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robert_nsu on Nov 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: RIAA claims you do not own your iTunes music purch...

No, I (obviously) can't download a car.

Apparently, I can't send a file to someone else and remove it from my iPod, Galaxy S, Blackberry, office and home pc either.

tedunangst on Nov 17, 2011 [–]

Sometimes the word "can't" is used as shorthand for "with a probability approaching zero".

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