2002 - Microsoft releases Service Pack 1 for Windows XP and announces that it will lock out pirates. Slashdotters predict the demise of Microsoft. 2004 - Microsoft releases Service Pack 2 for Windows XP and announces that it will lock out pirates. Slashdotters predict the demise of Microsoft. MS still not dead. 2005 - Microsoft introduces Windows Genuine Advantage and announces that it will lock out pirates. Slashdotters predict the demise of Microsoft. MS not dead yet. 2006 - Microsoft announces increased tightening of WGA to lock out pirates. Slashdotters predict the demise of Microsoft. MS blatantly refuses to pine for the Fjords. 2007 - Vista. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. MS still hasn't had the common courtesy to die.
See a pattern here?
People, please, this will NOT "ruin" Microsoft. This will NOT magically make people adapt Linux, generate world peace and end hunger and all assorted nastiness. Get a grip.
Psst, Google also "promotes" dog fighting. And child pornography too! Go rant about them. And your local library supports TERRORISM and COMMUNISM! Report them to the DHS, citizen.
(PS. If I didn't make it clear enough for you, here's the plaintext: you're an idiot)
"All right," said the colonel. "Just what the hell did you mean?"
"I didn't say you couldn't punish me, sir."
"When," asked the colonel.
"When what, sir?"
"Now you're asking me questions again."
"I'm sorry, sir. I'm afraid I don't understand your question."
"When didn't you say we couldn't punish you? Don't you understand my question?"
"No, sir, I don't understand."
"You've just told us that. Now suppose you answer my question."
"But how can I answer it?"
"That's another question you're asking me."
"I'm sorry, sir. But I don't know how to answer it. I never said you couldn't punish me."
"Now you're telling us what you did say. I'm asking you to tell us when you didn't say it."
Clevinger took a deep breath. "I always didn't say you couldn't punish me, sir."
"That's much better, Mr. Clevinger, even though it's a bare-faced lie. Didn't you whisper that we couldn't punish you to that other dirty son of a bitch we don't like? What's his name?"
"Yossarian, sir," Lieutenant Scheisskopf said.
"Yes, Yossarian. That's right. Yossarian. Yossarian? Is that his name? Yossarian? What the hell kind of name is Yossarian?"
Lieutenant Scheisskopf had the facts at his fingertips. "It's Yossarian's name, sir," he explained.
I have 4 apple laptops of various makes and models, plus two pre-g3 machines that still work -- though their only use is for show-n-tell time when company come over Boy, you must throw some wild parties
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2002 - Microsoft releases Service Pack 1 for Windows XP and announces that it will lock out pirates. Slashdotters predict the demise of Microsoft.
2004 - Microsoft releases Service Pack 2 for Windows XP and announces that it will lock out pirates. Slashdotters predict the demise of Microsoft. MS still not dead.
2005 - Microsoft introduces Windows Genuine Advantage and announces that it will lock out pirates. Slashdotters predict the demise of Microsoft. MS not dead yet.
2006 - Microsoft announces increased tightening of WGA to lock out pirates. Slashdotters predict the demise of Microsoft. MS blatantly refuses to pine for the Fjords.
2007 - Vista. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. MS still hasn't had the common courtesy to die.
See a pattern here?
People, please, this will NOT "ruin" Microsoft. This will NOT magically make people adapt Linux, generate world peace and end hunger and all assorted nastiness. Get a grip.
Psst, Google also "promotes" dog fighting. And child pornography too! Go rant about them. And your local library supports TERRORISM and COMMUNISM! Report them to the DHS, citizen.
(PS. If I didn't make it clear enough for you, here's the plaintext: you're an idiot)
Oh the irony.
Reformat != overwrite. It's trivial to recover a reformatted drive since most data is, in fact, not overwritten.
How on earth you got modded up to 2 is completely beyond me.
Ouch, bang. I had a brain fart and somehow mixed up bang with mesh. Nevermind me.
INTERCAL, actually: http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/intercal-man/t onsila.html
Arent they teacheing spelleing in highskool anymoar?
"All right," said the colonel. "Just what the hell did you mean?"
"I didn't say you couldn't punish me, sir."
"When," asked the colonel.
"When what, sir?"
"Now you're asking me questions again."
"I'm sorry, sir. I'm afraid I don't understand your question."
"When didn't you say we couldn't punish you? Don't you understand my question?"
"No, sir, I don't understand."
"You've just told us that. Now suppose you answer my question."
"But how can I answer it?"
"That's another question you're asking me."
"I'm sorry, sir. But I don't know how to answer it. I never said you couldn't punish me."
"Now you're telling us what you did say. I'm asking you to tell us when you didn't say it."
Clevinger took a deep breath. "I always didn't say you couldn't punish me, sir."
"That's much better, Mr. Clevinger, even though it's a bare-faced lie. Didn't you whisper that we couldn't punish you to that other dirty son of a bitch we don't like? What's his name?"
"Yossarian, sir," Lieutenant Scheisskopf said.
"Yes, Yossarian. That's right. Yossarian. Yossarian? Is that his name? Yossarian? What the hell kind of name is Yossarian?"
Lieutenant Scheisskopf had the facts at his fingertips. "It's Yossarian's name, sir," he explained.