I see what you are saying and I agree with the "freedoms" you listed. But the slight problem here is that pirating software or other media is illegal. I see them (hollywood, coporations, MPAA) trying to protect what is theirs first and ours after we buy it. It is our own fault that we have to fight these battles because a few who abused their "rights" to this media. I will learn more from a neutral source before I comment more. How is that? I use MS 98 for games(great) and office software(need to go with the flow). I develope software on my linux box.
Regardless of whether you think it is right or wrong, it is breaking the law by pirating or copying. If you don't like the law lobby to change it. I don't know the full details behind the MPAA and DVD, but I don't need to by reading all of your "up in arms" posts. Stop complaiging and fix it if you don't like it. BTW, I dual boot linux and windows I get the best of both worlds and am smart enough to realize that some MS products are good in what they do.
Yeah, you get there faster. But at what cost? YOU may think you can drive like Mario Andretti, but I bet you wouldn't know how to handle your car in a speed induced emergency. Then hopefully you will only splatter yourself all over the highway. Most likely though, you will kill some innocent party in another vehicle. Speed limits, and for that matter the men in blue who monitor us are there to protect those of us who are abiding by the law. If you think speed is where it's at, go to a race track and keep your dangerous self away from the highways.
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I see what you are saying and I agree with the "freedoms" you listed. But the slight problem here is that pirating software or other media is illegal. I see them (hollywood, coporations, MPAA) trying to protect what is theirs first and ours after we buy it. It is our own fault that we have to fight these battles because a few who abused their "rights" to this media. I will learn more from a neutral source before I comment more. How is that? I use MS 98 for games(great) and office software(need to go with the flow). I develope software on my linux box.
Regardless of whether you think it is right or wrong, it is breaking the law by pirating or copying. If you don't like the law lobby to change it. I don't know the full details behind the MPAA and DVD, but I don't need to by reading all of your "up in arms" posts. Stop complaiging and fix it if you don't like it. BTW, I dual boot linux and windows I get the best of both worlds and am smart enough to realize that some MS products are good in what they do.
Er... I knew that! :)
Yeah, you get there faster. But at what cost? YOU may think you can drive like Mario Andretti, but I bet you wouldn't know how to handle your car in a speed induced emergency. Then hopefully you will only splatter yourself all over the highway. Most likely though, you will kill some innocent party in another vehicle. Speed limits, and for that matter the men in blue who monitor us are there to protect those of us who are abiding by the law. If you think speed is where it's at, go to a race track and keep your dangerous self away from the highways.