Well, I see at least that you subscribe to your own philosophies so I can't call you a hypocrite. And really, did I miss the point when I said I was going to go punch someone or simply just running to the end of moral decay where it gets really ugly. Your point was taken and returned in jest - to bad you didn't get it. We can at least agree on one thing. This conversation is going nowhere.

Yeah, you're right. Civility is a dead concept. Decent people suck! I think I'll go punch someone now.

Was it the word "Cyber-hoarders" that managed to tick people off so much? I'm pretty sure no one is offended by being called a porn addict. Personally, I'm moving most of my data off-site but it is true I don't rip videos all that often. I generally don't buy them and streaming here is fast enough that the quality difference is negligible. Point to those with crappy bandwidth and massive (non-porn) movie collections.

...I forget what is on it all the time. Sometimes I wander across some forgotten directory and it is like discovering a secret treasure trove, but usually it is junk. I'm not prepared to say "We'll never need more than 3TBs of hard drive space," but aside from cyber-hoarders, porn addicts, and legitimate business uses, the supply of hard disk space has clearly exceeded the demand.

Understood, which is why I said, "I'm not real happy with the legal precedence this might set."

No, but what goes around comes around. I have no idea on whether or not the ruling is correct but people are painting him as some sort of 'nice-guy' getting victimized by a corrupt system. And yes, if he acted like an ass in court, I expect he elicited little sympathy from the jury.

Doing just 5 minutes of research, I confirmed what I suspected. Northside is a blogger-activist-vigilante. Really, he is a total jerk who spends a considerable amount of time attacking anyone he doesn't like. Basically, he is a troll who took off the mask. I'm not real happy with the legal precedence this might set but no one should think he is some perfectly innocent blogger who is getting bullied around. Really, it is the other way around - he is getting fined for his own bullying, aggressive, tactics.

Or so many 'experts' have been saying since what...the original Playstation? Movies were killed by the TV too. Oh, and most new console games (not including DLC) cost a heck of a lot more to make. I'm sure the console industry will adapt when it needs to.

Ahhh Bill, we'll never let you live that one down ;)

*gasp* Who would have thunk it? People knew that the moment the iPhone came on the scene, and they STILL stink!

If someone could figure out a technology that would allow me to forget things like "2 Girls 1 Cup" while allowing everything else to remain intact, I'd be eternally grateful.

My opinion is yes. It was a system that was never conceived to fairly handle millions of domain names. "First come first serve" sounds like a fair system, but in fact it is a poor system that encourages a land-rush mentality over something that essentially should be free. It is a false commodity that is being perpetuated by early adopters (and ICANN of course) and should be deprecated. No one should control domain names, they should be done away with entirely. If I am looking for "Bob's Deli in Washington DC", I'd rather just have a search engine figure out what I meant instead of having to remember some lame domain name like "bobsdelicatessenandbagels.us" because THIS Bob's Deli was the umpteenth deli to try to register the same domain name. Might as well just remember an IP address at that point.

I'm just waiting for the "Damage Control Fee" to show up on my next month's statement. Then I'll have to pay an "Account Closure Fee" as well as a "Don't Let Your Ass Hit The Door On The Way Out Fee".

The average TV viewer in the US has about a five minute attention span thus are only interested in the highlight-reel moments. I don't blame our media for creating an oversupply of useless, sensationalist drivel, they are simply responding with what they think WE want. Obviously, we want more TMZ! You know - the stuff that really matters. If I want any real analysis of world events, I'll just turn on The Daily Show.