This isn't like a vacuum cleaner. It's like a broom that is designed to work only when connected to AC power, even though it doesn't require electricity.
Nobody protests when a product requires something that it actually uses - like a network connection for multiplayer games. What pisses people off is when a product is deliberately designed to stop working under circumstances when it could effortlessly keep working. That goes beyond incompetence and crosses over into plain malice.
That you will not get sued into the ground if you do get caught torrenting it. Because he didn't say that.
What he did say:
We obviously are a subscription service so as a general proposition so we try to stop piracy when we see it happen
And:
No, we haven’t sent out the Game of Thrones police.
(What does that even mean?)
It's nice of a publisher to admit filesharing doesn't hurt their business model, but it's a very far cry from actually implementing policies that allow people to share content without repercussion.
Yeah, for a god who is apparently such a petty asshole he wants people's mail to be lost if they don't believe in him, but is too fucking lazy to do it himself.
The article doesn't mention them, so I guess drinks are still banned.
How fortunate. Because if you're worried about terrorists taking over the plane with a small pen knife, think about how much damage they could do with a plastic water bottle.
Even though this works in theory, the asteroid is going to be many orders of magnitude more massive than the rocket in order to cause an extinction event, so this idea is basically like trying to get a flea to pull an elephant by tugging at its tail.
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"Sir, are you sure you have configured the vacuum cleaner's wifi connection correctly? ... Ah, now we've figured out the problem, sir."
This isn't like a vacuum cleaner. It's like a broom that is designed to work only when connected to AC power, even though it doesn't require electricity.
Nobody protests when a product requires something that it actually uses - like a network connection for multiplayer games. What pisses people off is when a product is deliberately designed to stop working under circumstances when it could effortlessly keep working. That goes beyond incompetence and crosses over into plain malice.
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"...but rises again, harder and stronger."
I think you mixed up Lovecraft with George R.R. Martin just there. :P
The US military spends more than that every day just on dealing with his antics. Any enterprising bounty hunter should hold out for a lot more. :P
If it's conducted by a person then it's not a robocall, is it?
Well, chickens are dinosaurs.
That you will not get sued into the ground if you do get caught torrenting it. Because he didn't say that.
What he did say:
And:
(What does that even mean?)
It's nice of a publisher to admit filesharing doesn't hurt their business model, but it's a very far cry from actually implementing policies that allow people to share content without repercussion.
And this "FFS", this is also a file system? ( :P )
That's the kind of information that could be mentioned in the summary.
Given rule 34 I'm fairly sure there are slashfics of that.
So scientists give their work to a journal for publication, and have to pay to get more favorable license terms?
I knew that scientific publication is a strange world, but this seems somewhat preposterous.
Oh man, be glad God doesn't exist because you'd so go to hell for that pun. :P
It has the Darwin fish and the word "Atheist" stamped in the sole profile.
Yeah, for a god who is apparently such a petty asshole he wants people's mail to be lost if they don't believe in him, but is too fucking lazy to do it himself.
If they want you to train employees instead of just code, you should insist on a new contract and negotiate a much higher rate.
The irony is staggering.
As opposed to now.
There's an opportunity cost too, yes, but the immediate threat implied here is him being shot by a nervous cop.
Yes, somebody reporting a crime is at fault for the criminal committing more crimes in retaliation. Are you high?
Heretic! There is no true scripting language but Python, and Rossum is its prophet.
Does whatever a spidergoat does.
George Lucas promised that this time Jar Jar Binks would shoot first.
The article doesn't mention them, so I guess drinks are still banned.
How fortunate. Because if you're worried about terrorists taking over the plane with a small pen knife, think about how much damage they could do with a plastic water bottle.
Judging by his mental faculties, this politician is clearly having trouble with his own oxygen supply.
Lead weights? A mini-neutron star?
Even though this works in theory, the asteroid is going to be many orders of magnitude more massive than the rocket in order to cause an extinction event, so this idea is basically like trying to get a flea to pull an elephant by tugging at its tail.