You know it's a sad state of affairs when someone has to put a disclaimer at the bottom of thier website about the DMCA. Its really a bummer that you can't just do anything to the things you own anymore. Just how useless does this make things? Oh wow another game system. Or COOL, my game system can do this and this and this! The only reason I bought a Dreamcast was for haXorability, and all the cool software people were writing for it. And it's the cool things like this that make me want to buy a game cube.
Step 1. W@R3Z Visual Basic Step 2. E-Mail it to everybody with subject: COOL SCREENSAVER Step 3. ????? Step 4. Profit!
Oh wait... Step 4 should be, WHATEVER YOU WANT!! Because all these viruses ever are is stupid EXEs that people REPEATEDLY open. No matter how often you tell them "DONT OPEN EXE, SCR, PIF, ETC" they will do it. It doesn't even require a security hole! Just a moron to write a program really quick and be the first to 'market' it. LOL
I think my Sound Blaster Pro came with this software. It fit on a floppy disk, and you could make the computer sing whatever you typed in. In fact it also came with a psychiatrist named Dr Sbaitso. Just don't cus at him, he gets offended very easily.
Seriously, I'm sure that this new software is much better. At least I sure hope so...
I just wanted to post a comment that would be modded down. Will somebody please waste a mod point on this worthless, unrelated, overrated, offtopic post? PLEASE???
Well I dont know what you guys think... but to me the worst working environments are the ones where they make you do actual work. I mean c'mon! I should be able to take long naps, eat at my desk, and spend all day reading Slashdot. I mean, don't get me wrong, I do get about 15 good solid minutes a day of work in. Like right now I'm sitting here typing up this stupid comment, with my feet up in the window sill, notebook on my lap and my chair in the fully reclined position. Woops gotta go check my IM conversation...
What a crock of shit... Hey thank government for bringing a high speed data network across the nation, and then using it for worthless shit like tracking cars. Hey how about providing some services to people who could use it? A goddamn 200mbit wireless network covering most of the country and the people probably can't even use it. They could provide internet to virtually every citizen with this "INCLUDING AREAS WITHOUT BROADBAND" leave it to asshole politicians.
Okay, so lets say they walk into a place that is making counterfit CDs. Do they really have the right to go in and cease all of the counterfit property? I thought that they had to go through proper legal channels to do this. If this is okay for them to do, then why can't the creator of a GPL product bust into a company they know is violating the GPL in thier hardware and just start taking stuff? I'm surprised SCO hasn't started busting into every business and started taking computers with Linux on them... Wearing jackets that say SCO on them. SCO is scarier sounding than RIAA.
What do they mean by custom designed motherboard? Is there some sort of standard for notebook motherboards? I thought they were all custom designed. Last time I checked my crappy Dell notebook had a custom motherboard in it too. I think maybe that was some kind of hype statement?
What exactly are these pop up things you are talking about? I have never seen a pop up before! Would someone please explain what a pop up is please? And what is this Internet Explorer program? Do people really use this program? I'm totally amazed! I'll have to try it out to see exactly what these "pop up" things are...
What kind of moron goes out to get music they don't like?
I do. I know that most people probably don't. But My MultiMedia PC in my living room is like the party PC. Lemme tell ya, everyone loves a huge playlist of everything. And anybody have requests? Add your song to the playlist. The full screen opengl visualizations look bitchin cool on a big ass TV too. Drunk people wander around going "d00d, thats trippy". It will bring people back to your place next time, and say they wanna watch a DVD, bam pop it in, and you're good to go.
What I mean to say is, if you save EVERYTHING, it is bound to be listened to by somebody. I don't exactly go out searching for stuff I don't like, but sometimes downloading crap is inevitable. Plus who doesn't want bragging rights to 160Gb of music?
The fracture was a big problem where a large number of G4 cubes would split where the moulding for the case came together.
Oh yeah we all know that apple uses the highest quality capacitors on thier motherboards. Thats what makes them so superior to PCs. I mean, its a good thing too, cos if the capacitors did go bad, Apple would tell me to Fuck off and buy another mac. To hell with ATX standards allowing me to swap out components and replace them individually. But back to the capacitors, we all know that the capacitors are what give the new G5 the extra bang.
And you know, you make a good point. Once an Apple gets old, you just throw it away! Don't even think about re-using it or recycling or anything like that. No need to worry, just toss it and drop another $5,000 on the next years model. Yeah those "Pee Cees" must have terrible components for them to last 8 years and still be able to pull them out of the trash and use them.
