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"Iron Man" Release Brings Down Paramount's Servers
secmartin writes "Shortly after the release of Iron Man on Blu-ray on October 1, people started complaining of defective discs; the problem turned out to be that all the Blu-ray players downloading additional content brought down Paramount's BD-Live servers, causing delays while loading the disc. Which really makes you wonder what will happen when they decide to shut down this service in a couple of years."
If the primary function of a device is to play fucking disks, then how the hell can the absence of a response to a frivolous function bring the whole thing down? OK, fine, go to the net to get some trash, but for the love of fuck, can't you software ASSHOLES program a simple IF THEN ELSE for when there's no response and the just go on with the job of PLAYING THE FUCKING DISK? God you software assholes get away with murder. Try shit like that in the hardware world you'd get your engineering status revoked.
Oh yeah. I'm feeling the rage boiling up in me right now.
F*** YOU WORLD FOR MAKING ME BUY A $100 PLAYER WHICH PLAYS HD MOVIES FOR $10 EACH! I'M TOO ANGRY FOR WORDS THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO FRYS AND BUY ANOTHER 10 HD-DVDs for $10 OR LESS EACH!
Yep. Buying an uprezzing DVD player for $100 which also plays $10 HD movies has been the worst decision I've ever made. I wake up every day and after watching another cheap HD movie cruse the day I ever got duped into such a bargain.