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    Image of Michai Michai
    12/03/09

    In reply to Guy Demands to Be Arrested for Ripping His Own DVDs
    I always say be careful what you wish for.
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    Image of dfp3050 dfp3050
    12/02/09

    In reply to Guy Demands to Be Arrested for Ripping His Own DVDs
    "...in a pretty ballsy way."

    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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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    12/03/09

    @dfp3050: it might be safer to just ask him to deliver the message to his balls.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/02/09

    In reply to Guy Demands to Be Arrested for Ripping His Own DVDs
    This purity of values is why I love Danes. Well, that and Christiania. I'm raising a Tuborg your direction, Henrik. Skol, dude.
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    Image of Ren3ersej001 Ren3ersej001
    12/03/09

    @Alfisted: It's actually spelled: Skål ;)
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    Alfisted approved this comment Ren3ersej001 was starred Ren3ersej001 was unstarred
    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/03/09

    @Ren3ersej001: Yeah, but I'm too lazy to figure out how to post special characters. About what you'd expect from someone whose appreciation of Denmark principally extends to the hippy colony south of Koobenhown.
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    Edited by Alfisted at 12/03/09 12:06 PM Alfisted was starred Alfisted was unstarred
    Image of bagellord bagellord
    12/02/09

    In reply to Guy Demands to Be Arrested for Ripping His Own DVDs
    Isn't the law here in the States the same? I wonder how it will all play out.
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    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    12/02/09

    @bagellord: Yes, I believe it is the same here. You are allowed to make backups of your media for personal use, but it's illegal to circumvent any copy protection to do so. Reasonably certain that little clause is from our good friend, the DMCA.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    12/02/09

    In reply to Guy Demands to Be Arrested for Ripping His Own DVDs
    Balls of steel.
    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.
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    Image of Dr. Evil Genius has learned that MILF stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front Dr. Evil Genius has learned that MILF stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front
    12/02/09

    In reply to Guy Demands to Be Arrested for Ripping His Own DVDs
    I know this may be irritating but is it really worth having an arrest record over it?

    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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    Image of garci66 garci66
    12/02/09

    @Dr. Evil Genius: Arrest records are not "such" a big deal in europe. You don't have to present them to employees or anything like that... Not sure for Denmark, but I'd guess they'd be pretty open.
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    valkilmerisawful promoted this comment garci66 was starred garci66 was unstarred
    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    12/02/09

    @garci66: Right. And Denmark is right across the water from Norway, the happiest country in the world, which makes them second happiest (it's science). They will probably just ask him to do community service: one extra hour of physical fitness per week, for one week) and say "Don't worry about it, pal, it's cool."

    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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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    12/02/09

    In reply to Guy Demands to Be Arrested for Ripping His Own DVDs
    I remove my mattress tags, shhhh.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of PDAisAok PDAisAok
    12/02/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.:

    As the owner of that mattress that's not illegal for you to do....
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    Image of Archie-Tekt Archie-Tekt
    12/02/09

    @PDAisAok: Some times, For fun, I sneak into my friends houses and take the tags off of their mattresses.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment Archie-Tekt was starred Archie-Tekt was unstarred
    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    12/02/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.:
    I remove them on the mattresses in hotels.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment FriarNurgle was starred FriarNurgle was unstarred
    Image of gcat10 gcat10
    12/02/09

    @Archie-Tekt: That's not illegal either. The label is there to notify consumers about the construction and the status of the mattress. Now, if you sneaked into your friend's house and ripped the tags off and tried to SELL it, you will become a outlaw.

    Or were you being facetious and I totally missed it ...
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment Edited by gcat10 at 12/02/09 10:28 PM gcat10 was starred gcat10 was unstarred
    Image of Archie-Tekt Archie-Tekt
    12/02/09

    @gcat10: I've always dreamed of being an outlaw. However, in this case, you are correct. I was being facetious.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment Archie-Tekt was starred Archie-Tekt was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/02/09

    In reply to Guy Demands to Be Arrested for Ripping His Own DVDs
     
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    Image of Dr. Evil Genius has learned that MILF stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front Dr. Evil Genius has learned that MILF stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front
    12/02/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: +3

    Now, how many kills do you have to get to activate this and does it end the game automatically?
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/02/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: That guy in the middle should really think about popping that blister on his finger.
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    Image of Godseye Godseye
    11/16/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation
    Seriously, using a certain OS is a voluntary decision. If you don't like paying for your OS, or if you don't like DRM, there is a number of great alternative available. But it doesn't give you the right to pirate it. Microsoft is making you an offer, and its up to you to accept or decline, but not change the terms of the offer without the consent of microsoft. Or take the product without paying for it. #microsoft
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Godseye was starred Godseye was unstarred
    Image of krom krom
    11/16/09

    @Godseye: the point is that you have to hassle with DRM and activation even though you bought a legit copy of windows 7. #microsoft
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    Image of Godseye Godseye
    11/16/09

    @krom: @krom: Well, first off, DRM is not an issue to 99% of people that actually follow the EULA. It's designed that way. Second, it was software piracy that drove the development of DRM in the first place. If people bought software instead of stealing it this wouldn't be an issue. #microsoft
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    Image of kingbob337 kingbob337
    11/15/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation
    I like how I commented in Kotaku a few weeks ago saying that I had intention of purchasing a certain game and that I would simply download it via torrents if I decided I wanted to play it (I had reasons as well). Of course, I got flamed and people starting saying how I'm a douchebag and should have my account disabled and be banned from Gawker Media sites for even mentioning such a thing.

