...and by reading said comment brings you under the full weight of the hammer of the law, including copyright, DRM, libel, slander, public intoxication, speeding, double-parking, shoplifting, and jaywalking.
Please await my E̶x̶t̶o̶r̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ legal teams' contact, at which time we will determine how much much to rip out of your butt. We promise to leave absolutely nothing.
OMFG YUO ARE IS TEH HAX0RZ!!!! YUO MUST ROT IN JAIL AND PAY ME MILLIONS FOR YUOR VIOLATIONS OF COPYRIGHT, COPYWRONG, TWITTER RETWEETS, AND ANYTHING ELSE I CAN THINK OF LATERZ.
Yes, but if some nimrod sent the email to you, unsolicited, then I think what's going on there is fair game. I.e., if you send me an unsolicited email, accidentally or otherwise, and I act upon it in some way, it's on you, not me.
Well, my party to watch the Stupor Bowl(TM: Fuck You, NFL) will consist of my lovely 58" Samsung Plasma TV, my wonderful wife sitting next to me, and my Dish Hopper to pause, replay, slow-mo, and even perhaps skip commercials.
We will dine, whine, scream, and laugh at the content of said Stupor Bowl(TM:FUNFL). And if the game becomes a stinker, the teams involved will gain suitably derogatory names, the NeeFLe will gain yet another one, and the Stupor Bowl(TM:FUNFL) shall continue to be the prime example of American corporate stupidity, for at least another 30 seconds or so.
Typical French arrogance: "You merican Google, we want millions from you, or we cut you off!"
Google: Okay, fine, cut us off.
Typical French arrogance: "American fool!! Now you must pay 12,125,000,000 francs if you want to continue operating in our country!" (despite French users clamoring for the French government to STFU).
Google: Okay, fine, cut us off.
Typical French arrogance: "Running Amurikin pig-dog, you must now pay only a billion francs, because we're getting desperate!"
Google: Okay. (Google shows up at the office with a bag of french francs)
Typical French arrogance: "Oh, nononononono...we said $50 million, not this worthless pittance, you uncultured idiot!"
Oh, yeah... this alone could save Steam hugely, both in the future, and in fan base.
Think about it: I have a batch of games, And I'm tired of one of them; and WysiWyg wants to buy it from me.
I post it on the "GameMarket(TM, fuck you Valve!)", WW pops in and buys it from me for the agreed-upon price, Valve takes their cut, passes the cut the publisher will get; and everyone is happy.
I could post every game I've got for sale on the GameMarket(TMFUV), except for a few of my favorites. I've make whatever I'd make; Valve would make a cut, and so would the publishers.
What's that you say?? Everyone won't buy anything new, just wait for the GameMarket(TMFUV) to have them? Sure, okay; but Valve and the publishers could make special packs that go with the newest first-run titles, that could NOT be sold via GameMarket(TMFUV). Simple enough to do. And still everyone gets a cut, no matter how new or how old. Hell, they could put a limit on how old a game has to be before it can be sold; or if it can be sold at all.
The coding end of it should be simplicity in and of itself. Implementation, even moreso. Everyone wins, ESPECIALLY because everyone gets a cut.
Now watch as the MPAA/RIAA/MAFIAA jump in and say this would result in the implosion of the world because this sort of ILLEGAL IMMORAL TRADING will result in a massive BLACK HOLE opening up at Valve headquarters, and suck the entire planet into said black hole, and all of us down into HELL!!!
"I say unto THEE/Dig down deep, and give unto MEEEE!"
"... the United States' outdated, Puritan anti-gambling views..." isn't the views of the United States, or their majority. It's the "...outdated, Puritan anti-gambling views" of a small group of people who are trying to force their morals and ideals upon an American public that patently does not WANT those views. And the same can be said for sex and sexual mores, as well.
Americans for the most part get the fact that, for the reasonable person with a modicum of self-control, gambling (sex)can be a very good thing. With the right tax structure in place, gambling (sex) can help fill local and state governments' coffers, which can be used for really good things, like schools, roads, and health care (and not the thievery that exists these days).
It's the mind-control experts (preachers and religious nuts) that keep saying "GAMBLING (SEX) IS BAD!! YOU MUST STOP SPENDING MONEY UPON GAMBLING (SEX), AND GIVE IT TO THE LAWWWWWD (ME)!!!" Politicians fall into line when said "men of the cloth" start buying their own legislation with the obscene money they fleece off their flocks, in order to try to impose theri own particular view of morality upon the rest of the population.
It doesn't work. It ain't gonna work. And if some pedopreacher tries to force me to do something I don't want to do, I'll resist, violently and with deadly force if I have to.
No, you're not. You're here to stalk Masnick, derail his discussions, ask questions that are formed to put whatever answer he gives in the worst possible light (at least, in your tiny little brain), and then crow to the world he doesn't answer your questions because he refuses to allow you to use said leading questions to paint him into a corner.
