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Submission + - 'w00t' named 2007 Word of the Year

Submitted by bukharin on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @05:32AM

bukharin writes: 'w00t', the "small word that packs a pretty big punch", has been named Word of the Year for 2007 by dictionary gurus Merriam-Webster. Visitors to the Merriam-Webster website were asked to vote for one of 20 commonly searched words and phrases. Facebook was the runner-up. Previously honoured geek words include google (runner-up in 2006) and blog (winner in 2004).

Comment Re:DRM increases not decreases consumer value (Score 2, Insightful) 221

by bukharin on Saturday February 17, 2007 @08:39AM (#18050226) Attached to: Macrovision Responds to Steve Jobs on DRM

I agree...

'DRM increases not decreases consumer value', such as by enabling people to rent content at a lower price than ownership

This is such bullshit. The price differential between "renting" and "owning" is almost purely profit, and is specifically enabled by DRM. This decreases value, by allowing them to charge us more for something that costs them the same to provide. How stupid do they think we are?

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