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peternyc:

The home release of the American remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo featured DVD art that resembled a bootleg disc. This was to pay homage to Lisbeth Salanders’ hacker background.
The DVD art confused some consumers, making them believe they had, in fact, purchased a pirated copy of the film.

The home release of the American remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo featured DVD art that resembled a bootleg disc. This was to pay homage to Lisbeth Salanders’ hacker background.

The DVD art confused some consumers, making them believe they had, in fact, purchased a pirated copy of the film.

I don’t say this lightly, but the consumer is simply an income stream and exploiting that is the purpose of the banking organization.

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—	Former JPMorgan executive David Mooney. This is the kind of thing George Bailey would disagree with. (via occupywallstreet) Don’t even get us started on Dickens. (Source: facepalmfrants)

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Marco.org: Bag of hurt »

marco:

In 2008, Steve Jobs was asked¹ if and when Macs would play Blu-ray movies. He responded candidly:

Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt. It’s great to watch the movies, but the licensing of the tech is so complex, we’re waiting till things settle down and Blu-ray takes off in the marketplace.

The implication is that Apple doesn’t believe that Blu-ray will