On top of that, you're too gutless to be anything more than an "anonymous coward", and don't have the creativity or imagination to create a "character" that has its own email associated with it, so when the crowd starts flaming you in email, your real emails aren't flooded with said flames.
Atop of that, you won't discuss ANYTHING with a modicum of civility or graciousness, and you won't consider that those opposing opinions are just as worthy as your own, and possible better or more correct.
In other words, you refuse to learn.
Ignorance is the absence of information and knowledge.
Stupidity is the inability to learn information and knowledge.
Yeah, the problem is the United States of Copyright Bullies will pull a Grenada and send troops to Antigua to "defend the poor, trampled, underfed, beaten-down corporate citizens of the MPAA/RIAA/MAFIAA from the tyranny of those callous, mean, kiddie-diddling, movie-stealing, nun-raping, music-theiving MONSTERS who are trying to undermine the 'AmurriKKKorp Way!!"
Pull the heroin needle out of your arm, the coke straw out of your nose, and the crack pipe out of your mouth, and you might be able to type something semi-coherent next time.
It was 35 for me, the combination of crappy municipal water (downtown Dallas, TX area), medical treatment for a back injury sustained in an auto accident (the drugs, man), and just getting older did it for me.
CNET: now the bastion of journalistic iniquity, and malware distribution...
Yes, I said "virus/spam distribution". I sent the esteemed editors of this fine publication a link (http://askbobrankin.com/download_alert_foistware_warning.html) to a story about how CNET is allowing malware to pervade their downloads now. it's all in the form of "advertising", but it's duplicitous at best, and it shows a particular callous disregard of the trust of the people who use CNET and read their articles looking for truth (like me).
You know: they act like CBS runs them, or something. bunch of entertainment industry "execs" who couldn't lead their way out of a poo-filled paper bag without the MAFIAA and a lawsuit.
I think it's time to drop said bag on CNETs front stoop and set fire to it.
All these allegedly "Techie" people, and the missed the obvious???
:wtf:
Okay, I get Cylon Boy: toasters aren't particularly smart. But the rest of you??
The one I see the most with the "new" systems that Ticketmaster is about to use, has been using that along with standard character recognition (about a 50-50 split), for YEARS. One of the most ubiquitous free picture uploaders on the planet: TinyPic.
It's okay, but there are times where the images either don't resolve, or the picture with the question don't even come up, and hitting the "new image" button doesn't work. Probably a fault of Captcha or ReCaptcha, not TinyPic. And it's still annoying--especially when you *have* a Photophuckit account, you log in, and it STILL refuses to acknowledge you don't have to have the "spamblockers". :hammer:
So how do you propose we do a "sit-in" against a website? Find it's physical location and chain ourselves to the door? Fat lot of good THAT would do.
Give up, 'cuz us "dirty unwashed rabble" should be happy with our lot in life?
I agree with the below poster: as long as the computers used are NOT hacked to make the DoS possible (i.e., volunteered), then it's legit, even if a DoS tool is being used on virtual machines to multiply the effects--as long as the machines in question are under the control of a human.
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Re: Buhl is nuts
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Oh, snap.
O_o o_O
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Please await my E̶x̶t̶o̶r̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ legal teams' contact, at which time we will determine how much much to rip out of your butt. We promise to leave absolutely nothing.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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DIAF!
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We will dine, whine, scream, and laugh at the content of said Stupor Bowl(TM:FUNFL). And if the game becomes a stinker, the teams involved will gain suitably derogatory names, the NeeFLe will gain yet another one, and the Stupor Bowl(TM:FUNFL) shall continue to be the prime example of American corporate stupidity, for at least another 30 seconds or so.
On the post: Google's Other Bad Idea: Offering 50 Million Euros To French Newspapers [Updated]
Google: Okay, fine, cut us off.
Typical French arrogance: "American fool!! Now you must pay 12,125,000,000 francs if you want to continue operating in our country!" (despite French users clamoring for the French government to STFU).
Google: Okay, fine, cut us off.
Typical French arrogance: "Running Amurikin pig-dog, you must now pay only a billion francs, because we're getting desperate!"
Google: Okay. (Google shows up at the office with a bag of french francs)
Typical French arrogance: "Oh, nononononono...we said $50 million, not this worthless pittance, you uncultured idiot!"
Google:....???
What WILL they do??
They SHOULD tell them to stuff it!
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Re: Arguing the wrong point.
Think about it: I have a batch of games, And I'm tired of one of them; and WysiWyg wants to buy it from me.
I post it on the "GameMarket(TM, fuck you Valve!)", WW pops in and buys it from me for the agreed-upon price, Valve takes their cut, passes the cut the publisher will get; and everyone is happy.
