One nation is attempting to affect the politics of another. Who'd of thunk it. Not like the U.S. government, who would never attempt to influence the politics of another government.

Don't tell me what to do!

No, it isn't. Gay sex isn't immoral, unethical, or anything like that, unlike child molestation. One is a type of "ignore the bully" approach with the other, you are giving child molesters an out.

Funny how U.S. politics seems to invade unrelated threads like a virus invades a body... only with a virus, at least you can develop a resistance, U.S. politics just remains annoying.

I am in favour of piracy to an extent. After all, you shouldn't be forced to pay for something you hate just because it is well advertised. These people are actively encouraging people to never pay for content, which I am against. This hurts the creators abilities to get paid. If you like it, go pay for it. Support the content you like.

that using random USB devices on your phone may be a bad idea...

I mean, really, the U.S. government is constantly manipulating foreign politics. If they can't take it, they shouldn't be dishing it out.

Those that have few morals and have a vested interest in something will try to misdirect people, and those with lower intelligence are more likely to fall for it...

Did I get that right? I am sure pretty much anyone could have deduced that.

Section 15 of the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms states "Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability". Notice that last part, "mental or physical disability". If a company discriminates against someone with a mental disability in Canada, they had best be prepared for some legal action to be taken. Also, look up the difference between a psychopath and someone with Schizophrenia.

I am not talking about consumer rights, I am talking about the company using their own mistake to make profit. instead, they are spending more for legal action, in addition to lost business and shipping costs, than they could potentially make by advertising their error, and letting the consumer keep the PS Vitas as gifts to the customer from the company for their mistake. By doing this, brand recognition would increase in a positive way, and it creates the possibility for mass spending in hopes of another error. Even if they only gain a handful of customers by doing this, there is a net gain over time. By doing what they are doing now, there will likely be a large number of negative reviews put online, scaring potential customers away. Also, the right to keep them as gifts in this case depends on the country in which the consumer lives.

Personally, unless it was a crippling blow to the company, I would have made a big fuss about how anyone that received them could keep them as gifts. It would not only reflect well on the company, but depending on how well they advertised it, and how well news agencies covered it, it could create a massive boost to sales while people order tons of items while hoping for another error to happen.

A paid poster I am not. If you have the time to read every post on top of the articles, I am surprised you have time to even have a job. For articles like this, I do a quick skim of the conversations, and if I feel like it, add my two cents. As for making under $20 an hour, I do not see how paying close attention to /. conversations will impress my boss enough to give me a raise.

That this isn't common knowledge to most is surprising to me. World population is growing exponentially, we are consuming resources faster than they can be replaced, and people not fit to lead are leading many countries. I don't know if the year of this happening is right, but we will eventually crash and burn. This could be due to war, famine, mass civil disruption, running out of resources, over-population, or any number of other ways I have not thought of. Going green may put this on hold for a while, or it may not, but there must eventually be a culling of the human race.

I guess it is back to hiding under a desk if we ever see a nuke coming.

I would have to agree that the punishment needs to be altered to fit the crime, but I think your estimate is way off. A song costs about a dollar, and a movie costs about 5. So for 10000 pirated songs it should be $10,000.00, and for 10000 pirated movies (who pirates that many movies or songs anyways?) it should be $50,000.00.

This way the companies get the actual price of what was stolen, the pirate pays for exactly what has been downloaded, plus a cent or two per song or movie for the effort the company and court had to go through to catch the thief.

I may be against what big corporations are doing to the average person, but I also think that people screwing the corporations is wrong as well, just not on the same level.