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  • #31
    I just noticed, for question #3, I didn't leave an option for people who haven't graduated from high school. If you fill in the survey, and you aren't graduated from high school, just leave that question unanswered. (It's an optional question that you don't have to answer anyway.)

    Agathon: Just out of curiosity, what was your first home computer? I remember Commodores were pretty popular back then.
    "Every time I have to make a tough decision, I ask myself, 'What would Tom Cruise do?' Then I jump up and down on the couch." - Neil Strauss

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    • #32
      I owned a Sinclair ZX81 which I upgraded in 1983 to a 48K Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

      Feel the POWA!!!
      Only feebs vote.

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      • #33
        filled out
        "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
        'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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        • #34
          Done...
          Civilization II: maps, guides, links, scenarios, patches and utilities (+ Civ2Tech and CivEngineer)

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          • #35
            who doesn't graduate from high school?

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            • #36
              High school dropouts.

              *Drum roll* *cymbals*

              I just filled out the survey

              How do I get the free iPod?????

              Just kidding, good luck with your report.
              We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

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              • #37
                Done.
                Note I mentioned lack of supply too. And it's still a problem today. Look for some old games (like Fantasy General). You might get a used copy from someone if you send money over the web to someone on another continent. Or you can download it illegally. Will it hurt the developpers or publishers? Well, both vanished...
                And CD protection is what prevents me from running my legal version of MoM on my current computer (the MoM computer died of old age a few years ago). So CD protection actually increases piracy form my point of view.
                You should check Brad Wardell's opinions on the subject. He's talked about it very often (google Brad Wardell piracy and behold or check this one among others: http://draginol.joeuser.com/index.asp?aid=21895 ).
                Clash of Civilization team member
                (a civ-like game whose goal is low micromanagement and good AI)
                web site http://clash.apolyton.net/frame/index.shtml and forum here on apolyton)

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                • #38
                  Done .

                  Lack of supply is the biggest reason here . You cannot get legit software anywhere in a place like Indore in India .

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                  • #39
                    Done
                    Im not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the mark

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                    • #40
                      Done...
                      Although the opinion of a Bulgarian on the topic of software piracy is rather irrelevant
                      Quendelie axan!

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                      • #41
                        Downloading illegal music / movies?
                        Pfft. Downloading "illegal" music and movies is legal here.

                        And what's up with assuming there aren't people who haven't graduated high school? Silly survey.
                        "In some of its more lunatic aspects, political correctness is merely ridiculous. But in the thinking behind it, there is something more sinister which is shown by the fact that already there are certain areas and topics where freedom of speech, in the sense of the right to open and frank discussion, is being gradually but significantly eroded." -- Judge Neil Denison

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                        • #42
                          Some of the "illegal activities" are not. Making backups of programs you own, for example, is explicitly allowed by the US copyright law.
                          (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
                          (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
                          (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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                          • #43
                            Yes, and providing the product in your family circle (not friends) is allowed by the French law.
                            Clash of Civilization team member
                            (a civ-like game whose goal is low micromanagement and good AI)
                            web site http://clash.apolyton.net/frame/index.shtml and forum here on apolyton)

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                            • #44
                              Thanks for the responses. The survey is now filled up.
                              "Every time I have to make a tough decision, I ask myself, 'What would Tom Cruise do?' Then I jump up and down on the couch." - Neil Strauss

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                              • #45
                                OK, now you can tell us what your research question and results are

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