christophe Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 warez?! what's that? can it be eaten? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escojones Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 Personally i like buying the stuff , just nice to have it i guess ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E3L Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 warez is a way of life ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCrowley Esq Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 I have no problem with the "Try before you buy" mentality. If I believe a piece of software is truly worth the money, then I'll pay for it, if not, then chance are I won't be using it anyway. What does annoy me is "web warez" with seemingly endless popups, or programs like Kazaa, where kids download a couple of pieces of virus laden software and think they're "l337" all of a sudden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbs Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 Originally posted by mortensen As for movies and MP3's.... they AREN'T counted as warez at all. Don't even joke about it - they're illegal BUT NOT WAREZ. They aren't all necessarily illegal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcho Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 Originally posted by kbs They aren't all necessarily illegal... care to back up that statement? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywonka69 Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 i refuse to answer thw question:D :bandit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Specs Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 I dont promote it, nor do I distibute anything, but I have used them. I may continue to use them for some things for the very reason, that software companies are pathetic. But warez sites are fronts for making money from popups and porn! That I am 100% against! Software companies rip us off more times than we can imagine, forcing us to pay for updates and so on. They caused it all, with bloated priceing and taking advantage of people. Do they all think we are rich? So warez come in handy when you need to use a product thats to costly, especially for teens. I do use alot of software like StarOffice and free or by donation software, and I do donate because I believe they deserve 100% of my money, because they are being honest. Long live the makers of quality Freeware or Donationware! :rambo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted February 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted February 15, 2002 Originally posted by Jaxbulls I'm a 16 year old student that makes $5-6,000 a year designing the web page for a local PBS television station - and I blow most of that money on my '96 Mustang. Therefore - I don't have the money to pay $4-600 for a piece of software or multple pieces of software. It's also my opinion that warez is changing because I use to use plain warez sites but all the porno and pop-up windows made me stray from that to where I just use Kazaa type programs to get all my software and then I go hunting on warez sites if there is something hard to find. give me a ****in break, if you or your parents have enough dosh to get a 16 year old kid a 96 mustang, and pay for the insurance, maintenance, etc on it then you have enough money to pay for your **** pure and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signum Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 I only have ever bought 1 software title. Half-life. Which i then took back to the shop and got some more online codes and sold the ones i had to friends :D Software prices are stupid, i go round looking in PCworld at people buying Windows XP and Office XP for like ?300ish. I just laugh at them all, handing over big wedges of cash all to get the newist products and then getting home and finding out they have to download 100's of updates for it and its only been out for 1 month. The only thing i buy for my computer is hardware, but i dare say if you could download that for free from KaZaA i would:DD Warez 0wns!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted February 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted February 15, 2002 Originally posted by DJ Specs I dont promote it, but I have used them. I will continue to use them for some things for the very reason, that software companies are pathetic. They rip us off more times than we can imagine, forcing us to pay for updates and so on. They caused it all, with bloated priceing and taking advantage of people. Do they all think we are rich? So warez come in handy when you need to use a product thats to costly, especially for teens. I do use alot of software like StarOffice and free or by donation software, and I do donate because I believe they deserve 100% of my money, because they are being honest. Long live the makers of quality Freeware or Donationware! :rambo: oh yeah real nice mentality there pal. So i guess you're just going to steal a car cos with gas and insurance its too bloated. Oh lets not forget if you ever decide to buy a house cos then you'll be dealing with home insurance and interest on your mortgage payments. grow the **** up and quit coming up with these lame excuses on why you pirate software. Be a man and just admit that you can't be assed buying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxbulls Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 First of all my father is out of work right now and I pay for my car 100%. My parents have only paid for an oil change and got me the loan - but I pay all of the insurance, the car payment and all the repairs on my car. So try getting the full story before making ignorant judgements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted February 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted February 15, 2002 Originally posted by Jaxbulls First of all my father is out of work right now and I pay for my car 100%. My parents have only paid for an oil change and got me the loan - but I pay all of the insurance, the car payment and all the repairs on my car. So try getting the full story before making ignorant judgements. I'm not the ****tard that came on a bulletin board sobbing and bitching about why i pirate software now was I? Besides that I highly doubt that at 16 you would have a job that even pays enough to afford being insured let alone a car payment and repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxbulls Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 Originally posted by Wickedkitten I'm not the ****tard that came on a bulletin board sobbing and bitching about why i pirate software now was I? Besides that I highly doubt that at 16 you would have a job that even pays enough to afford being insured let alone a car payment and repairs. My point was that I don't have the money to pay $2-600 for each piece of software that I use like Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop... and I do have a job that pays that - if you want i can even e-mail you my staff bio on my companys webpage. I also wasn't complaining i was just giving the reason why i use warez. Lighten up and get a clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted February 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted February 15, 2002 Originally posted by Jaxbulls My point was that I don't have the money to pay $2-600 for each piece of software that I use like Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop... and I do have a job that pays that - if you want i can even e-mail you my staff bio on my companys webpage. I also wasn't complaining i was just giving the reason why i use warez. Lighten up and get a clue. Hello, if you cant afford it either do 1 of 2 things: 1. don't use it and go for a cheaper alternative 2. use it and don't go admitting it on a bulletin board can a mod please close this thread to put an end to people stupidly incriminating their asses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 Wickedkitten your the only one who is stupid, stop your bitching already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Specs Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 I see alot of people get WindowsXP from warez, I dont know how you bypass the security, but thats your business. Microsoft is a good point to bitch at. They released XP to early, and infact an incomplete, or damaged product. If you bought a stereo that broke down everyday, or was already broken in the box, you would take it back, or the company would go out of business. Microsoft gets away with murder. They even admit to "getting the product out before it's done, then fix it while its running on consumers computers" - Thats the BS Im talking about. Thats why I laugh when I see in the news Asian countries selling the OS for $3. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 https://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=1092 Its actually 75 cents USD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcho Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 Originally posted by zivan56 Wickedkitten your the only one who is stupid, stop your bitching already. wrong, people here who bitch about software prices are the idiots my friend. in most cases the price of software is based on supply and demand. sure, office costs ~500.00 retail, but that's because people (professionals) are willing to pay that amount. show me a 16 year-old kid who needs Office and i'll show you a liar. Word itself used to cost 200 dollars just by itself in the mid-90s. as more people started to use it, microsoft lowered it's price to ~100.00 and threw in other simpler applications into it (evolving into MS Works).college students (like myself) can get software cheap through educational discounts provided by the companies and the universities. having software is not a life or death situation, you either choose to use it or seek alternatives. if you're in a business situation and you need the software to stay competitive, suck it up and buy it. complaining about software prices while having a 96 mustang at 16 is sheer lunacy. it's your choice - you made the choice to choose to use 'free' software over legally paying for it and not having the car. if you chose to use warez, fine, be happy with that. don't use the rhetoric that people are charging exorborant amounts for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tronmaster Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 I use to use it alot!!! Downloaded games, applications, OS, even programs that I will never use...... But lately say once I got Windows XP, I have purchase the following: Windows XP Professional Upgrade $200.00 Nero 5.5 $50.00 CloneCD $was it 50.00? Style XP $19.95 Norton Anti-Virus 2002 Norton Firewall 2002 SimGolf These are on my list of stuff to get once I have the extra money: Windows XP Plus Norton Systemworks 2002 Return to Castle Wolfstein Medal of Honor These are the only Warez program that I use at the moment: PartitionMagic 7.0 (since I can't pay $70.00 for it) :( Forte Agent 1.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorcho Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 Originally posted by tronmaster I use to use it alot!!! Downloaded games, applications, OS, even programs that I will never use...... But lately say once I got Windows XP, I have purchase the following: Windows XP Professional Upgrade $200.00 Nero 5.5 $50.00 CloneCD $was it 50.00? Style XP $19.95 Norton Anti-Virus 2002 Norton Firewall 2002 SimGolf These are on my list of stuff to get once I have the extra money: Windows XP Plus Norton Systemworks 2002 Return to Castle Wolfstein Medal of Honor These are the only Warez program that I use at the moment: PartitionMagic 7.0 (since I can't pay $70.00 for it) :( Forte Agent 1.7 you paid for StylesXP? heh [smacks forehead]. you should've opted for the free .dll patch and purchased Windowblinds for the same amount. :) that way you would have two options for the price of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted February 15, 2002 Share Posted February 15, 2002 My apologies, folks, but Warez is not allowed to be discussed at all on the Neowin.net Board. So could you please have respect for the forum rules as much as possible? Thanks. webgraph@neowin.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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