Have you read the article? It's not about how to get legal things. It's about how to get very specific things, none of which (to my knowledge) are in the public domain. And even if you can find an example or two, the overwhelming majority of TV Shows, Movies, Music, and then the supplemental comics, books, and video…

Most indications seem to be that this is something that someone just made up.

That was my point, yes. So why did you?

Yes, copyright and paying for services rendered are concepts that not everyone on the Earth agrees with, and thus arguing that ignoring such things is wrong is a terrible thing to do.

So, since BitTorrent, as a protocol for moving data around, helps some people get totally legal Linux distributions and is thus ethical, downloading TV Shows, Movies, and Music off the internet without paying for them is also ethical?

Because of all of those public domain TV shows and movies that everyone is itching to download?

You're not wrong, but I think that you may be misreading the intent.

I get it that not everyone is a "math person" and some people are turned off by the thought of doing arithmetic.

(1) Telling jokes that make other people uncomfortable is practically the definition of sexual harassment. Now, it's not just one-joke-and-you're-sued, but someone needs to tell you that it makes them uncomfortable and to stop. This is what she did.

iTunes on Windows has to be purposefully engineered to get you to buy a Mac.

Actually, no. I have an MBA, which is probably worse.

So, your company - which made a product used in a browser - used as its trademark the letter E with "orbit" stylizing, and somehow it's shocking that a company that makes a browser whose logo is an E with an "orbit" style sent you a notice?

I use a PS3 remote. It doesn't have the lag associated with IR remotes, I can set up keyboard commands rather than IR codes, and I don't need to point it at the box.

True. And where's the Windows Mobile 6.5 section?!

You can tell we're in the future when the strawman is in the headline.

I'm in constant amazement at Lifehacker's seamless blending of tips on buying expensive computer equipment while furnishing your house like an impoverished person.

Sure. But can't we also agree that when I said "reasonable mistakes being fine" I wasn't exactly saying that someone "should just hand in resumes with coffee stains and spelling errors".

Well, I was referencing the "I am" part of that sentence that's missing, and that nobody really needs to type out because the fact that it's understood is more important than the grammatical accuracy.

I'm aware of that line of reasoning, I just think it's ridiculous.

You've never sent "Leaving in 5" or something similar that omits a subject and verb? Grammar rules are pretty easy to break.