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Mutagenic radiation is irritating, even if you have an amulet. The resistance isn't complete, and it also gives you the stupid magical corruption energy stuff, meaning you're constantly glowing.

Whether or not you can legally download a game you already own probably depends on local laws. You're circumventing copy protection measures, but it's quite possible that you're not TECHNICALLY circumventing them yourself. You're certainly violating the EULA, but it's still an open question whether or not those monstrosities are enforcible, so that might not be a crime either. And because it is such a hassle, most game companies will probably not bother pursuing the matter further. Probably.

Whether or not copyright violation technically counts as theft shouldn't really matter in most cases. The are laws regarding copyright violation. Piracy might not be a crime under ancient Assyrian law, but we've been refining things since then. The hilarious part is that the correct use of English language is ultimately defined by how English language is used, meaning that if corporate propaganda defines intellectual property theft as theft, and enough people believe it, the definition of "theft" will, de facto, change to include that.

TA: iif you cant fiigure shiit out by fuckiing around you dont belong near computer2.
TA: kiind of liike wiith regii2tered 2ex offender2 and 2chool2.
TA: iif you move two a new town you have two go up two your neiighbor2 door and warn them about how 2tupiid you are.
TA: and giive them a chance two hiide all theiir iinnocent technology.
TA: and vandaliize your hou2e.

Update! Still no flash.

EDIT: Symmetry dictates that the next command or series of commands is for John.

I used SCIENCE!

Which is to say I copypasted it several times and started removing and replacing bits until I found the Secret. Having a text file for weird-ass characters I use semi-frequently sounds like a decent idea.

There'[­S] a [­S]neakier way.

What? How did you do that!?

Ah, I see. There is an invisible character inside the brackets. Like a zero-width space or something. Is there a quick and easy way to input it using a normal keyboard?

You could also just pretend there's a global catastrophe. Stop using electricity and tap water. Stop doing anything that requires you to interact with people as normal. Instead, drink from ditches and hunt rats for food. Live in a cardboard box. Eat a car battery to simulate poisoning from whatever imaginary disaster you're trying to survive. If someone comes to talk to you, assume they're a cannibal and run away. If you wake up in a hospital, pretend you're in a prison camp and don't speak the language. There's nothing actually forcing you to take advantage of all the good things society has made.

I would say there have been some interesting developments during the last twenty years. The internet has becoming mainstream, for instance. Man, remember what the internet was like back in 1990? I certainly don't. And the mobile telephones? I did a quick search for pictures, and found these little bricklets from 1991. Cheaper and cheaper lithium-ion batteries have also made things like ten-euro RC helicopters possible. And speaking of euros, the European Monetary Union happened. I think the world is doing just fine without an ongoing global war.

Conclusions: These people are crazy and you are probably their karmic retribution for millenia of pointless warfare.

>Please don't start messing with your own brain just yet. We need it to perceive the books.

>Read Father of the Titans next. Essays of Peace after that.

Well, with enough magnetic force, sure. That's just a fact of life.