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Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu by primatology on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @08:11PM (#3979646)
That's not entirely valid.

There is _one_ legitimate use for a lock pick set: to unlock something you own that you've accidentally locked yourself out of. There are literally billions of uses for BT: every large public (legal) file that's currently distributed via centralized server.

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Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu by biot on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @04:23PM (#3983843)
There is one legitimate use for BitTorrent: to efficiently transfer data that you have permission to access.

Some people use lock picks to unlock doors that they don't have permission to much in the same way that some people use BitTorrent to transfer data they don't have permission to.

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Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu by primatology on Thursday May 17, 2012 @04:46PM (#3989016)
Fair enough. But even if I accept your definition of a "use," there are millions of files you could legitimately download with BT. There are a handful of locks you could legitimately open with a lockpick.
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Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu by aplusbi on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @11:12PM (#3980281)
Are you not familiar with Locksport?
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Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu by derleth on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @05:06AM (#3981179)
No and neither is anyone else, statistically speaking.

(Personally I know exactly what you're talking about, but trying to hang your case on an obscure sport isn't doing it any favors. The lockpick analogy is bad and a car analogy would serve you much better.)

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Re:Wil Wheaton: Yo Hollywood, Let Me Download Ubuntu by aplusbi on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @08:54AM (#3981780)
Not my analogy, and I agree it was terrible.
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