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It is still free but there have been multiple reports of it being infected with malware. As you will understand I'm not keen on finding out whether they are true or not!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Ah. It's not the program itself. It's other folks repackaging the download and hosting it on other sites "as a convenience".
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Way more sophisticated than I'll ever need but it looks like the most viablke option so I shall give it a try. Thanks.
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Some of the People that wrote them found out they needed money to support their hobby.
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Fair enough if they hadn't then decided to get it by the least scrupulous and customer friendly means possible!
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But enough of .net reflector..
It still hurts 
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9082365 wrote: What I find instead is that 'free' doesn't mean 'free' any more.
Ahem...[^] 
/ravi
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Actually, I tend to look at things coming from the other direction - software has been devalued nowadays to the point where nobody is willing to pay more than a few bucks for it. I blame Steve Jobs for convincing the masses that software should sell for no more than $1.99 (and then you have to give him his 30% cut). When's the last time you bought software from a shelf in a box, or direct from a developer/publisher?
That's why, IMO, today's software is cheap (and along with it went the quality)--the real revenue source is the adware embedded in so-called apps. I have a number of applications and utilities of my own that might've made some money a few years ago, but nowadays people would expect to get for free. Or certainly not at a price that would make it worth my while.
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dandy72 wrote: When's the last time you bought software from a shelf in a box, or direct from a developer/publisher?
Not so much when last but when ever? Apart from games and new Windows versions I honestly can't recall ever paying for software. Pre realistic Internet speeds, back in the dark days of the early 90s, there was always plenty of stuff given away by magazines. And when t'Interweb got going there were freeware sites by the thousand. Anything you couldn't get for nowt you simply programmed yourself. Then came open source. I don't think you can blame Jobs for all that.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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There are still other freeware product but only previous windows versions.
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So what ? Either you need the SW for a one shot, then the trial solution should be good for you, or not, and then it is legitimate to pay for it, IMO.
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With this song[^] you all know (and most likely like) and I didn't want to keep from you 
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I was surprised this wasn't The Reptile House EP - but each to their own, I guess 
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That's pretty specific to be surprised about 
If anything for relaxing it would be Chill Out by The KLF[^]
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OK.
Andrea Bocelli ... it is to laugh (whilst covering one's ears).
Sarah Brightman ... it is to puke inside one's starship-trooper helmet (after burning one's ears of with phasers set to "HELP ME!!!".
Seriously, I'd rather put on an AC/DC disc.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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With their money and fame they'll laugh right back and hire someone to clean the puke 
AC/DC is fine, but not for relaxing...
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Quote: AC/DC is fine, but not for relaxing...
I agree, the constant repetition makes me nervous.
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Not to mention the rasping vocals.
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I don't mind that. Some music that incorporates growls or screaming can be very relaxing for me. But if I'm bored, I get nervous.
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Last week I introduced you Philistines to Nyle wowing Dancing With The Stars despite being profoundly deaf. Challenge enough you may have thought but it's a fierce old competition so how might one go about challenging oneself even more? Dancing blind[^] as well, obviously! 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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What's next?
Farting with the noseless?
It'd actually be more fun to watch.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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... Though not in person...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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