[Carl]

discuss.

(this is not a debate on wether or not it is vandalism. it's a discussion based on the fact that it definately is, and why it is still legal.)

[Petrarch of the VBB]

It makes money for people, therefore it is legal.

[HotSnoJ]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
It makes money for people, therefore it is legal.

So do many things that are illegal.

[Tiara]

van·dal·ism   Audio pronunciation of "vandalism" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (vndl-zm)
n.

    Willful or malicious destruction of public or private property.

Since adware doesn't destroy anything, public or private, it cannot be placed under 'vandalism'.

It's highly annoying but it isn't vandalism.

Originally posted by Carl

(this is not a debate on wether or not it is vandalism. it's a discussion based on the fact that it definately is, and why it is still legal.)

And because of that, your post is moot to begin with. It isn't a fact that it is because it isn't. Period.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by HotSnoJ
So do many things that are illegal.

Makes money for people in power then.

And what exactly was the need for posting that pic?

[Stealth]

i think he was telling you to shut the **** up, and to think before you post.

i may be wrong...

[Petrarch of the VBB]

That's not my gripe. It's the size of it.
There are smaller STFU pictures about.

[MatthewPapa]

It makes money for people without end user's permission (most of the time anyways.) Adware is the biggest nuisance ever beucase of that and probably is illegal.

[Tiara]

Originally posted by MatthewPapa
Adware is the biggest nuisance ever beucase of that and probably is illegal.

By that reasoning an ass-itch is illigal... because it's a nuisance.

[Flipside]

No worse than someone sticking a Pizza Menu through the door, if people stopped buying the Pizzas, they wouldn't do it

[ionia23]

Originally posted by Tiara

Since adware doesn't destroy anything, public or private, it cannot be placed under 'vandalism'.

It's highly annoying but it isn't vandalism.

And because of that, your post is moot to begin with. It isn't a fact that it is because it isn't. Period.

As Shakespear would say with irony, I say with conviction:

"Bull****".

Come over to my house sometime and I'll show you what adware did to my last computer.  Electronic data can be, and is considered "property" and I've already had one machine destroyed to the point of a full rebuild because some ****head in Nigeria wanted to sell me Viagra.

[HotSnoJ]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
That's not my gripe. It's the size of it.
There are smaller STFU pictures about.

Small monitor? I just saw it and I liked it. That's why I used it.

[Flipside]

I've had Adware screw up Internet Explorer for me certainly, but then, Spybot seems to deal with it no problem. I suppose if it became too much of a pain, I could always switch to Firefox or the like

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by HotSnoJ
Small monitor? I just saw it and I liked it. That's why I used it.

1024x768. It's just that no images larger than about 320x240 should be posted unless they're screenshots or photos.

[jdjtcagle]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB


1024x768. It's just that no images larger than about 320x240 should be posted unless they're screenshots or photos.

cry about it...

What are you two trying to accomplish?

[HotSnoJ]

Nothing, just wanting to know what Petrarch's problem is with a not that large picture.


/me kicks thread. "Get back on topic!"

[jdjtcagle]

Anyway...
Adware is just annoying spyware is illegal... isn't it illegal?

[Petrarch of the VBB]

My problem is that it's size to usefulness ratio is about 34:1.

[jdjtcagle]

Would you please get back to shoveling **** and salt in Siberia... NO ONE CARES!!!

[Carl]

graphitti isn't destructive, but it's still vandalsim, because it's nearly impossible to get rid of. i've got a few adware programs that i cannot uninstall, i've tried using their uninstall utilities, but it never uninstalls them. i've tried the add/remove programs menu, but either they aren't even listed, or they are listed, but clicking the remove button does nothing. i've tried deleting the files in the program files folder, but they are write incrypted, so i can't. and they do, in fact, do damage to my computer. they cause crashes and errors all the time.