Yeah, I'm actually older than edlin and dos 3. Thanks for playing.
As far as once a thief, always a thief? Well, if you haven't stolen in years, that's different, but I confess I maintain my skepticism. Maybe it's music or TV these days, maybe it's office supplies from work. Maybe it's ROMs of old nintendo games you used to own because you don't want to buy them on the Wii. And, hey, maybe you really are different now. I don't know you.
Quoting.. Your dissatisfaction with the service provided by some companies ten years ago does not justify your theft in any way.
I wanted to make more clear a point. Again, that was 30 years ago. Microsoft was just a baby then. I was using a homebuilt XT computer with a 5" floppy (hard drives were too costly). There was NO retail software to speak of. There was very little shareware and no distribution for it. It wasn't so much a question of money as availability.
You should try writing software with edlin and debug. (circa MS-Dos 3.0)
Consumers pay for what they consume. You're a thief, plain and simple. Your dissatisfaction with the service provided by some companies ten years ago does not justify your theft in any way.
I'd love to see a warezer with basic logic skills someday.
That was 30 years ago. I was much younger then and stupid.
I was only thinking about my motives at the time. I wasn't excusing anything. I didn't deny theft.
You said: You're a thief, plain and simple.
I gather from your thinking that once a thief always a thief, even if I never take another thing. So, there is no forgiveness, no redemption, no salvation, no heaven. That leaves me with 3 options.
1. I could shoot myself, I have no future.
2. If I am to be forever a thief, do as Romans.
3. Not concern myself with the rigidly minded that have no understanding or forgiveness.
After reading this, I had to think about WHY I did pirate software. (This was many years ago. I don't pirate software now, because I don't have to, I can afford it, and I'm much older now.)
Back when I started computing, there was no internet, little shareware, practically no distribution, and no BBS's in my area. I became a software collector of every thing I could get my hands on. I'd save it on floppies, and most of it I never used. That stuff has long since hit a landfill somewhere.
When I did find software, which was rare, it was costly. Imagine my disappointment when it didn't work as advertised. It only took a couple times of that before I subscribed to the try first, buy second. That wasn't an option in those days. You had to pirate.
The first software I hacked was nagware that I removed the nag from. That was theft. I did eventually purchase a legal copy after a year. That was disappointing in that the purchased program did not work as well as the hacked copy and it still had a nag screen. This time, the nag screen was telling me that I had a legitimate registered version of the software. I went back to using the hacked version. If this had been the only instance of that, it would have ended there. Unfortunately, that was not the case. A few times I had to hack legal software just to remove bugs and other things to make it work as it should. I have no shame in that. I knew that I was not going to get support on that end.
As the internet explodes with donate-able fully working software, I don't have to deal with any of those issues. I don't have to hack, pirate, or fix things. I can exercise consumer choice.
The thing I remember most was that the interactions that I had with those people who vended software (back then) left a bad taste in my mouth. I gave me little cause to be honest with the dishonest. You can call it whatever you like.
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Yeah, I'm actually older than edlin and dos 3. Thanks for playing.
As far as once a thief, always a thief? Well, if you haven't stolen in years, that's different, but I confess I maintain my skepticism. Maybe it's music or TV these days, maybe it's office supplies from work. Maybe it's ROMs of old nintendo games you used to own because you don't want to buy them on the Wii. And, hey, maybe you really are different now. I don't know you.
Also don't really care.
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I wanted to make more clear a point. Again, that was 30 years ago. Microsoft was just a baby then. I was using a homebuilt XT computer with a 5" floppy (hard drives were too costly). There was NO retail software to speak of. There was very little shareware and no distribution for it. It wasn't so much a question of money as availability. You should try writing software with edlin and debug. (circa MS-Dos 3.0)
Consumers pay for what they consume. You're a thief, plain and simple. Your dissatisfaction with the service provided by some companies ten years ago does not justify your theft in any way.
I'd love to see a warezer with basic logic skills someday.
That was 30 years ago. I was much younger then and stupid. I was only thinking about my motives at the time. I wasn't excusing anything. I didn't deny theft. You said: You're a thief, plain and simple. I gather from your thinking that once a thief always a thief, even if I never take another thing. So, there is no forgiveness, no redemption, no salvation, no heaven. That leaves me with 3 options. 1. I could shoot myself, I have no future. 2. If I am to be forever a thief, do as Romans. 3. Not concern myself with the rigidly minded that have no understanding or forgiveness.
After reading this, I had to think about WHY I did pirate software. (This was many years ago. I don't pirate software now, because I don't have to, I can afford it, and I'm much older now.) Back when I started computing, there was no internet, little shareware, practically no distribution, and no BBS's in my area. I became a software collector of every thing I could get my hands on. I'd save it on floppies, and most of it I never used. That stuff has long since hit a landfill somewhere. When I did find software, which was rare, it was costly. Imagine my disappointment when it didn't work as advertised. It only took a couple times of that before I subscribed to the try first, buy second. That wasn't an option in those days. You had to pirate. The first software I hacked was nagware that I removed the nag from. That was theft. I did eventually purchase a legal copy after a year. That was disappointing in that the purchased program did not work as well as the hacked copy and it still had a nag screen. This time, the nag screen was telling me that I had a legitimate registered version of the software. I went back to using the hacked version. If this had been the only instance of that, it would have ended there. Unfortunately, that was not the case. A few times I had to hack legal software just to remove bugs and other things to make it work as it should. I have no shame in that. I knew that I was not going to get support on that end. As the internet explodes with donate-able fully working software, I don't have to deal with any of those issues. I don't have to hack, pirate, or fix things. I can exercise consumer choice. The thing I remember most was that the interactions that I had with those people who vended software (back then) left a bad taste in my mouth. I gave me little cause to be honest with the dishonest. You can call it whatever you like.