Let's get creative!

[bouche]

'something free at the cost of others'?

Quit being such a drama queen.

The issue isn't about me being a cheapskate or having contempt for modern economics,

it's about viruses being a nuisance and hassle for home computer users.

Don't you love it when people interview themselves?

example of a self-interview...

me:"Was it wrong for me to say that?"

me:"no"

me:"If I could have done things differently, would I have?"

me:"no"

me:"is my cock magnormously huge"

me:"absolutely".

[Jaimoe]

replace 'the' with 'all' and you'll probably understand where I'm coming from a bit better' date=' Esau.[/quote']

Oh I understand, you feel the people who pay to go to school,

work hard to learn, & then develop the software should just give it to you for free and not be compensated for their hard work.

Yet another instance where you want something free at the cost of others.

Home users are a lot different than commercial users.

see below:

I'd take bradM's statement and qualify it further by saying that Microsoft should by all means ensure that anti-virus, and anti-spyware software should be included as a basic service in the operating system. HEY MS! Fuckin' buy AVG or something and roll them into your operating system already!

Sure there's potential to bloat, but the issue of PC viruses is almost exclusively a Windows issue.

Of course it occurs infrequently on Mac and other OS platforms,

but it's a problem that is mostly one-sided and the problem shouldn't have to be on the end user.

'something free at the cost of others'?

Quit being such a drama queen.

The issue isn't about me being a cheapskate or having contempt for modern economics,

it's about viruses being a nuisance and hassle for home computer users.

I wonder what YT thinks of illegal music,

TV. film downloads?

Free comes at a price.

Illegal music, TV, and film downloads?

I think they're part of the system now and it's only a matter of time before everything works together properly,

with media being the business card of any successful and aspiring act.

I am a proponent of hard copy media,

but it is such a grey issue that the system hasn't adapted enough

to even begin to address effectively

that the issue being brought up in an antivirus software for free thread

seems really petty.

'free comes at a price'

I assert that the COSTS of this so-called 'freedom' are the issue, not price.

Look at the response as being an unnecessary distinction or not,

but I see it as a very important one.

The price of nearly every consumer good or service

doesn't reflect the costs involved to produce, maintain, or dispose

of said good or service.

I think it's far more fitting to say

'cheaper comes at a price',

or 'convenience comes at a price'.

Already, my comment that providing quality antivirus software

should be the responsibility of someone other than the end user

has cost me.

But of course, that's the price I've paid.

Maybe the torture could be having to answer to people on some messageboard

for something that is a realistically justified position.

At least on paper, I'm a fairly well educated guy, but still, I don't know what the fuck you are talking about. Methinks you are a downloader that rationalizes everything: "Well, it should be free since it's a dying medium/it should be free since it's all going this way anyway" etc...

Whatever dude.

[SaggyBalls]

Exactly.

"Whatever dude"

[SaggyBalls]

...Sorry to read that you've been having computer problems, Velvet.

The King Edward bridge seems to be a great place to drop a computer from.

If you want it to smash on something hard and rocky, I don't know what to suggest.

[bouche]

This is what should always be free. speech and opinions.

makes for great threads anyways.

[SaggyBalls]

'something free at the cost of others'?

Quit being such a drama queen.

The issue isn't about me being a cheapskate or having contempt for modern economics' date='

it's about viruses being a nuisance and hassle for home computer users.[/quote']

Don't you love it when people interview themselves?

example of a self-interview...

me:"Was it wrong for me to say that?"

me:"no"

me:"If I could have done things differently, would I have?"

me:"no"

me:"is my cock magnormously huge"

me:"absolutely".

Were you holding on to a microphone while typing that?

My apologies for potentially derailing the thread, but have to point out that this probably isn't the best place to debate user licenses, illegal downloading, and piracy or the conditions that have created them.

If we really want to start another thread about that (it's 2010...i think the stalemate debate is getting a bit old) then I'm sure somebody'll chime in.

Now: let's get creative!

[Esau.]

lol

[SaggyBalls]

Liftin' a glass to Esau: pretty much the only guy around here that still kicks me in the shins hard enough to get my attention.