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Reply to Was Jesus just following an existing myth? in Religion JoeUser Forums

Well, he was following the Judaic myths, as in he came after them. In fact, Christians still use the Jewish holy manuscript today. Same religion, new chapters.

Reply to Pirates are eating themselves! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote]You should look up Kohlberg's stages of moral development my friend because right now you're at a 1 on the scale.[/quote] I bet he was a pirate. If the person who doesn't steal is a 1 and presumably liberals and pirates are higher, then the scale is tilted in favor of hacks and, well... liberals. Liberals I can tolerate. They smell bad, but at least they stand for something understandable. Thieves deserve punishment. If liberals try to give thieves power (and they just m

Reply to Cute frog in Pets & Nature JoeUser Forums

Zoo, what happens if you lick it?

Reply to Pirates are eating themselves! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Cobra, one of the myriad criminals on this forum posted[link="https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/post.aspx?postid=303512"]this[/link] site in an attemp to rationalize his crimes.

Reply to EU to Ban Pirates from the Internet? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote]You all should start a church. Seriously. The amount of vitriolic hatred that people in the "piracy is the end of the world crowd" is amazing. It's like you've all declared a jihad. (Public executions? Get a grip)[/quote] Well you have to admit. Public executions [I]would[/I] solve the problem. [quote]Capitalism is an abstract concept - it cannot "go" anywhere, and is in no danger of going away. In fact, it is largely working as intended.[/quote] The r

Reply to Pirates are eating themselves! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote]democratic government[/quote] I see. You are not a pirate. You are a liberal. My mistake. I respect that far more. I just think you are wrong and I want to see thieves burn in hell, if you don't mind. Thank you for clearing that up, though. I am all for giving the people what they want. Unless, of course, the people are stupid thieving diseased bastards. That's what makes me conservative, I guess.

Reply to EU to Ban Pirates from the Internet? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote]Anyone who's smart doesn't use BitTorrent or P2P. At least publicly. Those that actually know what they are doing use something like a 256-bit SSL-encrypted NNTP connection with a good Usenet provider (like one that doesn't keep download logs). Unless the European Union plans to buy massive amounts of supercomputers to break the SSL encryption on every single connection, they won't be able to enforce anything.[/quote] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ just another pirate. t

Reply to EU to Ban Pirates from the Internet? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote]I think he forgot the sarcasm tags.[/quote] I didn't honestly think they were necessary. But it's really ironic when you think that pirates are the kind of people who will both deny that they would do it and then do it when the police [I]actually[/I] go on strike. It has happened in the past. Look at the Boston Police strike, for example.

Reply to Pirates are eating themselves! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote]stardock has already made it's position quite clear.[/quote] He's basically just saying that he's letting pirates steal his game because he can't do anything about it without hurting his sales. The problem is that DRM hurts his sales because even the people who buy his games are pirates. I really doubt that his game sold better because it has no copy protection. Some of the people who would ordinarily steal from big mean EA actually bought his game because they liked that he woul

Reply to Pirates are eating themselves! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote]All a pirate does is leech off the host (Developer) If it kills the host, it has no more host to leech off of. You pirates are stupid if you can't figure this out.[/quote] Hey, someone finally understands and agrees with me. [quote]You can make all the rash assumptions you'd like[/quote] My assumption was hardly rash. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that people who don't care about protecting ideas might want to steal them.<br

Reply to EU to Ban Pirates from the Internet? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote]that research showed that a large number of teenagers were not aware it was actually theft[/quote] They are very aware, deep down inside. But I wouldn't be aware that shoplifting was theft if there were no police.

Reply to Pirates are eating themselves! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

So, basically, there is no one in this discussion who believes that digital rights should be defended? In fact, everyone here praises Stardock because they just let pirates steal from them if they want? I am confirmed in my initial belief that you are ALL pirates. I have not heard an opinion from anyone who I would assume has not and will not steal ideas. It is also interesting to have it confirmed that America's internet infrastructure is infinitely superior to the barbarian countries.

