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Quote: Originally Posted by Fishyesque When I said I enjoyed that, I meant I found it humorous, and I thought it was a decent comparison. OK, I'll demonstrate why it is a bad comparison! Because there is no evidence or explanation for the not…
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Not to be an asshole but, why does whether or not you enjoy the comparison have any relevance to the argument. I enjoy jokes but I wouldn't use one as the premise for an ideology if it was nonsensical!
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Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac If you don't understand the analogy, your not trying. You made a stupid analogy.. "Understanding" has nothing to do with it. What you are failing to understand is that your comparison is bad and that ther…
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mozart and beethoven the 50 cent and kanye west of their day? based on what? That is a stupid comparison, and therefore can only lead to stupid conclusions. I don't think I can take anything you say seriously, if you believe that mozart and beeth…
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laws are frequently stupid. I for one consider my own judgement to be a good enough method of figuring out moral dilemnas - thats not what the legal system is for. The legal system exists to protect people, not to punish them, or provide them with…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H I wouldn't imply that I myself had stolen Leopard. lol, you make it sound like someone creeping into cupertino at night with a crowbar and a balaclava, and obtaining the blueprints for leopard, then removing o…
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My actions are irrelevant to this discussion. Noone is here to defend themselves. As an aside, the book catch-22 has an insightful perspective on moral absolutism (mot necessarily relevant to internet piracy - but what the hell)
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Quote: Originally Posted by Kittenmitts Okay so I love my MacBook Pro, and it appears from all I have read that Visualhub is the be all end all for converting and burning video files. My problem is this. The process has been running for around 10…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H Huh? Then why did you say you did? never heard of playing the devil's advocate?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H I'm not a philosopher so the intricacies of moral philosophies really start to hurt my head. As I understand it, Moral Universalism states that morality applies equally to all people irrespective of their race,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H This question actually helps us quite a lot. No backtracking for you. It demonstrates that you agree that all the value of a retail box of Leopard lies in the data stored on the DVD. When you download for free…
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Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac I purchased super duper as a download. Why is that 'stupid'? . thats not stupid, because it is a different condition. The "retail" version of superduper could be the download - and is therefore legitima…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. H Archstudent, I welcome your debate. I hope you are willing to conitinue. Surely you realise that posting that you have downloaded Leopard from the internet (and yes, that is piracy), you realise that this most…
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Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac Using bittorrent to download leopard is IP theft in my view. I'm sure there are other forms of IP theft, but I'm not a legal expert in the field. A little story for you. A few years back I built the home …
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Quote: Originally Posted by tonton I'll just know that when your construction foreman takes a copy of your blueprints and makes his home from them that you won't take issue. "I can photocopy whatever I please for my own use," he'll say. "Piracy i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac I read the threads above. I think I've got an idea about how you respect IP. Again I'm surprised at your position. You'll be a producer of IP one day and will depend on others to respect it and government…
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Quote: Originally Posted by backtomac I'm quite amazed and surprised at your view of intellectual property. Especially if you truly are an architecture student as your name implies. I'm surprised (I won't stretch the hyperbole to amazed), that…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kcmac So....you were just joking about getting it from the internet and it not taking 3 days and.... It will take awhile before i pay any attention to your comments. piracy is distributing software, not downloadi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by lundy OK - I'm not going to delete anything, but Archstudent is on my list. Any threads he starts in Genius Bar or elsewhere, asking for any help with OS X, will be unceremoniously deleted and appropriate action taken.…
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try and make it firewire, and get 8mb cache minimum.