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Off Topic / Re: Just in case you thought the 4th ammendment was still in tact...

« on: December 02, 2009, 03:44:20 pm »

During the 2004 elections, my (liberal) roommate swore up and down that if someone like McCain was running on the Republican ticket, he would vote for him over Kerry. He didn't think the Republicans would ever nominate a moderate though. Then when we had the choice between a true bi-partisan moderate and a left wing unexperienced empty suit with nice speeches, everyone flocks to the suite. We are getting exactly what we voted for: an empty suit who loves himself and does nothing but campaign. McCain would have certainly done MUCH better, and would have developed and lead bipartisan solutions to this mess that we are in.

And what did the video have to do with anything? It just personifies the unrealistic expectations everyone had of Obama when they gave millions to him and voted for him

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Serious Discussions and Debates / Re: Discussion: How severely should illegal downloading of any kind, be punished

« on: December 02, 2009, 03:31:31 pm »

Trerro: With very old games (such as SMB3), you can actualy download the games on your Wii and play them there, they even have games from companies who no longer exist Most of the time, when a game company goes under, another company buys the rights to the games the original company produced, so they can do things like what Nintendo is doing. As for PC games, save up some $$ and buy the older PC game on Ebay or something! I can understand downloading a ROM for a game that you already own so you can play on your computer, but anything else is taking something that the owner did not give permission to take (otherwise known as theft).

As for music, so what if you don't like the RIAA? If you have a problem with the organization attached to a band's music, DON'T BUY MUSIC FROM THAT BAND! If enough people don't boycott music from the RIAA, bands will sign to different organizations. Remember, it was the band's choice in the first place to sign to the RIAA, so saying that you support the band, then downloading the band's music for free because you don't like the RIAA is just a cop out. Remember, you don't even have to buy the whole album, go to Amazon or iTunes and download only the songs you want... less money for the RIAA, and you can still go to the band's concerts to support the band.

The only response that I have to 1420r2d is that he needs to get a stinken job and stop feeling that he is entitled to anything, especially a game such as Modern Warfare 2. Just because he feels that the play time isn't worth the money does not mean that he has the right to steal the game. Does he have any idea how long it takes to develop a game like Modern Warfare 2, how much money is spent on such an investment? If he doesn't feel like the game is worth the money, HE SHOULDN'T BUY IT! Play the games that he already has instead, or better yet, use that time to GET A JOB!

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Serious Discussions and Debates / Re: Discussion: How severely should illegal downloading of any kind, be punished

« on: December 01, 2009, 07:02:57 pm »

question for you: Have you ever gone fishing? If so, have you ever caught ALL of the fish? Just because it would be almost impossible to catch everyone who downloads illegally does not mean that the authorities should not go after those they do catch, and when people see others put in jail for the same activities they are doing, most will stop because a free song or two isn't worth potential jail time. The risk suddenly outweighs the benifit, and most will stop. Then the people who continue will be even easier to track/prosecute.

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Serious Discussions and Debates / Re: Discussion: How severely should illegal downloading of any kind, be punished

« on: December 01, 2009, 02:50:35 pm »

I have to agree with GPH on this one... the programmers and companies invested a lot of time and money into developing those games, and by downloading them without permission, you are taking advantage of their hard work and risk. Same goes with music. If you don't have the money to put down on a game/mp3... go out and mow someone's lawn or something! You're not entitled to ANYTHING that anyone else has just because someone presented it to you for the taking!

As for punishments, having to pay 3x the amount of what you stole if you get caught isn't much of a deterrent. I would treat online crime as if it happened in a store: steal a game, you go to jail my friend. Offer a stolen game to someone else: you also go to jail, except longer. Now execution of this punishment may be unrealistic because of the many jurisdictions dealt with, but that's besides the point

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Off Topic / Re: Just in case you thought the 4th ammendment was still in tact...

« on: December 01, 2009, 02:38:55 pm »

I thought Obama was supposed to change all of this? By the way, why am I sill paying for my gas and rent?

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Thread Games / Re: The corrupt a wish game

« on: October 26, 2009, 05:51:21 pm »

you write the most interesting post in RA history; unfortunately, it's also as long as a typical Trerro post, so no-one actually reads it.

I wish that it were 60 degrees year round in Maryland

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Thread Games / Re: The rhyming picture game

« on: October 26, 2009, 05:42:30 pm »

those daisy dukes are awfully bold, too bad she won't last in the cold

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Thread Games / Re: The 3 word story game - Round 1

« on: October 26, 2009, 05:37:33 pm »

serious case of

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Thread Games / Re: Line association

« on: October 26, 2009, 05:36:18 pm »

Edger Allen Poe

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Thread Games / Re: Above you

« on: October 26, 2009, 05:33:54 pm »

should come fix some things in my apartment, because our maintenance crew is too lazy

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Thread Games / Re: Line association

« on: October 25, 2009, 03:10:26 am »

lightswitch raves!

(thanks for the link  )

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Thread Games / Re: The rhyming picture game

« on: October 25, 2009, 03:08:23 am »

I think peeps are wastes of money, instead buy a chocolate bunny!

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Thread Games / Re: The corrupt a wish game

« on: October 24, 2009, 11:16:04 pm »

You're now stuck in Iran, and if you don't convert to their brand of Islam, they will cut off your head like any other "infidel."

I wish I could have Red Robin for dinner tonight

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Thread Games / Re: The rhyming picture game

« on: October 24, 2009, 11:12:02 pm »

Here have liberals overflowed, this guy would make them all explode!

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Spam Factory & Containment Facility / Re: Count to 2000 with a twist

« on: October 24, 2009, 11:08:06 pm »

sekiz