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February 15, 2004

Someone should get what they deserve

If I ever catch the

  • moron
  • bastard
  • asshole
  • son of a b**ch
  • motherf***er

who invented DVD User Operation Prohibition1, I swear I’ll

  • glue his fingertips together with epoxy.
  • tar and feather him.
  • tie each of his fingernails to a different horse.
  • inflict upon him the Three Chinese Tortures.
  • disembowel him and strangle him with his own intestine.

Vote in the comments. My answer: [5, 5].

1. User Operation Prohibition is the so-called ‘feature’ of DVDs where the program on the disc can decide what you can and cannot do with the remote control, like skipping the half dozen trailers before the main menu or switching audio and subtitles during the film.

There is a patch for Apple’s DVD Player that addresses this issue. 

Do not meddle in the affairs of Coding Ninjas, for they are subtle and quick to anger.