2nd – “get a clue?” Look at my previous post! It is full of “clue”. Although it’s a bit lengthy, it describes the logic of my arguments in detail, it is not merely shouting, and it tries to xplain in understandable terms why I hold this point of view.

Very much unlike your post, if I may say so, which is simply cheering Chris and booing me without any argument (logical or illogical) at all.

so I guess my Q to you TommyR, is how does it feel, to realize that the poor sentence u posted up there is the best u can contribute to an intelligent debate?

hope yer kids turn out smarter n better,
Robot55

There are other ways to get infected with malware than by downloading pirated software.

Running antivirus software is another good solution to the problem. Integeo, McAfee and Symantec all offer software to protect Mac OS X from malware. Installing a program sounds prudent, given the fact that OS X infecting malware is now starting to make the news.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

Robot55,get a clue and a job.

It is also severe disrespect to the company/programmers/developers who have spent all their time creating the program.

The makers of WOW use it to provide all users the huge updates quickly. Or just think of SuSE linux distrubition.

BitTorrent gets illegal, when sharing illegal files, like piracy copies.

Why must people steal a Photoshop CS4? Ok, $1000 bucks are much, but why not using other stuff like Gimp? It is not that powerful, but as a private person you do not need to pro stuff.

iWork is below $80 and affordable by everyone. So, if you got a virus, than it happened the right way!

Stop whining your system is infected! Shame on you!

Format your harddrive to get rid off it or use your brain and Google. Almost every news article provides a solution.

Thanks Chirs, for opening the eyes to some stupid lamers.

With all due respect to the “good judgement” method – as a system manager (at previousl lief LOL :) I saw crazy security exploits that would have crashed your windows PC about 10 seconds after u jack in the modem cable, without any browser even being open!!!

An exaggeration u say? :) Try this for sports:

when using direct modems (not home router) install a pre-SP2 version of WinXP (u may have no choice, as u are using a LEGIT unpirated copy, u are doomed to forever re-install with lame buggy SP1 OS ver ).
Sure, Windows will want to update to SP2/SP3 – but in order to that, it would have to connect to the internet…

1ce the modem cable is connected to your ‘puter, it’s just a matter of time (less than a minute) till your IP is chosen randomly by some malicious bot that tries new logon IPs tirelessly until it finds one with a machine running a PreE-SP2 winXP.

Boom. Fat lady sings :( All your BASE belongs to them now…

Dunno if maybe at yer place (the USA, heh :) they combat this at the ISP level somehow, but in Israel n some european countries – this can happen easily.

So – “good judgement” is a wise policy, but it can never ever suffice as Intrusion Countermeasures. It isn’t.

Surf safe now ;)
Robot55

What does a young aspiring graphic designer (for instance) who wants to learn the trade to do?
He can’t use GIMP or Pixelator (adobe alternatives) – as he’s trying to school himself with industry standards.

So follow my example here –
in order to achieve this, according to ChrisPirillo standards he would have to purchase Full Adobe suite, a pro font manager/creater, a good cross-platform icon creation app, maybe some PC2MAC apps (e.g. Transmac, etc.) and so on…

Now u do the math and tell me what kind of monthly income should 1 generate in order to afford this. Right, no way near what a young person can afford…

Trial versions dont address these issues as they r time based and do not allow more than 30 days (hardly enough to professionalize with 1 adobe app let alone the whole suite). “student” (discount) licenses do not solve the problem really, just diminish it slightly n besides, u have 2 b enrolled somewhere. Newsflash: that costs money too, and totally unnecessary for many people wit
h self learning skills.

Simply put, one would have pay gazzilions for the apps, or gazzilions for design school (then he can use their ‘puters).

I’m really surprised u point the finger at the users on this – Adobe controls the industry, n its fine to pay them every dime once u use it for work, but how the heck do i get there if i cant afford to put the damn app on my ‘puter in order to train?!?!

If 21st cent. technology has brought us to a point where all one needs to learn a trade is 1K$ PC and an internet hookup – there should be no legal or biz obstructions on the way… Adobe should be happy with this – it turns us all to Adobe minions 1ce we hit the industry. We won’t let our boss purchase any other design software.

Multimedia artists (unlike the aforementioned mere graphic designers) require so much software to learn in order to get into the biz (graphich, video, post prod, audio, VJ, encoding, ripping, and on and on) – it simply makes your point of view seem out of touch with reality….

you’re my favorite techTV survivor – don’t go all institutional on me now ;)

Robot55