P
PerfectReign
Sjouke said:If you have to ask, the answer will not teach you anything
I looked it up.
It is a common problem on Wintendo computers.
Nothing for me to worry about.
Sjouke said:If you have to ask, the answer will not teach you anything
winged said:A pterasaur impersonating Bluuuue Rajah posted this in alt.2600:
Hey you're sweet when you talk tuff.
The uproductive effort and energy required to evade getting caught
eventually dawns even on the dimmest downloader.
Besides music is best enjoyed in it's consumption not in it's acquisition.
What would you rather do, spend hours downloading, scanning & filing
your precious files, or, slapping on a set of can's and spending the
same time listening?
PeeCee
snip
I would concede the 'average' downloader is less likely to be sued by the
RIAA.
The 'caught' I was refering to though was of the Trojan, Virus variety.
From the PC Authority article I refered to elsewhere in this thread:
<quote>
"David Philips, who runs a malware course at the UK's Open University, gives
talks to teenagers about malware. And when he describes the particular risks
of file sharing, you can see from the sheepish looks that they've all
encountered these problems."
</quote>
Cleaning out some of the nasties from poisoned downloads can take
hours/days.
In the extreme of course they have to pay professionals to reinstall their
operating system.
Kind of makes their 'free' music rather expensive doesn't it.
All the more so when the nasty they got blows their files away and they've
got nothing to show for all that time spent downloading.
A Pterasaur impersonating ?? posted this in alt.2600:
I used that expressiopn at least eight years ago, probably in 2600.warez,
maybe in a reply to one Huckleberry Hashimoto or whatever his stupid nym
was. Can't remember what nym I was using at that time.
buying a cd through traditional retail channels no longer guaranteesPeeCee said:snip
I would concede the 'average' downloader is less likely to be sued by
the RIAA.
The 'caught' I was refering to though was of the Trojan, Virus variety.
From the PC Authority article I refered to elsewhere in this thread:
<quote>
"David Philips, who runs a malware course at the UK's Open University,
gives talks to teenagers about malware. And when he describes the
particular risks of file sharing, you can see from the sheepish looks
that they've all encountered these problems."
</quote>
Cleaning out some of the nasties from poisoned downloads can take
hours/days.
In the extreme of course they have to pay professionals to reinstall
their operating system.
Kind of makes their 'free' music rather expensive doesn't it.
All the more so when the nasty they got blows their files away and
they've got nothing to show for all that time spent downloading.
PeeCee
the thing is, not everyone IS pirating, and this applies to the manyOnideus said:Those viruses and malware aren't being put out by the MPAA and RIAA,
rather they're being put out by pirates liak myself who recognize the
fact that piracy doesn't work if everyone is doing it, so we actively
support the MPAA and RIAA with their scare tactics in order to reduce
the number of those who are pirating and in general we try to make it
as difficult as possible for people to pirate. For a *TRUE* data
pirate there's no such thing as "sharing", pirates don't share, they
take, they plunder, they **** over anyone else they can and believe
that pirating in general should be a *DIFFICULT* thing to do which
requires an extreme level of technical expertise in order to keep out
all the ignorant sheeple minded ****wits who, by all accounts,
*SHOULD* be paying for the content they download.
So you stole *his* shtick?Onideus said:For idiots liak BabyFur I apparently invented *EVERYTHING* on teh
Usenets. *nods*
So y<COCK SLAP>
The RIAA does not 'infect' P2P clients, they don't have to, it is the
'file' that is infected.
Pedant.
What smlunatick points out is the RIAA releases infected files 'via'
various P2P networks.
Which P2P network is basically irrelevant as it's the content that
phones home not the P2P client.
As so many others hae pointed out to you, download music via P2P and
you 'will' get burned.
Lie.
The uproductive effort and energy required to evade getting caught
eventually dawns even on the dimmest downloader.
Shill.
Besides music is best enjoyed in it's consumption not in it's
acquisition. What would you rather do, spend hours downloading,
scanning & filing your precious files, or, slapping on a set of can's
and spending the same time listening?