Reply to EU to Ban Pirates from the Internet? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote]Er...no. Stardock has a zero tolerance for warez use/users. I'm possibly leading the score-card in warez-user exiling ...not sure though...depends on the prevalence in the Gaming corner of SD's realm....[/quote] Ok, well, that makes more sense. But what I said is still true. How is that going to help you, really? The banned user will just occupy time better by stealing sins of a solar empire.

Reply to EU to Ban Pirates from the Internet? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I hate this argument [edit: reply number 118]. If you don't like the games, then don't play them. If they are so crappy, why put so much effort into "copying" them? You know, I've figured it out. This forum is a rufuge for pirates because stardock won't ban admitted offenders. That makes sense. What are they going to do about it anyway? Might as well let them gloat. Something that truly disturbs me is the ease with which supposedly intelligent crea

Reply to Pirates are eating themselves! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote]HAs anyone seen the lengths EA goes to make their rubbish uncopyable?[/quote] If it's rubbish, why even bother stealing it? In fact, why go to equal lengths to copy crummy rubbish? [quote]save some $80 - $120 in some cases[/quote] Well, I don't know about the socialist plague that has swept through the lesser countries in the world, but in America, expensive games cost $50 brand spanking new, and anyone buying or stealing the game has a working internet connec

Reply to Radar Detector Shootout: K40 Calibre vs. Valentine V1 in Automotive JoeUser Forums

Did anyone else notice that Frogboy posted an article about radar detectors and an article about a new porshe at about the same time? I wonder what that could mean...

Reply to Pirates are eating themselves! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Is there anyone in this discussion who has never pirated an idea? What do you think? [quote]Pirates offers a product at a lower cost, or of better quality, or of more convenience.[/quote] Pirates don't offer products. They smuggle the products of others, which is certainly at a lower cost, wholeheartedly not of better quality, and more convenient only in that they don't have to protect themselves from having their ideas stolen (namely because they don't have any); they are the

Reply to EU to Ban Pirates from the Internet? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Well, the CEO of Stardock just bought a new Porshe 911 Turbo. So, the industry can't be hurting THAT badly... But if piracy isn't stealing, then it should't be called piracy. It should be called .... taking someone else's ideas and not paying for them even though they cost something. Or TSEIANPFTETTCS for short.

Reply to Dragon*Con 2008 in GalCiv Journals JoeUser Forums

I went to Dragon*Con last year with a friend of mine. We saw Brent Spiner. It was cool. Then my buddy bought a samurai sword. That was not.

Reply to Pirates are eating themselves! in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote]Name one company which was driven extinct by pirates and not by the combination of bad business choices, poor quality service and/or low quality products. I'm not defending piracy, I am just stating its importance is being overblown to hide the deficiencies of the current PC market which is oversaturated by shiny-looking, shallow clone-titles and thus offers little incentive for the common customer to fork over ~50$ for games which are worth maybe half that much in terms of quali

Reply to 2008 Porsche 911 Turbo Review in Car Reviews JoeUser Forums

I had three of those, but I crashed them all and bought a ferrari.

Reply to My Body - Making Progress! in Diet JoeUser Forums

You should calculate how long it will take at your rate of loss to be skinny. I bet it's not as long as you'd think.

Reply to Brad's DISC personality profile in Business JoeUser Forums

I took one one time and ended up with all 4. I think they were just confused.

Reply to Having an affair? in Marital Issues JoeUser Forums

I read a statistic one time that 80% of men have an affair at some point or another. I don't know when I read it or how accurate it is, but I don't rule it out. A man wants to have as much sex as possible with as many women as possible, from a biological perspective. And humans are just really smart animals. For the same reason that people sometimes have a hard time getting over obesity or feeling jealous in a needless way, men will often cheat.

Reply to What Did You Play This Weekend? in Gaming JoeUser Forums

I played with the Spore Creature Editor. It reminded me a lot of the City of Heroes character creator (except it was more advanced). Then I drooled over the upcoming release of 1.1 for Sins.