Who actually killed the future?

look in the mirror, what do you see?
a face, right? well, how sure are you that the one you saw in the mirror is you?
you cant really say right? ofcourse, logically the image in the mirror is yours, but to whom does the image actually belongs to?

That is the whole discussion here. We as the genaration who live among technologies should know our bestfriend really well, a friend by the name of "Computer". Computers are a set of brains, that are created by human, to do simple multitasking. computer is computer, computer is not a car nor a printer. But sometimes, computers are not being computers, when these brains combined with human beings' brain. these combination will breed new sets of thinking, some are good, and some are really bad. Computer can make wonders, but can also destroy the whole world with one single click.

So this new brain create some other so called "brain" to work according to their preferences. These are what we called bug and viruses, which are always related to hacking and cracking activities. The world nowadays are virtually driven by money, and people are willing to do anything just to get money. some people use their brain to spoof a logon screen of internet banking sites, so that they can access the account and steal the money. Some viruses are sent through email to large companies in order to steal some inportant companies' secret. This new brain can just do anything, but users can breathe easily now since there are lots of antivirus softwares that are more efficient nowadays. Softwares like norton internet security 2009 will run daily updates to recognise new computer threat.

Those internet virus are no longer what most software companies are worried about nowadays. What they worry now is the threat that are generally accepted by computer users worldwide. These are the virus use for cracking softwares. Softwares like microsoft office can be easily cracked and bypass some test to acuire the license. Most latest cracked softwares are so good that they even pass the online verification. The best examples is Windows Vista Ultimate. Windows Vista is the most copied software nowadays, because Computer companies are now selling some cheap models without operating system. The target market are lower-income group, which consist of general workers and students. They will buy a cheap notebook set without Operating System, and opt for a fake one to save some buck. Well, that is the reason why Windows Vista is widely copied and cracked. But, the funny thing is this cracked Vista pass all security evaluation by Microsoft website. The question now is is that really a fake software? Because it is impossible to bypass one of the strictest security check on the net, but, it actually is. you will get one "crack" folder along with the software when you purchase a fake copy. the "crack" folder contains some friendly virus (literally friendly, to your computer, but not to the software companies) and you are required to copy the whole file to the main folder. Next is to activate it. everything will run smoothly, and like magic, will be certified genuine.

it looks good, but it violate the ethical rule of doing things, is it? Even copying assignments is considered as a crime, and some universities expell students who are cought copying. But the very-very basic ethical rule for open source softwares is contradict with the protected softwares. Linux is free, and always free. But, Linux users are required to share whatever improvement they did on their Linux, because the main idea is to share ideas. Linux has the potential of eliminating other major Operating system, like macintosh and microsoft, because everything in there is free. But is this what we called ethical misguidance?

WHO ACTUALLY KILLED THE FUTURE?

so this is the question raised here. who actually killed the future?
Adobe CS4 is the latest Adobe software pack, that come with all Adobe Applications.
The retail price is more than RM20,000.
how good, if we can run the software on our computer for RM10?
Adobe CS4 was cracked and downloaded from rapidshare around the world two days after it was launched.
so now, is it the cracker's fault?
or our fault?

without demand, there's no supply.
it was cracked because there's a big demand for it.

back in 1970s..people have a dream that future computers will be really small..can be put on a lap..

we are now in the future..
and we seems to have the whole idea that everything is cheap.
arent we?

By: Megat Tariq
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