"There is no such thing as computer viruses. There are computer worms, and outlook viruses."
Nice troll!
Not.
Before the internet was popular we used to exchange viruses with our friends using floppy disks with infected.com files- it's just easier to share viruses now with outlook.
Mod this up! The message is that most of these posts are telling people to get out more, get more sex, and be more confident becasuse everything in the future is basically ok. This advice can be good at any age!
While I really feel for the people who have advised their younger selves to get to know their parents better because they will die I think we all know that this will happen eventually and it's better not to dwell on it at age 12. I mean, just say you know that someone you love will die of lung cancer 4 years after you are 12. You could try badgering them constantly to give up smoking, but they probably won't take any notice, and you will only end up driving a wedge between you, and they might still get the disease even if they give up right then.
The best advice I have seen so far is basically the "stop worrying- look you'll live to be at least this old!" one. I mean I was such a hypochondriac when I was a child- I often thought I was having a heart attack when I was 17... I feel sorry for my past self worrying so much and I think it was because my parents were overprotective of me as a child. Hmmm.
"You'll know everything, be everything, probably a lot of other stuff we can't fathom."
I find this thread very interesting. I don't believe in heaven etc., but I don't think I'd like to "know everything, be everything" because for me the pleasure is learning and becoming.
"Unless I missed something, the UK is not in the list of restricted nations that are prohibited receive strong encryption products."
Yeah- it's not- *now*. It used to be the case however that you couldn't export strong encryption at all- now it's just no export to axis of evil countries or something. ("Encrypt all our missiles! hahahah!").
The keyboard I have right now is a Trust ergo track keyboard that I sprayed completely black. Since the keyboard layout is set to dvorak as well, it means that anyone trying to type on my computer is screwed, unless they touch type and know enough Windows skillz to change the key layout.
What annoys me about Windows keyboard handling, since I type in Japanese as well as English, is that I can set the layout to dvorak, or to Japanese IME- but I can't set it so I can type n-e-k-o in dvorak layout and get it converted to hiragana, because it reverts to a qwerty layout for this. If anyone can help me on this I would be most grateful!
" It reminds me of a saying I was told when I was young: friends are like sand in your hand. The tighter you squeeze the sand the more it just slips through your fingers. "
" Let's not forget that the key length can only be 40-bits, due to export restrictions. "
Not true any more. Remember when Windows 2000 came out the law was changed on this but the CDs were already mastered, so when I got a shiny copy of Win2k at the UK launch I also got a floppy with the upgrade to 128 bit encryption on it.
"The fed's are probably watching my IP address right now, waiting for me to download Celine Dion's latest album so they can arrest me and have me put in front of a firing squad.;)"
Insert obligatory joke about anyone wanting Celine Dion's latest album deserving to be shot anyway.
Not so- Sharereactor is an excellent community with very active bulletin boards, and the edonkey network's having hashes means I know exactly what file I am getting. The user comments and forums on sharereactor mean I have an idea of the quality of the file too.
Well, they're not damned if they upgrade their infrastructure so they can cope with the demand. But really all these broadband companies were founded on wrong estimates of how much people would use the internet, and what for, which is surprising because at the start of broadband it was widely thought that everyone would be streaming large videos, videoconferencing etc. Instead they use p2p. Actually I just realized that's the problem- maxing bandwidth they thought would be only done when you were sitting at the computer and they failed to take into account the weirdos who spend all day in front of their computer, and the fact that p2p is commonly run 24/7.
Yeah, but the point is you can't use all your bandwidth all of the time anyway. Thinking you have to self-moderate your useage so it doesn't get "too heavy" is clueless.
That's all I have to say. If you want to have the last word then please, be my guest.
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"There is no such thing as computer viruses. There are computer worms, and outlook viruses."
.com files- it's just easier to share viruses now with outlook.
Nice troll!
Not.
Before the internet was popular we used to exchange viruses with our friends using floppy disks with infected
graspee
It's very sad, but now whenever I see a post that's quite long, on-topic, raising valid questions or points etc. I automatically think "Karma whore!".
Sad, isn't it?
graspee
"gott = gotta
"gotta" = "got to". Sadly, for someone complaining about "Basic English", YOU FAIL IT"
Actually your correction of his correction would still leave the original sentence as "I got to ask though...", so we're looking at:
gott -> gotta -> got to -> have to.
FINAL EVOLUTION! CORRECT ANSWER! I WIN! BRING ON THE SCHOOLGIRLS!
graspee
Mod this up! The message is that most of these posts are telling people to get out more, get more sex, and be more confident becasuse everything in the future is basically ok. This advice can be good at any age!
While I really feel for the people who have advised their younger selves to get to know their parents better because they will die I think we all know that this will happen eventually and it's better not to dwell on it at age 12. I mean, just say you know that someone you love will die of lung cancer 4 years after you are 12. You could try badgering them constantly to give up smoking, but they probably won't take any notice, and you will only end up driving a wedge between you, and they might still get the disease even if they give up right then.
