Licensed software

================================================================================ * This letter was forwarded by Vlad Sotnikov (500:812/19) * From the echo: RU.COMPUTER.HUMOR (RU.COMPUTER.HUMOR) * Author: Dmitry Kolvakh, 2:5020/4400.18 (05 January 2003, 21:54) *Address: All * Topic: Licensed software ================================================================================ @RealName: Dmitry Kolvakh @Location: Russia, Vladikavkaz, at home Hi All! Yuri Nesterenko Addiction Presenter. Good time of the day! The talk show "My Computer" is on air. Today we will talk about a problem that in recent years has become increasingly acute in our country. A problem that destroys the lives of many people, in first of all - youth. The name of this problem is licensed software. Meet our hero. The hero enters to the music of Windows loading - a pale guy with bags under the eyes. Presenter. Is it true that you are using licensed software? Hero. Yes, for about two years now. Presenter. Tell us how you first tried licensed software. Hero. Well, like, my girlfriend got me involved. She was working then at the regional Microsoft office, and she persuaded me try. Presenter. And you agreed? Didn't you know the consequences? Hero. Well, like, she said, nothing will happen at once. You can always then refuse. Yes, I myself thought that I had no willpower?At first I didn’t even really like it. You know, these unfixed glitches, a feeling of stupefaction and emptiness in your pocket... Presenter. However, you tried again. Hero. I wanted to understand what people find in this. Presenter. Got it? Hero. You know, it can’t be explained to those who haven’t tried it. Presenter. Please, no campaigning, we are broadcasting live. So, you're hooked. Hero. Hy, like, yay. Presenter. Did your friends try to stop you? Hero. They turned their backs on me when they found out... Fuck them. U I now have new friends, also, like, licensers. Presenter. And your parents know that you are a licensed user software? Hero. Like, of course. I constantly need money to buy new ones versions. Because of this, there are eternal squabbles, my father shouts that I am a disgrace to the family... Presenter. Do you continue to meet with that girl? Hero. No. She took a course of Linux therapy and said that she wanted to start a new life, where, like, nothing will remind her of the past. Presenter. Have you tried treatment yourself? Hero. I tried it, but what's the use? It’s all the same as if I see a holographic sticker... Presenter. Do you have withdrawal symptoms? Hero. Yes, my computer has crashed several times already due to buggy releases. What should I do? This is also stated in the license agreement - supplied AS IS, no guarantee... Presenter. But do you want to quit? Hero. I used to want to, but now I’m thinking - why, like... in the West, many this is how they live...Presenter. Well, let's listen to the opinions of our viewers. Assistants with microphones walk around the hall. Aunt. It's because of people like you that our domestic hackers are sitting without work! And they, by the way, have wives and children! And some also have husbands! Dedok. You should be ashamed, young man! When I was young I worked on the IBM-360, we’ve never even heard of licensed software! Nowadays it is fashionable to blame the past. Yes, of course there were mistakes. But what was it like? youth! There was romance, an impulse, an idea! It's not just software - hardware Pirately copied! Could we even think about selling out? Billy Gatesy for the bright box! Maiden. And I would never date a guy who uses licensed software. They can't do anything. Neither protection can be hacked, nor enter the code. They always have everything hanging. The only thing they can do is over the phone... with the technical support service... (The hero blushes.) Woman. Why did you all attack the guy? He needs help, not scold him... Of course, he is already at the stage when he will immediately return It is impossible to access normal pirated software. But you can, for starters, try to transfer it to freeware. Then on shareware, and gradually increase the period without registration... Grandma. I don’t know about licensed software, but I want to say that Our entrance has been without a dedicated line for three months now, so we have to run to our neighbors behind the dial-up, and the Housing Office... (with their combined efforts they take away the money from microphone)Presenter. So, as we see, the audience does not support bias our hero. And now let's listen to our expert psychologist. Psychologist. Unfortunately, now many people do not take it seriously enough to this problem. They refer to the experience of the West, in particular Holland. But in the West itself, many are sounding the alarm, concerned about the decline level of computer literacy. How many of you have heard of the Dutch hackers? In fact, addiction to licensed software is a serious pathology that can destroy a person’s entire life. First It seems to him that he can return to normal at any moment life. But he increasingly feels the need for new licensed versions and can no longer stop. He spends all his money on this money. The circle of communication is disrupted, physical disorders arise - the patient forgets the addresses of hacker sites, he gets sick of the sight pirated software... Complex mental disorders arise, in particular, an obsession may develop to pay even for freeware software. As a rule, users of licensed software people become dependent, suggestible, with a hidden complex inferiority. They want to stand out from the crowd or, on the contrary, keep up with your comrades; they are afraid of reality and are looking for an illusory one protection and technical support service. The same one appears here the hope of paying off the problem instead of solving it, whicheven forced our primitive ancestors to make sacrifices to spirits. Although there are many who try it simply out of curiosity, having heard enough propaganda from dealers about the supposed bug-free nature of licensed software. We won't forget that behind licensed software there is a business with a turnover of billions of dollars, vitally interested in attracting more and more users into this harmful addiction. Presenter. Well, we thank our expert and hope that for For our hero, all is not lost. See you online. (C) YuN, 2002 http://yun.complife.net -- Good Luck! - Dmitry V. Kolvakh aka Keu -+- GoldED+/W32 1.1.4.7 + Origin: I came to you with a floppy disk to tell you that the network was down (2: 5020/4400.18) ================================================================================ Hello, All! Vega/ex-Style Group. FIDO: 2:5030/1006.19 ZXNET: 500:812/19 E-mail: vega56@mail.ru