BF2S Forums What do you think? (Free Vista Ultimate if you install spyware).

killer21 wrote:

The only reason to even consider getting Vista is for Direct 10.

Or profit, as Dragonclaw pointed out.

Yeah I'd be fine with that. Either do it on an old Windows 98 laptop or just use the computer for playing games for a few months.

Ryan wrote:

Invasion of privacy.

Entirely optional.

nukchebi0 wrote:

Everyone who has pirated software should fall over and writhe in pain for endless days..and then live, so they can be tortured by their memories.

Seriously, its just pathetic petty stealing, and the sign of an immature person.

The only immature person here is you. Stop whining about stuff that other people do that harms no one. Dumbass.

Dragonclaw wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

Everyone who has pirated software should fall over and writhe in pain for endless days..and then live, so they can be tortured by their memories.

Seriously, its just pathetic petty stealing, and the sign of an immature person.

The only immature person here is you. Stop whining about stuff that other people do that harms no one. Dumbass.

Edit v2: I should tone down the name calling.

Edit: As I should explain, how can be so stupid as to think it isn't hurting anyone. You didn't write the software, idiot.

Last edited by nukchebi0 (2007-12-11 17:55:18)

Hurricane wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

Dragonclaw wrote:

The only immature person here is you. Stop whining about stuff that other people do that harms no one. Dumbass.

You are a fucking moron.

Come on now, he is right in that it doesn't harm anyone. I still think there are a HUGE number of legit purchasers (think of all the businesses etc, they wouldn't want to risk getting caught for piracy would they?) to make any of piracy's "impact" very small.

Oh, so because other other people buy the software, you don't have to too. This is selfish reasoning, and thus immature. Are you working for or against me?

Last edited by nukchebi0 (2007-12-11 17:46:49)

nukchebi0 wrote:

Hurricane wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

You are a fucking moron.

Come on now, he is right in that it doesn't harm anyone. I still think there are a HUGE number of legit purchasers (think of all the businesses etc, they wouldn't want to risk getting caught for piracy would they?) to make any of piracy's "impact" very small.

Oh, so because other other people buy the software, you don't have to too. This is selfish reasoning, and thus immature. Are you working for or against me?

The only one that hurts is Mr.Gates has a slightly less full bank account. The coders aren't paid on how many copies they sell.

nukchebi0 wrote:

Hurricane wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

You are a fucking moron.

Come on now, he is right in that it doesn't harm anyone. I still think there are a HUGE number of legit purchasers (think of all the businesses etc, they wouldn't want to risk getting caught for piracy would they?) to make any of piracy's "impact" very small.

Oh, so because other other people buy the software, you don't have to too. This is selfish reasoning, and thus immature. Are you working for or against me?

Neither? I bought Vista legit mind you. I may or may not have gotten MS Office 2007 legit. Why? Because even the "Student" edition is a fucking ripoff. Especially when it only lets you install on... one computer? No thanks MS, I'll install it on as many computers as I want.

nukchebi0 wrote:

I have Office 97 and it lets me install on as many computers as I want. This is professional edition, so it makes little sense. If people didn't steal software, they wouldn't be so strict.

I don't think people really cared about pirated software back then....

Maybe people wouldn't steal if they weren't so strict? That's Hurricane's line of thought as i see it.

nukchebi0 wrote:

Hurricane wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

You are a fucking moron.

Come on now, he is right in that it doesn't harm anyone. I still think there are a HUGE number of legit purchasers (think of all the businesses etc, they wouldn't want to risk getting caught for piracy would they?) to make any of piracy's "impact" very small.

Oh, so because other other people buy the software, you don't have to too. This is selfish reasoning, and thus immature. Are you working for or against me?

Not paying 300$ for software that you can only install on one PC isnt selfish. Your reasoning is flawed. Yet again, it harms no one. Businesses are losing pennies compared to what they make from people who buy the software. Just because I would never spend 500$ on say, photoshop doesnt make me selfish. The people who design the software arent making any money off the sales anyway so there isnt anything selfish about it. People who did absolutely nothing to design the product are making the money off CD sales, movie sales, and software sales. Whos selfish here?

Copy protection leads people who would otherwise buy the software to piracy. The recent bioshock scandal, the people who were pirating the game had a working game, the people who bought it did not. People dont want to pay for something that they can only install once or twice on the same PC. Look at Gears of War, it was released with more problems than the entire history of BF2 doubled and thrown into one package. The people who fixed the crashing issues were the cracker teams. Microsoft did nothing. Again, the people who bought it were ripped off, the people who downloaded it had a working game.

Last edited by Dragonclaw (2007-12-12 05:08:49)

I'm Jamesey wrote:

nukchebi0 wrote:

Everyone who has pirated software should fall over and writhe in pain for endless days..and then live, so they can be tortured by their memories.

Seriously, its just pathetic petty stealing, and the sign of an immature person.

Someone has a chip on their shoulder.

A cow chip.

nukchebi0 wrote:

Everyone who has pirated software should fall over and writhe in pain for endless days..and then live, so they can be tortured by their memories.

Seriously, its just pathetic petty stealing, and the sign of an immature person.

Because I TOTALLY want to spend $1000 on a photo editing program so I have a cool picture under my posts on an internet forum....

Last edited by gene_pool (2007-12-12 05:11:52)

VMWare ftw?