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OK, you have reached your objective of spoiling it for me

That's why such pseudoscientific crap keeps coming

Competition?

This is really really really really sad to see what local forumers consider useful. According to the poll "Who was Peter Mayhew before starring as Chewbacca" has got to be the most valuable information. You disappoint me, people. <_< I'd rank them the other way around.

Tells about how attentive I am when reading credits :">

I was surprised to find out that they had Dan Castellaneta and Mitch Pileggi for voice acting.

I know, for some odd reason people find it extremely appealing. .... .... Panacea - Menhater Minefield - Waiting Why am I doing it?

They do. Without mass-production there wouldn't be a notion of piracy, so your question describes an artificial situation. I wouldn't say it is silly, but indeed current legal framework is not yet suited for IP, the law for IP is being made today.

Last I heard Bethesda bought right for Fallout.

Yes, but you will have hard time proving it in the court

Unless they explicitly patent it. I guess, this situation now is very artificial. Would copying be so expensive, we would not have piracy problem in the first place. The question should be "Without mass-production in place, would we have piracy issues?". The answer is no. The notion of "intellectual property" appeared appeared, when people started investing in IP, not the production of physical copies. Without mass-production IP would be of a secondary concern.

Notice, I have never said that all users instantly became proficient computer users and know what they are doing.

With wood carving you sell a hand-made piece of artwork, which is paid for for being hand-made, you can carve all you want, but main effort is "producing a hard copy" (same with painting, sculpture, anywhere, where work outcome is unique). Whereas in a game or a movie the bulk of all the work is done on "intellectual property". To customer it is very abstract, but for the company it is real money, which you pay to programmers, artists, actors, support staff, administration and marketing staff, renting offices, equipment, etc. The budget is incomparably larger, and to be sustainable, the company must sell a certain number of copies. I hope it answers your question. If reproducing a copie of a movie would be so difficult, we would be getting our "copies" in the local theatre.

Yes it can If you wear an eye patch! Yarrrrrrrrrrrr <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I imagine... "

Piracy can't be justified and is not comparable to "wood carving" if you ask me. It is a fact, that if we were now to be allowed to copy stuff from each other, there will be a rapid decline in software (and movie) industry. On the other hand, it is not the case with countries with lower income, where people wouldn't buy software product in the first place. Only increase of income can reduce piracy in such countries (which comes at a cost of decreasing income in some other countries, though). One way for companies to get money from their product is to release them at extremely low prices in such countries. In Russia some games are translated and released by a local publisher at symbolic price (Heroes of Might and Magic 4 was $5 when released). That way game company gets some money, which is still better than nothing. P. S. And copyright infringement is a much broader idea than just copying a movie off a friend's harddrive.

True. But then we would have only text-based games.

This spam thread is not going to die!? OK! Fine! ... Minefield - It's Too Late

In Russia an episode of Simpsons with Twin Towers was shown the day after they collapsed. I wonder what the consequences of that would be if that happened in US.

Yes, YES, I watched Terminator 3! I liked the first two, but not T3. The story must have an end, I hope T4 won't see the light of the day.

How true. :">

Hmmm... Someone's post about slicing something vital off Gromnir is gone.

There is one thing that is worse. A concept of a "computer goes crazy and blows stuff up" "It is rewiring him." "The war shouldn't become some kind of video game." "It is aware of itself ". Irritating. <_<

That's a chain reaction. Computers become more user-friendly, more people learn them and become productive, others learn them to survive in competition. Basically people need computers because other people started to use them. We wouldn't have so much computer users, if we were to use command line now.

All Endoftheworld movies tend to be somewhat... unenjoyable, when you start to think about the details. Even if entertainment value is high, I can't block my eyes and ears to facts that are just wrong. Day After Tomorrow is the worst

Let's rephrase: "Computers become more and more idiot-proof and hence giving more and more people a chance to be computer-literate"