Engaging Debate on Piracy and Videogaming

koworld writes "WotR have put out a really intriguing issue on piracy this week. It has Jeff Minter arguing that piracy robs developers of their livelihoods and then a senior industry figure (writing under a pseudonym) offers the counter that piracy has done more to expand the overall videogaming market than any other factor. Just to round off the debate a number of insightful personal accounts of piracy and its effects are also included."

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McDonald's

[LetterJ]

There's also the fact that in a value meal of a Big Mac, large fries and a large Coke that the Coke has about the same number of calories as the fries or the burger. You can literally turn a 1500 calorie meal into a 1000 calorie meal by getting rid of the Coke and another couple of hundred if you get only a small order of fries. As much of the problem is that these places push the super size fries and drinks along with the crappy burgers.

Re:McDonald's

[drinkypoo]

I usually get like three Mcchickens and turn them into two or three sandwiches (a double mcchicken almost has food value) and I get a large diet coke. It's probably more caffeine than is good for me all at once, and I'm still not convinced that nutrasweet is entirely benevolent, but other than that it's not too bad a meal if you take some vitamin supplements :P