Warez, the work that doesn't pay
Sunday, February 23, 2003 by Elfkura | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
You know, I used to support warez, thinking I can get anything off the internet for free even though it costs money to get the real version. That was cool, or so I thought, until I realized just how much this warez thing affected everyone.
It hurts to walk around some of the more underdeveloped nations, to see the calculators used by market sales people that are the exact name brand of the calculator that my father makes, exact same shape and size... but very much fake in that they don't work really well, but they are dirt cheap, and everyone can afford them.
My father has to work so much harder than everyone else in his position to keep reaping profits while other organizations are loosing loads of money, one of these mighty battles is that very thing... warez. I thought of the food on the table, the roof over my head, and the clothing on my back. These are the very things that my father fights to provide every single day, and there are people out there who are just trying as hard as they can to destroy that... one of them was me... it hurt and I couldn't sleep for nights until I crawled to my laptop and deleted all the warez things I had downloaded, promising myself that I will try as hard as I can to avoid them, unless it is deemed absolutely necessary, like decoding a msg from an SOS sender.
and I'm sure it goes for every single family here. At some point, your products or the ones of your parents/friends will be stolen and sold for a much cheaper price, or be given for free...
It upsets me... and I had given up supporting warez ages ago. I wish people would see that. I wish people would understand. I wish people wouldn't come around just to destroy every effort people make to keep themselves warm on cold days and full on hungry nights.
Warez... they are the work that doesn't pay. It hurts, and it hurts a lot.
It hurts to walk around some of the more underdeveloped nations, to see the calculators used by market sales people that are the exact name brand of the calculator that my father makes, exact same shape and size... but very much fake in that they don't work really well, but they are dirt cheap, and everyone can afford them.
My father has to work so much harder than everyone else in his position to keep reaping profits while other organizations are loosing loads of money, one of these mighty battles is that very thing... warez. I thought of the food on the table, the roof over my head, and the clothing on my back. These are the very things that my father fights to provide every single day, and there are people out there who are just trying as hard as they can to destroy that... one of them was me... it hurt and I couldn't sleep for nights until I crawled to my laptop and deleted all the warez things I had downloaded, promising myself that I will try as hard as I can to avoid them, unless it is deemed absolutely necessary, like decoding a msg from an SOS sender.
and I'm sure it goes for every single family here. At some point, your products or the ones of your parents/friends will be stolen and sold for a much cheaper price, or be given for free...
It upsets me... and I had given up supporting warez ages ago. I wish people would see that. I wish people would understand. I wish people wouldn't come around just to destroy every effort people make to keep themselves warm on cold days and full on hungry nights.
Warez... they are the work that doesn't pay. It hurts, and it hurts a lot.
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White_Moth
Reply #62 Monday, February 24, 2003 2:51 PM
Reply #62 Monday, February 24, 2003 2:51 PM
Thanks KarmaGirl, I was hoping not, and now that I know it is a myth, well all the better. I sure would hate to purchase something if it doesn't exist. 
werewolf
Reply #63 Monday, February 24, 2003 2:52 PM
Reply #63 Monday, February 24, 2003 2:52 PM
krikey....me tooo 
werewolf hides under the hill...waiting for the big one
werewolf hides under the hill...waiting for the big one
Bangkokboy
Reply #64 Monday, February 24, 2003 2:53 PM
Reply #64 Monday, February 24, 2003 2:53 PM
the male version is called PMAXX ? 
when i first started getting computers almost 4 decades ago, they came with no software except an OS and a loader to load it in. and all software seemed (and was) very expensive. so i frequently nicked programs all over the place "just to try them out" ( for 2 or 3 years). quit doing that after a few years, not sure why. i think that maybe i would really resent anyone stealing the software i write, or anything else that i've crafted for that matter.
when i first started getting computers almost 4 decades ago, they came with no software except an OS and a loader to load it in. and all software seemed (and was) very expensive. so i frequently nicked programs all over the place "just to try them out" ( for 2 or 3 years). quit doing that after a few years, not sure why. i think that maybe i would really resent anyone stealing the software i write, or anything else that i've crafted for that matter.
KarmaGirl
Reply #65 Monday, February 24, 2003 2:58 PM
Reply #65 Monday, February 24, 2003 2:58 PM
Hmmm, Paxx.....Premenstrual symptoms...don't think that is in there as coincidence, do you?
I counteract PMS with Gin and Squirt, lots of Gin and Squirt. By the end of it all, I can't remember why I was in a bad mood. Works for other things, too
If that doesn't work, I bring out Kahlua and Cream, but that will make you fat if you drink too many of them, so I add coffee to it. End up being a wide awake drunk. Which is OK, because by then I have no idea why I was drinking in the first place..... 
I counteract PMS with Gin and Squirt, lots of Gin and Squirt. By the end of it all, I can't remember why I was in a bad mood. Works for other things, too
If that doesn't work, I bring out Kahlua and Cream, but that will make you fat if you drink too many of them, so I add coffee to it. End up being a wide awake drunk. Which is OK, because by then I have no idea why I was drinking in the first place..... 
Jafo
Reply #68 Monday, February 24, 2003 4:21 PM
Reply #68 Monday, February 24, 2003 4:21 PM
'PMS' is just short for - "bastards! Why don't men get this too?!!".
We get its recoil....
We get its recoil....
Elfkura
Reply #69 Monday, February 24, 2003 4:45 PM
Reply #69 Monday, February 24, 2003 4:45 PM
exactly Jafo..
anyways, keeping me doped on anything with sugar usually keeps me in a good mood, hence my cabinet's stock of chocolate and candies
anyways, keeping me doped on anything with sugar usually keeps me in a good mood, hence my cabinet's stock of chocolate and candies
Peff
Reply #70 Monday, February 24, 2003 8:03 PM
Reply #70 Monday, February 24, 2003 8:03 PM
Well, you all know why they called it Mad Cow Disease, don't you?
PMS was already taken......
running for cover assssss I tttyyyyppppeeeee.......
PMS was already taken......
running for cover assssss I tttyyyyppppeeeee.......
Elfkura
Reply #71 Monday, February 24, 2003 8:19 PM
Reply #71 Monday, February 24, 2003 8:19 PM
We put up with all the work, and here're guys making fun of us.... You guys are meanies
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Reply #61 Monday, February 24, 2003 2:44 PM
DavidK ducks and runs for cover after what paxx said...