And they may have set up a server farm to download from him to raise the hit count and claim them all as unlawful distribution.

I hope you don't write software for a living.

The laws aren't indexed to inflation, I don't think. So it's going to be even more silly one day.

Not necessarily. I understand theater tickets might cover most of the costs, but a lot of movies cost $100 - $150 million to produce (sorry for USD numbers). To recoup that and then be rewarded for taking such a financial risk is not such a bad thing. Especially since you also have to cover the cost of all the flops that had to be made along the way.

I'm pretty sure they would use trifluoroethane now.

Says someone who's never used a major brand of NLE. That looks like iMovie.

Yes - it can cause an Algal Bloom. Blocking the sun and generally detrimental to all other sea life. Think of it like a HOSTS file for the ocean.

While that's mostly true, anything that lowers the price of fuel will increase consumption.

There are blind people in Iraq, too, you insensitive clod!

More like the Microsoft App Store is a bad example of clickbait.

There isn't much in the way of video production / compositing /3D modeling software for Android, now is there?

And Apple's model works for the "average consumer." How about people who are producing content rather than consuming it? Right now, they use desktop PC's and software that will never been in the MS walled garden.

Except in the case of a systemic infection like Ebola. Even sweat is a disease vector with Ebola, because it breaks down the endothelial cells.

Rather, 1920i.

Then it would be 960i

Slashdot is a middleman to news - as are the Gawker sites. You may find utility in the public forum, but that doesn't change what Slashdot is. It's the Facebook you find acceptable - you like the moderation system here better than "Likes." You could go directly to the source to read your news.