17 Apr
1998
17 Apr
'98
2:18 p.m.
Kai Kaltenbach wrote:
While the above is very true, I have come to know the term Warez as being
pirated-commercial software. Today, there is a large group of folks, especially
on the internet, that deal in "Warez". You know, short for
"softwares." Meaning,
they have a web site up, and there you can illegally download all your favorite
"Warez". Oh, I am pronouncing it "Where's".... generally, these
Warez are
modern, commercially marketed software packages, games, etc. Another term that
is widely used for those that are pirating this stuff, at least used by those of
us not 'into' that 'market', is "Warez-lamers."
I guess, that could just be an interpretation. However, I do know someone that
is heavily into that type of thing and he also prounces "Warez" as
"Where's" --
short for softwares.
My $.02 or maybe $.00000000000000002
CORD COSLOR
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-----Original
Message-----
From: Christian Fandt [SMTP:cfandt@servtech.com]
Sent: Friday, April 17, 1998 9:10 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Warez?? Was: Re: James Willings still up?
Forgive me for not knowing what _might_ be common knowledge amongst some
folks here, but what is this "warez" thing??
Warez (pronounced "war-ehs" is an infamous village in southern Mexico
that
was once a training camp for CIA counter-insurgency computer terrorism
recruits. Furnished with the highest end computer hacking equipment by the
US Government, under the direction of Oliver North, they went rogue when the
program was discontinued during the Iran-Contra scandal. After their
payroll was cut, the village, ironically, hired itself out to international
terrorist concerns to perform paid attacks on US commerce. This situation
was exacerbated by an abortive attempt to invade Warez by Puerto Rican
commandos under the direction of the US military in 1997. This has since
been known as the "Bay of Warez" disaster.
Kai