This is exactly what Apple does to all of its customers. My G4 cube had that stupid fracture, and my iBook's power supply connector kept breaking. Apple pretty much told me to fuck off, so I sold all my Apple crap, and switched to the PC. Apple should be called the Impersonal Computer.
Yeah that may be true. But that kind of content was enough to make me buy the White Stripes cd. It came with a bonus DVD that had all sorts of features on it. Sure, It can be ripped. But a DVD with music vieos usually sells for $24.00 by itself. To get the high-quality CD, plus a DVD for $15.00 was a great deal. It was worth buying.
Now with CDs selling for $10.00 by themselves, it's almost worth buying them alone. ALMOST.
Oh yes just what the Linux and Unix community is yet ANOHTER sound server. That way X itself can tie up the sound card so that OSS, ALSA, ARTS, and eSound all can't access it either. When will there be ONE sound system, or a sound system that allows all these systems to work with your sound card at the same time?
Micrsoft is now fucking the entire computer industry. They made it okay to use FAT, just like they're making it okay to make Mono. Just wait til they use thier patent to enlist litigation against the Mono team, and all the people that make products based on Mono. Cloning a company that makes mediocre software is not the way to go, and ovbiously for all the people that decided to use FAT, they're screwed now.
Considering that we managed to get digital satelllite radio in the car, it shoudln't be surprising that this wasn't very far behind. But what's nice about satellite radio is how it cuts out when you drive by some trees, or under a bridge. It's great.
If they rule for some kind of control over VoIP, then it's going to keep VoIP completely supressed, or high-priced. The local phone companies NEED some competition to make sure thier services don't get shittier and shittier, and the consumers need this to keep local phone prices low, and keep the internet free and open.
Maybe now there will be some big money put out that's going to prove that MS is a monopoly. This action is going to piss off the advertisers royally, and they are going to sue MS with some big money. Since IE is a monopoly on the browser market, this will be the last thing that kills pop ups once and for all, and the advertisers don't like that.
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You know it's a sad state of affairs when someone has to put a disclaimer at the bottom of thier website about the DMCA. Its really a bummer that you can't just do anything to the things you own anymore. Just how useless does this make things? Oh wow another game system. Or COOL, my game system can do this and this and this! The only reason I bought a Dreamcast was for haXorability, and all the cool software people were writing for it. And it's the cool things like this that make me want to buy a game cube.
How EASY it must be to write a Windows virus.
Step 1. W@R3Z Visual Basic
Step 2. E-Mail it to everybody with subject: COOL SCREENSAVER
Step 3. ?????
Step 4. Profit!
Oh wait... Step 4 should be, WHATEVER YOU WANT!! Because all these viruses ever are is stupid EXEs that people REPEATEDLY open. No matter how often you tell them "DONT OPEN EXE, SCR, PIF, ETC" they will do it. It doesn't even require a security hole! Just a moron to write a program really quick and be the first to 'market' it. LOL
I think my Sound Blaster Pro came with this software. It fit on a floppy disk, and you could make the computer sing whatever you typed in. In fact it also came with a psychiatrist named Dr Sbaitso. Just don't cus at him, he gets offended very easily.
Seriously, I'm sure that this new software is much better. At least I sure hope so...
I just wanted to post a comment that would be modded down. Will somebody please waste a mod point on this worthless, unrelated, overrated, offtopic post? PLEASE???
Well I dont know what you guys think... but to me the worst working environments are the ones where they make you do actual work. I mean c'mon! I should be able to take long naps, eat at my desk, and spend all day reading Slashdot. I mean, don't get me wrong, I do get about 15 good solid minutes a day of work in. Like right now I'm sitting here typing up this stupid comment, with my feet up in the window sill, notebook on my lap and my chair in the fully reclined position. Woops gotta go check my IM conversation...
I found that it's been pulled off all the shelves here too. Your best bet is eBay unfortunately. I went EVERYWHERE and couldn't find it...
When will you mac and linux fags learn that windows is the only way?
My zaurus can already do this...
What a crock of shit... Hey thank government for bringing a high speed data network across the nation, and then using it for worthless shit like tracking cars. Hey how about providing some services to people who could use it? A goddamn 200mbit wireless network covering most of the country and the people probably can't even use it. They could provide internet to virtually every citizen with this "INCLUDING AREAS WITHOUT BROADBAND" leave it to asshole politicians.
I have something very relevant to say regarding SCO's Evidence... Its very detailed information... Okay here goes...
BLAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
MOOHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
Ahem...
