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  1. Re:Hypocrisy at it's best ... on Ubisoft's DRM Cracked — For Real This Time · · Score: 1

    It would be hypocrisy if the guys were releasing the game out of principle, to fight what they think is an unacceptable violation of your rights as customers, and... But no. They will crack and distribute any game they find worth their time, draconian DRM or not. Most pirates don't do it out of principle, piracy is mostly about convenience.

  2. Re:I wish people would act more ethically on Ubisoft's DRM Cracked — For Real This Time · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Except Ubisoft doesn't know whether you illegally download their game or not, so pirating it and not playing it at all have the same effect, that is: Ubisoft will assume piracy.

  3. Successful DRM on Ubisoft's DRM Cracked — For Real This Time · · Score: 1

    Considering no DRM system will withstand tampering forever, and it's ultimately about delaying the inevitable crack, I guess Ubisoft was successful.

    Except they have alienated legitimate customers along with the pirates, well, nevermind...

  4. Re:Pro editing on Satellites Keep Aircraft Away From Volcanic Cloud · · Score: 2, Informative

    Icelandic is such a beautiful language, and so conservative too. It's so close to Old Norse it's fascinating.

  5. Re:This may be unpopular but... on Crytek Thinks Free Game Demos Will Soon Be Extinct · · Score: 1

    Why don't your friends pay for their own tickets?

  6. The funny thing is on Crytek Thinks Free Game Demos Will Soon Be Extinct · · Score: 1

    He complains about piracy when game demos actually render piracy useless for those people who pirate just to try the game before buying it.

  7. Nice! on Crytek Thinks Free Game Demos Will Soon Be Extinct · · Score: 3, Funny

    But I think there is a genuine interest here to give gamers something more than a small demo released for free.

    Nice! They'll start giving the entire games for free now!

  8. While the claim is stupid... on Girl Claims Price Scanner Gave Her Tourette's Syndrome · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ... the cashier's behaviour was inappropriate. That's not how to treat a costumer.

  9. Re:Men are from mars, women are from venus on The iPad vs. Microsoft's "Jupiter" Devices · · Score: 1

    Some Apple products may rhyme with Uranus.

  10. Re:Apples and Oranges on The iPad vs. Microsoft's "Jupiter" Devices · · Score: 1

    most of the crap people do on the internet is pretty processor friendly.

    Except for flash... oh wait, nevermind.

  11. Alternate title: on Ubuntu on a Dime · · Score: 1

    Using a Free Operating System is Cheaper than Paying for One: The Book

  12. Re:Uhmmmm on GNOME 2.30, End of the (2.x) Line · · Score: 1

    Well, I don't think that looks are a legitimate reason to switch distros. But I concede that I always thought that (open)Suse looks the most stylish.

  13. Re:Uhmmmm on GNOME 2.30, End of the (2.x) Line · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    RAM is cheap today. Just throw a couple 2GB sticks and you won't notice.

  14. Re:Uhmmmm on GNOME 2.30, End of the (2.x) Line · · Score: 1

    Do you really think Kubuntu looks good out of the box? I mean, I get it, it's not brown, but it's still ugly. Just a different kind of ugly: blue retard instead of poop brown. The fact is, if you want a tasteful desktop, you have to customize it yourself.

  15. What happens on cloudy days on Pumping Sunlight Into Homes · · Score: 1

    You just turn the artificial lights on.

  16. Re:Please... stop... on Tsunami Warning From Space? · · Score: 1

    Very good point.

    Slashdot resembles 4chan more and more.

  17. Re:Only Apple on iPad Jailbroken · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sometimes what you want is just a half-assed analogy to justify your bad purchase.

  18. Congratulations, Mr. Ishiguro on Android Copy of Young Woman Unveiled In Japan · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can I order a white European model?

  19. Re:Antithesis of Free on MechWarrior 4 Free Release Delayed By Microsoft · · Score: 1

    You're clearly meant for each other.

  20. Re:Why the shock? 0% of the market is not worth it on Songbird Drops Linux Support · · Score: 4, Funny

    so many of the old school unix types like me having migrated to OS-X

    Troll harder.

  21. Re:Help in TFA? on Songbird Drops Linux Support · · Score: 1

    It's a pet simulator, like a tamagochi.

  22. The Apple Cult on iPad Launches, FCC Teardown Leaked · · Score: 1

    I've seen religious fundamentalists less devoted than Appleists.

  23. Re:I wonder... on Clues That Apple's Bought Another Processor Design House · · Score: 1

    Except Apple is increasing market share by producing new products,

    Nope, it's just taking old products and making bigger versions of them.

  24. Can't you see? on New AI Challenge Is All About Wanton Destruction · · Score: 1

    This is the beginning of the end.

  25. If it was a Daily Mail article: on Stalker Jailed For Planting Child Porn On a PC · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Finnish Pedophile Immigrant Terrorist Threatens UK Citizen"