6 Billion Bid for Yahoo
CNN: Microsoft bids $45 billion for Yahoo
Reuters: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion

This would be interesting, because Yahoo! owns numbers of widely used services such as Flickr, del.icio.us, Yahoo! Mail, and others. As a matter of fact, 37prime.com (my site) is hosted by Yahoo! Web Hosting.

to be continued!