OT: Which is better: XP or 2000? > Another Piracy Discussion

[Wardad]

Baron,

I have had stability problems with DMA enabled for HD, CD, and DVD under Win98se.

DVD playback was choppy with out DMA.
1Ghz Athalon, MSI motherboard, 256MB, Geforce2 mx.

[Cirvol]

Originally posted by Wardad:
Baron,

I have had stability problems with DMA enabled for HD, CD, and DVD under Win98se.

DVD playback was choppy with out DMA.
1Ghz Athalon, MSI motherboard, 256MB, Geforce2 mx.

heh, yeah, 9x winblows still just isnt good overall -- seriously use windows 2000 pro or xp

stability is and will always be an issue with DOS based OS's like windows 9x/me

[Loser]

Originally posted by Windows 9x:
Pay no attention to the DOS behind the curtain, I am the Great Windows!

[ December 02, 2003, 14:13: Message edited by: Loser ]

[Instar]

Originally posted by DeadZone:
Which is better, XP or 2000?

As I use both I think I shall say this

They are both a piece of monkey crap

Go Linux!!!

bah, Ive used Linux, nothing special there. I'll stick with WinXP pro

[PvK]

Originally posted by Slynky:
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Fact: If you download a song/album instead of buying it, you are cheating SOMEONE out of due profits/income. It really doesn't matter how much damage you are doing. You are doing damage.
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1) What do media megacorps have "due" to them, besides a kick in the nuts?

2) If the person downloading had 0% chance of giving the "owning" megacorp any money if they didn't download, then they haven't done any damage.

PvK

[PvK]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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Originally posted by JayBdey:
If someone has two cars and I steal one of them, then the owner now only has one car. If I make a copy of a song, the original still exists and is still usable.

Yes, they are different. It's just as illegal as stealing but it is a separate and different crime.

Your examples are irrelevant because they are trying to compare apples and oranges... repeating them 27 times is not going to change the fact that taking someone else's intellectual property without consent is stealing it. Let's get some dictionary definitions here:

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Ok. Intellectual Property: A term invented by lawyers of megacorporations in the late 20th century, for the purpose of gaining acceptance for a concept that would let them solidify their trade cartels of products which cost practically nothing to produce and distribute. An item of "Intellectual Property" can be practically any concept (or practically any data type) which is claimed as the sole property of a party which wishes to distribute it for sale and assert exclusive rights to do so.

PvK

[Fyron]

So? You have no right to any piece of data that someone else created unless they give you a right to use it. They have right to receive compensation for their hard work if they so choose.

[ December 02, 2003, 21:41: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]