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Apple Embeds Message to OS X Hackers
zentechno writes "Apple has confirmed it embedded a message in the form of a poem to those who would hack its version of OS X on Intel hardware." From the article: "The embedded poem reads: 'Your karma check for today: There once was a user that whined/his existing OS was so blind/he'd do better to pirate/an OS that ran great/but found his hardware declined./Please don't steal Mac OS!/Really, that's way uncool./(C) Apple Computer, Inc.'Apple also put in a separate hidden message, 'Don't Steal Mac OS X.kext,' in another spot for would-be hackers."
There once was a man from Nantucket...
Who saw another BSOD and said f..k it
Music is everybody's possession.
It's only publishers who think that people own it.
Fuck Beta
~John Lenno
Dear Crackers,
In anticipation of the Intel switch, we believe we have made our legal department 4-5X faster too. We're actively looking to test and confirm those benchmarks.
XOXO, Steve
There once was a geek who was bored
All other systems he'd explored
So he added one more to his hoard
Though against his methods the vendor implored.
Now that's what I'm talking about.
Hey that's good.
There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who saw another BSOD and said fuck it,
He couldn't get any sex,
So he installed OS X,
With love that requires a mop and bucket.
There once was a user that whined
The phone companies robbed him blind
He'd do better to phreak
With a 2600Hz beep
So a blue box was designed
Please don't steal phone calls!
Really, that's way uncool.
*saw this over at MacRumors
Fine, so I'll stick a mailing label on the front of my box that says "Apple". If I'm not selling it, I can label it as anything I want. Aw, what the heck; I'll be a nice guy and use one of their "offical" case labels, to make it an official Apple labeled computer.
RIAA to sue Apple for use of copyrighted lyrical style, lack of DON'T STEAL MUSIC hidden message.
And no, artificially tying the product to their lackluster hardware offerings is NOT acceptable. Yes I said lackluster.
Michael Dell, is that you!?
Eat the Path.
You don't think it had anything to do with CmdrTaco not wanting to splash your username on the front page, would it?
While I realise that Apple have to protect their technology, Steve Jobs' anti-hacking comments lately have been a bit hypocritical, given his history. Here is a more appropriate poem:
Doesn't say THEY have to label it, though.
A Dymo Labelmaker is one heck of a lot cheaper than an Intel iMac.
I know this may sound a tad taught
,so Face.
but I am sure you have all read Slash-dot
This hacking we do is not aimed at you
And we don't mind if we all get caught
we find the law a touch stringent
and pedantically we must say its not stealing..
but Copyright infringement .
Though we are sure that this is not always the case.
If we bought it then we own this
You the see problem with the EULA
is that when you pay
Its as binding as an plastic toupee
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
w00t
Haiku:
Bad axe in apple tree
Please do not steal our fucking
OS you bastards
If it's in you sig, it's in your post.
Analogies don't equal equalities, they are merely somewhat analogous.
Oh man, you could not have chosen a better verb!
They come up with a good headline, a proper description to start off a meaningful discussion.
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