[News] Anon goes to war.

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HowDroll

HowDroll

I missed you guys :) I've been feeling like I need a sanity check at work this week, and I forgot how much I like hanging around here.
 
Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

Oh shit, so there is a naked chick. My bad. ._.

It's just a montage of scenes containing Sean Bean dying set to Yakety Sax. Did not think that one through.
 
HowDroll

HowDroll

Allen who is Quiet said:
Oh shit, so there is a naked chick. My bad. ._.

It's just a montage of scenes containing Sean Bean dying set to Yakety Sax. Did not think that one through.
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The nice thing about working in a University with 20,000 staff members is that nobody pays much attention to what I do online ;) No biggie. If I do have to hunt you down, I promise to kill you swiftly and painlessly.
 
North_Ranger

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I hope you don't mind what happens next, Droll. I am, however, contractually obligated to do this.

*BIG, WARM, BURLY HUG*

We missed ya :)
 
HowDroll

HowDroll

I can give hugs with a click of the button now?! Dave, you're sure catering to us lazy mofos with the new forum software. Love it :D
 
Kovac

Kovac

I think what bothers me most about all of this is how easily the FBI is able to manipulate our Government and law enforcement into working for your media institutions. I would be surprised if New Zealand had such an easy time getting a group of people extradited from the United States.

Do these people even have citizenship in the United States?
Kim Schmitz appears to be from Germany
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

This is probably going to go as well as their war with the Mexican drug cartel.

Also, I'm not gonna shed any tears for a place that paid people to keep uploading pirated shit and made money off of it.
 
Mathias

Mathias

Dave said:
There are several troubling aspects to this, however.

First, Megaupload does not control what the people put on their site. Like other sites, if someone posts something and it gets reported, they take it down. Arresting the people in charge of it in New Zealand is far and above the reach of the US government as well as showing the powers of those with the cash buying our legal system. The owners of the site will be getting more fines and jail time than a rapist or murderer if convicted.

Second, it has already been proven that the release of media with accessible price points can and will generate money for content that is worth buying. Look at such things as iTunes and the Indie Bundles, not to mention Louis CK's overwhelmingly successful experiment. But the industry doesn't learn and employs ever increasingly draconian practices to attempt to control everything you read, see and consume media-wise. And all of this heavy-handedness does not work! It doesn't stop piracy even a little. The only thing it does is to inconvenience those who attempt to purchase stuff legally and use what they bought. Take the upcoming Diablo III release. Yes, most people have an always online connection, but if you are running it on a laptop you may be unable to play the very game you purchased because the DRM and "piracy" prevention put in place by dipshit studios. What will the pirates do? Release a nodisk crack within the first week. So who does this hurt? The consumer.
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You do know that Kim Dotcom isn't exactly Mr. Squeaky clean either right? I believe they're busting him for shit like racketeering, money laundering, and fraud. I'm pretty sure shutting down Megaupload is part of an agenda, but the dude isn't exactly a model citizen. At the same time though, I'm right up there with you, the United States really has no right to prosecute him.
 
North_Ranger

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Dave said:
Kim has dual citizenship with Germany and New Zealand.
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Actually, his dual citizenship is of Germany and Finland, on account that his mother is Finnish. Aaaand according to the leading newspapers here, he has family in Turku.

Gentlemen, things just got personal.

 
Mathias

Mathias

North_Ranger said:
Actually, his dual citizenship is of Germany and Finland, on account that his mother is Finnish. Aaaand according to the leading newspapers here, he has family in Turku.

Gentlemen, things just got personal.

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I'm a little confused by this picture. Is a one handed, one legged dwarf with nipple rings and parrot poop on his shoulder supposed to be intimidating?
 
strawman

strawman

The fact that he got so close to the fire that his facial hair is smouldering suggests he has poor eyesight as well.
 
North_Ranger

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Mathias said:
I'm a little confused by this picture. Is a one handed, one legged dwarf with nipple rings and parrot poop on his shoulder supposed to be intimidating?
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It's supposed to be about this new-fangled thing... something you might have heard about, even? "Humor", I think it's called. Google it, I'm sure you'll find it.
 
North_Ranger

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Mathias said:
There's nothing funny about dwarfism.
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And I wasn't making fun of dwarves. And when I say "dwarves", I mean the imaginary fantasy race characterized by massive facial hair, use of heavy armor, a penchant for genocidal warfare against orcs and alcoholism. Not real people like Herve Villechaize, or the guys who play Mini-Me and Tyrion Lannister. And who, I might add, I was also not referencing.

Also, please accept this complimentary lesson in "humor", courtesy of Finnish comedian Pertti "Spede" Pasanen, 1984:

 
Mathias

Mathias

North_Ranger said:
And I wasn't making fun of dwarves. And when I say "dwarves", I mean the imaginary fantasy race characterized by massive facial hair, use of heavy armor, a penchant for genocidal warfare against orcs and alcoholism. Not real people like Herve Villechaize, or the guys who play Mini-Me and Tyrion Lannister. And who, I might add, I was also not referencing.

Also, please accept this complimentary lesson in "humor", courtesy of Finnish comedian Pertti "Spede" Pasanen, 1984:

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:facepalm: Holy fucking shit dude... Look up "dry humor" or "deadpan" or "wry humor" in the fucking dictionary.

Just do that anytime you see me post, and you'll save yourself some high blood pressure.
 
North_Ranger

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Calm down, ol' chum. I was just poking fun at you. ;) So pots, kettles and calling black, I think?

I just didn't know Finnish comedy series from the '80s could cause high blood pressure...
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

No no no. You're doing it all wrong.

You're supposed to get into a long, arduous argument with him that gets progressively more petty. Then, when things start getting personal and hurtful, you make a truce and go back and replace all your posts with REMOVED.

And then you duel with pistols at high noon.
 
North_Ranger

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ThatNickGuy said:
No no no. You're doing it all wrong.

You're supposed to get into a long, arduous argument with him that gets progressively more petty. Then, when things start getting personal and hurtful, you make a truce and go back and replace all your posts with REMOVED.

And then you duel with pistols at high noon.
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Well, you know I would but I'm going bowling tomorrow. That kinda clashes with the whole duel at high noon thingy. But, to appease the masses (i.e. Nick)...

Ahem...

Your mother.

That is all.
 
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