Long ago, I bought Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. Never could play the game until very recently when I found a crack (Actually, two different cracks that I had to mix and match). This is the last time that Ubisoft ever saw my money. They won't fool me twice.

Nowadays, I'm very cautious when I buy a game from Steam. I make sure it's not from Ubisoft and that there are no other DRMs than Steam itself. I even do research elsewhere since the information on Steam is not always thorough. I also search youtube for videos that shows actual gameplay so I don't base my decision on a trailer.

I also decided not to get on the EA Origin bandwagon. I already have a platform; Steam. I don't need another one. So unfortunately, I had to pass up on good games like Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3. Oh well, I'll buy them on GOG in a couple of years, if ever.

Have you been living in a cave ?

Linux: Ubuntu, Fedora, openSuse, Arch, Android, etc
Windows: 7, Vista, XP, etc
Unix: FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenSolaris, etc
and many others like FreeDOS and ReactOS

Some are experimental, others are very stable. Pick one !

...and the lesson is... Do your research before buying a product. I don't think you can blame a best buy clerk for not knowing about such obscure features. By the looks of it, your products were not defective. You are lucky they even took them back.

I have the reflex of always turning my webcams towards the wall when I don't use them. I just hate the idea that someone COULD be looking at me through my own webcams. I guess I'm a bit paranoid...

You have it all wrong man ! All this time, you were looking at your aquarium. Your TV is that black box on the other side of your living room.

Productive ? You aim to be productive watching TV ?

I see watching TV as being a hobby/time waster. That's exactly the moment in the day where I do NOT WANT to pressure myself into being productive. The way I see it, unless you're a TV critic or something, I don't understand why would someone want to be productive watching TV ?!

Looked at the website
Felt dizzy
Vomited on my keyboard

I'm pretty sure this website could be weaponized !

Judging by his name, he is probably not a native of Quebec. He might have learned french from somewhere else in the world where they speak it, like Algeria (who has been colonized by the french) and then moved to Quebec. This is typical scenario that I have seen myself many times already.

Suckers who don't know about Adblock, como te amo ! I use adblock EVERYWHERE and NO I don't care about the consequences, If I make the internet roll over and die, I'll just find another hobby. Thank you Adblock ! You made the internet interesting again.

I don't know where you are from, but here in Quebec, 2 inches of snow is not even newsworthy. I find it kind of silly when I see an American city shut down because of snow. You get so used to it that you forget that not everybody is prepared for it :-)

Take a look at MariaDB and Drizzle.

http://mariadb.org/
http://www.drizzle.org/

Hey !

Be kind to him. His comment was very helpful. At first, I was confused. I didn't get it at all, but I thought of his analogy for a while and then it hit me...
Now I know why my girlfriend left me ! :-)

Thank you, I'll be here all night.

How does this hurt them more ? The way I see it, it hurts them even less.If nobody buys the game AND nobody pirates it, this is a statement. It's a message that says :"Your DRM sucks and we won't give you our money until you remove it". Otherwise, if too many people pirates the game, it only justifies their use of DRM and may even be used as arguments by lobbyists to have new harsher laws against piracy or ask for government money.

There's a simple solution to that. Rotate yourself too...

Since they are speaking of trust while building a system to spy on their people, I would call it: Iran-y