He didn't say "net" and "save" is only a useful word when there is a net loss. Words mean things. If you're saying that giving someone $10 means I get $11 in return later, then that's a 10% gain, and worth something. Giving someone $10 so that I can save $1 is ludicrous and an obvious net loss.

Keep in mind, FileZilla agreed to the malware installer, unlike GIMP.

Sounds rational to me. That's a net loss of $9. Not much, but no one really needs just $10. Assuming ratios scale with absolutes, giving $10,000 would be a net loss of $9,000.

I like the extra security of forcing someone to open the (physically locked?) machine as much as the next guy, but weigh that against the nuisance of having to do it yourself on all the Macs you own if you need to flash their EFIs for some reason. If they're iMacs, the front glass is taped to the case, and you'll need certified Apple(TM) brand replacement double sided tape to seal it back up again since the tape is one-use. Opening just one iMac is a thirty minute job if you know what you're doing.

To add insult to injury, the game is a Disney property. Disney owns the plot of Tron 2.0 that they ignored in favor of flavorless eye candy.
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The game's plot includes features like the internet, making the Recognizers into network packets (train cars) for some nice nostalgia, bits*, trying to survive in a PDA with limited RAM, email scripts being corrupted into virus spewing zombies, and an evil mega-corp planning to use the digitization tech to digitize their own paramilitary operatives into the grid so that they can literally brute force attack their enemies' computers from the inside.

*to me, the biggest example that the TRON Legacy writers were not TRON fans is that CLU2's yes-man wasn't a bit. A bit that just says yes, reluctantly says no, is destroyed, and another bit takes it place to say "yes" would satisfy nostalgia, show us CLU2's personality, and provide a little color to an otherwise bland movie.

Brewster's Millions is not an instruction manual.

I know the article is a joke, but I've heard of open office designs that have X employees and (X-0.1*X) desks. Desks are not assigned, and early birds get the worms. They are miserable places.

Remember these words:
"It looks okay on my end." *pause* "Try it again."
When you have mastered this, you will be ready for network administration.

I dull blue LEDs with a bit of clear tape darkened with a magic marker. They're still visible, but not blinding.

To be fair, the filezilla project opted to use the adware/malware. The other "abandoned" projects, not so much.

*%&^ you, Autocorrect!

Teaching coding to elementary/primary school children may not be helpful. A good portion of them may not yet grasp the perquisites necessary to understand logic for conditionals. If there are more crucial learning deficits like reading or arithmetic, then it's better to focus on them first.

It takes years of study and certification to become a Mockery Engineer, though.

"This" civilization would be responsible for maintaining immortality tech. If it falls away, then we're left with a collapse for no good reason.

Out of 5 stars, I rate it cowboyneal.