Actually, these price diferences are true not only to software but hardware as well. And the value has nothing to do with the versions being localized.
Internet in Portugal has been evolving blazingly fast. 18mbps is currently "average". Fiber is also becoming widespread from the capital, but cable and ADSL are still the preferred services even though the current fiber deployment allows for a lot faster speeds at lower prices (like 60mb/s for 50â/month). And even professional services are relatively cheap and fast.
there are LED "light bulbs" based on sets of same amount of blue, green and red LEDs packed together. Those aren't a shade of light blue and some of them can actually be "tunned" to a desired color/tone for whatever purpose.
You people are reading me all wrong. I didn't say that using the no-cd crack if you bought the software was stealing from the company...
What disappoints me is that the reason why the cracks appear in the first place are to support piracy. Obviously, sometimes bad things bring good results. But if it was something that came up with the intention of being a fix, people wouldn't be advertising it as a crack from an underground group... they would call it a fix or a workaround from a third-party.
I do understand the fact that their copy-protection schemes hurt the people that legitimately acquired a license of the product. But why was that scheme put in place in the first place? For the mistakes/wrongdoings of a few, everyone gets nabbed.
Regardless of what support the company has given its costumers, remember that the crack was made to circumvent anti-piracy schemes.
There wouldn't be any need for anti-piracy schemes if people were trustworthy and didn't steal software.
People use pirated software -> companies lose money -> companies invest in trying to avoid illegitimate usage of their software -> copy-protection schemes are put in place -> problems with copy-protection schemes arise -> people who don't give a shit about the fact that the software was a result of an investment in both equipment, marketing and man hours still keep finding ways to pirate the software.
So everyone uses cracks to go around copy protection schemes when they're not supposed to, and then when that company uses that crack to fix a problem, everyone is outraged. So it's OK if you steal from a company, but it's NOT OK if a company uses, to fix their own product and provide the support everyone cries for, something that was made specifically to target that company's product making it easier to pirate.
You know, people have worked to develop the product. Money has been invested. It's a company, it's supposed to make a profit, not to create software out of pure charity.
And no, two wrongs don't make it a right, you're right when you said it. And everyone should have thought that even if the company sucks at supporting its users (first wrong) that doesn't forgive anyone for pirating software (second wrong). I'm not saying that you shouldn't be able to fully use the product you bought. But does anyone here honestly believe that only the guys that bought the product are the ones using the crack? I don't think so.
This sounds like hypocrisy to me.
Just be glad that now that there is an "official" fix for your problems.
And because they don't allow you to opt-out of receiving publicity text messages. Next thing you know, they are posing as spam and send you messages just to charge you.
And in Portugal, you have plans that are 10â a month and you get free sms to all numbers on your network and an additional free 1500 sms to numbers on other networks
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yes, you can refuel at home... but you both know that you won't always be near home...
if this catches up, the tire inflaters won't be free anymore... it will mean people buying less gas and the gas stations are bound to have profit...
apparently, not to all non-US keyboards... on the Portuguese keyboard, it's the key below the ESC, just left to the 1
Jeez, take a joke as it is, will you?
... and comming full circle.
JPSACouto is not much more than a distributor (although one of the largest), why would it be messing up with the voting?
Well done! You, sir, are a genious!
Actually, these price diferences are true not only to software but hardware as well. And the value has nothing to do with the versions being localized.
I get 18mbps for 35â/month with no throttling =)
Internet in Portugal has been evolving blazingly fast. 18mbps is currently "average". Fiber is also becoming widespread from the capital, but cable and ADSL are still the preferred services even though the current fiber deployment allows for a lot faster speeds at lower prices (like 60mb/s for 50â/month). And even professional services are relatively cheap and fast.
there are LED "light bulbs" based on sets of same amount of blue, green and red LEDs packed together. Those aren't a shade of light blue and some of them can actually be "tunned" to a desired color/tone for whatever purpose.
You people are reading me all wrong. I didn't say that using the no-cd crack if you bought the software was stealing from the company...
What disappoints me is that the reason why the cracks appear in the first place are to support piracy. Obviously, sometimes bad things bring good results. But if it was something that came up with the intention of being a fix, people wouldn't be advertising it as a crack from an underground group... they would call it a fix or a workaround from a third-party.
I do understand the fact that their copy-protection schemes hurt the people that legitimately acquired a license of the product. But why was that scheme put in place in the first place? For the mistakes/wrongdoings of a few, everyone gets nabbed.
Regardless of what support the company has given its costumers, remember that the crack was made to circumvent anti-piracy schemes.
There wouldn't be any need for anti-piracy schemes if people were trustworthy and didn't steal software.
People use pirated software -> companies lose money -> companies invest in trying to avoid illegitimate usage of their software -> copy-protection schemes are put in place -> problems with copy-protection schemes arise -> people who don't give a shit about the fact that the software was a result of an investment in both equipment, marketing and man hours still keep finding ways to pirate the software.
So everyone uses cracks to go around copy protection schemes when they're not supposed to, and then when that company uses that crack to fix a problem, everyone is outraged. So it's OK if you steal from a company, but it's NOT OK if a company uses, to fix their own product and provide the support everyone cries for, something that was made specifically to target that company's product making it easier to pirate.
You know, people have worked to develop the product. Money has been invested. It's a company, it's supposed to make a profit, not to create software out of pure charity.
And no, two wrongs don't make it a right, you're right when you said it. And everyone should have thought that even if the company sucks at supporting its users (first wrong) that doesn't forgive anyone for pirating software (second wrong). I'm not saying that you shouldn't be able to fully use the product you bought. But does anyone here honestly believe that only the guys that bought the product are the ones using the crack? I don't think so.
This sounds like hypocrisy to me.
Just be glad that now that there is an "official" fix for your problems.
does that look like a desktop to you? seriously. you will have X-Surface though.
Mike Tyson would bite the other player's pawns heads off.
Yeah, pawns actually boxing each other to sleep...
(waits for posts about a black guy named Jack.)
Nope... I got nothing.
I search for "smoke bombs". And "boobs". They're smoking!
nah, it's for ratings... they get audience statistics and they receive money for it too... who would turn down that deal?
Google is famous for paying people to use their services, but this time, it's gonna be a little bit enforced...
you don't even know if he has a wife and children. he could only have a pet turtle. And you wouldn't hurt the poor animal, now, would you?
Google is the cash cow for lawsuits now. I better jump on that wagon too.
What about discount cupons?
Yes, it's based on aggregating several sms together...
Or you can always use MMS...
correction: the 1500 free sms are per-month and the currency is euros.
And because they don't allow you to opt-out of receiving publicity text messages. Next thing you know, they are posing as spam and send you messages just to charge you.
And in Portugal, you have plans that are 10â a month and you get free sms to all numbers on your network and an additional free 1500 sms to numbers on other networks
no, he's a Jaffa.