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I'd say his balls are 14ft high and carved out of brass (yes, carved). Bravo I say to him and his balls.
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Kudos for the guy. He's doing a lot more than tons of groups and lawyers out there do for the entire justice system and society.
Hopefully this moves enough discussion in Denmark to at least create legal precedents for future cases.
12/02/09
Maybe, he should've held a record exec hostage and force him to hear his argument.
He can use the PTSD he inflicts upon the exec to get justice. That's the way of the world!
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Either way, I like his style, he's a badass and will likely be appointed successor to Queen Margarethe II as constitutional monarch for his impenetrable scruples and outstanding character.
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As the owner of that mattress that's not illegal for you to do....
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I remove them on the mattresses in hotels.
12/02/09
Or were you being facetious and I totally missed it ...
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Now, how many kills do you have to get to activate this and does it end the game automatically?
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11/15/09
Then posts such as these arise from time to time. It's funny. #microsoft
11/15/09
11/15/09
I like the Mac way of doing things. It took me $5 and 5 friends to get a legit copy of my new OS....with all the features. Oh yeah, and this "upgrade" can be installed on a blank drive. I know because I did it when I got a new 500GB HD for my MacBook.
If you were to attempt the "everybody throw $5 in" technique for 7 Ultimate, it would take you and 43 friends to get the UPGRADE, which CANNOT be installed on a blank drive, no matter how hard you try, or to what God you pray. Oh yeah, and that'll only have one license, which means that only one of the 44 of you ever gets to take your freshly updated machine online. Ever. (At least from what I've read so far. Flamers, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).
Now, if you really needed the full install of Windows 7 Ultimate, it would take you $5 and 63 friends. And I'm not talking about MySpace friends, unfortunately. Basically, this means you wait for news like the article I'm commenting on to get a copy illegally.
I'm sure all of you Bill-Gates-praising, Windows-using retards thank God for determined hackers and BitTorrent.
/dissertation
:::incoming flames detected::: #microsoft
11/15/09
If you like MacOS X so much, support the company that makes it by paying them the money they are owed, or you may find yourself someday lamenting the absence of MacOS X due to idiots like yourself.
Just because Apple chooses ease of installation over security doesn't make you any less of a douchebag than the people who have to put some effort into pirating Windows. #microsoft
11/15/09
@Zanzan42: Note how small a percentage of Apple's revenue is from computers anymore, and their ever-increasing stack of cash. EVERYBODY could pirate EVERY update to the Mac OS and the end result, at worst, would be that Apple might someday start using an activation system of some sort.
And hey, both of you, the everyone-throw-in-$5 thing was crap. Didn't expect for that to even be brought up. Truth be told, I only have 2 Mac-using friends, and none of us missed the $29. I was making a point. All of my Windows-using friends have been doing everything but selling themselves on the street to try to come up with the money for 7. I recently heard them lamenting that they can't all just pitch in for it somehow. I suggested mutual funds.
Honestly, though....who the fuck pays for Windows anymore? It's abhorrently expensive that the only people that pay for it are businesses and those too stupid to get it otherwise (this includes your grandmother and anyone who's a fan of Microsoft). #microsoft
11/15/09
Using that argument, it's OK for me to go steal some shit from WalMart because they too have tons of cash, and walking out with a few DVDs won't really hurt them.
I guess I'm one of those stupid people that pays for most of his software (especially shareware), but I've downloaded my fair share in the past, so, yes, I've stolen software in the past. I currently only have one pirated application on any of my systems: everything else is paid for. Hell I even paid for Microsoft Office for Mac.
Who the fuck pays for Windowes? 90% of people who buy a new PC, and honest people like me. but, I didn't pay full price, I got a discounted MSDN subscription and got Windows, Office, Visual Studio and a bunch of other software for a little more that a retail copy of Windows Ultimate. Only suckers pay retail.
I'd have a lot more respect for you if you just said Snow Leopard had no copy protection so we bought 1 copy and pirated 5 copies. It doesn't sound good, but it's the truth.
Leave self-serving justification where it belongs: with alcoholics. #microsoft
11/14/09
You should talk to Rosa before saying something like that. You never know what people will email to you... #microsoft
11/14/09
I now know what everyone was bitching about. I hate you Vista. I miss you Win 7. Please come back after exams :( #microsoft
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Blehh.. #microsoft
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Some one suggested it at the time too. I wasn't 100% sure how to do it and I didn't really want to complicate an already frustrating event. I started to but chickened out.
Now that I think about it wasn't there a Vista compatibility program packaged with Win 7? Shit, should have tried that too. #microsoft
11/14/09
@Jaredu: Double damn. #microsoft
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Google or not I'm going to stick with my way of doing it. Even though I'd admittedly didn't even think about it at the time I don't think that compatibility mode would have worked now that I'm talking it out with people. The whole point of the software is to keep other things from running on the computer so I doubt a virtual version of windows would have worked out. Plus (even assuming that it would work) I'm sure that compatibility mode works great and all but since the whole point is to keep me from having to handwrite the thing I'd hate for something to happen midway and get stuck handwriting the thing after all was said and done.
It may have been the more drastic option and may be a sucky option but in the end I'm sure it was the safer option. #microsoft
11/14/09
EDIT: Came across snarkier than I intended to, sorry.
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Cheers all the same, at least it worked for what you needed which is the bottom line right :-) #microsoft
11/15/09
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I'm sure you're a Windows 7 master who could run fucking circles around us, but some of us would rather use an OS we know for the important things rather than early adopt and get screwed on accident. Tande04 did what was right by him, and you coming in here calling him stupid and being a Microsoft apologist isn't winning you any points, pal. #microsoft
11/15/09
@E30Kid: Yep. Thats what I figured to. I hadn't had a problem with anything in the past so when I ran it and it said "Windows 7 not supported" I was a little surprised.
@Asherek: Pfft. Thats not snarky at all by Giz standards. And yes, I still stick by that it was the best decision in the end. Windows 7 is not supported and if I fucked myself in the end by trying to get around it I just would have been pissed.
@JYHASH: Yep my point exact. Not going to try and get around it. I'm going to stick with what I know would work.
@et al.: I almost want to reinstall Win 7 and try compatibility mode just so I can prove one way or the other if it would or wouldn't work. I've got a lot to do but spite is a strong motivator. #microsoft
11/14/09
Why has no one done this yet?! #microsoft
11/14/09
Anyone up for the 'gold master' of XP Pro, with vulnerabilities up the wazoo pre-configured? =P
Seriously, I wouldn't pirate software such as Windows off the 'net. God knows what they've snuck into the CD until after the fact... and having hundreds of "custom" editions out there doesn't help. No, I do not want 'XP Black Edition', just give me damn XP Professional. #microsoft