I have actually found an instance where MS really wasn't responcible for the bugs in windows. I had a CDRW drive that crapped out in its reading ability and I didn't realize it. For the most part it was fine, except every so often it would have an error and that error would be transfered to the computer. If you think windows is buggy you should see windows with tons of inserted corrupted bytes.
MS Windows is still a farkup, but not as bad a one as I thought.;P
As long as software is offered "as is" and EULA contains a contract tantamount to selling ones soul to eternal evil, my monitary complience will remain "as is" and I'll do with it what I want.
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.:P
Why not restore E-Bone to something close its pre-buyout state (assuming they actually made money...) so that it doesn't go down with the LMNO-whatever-Qwest ship? Just an idea...
Fit all my anime, games, warez, hentai, moviez, and pr0n on 3 disks... I'll wait for the RW drive @ around $200 and the disks for $20 before I buy though.
I believe I lost points if I averaged any less than 6 comments per line of code. I particularly "liked" having to comment the needless classes that only set and returned vars. (..could have just been a struct.)
Here is an example, the first line of/'s where taken out to get past the lameness filter...
// Name: getFoo // Class: bar // Description: Returns value of the integer variable foo // Variables: integer foo - returned from function call // Called By: Functions outside of the class bar that wish to know the value of foo. // Function Calls: nothing
int bar::getFoo() {//Begin function getFoo
return foo;//return value of foo as an integer
}//End of function getFoo
Gee...I wonder why I enjoyed programming until I went to college...
keyboard and mouse interfaces
*cough*USB*cough* although there will probably need to be a converter connector to the xbox's USB jack. The support can be written into the bios.
CMOS-RAM, CMOS-RTC, BIOS
And what is that pretty, encrypted, 1MB chip on the board? It boots a kernal during the power up sequence? Then it looks for a program to boot? Well, gee, isn't that what the bios does? And since there will have to be some soldiering anyway, why not put a cmos on the board with the mod-bios chip and soldier that to the X-Box?
That means that you cannot just insert your RedHat/SuSE/Mandrake/Debian CD-ROM into the Xbox and install Linux.
No duh, of course it will have to be moded or a hack found.
Just some thoughts. I wish I had enough money to splerge on an X-Box just to mess with it.
Why all this talk about porting a specific version of linux to the X-Box? Why not just rewrite the BIOS so that it will think it is a regular PC and accept any OS, including your favorite distro of linux? The thing is pretty much a bargan bin PC with a 733mhz PIII and an nforce chipset with slightly better graphics.
If I remember my info correctly, it has been estimated that MS was losing $50 for every X-Box they sold. With the price drop, that would now be $150. There is also a sort of sadistic thrill in buying MS's hardware, having MS lose money because of it, and putting the OS that MS seems to hate so much on it.
Oh, and a 733mhz fully functional PC for $200 would be nice...
" that would be just ducky if irc (specifically the servers frequented by you) was the only source of preverts access to kids. please don't try to tell me that online chatting consists of only nice folks, although i would agree that many are."
My point was that the chats are not an especially risky situation versus real life. And, again, perverts are not necessarily pedophiles. Hell, pedophiles are not necessarily child molesters.
As for the second part, my point with the #lesbians example was to illustrate that there are assholes on IRC. (In this case, assholes that act like women.) Hell, sometimes I'm an asshole on IRC.
You mean like the old #100%preteensexpics channels on Undernet, Dalnet, IRCnet, and EFnet back in the day? (When I was a teen, I'd search channels for "teen.") I'd figure most kids cluefull enough to find their age pr0n will know not to inform the people in the channel that they are a kid, or leave a trail.
Its also worth pointing out that just because the pedos are there doesn't mean they are child molesters.
My point was that chats where not something especially risky when compared with real life. If I recall correctly, most molestations are done by people the victem knows(relative, parent's mate, teacher, priest, etc...) Maybe my bias of combating security problems with knowledge of the problem instead of ignorance is too dated.
Please repeat after me:
"Perverts are not pedophiles."
Just because someone has some kinky sexual tastes doesn't mean they are going to rape you or your kids.
I know of more convicted and released pedophiles in my hometown that I do of any on IRC. And I am a regular in channel of perverts. The worst danger I've found on IRC is illustrated by the following: There is a debate over whether any of the people in #lesbians actually are.
LVD - Legal Virus Disk CD2 - Consumer Disk WCD - Compact Disk based off of Windows PFD - Price Fixing Disk RIT - Recording Industry Trust BYC - Bought Your Congressman PTP - Pay the Tribute Peasant!
HP was one of the few large tech corps that I did not hear or come face to face with it screwing over its customers. My only problem with HP was price. But, the damn things worked.
Heh, yet another tin foil hat thought from me. If cybornetic implants start to become popular, how long before governments and corporations start sneaking in little extras. I'd hate to have a heart with a EULA....or one with a gps transmiter that tells some Big Bro with personal issues and a sadistic streak where I am all the time and if I "deviate" from the norm. Then there are the maitenence fees with all that hardware. What is one going to do? Not pay if the price is too high? I can already feel an oversized, serated corporate/government robo-phallus invading my oversensitized bionic colon, if you catch my drift. I doubt it will be extreme, but I doubt it will be fun either.
Another thing that bothers me. I keep making predictions, and I either denounce them myself before saying something or someone says I'm just paraniod (wearing a tin foil cap). Yet I see a bunch of the stuff I guessed happening. I seriously hope this doesn't.
"Seriously, this guy has more of a clue than half my coworkers. And I'm a software engineer."
I was surprised I had to tell my mother that sending a DVD she bought in the US to her penpal in Europe was a bad idea because of region coding. She didn't have a farking clue what I was talking about.
