Flag the notorious, unrepentant San Diego Reason pirate!

[James Steele]

I believe in what you're doing, 100%. Support it, as in doing it? I'm not so sure, James. It brings back memories documented above (and that's only part of the story), and just doesn't feel like something I want to do. But let me ask you a few things...

So, it doesn't matter where you live? The one time I ever checked out Craig's List, I could not see San Diego or anywhere else. It only let me look at Dallas and nearby areas. Maybe I just don't know how to use it. Needless to say, it offered very little in the way of things that I might find useful. Dallas isn't a musical hotspot, even though some great music and musicians do come from here.

Does one have to GO to Craig's List to do this? Is it literally just a matter of responding to an email?

Whatever you're comfortable with Shooshie. I understand the concerns. Fortunately I don't think the music software resale guys are the hardcore hacker types that are likely to exact retribution, assuming they joined the list themselves and then got your email address because you made a post. I don't even think they're aware of it's existence and I don't tell them.

It doesn't matter where you live. When you get an email, you click the link in the email to go to the criagslist ad where you then flag the ad bt clicking the link craigslist provides in the upper right. All the details are in the main thread which can be reached via the banner ad at the upper left of this site.

Either way... I understand completely if you'd rather not.

[FMiguelez]

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It takes literarily 10-15 seconds to click in the email link to CL and click in the "Forbidden" button.
Sometimes, by the time you do it, the sucker's post has been already taken down.

I do that while I'm on the phone, or while I'm powering up the studio. My good deed of the day, so to speak

And I totally understand your reasons, Shoosh. I can only imagine all the trash you went through with what you wrote about. Nicht net.
But maybe one day you'll want to give James' list a shot, though.

BTW, I liked that you told us what Shooshie means. Who would've thought!
I actually had to look up what Choctaw means. So I take it you have some Native American origins?

Also, I've seen your avatar like a million times, but I never looked at it really too closely.
I just zoomed in, but I'm not sure what I'm seeing. Is it someone doing a ritual dance playing downwards what looks like some kind of trumpet? I ask this with total respect, since you obviously cherish your avatar.

Mine, on the other hand, is a bit clearer, you know? It's obvious I'm the one in the LEFT...

Now, can you guys imagine what a Mexico-City Craig List would look like???????? We don't want to know. Believe me.

And it would probably be called Juan's List anyway

And here people don't even need a Craig's list... we have ENTIRE mercados and plazas FILLED with stolen stuff and pirated software.
Do you want to become an engineer or a brain surgeon overnight? No problem. Easy. They sell those fake (but real) university degrees too, if you are interested.
I don't even know why I went to Berklee when I could've become a musician overnight and saved my parents big bucks

[Shooshie]

Fernando, I may give it a try; just not now. The reason I stick to one name and avatar is consistency and so anyone who wants to can find me or research me; I have nothing to hide, though the net seems to do a pretty good job of erasing trails, anyway.

The avatar is a Hopi kokopelli. Not my tribe, but I like their stories. This one actually came from the place which is at the center of their stories, Hotevilla, which my son and I visited a long time ago.

The reason I can't do this right now is that I can't stop with merely clicking a button or flagging a list. I've got to find the guy and do him harm. It's just a part of me that is kind of obsessive. The internet is stacked against the "good guys" by miles, as James has figured out. This is a great way to deal with it, but like I said before, it's just a solution at which I can't stop. Pretty soon I'd learn the in's and out's of Craig's List, and I'd start looking for ways to do more, and that's just something I'd better stop myself from doing for the time being.

It may be instructive that on my non-Indian side, my ancestors include a U.S. Marshall who brought in a notorious, escaped, and heavily armed "Marshall killer" alone, just by using his wits. His story was repeated countless times in TV western shows and movies. I'm told there are others like him, but I don't know of the others for a fact. Maybe it's just in the genes. But for reasons of my own, I've got to sit this one out. At least for now. I do hope others will join in.

Shooshie

[FMiguelez]

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That's such a great story about your US Marshal ancestor

Shoosh, would it be accurate to state that Native Americans and Native Mexicans (Aztecs, Mayans, etc.) are basically the same people? I would think that the former chose to settle down in what is today the USA, and the later chose to just settle more in the south (Mexico, and Central/South America).

I might be dead wrong, but supposedly all this people crossed the Bering land bridge, thus populating the Americas, right? So some chose to stay north and some preferred to keep moving deeper to the south, but they were initially the same people.

Is this accurate?

Some movies make this pretty obvious. Like Dances With Wolves. The Native Americans look SO MUCH like Native Mexicans I see here every day. Afterwards, when the British, Spaniards and Portuguese came to America, then everything got more complicated, but it seemed so simple just before, would you not think so?

If I have this totally wrong, please let me know, Shoosh.

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I am sorry for drifting so far off topic

Ok. Back to pirates and thieves now.
I MUST remember, next time I pass through one of these mercados, I want to take a picture and upload it here, so you guys see for yourselves what I mean. You won't believe your eyes!

