Skidmarksdeluxe
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Whose gonna notice? I didn't say smash the vans windscreen and pry the plate off, just use the number. Make your own plate, it's super easy.
Weekend Open Forum: What's the first thing you remember pirating online?
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cliffordcooley
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That would be the registration office when the VIN Code doesn't at least match the vehicle you want registered. And aside from registration, why else would you want a VIN Code?
dividebyzero
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There was quite a black market for transferring VINs. Buy a wreck, lift the VIN plate(s). Steal an identical model car (preferably with the same option codes - paint, engine, option package etc.). Transfer the wreck's VIN. Profit.
Used to be quite thing for collectible cars like muscle cars. If the low production number car you had was a restoration write off due to structural damage or rust, people would source a donor car and transfer basically everything over - engine, trans, differential, interior - every major part of the automobile that is identified within the VIN.
captaincranky
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Well, the recent events in England, (mixed tapes made illegal), have taken the humor out of this topic to the point to where even I can't find anything funny to say about it. How could that even happen? A whole country so busy facebooking, streaming garbage movies, and running your collective mouth on the cell phone, a Fascist government slipped it right by, dead smack under your noses?
I will say, my advancing years have taken their toll on my memory. That, combined with private browsing, CCleaner, and additional "volumes", leave me and my computer unable to remember s*** in general, and certainly nothing specific
Oh, and I buy CDs, and don't believe that optical drives are obsolete. Strange bird, that cranky....
I will say, my advancing years have taken their toll on my memory. That, combined with private browsing, CCleaner, and additional "volumes", leave me and my computer unable to remember s*** in general, and certainly nothing specific
If my pushing 10 years at this site have taught me anything, it's that not only are many who post here not bright enough to not air their dirty laundry in public, but they'll most likely brag about it as well. (I hope I got that string of negations to an understandable point). Our " guests" have always "endeared" themselves to me, running their mouths about their, "adventures on the high seas". Argh! I'm sticking my finger down my throat to make that noise.
Well, I find there's plenty of free software to handle almost all my simple needs. For everything else, there's either Photoshop Elements or LIghtroom. Both of which I've bought several times over the years. Photoshop itself doesn't have terribly much more to offer, and the "free" copies seem to be nothing more than virus delivery agents.
Oh, and I buy CDs, and don't believe that optical drives are obsolete. Strange bird, that cranky....
cliffordcooley
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I'm not arguing it can't be done, simply suggesting the first car you see (as in any car) will likely not be an option.
captaincranky
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All very true, but the degree of difficulty has increased exponentially over the years. Which is not to say it isn't still being done.
I have a Suzuki Sidekick ('97 don't laugh), which I can't have any size tires put on but those specified by the doorjamb sticker. That's larger OR smaller tires, at least by a reputable dealer.
But I'm sure it's no different on any late model anything in your neck of the woods.
As far as old muscle cars go, half of them had the VIN plate pop riveted on, (IIRC), and the only things that had to match were the VIN, and the OEM engine block number.
Anecdotally, probably 35 or so years ago, I saw the completely stripped shell of an early 'Vette, (from the firewall back, but with VIN intact), go for three grand.
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Skidmarksdeluxe
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Dunno. Someone said they pirated a vehicle, then another person asked where would they get a VIN, I said use one from any vehicle, you said you can't use a VIN from a minivan on a Ferrari then things got off the beaten track.
Pirating a vehicle tells me it's a stolen vehicle. Which genius legitimately tries to register a known stolen vehicle? It's either taken for a joyride, chopped up for parts or quickly sold and exported.
I'm not all that clued up in the stolen vehicle business so I could be wrong.
cliffordcooley
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All I know is if someone takes the time to deal with the VIN, they are working to camouflage the fact that the vehicle is stolen. And anyone that knows how to interpret the VIN, can tell allot about a vehicle by the first 3 characters (World manufacturer identifier) alone.
Skidmarksdeluxe
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I haven't been pulled over by the cops very often but on the odd occasions that I have, they've never once checked the VIN, only that my licence plate no. matches the no. on my road clearance disk and of course my drivers lic. and all that other stuff (we don't have to produce proof of insurance).
Having said that, they pulled me over about 2 weeks a go for crossing a barrier line and after their regulatory checks I was quickly on my way again after paying them about a 5 buck bribe, I was in the hole for about $50. They never even glanced at the VIN.
Displaying the VIN on the dashboard has only come about pretty recently here, none of my older cars ever had that, their VIN was stamped in the engine bay.
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Axle Grease
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Porno.
captaincranky
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Yeah but, that has a great many Robin Hood-esque qualities about it.
Although principally I'd call it, "robbing the rich and depraved to give to the poor and love starved"...
@jobeard Told ya so!
Interesting was that the songs on the legitamitely bought chumbawamba cd were the first songs I ever played on my own or any computer. It was a packard bell with win 95, and I was elated about how it looked up the song info in the player's database, me suspecting it was telling them whether or not it was pirated. Don't see how it could if you do a complete cd copy. That's about all I did with that $2000 computer, worth about $200 now, and someone came over and remarked about how expensive the cd player that I bought was. I don''t think many people had the internet yet. Must have had dialup. All I'll say is I never torrented a single mp3 ever.
cliffordcooley
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No wonder he is cranky now, you stole his whistle.
captaincranky
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You mean, "pirated", er don't you?
cliffordcooley
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Er yeah that's the word.
OcelotRex
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Not sure why someone should fear a transgression of downloading Mp3's over a decade and a half ago on a PC that's likely rotting in a landfill. Most pirating took place prior to the audio industry getting their crap together, abandoning their antiquated market strategies and moving into the modern era. Now music piracy is virtually eliminated in first world economies. If only Hollywood and the TV networks would figure this out they could do the same...
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Adhmuz
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Not saying that I ever pirate intellectual properties of artist or soft"ware" from developers, but if I did my OS would most certainly not have been one of the first things I had perhaps pirated back in the day. Now I strictly purchase everything on my computer, and very rarely almost never consider pirating anything these days. It's just not worth the risk, I much rather let others take the chance, that an my bandwidth goes primarily to streaming or acquiring content otherwise unavailable in my region, but certainly not pirated.
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