Gold version releases are strongly looked down apon in the scene due to companies frequently tagging them. The last gold released was Far Cry and it pissed a lot of people off because it WAS tagged. its against scene rules and it will probably be nuked off instantly. Sources being protected usually comes before getting the first release out. Just in case any one cares =)
Threat? To what? Assuming microsoft did this, everyone would win. Think about it. Since they moved kernels everyone would need to make drivers for linux. So existing linux users would win. Also (this is assuming MS didn't do something stupid like make all non-MSLinux apps not work ons linux and vice-versa) you would no longer have to make windows/linux versions of applications.
While MS May be evil and i know i will karma fucked for this, MS-Linux could be a cool thing. Also as a side effect it might actually be secure too:P
And there is damned good reason they are hated. People in site rings and higher up in the food chain do not want their releases spread. This is especially true from the groups them selves. They legitimately do it for the hell of it to see who can get what out first. 99% of the people in the scene rarely watch the movies they download. Most people actually view them in the theater. I mean be honest here. Who seriously wants to watch a shitty cam that has a 20degree angle and has people coughing and standing up during it? The same defiantly goes for cracks/hacks. 99% of them are programs no one in their right mind would ever use. The active hating is because they bring attention to things that no one wants attention brought to. It would be like someone publicizing a gas station that sold cocaine to those who asked. It is unneeded and unwarranted. Before P2P your average Joe bought every movie they wanted to see and every game they wanted to play. No more now they are starting to download them. Granted these are not the only reasons. Some people hate them for no reason at all. Theres also that small group that hates them because they cant, and wont ever put back into the scene. The hating is not unwarranted. Mood me down in to oblivion but this is the truth.
Better yet we should have 50 million people send custom mix cds to thier congressmen houses. Just imagine. 50 million cds with Britney spears and Nelly Hits of the hour. We could not only get the DMCA revoked but the bad aritists revoked too
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Gold version releases are strongly looked down apon in the scene due to companies frequently tagging them. The last gold released was Far Cry and it pissed a lot of people off because it WAS tagged. its against scene rules and it will probably be nuked off instantly. Sources being protected usually comes before getting the first release out. Just in case any one cares =)
Threat? To what? Assuming microsoft did this, everyone would win. Think about it. Since they moved kernels everyone would need to make drivers for linux. So existing linux users would win. Also (this is assuming MS didn't do something stupid like make all non-MSLinux apps not work ons linux and vice-versa) you would no longer have to make windows/linux versions of applications.
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While MS May be evil and i know i will karma fucked for this, MS-Linux could be a cool thing. Also as a side effect it might actually be secure too
And there is damned good reason they are hated. People in site rings and higher up in the food chain do not want their releases spread. This is especially true from the groups them selves. They legitimately do it for the hell of it to see who can get what out first.
99% of the people in the scene rarely watch the movies they download. Most people actually view them in the theater. I mean be honest here. Who seriously wants to watch a shitty cam that has a 20degree angle and has people coughing and standing up during it? The same defiantly goes for cracks/hacks. 99% of them are programs no one in their right mind would ever use.
The active hating is because they bring attention to things that no one wants attention brought to. It would be like someone publicizing a gas station that sold cocaine to those who asked. It is unneeded and unwarranted. Before P2P your average Joe bought every movie they wanted to see and every game they wanted to play. No more now they are starting to download them.
Granted these are not the only reasons. Some people hate them for no reason at all. Theres also that small group that hates them because they cant, and wont ever put back into the scene. The hating is not unwarranted. Mood me down in to oblivion but this is the truth.
Better yet we should have 50 million people send custom mix cds to thier congressmen houses. Just imagine. 50 million cds with Britney spears and Nelly Hits of the hour. We could not only get the DMCA revoked but the bad aritists revoked too