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Comment Re:So..... (Score 0) 445

Do you realize that analogous punishments for copyright infringement have not actually lowered the number of incidents at all? The fact of the matter is that the "idiots failing to understand the consequences" will always exist, and there are always more being made. Adding harsh punishments simply adds to the consequences that those people do not understand, achieving nothing at all. I would wager that the cause for the increased incidents is because of the increased media attention, which would only increase as harsh punishments are handed down, which would make your solution part of the problem.

Unless we're somehow going to regulate laser pointers like guns, it would be far more effective to add some sort of countermeasure to the planes themselves, or the pilots.

Comment Re:Like Apple Messenger? (Score 1) 191

Bittorrent is already cloud storage by definition. The data exists on multiple computers and is accessed over the internet. Hash checking makes it very unlikely that sabotage efforts will ever work practically. The only difference between bittorrent and the paid cloud storage is that bittorrent is more redundant, and kept online by goodwill rather than cash.

Comment Re:And the price...? (Score 2) 253

The price hike is making them an enormous amount of money. They lost 4% of their customers, but are charging almost double. I would assume that enough customers kept their old plans to make up that loss many times.

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