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January's Toast to Tech Evil
comforteagle writes "In this month's mocking toast To Evil! Danny O'Brien laments the holiday habit of trying to hide one's evilness from Father Christmas, but finds those evil tech companies can't help being who they are. 'I'm really hoping that in their next batch of cinema adverts, the MPAA addresses this, and shows a grumbling adware developer instead of a Hollywood set-painter. The piracy issue, it affects us all: the construction guy, the lighting guy. And me, the guy who installed all that crap on your mum's computer. And also an awful lot of Los Angeles-based cocaine dealers. Why doesn't anyone think of them?'"
And don't forget the motorcycle cop and the red indian. They were my favourites.
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They will never know the simple pleasure of a monkey knife fight
Say what you will about drug dealers, they are about the most honest "professional" people I've ever met. you tell them what you want when you want it, and they tell you whether they can do it or not. None of this, "I gotta talk to ...x" or "Let me check with my vendor" crap.
I tell ya, they are a breath of fresh air to an IT manager-type.
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
Overpeer is a company known to be paid by the MPAA and RIAA member companies to upload corrupted files onto the networks.
Now it appears to be setting up a side-line, generating ad revenue by tricking gullible users to download its faux warez.
It's like calling the cops to tell them that you were robbed while buying drugs. Yeah it sucks that you got 0wn3d while downloading warez but who the hell are you going to complain to and have anything done about it?
If you tattle you both get in trouble. You might get in more trouble than they will. Sad but true. Remember who has the better lawyers and the political backing...
Great idea. The business news could give daily "Slashdaq" index reports:
"In today's Slashdaq, Microsoft fell to a record low -11,454 points. Apple's rating is still at a steady 323 despite a loss of 13 points after reports of them sueing "ThinkSecret"."
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.