    Then posts such as these arise from time to time. It's funny. #microsoft
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    Đipic promoted this comment kingbob337 was starred kingbob337 was unstarred
    Image of Đipic Đipic
    11/15/09

    @kingbob337: What's your point? Just because Gizmodo does an article stating that windows 7 can be hacked doesn't mean they actually condone it. #microsoft
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    Image of Ginsu Ginsu
    11/15/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation
    OS X for the win. All of my Mac-using friends and I chipped in $5 each and bought the Snow Leopard upgrade, (single license) and we all used the same disc, and none of us were ever asked for any kind of serial, cd key, w/e.

    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
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    Image of Zanzan42 Zanzan42
    11/15/09

    @Ginsu: In point of fact, four of you pirated Snow Leopard. What you did is illegal and screws Apple.

    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
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment Zanzan42 was starred Zanzan42 was unstarred
    Image of Ginsu Ginsu
    11/15/09

    @JTX: Apple and OS X do, in fact, love me. The "one install disc, infinite installs" has worked since OS X's inception, and possibly before that, but I wouldn't know, as the first upgrade I ever did was from 9.1.4 to 10.0.

    @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
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    Image of CraigJ CraigJ
    11/15/09

    @Ginsu: I love how you justify what you did. Apple releases a significant upgrade (SL) with no DRM for $29 and you pirate it, and you justify it with the whole "it's not really hurting the company argument", which while may be true in the aggregate is simply a self serving justification to steal something you want because you can, and is intellectually dishonest.

    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
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/14/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation
    "So please, send me emails about anything else"

    You should talk to Rosa before saying something like that. You never know what people will email to you... #microsoft
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/14/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation
    Slight aside. I had to uninstall Win 7 and reinstall Vista because the school's exam software didn't support Win 7.

    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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    Image of Araam Vafai Borhanian Araam Vafai Borhanian
    11/14/09

    @tande04: Why didn't you just create a new partition on your hard drive, and install Vista on that? #microsoft
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    tande04 promoted this comment Araam Vafai Borhanian was starred Araam Vafai Borhanian was unstarred
    Image of Jaredu Jaredu
    11/14/09

    @tande04: You couldn't use the compatibility mode to virtualize XP?

    Blehh.. #microsoft
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    tande04 promoted this comment Jaredu was starred Jaredu was unstarred
    Image of Digitallysick Digitallysick
    11/14/09

    @tande04: You could not run it in compatibility mode? #microsoft
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    tande04 promoted this comment Digitallysick was starred Digitallysick was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/14/09

    @Araam Vafai Borhanian: I. Don't. Know.

    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
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/14/09

    @Digitallysick: Damn.
    @Jaredu: Double damn. #microsoft
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    Image of imTheKing imTheKing
    11/14/09

    @tande04: the fact that you don't know where it was or even if it really existed shows that Microsoft needs to fix the User Interface and not just eye candy it. #microsoft
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    tande04 promoted this comment imTheKing was starred imTheKing was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/14/09

    @imTheKing: Or it shows that I panicked because I didn't want to handwrite a 3hr exam and just went with what I thought was the easiest option at the time. #microsoft
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    Image of joncoffee joncoffee
    11/14/09

    @tande04: I hope you have better concentration with your studies and you pass your exams. Using compatibility mode is highly easy to use and 100% less drastic than removing an entire operating system. Search google for an answer next time. #microsoft
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    tande04 promoted this comment joncoffee was starred joncoffee was unstarred
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    11/14/09

    @joncoffee: No I don't actually. I'm sitting on Giz. Thanks for caring though.

    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
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    Image of Asherek Asherek
    11/14/09

    @tande04: Compatibility mode is pretty good actually. And sorry to say, it's sometimes not a bad idea to admit that "your way" may actually not be the best to stick with, because in this case, it really wasn't.

    EDIT: Came across snarkier than I intended to, sorry.
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    tande04 promoted this comment Edited by Asherek at 11/14/09 10:00 PM Asherek was starred Asherek was unstarred
    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    11/14/09

    @tande04: bummer, right click, hit compatibility tab and select "run this app with "operating system" mode. You can choose XP, Vista (various system service packs for both) and most of the time it'll run perfect. #microsoft
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment STFU_FPU! was starred STFU_FPU! was unstarred
    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    11/14/09

    @tande04: nah, it's not really a virtual OS as it is just a setting that allows it. You don't have to boot into it or anything. It basically tricks the OS and is stable at that. give it a whirl next time. You'll be stoked that it probably worked without having to install an entire diff. OS and saving you much time in the process.

    Cheers all the same, at least it worked for what you needed which is the bottom line right :-) #microsoft
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    Image of chapoec chapoec
    11/15/09

    @tande04: Wow you are dumb. Did you try compability mode. Or run windows 7 in xp mode. Or use a virtualizing software with the OS of your choosing. #microsoft
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    11/15/09

    @tande04: dont blame microsoft blame your sorry ass univerity and their lame ass software. All the software that ran on my vista runs on Windows 7. #microsoft
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    Image of HashMaster9000 HashMaster9000
    11/15/09

    @chapoec: Hey, Asshat: instead of commenting here, bad mouthing someone forming an opinion, perhaps you should realize that something as important as an exam shouldn't be left to chance. And the fact that when you first set up Win 7, it doesn't guide you through and specific tutorials might have made it a little hard to justify trying to finagle a new OS when grades and a degree are on the line.

    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
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    tande04 promoted this comment HashMaster9000 was starred HashMaster9000 was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/15/09

    @chapoec: That is who I blame actually.

    @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
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    11/14/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation
    For a minute I thought someone had figured out how to turn on their computer with a keyfob.

    Why has no one done this yet?! #microsoft
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment njdevil was starred njdevil was unstarred
    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/14/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Hacked (Again) for Keyless Activation
    And this is why I love having access to Volume Licensing. Clean, untouched copies of all my favorite software... and keys to go with 'em.

    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
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