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    Home cooking is killing the restaurant industry! This is an equivalent argument as to why torrenting is bad

    Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 17:00:04 UTC from web
    1. Crusader 8 Crusader 8

      @purplephish20 a better comparison would be panic that thousands of mechanics sharing the same single toolbox is killing the relevant manufacturers who make said tools.

      Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 17:02:45 UTC from web
    2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

      @purplephish20 Well, piracy IS technically stealing. Nobody really cares, though.

      Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 17:02:50 UTC from StatusNet Android
      1. abc abc

        @redenchilada piracy is making a copy you weren't supposed to make. it's not going to make hasbro all that happy, but it isn't exactly stealing.

        Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 17:04:57 UTC from web
      2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

        @redenchilada It's like stealing what someone's saying while standing on a soapbox. You can't expect people not to copy womething when it's not physical.

        Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 17:05:43 UTC from web
        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

          @nerthos Personally, I consider software to be a service. If I'm not satisfied, I'm not giving them my money. If I am, I am! I honestly try to limit what I pirate.

          Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 17:08:01 UTC from StatusNet Android
          1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

            @redenchilada I try to buy whatever stuff I like and they sell in a way I can use. Some things I don't buy because I would be forced to use services like Steam, or login to servers to be able to play offline games.

            Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 17:14:34 UTC from web
            1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

              @nerthos You know, Steam is actually a really good client for games.

              Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:27:48 UTC from StatusNet Android
              1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                @redenchilada I dislike it greatly. It's a really good way to waste resources and limit freedom over files and bug solving by forcing the user to run that thing while playing.

                Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:35:42 UTC from web
                1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

                  @nerthos The steam CDN is amazing though, I very much prefer buying games on steam Vs. buying a hardcopy.

                  Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:36:53 UTC from web
                  1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                    @minti Every time I want to install on another computer, I have to download the whole thing again. I preffer to be careful with a DVD than to wait 14 hours for a game I own to download.

                    Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:40:16 UTC from web
                    1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

                      @nerthos True xD But even with stream, you can make your own install CDs out of downloaded content. I usually do that.

                      Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:40:58 UTC from web
                      1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                        @minti Downloading cracked ISOs is so more practical. It's funny how the illegal alternative is better than the legal one.

                        Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:42:21 UTC from web
                        1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

                          @nerthos That's usually the case with DRM. Lol, next thing you know all music is going to be on hardware-locked USB flash drive type things.

                          Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:43:05 UTC from web
                          1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                            @minti Yeah, and it will be cracked by people like me, out of hatred for their irritating ways.

                            Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:45:24 UTC from web
                            1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

                              @nerthos xD Yeah, there's always a way around DRM. As I know how to actually MAKE the cracks that people post on TPB etc, I can say with confidence that it'll be hard to stop anyone who wants your files, even if they're protected by DRM.

                              Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:47:38 UTC from web
                              1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                                @minti The obvious solution is to go the OnLive route and force every bit of data ever to stream from a server. Herp.

                                Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:50:13 UTC from StatusNet Android
                              2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                                @minti See? We will alyays win! :D

                                Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:51:31 UTC from web
                    2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                      @nerthos Why would you install games on more than one computer anyway?

                      Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:47:12 UTC from StatusNet Android
                      1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                        @redenchilada One desktop and one portable. Also upgrading. And the fact that I use a computer and my brother other.

                        Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:50:51 UTC from web
              2. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

                @redenchilada Hey you. What's this sites policy on bots.

                Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:38:04 UTC from web
                1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                  @minti I've enforced it as "as long as they're following the rules, it's fine." Sometimes we'll sandbox certain ones depending on purpose, but they're generally ok.

                  Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:41:05 UTC from StatusNet Android
                  1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

                    @redenchilada Okay. Just wondering cause, I made a bot to welcome # cause I was bored. xD

                    Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:41:37 UTC from web
                    1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                      @minti Something like that would be fine! I personally can't wait to see it welcome spambots. (I do hope there's some variety in the messages, though~)

                      Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:43:11 UTC from StatusNet Android
                      1. Toothpaste Pony! Toothpaste Pony!

                        @redenchilada Hm. It's a preset message right now, I should make it pull messages from MySQL and make a web interface lolol xD

                        Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:44:02 UTC from web
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                    @redenchilada What happened to PIMP (Ponies.is.my.passion)? i think that was a bot

                    Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:44:53 UTC from web
                    1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                      @purplephish20 I dunno!

                      Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:45:36 UTC from StatusNet Android
                2. colfax colfax

                  @minti Ask first, no spoilers, and no spam.

                  Wednesday, 14-Mar-12 18:42:07 UTC from web