Good thing they didn't shoot the guard though. Bet the judge would have given them iLife.

The joke's on the thieves really. I hear that by the time they made it back to the hideout 13 of those iPhones had cracked displays.

See, now I read the title and thought "great! That damn thimble WAS always falling off the board!"

I empathize. I had cataract surgery (lens removal) at a very young age. At the time replacement was not an option. My brain never learned to use binocular vision. As it's now a nuerological issue, medical science has a way to go for me. I too am eagerly anticipating 3-d video that doesn't require two healthy eyes.

It doesn't matter if the notice is valid if the host fears the issuers lawyers more than the poster. That's one of the worst parts of the act: it encourages hosts to assume infringement solely on the basis of one accusation.

I think that distrusting someone who pursues a life working and rising within an inherently broken system is healthy and rational. "Compromise" is the word of the day in political systems, why would the concept stop before principles? Show me a modern politician who actively pursues less power for himself personally. (Yeah yeah, I like Paul too, but I promise you'll be flamed if you use him in this argument. You know who you are.) I think the best one can say of politicians is that some few start out with good intentions.

"You are screwing yourself and your fellow employees."

If you're not exempt, and especially if you have a job that logs time, this has to be reiterated. You may be willing to trade your free time to help yourself, your team, or your company. A world where nothing ever goes wrong could accept this kind of behavior. Unfortunately, we live in a world with lawyers (apologies Ray if you're reading, you're my hero). If you're off the clock and anything that needs to be "official" (read: "documented") happens, your life just got a new headache. "Why were you there? Was it your fault? Were you involved? Again, why were you there?" If your coworker sues because they feel like their job depends on doing unpaid work, what will you say when they ask you the facts? Who have you helped then? You make yourself more of a liability by working off the clock. To me, the cost outweighs the benefit, from the perspective of both employer and employee.

"Hyperdimensional RAID 1" Sounds like a Dalek Universal Domination plan. "EXTerminate!"

Nothing's going to screw with my offsite storage on the other side of the galaxy.

Denial of service as it were?

It sounds like they're not outright blocking VOIP (yes, I get that it was a joke, bear with me) but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that they're screwing with VOIP traffic. Don't they already provide phone service on board? Sounds like what I would do to protect that business.

And I'd say that includes file-sharing and network tv. Americans are pretty trained to their video stimulus, and they'll find it. They also, however, have been trained to expect it for free. The box is open, I don't see it closing now.

I had to read this far down to find the star wars reference. I only opened the story to see the joke. I'm still waiting to hear how many Bothans died to bring them this information. Good on you anyway though. :-)

Assuming religion is a purely human construct, I've always assumed that fear of death was one of its motivating factors. Isn't the practice of burial rites one of the first signs of religion in a culture? I'd have to lean towards siding with those who say fear of death and religious belief are strongly correlated.