quote: this issue strikes me as black and white every time it arises: Theft is theft.
I'm going to have to disagree with you there. There is a fundamental difference between copying something so that there are more in the world than there were before and stealing something so that you can have it but somebody else loses is.
Whether it's wrong or not is a different question, but saying that "theft is theft", meaning that copying software or music is exactly the same as stealing a stereo, is blatantly false.
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quote:not ONCE IN THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE have I seen such a low and deliberate insult to another forum member
Then you haven't been paying attention. KoM is quite often that deliberately insulting. The big difference is that this time he insulted you instead of those idiotic religious people.
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quote:I'm going to have to disagree with you there. There is a fundamental difference between copying something so that there are more in the world than there were before and stealing something so that you can have it but somebody else loses is.
The only difference I see is that when you steal from someone (e.g. a stereo), your theft has one victim; when you copy something without paying for it so that there are more than the world, your list of victims includes everyone who had a hand in creating (or supporting the creation of) the product in question, every legal user of the product, every future user of the product, and every future user of every subsequent version of the product.
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Ack, my girlfriend is about to be reasonable. She'll completely spoil my reputation. Ignore her.
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eros, you ho! You been cheatin' on me? Everybody knows you's MY woman. Now get yo'self back in the kitchen and bake me a pie! And bring me a beer!
quote:I demand that you recant or I will complain to Papa Janitor.
You're right; this has nothing to do with your manhood. (though here KoM, my boyfriend, adds that "Yes it does -- he's not man enough to do without things he can't pay for!")But anyway, I personally apologize for what you have now convinced me is a misfire.
However, you also called my boyfriend a newb. If you lived with him, and saw how often he goes on this darn forum, you would see that, if anything, he is not a newb! If you don't recant that, I won't recant having serious doubts about your intelligence and perceptual abilities.
quote:Downloading a game one can't afford and able to do well in the sack are two completely different things, now I AM PISSED OFF AT YOU not ONCE IN THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE have I seen such a low and deliberate insult to another forum member
Still, to quote the bard, "Methinks the lady doth protest too much." (Cliff Notes translation: "Stop overreacting. Geez!")
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Okay I am sorry for overeacting Princesska. and I am sorry for calling him a Newb I'm certain he'ld be quite challenging but alas, nothing can defeat my Panzers I've only been beaten once and... that doesnt count.
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Personally, I am a newb, and have no opinion of Paradox or anything else computer-game related. I just got caught up in the fact that, Wow, flame wars are fun! But I'll try not to get caught up in that again.
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indeed considering certain male(s) are insecure and paranoid.
Now if only I can get on better terms with your boyfriend now.
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quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: Now if only I can get on better terms with your boyfriend now.
As I understand it, the only way to get on better terms with KoM would be to stop distributing pirated copies of those games, and perhaps to even convince those who have already downloaded your copy to delete it.
Personally, I don't play these games so I could care less. I only know that this bothers KoM, and if he's going to be bothered, it should be of my own doing, gosh-darnit!
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Okay I only gave it to people in the People's Republic of China (where its illegal to own due to several contraversies) and people scattered across eastern europe who have no means of getting it in their own language. Thus I give it to them.
LOL, ya I know what you mean, though remember that applies in reverse sometimes. *remembers a RvB episode*
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Somehow, complaining about one's manhood being insulted and then going on to say that nothing can beat my computer-generated German tanks is a bit...clashing?
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Not at all just means I'm a compueter gamer nerd.
My manhood is perfectly functional or thats at least what all those hot woman tell me afterwards
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What game is that in?
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...
*falls over*
Okay it didn't actually happen, I'm waiting to get a job first then a girlfriend so I can pay for lunch and get her gifts... Radek keeps saying I should just go out and chat with them right away but I aim to think ahead here.
But trust me when I say I am not impotant, and its at least average sized.
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On the plus side, you don't speak the prevailing language of your home town, so you've got that working in your favor.
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quote:Downloading a game one can't afford and able to do well in the sack are two completely different things
I find it really sad that you equate manhood with pleasuring women (I assume) in bed.
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The only thing I can think of is jumping infront of a bullet to save someone and that I would do since I don't why I'm here in the first place.
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Everytime I read 'impotant' I giggle. Cause I think of the juxtaposition of the two words that it could mean.
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Actually I've never tried to get one yet, well except this one vietnamese girl but turns out shes dating a friend of mine instead. Life sux.
Essentially its due to lack of trying but there are many girls however who have no problem hanging out and talking to me and several hug me upon sight.
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I'll restate what I said; the only other attribute for manhood is imho is risking your life to save someone else's, that is something I would do in a heart beat. My life is important to no one, why should it matter if I live?
edit: no I mean that none have problems being around me, I dont equate hugging with datishnish srry for the mixup.
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What makes this all the more tragic is that when the Chinese finally conquer Canada, they'll put Blayne in charge.
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Am I understanding you correctly that the only things that contribute to someone's manhood are A) sex and B) dying?
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Being told your worthless over and over again for 12 years eventually does that to you.
"A Lie told often enough becomes the truth" - Vladimir Lenin.
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Excuse but being someone who has only movies, rumurs, books and videogames to rely on I really have no idea but a hunch what manhood is.
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Well, fine, but girls aren't going to jump all over that. If YOU think you're worthless, then what do you think of US that we're willing to date you?
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No, dude. Girls aren't going to go for that. I HATE dating guys who think very little of themselves. It's ridiculous. If you're such an awful person, why should I waste my time?
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I'm not awful, many people said that they think I'm not a malicious person, I just get paranoid sometimes. Sometimes as I look back, I wonder what I lost.
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Well, hey, at least he's got an accurate self-image.
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I'm confident that I know more history then most people, I'm confident in my ability to argue test wise (my verbal ir horrible), and I'm confident in my ability to shoot down a F-35B in a J-10
I'm confident in video games but once I start losing sometimes it hits me psycologically and I give up once I start really losing and I feel there is no way to win.
However, I've been thinking of some things recently, helping people with their problems has finally rubbed off on me, I just... I can't explain it. I remember back in elementary school I was on good terms with everyone, there were no nerds or jocks, just us vs them (boys vs girls lol )
But, throughout high school everything changed, I became a loner, I didn't like hanging out wiht people except Chris, Tiff, James and a few others playign Magic and 1 failed attampted at D&D. But things polarized all the people I could've hung out with became hostile and cruel, and my circle of close friends shrunk.
I graduated not going to any event, field trip or prom/dance. I tried to ask one girl but I was too shy.
Grade 9 was probly my peak of academic performance since i had a friend to compete with.
Then I graduated, Abbott barely accepted me due to many mishaps and confusion.
And now here I am, failed 4 course in total for the first time, 1 french, 1 gym, 1 linux, and 1 Visual Basic 6.0.
I wanted to go into History but was nagged out of it, I was told by my parents that there's no demand and my mom later on goes "you gave up too easily" and said something that pissed me off right afterwards.
I made some friends, mostly friends I could play games with, I joined a Student Newspaper and I review games (Halo was a disappointment btw). And I met some christians who are nice and are fun to hang out with.
I'm just feeling depressed these days. I'll move out probly after summer. Get rid of the distractions and try to focus on academia.
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