09-27-2008, 07:53 PM | #1 |
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So, what's so bad about DRM, anyway?
So, what's so bad about DRM, anyway? I thought it was a terrific idea, myself. I mean, isn't it only fair? Guys get to wear those nice shirts with the little alligators on them. And golfers wear t-shirts and caps with funky check marks (or whatever that Nike thing is). So it seems fitting that now women can wear Dresses with Registered Monograms, too. Don't you think?
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09-27-2008, 08:30 PM | #2 |
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oh no, you didn't...
you're just perverse !! my heart almost stopped when i saw the title of this thread !!! |
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09-27-2008, 11:15 PM | #3 |
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I thought DRM stood for Doggie Refuses Meat
Didn't make sense to me, I thought dogs loved meat (I know mine did.) Bacon was one of her favorites. |
09-28-2008, 01:44 AM | #4 |
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DRMs, dirty rotten mongrels, won't get the nasty genetic diseases pedigrees get
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09-28-2008, 08:16 AM | #5 |
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Gosh, you got me!
I thought: Oh no! Not another thread about it |
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09-28-2008, 11:14 AM | #6 |
Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah!
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Does Reality Matter?
That's all I'm really going tosay about the subject. |
09-28-2008, 11:15 AM | #7 |
Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah!
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Everything else, being reality, doesn't really matter.
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09-28-2008, 11:42 AM | #8 |
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Or as we said in college, "Dinner Requires Money"
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09-28-2008, 12:09 PM | #9 |
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09-28-2008, 03:57 PM | #10 |
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DRM is an attempt to prevent you to use the content you have purchased beyond the device you have purchased to use it on. It's an attempt to hinder your control such that f you by in say eReader and move to a Sony Reader, you'd have to purchase the content again if you wanted to reread it. This is highly restrictive and no nice.
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09-28-2008, 04:01 PM | #11 |
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I personally think those monogrammed (or icon-laden) clothes are just evidence of crass consumerism and elitism. I'm sure the very idea conflicts with my Quaker values of "plain dress."
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09-28-2008, 04:26 PM | #12 |
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Dresses with Registered Monograms - good
Doggie Refuses Meat - definitely not good (poor puppy!) Dirty Rotten Mongrels - not good (must have been a pack of lemurs) Does Reality Matter? - of course not Doesn't Really Matter - as I said Dinner Requires Money - not good Deadpan Replies from Moderator - no comment Dirigibles Requiring Maintenance - not good, particularly if someone was going to fly one Dandelions Reputedly Maligned - not good Dill, Rosemary, and Marjoram - good but not together, please Dada Ridiculously Misunderstood - not good By my count, I think not good is leading. Gee, I'd hate to think DRM really isn't very good. |
09-28-2008, 04:30 PM | #13 |
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Dada Ridiculously Misunderstood is clearly a bad thing and i really don't see how there could even be grounds for an argument there. The same goes for Dirigibles Requiring Maintenance and Dandelions Reputedly Maligned (i like dandelions !!!). i won't even bother to cite the others, the evidence is overwhelming. it may pain you to admit it, but i think you must accept that DRM really isn't very good.
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09-28-2008, 05:30 PM | #14 |
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Decaffinated Ristretto Movement? bad. Most definitely bad. And Mad. Most definitely mad.
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09-28-2008, 08:27 PM | #15 |
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