From actually reading the post you answered to, what I wrote extrapolates quite easily. Reread the first and third paragraphs of the GP's post.

You answered a post that talks about piracy being the main argument for bnetd, and wonder why I bring the point forward to your comment? And suddenly it's my reading comprehension that's crooked?

It was a fairly nice attempt at changing the argument discussed and appear less dickish, but it ultimately failed.

A lot more people think the same way about music, not only the RIAA execs. If you feel that the boneheadedness from the RIAA gives you an excuse to pirate music, you have a very crooked moral and ethic system. Plus, you understand jack about modern justice. That you feel that this opinion ought to be downmodded just shows you're a dick.

it's homophone, not homonym (things that sound the same, not things that are named the same).

You mean the 'good programmer reading client's spec' decompiler?

Another question asked was if the Windows in question was legit - Yes, I bought him a OEM XP the last time I was there and installed it.

Ahem. You're not supposed to do that. That's not what one calls 'a legit Windows install'. Or am I confused? I thought OEM can't be bought separately from computers.

Or maybe he did want to say 'de jure, which has some sort of relevant meaning in the phrase, too. Just to save you the embarrassment of looking so stupid in the future.

I heard. Since I live in another American country, this is news to me. But they have no oil.

Or they protest in person because their (VOIP) phones and their email are down. That's what I meant. I know normal people understand 'no net == no mail', but there are pathological cases.

"When people are sitting around waiting for the network to come back up, or the departmental printer keeps not working right, or the web is really slow--if there's an explanation forthcoming quickly, people can understand that you're working like mad to fix it. When an IT department has a stand-offish attitude and refuses to answer phone calls and emails in a timely way, people will assume the worst."

The problem is when the network is down and they want you to answer their emails.

The rebuttal to your point is "I can try to solve this, or I can talk to you about it. Pick one". Not saying that it's the right answer all the time, I guess the correct reply is in the middle.

All those examples cite causes not artificially produced to end the use of your product. If the monitor dies after 5 years, it's (hopefully) not because a conscious decision from the maker. If your tires wear out, it's due to the use, not because Michelin decided to add a rot-fast compound to the rubber. The DRM is a completely different beast. Ask yourself if any of the examples you mentioned are the equivalent of a dead man's switch like DRM is.

I didn't know that "interacting with other people has a decidedly positive weight" only for artists.

Part of the problem is programmers who don't care about international use (often Americans) and start using symbols that are easy for them to type but uncommon in other countries. That said, lots of European layouts feature gratuitous layout changes; for example, the German keyboard swaps Y and Z for no apparent reason.

That was a hilarious couple of sentences, rebutting in the first one the assumption you make in the second...

Silly little penguins, thank you very much.

If the new customers take 35 minutes to eat the same sandwich they could have eaten in 10, thus blocking the seats for other hapless bastards, McDonalds hasn't much to pat themselves in the back for.
Which is the point of the summary, nevermind the article.

Because DBus Ex is much more meaningful related to a game? Does it include its own card?