Not to mention a lot of IP & MAC spoofing and hacking anyone still using WEP (i.e. a lot of average people) - the "pirates" download as much as they like, safe in the knowledge that some innocent neighbour gets the heat if they're ever caught. Spiffy.
Yep - just more reasons to infect other computers for use as proxies.
I suspect - most politicians don't even have a clue that can be done.
The piracy (most common) mod invovles reflashing the firmware on the dvd drive, and ONLY allows playing signed MS games, just from DVD+R's instead of DVD-ROM's.
And that may well not even be 'piracy' - you should be allowed to make a copy of the original and play the copy to keep the original in good condition - that too increases the 'value' of a system.
A lot of those reasons - are the reason I'm still a PC gamer and not back onto consoles. I gave up consoles when I got my first PC and don't plan on going back.
I really want to be good and not pirate so I have been buying my PC games off of Steam. I bought Risen and the DRM wouldn't let me play it. I had to make a copy of my friends pirated copy and use that one. The I bought Dragon Age and Steam wouldn't let me play after I had my PC off the internet for 3 days. I'm not even really against DRM because it is still easy to pirate games but I think because of these annoyances I won't be using Steam anymore.
heh, yeah - I'll buy my games no matter what - if I play it, I buy it, but yes - I run some 'altered' copies instead of originals too - I hate having to use the CD's - such a hassle. I hate having to be online - unless I have a reason to be online, I disable my Ethernet (simple right click) - when playing single player games etc - it's one security hole that's not needed... if I don't need it.
When my son first had to install Steam with Halflife two - it took me hours to get it working right - patches, bugs, etc..
Was Christmas day - no tech support to be had.
I guess, it has it's advantages, but I avoid games through Steam, but it's a better idea than CD locks and crap - I suppose. Only problem is - if you have a dead Wifi card - like we did later, you're stuck with no internet and no Steam games, unless you know to put them in offline mode first.
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Back to the days of Longshanks, huh?!
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But really, it's like a milk company in 1920 *insisting* that the only way they will deliver milk is using a horse and buggy.
Do you think consumers will care or call another company that uses a truck to deliver it?
Do I care if Murdoch gets every single bit of his corporation's 'news' off the web? No - I do not.
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Re: Re: This is so cool !!!!
Yep - just more reasons to infect other computers for use as proxies.
I suspect - most politicians don't even have a clue that can be done.
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Hilary Clinton shoots you...in the wiener.
She can...
After all - dodge bullets in Iraq - I seen it on a video! ;)
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And that may well not even be 'piracy' - you should be allowed to make a copy of the original and play the copy to keep the original in good condition - that too increases the 'value' of a system.
A lot of those reasons - are the reason I'm still a PC gamer and not back onto consoles. I gave up consoles when I got my first PC and don't plan on going back.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181204,00.html
On the post: A Look At All The Sites Owned By Rupert Murdoch That 'Steal' Content
LOL!!!
Genius ;)
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The Red Sox + Bon Jovi isn't worth quite that much... lol
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I'm sure - this is only ONE of many such 'requests'. By the Bush administration, the Obama administration, etc, etc, etc.
Our one-party system just does so much it's hard to hide now.
Oh wait - was it supposed to be 'two-parties' like Network News tells us? lol, not.
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heh, yeah - I'll buy my games no matter what - if I play it, I buy it, but yes - I run some 'altered' copies instead of originals too - I hate having to use the CD's - such a hassle. I hate having to be online - unless I have a reason to be online, I disable my Ethernet (simple right click) - when playing single player games etc - it's one security hole that's not needed... if I don't need it.
On the post: Buyers Who Purchased Modern Warfare 2 Via Steam Discover DRM Puts Them 2 Days Behind Everyone Else
Was Christmas day - no tech support to be had.
I guess, it has it's advantages, but I avoid games through Steam, but it's a better idea than CD locks and crap - I suppose. Only problem is - if you have a dead Wifi card - like we did later, you're stuck with no internet and no Steam games, unless you know to put them in offline mode first.
It's too cumbersome.
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More power to the artists - hopefully they just won't need big organizations leeching off of them this time around.
On the post: US Subpoenaed All Visitor Logs From Online News Publication; Falsely Said Site Couldn't Tell Anyone
It's a Government for the Government by the Government and for the Bankers by the Bankers.
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Education or Indoctrination? lol
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