The best advice I have seen so far is basically the "stop worrying- look you'll live to be at least this old!" one. I mean I was such a hypochondriac when I was a child- I often thought I was having a heart attack when I was 17... I feel sorry for my past self worrying so much and I think it was because my parents were overprotective of me as a child. Hmmm.
graspee
"You'll know everything, be everything, probably a lot of other stuff we can't fathom."
I find this thread very interesting. I don't believe in heaven etc., but I don't think I'd like to "know everything, be everything" because for me the pleasure is learning and becoming.
graspee
"You know that copy of Borland C++ your father just bought you? It's not a monitor-stand! You might consider learning that now..."
What I don't get is: if you ignored the advice coming from your father, why would you take notice of your older self ?
graspee
"whoa, fella. if an OS allows programs to bring down a system, then there's something fundamentally flawed with the system."
I am constantly amazed when I run some old DOS program under XP and it resets the machine.
graspee
Well, duh- I pointed that out in my p.s.
;)
Are you new here too?
graspee
"Since this article is clearly a dupe, I say we open up the floodgates to whatever we feel like posting!"
You're new here, aren't you? Posting random crap, off-topic stuff and flames is what we do on every story on The Slash.
graspee
P.S. Yes I know your userid is lower than mine and you probably have a bigger genital tool too.
Tell me, do you have a scrapbook of "going to the toilet in the middle of the night" ?
(blackadder reference)
graspee
"Unless I missed something, the UK is not in the list of restricted nations that are prohibited receive strong encryption products."
Yeah- it's not- *now*. It used to be the case however that you couldn't export strong encryption at all- now it's just no export to axis of evil countries or something. ("Encrypt all our missiles! hahahah!").
graspee
The keyboard I have right now is a Trust ergo track keyboard that I sprayed completely black. Since the keyboard layout is set to dvorak as well, it means that anyone trying to type on my computer is screwed, unless they touch type and know enough Windows skillz to change the key layout.
What annoys me about Windows keyboard handling, since I type in Japanese as well as English, is that I can set the layout to dvorak, or to Japanese IME- but I can't set it so I can type n-e-k-o in dvorak layout and get it converted to hiragana, because it reverts to a qwerty layout for this. If anyone can help me on this I would be most grateful!
graspee
" It reminds me of a saying I was told when I was young: friends are like sand in your hand. The tighter you squeeze the sand the more it just slips through your fingers. "
Dude that was Princess Leia in Star Wars.
graspee
" Let's not forget that the key length can only be 40-bits, due to export restrictions. "
;)"
Not true any more. Remember when Windows 2000 came out the law was changed on this but the CDs were already mastered, so when I got a shiny copy of Win2k at the UK launch I also got a floppy with the upgrade to 128 bit encryption on it.
"The fed's are probably watching my IP address right now, waiting for me to download Celine Dion's latest album so they can arrest me and have me put in front of a firing squad.
Insert obligatory joke about anyone wanting Celine Dion's latest album deserving to be shot anyway.
graspee
" No shit, the queer's and lesbo's and faggit's seem to think that they're sick habit's can save the world. Of course they forget about AID's."
Congratulations! You have made 7 errors in a one line post! This must be a new record!
graspee
" It is possible to go through Deus Ex without killing anyone as well."
No- you had to kill 3 people actually. It said so in the Warren Spector interview.
graspee
In that case, Legend of Mir came first- a free download, and at the start it was free to play while they debugged it- now it costs per month.
The same people did another similar game too which was also a free download and came before this one.
graspee
"As much as I hate the site, it does provide a lot of information that is difficult to get elsewhere."
Dude, there are loads of places these days that do gay incest stories.
graspee
"You could get promiscuous with strangers: you could pair and exchange a song on the same short bus ride."
And strangers will be following you around as you walk the streets, trying to download the last few megabytes of that Metallica album.
graspee
Not so- Sharereactor is an excellent community with very active bulletin boards, and the edonkey network's having hashes means I know exactly what file I am getting. The user comments and forums on sharereactor mean I have an idea of the quality of the file too.
Seriously, try it.
graspee
Well, they're not damned if they upgrade their infrastructure so they can cope with the demand. But really all these broadband companies were founded on wrong estimates of how much people would use the internet, and what for, which is surprising because at the start of broadband it was widely thought that everyone would be streaming large videos, videoconferencing etc. Instead they use p2p. Actually I just realized that's the problem- maxing bandwidth they thought would be only done when you were sitting at the computer and they failed to take into account the weirdos who spend all day in front of their computer, and the fact that p2p is commonly run 24/7.
graspee
"you're not fooling anyone, you know"
I know. It was a joke.
graspee
Yeah, but the point is you can't use all your bandwidth all of the time anyway. Thinking you have to self-moderate your useage so it doesn't get "too heavy" is clueless.
That's all I have to say. If you want to have the last word then please, be my guest.
graspee
"The point being why do we need another run time, when we already have more than enough."
Yes, but according to Sun in a really authentic leaked memo their run time, now what was their technical term again? Ah! Sucks.
graspee
"p2p is ftp for idiots."
Or people who actually want to find what they're looking for, with no stupid ratios, passwords changing every day...
Oh- you meant for legal stuff? Oh...
graspee