"and I'm surprised to see a comment like yours modded to +5."

You must be new here. Here, let me show you the collection of endless reposts.

Good, piracy is wrong... period.
There is no case in which piracy is ever right.
You... are NOT ENTITLED to products or services in which you have not paid money for.
If you are pirating data, you should be admitting to yourself that you are stealing.
If you want something so badly, pay for it, or ignore it.

Kids in grocery stores crying, yelling, in tantrums on the floor, trying to get their mothers to get them some candy is not a basis for how we should be acting as adults on the internet.

Your, "I can't have it so I'll just take it" does nothing to improve the state of prices that people pay for such items. And, the fact that people have pirated, has already created the environment for outright lies from the industry. Now, the industries get to price gouge us by saying that prices have to be as high as they are to cover for all the piracy!

You know, the very same media moguls who control the markets? You know, those one percenter's that have stolen from us, and taken all our money out of the US economy? Yes, those very same people are claiming that they now deserve all that money because why? Oh yes, that's right... poor people steal.

Well what do you know? Karma's a bitch isn't it?

Other things that probably didn't cause the Tunguska event: demons, kangaroos, cell phone radiation, the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie.

"Policin's haaaaaard!"

"At one time, science was the pursuit of truth, but nowadays it has become corrupted into the pursuit of fame and fortune."

Yes, because when I see that famous blonde in the Ferrari, I know she must be a particle physicist. Lousy rich scientists with their swag.

1-800-PHONICS.

"USA military is by far the strongest military in the world"

And look how bogged down it got against peasants and farmers in Vietnam, Afghanistan, etc.

Your argument is amusing.

"Not if you consistently vote in people who aim for reduced spending and smaller government."

I've seen a lot of mouthy political bullshit along these lines, but no actual politicians who are interested in implementing it (lots and lots of politicians who want to reduce spending in areas they don't like, while increasing it for areas they do, however).

You routinely keep cans of Pepsi in your pockets?

"If you confront police with a weapon you may die."

Or if you "confront" them with a wallet. Or if you're holding a can of Pepsi. Or if you're minding your own fucking business.

YOU WON'T REGRET IT!

I started college out of high school as most do. I wasn't any good at 'math' either. I dropped out of college for a while. In the meantime I did a huge amount of hobby and semi-professional programming on my own. Later, after not being able to find a good job, I decided to go back to college. I decided early to actually, finally, try and 'get math'. I did it by forcing myself through math courses slowly, one at a time.

You know what? I finally got some good instructors, and with the combined knowledge I got from my personal programming, I finally 'got math'. And let me tell you, the sensation of actually knowing what was going on in math was exhilarating, amazing, and fun. It turns out that 'math', is nothing more than symbol manipulation, and rules for symbol manipulation (of course combined with various forms of logic). So 'math' actually -is- programming.

With 'math', you just sit around and memorize what the various symbols mean (nomenclature, discipline specific vernacular), what to do with them, and where they are applied. Turns out most of 'math' is algebraic in nature, so doing 'math' really well requires you understand the basic algebraic rules well. Anything else is logic specific to that dicsipline.

I would say now, that if you don't understand 'math', you really don't understand computers. You are just a trades person, and will rarely end up doing much more than vocational work.

Honestly, lacking the nature to push-through the crap envelope tells me a lot about your personality, and is why I would not hire you.

They're just a poor mom and pop operation trying to make ends meet, hence the need for the additional Ask Toolbar revenue stream.

I'm just going to go ahead and start pirating everything. Including cars. Suck it, industry.

Suck my sweaty balls, PETA.

Don't forget about the dumb fuck UFO conspiracy nuts who think a government that can't cover up blowjobs would be capable of preventing leaks about alien visitors for over 60 years.