chat?

[matt]

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Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of its owner. The purchaser, or licensee, is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, but restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.

Complementary terms include public domain software, which is not subject to copyright and can be used for any purpose, and free software, licensed by the owner under more permissive terms. Many proponents of free and open source software including Richard Stallman use proprietary or non-free to describe software that doesn't meet their criteria for free or open source, though specific definitions vary.

how does being proprietary have anything to do with anything? are you morally against it or something? i am not following. i gave you the link because you are saying it is not cross platform. everyone youre wanting to talk to has it and, at least at times, uses soulseek. so you use linux or something? if so, are you retarded?

could you explain why you cant use soulseek. i could care less one way or the other but i would like to know what i am missing or what you are missing as far as this conversation. thangz

[alexander]

proprietary software is user hostile and promotes the idea that you are not in control of your computer. imagine if you bought a house, and then you couldn't put up a new wall, or hire someone to do so, without breaking the law. imagine further that you can't even tell how the wall is constructed, and to the extent of your knowledge it might come crashing down at any time - or be bugged with wires.

the Mac OS X version is in the beta phase. I have no idea how stable it is. I use Gentoo Linux. no, I am not "retarded". and that remark has put me off discussing this with you. "thangz".

[matt]

i think the fact that you are missing out on things you actually want to do just because you are clinging to some kind of strange, misguided idea shows how silly it is.

get soulseek, talk to people and download music like the rest of us.

[alexander]

hmmm... let's see...

-the software is not available for the operating system I use
-it's proprietary.
-P2P software in general is archaic.
-using a P2P application for chat is nonsensical at best in the first place.


so that's a no. also I haven't downloaded anything via a P2P application for at least five years, probably more, and I certainly do not intend on using it for chatting. that's what Internet Relay *Chat* is for.

[max]

this guy is afraid the feds are going to crash through his unstable wall and put him in jail for p2peepin

[alexander]

actually, they can't. not where I live. IP addresses aren't shared with the multinational corporate major labels et al. - thankfully. the only cases where IP addresses are extradited from ISPs are in cases regarding child pornography, or serious crimes like murder, rape, etc. sharing music is not considered severe enough for the authorities to care, and ISPs are not obligated to extradite addresses to anyone else than the police.

pretty suhweet, huh.

[matt]

hmmm... let's see...

-the software is not available for the operating system I use
-it's proprietary.
-P2P software in general is archaic.
-using a P2P application for chat is nonsensical at best in the first place.


so that's a no. also I haven't downloaded anything via a P2P application for at least five years, probably more, and I certainly do not intend on using it for chatting. that's what Internet Relay *Chat* is for.

- you only use linux? thats very odd. everyone i know that has linux also has another operating system on their computer so they can actually use programs and play games like the rest of us.

- that is not relevant to anything. it could also be a fruit smoothy or a chipmunk and none of that would matter.

- its archaic and nonsensical but everyone youd want to talk with does it. thats kind of like saying - instead of going to a party with all your friends at a place that can only be reached by horseback, youd rather not do it because riding horses is too old school for your tastes. no one is going to get on irc to chat. people use soulseek to chat and share music. thats what the program is for. irc was around before soulseek. if people wanted to talk about and share screamo via irc, they would have done that.



i hope you realise how ludicrous you sound in time to start enjoying things.

[tonyxvx]

hmmm... let's see...

-the software is not available for the operating system I use
-it's proprietary.
-P2P software in general is archaic.
-using a P2P application for chat is nonsensical at best in the first place.


so that's a no. also I haven't downloaded anything via a P2P application for at least five years, probably more, and I certainly do not intend on using it for chatting. that's what Internet Relay *Chat* is for.

All the cool kids are doing it.

[alexander]

@matt

I play games and use software on Gentoo Linux. I have multiple other operating systems available (including Windows variants) for operating system esoteric programming and games. I do however prefer not booting into a Windows operating system unless I will be playing World of Warcraft, because my mouse manufacturer does not provide drivers for it.

your negligence of the point proves an ignorance rendering your arguments in this discussion useless due to a lack of insight on the subject.

"everyone" uses IRC for chatting. as for sharing music, the Internet has other - more successful - methods of accomplishing that.


in any event, you're pointless bashing of me and my ideas are quite uninteresting, because you obviously lack any substantial theoretical or practical background on the subject. insinuating that I do not know how to have fun, or that I suffer mental retardations, or that the ethical downsides of proprietary software is of no importance at all - does not really shout «I know what I am talking about, and you are wrong on the matter».

[DAP]

use nicotine you dumbass