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[stewartsage]

Good luck Pentium, remember to take everything out/leave behind that the TSA'll bug you about.

[Cockleshell]

You'd better skype me while you're there with choco. =3=

[Bella]

I wonder if he's in Boston yet? I can't imagine the trip is more than a few hours, but with security checks and stuff who the hell knows. ^^;


Also, thanks for posting more info on the unholy RIAA-ISP alliance, Nej, that set my mind at ease somewhat. I'll show that to my dad too, because when I told him that I was thinking about signing up for a VPN service, he got kind of paranoid ("If you have a VPN, won't that make you seem suspicious?").

[Bella]

That's a really good question. I wonder if they'll even be able to tell the difference between legal, legally-unclear and illegal torrents.

Tbh, I used to be vaguely against illegally downloading commercially-available media, but then my last fuck flew away the moment the MPAA and RIAA began their little crusade in the name of copyright enforcement. Maybe my moral compass is broken in that respect, though, since I don't consider illegal downloading the same thing as theft (as in, actually stealing a CD/DVD/piece of software install media) or piracy (charging people for illegally-obtained/-recorded media).

I agree that sharing and downloading abandonware and other commercially-unavailable media should never be considered unethical or illegal.

[NejinOniwa]

The thing is, they can't tell jack shit difference when it comes to torrents. They can possibly see if you've accessed torrent z on site x, but the actual data transmitting is virtually impossible to see for them because of the unique p2p nature of the torrent technology. It's like trying to catch a swarm of bees with a fishing net. Doesn't work.

And thus, they only catch the people who are still using fish...

[Nichi]

I have nothing to say on the subject of piracy, so I'll just ignore that

Anyway, I've arrived. Well, I've been here since 2:15PM or so, but I've been running around with Kari all afternoon :3

[Bella]

@Pent: Hooray! Welcome to New Hampshire. >^^<

@Nej: Thanks for the extra info.

[Cockleshell]

GRABBYHANDS
COME DOWN A STATE

[Nichi]

We'll go down to South Park Boston probably on Wednesday :3

[Krizonar]

Best Skyrim mod ever.

When a guard says "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow in the knee", he gets struck by lightning and instantly dies.

[Bella]

Seeing a South Park reference made, in reference to Boston, made me angrytwitch slightly more than I should have, though that's probably just because my loathing of South Park is so deep/reverence for Boston reaches near-religious proportions.

@Kriz: ... Have I mentioned yet that I really like your new signature?

[Cockleshell]

I'm going to throw things at you, Bella. >:c

[Nichi]

So, things are going well so far...aside from Asagi giving me problems :\

[NejinOniwa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J1NUQj7qj_U
NOT ENOUGH BITS IN THIS THREAD, HAVE 8 MORE

[Krizonar]

@Kriz: ... Have I mentioned yet that I really like your new signature?

Not yet, but yes, she is fun to talk to.