Malicious Intent

I used to love Coca-Cola. My money would not only buy me a can of sweet drink, but a bit of coolness, a bit of youth culture, even a little bit of America. I used to look to the company to provide christmas adverts and later to the directors for everything that I want to become. My opinion of the company is going down hill. Check it out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3523303.stm Apparently the drink was launched in 1999 in the US. Do any yanks here drink it? And to my fellow geographic citizens - are you going to? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soft drink is purified tap water Soft drink giant Coca-Cola has admitted it is selling purified tap water in a bottle. It says the source for its new Dasani bottled water is the mains supply at its factory in Kent. The company says Dasani is "as pure as bottled water gets" due to a "highly sophisticated purification process". But the UK water industry is worried that the marketing of the product implies tap water is impure, which experts say is not the case. 'Reverse osmosis' Coca-Cola is investing £7m in launching Dasani, which has become the second most popular bottled water in the US following its launch there in 1999. Marketing for the product says it goes through four stages of production before it is bottled, starting with being passed through three separate filters. Coca-Cola says "reverse osmosis", "a technique perfected by Nasa to purify fluids on spacecraft", is then used to filter the water further before minerals are added to "enhance the pure taste". Finally, "ozone" is injected to keep the water sterile, the company says. But water industry representatives say consumers do not need to buy Dasani to get "excellent quality, healthy water". 'Tap water pure' Barrie Clarke, spokesman for suppliers' representative Water UK, said: "We don't think there are any impurities in tap water. "If people like the bottle, the convenience, the style, then fine, but I don't think that is the way they are marketing this product. "Tap water is pure, and that's the opinion of the drinking water inspectorate, which carries out three million checks a year." Judith Snyder, brand PR manager for Dasani, confirmed "municipal" water supplies were used but said the source was "irrelevant" because it "doesn't affect the end result". She said: "We would never say tap water isn't drinkable. "It's just that Dasani is as pure as water can get - there are different levels of purity." Research published on Wednesday shows that UK consumers drank more then two billion litres of water in 2003 - up 18% on 2002. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And to top it off, at mycokemusic.com, they are trying to charge 99p per track. How can that be right? It is only 99c at iTunes and Napster! I guess these high prices are a symbol of why the BPI say they arn't suing.

Welcome to the capitalist world China. Business is moving in.

Good stuff BeatFactory. I also couldn't help notice a Beatking advert when acquiring the song. Shame I hate it. lol.

The worst thing about gay musicians is when they are singing about touching and feeling, they arn't thinking about a beutiful women.

Nothing particularly new, but I good song. I can't work out if the clicking noise is noval or annoying.

Supersize has been gone for a long time here. Probably over 6 months ago. I usually ask for a free burger which works. Not quite the same as having a bucket of chocolate milkshake. It was a painful day being told that SS wasn't coming back.

Yep, http://62.116.30.116/index.html I don't like it as much as the original. Infact, I've only found one person who prefers it. Make up your own minds.

The O.C. Theme tune - Phantom Planet - California

I havn't been around beatking long, so I have to ask, with all the cool games posted - how do you get work done?

I gave up. My band had lights, but no good music. Actually, that sounds familiar.

Marisa Siketa A soap actor who is too young to have been in anything else. Mind you, the people she works with are older. Ramsey Street is still a long way from the US!

Isn't that just making yourself sick joeyz? Thinking about sucking your mums tits.. mmm lap it up mmmm Now I feel sick!

Method77 - no one but the ball to blame really! There was no luck involved Koop! If you could kindly take that comment back.

What are you talking about? We are supporting women. I'm insulted that you would think that we have alteria motives!

You'll probably find this boring, so stop here. For those still reading, i'm only posting this because I have to tell people. Since you weren't there, stop here. I was bowling today. I've only just started, played a few times before, like. I had just picked up a spare on my last go, so was conscious that this ball counted double. I bowl it, a lot of pace, but straight down the right hand side, but avioding the gutter. I hit the two far right pins. For those that bowl, you know that usually means two pins. *Skillfully* I got the pins to hit the back of the lane and bouce forwards into the rest of the pins. They all topple forward, one after the other. I thought that two pins were going to remain, but another pin that was spinning on its side took them down. It was sweet! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D (warned you not to read it)

Humpf. Nearly. Guess I need to know the forum background colour.

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Swet. there is hope for me to live on Mars. I'd paint myself green and jump out at people! BOO!

I use Skype now and again, but I also have a flatmate whos parents are in Dubai. It is excellent for him phoning them. Works a treat. I've updated to the conferencing version, but i've yet to try it. There isn't room in my soundcard for my tvcard in and the fat-arse microphone jack. It's a bitch climbing behind my PC, so i don't do it for fun.

Good game. Up there with hit the penguin with the club and whale games. I'd rather not say my score.

Congrats Kooperman.

No minimum character rule. Sweet.

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Exactly

As good excuse as any to go drinking. I know that DudeAsInCool will agree that the longer February is the better.