Not to be trollish, but:

Do you use a bank? Checks? Credit Card? Discount Card? Have a job? Have an SSN? (if U.S.) Have a visa? Have a house? Have a line of credit? Use Google? Use Hotmail? Use Windows? Mac? Linux? Breathe?

Surprise. It's out there.

Obligatory: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OSwDLiKxrvI/To-d8_zmQII/AAAAAAAAniE/EqVjpDPvVo0/s1600/111007-down-with-evil-corporations.jpg (I swear it's not gotse.)

Listen. I know sarcasm is really hard to understand from static text on the Internet... But, seriously, your Snark-O-Meter didn't twitch at all?...Neither of you? Huh..

Sounds like you have no idea what a strict Catholic upbringing is like. As a recovered Catholic myself, I can attest that the entire basis of the Cath-lick faith is to have zero self-worth. Anything good you do is attributed to God's power. Anything 'evil,' and, well, bend over, Satan's concubine!

And, if you do, somehow, manage to come out of that intact, you'll generally be jaded.

I'm sorry, I must have missed where it's become common place to blame the creator of something for the way it's misused by consumers who exist to, gee, I don't know, consume?

Very glad I arrived late to to station so I didn't board that bandwagon before departing.

Am I the only one that's noticed that only the AC's seem to have a problem with Hart's death/title/contributions? Funny how no one's willing to put a name to the complaint.

That said, anyone who dies and leaves the tools to encourage people to peel themselves away from mindless entertainment and makes reading a bit more accessable, gets my respect.

Wikipedia-Editors be damned!

Sort of like the 'Off-shore gambling industry in legally gray territories and elsewhere.' And I think torrenters.. At least the smart ones.. Have been abusing international VPN's for awhile.

(Insert random ./ death threats and anal rapings here, quoted from previous comments..)

So, I guess NO one reads/watches TFA.

Google. Try it, folks!

..."She sits on the board of the TOR PROJECT. (Enabling folks to 'anonymously' browse pr0n for some time.)

Really, though, six mailings/warnings followed by throttled bandwidth doesn't do much, that I can see, apart from the 'we're watching you' vibe. It'll just be a shot in the arm for the VPN market.

I think you need to look up the definition of Socialism.... If Hollywood was socialist the movies would be free for everyone.

History Lesson #1:

National Socialist Party.
Commonly shortened to NAZI.


Also, for what it's worth, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi

Hence, the National Socialist/Jew reference was valid.

The more you know! (DING, RAINBOWS FOR EVERYONE)

Two things:

1. Agreed with everyone else, in that the summary is written in such a way that one would interpret VLC infected. Bad form on the summary writer's part. (insert rant about /. editing style, rabblerabble)

2. This is zero to do with FOSS. Even paid software can be used to shovel-out any form of virii, malware, digital Bubonic Plague, etc. This is about people downloading any and everything that has a link attached, from 'trusted' sources and flashing banner ads.

I'm going to make this real simple, Internet Security 101-style: If you download something and you don't make the MONUMENTAL effort to scan it with whatever virii scanner you're using. You deserve what you get. True, virus scanners are not the be-all/end-all of security, but considering most of these infections are lazily coded, your scanner of choice would probably find the source of the infection, but probably their Twitter, Facebook, Google, and grocery shopping lists, too.

You wouldn't stchup a prostitute without a condom, right? (I hope!) Same thing applies when you 'jack in' to the intertubez.

For the record, nowhere is Balmer even mentioned. At all. Give credit where credit is due: lawyers work very hard to make outrageous and asinine claims. How dare you give the credit to someone else?!

Best I can tell, this is only really polling the people that CHOOSE to report it. So, yes, to second that, bad form on reporting. Shocking, I know.

Every new Hotmail account comes complete with no less than 10 emails promising 'bigGer Pen1s 4 hur plezures!" within the first thirty seconds of initial login.

"If you kids don't quit your bitching I WILL turn this land around and GIVE you something to cry about!"

I will set up a Foundation JUST to research this possibility. Just let me know if you want the checks made out to CASH.