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A Chip on DVDs Could Prevent Theft
Dieppe writes "A simple chip added to a DVD disk could prevent retail theft. According to the AP article at MSNBC, the chip would be activated at the register to make a previously dark area of the DVD clear, and therefore readable. Could this help to stem the tide of the approximate $400 million dollars in losses from brick and mortar stores? Game console DVDs could also be protected this way too. Could this help to bring the prices down on DVD games and movies?"
It's amazing how easy it is to live within that restriction so long as you keep your eyes open and aren't a sheeple who always needs the most recent releases.
Sheeple is plural. It's a portmanteau of sheep and people
If you're going to affect H L Mencken style sophistication, I think you should structure your comment so you can use the plural form sheeple i.e. "if you aren't one of the sheeple" or come up with a grating new single form, analogous to people who make a point of using questionable plural forms like virii to spur debate on their correctness. Sheeperson perhaps?
Mind you of course, perhaps you believe that sheeple, like sheep is the same word for both singular and plural forms, in which case you have already done this. Touché good sir, I look forward to matching wits with you again. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to whip my intern for gluttony.
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