Re: vogons vs turlettes

["Quantum_Cat" <anonymous@cotse.com>]

 *>In article <200007240525.BAA19383@anon.cotse.com>,
 *>  "Quantum_Cat" <anonymous@cotse.com> wrote:
 *>> I keep hearing about this "need", and how "useful" 
stealing
 *>> software is to the
 *>> Apple II user.  Judging from the contents of most ftp 
pirate
 *>> sites, it's games.  Deny it or shrug it off if you will, 
but
 *>> the fact remains that for all your whining, you just 
want
 *>> something to play with.

 *>Deny it or shrug it off if you will, but the fact remains 
that for all of
 *>your whining, you just want to prevent people from having 
something to play
 *>with.

Is that what I want?

What's the problem with the hundreds of megabytes of legally 
available games and software?  You just don't get the same 
thrill as you do from stealing?  That's the philosophy of a 
joyrider.

 *>There is no need, and I've never said there was.

Then we appear to be attributing comments made by others to 
each other.

 *>> No, you're mistaken, Bob.  It's NOT.  Try it.  Asimov 
has
 *>> been down for months.  You don't have to take my word 
for it.
 *>> Try it.  Why don't I think I'll get an apology from you?

 *>If you plan to kill someone, you go to prison.  If you 
plan to let people
 *>download pirated warez, it is PIRACY.  "but fe systems are 
cool.  they are
 *>fun to chat with and they let me have the latest version 
of bernie
 *>pirate-ware".  go back to your chat room.

Let people download?  Your logic would mean that anyone who 
doesn't actively hunt down and prevent someone from pirating 
would fit your label of pirate.

And your invented stories tire.  And these comments like "go 
back to your chat room" simply puzzle.  Was there a point to 
it?

 *>> fabrications.  I assure you, my ROM copy is from my GS.  
So.

 *>Where's your proof?  What's the serial numbers on your GS?  
We'll need a
 *>picture to verify.  how did you copy the ROM?  Your 
assurance isn't
 *>anything.

Oh.  I didn't realize I was talking to Robert Ryan, ROM 
Revenuer.  I'll get that to you ASAP!

 *>> I have no interest in your hobbies.  ;)

 *>My hobby is the Apple II.  Your hobby is being a thorn in 
the side of the
 *>Apple II "community"

Among others.  I'll take issue with you on the point that you 
and the Turlettes represent the "community".  But we can 
argue that some other time.  ;)

 *>> I think he knows.  ;)

 *>He knows he's a pirate.  Why not go over to his discussion 
group of choice
 *>and voice your anti-piracy battle?

Alas, they won't let me in.  And time is limited.  I'm not an 
unemployed high school dropout, or some chub on disability, 
so I have to pick my battles.  ;)

 *>> Sigh.. That IS the law, Bob.

 *>Sigh, FE Systems is a pirating bunch of scum.  Go get em!

But have you seen the size of that pooch?  A kitty like me 
wouldn't stand a chance.  ;)

 *>>  *>>  *>When it suits your purpose it is ok to pirate, 
but if
 *>>  *>> others do it and you
 *>>  *>>  *>don't agreee with their purpose, it is not.
 *>>  *>>
 *>>  *>> Bob.... It's -ILLEGAL- to pirate.  It's against the 
law.
 *>> The
 *>>  *>> Copyright owner has rights protecting his property
 *>> should he/
 *>>  *>> her choose to press the matter.

 *>You're a joke.  Apple Inc. doesn't enforce its' copyright 
on its ROMS, so
 *>its okay (although illegal) to pirate them?  ok.

Are you truely this dense?  I'll talk slower.  It's NOT okay 
to pirate ROMS.  Now.  Which word don't you understand?

 *>> You're welcome.  I've know dense people like you all my 
life,

 *>I've know peoples then ok not too.  You've know dense 
people?  Sounds like
 *>it rubbed off on you.

"I've know peoples then ok not too."?  Well, I won't make too 
many comments here since I dropped the "n" on MY comment, but 
it looks like you should get some sleep.  ;)

 *>>  *>You think pirating ROMS is OK.  Piracy is Piracy.
 *>>
 *>> Heh... You've stripped a few gears here, Bob.  Go back 
in the
 *>> thread and read where I agreed that downloading ROMs is
 *>> illegal.  Putting these words in my mouth is simply 
another
 *>> lie on your part.  (it's that rolled up newspaper)

 *>Yeah, you agree it is illegal, but you say it's okay  (not 
continuing your
 *>anti-piracy battle against ROM downloading is the same 
thing as saying it's
 *>okay)

Is it the same?  Alas, I can't do it alone, Bob.  Do you want 
to help?  You could be my "Boy Wonder'!  ;)

 *>""
 *>Copying ROMS from machines you don't own is illegal.  But 
to equate a one
 *>time download with the blatant and unrepentant 
distribution of hundreds of
 *>megs of commercial software is quite a long stretch.  But 
you Turlettes have
 *>lots of practice stretching the truth.  ;) ""

 *>Words in your mouth?  I didn't know I had telepathic 
abilities, and I didn't
 *>even know that I thought that!  So you think that piracy 
does not equate to
 *>piracy?

No, that's the problem, Bob.  You manufacture my "position" 
incorrectly.  ;)

And yes, they are both piracy, but you're ignoring the scale 
of the problem to make your point.  Again, I'll talk slow.  1 
does not equal 5000.

 *>You say in the quote that it is not piracy to download one 
thing (ROM)
 *>illegally, but it is not okay to download lots of software

Do I, Bob?  Your reading skills aren't up to snuff.  I have 
never said that it is not piracy to copy ROMS.  Must you lie?

 *>I'm no turlette.  Eat antifreeze and get really sick

If it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and sounds like a 
duck then...

 *>Bob

 *>ps can't you think of anything more intelligent than 
"turlette"?  

Nope.  Sorry.  ;)

 *>Vogon has some meaning to it.  turlette?  

Well, I'd explain it to you , but you probably wouldn't get 
it.  ;)

 *>a female turl?  

Heh heh..

 *>get a life

Are you offering one?

Vogons For a Turlette Free Apple II Community!

Quantum_Cat