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Comment Re:A Nice Gift (Score 1) 157

No he doesn't, that would see him charged with theft. Accidental deliveries don't count as unsolicited gifts, though the responsibility and cost is on the delivery company and/or the sender to arrange for collection and potentially compensation if the collection of said package has any costs for the unintended recipient.

Comment Re:Happy to see it. (Score 1) 149

by bloodhawk (#46916103) Attached to: Pirate Bay Sports-Content Uploader Faces $32m Lawsuit

Give me a break? 124 events. Do you even watch or care about UFC events, or realize over half of those were aired over standard cable? Were not talking pay-per-view, he didn't feed the events live for free over the internet. And even the pay-per-view events are aired over standard cable after a few months. If I'm a lawyer I would mention this and keep it simple. Zuffa is going to stand there with a delusional amount 'we lost revenue, here look at this chart or project sales from these events that we didn't get because it was free to download'

They are still making their money from pay-per-view and the minutes of advertising during standard cable airing time, regardless of whether you watch it or not, or if you pirated the events. This is what pisses me off about these type of companies, if you don't like it stop putting out dvd's and or airing events/specials [which are the dvd's] on standard cable.

The way to protest their appalling behaviour is to NOT WATCH their shows. Not to pay a pirate to provide you with copies of them. This is a clear example of someone that crossed the line way to far by accepting payment for the pirated events. zero sympathy for him.

Comment Re:Happy to see it. (Score 1) 149

by bloodhawk (#46906853) Attached to: Pirate Bay Sports-Content Uploader Faces $32m Lawsuit
It isn't a fine. It is a business suing him for loss of income due to his practises. I am all for punishments fitting the crime, but I am also all for business seeking retribution for damages to their business, that isn't about punishment but about restitution. Whether the 32 million claim is ridiculous is up to a court to decide, but given it was 124 events it really doesn't take a lot to add up to that much.

Comment Re:Not in my experience. (Score 2) 264

by bloodhawk (#46906441) Attached to: SanDisk Announces 4TB SSD, Plans For 8TB Next Year
I have had the opposite experience. 6 SSD's of which 4 have failed, the 2 still alive are less than 12 months old. 16 physical 2 and 3TB disks which are currently all running. both our experiences are anecdotal though I do believe the current failure rates on SSD's is still significantly higher than physical disks (at least it was in the last report I read on them early last year).

Comment Re:hmm (Score 1) 112

by bloodhawk (#46874585) Attached to: Proposed Indicator of Life On Alien Worlds May Be Bogus
your thinking is too constrained by the struggles and tribulations that result from the limited resources, space and political bickering that we have on a crowded planet. You could give every person on the planet their own galaxy of billions of stars and their would still be no reason to ever even come across another species or for them to be concerned about us. The idea that other species are somehow going to act in the same way we do is silly. It is like suggesting Obama would send the US army to exterminate a newly discovered ant species at the south pole because one day they may evolve into a threat or a pest in the US.

Comment Re:hmm (Score 2) 112

by bloodhawk (#46865983) Attached to: Proposed Indicator of Life On Alien Worlds May Be Bogus
so you think that a species so incredibly advanced as to be able to cross the vast regions of space giving them almost unlimited resources and advancements in technology with the ability to swat us like flies would really give a shit about squashing us? at worst I would expect complete indifference from them as to our existence, should they exist and they considered us a threat we would be dead already.
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iPad Fever Is Officially Cooling 386

Posted by samzenpus from the over-it dept.
Hugh Pickens DOT Com (2995471) writes "Christina Bonnington reports that the public is not gobbling up iPads like they used to. Analysts had projected iPad sales would reach 19.7 million but Apple sold 16.35 million iPads, a drop of roughly 16.4 percent since last year. 'For many, the iPad they have is good enough–unlike a phone, with significant new features like Touch ID, or a better camera, the iPad's improvements over the past few years have been more subtle,' writes Bonnington. 'The latest iterations feature a better Retina display, a slimmer design, and faster processing. Improvements, yes, but enough to justify a near thousand dollar purchase? Others seem to be finding that their smartphone can do the job that their tablet used to do just as well, especially on those larger screened phablets.'

While the continued success of the iPad may be up in the air, another formerly popular member of Apple's product line is definitely on its way to the grave. The iPod, once Apple's crown jewel, posted a sales drop of 51 percent since last year. Only 2.76 million units were sold, a far cry from its heyday of almost 23 million back in 2008. 'Apple's past growth has been driven mostly by entering entirely new product categories, like it did when it introduced the iPod in 2001, the iPhone in 2007, and the iPad in 2010,' says Andrew Cunningham. 'The most persistent rumors involve TV (whether a new Apple TV set-top box or an entire television set) and wearable computing devices (the perennially imminent "iWatch"), but calls for larger and cheaper iPhones also continue.'"

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