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Comment Re:Good news! (Score 1) 323

I could have sworn it was being reduced to 20 grams...

Why do they even need chocolate on Mars? The only thing there so far is robots. I understand that we should pre-position supplies before sending colonists, but chocolate is not exactly a mission priority.

They do need it real bad there on Mars. Without it, how would hawt princesses like Thuvia or Deja Thoris maintain their proper feminine figures?

Comment Trader Joe's Could Help (Score 4, Funny) 323

They could alleviate some of this problem by contacting the people who run Trader Joe's. They have this one dark chocolate bar (can't recall the name of it) that is so nasty and bitter, that it is inedible completely (unless you dip it in honey, then it is barely tolerable). It is worse than baking chocolate and is actually sold as if it is intended to be eaten like a normal bar of chocolate. If they just full stop quit producing that travesty, perhaps that could free up chocolate resources for other uses for perhaps another year or so.

Comment Refunds for Their Customers? (Score 1) 474

So then, since the customers were not able to see any pre-release reviews before purchasing, will Ubisoft refund their purchase price, or just flip them the middle finger and say, "Sorry suckers. We got your money. You know the industry standard is "No returns. Too bad so sad for you. Please come again."

Comment Re:The Score (Score 1) 594

Space exploration Deaths:

NASA: 10+ that I can think off off hand. Not including X-15 test pilots that died.

Private Industry: 1

I think for NASA, that is at least 17 (not counting deaths of test pilots from the X15 and other experimental aircraft)

Apollo 1 Launchpad Fire: 3
Space Shuttle Challenger: 7
Space Shuttle Columbia: 7

Comment Re:Selective? (Score 1) 357

From the statement of the spokesperson, this really isn't because they think Google Glass is a threat. They are putting this in place so as future, higher quality devices come out, they are already covered.

Of course, this isn't going to do them any good when such future, higher quality devices are designed in such a way that unless the owner actually blabbed about it, no one would even know that they were wearing such a higher quality recording device. Surely the technology will advance to the point to where such devices will be so seamless in one's glasses or whatever it may be installed upon, that they will be undetectable.

Comment Re:To the surprise of no one (Score 2) 357

The MPAA took the most restrictive course possible on keeping their movies from being reproduced without them getting a share. And in this case, they're well within their right. You bought a ticket to see the movie once. That does not give you a right to record it yourself. If you don't like their terms, don't buy the ticket.

Now, if I buy a copy of a movie for me to legally enjoy in the privacy of my home, but they impose technological restrictions that prevent me from doing so, then I'll bother to get upset.

To play devil's advocate here, why? They "took the most restrictive course possible on keeping their movies from being reproduced without them getting a share." You bought a copy of a movie to watch on their terms. That does not give you a right to watch it on other terms. If you don't like their terms, don't buy the DVD or Blu-Ray.

Watching a movie purchased on DVD or other physical media does not require clicking "I Agree" first before it can be viewed. And even if it did, so what? If I purchase a movie on DVD, and I want to run it through DVDFab to turn it into an ISO to watch right off my hard drive instead of having to have the physical disc in the drive, I will. If I want to convert it to a format that I can view on my PSP, or on a tablet, or even on my smart phone, I will. I will do whatever the hell I want with the copy I legally purchased (short of distributing copies to other people of course).

I do not give a flying fuck what "protective measures" were put on the original media. If the publishers do not like it, they are cordially invited to go fuck themselves. They got paid for the DVD from its first sale (whether I was the original purchaser, or the original purchaser was the one who donated it to the Goodwill from whence I subsequently purchased it.) Their rights over that copy (with some obvious exceptions) end with that first sale.

Oh yeah, and as an afterthought, as I always see on ads for movies... "Own it today on DVD or Blu-Ray!"

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