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uybuyvg

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    Comment #742431

    Tiny sales compared to DVD players, almost all download uses require you to do something 'techy' Netflix market is families and film fans - not people that know what HDMI stands fo…

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    Comment #742322

    Warehouse with million * untraceable, easily sold, small items worth $10 each. Security costs = $$$.

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    Comment #742317

    But: number of customers that want to sit on couch in front of TV and watch rented movie with family > number of people who want to watch download on computer * (1 - fraction of co…

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    Comment #741815

    No, the chain is internal to the designer's head. If you can't do the tricky part, just ignore it and hope for the publicity.

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    Comment #741796

    Isn't that one of those history of education things: 60s - write a 5000 word essay on the causes of the civil war 70s - write a 500 word essay on why the civil war was bad 80s - wr…

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    Comment #741341

    Oxford called about some prior art. They have evidence that Harvard has copies of it's top secret word list codenamed 'OED'

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    Comment #741333

    The "Daily Express" is not an unreliable tabloid. It's very reliable - I can guarantee every edition will contain an editorial about illegal immigrants and a Princess Di conspiracy…

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    Comment #741328

    Tell them it's a reality TV show and there would be 1000s queueing up for the chance?

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    Comment #739841

    Or with a USB key and 18seconds alone with a machine you can undetectably infect it in such a way that a full disk wipe and reinstall doesn't clean it. More interesting now?

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    Comment #739827

    And yet are happy to type them on an OS that is connected to the internet but that they don't have the source code to