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$240 plus a DMCA violation and stealing a $100 piece of software to end up with a beyond low end Mac that breaks as soon as you perform a system software upgrad
by jws 18y ago
$240 plus a DMCA violation and stealing a $100 piece of software to end up with a beyond low end Mac that breaks as soon as you perform a system software upgrade (according to the article).
Just go the mall early with a brick, you know, when the walkers are getting their exercise. Throw the brick through the window of the Apple store and steal a mini. Its a better machine and Apple probably won't mind since they need to flush the inventory before next weeks announcements. Why, you are probably doing them a favor since they can write off the retail price as a loss from theft instead of flushing it at a reduced price. No one gets hurt, same as the original article.
(Ok, the mini isn't better if you want the two 3.5" SATA bays, in that case steal it the way the author documents.)
[Downvoted? At least I amused myself. Perhaps I should have added a smiley somewhere.]
- dcurtis 18y agoYou are misinformed. See this fantastic diagram: http://i33.tinypic.com/2yor21y.png http://i33.tinypic.com/2yor21y.png
- jackowayed 18y agoYeah, but with software, there really is no "original" to steal. They can make new copies and ship them to the store for like $0.50 tops. The real value of software is the information, the compiled code that makes it do something valuable. You're not paying your share towards development costs that make that happen. So you're robbing the company of the money you would pay for the software. With software, the idea of theft only being taking the physical product is stupid because the physical aspect is practically worthless. Some software isn't even distributed through physical means at all.
- rms 18y agoThere's always jury nullification.
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