Ok so I know the most part of Jan is all gone already and I am quite late to the party but at least I’m the life of it. I’ll start my 2012 post with a short list of things that happened since my last post.
· I moved into a new flat. Yes I’m a bachelor. I now live in the bat cave. It’s not much yet but I make the best coffee in the world. Drop by for a cup!
· Christmas. I got tools for the new flat and fat. Who doesn’t over eat over xmas?
· New year. The biggest event of the year (for everyone else) I asked everyone what they were up to for new years and their response was “Braaing at home with a friend or two” . Nee sies man! So I went clubbing and it turned out that everyone else went to a braai leaving me and a friend at an empty club. A small piece of me died that night.
So that’s it for my holidays. [Sarcasm start] Hold the applause [Sarcasm stop]
Back to business.
1) I’m not wealthy enough to buy what the rich kids have.
2) It’s not really a crime unless you sell it.
Raise your hand if you have never ever ever pirated a single piece of ip. (Pi backwards. Coincidink?) Those of you who are looking shamefully at your toes right about now are dirty pirates. Aaaargh!.
Some people argue that since you make a copy, the original is still there so it’s not theft. This is true. It’s still piracy. Aaaarghcy! Every copied movie you’ve watched, mp3 you’ve listened to, every game you got from a friend, every pdf that you read on your phone was created by an artist. A talented person, who uses his or her skills to make a living. Sure it’s for our entertainment and they are mostly filthy rich but it’s still their hard work that you are not paying for. Here are a few reasons to buy from artist although they are filthy rich already.
· Money promotes the industry. Microsoft started the trend. They became filthy rich because they made us pay for their product that was Intellectual property. As a result they have pumped billions of moneys back into the industry. Job creation. Software development. Systems development. Even charity. You feed the world by buying the right to use IP’s.
Not all of them are evil rich baas teds.
Terry Pratchett : In August 2007 Pratchett was misdiagnosed as having had a minor stroke in 2004 or 2005 that was believed to have damaged the right side of his brain. While his motor skills had been affected, the observed damage had not impaired his ability to write.[31] On 11 December 2007, Pratchett posted online that he had been newly diagnosed with a very rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease, which he said "lay behind this year's phantom 'stroke'." He has a rare form of the disease called posterior cortical atrophy, in which areas at the back of the brain begin to shrink and shrivel.[14] Describing it as an 'embuggerance' in a radio interview, Pratchett appealed to people to "keep things cheerful", and proclaimed that "we are taking it fairly philosophically down here and possibly with a mild optimism."[38] Leading the way, Pratchett stated that he feels he has time for "at least a few more books yet", and added that while he understands the impulse to ask 'is there anything I can do?', in this particular case he will only entertain such offers from "very high-end experts in brain chemistry."[38] Discussing his diagnosis at the Bath Literature Festival in early 2008, Pratchett revealed that he now found it too difficult to write dedications when signing books.[39]
Terry Pratchett at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow, August 2005
In March 2008, Pratchett announced he was donating US$1,000,000 (about £494,000 at the time) to the Alzheimer's Research Trust, saying that he had spoken to at least three brain tumour (cancer) survivors yet he had spoken to no survivors of Alzheimer's disease, and that he was shocked "to find out that funding for Alzheimer's research is just 3% of that to find cancer cures."[14][40][41] Of his donation Pratchett said: "I am, along with many others, scrabbling to stay ahead long enough to be there when the Cure comes along."[42] Pratchett's donation inspired an internet campaign where fans hope to "Match it for Pratchett", by raising another $1,000,000.[43]
I have all of Terry Pratchett’s work on PDF and read them twice each. I bought one of his books for R60. I am a bloody Pirate. Aaargh.
I have made a decision that will change my IT life. I will (eventually) buy every Terry Pratchettbook. I’m also going to remove everything that I haven’t legally purchased from my computer. This includes : 172 GB Software, 43.3 GB music, 200 GB movies and series. This can’t be so bad can it?
Oh! And drop by for that cup of coffee.
and Aaaaaaaaargh !
Oh! And drop by for that cup of coffee.
and Aaaaaaaaargh !
