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Old Oct 8, 2011 | 6:15 pm
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Dubai Stu
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You can make the argument. It really depends on your opinion about the ethics of these click through contracts of adhesion. For years they were unenforceable in the US, then Congress plied by a ton of money decided other words.

In many cases, the situation is more like a buffet charging you for two meals because they have a policy buried in the fine print that if you take a new plate, it is a new meal. When you flip your meal ticket over and look at the 8 point blue on blue background print, you see something written in legalese saying:

"XYZ Hotel's unlimited buffet trips policy is subject to limitation in the sole discretion of management and does not create a right, license, or guarantee of a right to remain. Licenses may be revoked at any time for any reason. These include excessive noise, offensive behavior, public drunkenness, or public displays of sexual or morally offensive conduct. Additionally multiple consumption fees may be levied based on management's determination of excessive or unfair usage. Considerations involved in making this determination include, but are not limited, to excessive portion consumption, unreasonable utensil utilization, and/or lingering, or loitering. Again, these polices lie in the sole discretion of management"

When you attempt to cash out, you get the double bill.

What happens with your question next year when Windows Metro comes out and you screen detaches in tablet configuration powered by a different chips? Is that two connections or one? What about a Mac booting off bootcamp in Windows and Macintosh configurations?
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