I think we can see then that this is obviously not a valid argument for chipping PStations being legal.
That was a joke, fool.
No, it makes it obvious that you should stop pulling imaginary figures from your ass, that you should stop trying to argue that chips should be illegal, and that you should posting altogether.
Ah - typical/.'er - 'You disagree, you must not post'.
In fact, it makes you a purile troll who thinks that somehow, your Slashdot Karma is important.
No. I am posting using my username, therefore losing assloads of karma. You are posting as AC, therefore losing no karma. So, who is it thinks Karma is important? You big, fat, sweaty puff.
Time for another useless fact: If every person on Earth owned 1000 Playstations, and had modded every one, and the quoted statement was true, then about 0,6 Playstations would have been modded using this reasoning.
I think we can see then that this is obviously not a valid argument for chipping PStations being legal.
NOTE TO MODS who modded me troll:
a) You should not mark posts you disagree with as troll. b) You're all sadacts who can't get laid. c) I have trillions of karma because I spend my time posting decent stuff, rather than wacking my 1-inch weiner modding down anti-ms anti-conspiracy posts, so go for it, it achieves nothing.
There is a massive difference between "the only reason to mod a ps is to play pirate games" and "the only reason to mod a ps is to play pirate games unless you have a personality that I will sneer at".
Bah, this happens every time there is a story like this.
There is a massive difference between 'There are valid reasons to mod your ps, and a significant amount of people with modded ps's have done so for this reason' and 'I'm an awkward bastard who always needs the last word and I can think of one possible reason that probably around 0.000000001% of the people who mod their PS do so'.
Some people do, yes. Its not the PS2 that scratches them, its kids and careless owners who don't look after them and leave their disks lying around in a heap on their bedroom floor etc. that scratches them.
I put it to you that if anyone actaully does make backups of their PS game, they are an anal freak.
How about to play games from Japan? Or maybe you don't want to scratch up your original copies so use a cd-r copy to play.
The Japan one I can go with. But surely that's against Sony's rules too.
But I think you're pushing it with the 'backup' thing. Does anyone REALLy backup their games / CD's before use? Just what exactly is wrong with their PS that they get so scratched?
Why should copy protection matter? Once you buy the hardware, you logically should be able to do what you like with it, since you own it.
Not use copied games though. And there is NO OTHER reason why you would want to chip your PS, before everyone brings out the standard 'well why don't we ban guns / crowbars etc etc.' argument.
The reason everyone uses proprietary data formats and protocols is because 90% of the world runs on warez copies of MS Office or whatnot.
Insightful my ass. 90% of HOME users may use copied Microsoft Office, but they do that to use WORK documents which are created on LICENSED Microsoft Office.
If the world's offices used StarOffice, that's what people would run at home.
It is absolute bunkum to suggest that piracy is helping MS be successful on the desktop. MS being successfuly on the desktop may be helping piracy, but that's the total opposite.
Is this how low slashdot has sunk? Someone can't be assed to research themselves the answer to a question so they post it to our x million readership?
Or maybe it's just another shameless editor troll for reams and reams of the same tired old offtopic MS / Windows 98 / BSOD jokes?
Jesus, is there any chance of getting any intelligent replies? I checked out kuro5shin recently and was surprised at how intelligent most of the posts are.
Anyway, mod me down because I haven't slagged MS, whatever.
I suppose it's only a 'real' language if you have to compile it
I didn't say this.
Would you say " quick way to write one-off scripts to do quick repetitive jobs" Accurately describes the slashdot application?
No. I did say it was suited for other things. But the fundamental entire basis for the whole point of perl is (and I quote from my O'Reilly Perl book) 'Perl is desinged to assist the programmer with common tasks that are probably too heavy.... and yet too weird or short-lived to code in c'.
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or at least make it easier to write readable code...
The fundamental point of perl is its a quick way to write one-off scripts to do quick repetitive jobs - therefore maintainable code is not necessary. I accept there are other times when it needs to be readable tho...
