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Offline Sandwich

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on: July 17, 2002, 12:10:43 pm
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #1 on: July 17, 2002, 01:48:35 pm
Ugggh...spyware.  I care about intellectual property rights...however....I also care about my and everyone elses privacy.  Protecting one right does not justify the abolishment or ignorance of another.
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Reply #2 on: July 17, 2002, 02:45:25 pm
Meh... Privacy, particularly online privacy, is a myth anyways so whats the big deal?
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Reply #3 on: July 17, 2002, 05:51:49 pm
Ugh, Gamespot used to be my favorite gaming site years ago, but it seems to really be going down the drain now... :doubt:
 

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Reply #4 on: July 17, 2002, 07:53:39 pm
I never use gamespot for downloading anyways, their so slow.
 

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Reply #5 on: July 17, 2002, 09:08:40 pm
And of course, you have to pay for it. :p
 

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Reply #6 on: July 17, 2002, 11:17:34 pm
Spyware?  Bah, I tweak a few settings on my personal firewall and I don't even need to worry about the things.

Plus I go digging in my registry every now and then to look for...unauthorized additions. :D
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Reply #7 on: July 18, 2002, 06:03:35 am
LavaSoft Ad-Aware is an automatic program for doing that kind of thing. You can get it at www.lavasoft.de - and it's good. :)

However, since 'bots probably trawl these very forums for our ICQ numbers and so on, I doubt that there's any privacy. Besides, over here the government is allowed to store and access your internet records - or rather, is trying to do so.
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Reply #8 on: July 18, 2002, 09:50:08 am
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Originally posted by Kellan
LavaSoft Ad-Aware is an automatic program for doing that kind of thing. You can get it at www.lavasoft.de - and it's good. :)



:nod:

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Originally posted by Kellan
However, since 'bots probably trawl these very forums for our ICQ numbers and so on, I doubt that there's any privacy.


...Which is why I don't have mine displayed. Anywhere. :D
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #9 on: July 18, 2002, 09:56:31 am
Eh, I don't really care about that. If there's anything that I don't want people to know about I just use heavy PGP encryption or something similar. As for spamming, I block messages from people not on my list on ICQ, and I use Spamguard to block email spam, pretty effective tool.
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Reply #10 on: July 19, 2002, 01:27:39 pm
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Reply #11 on: July 19, 2002, 02:22:53 pm
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Originally posted by vadar_1
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view2002-07-19rl.html


About as on-topic as it gets. :)
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"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
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