Well, then why the hell do they sell their cds and the shows? Why don't they give them away? Or better yet, pay people to take them. then they'd have all the exposure in the world!

Which was a result of the US dumping ex slaves back in Africa...

Most often overheard quote indie band quote " I can't eat exposure" .

Speak for yourselves. The Indie bands I know, need to make rent, and are kind of ticked off at people who think that they should be able to listen to their music without compensating the band.

Yeah, that's a really weird thing to worry about, or brag about not having to deal with. Its a solved problem.

Chevy sells approx 2,000 volts per month or 24,000 a year. Compare that to the much more expensive Model S selling 40,000.

Yeah overall, they are being traded as a growth stock, but look at those numbers. Can you imagine how much they would sell with a car the same price as the volt?

RTFA. It says right there Microsoft, not Nokia is responsible. As Nokia Mexico is now a part of Microsoft.

Q: What do you think allowed OEM's to lower prices and compete?
A: A common operating system available to any of them, which allowed consumers to easily switch between Dell and Compaq without having to relearn anything or buy new software.

Clones weren't possible without MS.

The Federal government can not possibly screw up educational standards worse than Kansas or Texas have.

I would also argue that the way math is taught should be adjusted to make it easier to learn. We want kids to learn better than the kids in the 40's did, not the same. ( take a look at the average year to take algebra) in the 40s most students stopped their high school education with algebra. Now its a 7th or 8th grade topic.

Why, I play baseball with a baseball. I play football with a football. Why can't we play legos with legos?

Both Stealing and Copyright infrigment are both illegal in most jursisdictions.

So specifying one over the other, just reeks of attempting to get rid of a guilty concious.

Which runs counter to the self professed notion of not being a cheap skate.

The poster I was replying to feels guilty about his actions, no doubt.

Wait, why do you think that Gates thinks he's exempt from being a responsible citizen?

I'm pretty sure he thinks he's doing a pretty good job. What with the fight to end malaria, the public library funding, and helping to put a pc in every home. Sure he's profited hansomly, and broke some rules along the way, but you can't say that he hasn't done some good.

(This coming from someone who detests microsoft products these days, and is writing this from Fedora).

Maybe I should provide quotes from serial killers as well? Maybe presidential assassins? How about drug dealers? Pimps? Organized Criminals? Crazy rednecks?

That's how arguments are won right? By providing the most extreme quotes from people everyone knows and disagrees with? Screw logic, statistics, or evidence right?

We should really be trying to come up with the best 15 second sound bite for political attack ads, you woman beating, rapist enabling, high tax wanting, budget busting, nazi communist seal clubber.

I can only hope. From your fingers to God's eyes.

If you continue to try and disaccosiate the lablel "stealing" because of the implication that its something that everyone agrees is wrong, I'm not going to believe that your motives have nothing to do with the fact that they are availible without charge.

It really looks like you are trying to say " Even though its illegal, and I'm doing it to get free stuff, don't think bad of me because I don't like thinking of myself as someone who does bad things". Its got all of the logic and reasoning of a three year old.