Please, you should be able to post at least 10 times a day so we can have more links to goatse floating around the site?
Well, fuckwit, you just proved his point. As he says, trolls will now post as AC's (as they can't post more than twice as their user). So next AC's will be outlawed. So whiny weasly ballbags such as yourself yon't be able to hide your username like you so obviously need to. You soft cunt.
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It's nice to see Linux get some good mainstream press without hype or FUD.
And it would be nice to see a Linux or MS story not have posts using the term FUD - no-one else uses it you nerdy geeks - use proper words, its easy!
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It's nice to see Linux get some good mainstream press without hype or FUD.
And it would be nice to see a Linux or MS story not have posts using the term FUD - no-one else uses it you nerdy geeks - use proper words, its easy!
Instead people insist on wearing more than they need and then draining power from the grid to make up for their own insecurity.
I'd much prefer to waste the earths resources than see the sweaty hairy hacker next to me's ballbag attempting to escape from his shorts, believe me...
Companies feel the need to pay for something so when everything goes tits up they have someone to blame - also, companies have credibility... entrust all my corporate data to a package written by x distributed geeks - er, no thanks.
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I think we can see then that this is obviously not a valid argument for chipping PStations being legal.
/.'er - 'You disagree, you must not post'.
That was a joke, fool.
No, it makes it obvious that you should stop pulling imaginary figures from your ass, that you should stop trying to argue that chips should be illegal, and that you should posting altogether.
Ah - typical
In fact, it makes you a purile troll who thinks that somehow, your Slashdot Karma is important.
No. I am posting using my username, therefore losing assloads of karma. You are posting as AC, therefore losing no karma. So, who is it thinks Karma is important? You big, fat, sweaty puff.
Time for another useless fact: If every person on Earth owned 1000 Playstations, and had modded every one, and the quoted statement was true, then about 0,6 Playstations would have been modded using this reasoning.
I think we can see then that this is obviously not a valid argument for chipping PStations being legal.
NOTE TO MODS who modded me troll:
a) You should not mark posts you disagree with as troll.
b) You're all sadacts who can't get laid.
c) I have trillions of karma because I spend my time posting decent stuff, rather than wacking my 1-inch weiner modding down anti-ms anti-conspiracy posts, so go for it, it achieves nothing.
Where do people/geeks find the free time to make stuff like this. No wonder they (we) rarely get laid.
Spot children in article and pictures. What was it, the immaculate conception?
There is a massive difference between "the only reason to mod a ps is to play pirate games" and "the only reason to mod a ps is to play pirate games unless you have a personality that I will sneer at".
Bah, this happens every time there is a story like this.
There is a massive difference between 'There are valid reasons to mod your ps, and a significant amount of people with modded ps's have done so for this reason' and 'I'm an awkward bastard who always needs the last word and I can think of one possible reason that probably around 0.000000001% of the people who mod their PS do so'.
Some people do, yes. Its not the PS2 that scratches them, its kids and careless owners who don't look after them and leave their disks lying around in a heap on their bedroom floor etc. that scratches them.
I put it to you that if anyone actaully does make backups of their PS game, they are an anal freak.
How about to play games from Japan? Or maybe you don't want to scratch up your original copies so use a cd-r copy to play.
The Japan one I can go with. But surely that's against Sony's rules too.
But I think you're pushing it with the 'backup' thing. Does anyone REALLy backup their games / CD's before use? Just what exactly is wrong with their PS that they get so scratched?
Why should copy protection matter? Once you buy the hardware, you logically should be able to do what you like with it, since you own it.
Not use copied games though. And there is NO OTHER reason why you would want to chip your PS, before everyone brings out the standard 'well why don't we ban guns / crowbars etc etc.' argument.
We should teach people that giving things away is stealing from the economy. It's simply unethical
Sorry bud - downloading copyrighted music is stealing, it isn't giving things away. No-one is tryign to ban the downloading of free music.