[Shooshie]

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That's such a great story about your US Marshal ancestor

Shoosh, would it be accurate to state that Native Americans and Native Mexicans (Aztecs, Mayans, etc.) are basically the same people? I would think that the former chose to settle down in what is today the USA, and the later chose to just settle more in the south (Mexico, and Central/South America).

I might be dead wrong, but supposedly all this people crossed the Bering land bridge, thus populating the Americas, right? So some chose to stay north and some preferred to keep moving deeper to the south, but they were initially the same people.

Is this accurate?

Some movies make this pretty obvious. Like Dances With Wolves. The Native Americans look SO MUCH like Native Mexicans I see here every day. Afterwards, when the British, Spaniards and Portuguese came to America, then everything got more complicated, but it seemed so simple just before, would you not think so?

If I have this totally wrong, please let me know, Shoosh.

I'm not a good source on this, but there are vast differences in their looks. Just as Mayans and Incas look different, so do Shoshone and and Yaqui or Pueblo. Nez Perce have a very noble, almost asian look, while Mohawk have almost caucasian features. There are many possible explanations for this. One of them is that Vikings came across almost a thousand years ago and colonized the area called New England and the northern passage through Newfoundland. They may have altered the gene pool in East Coast Indians. Other stories abound, including that South America's land mass was populated by descendants from Pacific Islanders. Mayans Do resemble Polynesians, when you really look at them. But there are many other explanations, such as the reason Mormon settlements around Salt Lake City seem very homogeneous to outsiders; small gene pools developed in isolated communities breed offspring who are nearly identical genetically.

So, the answer could be that they all crossed together on the same land/ice bridge at the Bering Strait, and all descended from Asian stock, or it could be that some arrived by boat from other places and mixed with those who crossed the bridge, or even did NOT mix with them. So far, there is still debate on when the first humans arrived in the Western Hemisphere. Some say 7000 years. Others say 20,000 years. Some say way beyond that. Maybe hundreds of thousands. The evidence we know of doesn't support the latter, but does support 20,000 at least. Next question: from how many sources?

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I am sorry for drifting so far off topic

Ok. Back to pirates and thieves now.
I MUST remember, next time I pass through one of these mercados, I want to take a picture and upload it here, so you guys see for yourselves what I mean. You won't believe your eyes!

Oh, I'd believe it. One only has to cross the Texas border to realize that Mexico is quite a different place than the USA. I've been to Mexico City several times, though, and the most prominent sight is that of tremendous class differences. There is no doubt that one would find pirated software on prominent display in a place where children follow you and tug at your pants leg for spare change.

My guess is that pirated software is the least of worries of Mexican police, many of whom tend to have short enough lifespans as it is.

Shooshie

[James Steele]

Flag this one please:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/msg/1822015700.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[FMiguelez]

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I don't know if it works, but I flagged that Fck--- LOOSER like 7 or 8 times. There's no indication in the website that one can't flag the same post more than once.

I wonder just how many people contact the scum bag to actually buy what he offers...

[kassonica]

Flagged////////


Sighs

[adriano]

I FM and James.

Flagged the post 5 times and is no longer available. Would you like to verify?
Thanks

EDIT: I think kassonica verified. So, it looks like it can be flagged several times from the same visitor. What I'd like to know is how many times before the post goes down

[FMiguelez]

I FM and James.

Flagged the post 5 times and is no longer available. Would you like to verify?
Thanks

EDIT: I think kassonica verified. So, it looks like it can be flagged several times from the same visitor. What I'd like to know is how many times before the post goes down

I checked, and unfortunately, it's still there...
But I took the opportunity to flag him 3 more times

[James Steele]

He's gone now. It will let you flag multiple times but I suspect it only counts once per IP address. This particular guy had given up for a few days so glad we smacked him back down quickly. This also went out to the flagapirate email list. Thanks for helping to deny income to these folks.

[Phil O]

I just had a guy inquire about my studio, and he offered a cracked Waves Mercury bundle as payment for services. Jeesh! Needless to say, we had a discussion on my feelings about software piracy. He'll be recording elsewhere.

Phil

[James Steele]

I just had a guy inquire about my studio, and he offered a cracked Waves Mercury bundle as payment for services. Jeesh! Needless to say, we had a discussion on my feelings about software piracy. He'll be recording elsewhere.

Niiiice!! Phil... you should have said something like to him like... "Well thanks, but actually I'd like a new Mac. Maybe you could smash a window at the Apple store, steal a new one for me, and then bring it with you to the first session?"

Dumbass.

[Phil O]

Wish I had thought of that or something similar. Some people have such a nerve! This guy's reply was, "It's not really stealing. It's not like they're gonna miss it or anything."

James, they just don't get it. They simply don't get it.

Phil

[James Steele]

Please flag:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/msg/1837891111.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;