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Off Topic / Re: How do these battlebot people get past airport security?

« on: July 12, 2016, 03:17:44 AM »

Uhh I'm guessing they just ship it overseas instead of trying to take it through TSA. I don't think you can bring buzzsaws on a plane.

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Off Topic / Re: Will Zealot ever get Windows 10?

« on: July 11, 2016, 02:46:44 PM »

Win10 is now fully operational, and it only cost me $700 to upgrade. What a steal!

In other news, my new PC had no antivirus so after accidentally downloading (ironically) MalwareBytes from the wrong link a virus took over my computer and put up a fake bluescreen with a "Windows Support Number". I may or may not call them on stream to "get technical support". I got rid of it pretty fast but I saved the phone number on my desktop for fun.

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Off Topic / Re: what element would you want to bend | squared's great preference topic

« on: July 11, 2016, 02:42:38 PM »

i've been awake for 26 hours and for some reason i thought this was a topic about geek squad. I think I read "Squared Great" in reverse and thought "Great Squared" which sounds vaguely like Geek Squad. I'm going to bed

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Off Topic / Re: PSA : Today is July 11th meaning free small slurpees today

« on: July 11, 2016, 12:55:01 PM »

i don't think they even have 7-11 in oklahoma

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Off Topic / Re: Strange Thread but recently i found red in my semen, im worried

« on: July 11, 2016, 09:32:47 AM »

i told mom

WHAT NO WHY

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Off Topic / Re: Petition to recognize BLM as terrorists.

« on: July 11, 2016, 07:25:52 AM »

its wrong when cop kill unarmed people. period.

however, i am sure well-to-do african americans often find they have a distaste for other black people, just because they tend to be so poor. i'm sure obama feels more secure in a room full of old white men than black rap artists

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Games / Re: elite dangerous arena is free on steam/frontier's store

« on: July 11, 2016, 07:20:33 AM »

It should be free permanently. It's a crappy and usually empty minigame from Elite Dangerous. At least if it was free it would probably have enough players for a match. It might also convince players to get the full RPG.

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Off Topic / Re: How much time would it take for you to jerk everybody off in the room?

« on: July 11, 2016, 05:07:47 AM »

idk op let me go ask your mom

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Off Topic / Re: Pokemon GO leads a teen to a long lost body.

« on: July 11, 2016, 04:56:54 AM »

Except since it's a civil case, the most you could do is sue someone who sues after violates those conditions. The judge could rule any way they wish--it's a dispute, not a criminal act, so they have the leeway to make a decision grounded in the law. While the ToS will almost certainly come up in the case--perhaps even decide it, they are not legally binding. One of the most important factors is whether or not the ToS seems reasonable. For example "You agree to allow us to plant cookies in your browser" would certainly be reasonable, but "We will subtract $5 from your bank account each day your account is active." would most likely not be considered as such, unless made extremely clear as part of the website's deal.

Nothing is really legally binding in a lawsuit. I guess you could counter-sue for suing in violation of those ToS, and I'm sure a lot of companies have. You say they can't do something illegal via the ToS, and while that's obviously true, a lawsuit could definitely still be filed over over a legal abuse.

Here's a legal example: You use a stock trade estimation website. In the ToS they sneakily include that "85% of the profit from stocks invested via our Website will go to EvilCorp LLC" or something like that. It's pressed in with a blurb of text. This is certainly grounds for a lawsuit, as you would have no prior assumption assuming that they would take your stock money. They might say "But he agreed to the ToS!" and the judge would probably discard that information.

So as I said, if Pokemon Go did something to seriously endanger it's users, it doesn't matter how maybe boxes you clicked. I'm not saying they are endangering anyone--it's just a hypothetical. The upheld case you linked was a dispute over wireless data charges, something common and expected in the industry. They did not do something unprecedented and malicious.

edited to mention I would not support a frivolous lawsuit

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Off Topic / Re: Pokemon GO Incident Megathread

« on: July 11, 2016, 04:40:24 AM »

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Off Topic / Re: Pokemon GO Incident Megathread

« on: July 10, 2016, 11:15:07 PM »

also known as: standard occurrences that happen every day from people who happened to be using a mostly unrelated app

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Off Topic / Re: Pokémon Go Streamer Witnesses a Murder And Is Fired From Uber

« on: July 10, 2016, 11:13:18 PM »

I'm actually offended that you tricked me into clicking a Keemstar video and forced me to contribute a view to his channel. Next time warn us.

Views aren't counted for 20-30 seconds. I usually take a brief period to decide if a video's producer is a horrible person and if they are I'll close out before they get one.

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Off Topic / Re: Pokemon GO leads a teen to a long lost body.

« on: July 10, 2016, 11:07:19 PM »

You can sue, but you'll loose 100% for sure if it states in the terms and conditions that they are not responsible for what you do while using the app and they put a disclaimer telling you to drive safely, watch where you're going be aware of your surroundings etc.

Depending on the judge, the case might just be thrown out altogether. It's really open and shut.

A release of liability form will only keep the company from harm if they are not endangering their consumers in any unreasonable way. It's legally nothing--a reminder at best that they can bring up to say "Hey, we warned them not to do X and they said they wouldn't sue us if they did."

Companies do not set their own terms of liability. A company cannot abduct you and steal your organs because you checked "Agree" on a 45 page mstar fishcript of terms and conditions. They are not legally bijnding.

Unless you actually negotiate a paid contract--like with a stunt actor, the court will only take your liability warning into consideration.

So as I said before:

If Pokemon Go put extra rare ghost Pokemon on toxic radiation landfills and sent users to collect them, it wouldn't matter how many disclaimers you sign without reading, you could sue them for putting the consumer in harm's way.

Obviously I would never encourage such a frivolous lawsuit, but let's not sit here and act like it's impossible in any way.

I don't think the lawsuit would get anywhere, but that is because Pokemon Go does not endanger users beyond sending them out walking, which many people would do anyway.

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Off Topic / Re: Strange Thread but recently i found red in my semen, im worried

« on: July 10, 2016, 10:52:27 PM »

nOPE NNOPE NOPENOPE LESLIE KNOPE

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Off Topic / Re: Petition to recognize BLM as terrorists.

« on: July 10, 2016, 10:35:24 PM »

Nah, if I'm in a debating mood I'll do it. But for the most part it's just stuff I already know being twisted into some tribal rant or something. So I usually skim them. Same with videos. Feel free to quote, but don't send me a 60 minutes documentary on whatever the hell you're arguing about.