The reason everyone uses proprietary data formats and protocols is because 90% of the world runs on warez copies of MS Office or whatnot.
Insightful my ass. 90% of HOME users may use copied Microsoft Office, but they do that to use WORK documents which are created on LICENSED Microsoft Office.
If the world's offices used StarOffice, that's what people would run at home.
It is absolute bunkum to suggest that piracy is helping MS be successful on the desktop. MS being successfuly on the desktop may be helping piracy, but that's the total opposite.
I mean.. of how much use is a 30 year old probe?
Oh, I dunno, those older guys tend to have a bit more self-control then the young bucks.
I am on the right website, right?
or you want to strangle her after hearing "Like, you know, and stuff" in EVERY goddam sentence.
Just stick something in her mouth - job done...
makes going back to college more tempting than usual
Sorry, but personally, fast internet connections don't rate quite as highly as 18 year old girls...
7 times redundency? Wow. Wonder what the mean time between failure is.
I'm pretty sure the 7x redundancy is not to combat software crashes but to combat bullets taking out the computers.
If so, why do you need the inflight reboot?
Is this how low slashdot has sunk? Someone can't be assed to research themselves the answer to a question so they post it to our x million readership?
Or maybe it's just another shameless editor troll for reams and reams of the same tired old offtopic MS / Windows 98 / BSOD jokes?
Jesus, is there any chance of getting any intelligent replies? I checked out kuro5shin recently and was surprised at how intelligent most of the posts are.
Anyway, mod me down because I haven't slagged MS, whatever.
If it requires an inflight reboot, there's no doubt what OS it's running. Gotta be Win98. I can see the MS tech support call now
Yay, first irrelevant MS post! It even states what the OS is written in.
This is David Corbane the fink developer over at Apple
Dave, this is your boss. Get back to work!
I suppose it's only a 'real' language if you have to compile it
.... and yet too weird or short-lived to code in c'.
I didn't say this.
Would you say
" quick way to write one-off scripts to do quick repetitive jobs"
Accurately describes the slashdot application?
No. I did say it was suited for other things. But the fundamental entire basis for the whole point of perl is (and I quote from my O'Reilly Perl book) 'Perl is desinged to assist the programmer with common tasks that are probably too heavy
or at least make it easier to write readable code...
The fundamental point of perl is its a quick way to write one-off scripts to do quick repetitive jobs - therefore maintainable code is not necessary. I accept there are other times when it needs to be readable tho...
Hey, if you choose to stare at your co-worker's crotch all day, you just have to live with that.
Hey man, it's the car-crash phenonenum - you don't wanna look, but you can't help it...
Please, you should be able to post at least 10 times a day so we can have more links to goatse floating around the site?
Well, fuckwit, you just proved his point. As he says, trolls will now post as AC's (as they can't post more than twice as their user). So next AC's will be outlawed. So whiny weasly ballbags such as yourself yon't be able to hide your username like you so obviously need to. You soft cunt.
It's nice to see Linux get some good mainstream press without hype or FUD.
And it would be nice to see a Linux or MS story not have posts using the term FUD - no-one else uses it you nerdy geeks - use proper words, its easy!
It's nice to see Linux get some good mainstream press without hype or FUD.
And it would be nice to see a Linux or MS story not have posts using the term FUD - no-one else uses it you nerdy geeks - use proper words, its easy!
Instead people insist on wearing more than they need and then draining power from the grid to make up for their own insecurity.
I'd much prefer to waste the earths resources than see the sweaty hairy hacker next to me's ballbag attempting to escape from his shorts, believe me...
What exactly are we supposed to celebrate?
/. editors to troll all the standard 'MS is hit, IIS is shit' responses.
Nothing really, it's just a sad lame excuse for the
NEWS FOR NERDS - 'one year ago, this happened' - LAME AS FUCK.
Companies feel the need to pay for something so when everything goes tits up they have someone to blame - also, companies have credibility... entrust all my corporate data to a package written by x distributed geeks - er, no thanks.