1. a. One who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation.
b. A ship used for this purpose.
2. One who preys on others; a plunderer.
3. One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization. 4. One that operates an unlicensed, illegal television or radio station.
While they may (or may not have) been the first, they didn't start anything. If they had never been born, SPAM would still exist in the state it does now. They didn't birth anything, they just used a rather obvious idea of trying to sell shit on the net.
not to mention, posting blatant spam on a message board, and even just dropping a url within normal conversation on some of the more anal ones, will get the post removed in no time in most forums that have any sort of traffic.
ok but that's really besides the point, nobody AT Google is planning on reading your mail, it's made to sound as if some dateless schmoe at Google is slurping a Mountain Dew and giggling as he reads through your emails. This isn't trampling on anybodys rights.
A) you don't have to use the service
B) if youre forced to see ads anyway why wouldn't you want to see products or services that actually interest you?
Anytime you get something for free there's a tradeoff.
Care to back this up with a link or something? The system is reading your mail to index it, i havn't seen anything regarding targeting ads, and even if they did target ads that way, who cares? You privacy freaks somehow equate this with losing your freedom or some shit.
When it comes to viruses, whoever is using the OS that is in the majority will be part of the problem. The reason that virus writers write for Windows is that most people are using windows. If most people were using Macs then there would be a lot of viruses written for Macs.
Insightful? How about redundant? This exact same thing is regurgitated in every single discussion with a mere mention of a virus.
Yes, very insightful. And I suppose you agree the downloaders should be in jail as soon as possible also? Oh you're probably one of those people who think it's your right to steal...
Well then you have never seriously worked with Photoshop. Really the GIMP is a remarkable piece of software, but saying it's a replacement for Photoshop is like saying Windows 3.1 is actually a great replacement for Mac OS X.
I gave up photoshop 3 years ago for macromedia fireworks, and i've never looked back. i'll take macromedia products on linux over adobe products anyday.
Maybe i'm missing something here, or maybe i just dont "get it" in which case i'm sorry for those who do, but what is the big thing with stealing telephone service? Wasn't Mitnick into that too? I mean, come on, drop the caller id and 3-way you can get your very own telephone line for $20/month. I mean, unless you had a soviet (communist) girlfriend whom you talked to 12 hours a day, why steal telephone service? either way, why steal telephone service out of all the things in the world you can steal? and why on earth do people care so much about people who steal telephone service?
first, it should be noted, despite all efforts to the contrary, amazon's patent has been in force for a few years now and the world has not come to an end.
Yeah so? Castro has been in power for 45 years and the world has not come to an end either.
Is that the method of determining good and bad now? Anything that causes global destruction == bad, everything else == good?
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I bolded the relevant part for you so you don't have to think too hard.
pirate
n.
1. a. One who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation.
b. A ship used for this purpose.
2. One who preys on others; a plunderer.
3. One who makes use of or reproduces the work of another without authorization.
4. One that operates an unlicensed, illegal television or radio station.
While they may (or may not have) been the first, they didn't start anything. If they had never been born, SPAM would still exist in the state it does now. They didn't birth anything, they just used a rather obvious idea of trying to sell shit on the net.
not to mention, posting blatant spam on a message board, and even just dropping a url within normal conversation on some of the more anal ones, will get the post removed in no time in most forums that have any sort of traffic.
A) you don't have to use the service
B) if youre forced to see ads anyway why wouldn't you want to see products or services that actually interest you?
Anytime you get something for free there's a tradeoff.
Care to back this up with a link or something? The system is reading your mail to index it, i havn't seen anything regarding targeting ads, and even if they did target ads that way, who cares? You privacy freaks somehow equate this with losing your freedom or some shit.
Insightful? How about redundant? This exact same thing is regurgitated in every single discussion with a mere mention of a virus.
Yes, very insightful. And I suppose you agree the downloaders should be in jail as soon as possible also? Oh you're probably one of those people who think it's your right to steal...
Uhh, it is an acronym.
If all Sco's operating officers are put in jail whos going to write all the checks for the lawsuits?
You obviously don't come here often...
and C) you know where to put it yourself
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You read all 13 pages of that story in less than a minute? or are you a karma whore?
I gave up photoshop 3 years ago for macromedia fireworks, and i've never looked back. i'll take macromedia products on linux over adobe products anyday.
it was a "quick post the first thing that comes to mind and try to sound smart" karma whore first post. it should be modded down even further.
Does this mean you didn't read the article which you yourself submitted (which explains perfectly out-of-context quote)
Union? hahaha
why? because he's a fucking dopehead? idiot.
no you're not an idiot at all are you?
Retarded.
wouldnt the telephone be considered prior art? how about the use of pen & paper?
not overly-broad at all...
inserting linebreaks into your posts...
Priceless
well i guess ill have to start grilling instead.
what's the problem here? she was breaking the law. should 15 year olds be allowed to drink and drive too, simply because they're only 15?
Yeah so? Castro has been in power for 45 years and the world has not come to an end either.
Is that the method of determining good and bad now? Anything that causes global destruction == bad, everything else == good?
if this is the one i'm thinking of (where they only spoke in metaphors) they did speak english. shaka, when the walls fell.