This is such a bad faith argument on sooooooooooooooo many levels.
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I have a ‘computer nerd genius’ friend. The mentality that makes him great at programming makes him hopeless in other aspects of life. Applying ‘rigorous logic’ to everything can lead you down some pretty deep rabbit holes. I’ve seen him doggedly follow a train of reasoning and conclude: ‘Nazis flew flying saucers in…
I learned a long time ago that if you yell at someone, they’re not going to get the message...
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Theft is a funny word when used to describe digital media.
You think it’s sad to ask “Who is it hurting”? Shouldn’t that be the litmus test for deciding if something is or isn’t hurting someone? It’s kind of sad when people think whether something is hurting someone or not is irrelevant.
Let me speak to two things here. First, this is not theft, it’s copyright infringement. Second, until half a century ago copyright only lasted for 30 years. Meaning that if it wasn’t for Disney, we would all have copies of Super Mario Bros on our computers because that game would now be in the public domain! What…
It is 100% legal to backup software that you own. Therefore the real question of legality here would be if it’s okay for somebody else to back up your software for you and for you to use that. That is a question that has never been tried in court, and as such nobody should be attempting to definitively say one way or…
““who is it hurting?”.... It’s sad that anyone even begins to think about asking this question, let alone asking it”
The people who hid and sent away prints of Murnau’s “Nosferatu” also were
On one hand, I appreciate that. Content creators should be compensated when possible. The various “classic” consoles prove we’ll happily open our wallets when a convenient, well-executed means is available. Even when we choose to pirate, the various RetroPie rigs prove we have no issue spending money to have our…
Good. The term “preservation” is just a polite way of saying you are stealing and redistributing intellectual property illegally. You can hide behind that word all you like, you are still a damned thief. And no, the delusion that if you own it then it is legal is entirely false.
On the one hand, I’m all for this; the number of high school kids walking around sucking on vape pens in my area is absolutely ridiculous. Teens and smoking have always been fairly close partners (we called the kids who’d walk across the street to the Ace to smoke during lunch “Acers,” they were that visible and…
Was there a standing record for fastest lap by a 4-door at Laguna Seca?Am I a pedo for asking?
Actually, everyone sells convertibles — just depends on how ambitious you, the buyer, are (and how big a saw you have in your garage).
Particularly stunning in 90s teal:
“In fact we were playing 1 on 1 the other day and I blocked one of his shots and then dunked on him. A lot of people say I’m a great basketball player, probably the greatest player to ever come out of New York. A lot of people don’t know that, but that’s what a lot of people are saying.”
I would tell him, "Youabian ridiculous."
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