Recent content by peejay

It definitely sounds as though the blue line is dodgy, and, if giving it a smack cures it, it sounds like either a dodgy connection or a dry joint somewhere

I think the Americans favour bay-ta, while the English favour bee-ta, but I guess really we need a Greek to give you the definitive answer ;)

I can't afford them - which is why I don't use them. Like with most things, there are cheaper alternatives

Oh, I'm perfectly calm - all I am doing is picking holes in the argument that using warez in wrong, as it is theft (irrespective of whether you can afford the software or not) and it does impact on the honest users.

Haha, you can rest assured that I'm not going to be offended - I like a good old bit of banter! Ah, but you ARE stealing something material. It might not seem it to you when you are firing up utorrent, but if you download software, you are stealing money from the programmer / software company...

So again, it is okay for me to steal a Ferrari as long as I don't sell it or let anyone else drive it? Oh, and Wordpad will save stuff out in .doc format (Word 6) - while not being bang up to date, it does far more than is essential for any dissertation. Oh, and if a Graphic Design class...

So going back to the real world, stealing a Ferrari isn't REALLY theft, as I couldn't afford to buy it, so they're not losing a sale? Like I said previously, it's nonsensical twaddle, and yet another pathetic excuse that a pirate uses to try to justify what he does.

So your argument as to why piracy is right is that you are risking your computer and have to spend a couple of hours downloading it? So does that mean I could come and steal your car if I was risking getting caught and taking a couple of hours planning? Or I could break into your house and take...

I'm afraid the idea that expensive software is beyond the reach of most is no excuse, either. I would love to drive an Aston Martin, but can only afford a Skoda - does that give me the right to steal one from the garage? Of course it doesn't! The fact that a company no longer makes money from...

I remember once upon a time coming across a piece of software called "Camouflage" that could hide any file within any other file - very useful!

Warez is theft, plain and simple. Anyone that thinks software will one day be free is living on cloud cuckoo - but sadly, there are too many people that expect to pay nothing. To put it into perspective, my site is one where I distribute games I have written - while they may only be simple...

While that is a solution, it does not fix the problem, which is the wasted energy. To put it another way, that is like having a car that does 30 miles to the gallon, when you are perfectly well aware that the same (or similar) car can do 500 miles to the gallon, and rather than making an issue...

Ah, but that highlights the point perfectly, showing just how inefficient the hardware of today is. Let me clarify:- Going back to the principle that energy cannot be created or destoyed, and given your quad core CPU is doing EXACTLY the same thing that any other CPU would be doing (even if it...

Ah, no no no - my point is that the hardware being currently produced seems amazingly inefficient. Okay, so there are a handful of people who have desktop machines that a lappy can't match, but they are in the minority. Let's take a step back in time for a moment ..... Imagine a Pentium machine...

Not quite - Micro$haft decided if it could give away a free browser, they could eliminate all competition, and get a stranglehold on the market.