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Why do we call video software thieves "pirates"?
They don't sail about on boats, they don't say "Arrrr" at all and they don't have big hats with skull & crossbones on.
Most, I would imagine, are pasty nerds in darkened bedrooms somewhere, taking a break from startrek.com to distribute the latest game to each other.
So why "Pirates".
It gives it a glamorous name, one of danget and intrigue.
If they were called "Spotty no-mates" then the industry would die out in a second.
CNN reported on dawn raids at "pirates homes by armed officers".
Is that not...well...pointless? Do you need armed policemen to seize some wide-eyed Net Nerd? Just drag him into the sunlight and watch the reactions (much like a Vampire. But a crap, geek one.)
I just laugh whenever you see these "Hackers" in news stories.
They are invariably mid-twenties blokes with a crap spider-leg moustache and a computer game t-shirt on.
And they call themselves cool things like "Neo" and "Wolfstalker", because "Alan" and "Brian" just don't sound cyber-cool enough.
Watch The Matrix Revisited, the fans section on the DVD.
They look *exactly* how you think computer obsessed hackers would do.
A bit like a Star Trek convention, but with less appeal.
So to eradicate the piracy industry, stop giving them cool names.
Call it "Pasty Virgin Game Swapping" and it'll die in a week.
They don't sail about on boats, they don't say "Arrrr" at all and they don't have big hats with skull & crossbones on.
Most, I would imagine, are pasty nerds in darkened bedrooms somewhere, taking a break from startrek.com to distribute the latest game to each other.
So why "Pirates".
It gives it a glamorous name, one of danget and intrigue.
If they were called "Spotty no-mates" then the industry would die out in a second.
CNN reported on dawn raids at "pirates homes by armed officers".
Is that not...well...pointless? Do you need armed policemen to seize some wide-eyed Net Nerd? Just drag him into the sunlight and watch the reactions (much like a Vampire. But a crap, geek one.)
I just laugh whenever you see these "Hackers" in news stories.
They are invariably mid-twenties blokes with a crap spider-leg moustache and a computer game t-shirt on.
And they call themselves cool things like "Neo" and "Wolfstalker", because "Alan" and "Brian" just don't sound cyber-cool enough.
Watch The Matrix Revisited, the fans section on the DVD.
They look *exactly* how you think computer obsessed hackers would do.
A bit like a Star Trek convention, but with less appeal.
So to eradicate the piracy industry, stop giving them cool names.
Call it "Pasty Virgin Game Swapping" and it'll die in a week.
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banned_Vamp wrote:
> Meka Dragon wrote:
> And computer viruses.
What's with calling one type
> of the 'a trojan'?
I
> mean, how exciting does that sound?
Call it a
> 'silly gay thing' and no one
> would want to create then
> anymore.
ever heard the story about the trojan horse? probably not cause
> then you'd understand why and a trojan isn't really a virus it's a remote hack a
> virus normaly destroys or damages files or deletes files.
Wait.. where do I know that tagline from... oh, hi bars-tard. Nice to see you again.
> Meka Dragon wrote:
> And computer viruses.
What's with calling one type
> of the 'a trojan'?
I
> mean, how exciting does that sound?
Call it a
> 'silly gay thing' and no one
> would want to create then
> anymore.
ever heard the story about the trojan horse? probably not cause
> then you'd understand why and a trojan isn't really a virus it's a remote hack a
> virus normaly destroys or damages files or deletes files.
Wait.. where do I know that tagline from... oh, hi bars-tard. Nice to see you again.
Still, compare:
Legions of men in a feat of genius entering a castle.
to
Stupid fool with no life who knows that only his computer truly understands him.
Legions of men in a feat of genius entering a castle.
to
Stupid fool with no life who knows that only his computer truly understands him.
ARGGHHHH ME HARTIES!
Meka Dragon wrote:
> And computer viruses.
What's with calling one type of the 'a trojan'?
I
> mean, how exciting does that sound?
Call it a 'silly gay thing' and no one
> would want to create then anymore.
ever heard the story about the trojan horse? probably not cause then you'd understand why and a trojan isn't really a virus it's a remote hack a virus normaly destroys or damages files or deletes files.
> And computer viruses.
What's with calling one type of the 'a trojan'?
I
> mean, how exciting does that sound?
Call it a 'silly gay thing' and no one
> would want to create then anymore.
ever heard the story about the trojan horse? probably not cause then you'd understand why and a trojan isn't really a virus it's a remote hack a virus normaly destroys or damages files or deletes files.
Rakuga wrote:
> Interesting.
Hackers are the ones that annoy me. They think they are really
> cool because they can hack things.
One example is of a boy who
> "hacked" into our school network recently. All he did was take
> advantage of the default password system that hadn't been changed in some
> teachers accounts and thieved "printer credits".
A bit sad really.
> They think they are cool but it just seems pathetic.
Pirates are not as bad
> in my opinion. You get this group of people as well in my school. They download
> stuff on their cable/adsl connections and sell it on. Sounds like dealers to me.
> Maybe that's what they should be called... C Dealers.. kind of a nice ring to it
> hey :)
Silly, real hackers don't damage stuff. There are names for people who break into systems and destroy stuff.
Hackers will HELP you with computer peoblems and they only hack into systems to see if they can. Real hackers don't destroy stuff.
> Interesting.
Hackers are the ones that annoy me. They think they are really
> cool because they can hack things.
One example is of a boy who
> "hacked" into our school network recently. All he did was take
> advantage of the default password system that hadn't been changed in some
> teachers accounts and thieved "printer credits".
A bit sad really.
> They think they are cool but it just seems pathetic.
Pirates are not as bad
> in my opinion. You get this group of people as well in my school. They download
> stuff on their cable/adsl connections and sell it on. Sounds like dealers to me.
> Maybe that's what they should be called... C Dealers.. kind of a nice ring to it
> hey :)
Silly, real hackers don't damage stuff. There are names for people who break into systems and destroy stuff.
Hackers will HELP you with computer peoblems and they only hack into systems to see if they can. Real hackers don't destroy stuff.
½pint wrote:
> Congrats on the GAD win, sonic
Many thanks- my sole aim in life is to get more GADs then Mr.Happy... he got 4 from his first 5 posts!?!?!?!?!?
Sonic
> Congrats on the GAD win, sonic
Many thanks- my sole aim in life is to get more GADs then Mr.Happy... he got 4 from his first 5 posts!?!?!?!?!?
Sonic
mandatare wrote:
> speaking of pirates
UP THE GAS
Are you impliying that I take it up the gas? Or is that just an insult to my name? Ohh you better run little boy..
> speaking of pirates
UP THE GAS
Are you impliying that I take it up the gas? Or is that just an insult to my name? Ohh you better run little boy..
Surely start calling Pirates, Poo Pipe Pirates that should put a lot of them off doing it, suppose some of them may take it as a compliment though hmm....
speaking of pirates
UP THE GAS
UP THE GAS
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