@HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Also, is it just me, or would this DRM scheme make it very very easy for a malware writer to hide very nasty code in a spoofed packet?

@taiso: This looks like the keenest analysis of the situation I've seen thus far—including both articles.

@JAlexoid: With any luck, the other developers, who develop apps that are not useless offline, will not implement the policy.

@nahde: I'm perfectly fine if developers want to protect their investment—unless said desire results in an inferior product. Then, screw the developers.

@MayorBloomberg: First of all, drop the argument that anyone concerned with this is a filthy pirate. Second of all, drop the argument that anyone who roots their device is a filthy pirate.

@marythegr8: One heart-click for you. Most of us only really have our time to sell to earn a living.

@Nedry: Animals should definitely not be depraved.

@Richarbl: Here, I thought cutting me off on the Interstate and parking in (sometimes two) handicapped spaces was why people think BMW drivers are asshats.

@Yvonmukluk: Fair enough, but in "Transformers: The Movie" (1987) he dies to save...to save...something or other. If nothing else, his death gave Tanaka/Hasbro a chance to release Rodimus Prime and boost the line sales.

@Coreboy: Sorry for the late reply—it was the Lincoln Futura X, if you mean the 1966-68 TV series Batmobile.

@WookieLifeDay: Oh, that's a pity. I like Deep Roy, but by then I was already back on State Road 60 heading back to my friend's house in Lakeland and disavowing the first two reels of the film.

@WookieLifeDay: It had an Oompa Loompa? I mean, Megan Fox was a bit orangey, but I don't think you mean her.*

@WookieLifeDay: Fair enough (never saw The Island myself). However, the original cartoon actually contained some decently heroic characters. I mean, yeah, Optimus Prime was a giant friggin' robot who turned into a big rig, but to a 10-year-old, that's a pretty cool thing in and of itself. Then they went and made…

@WookieLifeDay: Agreed, agreed, and agreed. Fans definitely shouldn't be listened to when we say what not to do. But we absolutely should be able to say, "You shouldn't'a done that." (I'm talking primarily to Michael Bay, there, but he can't hear me because he's underneath a mile-high pile of cash.)

@WookieLifeDay: Oh, I agree with you—I don't really care for the idea of a reboot, as much of a kick as it would be to see Nathan Fillion as a younger Indy. I also don't care for an Indy 5, particularly since it will likely be Shia trying to hold the script together. Neither will be the same. But I'm not in the…

@WookieLifeDay: Yes, the third option that the studios never seem to exercise until the fans—you know, the ones who always think they know better—walk away.

@Muscles Marinara: Yes. Yes, it does. Thanks, Muscles! The Explorers I drove were all pre-2002.

@WookieLifeDay: Where did I ever say it was my decision? You never implied it was yours, so I pretty much took as read that you and I don't have much say in the matter.

And God created the Phelps family, and doing thus, he spake unto the host of angels and to Jesus his son, saying, "Check ye this shit out, y'all! Be they not the silliest of all my works since at least the platypus?"

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I never liked the old Explorers. I never could figure out how an F-150 based SUV could have so little in common with the F-150 in terms of both on and off-road competency. To me, the F-150, both loaded and unloaded, rides like a truck, but a solid one. The Explorer always feels…