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A few years back (1999) NULLSOFT, the company responsible for WinAmp, (A shareware --> then FREE music player) was purchased by AOL for 100 million so that AOL could get in on the downloaded music craze

Fast forward to 2006 .. a more and more out-of-touch-with-reality corporate exec is sitting in his highbacked leather chair .. when in rushes his youthful and spritely office boy who happens to listen to Kim Komando's radio show ... BOSS, BOSS .. have you heard about this downloaded wallpaper craze .. it's all the buzz right now .. I heard that ZIFF-DAVIS is planning on making some aquisitions soon

The grizzled corporate exec, who's name happens to be Ted, last name obscured by a coffee cup blocking his name plaque, rubs his chin and closes his eyes .. to sleep, perchance to scheme ... twenty minutes later the heavy lidded eyes jolt open as though with new hydraulics and a fist comes down on the desk HARD ... fingers are pointed, gestures are gesticulated, orders are barked, desktop office applications have their icons double-clicked

Slowly waltz over to 2007 .. try as they might to keep things secret .. word leaks out .. and, to the chagrin of big city newspapers and wire services, it is *caedes hometown of Plum Possum Puddin, Tennessee that breaks the story first. It seems he thought nobody would notice him buyin' a new tractor for his daddy .. but you just can't wave $150 cash around "PPP, T" without people noticing. Plans are made, lemonaid is brewed .. and they even rolled in a few backhoes and raised their buckets so that confetti could rain down from a proper elevation

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What will the C-Man do with his millions when the corporate world catches wind of the membership numbers and swaps him greenbacks for backdrops ...

While you were asleep your chair was wired for demographic data mining ... it's not that *geri couldn't have written that script .. I'm sure he could .. he just didn't care to know whether you swivel to the left or to the right

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(**this started out as a simple poll .. then I got carried away .. and then had no steam left for the poll .. but, I wouldn't want to cramp your creativity with a fixed selection**)

Ok...who forgot to give Keith his medication this morning???

Caedes will never go commercial, not for all the Xbox games in the world. Why you ask...because we Caedesian would quickly fall upon Plum Possum Puddin, Tennessee and ask for our share of the Xbox games, or at least our very own John Deere!!!

What will caedes do with his millions? Why, buy a larger server, and we'll all move to www.ceades.net instead.

WHAT?!?!

Caedes is being sold?!?!?

OMG!!!! What ever happened to the little guy trying to make a buck... The END is NEEAAR!!!!

Count me in on the IPO.

Let's just hope it goes the way like Google. Kind of liked, ahem, the lottery idea ... and yeah, it was like a lottery to those in on the ground floor. What? Almost $450 a share now, for a meager investment of around $85.

Not tooo shabby, I'd say ... that in one fell swoop you have a company's capitalization rivaling GE and the like. So, I guess all that is left to see is if that island beside Sir Richard Branson is up for sale by the time the 'sellout' happens, lol.

Let's hope and pray for our webmaster, that bugs and germs don't become a problem.

The little guy made a buck .. (*in this work of fiction*) .. and now schmoooozes with "our friends, the bahamanians" .. (*as Mark Twain once said in 'innocents abroad')

anyhow .. I just read that Rupurt Murdoch just bought MYSPACE and some other site .. the DA'ians are up in arms (some of them) about the site getting a different signature on the paychecks they never see anyway

and and and ... this happens in the Game Developement world all the time .. some hot-shot game designer will split from the company where he made his name and start his own studio .. the interviews will have him saying that it 'got too corporate' where he was and he needed the freedom to see his own vision through

the very next piece of news that you hear is ... he sold out to so-and-so for x-number of millions

I can't say I blame them .. I would too .. but I often wonder what a big corporation thinks they are buying .. you can't force the visionary to stay at the helm and see a project through ... I've read about this in wall-street related news .. when a biotech type startup gets purchased ... the guy that made it all happen gets 'senioritis' (as they say in highschool) .. and is no longer mentally plugged in to the process

*eyes up Keifer*

You mean to say, this was a piece of Fiction?!?!?

