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   Off Topic But Informative

   

   Difster, May 25th, 2011 @ 7:12pm

   
   

   Mike you might be interested in this video. It is for a anti-piracy technology company that very clearly equates theft of physical property with copyright violations and goes so far as to say downloading is an actual crime.
   
   This company is advertising on Craig's List for angel investors. Let loose the dog's of war!
   http://vimeo.com/23807339

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   Re: Off Topic But Informative

   

   Ragaboo (profile), May 25th, 2011 @ 8:46pm

   
   

   Well, the first two words of your subject are correct, in the very least. Send this sort of thing to "Submit a Story," don't post it in a random story.
   
   http://www.techdirt.com/submitstory.php

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   I don't know

   

   Kevin (profile), May 25th, 2011 @ 8:51pm

   
   

   ...whether I'm happy or a bit upset with Opera (my browser of choice). Mostly happy, because that's hilarious. But part of me is saying, "Wait! Why are you wasting dev resources answering these ridiculous, clueless emails when you're still experiencing bugs you've had since 9.2 on Linux?!" [Hint for non-Opera users: current version is 11.11]

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   Re: I don't know

   

   Anonymous Coward, May 25th, 2011 @ 8:57pm

   
   

   Light-hearted items such as this tend to buoy the spirits of developers, and result in increased productivity.

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   Re: Re: I don't know

   

   Kevin (PaxSkeptica) (profile), May 25th, 2011 @ 9:07pm

   
   

   Oh, I'm just venting. Of course I know they still have to take a break. I'm pleased that they answered the emails so pleasantly and hilariously from what they displayed. If anything, I'm more worried that 9-year-old children are trying to send their cell phone number and other contact info to Oprah when they can't distinguish her from a Norwegian software company. I lost count of how many things were wrong with that one!

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   Re: Off Topic But Informative

   

   worldscolide, May 25th, 2011 @ 9:07pm

   
   

   they disabled comments aparently they dont want people to put their software down, i know one thing if that ever came into existance id be one of the first to break it. what a bunch of morons.

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   Anonymous Coward, May 25th, 2011 @ 9:09pm

   
   

   This kinda sorta shows why limited trademark laws can make sense and why companies are quick to become trademark trolls to get any name that looks like theirs and prevent other uses of it. Not that I support them doing so.

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   Re: Off Topic But Informative

   

   Mr. Smarta**, May 25th, 2011 @ 9:36pm

   
   

   Yeah, Mike.
   
   Let this be a lesson to you. DON'T DOWNLOAD HAIR!! It's wrong, and since it grew out of someone else's head, you can't take it. Because shaving it off is stealing, and downloading it is piracy. So there!
   
   ...

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   Re: I don't know

   

   Anonymous Coward, May 25th, 2011 @ 11:20pm

   
   

   Guess what, Opera employs more than one person. Erlend works in the PR department, you may as well complain about development being slowed when their cleaner has a day off.

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    Anonymous Coward, May 25th, 2011 @ 11:52pm

    
    

    Personally, I doubt any amount of monopolization would help against people who think Oprah's name is spelled with an "e".

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    Re: I don't know

    

    Marcel de Jong (profile), May 26th, 2011 @ 12:44am

    
    

    Does Opera support SOCKS-proxies yet? :)

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    I’d Love To Sing On Oprah ...

    

    Lawrence D'Oliveiro, May 26th, 2011 @ 3:01am

    
    

    ... I’ve got that kind of voice.
    I’d love to sing on Oprah,
    if I could have my choice.
    Señor Caruso
    Told me I ought to do so ...
    
    Ahem.

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    Re: Re: Off Topic But Informative

    

    Difster, May 26th, 2011 @ 3:02am

    
    

    My bad, I didn't know about that link.

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    Re: Re: Re: I don't know

    

    DogBreath, May 26th, 2011 @ 6:53am

    
    

    Makes you wonder if the reverse is true, i.e. how many emails have been sent about bug fixes Oprah should be correcting in "her browser".
    
    If she hasn't received any "confused" emails, now is the best time to send them in. Her show is over and she should have plenty of time to get working on those "browser fixes".
    
    I can imagine the laugh people might get out of seeing a few of those emails.

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    Anonymous Coward, May 26th, 2011 @ 7:03am

    
    

    Thanks for the laugh.

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    Semi-popular

    

    Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), May 26th, 2011 @ 9:27am

    
    

    "semi-popular browser software"
    
    What I think you meant was:
    
    -Not very popular browser software
    -Browser about as popular as OS/2

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    Re: Re: Re: Off Topic But Informative

    

    Grey Ferret, May 26th, 2011 @ 12:46pm

    
    

    Apparently, this isn't really off-topic then. Isn't this article about misdirecting information to the wrong place?

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    Thanks for saving girls in education

    

    william kosgei, Jan 15th, 2012 @ 2:33am

    
    

    I am a Kenyan and I read about the school you started in South Africa which touched me deep in my heart. I visited your site and read your life history and said God is great and lifts anyone.
    My wife after a ten years stay at home decided to go back to school to complete her high school studies. she will be sitting her form four (high school finals) this year.
    I am kindly requesting if it is possible you can give her a scholarship from now upto the university level. We have 3 kids.
    Looking forward to your favourable response and encouragement

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