Okay, so lets say they walk into a place that is making counterfit CDs. Do they really have the right to go in and cease all of the counterfit property? I thought that they had to go through proper legal channels to do this. If this is okay for them to do, then why can't the creator of a GPL product bust into a company they know is violating the GPL in thier hardware and just start taking stuff? I'm surprised SCO hasn't started busting into every business and started taking computers with Linux on them... Wearing jackets that say SCO on them. SCO is scarier sounding than RIAA.
What do they mean by custom designed motherboard? Is there some sort of standard for notebook motherboards? I thought they were all custom designed. Last time I checked my crappy Dell notebook had a custom motherboard in it too. I think maybe that was some kind of hype statement?
But can I just say something really quick? This won't take long, and I believe it is completely relevant to the MS vs Linux ordeal. Okay here goes:
! !
! !
AHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!
BLAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
BEAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
What exactly are these pop up things you are talking about? I have never seen a pop up before! Would someone please explain what a pop up is please? And what is this Internet Explorer program? Do people really use this program? I'm totally amazed! I'll have to try it out to see exactly what these "pop up" things are...
What kind of moron goes out to get music they don't like?
I do. I know that most people probably don't. But My MultiMedia PC in my living room is like the party PC. Lemme tell ya, everyone loves a huge playlist of everything. And anybody have requests? Add your song to the playlist. The full screen opengl visualizations look bitchin cool on a big ass TV too. Drunk people wander around going "d00d, thats trippy". It will bring people back to your place next time, and say they wanna watch a DVD, bam pop it in, and you're good to go.
What I mean to say is, if you save EVERYTHING, it is bound to be listened to by somebody. I don't exactly go out searching for stuff I don't like, but sometimes downloading crap is inevitable. Plus who doesn't want bragging rights to 160Gb of music?
The fracture was a big problem where a large number of G4 cubes would split where the moulding for the case came together.
Oh yeah we all know that apple uses the highest quality capacitors on thier motherboards. Thats what makes them so superior to PCs. I mean, its a good thing too, cos if the capacitors did go bad, Apple would tell me to Fuck off and buy another mac. To hell with ATX standards allowing me to swap out components and replace them individually. But back to the capacitors, we all know that the capacitors are what give the new G5 the extra bang.
And you know, you make a good point. Once an Apple gets old, you just throw it away! Don't even think about re-using it or recycling or anything like that. No need to worry, just toss it and drop another $5,000 on the next years model. Yeah those "Pee Cees" must have terrible components for them to last 8 years and still be able to pull them out of the trash and use them.
You fuckin asshat.
This is exactly what Apple does to all of its customers. My G4 cube had that stupid fracture, and my iBook's power supply connector kept breaking. Apple pretty much told me to fuck off, so I sold all my Apple crap, and switched to the PC. Apple should be called the Impersonal Computer.
Be vewy vewy qwiet. I'm pwogwamming Winux. Eheheheheh.
Yeah that may be true. But that kind of content was enough to make me buy the White Stripes cd. It came with a bonus DVD that had all sorts of features on it. Sure, It can be ripped. But a DVD with music vieos usually sells for $24.00 by itself. To get the high-quality CD, plus a DVD for $15.00 was a great deal. It was worth buying.
Now with CDs selling for $10.00 by themselves, it's almost worth buying them alone. ALMOST.
Oh yes just what the Linux and Unix community is yet ANOHTER sound server. That way X itself can tie up the sound card so that OSS, ALSA, ARTS, and eSound all can't access it either. When will there be ONE sound system, or a sound system that allows all these systems to work with your sound card at the same time?
Micrsoft is now fucking the entire computer industry. They made it okay to use FAT, just like they're making it okay to make Mono. Just wait til they use thier patent to enlist litigation against the Mono team, and all the people that make products based on Mono. Cloning a company that makes mediocre software is not the way to go, and ovbiously for all the people that decided to use FAT, they're screwed now.
Considering that we managed to get digital satelllite radio in the car, it shoudln't be surprising that this wasn't very far behind. But what's nice about satellite radio is how it cuts out when you drive by some trees, or under a bridge. It's great.
If they rule for some kind of control over VoIP, then it's going to keep VoIP completely supressed, or high-priced. The local phone companies NEED some competition to make sure thier services don't get shittier and shittier, and the consumers need this to keep local phone prices low, and keep the internet free and open.
Maybe now there will be some big money put out that's going to prove that MS is a monopoly. This action is going to piss off the advertisers royally, and they are going to sue MS with some big money. Since IE is a monopoly on the browser market, this will be the last thing that kills pop ups once and for all, and the advertisers don't like that.
Wow that will be cool, when I can hit a menu and launch Mozilla! I just wish it weren't 50 years in the future.