Safety of using napster (or similar services)

Factual Questions
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Tim, my son, settle down! We all know that nothing we can post will change a mind like yours. It may interest you to know that none of us even want to change, or otherwise have contact with, a mind like yours.

Please do us all a favor and let us in on where your are. Believe me, we’d all like very much to be “over there” in relation to your location. Oh, and try to keep your reply very short. Thanks!

I don’t know why fortune smiles on some and lets the rest go free…

T

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i don’t see many of those people in this thread, so why are you fucking sick? i admit that i use napster, but i also admit that i am stealing the songs.

me.

i’m not trying to change anyone’s mind regarding the use of napster.

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i am not being moral or righteous. if i were, i probably wouldn’t be using napster myself, would i? i am merely stating that it is a crime to download pirated mp3s.

what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox

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so the thread is no longer hijacked…
http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/001494.html

what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox

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Yarster: It’s probably windows. You can set up windows so it automatically dials in when a program tries to access the internet. Play around with the internet settings in the control panel.