I Ate DeWayne!

Someone else posted this too, hilarious!

Tim O’Reilly originally shared this post:

Hilarious but spot-on comic from The Oatmeal explains Hollywood's piracy problem: "I tried to watch 'Game of Thrones' and this is what happened"

Andy Ihnatko agreed with the main thrust of the comic, but wrote something of a rebuttal to what he calls an "unintended point" of the cartoon: "The single least-attractive attribute of many of the people who download content illegally is their smug sense of entitlement….

http://ihnatko.com/2012/02/20/heavy-hangs-the-bandwidth-that-torrents-the-crown/
Andy continues:

"Here’s the terms of use for commercial content: you have to pay for this stuff. This means either you need to wait for it to become commercially available, or if you torrent it today you need to buy it when it gets released. So long as you buy it as soon as it’s possible to do so, I can confidently reach for my “No Harm Done” rubber stamp. Some content is commercially unavailable because the publisher or distributor has no desire to ever release it. I’ll even go so far as to say that downloading it illegally is a positive thing; you’re helping to keep this creative work alive.
"If you avoid purchasing the media in some form, however…you’re just one of those people who prefer to steal things if they think they can get away with it. Simple as that. Get off your high horse."

This is an important point. If you want to have moral grounds for illegal downloading, you should a) have already paid for the content at least once (e.g. if you are an HBO subscriber, and could have time-shifted the content, but found downloading easier) or b) pay for it when it does become available.

Discuss.

I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened – The Oatmeal

I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened. A big thanks to my friend Rebecca for coining the term "CuntHammer" when describing Queen Cersei. If you have issues with my usage…

Yay! I am posting this from my new tablet! Thanks +Amber Scott !

Austin Trace, McCordsville, Indiana

Charles Jaimet originally shared this post:

I've made a YouTube walk through of my Hangouts App for RPGs. It shows most of the functionality that I've built to date for #dragonsfordinner .

Johnathan Maddox originally shared this post:

Sure as hell beats the Google TV YouTube app update announcement.

Search Engine Land originally shared this post:

Augmented reality Google goggles that overlay information about what the goggle's sensors "see." Assuming they worked well, would you buy them?

Google Geek Chic: Augmented Reality Goggles To Go On Sale This Year

The mystery of Google’s stealth consumer product has apparently been conclusively solved. The NY Times is confirming earlier reports that Google is going to release “heads up display glasses” by the e…

This night just went from bad, to worse, to horrible. I'm still at work, still haven't solved the problem, and I have three hours to make it work, or it's my ass.

Central Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana

I'm with Tommy. My son would never get away with that crap either.

Tommy Jordan, Who Shot Daughter's Laptop, Defends Himself

The gun-toting North Carolina dad who gave his daughter a tough-love lesson when he responded to her bratty Facebook post about him by shooting her laptop on camera has now responded to his critics in…

Paul Allen originally shared this post:

Hangouts– a "star" feature of Google+

Another good article from +Mike Swift of the San Jose Mercury News. He and I chatted last week about this. He told me that +Joe Saad, founder of ChefHangout.com, got the idea to start a hangout-related business while in a hangout with me last summer. That made my day. I really believe that thousands of hangout-related business (including games that use the Hangouts API) with be launched in the coming months/years. I own a few hangout-related domains myself.

I especially like Mike's sensitivity to the non-commercial uses of hangouts to help people who may be unable to leave their home, or are dealing with other disabilities, such as stuttering. New technologies have always spawned active niche communities of all kinds — from online bulletin boards (late 70s) to IRC (1988) to early web sites like Geocities. But hangouts take the human interaction to an unprecedented new level.

Google+ 'Hangouts' grow in popularity – San Jose Mercury News

A surprise star is emerging on Googles social network, Google+ — its Hangouts video conferencing feature.

For all you Greek economy followers… enjoy.

Celtaur Theron originally shared this post:

Interesting on money / economy.

Short Documentary Recorded from BBC News last night – Part 1 of 2: The scandal of how the Greek economy was made to look good, with banking frauds, and European union frauds. Now the Euro currency is collapsing because of so much fraud, and not only because of Greece. #news #economy #documentary

Steve Elliott originally shared this post:

This is something the tea party needs to learn.