Molly Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Ah, you Yanks and your quaint perversion of our language! We won the war(s), it's our language now. Now, off to throw some tea in the bay while burning a picture of Prince Charles. Not Prince Charles! He's our most beloved national treasure(!). I guess I'll just eat Stephen Fry's face, instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 There's a statue of Prince Charles with wings in a loincloth somewhere in South America, can we destroy that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Robinson Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 I can only assume it’s used to scare birds away from crops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Ah, you Yanks and your quaint perversion of our language! We won the war(s), it's our language now. Now, off to throw some tea in the bay while burning a picture of Prince Charles. Not Prince Charles! He's our most beloved national treasure(!). I guess I'll just eat Stephen Fry's face, instead. All joking aside, if you so much as touch Stephen I'm ending you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stavros Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I'm pretty sure this defines our generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I love xkcd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stavros Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I love xkcd! "I don't know what you just said because I was thinking about Batman" is going to be the first thing that pops into my head in so many situations now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aaron Robinson Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Wondermark is awesome as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Top Ten Ragdoll Physics Moments in Mixed Martial Arts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Top Ten Ragdoll Physics Moments in Mixed Martial Arts That some sick shit. God I love MMA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 My mom just sent me this e-mail: When you come out here can you show me how to load my Ipod, especially want Coldplay's Viva la Vida... love that song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 My mom just sent me this e-mail: When you come out here can you show me how to load my Ipod, especially want Coldplay's Viva la Vida... love that song Ha! I love how it is one step away from drill sergeant but worded nicely. You will come out here and load my iPod with old-white-lady-safe rock and roll or I will feed you your gonads you cumrag! You here me?! Sir, yes Sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SuaveStar Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Source-BBC News site. A US student could face $4.5m (£2.8m) in fines following a federal court ruling that he violated copyright law for sharing music files online. The jury must now decide on the amount of damages it will award to the four recording labels that are suing him. Joel Tenenbaum admitted on the witness stand on Thursday that he had used file-sharing sites both to download and upload hundreds of songs. It is only the second music-downloading suit to go to trial in the US. Last month saw the end of the first such suit, in which single mother Jammie Thomas-Rassett of Minnesota was ordered to pay $1.92m for sharing 24 songs. Mr Tenenbaum used a computer at his parents' home and at his college to download and distribute digital files. Prosecutors working on behalf of the record labels have focused on 30 shared songs. Under US law, the recording companies are entitled to $750 to $30,000 (£450-18,000) per infringement. However, the jury can raise the amount to $150,000 (£91,000) per track if it finds the infringements were wilful - a matter that they will debate now that the judge has ruled Mr Tenenbaum violated copyright laws. In the Minnesota case, the jury awarded $80,000 per song. On the stand, Mr Tenenbaum admitted that he had downloaded more than 800 songs since 1999 and that he had lied in pre-trial proceedings when he suggested that other family members of friends may have been responsible for downloading songs to his computer. "I used the computer. I uploaded, I downloaded music," he told the court under questioning from his own lawyer, Charles Nesson. He said he had used Napster and then Kazaa to download the files. "It was like this giant library in front of you," he said. In opening remarks on Tuesday Tenenbaum's lawyer said he "was a kid who did what kids do and loved technology and loved music". Recording companies had been slow to adapt to the internet, he added. But prosecutors argued that file-sharers take a significant toll on the revenues for artists and others involved in music The recording industry has recently changed its tactics in file sharing cases, preferring to settle quickly for much smaller amounts. However, cases such as those against Mr Tenenbaum, which were already filed, are proceeding to trial. The four recording labels involved in the case are subsidiaries of Universal Music, Warner Music and Sony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Fuck anti-piracy. Fuck it in the ass. I don't download music or films on principle but seriously, to just slap a young kid with million dollar fines because he was one of thousands of people around the world doing this? These are the sort of fines that should be reserved for profiting from illegal sales, not free file-sharing. Even iTunes removed its DRM from the material they sell, recognising that innovation will win profit over enforcement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 They should fine the sites, not the people. It's just a fucking stupid detterent, that just makes people say "Oh, well I'll just not get caught." and not think about it twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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