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Could be that the average Joe in America is less likely to admit to piracy than Joe Schmo in Zimbabwe.

The law enforcement in Zimbabwe probably has more things to worry about than pirated software.

But yeah, it is ridiculous to claim that 1 pirated copy = 1 lost sale.
 
Death: Extra Crispy? said:
Could be that the average Joe in America is less likely to admit to piracy than Joe Schmo in Zimbabwe.

The law enforcement in Zimbabwe probably has more things to worry about than pirated software.

But yeah, it is ridiculous to claim that 1 pirated copy = 1 lost sale.
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You know

it might be a good idea

to start a thread about the ethics and economics of software piracy

(just stay away from confessions and "how-to's")
 
No News at E3 — May 5th, 2010
In an interview with Joystiq, Bethesda Vice President Pete Hines announced that the company is unlikely to announce any new games at this year's E3 event, which takes place from June 15-17 this year in Los Angeles. He did, however, suggest that an announcement was more likely at QuakeCon, which is happening from August 12-15 in Dallas.

He also scotched rumors that TESV will be a Facebook-based MMO.

Of course, this doesn't mean that there will be an announcement, and any announcement might not be about the Elder Scrolls.
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http://www.uesp.net/
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/04/interview-bethesdas-pete-hines/
 
Brits float across Lake Garda in a bouncy castle

A dream trip for some might be kayaking down the Amazon or hot air ballooning across Africa – but for one trio of young men it was paddling across Lake Garda in a bouncy castle.

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The three realised what we imagine was a childhood dream in a leisurely two hours – paddling and sometimes just letting the following wind carry them on the 8km (five-mile) trip.

After the bouncy castle Brits: Five wacky water crossings

And if the Londoners hadn’t already turned enough heads in their tailor-made red and yellow castle, they managed to gatecrash an international sailing regatta during their attempt.

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Trainee solicitor Jack Watkins, 25, and engineers Chris Hayes, 24, and Dave Sibley, 25, all from Clapham, south London, are now the first ‘sailors’ to cross the lake on such a vessel.

‘Great Britain has such a great tradition as a seafaring nation and we really feel we have played no role at all in adding to this,’ admitted intrepid waterman Mr Hayes. ‘That said, it was possibly the most fun we have ever had and we really never believed this most frivolous of dreams would ever be realised,’ he added.

Their bizarre journey was made possible as part of carmaker Honda’s Live Every Litre project.

The manufacturer has given people a chance to live their dream trips for a documentary, with those picked being filmed travelling around in its new Honda CR-Z hybrid coupe.
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Original story here :
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/826125-brits-float-across-lake-garda-in-a-bouncy-castle
 
Russian leaders alien abduction

RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev has been urged to investigate a prominent politician who claims he was abducted by ALIENS.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the leader of the country's southern region of Kalymkia, told a primetime television show he was taken on a spaceship sent to Earth and met extra-terrestrials wearing yellow spacesuits.

Now a Russian politician fears Mr Ilyumzhinov may have divulged state secrets and wants him investigated. Mr Ilyumzhinov told television host Vladimir Pozner on Channel One on April 26 that he had spent several hours in the company of aliens.

He said they visited his apartment in downtown Moscow on September 18, 1997. The leader said he was falling asleep when he heard someone calling him from the balcony.

Ilyumzhinov went outside and said he saw the spaceship which was a "half-transparent half tube". He went inside and met human-like creatures in yellow spacesuits.

Ilyumzhinov said he could not communicate with the aliens. But said: "I am often asked which language I used to talk to them. Perhaps, it was on a level of the exchange of ideas".

He said the aliens then gave him a tour of their spaceship. Mr Ilyumzhinov said the alien spaceship had come to planet Earth to take samples - and claims to have several witnesses.

Russian MP Andre Lebedev has called for inquiry into the claims. And even asked for guidelines on what politicians should do if they are abducted by aliens.

The MP has written a letter to Mr Medvedev raising a list of his concerns. In his letter he says that - assuming the whole thing was not just a bad joke - it was an historic event and should have been reported to the Kremlin.

He also asks if there are official guidelines for what government officials should do if contacted by aliens, especially if those officials have access to state secrets.

He has been president of Kalmykia, a small Buddhist region of Russia which lies on the shores of the Caspian Sea, for 17 years. The millionaire former businessman has a reputation as an eccentric character.

As president of the World Chess Federation, he has spent tens of millions of dollars turning the impoverished republic into a mecca for chess players - building an entire village to host international tournaments.
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Original story here :
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2960621/Russian-leaders-alien-abduction.html
 
Thagarr said:
He has been president of Kalmykia, a small Buddhist region of Russia which lies on the shores of the Caspian Sea, for 17 years. The millionaire former businessman has a reputation as an eccentric character.

As president of the World Chess Federation, he has spent tens of millions of dollars turning the impoverished republic into a mecca for chess players - building an entire village to host international tournaments.
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We expect to see an Alien Welcoming theme park in the near future

For traveling Aliens to stop and play a round of Put-Put on their way to the Galactic Chess Convention
 
You Canadians are always ahead of the curve! xD:
 
One day, we'll take over the world by lobbing globs of poutine onto all of your major cities, effectively mungifying your defence forces! :woot

*ahem*

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The aforementioned landing pad. xD:
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37360942/ns/technology_and_science-security/?GT1=43001
University of Reading researcher Mark Gasson has become the first human known to be infected by a computer virus.

The virus, infecting a chip implanted in Gasson's hand, passed into a laboratory computer. From there, the infection could have spread into other computer chips found in building access cards.

All this was intentional, in an experiment to see how simple radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips like those used for tracking animals can host and spread technological diseases.
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A new era of Cyber Terrorism has begun.
 
Stallion said:
There's a little town here that has a UFO landing pad. :yes I think they beat the Russians to it. xD:
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There is a little town here with a ufo....its about 20 minutes away from where i live. The town is called.....

"Moonbeam: xD:

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - More than 1,000 police and soldiers assaulted a public housing complex occupied by heavily armed gangsters defending an alleged drug lord wanted by the U.S., waging a major offensive in the heart of West Kingston's ramshackle slums.
Security forces broke through barbed-wire barricades and fought their way into the warren-like Tivoli Gardens neighborhood Monday afternoon. Sporadic gunfire could be heard into the night echoing across the darkened slums, where authorities cut off power. Military helicopters flying with their lights off buzzed overhead.
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9FTMH7G0&show_article=1




The Drug lord's name is Mr. Coke?




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LIBRARIAN: Oh, Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller, Uh, this case has been turned over to our library investigation officer Mr. Bookman.

KRAMER: Bookman? The library investigator's name is actually, Bookman?

LIBRARIAN: It's true.

KRAMER: That's amazing. That's like an ice cream man named, Cone.

LIBRARIAN: Lt. Bookman has been working here for 25 years so I think he's heard all the jokes.

JERRY: Can I speak with this Bookman?

LIBRARIAN: Just a second.
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Holy crap! That thing took down a 3 story building, and a house! :facepalm
 
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