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"Have you ever done anything illegal?"

So far in your life, have you ever broken the law? You can answer with a simple yes or no, or go into more detail.

I'm thinking a high percentage of people have done something illegal. I'm not talking about murder or rape (though I wouldnt be suprised if some of you have committed arson) but small, petty crimes.

Perhaps you werent even aware you were committing a crime or you feel what you've done shouldnt be illegal in the first place.

Lets have a quick run down to confirm whether some things you might have done, are actually illegal or not. And no this is not a list of things I've done. (well not all of them)

Is it illegal to download copyrighted songs, movies and TV shows?
Is it illegal to park in a disabled space?
Is it illegal to steal traffic cones and wear them as a hat?
Is it illegal to prank call the emergency numbers?
Is it illegal to have sexual intercourse with livestock?
Is it illegal to park infront of somebodys driveway?
Is it illegal to film your sister in the shower?
Is it considered rape if you have sex with a drunk woman?
Is it illegal to pay someone 'cash in hand' to avoid taxes?
Is it illegal to litter?
Is it illegal for women to walk around topless in town?
Is it illegal to use someone elses WIFI connection?
Is it illegal to burn flags?

I think that'll do for now =/

Vampyr is a supergrass...

Vampyr's a nark.

FantasyMeister wrote:
> Chaos wrote:
> Are we breaking the rules by talking about this?
>
> Not really but all it takes is someone to forward this thread to
> FACT, then FACT get a court order for your e-mail addy from
> Freeola, then FACT get a court order for your ISP/e-mail addy
> provider, then FACT pay you a little visit, confiscate all your
> computer equipment and start court proceedings which could
> result in either a 5 year jail term or a £3000 fine.

Well that sucks =(

true, but they are more interested in the people that supply than the people that download

Chaos wrote:
> Are we breaking the rules by talking about this?

Not really but all it takes is someone to forward this thread to FACT, then FACT get a court order for your e-mail addy from Freeola, then FACT get a court order for your ISP/e-mail addy provider, then FACT pay you a little visit, confiscate all your computer equipment and start court proceedings which could result in either a 5 year jail term or a £3000 fine.

I nearly got arrested for urinating in a public place (Bramcote Island, for those of you in Nottingham), but the police got a more important shout just after pulling up behind me...

Ten years... More than half my life =\ Bah, better than... death?

Anywho. An idiots guide you say? Well... All I've ever needed is the torrents site, if it says I need another program, I just search and download it.

A video converter? Most of the videos you download will either be .avi or possibly the less prefered .bin .cue files.

Avi files are easily handled by most burning programs, bin-cues however, can be a pain. Again though, I believe Nero can handle them too, just go to back-up and choose "burn image". Find the folder, and choose the .cue file I think.

As for the Keys, plenty people post KeyGens (which can often contain trojans) or a quick google search will put you right.

Are we breaking the rules by talking about this?

Back to the topic in hand ...

I've broken the speed limit on many, many occasions, drank underage in a pub, made a fake ID card at college, taken drugs for [medicinal and] recreational purposes, urinated in several public places (although not at the same time) and had sex with a fifteen year old girl ... when I was thirteen years old.

All of these were done and stopped in my teens apart the drugs which I gave up about four years ago (although I was hardly an addict).

Then I'm going to have to agree with Garins view on piracy. =)

Machie wrote:
> So does this mean you're very much anti-downloading Garin? Or
> just the distributing and selling part?

It doesnt mean anything at all. :P