*Shakes fist*

Go git em my ugly stick bearing muse.... :oP

Speaking of Google .. I think alot of Google's popularity, up to this point, has been their low-key stance .. for example .. I use their search engine primarily because it doesn't look like Yahoo's search engine .. (ie, Ads and other 'look at me's' covering the entire page) .. now that they are a publicly held company, and have to report numbers (good or bad) to the world .. and have a fiduciary responsibility to make money for their shareholders

things will change

I have a G-Mail account, something I was happy about at first, but now have fallen out of love with .. they just announced "chat" services .. ooooh-ooo-weeee .. I already think they read my email, now they can add a few more details to my dossier ... like emoticon usage

signed:

Perturbed in Pacoima

I read that some email providers are going to give "priority service" to emails sent by companies that pay them a fee, ie these emails will not have to pass through spam filters or have images removed etc. Souds like a good way to lose customers IMO...

Well .. when he is bought out .. he will be forced to sign a non-compete agreement .. of course *caedes' lawyers will wittle that down to "Can Not Compete in the Latin Name Space" .. and the deal will be inked

So .. after a couple months of margaritas and bleached blondes one grows weary of .. margaritas .. and the desire to babysit those "that claim to be adults" starts to fester once more and offshore bank accounts are activated and shill companies are created in order to purchase new servers without raising eyebrows among the movers and shakers of hyperspace

So ... Since nobody seems to want to play my "spend the c-man's money" game .. we'll change this to

What Will Be The Name of *caedes New Domain

the rules:

1) .. it must be able to support its own .. "How do you pronounce .. " thread
2) .. it can't be LATIN .. due to the non-compete clause signed in a preceding paragraph
3) .. there is no three .. but I had to buy 'em in a set of 3

My vote goes to .. (*drum roll*) .. BOKEH

(*wanders off whistling .. hands in pockets .. kicks a can*)




*next .. we trade fudge recipes .. so ... get with it

LOLOLOL ... and ... LOLOLOL.

Oh, wait ... I think I read that right ... not quite sure as it was a little blurry. ;)

I know......Ragnarok. See...that isn't latin, and it has those morbid overtones.

So, you don't think they'll let me use a Latin language domain name? That sucks. Now what am I going to do with ceades.net and of course camum.com (a latin word for beer).

You could try Chinese..

Hey Keith...I already spent his money...remember...Caedes is buying us all John Deere's!!! Then we can start the annual Caedes picnic and John Deere race. All members meet in some Podunk town, grub on BBQ Beef, Fried Chicken, Potato Salad and whatnot, then after consuming a reasonable amount of Brew, we all get on our shiney John Deere tractor's for the big race. Of course as loyal Cadesians, Caedes will spring for us all to travel to said Podunk town, ship our tractors, and make sure we are well fed and drunk enough to race.

I would just like to say... Eat mo Chikn... Don't eat beef...

* puts on the asbestos suit and dives for cover*

NEVERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! In fact, now that you mention it, I think I will contribute several pounds of Tri-Tip to our annual Caedes Picnic and John Deere Race!!! By the way, Caedes...I'd like some micro-brewed beers there please...this Bud Light crap can hardly be called beer.

Where's The Beef ?!!

ooh .. several pounds of beef ... split 167908 ways ... "I got dibs on first in line, well, 2nd if *geri is hungry"

Hmm, seems we got a new member in the last minute or so ... must be word is getting out about the BBQ.

That, or Geri's distant cousins; three times removed and shut out of his millions, are gathering ... next step ... slanderous commentaries on images ... posting of copyrighted material ... the infamous corporate 'poison pill' ... oh, oh ... this does not bode well ... to the retreat!!!

I just want to know where to buy stock while it's still early. I missed out on Microsoft, Xerox, and WalMart

Look into 7-11 and you may or may not be surprised. Their inventory control almost ... almost rivals Walmart's.

so why don't they have my chips when I go in ... and my SLURPEE flavor

Lol.

Simple ... because it is just you and perhaps, a few other tastebud-deadened others clamouring for Hostess's Dill & Macho Ketchup & Zany Nacho & Sour Cream chips.

The Slurpee? ... well, that one has me truly stumped as I even like Watermelon Berry
Extravaganza. If it ain't sellin' ... off the shelves it comes. Soon, there will be nothing but, lottery tickets. :P

Hey, the big one's tonite, I'm gonna use the numbers from the show "Lost"

When I win, don't ask me for money.....I'll only give money to people my 8 Ball approves of ...

the voices in my head think I should be on your distribution list ..

All hail the mighty magic 8 Ball !!!! The magic 8 Ball is wise.

outlook not so good