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Comment It is very serious (Score 1) 617

Even modern climate scientists agree that the Earth should now be cooling. That's a huge part of their objection - that manmade warming is preventing the onset of a global ice age that is due. We should, according to them, embrace the natural reality of shrinking arable land and expansion of glaciers because that is the natural course according to their calculations. The warming of the Earth must be prevented even if we benefit from it.

And of the billions who would starve to death in that course? They don't figure. Rounding errors. Casualties of math.

Explain that to them.

Comment Re:Why use an unknown AV program? (Score 2, Informative) 245

I was once infected at my work computer, which runs Windows XP SP3, while visiting the website of a private porn torrent tracker, with lots of ads. I did not click any links or solicited the installation of the program, but somehow some sort of "Antispyware 2010" appeared there. It must have been a browser exploit or something like that. It wasn't too difficult to get rid of, I just needed Malwarebytes antimalware (the free version). Anyway, now I turn off Flash and JS before browsing porn at work.

Comment Re:I wish people would act more ethically (Score 1) 443

Reading comprehension is a very useful skill.

So is common sense.
Do you actually think that half a dozen angry letters/e-mails will make any difference? That is, if they read them in the first place.
In the real world, most people will either pay and put up with the DRM, pirate it, or not play and don't care at all. The company is trying to make a profit and the customers are trying to have fun. That's all there is to it.

Comment Re:I wish people would act more ethically (Score 1) 443

You make the incorrect assumption that torrents are the only form of distribution of "warez". All they can tell from looking at torrent statistics is "yes, some people are downloading our game illegally", which is pretty obvious to begin with, it's a popular game we're talking about. There will be a lot of downloads, even if the crack isn't fully functional, even if it's functional but too complicated; people will download then delete it without playing it.

The point is: if you really want to play that game without paying for it and you really want it to remain secret, there are plenty of ways to obtain it anonymously, and your actions won't be sending Ubisoft any messages, they will just make their own conclusions.

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