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Jeez - you mean that your employer actually allows you to get sloshed in YOUR FREE TIME???? How extremely generous of him! 
I could actually see a Swedish rule being made about not drinking in your spare time on week days, but if such a stupid rule (to add to all the other stupid Swedish rules) were to be made, I - as a Dane - would kindly and politely ask everybody to fluck off and mind their own damn business about what I do in my spare time.
That said, they also have another stupid unwritten rule here in Sweden that apparently says that you can drink a normal beer for lunch. Again, as a Dane, I find that ludicrous.
They have a very cramped and double standards look on alcohol here. Rant over! 
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Getting like that here now, I once heard someone say ( in the office in London ) "lunch is for losers" - he was a Canadian though. Do we work to live or live to work ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Mulled wine with cloves = frugging horrible. Really frugging horrible.
Mulled wine without cloves = pretty yummy.
It's the "Boadithea is pronounthed Boodikka" kind of anal fixation* that makes people keep including it in the recipe.
* i.e. they don't know what they're talking about, but some dick said it in some stupid magazine/speculation book/QI episode, and they think they're clever for following like idiots.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Nooo, recovering from a cold and you just reminded me of another good reason to be at home. Very nice for cold times.
Have pitty on the poor folk at workplaces that don't allow alcohol as a refreshing beverage during work hours.
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A Halloween zombie costume of disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile has been removed from the website of online retailer, Amazon.
I can't see what harm there would be in someone dressing as a Zombie Pedo and running around with the kiddies...
...oh wait, maybe it isn't such a 'clever' idea.
speramus in juniperus
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Unless I'm missing it, it doesn't say who made the decision to remove it, I think that's kind of important...(i.e. was it Amazon or the seller?)
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Removed? Or sold out?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Quote: Nintendo says Super Mario in-browser game 'illegal' Super Mario Brothers was first copyrighted in 1985 Continue reading the main story
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A browser-based re-creation of the popular Super Mario Brothers console game has fallen foul of Nintendo's copyright lawyers,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24612069[^]
Should Nintendo be aggressively crushing this boy and the online browser version of the game or should they give him a reasonable offer, buy the game off him and maybe win some customer loyalty points? Simply crushing the game will make fans of the series turn on Nintendo, maybe they're missing a trick here? Nintendo as many might know haven't been doing well recently, the WII U being a massive flop.
"Earlier this year Nintendo stopped people posting footage of their games on YouTube." Which in my opinion is one of the worst decisions a gaming company could make, people watch these games on YouTube, watch the "Let's Play" and are encouraged to play the game themselves, it's free, positive marketing!
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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This behavior is typical of companies that have lost their way.
They get hateful and vindictive - seen it all before.
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Yeah, next they'll be suing people for having played it, a la the recording industry.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Simon Lee Shugar wrote: they give him a reasonable offer
All the Zelda games (including the console to play them), that's a deal to me.
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Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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does Nintendo still own the rights to the game? yes.
end of story.
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Your reading the wrong story  , not arguing whether they can, but whether they should, are they shooting themselves in the foot by being so aggressive?
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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It's done Disney a lot of harm.
speramus in juniperus
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of course they should. it's their game.
aggressive?
imagine you're a professional programmer. one day you discover that someone has produced a knock-off of one of your best selling titles and made it available for free. you might think the person who blatantly ripped you off was the aggressive one.
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Chris Losinger wrote: has produced a knock-off of one of your best selling titles
Question for you... How much money is Nintendo currently making off of selling a 28 year old game...? 
Everyone that is playing that game online has most likely owned that game in one form or another, whether it was the original NES version, or one of the Gameboy remakes, or the Wii Virtual Console. What is the harm in letting someone that has already bought the game (at least once) play it on a medium that you do not offer it on?
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Colin Mullikin wrote: How much money is Nintendo currently making off of selling a 28 year old game...?
they continue to re-release it for new platforms, all the time[^].
it's not a dead product. Nintendo is still selling copies.
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IMHO, a free online version of the game doesn't infringe upon any of those "milking the franchise" releases. If someone wants to play SMB on their 3DS, they'll buy it for their 3DS. People aren't buying Mario these days for that first playthrough feeling; they're buying it because its a fun replayable game that kills time. Since Nintendo does not offer an online computer version of it (to my knowledge), what is the problem with someone else doing it and offering it for free?
I feel like for most video games this online version would be an issue, but I think Mario is a special case. SMB was/is a cultural phenomenon that Nintendo has made hundreds of millions of dollars off of (not to mention all of the sequels/spin-offs). I think Nintendo needs to be reminded of Wheaton's Law[^].
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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I believe the issue is that it's still a major driver for sales of their hardware. Removing the need for their hardware would kill sales even more. Also, using someone else's name to get yourself into search results for someone else's brand is kind of problematic, since it dilutes their brand. Not that Mario isn't an instantly-recognizable brand, but you see the point.
Just put a different skin on it. Don't call it Mario. Don't rip it exactly. Make your own platformer that doesn't suck. Great Giana Sisters anyone? The new one on Steam is pretty fantastic.
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djdanlib wrote: I believe the issue is that it's still a major driver for sales of their hardware.
If people are buying new Nintendo systems just so they can play a 28 year old game that they probably already own, those people don't care about money and a free online version of the game will in no way affect their decision to buy the new hardware...
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Colin Mullikin wrote: IMHO, a free online version of the game doesn't infringe upon any of those "milking the franchise" releases.
it does, completely. Nintendo paid to develop the game, the graphics, sound, characters, etc.. it's their property. the kid should've made his own game instead of ripping off other people's work.
Colin Mullikin wrote: Since Nintendo does not offer an online computer version of it (to my knowledge), what is the problem with someone else doing it and offering it for free?
Nintendo owns the relevant copyrights and so they get to choose how and where the game is offered, not people who don't want to pay to buy the hardware that Nintendo supports.
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I realize the legal implications of the situation. Obviously this kid is violating their copyright. I'm just arguing that it really isn't a big deal, and I don't think it would have in any way affected Nintendo's sales or profitability (or lack thereof).
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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I am a professional programmer, I understand your point and agree with you, I'd be very annoyed but the situation is different, the game is old and they've got a potential way of boosting their reputation or even making money from the game.
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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Simon Lee Shugar wrote: the game is old and they've got a potential way of boosting their reputation or even making money from the game.
they are still making money from it. they do ports and re-releases of it for every platform they create.
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How much are they still making with it? And where do they port it to? PC? XBox? PS? yeah. sure let everyone that doesn't own or want to own an "Nintendo <xyz>" for a few hours of nostalagia buy the device so we beat that dead horse a bit more...
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