A possible quick way to fight back is to do what the K-pop "MR Removed" videos do and dub an inverse waveform of the song over the videos in question. Being able to do it quickly while out in the field or while live, however, is another barrel of fish.

Thank you for setting us straight.

Except none of that is actually true. Most of the world's copyright hasn't changed since the mid-1990s due to lack of political will. What you actually own is a license to play what's on that disc for personal use. In the U.S., the RIAA sued ReDiGi out of existence in 2012 because, as a platform to sell used digital tracks, it made an unauthorized copy of the data—even though it simultaneously deleted the original from the seller's storage drive. Read the RIAA's interpretation of the law for yourself. It says no copying except to media that has added fees to pay royalties back to record labels but we probably won't come after you . https://www.riaa.com/resources... And movie industry (read: aside from pr0n) DVDs and BDs are encrypted by default, which means you aren't allowed to circumvent the DRM.

We already have other exploitative but more equitable models. No one would say the publishing industry is fair or values authors but, even there, the author sells one-time printing rights to their work and retains their copyright.

Except you don't. In most places in the world, what you have is a license to use data in a limited manner—very few places allow you to copy or back up that data.

Uh, no. If you want an Inspiron with anything more than a 1080p screen, and the prices instantly shoot up to $780. If you want an XPS, you're looking at $1,300 and up.

While occasional formatting inconsistencies when editing Word files can be problematic, the main thing that prevents me from using LibreOffice is the absence of a final view mode with markup when tracked changes are turned on. This has been a feature request for ages, submitted by numerous people. Apple managed to implement it in Pages, so I'm not sure why LibreOffice hasn't been able to after 10 years.

I'm surprised I didn't see Privoxy mentioned in the comments. It may not be as effective or updated as regularly as many browser plugins, but it's the only way to block ads across your entire network, on ANY device. This is one of the reasons I never encounter ads in iOS apps/games with iAds. I've been using it since the days of Internet Junkbuster, before ad-blocking plugins even existed. Aside from blocking ads, Privoxy has some other privacy enhancing features as well.

The first browser that allowed PDFs to be displayed inline without a plugin was Safari since its beta stages. That's because OS X has had the ability to display PDFs built in to it since its Nextstep days. So, it all stems from a desire to duplicate a feature in Safari that was actually a native feature of OS X . . .

My 3TB Seagate drive was spotty from the beginning, but where I live getting a warranty replacement might end up costing you more than just buying a new drive. The latter is certainly faster and more convenient. It kept going for two years and finally died last week. The fifteen year old drive in my G3 iMac, however, refuses to die.

Don't point out errors in any software then, since someone you might not like could benefit from fixing them. A mistake like this is a lesson for everyone.

Such a thing exists:

http://www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.html

I had hi-res goatse pics ready and everything. No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

The world ends. Reversing the waveform as I type this to ensure that happens soon.

Sure if you don't mind a big noisy box sitting on the floor that still needs a mouse and keyboard, and the associated loading times and security updates that go along with it . . .