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I've said it before and I'll say it again; the likes of Amazon and Netflix only survive as long as they are marginally more convenient than piracy.

If they stop being a slightly better solution, then people will stop paying for it and just pirate it instead.

Why did they make a TV show about the Doom level, Slough of Despair?

Slough of Despair


Suburban Screams Promo art:

They get kudos cos it's uncommon.

It should be standard industry practise, really.

Slick site for a good cause, once the Aus petition is up I'll sign it. Really needs to be a simple broadbrush solution "if software requires any online authentication, that code must be made freely available at end of life" Yup, just open source the server auth side, and make it a local c...

I wonder if they can get the lights to recognise number plates and not aim above them? I mean, this is purely so the government can say “look at what we are doing to make your lives better!” and it’s highly likely they won’t get anywhere, but I wonder if there is an actual technical solution? Matri...

Can’t sign the petition yet as it’s under review. Yeah, the petitions thing (globally) has been a pain in the arse as various territories basically are incapable of setting a date for when they'll be live. I think the Australian one - which only gets a month to live - they can't even give him a mon...

In case you weren't aware, modern games are Very Online, even when they don't need to be. The Crew is a good example, where there's no way to play it without an internet connection to Ubisofts servers, even for single player - and on 31st March they perma-killed the server side, so the game is now u...

Add motorbikes running high beams all the time to that list. As soon as people stop saying "I didn't see them officer" when they've pulled out on a motorbike, I'm sure that'll be on the list of things to look at. But yeah, it feels like ten years ago you only really got glare from numptie...

I mean, given the Five Eyes surveillance network was used to put pressure on UN members to vote for levelling Iraq - which led to us (IE five eyes member states) being bombed, shootings, mass stabbings etc - I think it's fair to say we've got more to worry from our own fuckwit governments spying eff...

dinny_g wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:04 pm [Tinfoil Hat]But the Chinese government are going to eavesdrop on every conversation, hack every phone that’s connected and disable the car entirely and demand a ransom [/Tinfoil Hat]

Yeah, and that's the CIA and GCHQs job, damnit.

John wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:59 am

Beany wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:23 pmMunkey

That’s a blast from the past, anyone still in contact with him?

Yeah, he's still on Facebook, and prone to being annoyed by some of us

I think Andy is more of a Megane 225 slut rather than a Clio kid, but yes, he had a 5 GT Turbo that Munkey nearly grenaded (massive exaggeration) at one point.

The interior is best described as 'a bit ratty' - the area around the keyhole has more chunks missing than the remains of my psyche. Lots of lovely stonechips outside. They went to excruciating detail on the carpet strips, but didn't clean the finger grease off the steering wheel buttons. (on closer...

“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a...

DeskJockey wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:50 pm

mik wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:47 pm Concorde or the SR71 are always a good bet, but also Typhoon, Harrier, Tornado and even Spitfire, Hurricane etc.

Hitting the Easter choccy a bit too hard?

Plain/plane.

Someone not had enough coffee today?

People don't just buy the cheapest t-shirts available and just replace them when they get fucked?

Blimey.

The number of countries in the world which have an unsanctioned uranium enrichment program and a fleet of Tomcats is ...1. The 5th gen fighters was just Hollywood dusting but maybe Iran will get some from Russia in exchange for those drones they're giving them? Jesus fucking christ, it's a Top Gun ...

Took me a minute to get my head around all that, but yeah, that makes sense.

I've passed it on to my work Slack, as some of them have leccy cars.

duncs500 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:52 pm Surprised there isn't a pilot when pulling out under a bridge like that TBH.

I mean, they radio'd in a mayday saying they'd lost control of the vessel - you can have a dozen pilots, if you can't control it and you're at the whim of the currents, you're basically fucked regardless.

V8Granite wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:39 pm It’s been shit since they tried being overly clever and made stuff far more complicated than they ever had to.

Dave!

Could have been finished by now if they'd just wanged a stack gauge cluster in it.