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I think there's a restriction on the length of the key... in particular when crossing the border, maybe not when you stay inland. I could be wrong, I found this document which seems fairly interesting. I will read it.

Ok, jerk. I said it was as single link out of many, here is some more reading for your hand-waving ass.

7th paragraph
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/troy/4399/

5th paragraph
http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=23254

1st paragraph
http://cocktails.about.com/od/history/a/prohibition_3.htm

4th paragraph
http://www.jstor.org/pss/2006862

7th paragraph (along with a chart)
http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/miron.prohibition.alcohol

I can do this all day. There is that much proof that you are incorrect. If you would like to continue to look like an absolute fool, feel free.

"[Overgrazing] is hardly a first world problem."

Oh really?

"Other problems, such as starvation in certain parts of Ethiopia are due to explosive population growth"

Overpopulation in Africa and Asia is a myth. There are enough resources to go around, we just need to convince the first world to share them. Quite a tragic situation, given that most of the resources that the first world consumes come from those countries in the first place.

"Most rivers in China [check out my high horse]"

Get off your high horse, it's not just the evil Chinese who pollute. Oh, and don't even *think* about claiming that that is an isolated, atypical incident.

Your last two paragraphs are arrogant, myopic and contradictory.

You, personally, represent the reason the planet is in the state that it currently is. My mind cannot grasp how people like you think you have a greater right an elevated standard of living due to the accident of your place of birth.

Plagarism has always been with us in literature and it is no surprise it is making it's way into video games.

http://www.123helpme.com/preview.asp?id=37713

"With a few exceptions, Shakespeare did not invent the plots of his plays. Sometimes he used old stories (Hamlet, Pericles). Sometimes he worked from the stories of comparatively recent Italian writers, such as Boccaccio - using both well-known stories (Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing) and little known ones (Othello). Shakespeare has been proven, by many authors, to have borrowed from the Arts, the Histories and the Sciences."

This is not even the earliest example of game plagarism. Think about Space Invaders, Galaga and Galaxian - same gameplay, different sprites.

Not saying what anyone did here was right, but the only difference between these examples and the one mentioned in the story is the 3D graphics. Not sure why people are in such a tizzy over this.

M

Considering that the verse in the Great Gatsby was playing off the phrase "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer," I'd say the grandparent post was correct, no?

one thing's sure and nothing's surer / The rich get richer while the poor get - children link

It is better to first caution the software vendor. The ethical question of what to do in the case of ignorant companies is discussed here.