I could post every game I've got for sale on the GameMarket(TMFUV), except for a few of my favorites. I've make whatever I'd make; Valve would make a cut, and so would the publishers.
What's that you say?? Everyone won't buy anything new, just wait for the GameMarket(TMFUV) to have them? Sure, okay; but Valve and the publishers could make special packs that go with the newest first-run titles, that could NOT be sold via GameMarket(TMFUV). Simple enough to do. And still everyone gets a cut, no matter how new or how old. Hell, they could put a limit on how old a game has to be before it can be sold; or if it can be sold at all.
The coding end of it should be simplicity in and of itself. Implementation, even moreso. Everyone wins, ESPECIALLY because everyone gets a cut.
Now watch as the MPAA/RIAA/MAFIAA jump in and say this would result in the implosion of the world because this sort of ILLEGAL IMMORAL TRADING will result in a massive BLACK HOLE opening up at Valve headquarters, and suck the entire planet into said black hole, and all of us down into HELL!!!
"I say unto THEE/Dig down deep, and give unto MEEEE!"
On the post: Copyright Alliance Invents New History (And New Meanings For 'Big' And 'Little') To Condemn Antigua
Re: But technically they DO have a point
Americans for the most part get the fact that, for the reasonable person with a modicum of self-control, gambling (sex)can be a very good thing. With the right tax structure in place, gambling (sex) can help fill local and state governments' coffers, which can be used for really good things, like schools, roads, and health care (and not the thievery that exists these days).
It's the mind-control experts (preachers and religious nuts) that keep saying "GAMBLING (SEX) IS BAD!! YOU MUST STOP SPENDING MONEY UPON GAMBLING (SEX), AND GIVE IT TO THE LAWWWWWD (ME)!!!" Politicians fall into line when said "men of the cloth" start buying their own legislation with the obscene money they fleece off their flocks, in order to try to impose theri own particular view of morality upon the rest of the population.
It doesn't work. It ain't gonna work. And if some pedopreacher tries to force me to do something I don't want to do, I'll resist, violently and with deadly force if I have to.
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On top of that, you're too gutless to be anything more than an "anonymous coward", and don't have the creativity or imagination to create a "character" that has its own email associated with it, so when the crowd starts flaming you in email, your real emails aren't flooded with said flames.
Atop of that, you won't discuss ANYTHING with a modicum of civility or graciousness, and you won't consider that those opposing opinions are just as worthy as your own, and possible better or more correct.
In other words, you refuse to learn.
Ignorance is the absence of information and knowledge.
Stupidity is the inability to learn information and knowledge.
Therefore: you, sir, are stupid. QED
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Because, bullies
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And your last line made absolutely NO sense.
Pull the heroin needle out of your arm, the coke straw out of your nose, and the crack pipe out of your mouth, and you might be able to type something semi-coherent next time.
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Today, it's like the old Diet Dr Pepper ad: http://www.adweek.com/video/diet-dr-pepper-retirement-village-people-123601?auto
I have to eat at 4:30pm these days if I want to have a decent full meal, and not have reflux all night long afterwards. :-(
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CNET: now the bastion of journalistic iniquity, and malware distribution...
You know: they act like CBS runs them, or something. bunch of entertainment industry "execs" who couldn't lead their way out of a poo-filled paper bag without the MAFIAA and a lawsuit.
I think it's time to drop said bag on CNETs front stoop and set fire to it.
On the post: Ticketmaster Finally Dropping Captcha System...For Ad-Driven Captcha Clone
All these allegedly "Techie" people, and the missed the obvious???
Okay, I get Cylon Boy: toasters aren't particularly smart. But the rest of you??
The one I see the most with the "new" systems that Ticketmaster is about to use, has been using that along with standard character recognition (about a 50-50 split), for YEARS. One of the most ubiquitous free picture uploaders on the planet: TinyPic.
It's okay, but there are times where the images either don't resolve, or the picture with the question don't even come up, and hitting the "new image" button doesn't work. Probably a fault of Captcha or ReCaptcha, not TinyPic. And it's still annoying--especially when you *have* a Photophuckit account, you log in, and it STILL refuses to acknowledge you don't have to have the "spamblockers". :hammer:
On the post: Anonymous Launches White House Petition Saying DDoS Should Be Recognized As A Valid Form Of Protest
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So how do you propose we do a "sit-in" against a website? Find it's physical location and chain ourselves to the door? Fat lot of good THAT would do.
Give up, 'cuz us "dirty unwashed rabble" should be happy with our lot in life?
I agree with the below poster: as long as the computers used are NOT hacked to make the DoS possible (i.e., volunteered), then it's legit, even if a DoS tool is being used on virtual machines to multiply the effects--as long as the machines in question are under the control of a human.
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