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[–] [email protected] 77 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Ah, misleading use of terminology that indicates one thing, but will win in court even if it actually means, or can later be said to mean, another.

I hope those involved in helping companies win these lawsuits choke on bones from food sold as boneless. Because that won a court case after "boneless" was redefined as a cooking method.

I don't want them to choke to death. Just a little lesson, you know?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I vote they choke indefinitely. But not to death; I want them to die of old age, spending decade upon decade choking endlessly.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I work in pro AV and so many companies do this. Wow, you say LOSSLESS video on a valens chip? Oh, you've never actually done a side-by-side conparison, have you..

Extron differentiates between lossless and "visually lossless" which I appreciate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Transparent or indistinguishable lossy compression are other common terms

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I'm perfectly OK with those, too.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember when unlimited minutes plans for cell phones meant 300 minutes.

Or when Comcast had unlimited downloads which was capped at 2 TB.

These shitty companies know exactly what they are doing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I had an "unlimited" plan with a cell company - I took them at their word and downloaded gobs of stuff. Got shut down in a week.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Of course it's Ohio!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Just a little to death.