On Thursday, March 9, 2000 at 8:00:00 AM UTC, andy wrote:   
   > Charles Doane wrote:   
   > > i am a gay homosexual lookin for men to make love every day   
   > > You heard me.   
   > > i am gay   
   > > It's done for, the last successfully pirateable system is the   
   > > Sony PlayStation, and no future systems can possibly be pirated   
   > > economically.   
   > >   
   > > The Sega Dreamcast is refreshing, because it's got a successful   
   > > anti-pirate scheme. I love it. No piracy on the Dreamcast, and   
   > > after a year of hacking by opportunistic scumbag pirates, the   
   > > DC remains largely unbroken. Too bad for the pirates, great for   
   > > the videogame industry.   
   > >   
   > > Sega doesn't get all of the credit, however. The N64 led the   
   > > way, in staying with carts and making it so that the piracy   
   > > costs more than the average thief is willing to pay.   
   > > The Z64 and other ROM copiers were an abject failure, for the   
   > > simple reason that they were too expensive. Thieves want their   
   > > stuff CHEAP (preferably free), and a $200 cart copier won't   
   > > sell well at all.   
   > >   
   > > It's Sony's turn now, with the PS2. They've already stepped   
   > > up with DVD, which is hard to crack economically in and of   
   > > itself. Sony can easily make a custom DVD standard, as it   
   > > was Sony who co-authored the DVD standard in the first place.   
   > >   
   > > It looks like pirates are going to be playing last years'   
   > > games for several years to come. Of course, with the piracy   
   > > being totally history on the consoles, the PC is going to   
   > > get swamped with thieves wanting freebies, but I don't much   
   > > care for the PC gang anyway.   
   > >   
   > > I'm gonna be the first one to tell the pirates, BYE BYE!!   
   > > Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out!!   
   > >   
   > > --   
   > > Eppur si muove... "and yet it does move"... Galileo,   
   > > after recanting his assertion of the Earth's motion.   
   >   
   >   
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   This certainly aged well...   
      
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