What a waste. It would be much better to put on an entertaining show based on those works.

What do people get out of this "understanding" anyway?

In my experience, absolutely not. Quit spreading untrue stereotypes, I mean it.

Totally uninformed question (as usual), but what is stopping them from just putting an oxygen mask on and walking away?

Sooo, only patents that can be worked around are constitutional, unless they're worthless, right? After all, society would still run without the "interactive web", you just wouldn't have nice things. I bet that the patent would have stood up in court if it had been enforced much earlier, when it was new and only a few people were using it.

Especially when it is that bloody obvious he's an idiot. Doesn't require much insight at all. Oh wait, you didn't mean that did you?

I bet they called it 'Operation Sandwich'.

The sound of the truth, blowing him away.

Funnily enough, there was a story about this a couple of years ago. Well, sort of about that.

Heh, they could just have a server that by default allows the DRM check to pass, and not have to worry about customer details for the time that the other server is offline. But no, they had to choose the horrible way to do it. Should be thinking twice about buying a game from these jokers, I mean other than the way they already treated their 'customers' up until this point.

As an outsider to the US, may I humbly suggest that as a start, an alternative voting system could be used, such as some sort of single transferable vote system. At least then citizens will not have to worry about wasting their vote.

If there is something wrong with my above statement, I would like to know. And yes, pigs may fly and all that.