I'd like to spin you a salacious tale involving hot grits, my pants, Natalie Portman, and sadomasochism. Unfortunately, the sig is just a lame attempt at humor on my part. Thanks for noticing, though!
. . . that all this time, the satire about the virus development divisions of anti-virus software companies actually contained a kernel of truth? Who woulda thunk it?
Another thing that makes me mad is the mmorpg's of late that want me to pay $50 bucks for a game, then pay another $10/month to play it online (which is the only option for playing it).
That's probably in the works, hence the jackbooted thuggery against bnetd, with the "piracy" smokescreen for spin.
Ooh, you've broken out some of your vocabulary. I'm almost impressed--where'd you cut and paste those big words from? You must be pretty starved for attention to keep replying.
I never said I would pirate it, as you would have known had you read my original post. How about you shut up, and if you don't, I'll say you're starved for attention. Deal?
Go read the parent's posting history for the source of the "anti-American" comment. It has nothing to do with this thread.
Had you been an American in the late 18th century, I bet you'd have been parroting your "rise over over-bearing organizations and ideals in law-abiding and intelligent ways rather than through guerilla tactics" just like all the other Tories.
I just love the comparison between copying software and taking stuff. Not that the bnetd lawsuit has anything at all to do with piracy. (We all know it means they don't want an alternative available when the start gouging a monthly fee out of battle.net users.)
But I find it interesting that as a seemingly intelligent person, you appear to think that copyright infringement and burglarly are equivalent. Since the issue has been beat to death, I won't bother to point out the differences.
You are the bigger moron, for not seeing that I don't give a hoot how or why someone doesn't buy the software. Not buying the software does not "validate" why Blizzard is "enforcing the DMCA," it costs them sales. I'm done trying to reason with you.
Don't worry about it--that moron posted essentially the same troll three times, probably in an attempt to collect the down moderations being saved up for the more eleoquent trolls.
Too bad I made your reply look so pathetically stupid by pointing out that you missed half the original post with your "rebuttal" that you had to resort to saying something like that.
We shouldn't support Blizzard and their evil ways but we should steal?
From my original post:
But better to do without and give them no ammunition to whine about the eeee-vil pirates.
People like you are the reason extremely intelligent people refuse to read slashdot.
Your post seems to agree with the idea that intelligent people refuse to read slashdot; intelligent people are generally sufficiently literate to be able to read.
Of course, the good guys can't win at all based on that logic. If sales are low because of a boycott and no significant mass piracy takes place, the bastards will still blame piracy for the lost sales.
I personally won't give them the pleasure by pirating it myself, but for those in a quandry? Queue up the 40X burner, damn the torpedoes, full write speed ahead.
Death to the DMCA wielding scum and their bnetd lawsuit. May they burn in hell. If you must have this damn game, pirate it or shoplift it. But better to do without and give them no ammunition to whine about the eeee-vil pirates.
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I'd like to spin you a salacious tale involving hot grits, my pants, Natalie Portman, and sadomasochism. Unfortunately, the sig is just a lame attempt at humor on my part. Thanks for noticing, though!
it will probably harm the image of Linux among the masses, it now being associated with perceived second-rate, "Wal-Mart" PCs.
"EBoned"
. . . that all this time, the satire about the virus development divisions of anti-virus software companies actually contained a kernel of truth? Who woulda thunk it?
In Ada {shudder}.
I think a Mr. Yuk symbol, skull and crossbones, and a trefoil would make a nice, apropos Nevada plate.
That's probably in the works, hence the jackbooted thuggery against bnetd, with the "piracy" smokescreen for spin.
Ooh, you've broken out some of your vocabulary. I'm almost impressed--where'd you cut and paste those big words from? You must be pretty starved for attention to keep replying.
You're half-right. I'm arrogant. And rightfully so. And I notice that you're the picture of rationality, Mr. AC.
I'm honored to have been mod-bombed by a closed-minded idiot.
I never said I would pirate it, as you would have known had you read my original post. How about you shut up, and if you don't, I'll say you're starved for attention. Deal?
Had you been an American in the late 18th century, I bet you'd have been parroting your "rise over over-bearing organizations and ideals in law-abiding and intelligent ways rather than through guerilla tactics" just like all the other Tories.
But I find it interesting that as a seemingly intelligent person, you appear to think that copyright infringement and burglarly are equivalent. Since the issue has been beat to death, I won't bother to point out the differences.
You are the bigger moron, for not seeing that I don't give a hoot how or why someone doesn't buy the software. Not buying the software does not "validate" why Blizzard is "enforcing the DMCA," it costs them sales. I'm done trying to reason with you.
So go join them, then. Enjoy your rights-managed computer/cable box.
I don't care whether they pirate it, steal it, burn it, cut it with a chain saw, or light it on fire. So long as they don't buy it. Dumbass.
Don't worry about it--that moron posted essentially the same troll three times, probably in an attempt to collect the down moderations being saved up for the more eleoquent trolls.
Too bad I made your reply look so pathetically stupid by pointing out that you missed half the original post with your "rebuttal" that you had to resort to saying something like that.
Read the rest of the post, moron. "nuff said" (That's dumbass for I can't come up with anything else.)
From my original post:
People like you are the reason extremely intelligent people refuse to read slashdot.
Your post seems to agree with the idea that intelligent people refuse to read slashdot; intelligent people are generally sufficiently literate to be able to read.
I personally won't give them the pleasure by pirating it myself, but for those in a quandry? Queue up the 40X burner, damn the torpedoes, full write speed ahead.
I guess even Blizzard could grasp how blasphemously ironic a July 4th release date would have been.
And 90% of all statistics are made up. Do you have a citation for that, or are you extrapolating motives you might be aware of onto everyone else?
Death to the DMCA wielding scum and their bnetd lawsuit. May they burn in hell. If you must have this damn game, pirate it or shoplift it. But better to do without and give them no ammunition to whine about the eeee-vil pirates.
Ah. I guess that's with no alt.binaries.* :)