History Recap / FuturamaS6E25Overclockwise

** This episode's main plot was in response to a then-current issue of computer manufacturers disallowing owners of computer processers (CPU's) to overclock them, or else they'd void their warranty. In response, AMD started to be more lenient towards minor overclocks, and only took a hard stance on large overclocking efforts, and it'd only void the warranty if the CPU actually died specifically because it was overclocked. Meanwhile, Intel made CPU's that couldn't be overclocked, and made overclockable CPU's more expensive and marketed them toward the enthusiast crowd. While this episode by itself didn't change the industry, it did bring to light the warranty policies that were enforced by computer manufacturers to the wider public at the time, making the issue hard to ignore.
** The show also pokes fun at [=EULA's=]; End User License Agreements, which often have long text and legal spiel, in that the Professor had to agree to Benders License Agreement so he could be used for the first time. In reality, license agreements tend to be pretty hard to legally enforce for much the reason the show highlighted: the average layman are not lawyers, and shouldn't need to hire one to sign up to a new website or use their new device, and many jurisdictions have accepted that fact. The ineffectiveness of [=EULA=] terms were already being mocked and questioned by lawmakers, and even jokes were placed inside [=EULA's=] (Apple's EULA famously told people [[https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-ridiculous-eula-clauses-agreed/ to not use iTunes when making nuclear weapons]]), so even the people writing them make fun of how nobody reads them.

* DoWrongRight: When the professor and Cubert are in prison, the professor is angry that Cubert overclocked Bender, but only because he was caught, which the professor had taught him not to.

-->'''Bender''': Oh yeah? Capture ''this'' motion!

** This episode's main plot was in response for a then-current issue of computer manufacturers disallowing owners of CPU's to overclock them, or else they'd void their warranty. In response, AMD started to be more lenient towards minor overclocks, and only took a hard stance on large overclocking efforts that went over a specific threshold, and even then, it'd only void the warranty if the CPU actually died whilst it was in that state. Meanwhile, Intel starting locking down CPU's so they couldn't be overclocked (or in some cases, made overclockable CPU's more expensive and market them to the enthusiast crowd). While this episode by itself didn't change the industry, it did bring to light the warranty policies that were enforced by computer manufacturers to the wider public at the time.
** The show also pokes fun at [=EULA's=]; End User License Agreements, which often have long text and legal spiel, by making it so that the Professor had to agree to Benders License Agreement so he could bend a straw. License Agreements generally tend to be pretty hard to legally enforce in the real world, ''specifically because'' of the issue the show highlighted: the average layman are not lawyers, and shouldn't need to hire one to sign up to a new website, and many jurisdictions accept that fact). The ineffectiveness of [=EULA=] terms were already being mocked and questioned by lawmakers (Apple's EULA famously told people [[https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-ridiculous-eula-clauses-agreed/ to not use iTunes when making nuclear weapons]], so even the people writing them make fun of the text).