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>>Interesting theory. So I suppose you put 10,000 miles on a car before you
>>buy it, just to see if it will last?

Suppose I had a copy of a car and tried it for 10 000 miles. I thought
the car wasn't worth the money, so I deleted it. Nobody gets hurt, and
I save some money instead of writing nasty letters to the company.

>> Or perhaps you eat your food before
>>paying for it, to see if it was good, and then puke it up and eat it again
>>after you have paid. 
>
>That was a stupid example. But i'd usually ask someone else their opinion on a 
>meal before i buy it.

What a weak argument.. Copying software isn't doing any physical harm
to anything. It's just a clone or copy of it. I don't like it, I get
rid of it. What the hell does eating vomit have to do with buying a
better version of a program? If a pirated game is good, I buy it, and
the full game includes the manual, warranty and movies etc..

>>And of course before you pay for that life insurance
>>policy, you're going to have to die a few times to make sure it will pay
>>off. I know a few software companies and programmers who would love to
>>help out on that last part...
>>michael
>>
>
>You are talking about permantly pirating a piece of software, which is not 
>what the guy was talking about. You are either ignorant of the practices 
>behind what i would call temporary pirating or are very well-to-do and can 
>afford any software you buy without even trying it.  Personally, if more 
>companies would release demos (Like Caligari and their truespace demos) i 
>wouldn't pirate.

How about going up a step. Make programs that aren't crap. Have you
tried Redneck Rampge? Gimme a break. MDK? Nice graphics and sound,
boring gameplay. Quake, RA? DAMN! Those I picked up.

>However, a lot of companies do makes demos (like game companies) my question 
>is why did he even pirate MDK or Redneck Rampage. There were demos of the 
>games out and even my 13 year-old nephew could tell that those games were 
>shallow and not worth buying.

You know, I really don't know.. Probably because it was there and
sounded good. Haven't found much of a good source for demos, only
sites with cheesy shareware games.