That is just one example. Seriously, most Joe & Jane Blows don't have a clue on exactly how they are being raped. *Remembers all the people that still thought EULA's just said not to make illegal copies*
...when student parking runs out, a real university ups the cost of parking fines and passes. It does not build more parking. It gives the students a nice tutorial in modern capitalism.
I bet you love all those hundreds of emails in your inbox and would rather call them gold instead of spam, too.
As for the name "Spyware" being too harsh, I would like to point out that originally this stuff was called "Scumware," and the companies/people that participated in such deceptive and virus like practices, "Scumbags."
Further, I would like to point out that such advertisement oversaturation has been the cause of advertisements being worth less and less.
I think in the next program I right I'll add something along the lines of the following:
"In addition, you agree to let the author permision to enter any premisis in which you reside, take ownership of any item or property on the premisis, and agree to all the author engage in oral, vaginal, and/or anal intercource with you.";D ...just for the fun of it. Oh, anyone wanna help fund the money so I can patent the act of writing abusive/intrusive/deceptive EULA's?
Well, one way to force feed propaganda to the peons is to make them feel like everyone will think they are fscking stupid if they do not come to that conclusion themselves. Brainwashing using percieved peer pressure, works like a charm(*points to highschool again*).
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I have actually found an instance where MS really wasn't responcible for the bugs in windows. I had a CDRW drive that crapped out in its reading ability and I didn't realize it. For the most part it was fine, except every so often it would have an error and that error would be transfered to the computer. If you think windows is buggy you should see windows with tons of inserted corrupted bytes.
;P
MS Windows is still a farkup, but not as bad a one as I thought.
As long as software is offered "as is" and EULA contains a contract tantamount to selling ones soul to eternal evil, my monitary complience will remain "as is" and I'll do with it what I want.
:P
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.
Why not restore E-Bone to something close its pre-buyout state (assuming they actually made money...) so that it doesn't go down with the LMNO-whatever-Qwest ship? Just an idea...
Fit all my anime, games, warez, hentai, moviez, and pr0n on 3 disks... I'll wait for the RW drive @ around $200 and the disks for $20 before I buy though.
Here is an example, the first line of /'s where taken out to get past the lameness filter...
int bar::getFoo() {
return foo;
}
Gee...I wonder why I enjoyed programming until I went to college...
Umm... isn't this like saying, "If you read this messege, you owe us $50. We will be deducting this amount immediately from your account."
BTW...You owe me $50 for reading this message...
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This is a problem because?
keyboard and mouse interfaces
*cough*USB*cough* although there will probably need to be a converter connector to the xbox's USB jack. The support can be written into the bios.
CMOS-RAM, CMOS-RTC, BIOS
And what is that pretty, encrypted, 1MB chip on the board? It boots a kernal during the power up sequence? Then it looks for a program to boot? Well, gee, isn't that what the bios does? And since there will have to be some soldiering anyway, why not put a cmos on the board with the mod-bios chip and soldier that to the X-Box?
That means that you cannot just insert your RedHat/SuSE/Mandrake/Debian CD-ROM into the Xbox and install Linux.
No duh, of course it will have to be moded or a hack found.
Just some thoughts. I wish I had enough money to splerge on an X-Box just to mess with it.
Why all this talk about porting a specific version of linux to the X-Box? Why not just rewrite the BIOS so that it will think it is a regular PC and accept any OS, including your favorite distro of linux? The thing is pretty much a bargan bin PC with a 733mhz PIII and an nforce chipset with slightly better graphics.
Oh, and a 733mhz fully functional PC for $200 would be nice...
My point was that the chats are not an especially risky situation versus real life. And, again, perverts are not necessarily pedophiles. Hell, pedophiles are not necessarily child molesters.
As for the second part, my point with the #lesbians example was to illustrate that there are assholes on IRC. (In this case, assholes that act like women.) Hell, sometimes I'm an asshole on IRC.
You may find this site entertaining, though. ;)
Its also worth pointing out that just because the pedos are there doesn't mean they are child molesters.
My point was that chats where not something especially risky when compared with real life. If I recall correctly, most molestations are done by people the victem knows(relative, parent's mate, teacher, priest, etc...) Maybe my bias of combating security problems with knowledge of the problem instead of ignorance is too dated.
...its the spammers and their porn banner/popup/dialer sites.
"Perverts are not pedophiles."
Just because someone has some kinky sexual tastes doesn't mean they are going to rape you or your kids.
I know of more convicted and released pedophiles in my hometown that I do of any on IRC. And I am a regular in channel of perverts. The worst danger I've found on IRC is illustrated by the following: There is a debate over whether any of the people in #lesbians actually are.
LVD - Legal Virus Disk
CD2 - Consumer Disk
WCD - Compact Disk based off of Windows
PFD - Price Fixing Disk
RIT - Recording Industry Trust
BYC - Bought Your Congressman
PTP - Pay the Tribute Peasant!
:P
HP was one of the few large tech corps that I did not hear or come face to face with it screwing over its customers. My only problem with HP was price. But, the damn things worked.
Yes, except the check boxes in the US are pre-checked so you still have to find and click them to opt-out.
Another thing that bothers me. I keep making predictions, and I either denounce them myself before saying something or someone says I'm just paraniod (wearing a tin foil cap). Yet I see a bunch of the stuff I guessed happening. I seriously hope this doesn't.
Bah, maybe I'm just paranoid for no good reason.
Don't forget, "42."
...it might be the side benefits and stock options...
Does that mean all the people that flip MS the finger will have to pay the MS-tax, possibily again?
"Seriously, this guy has more of a clue than half my coworkers. And I'm a software engineer."
I was surprised I had to tell my mother that sending a DVD she bought in the US to her penpal in Europe was a bad idea because of region coding. She didn't have a farking clue what I was talking about.
That is just one example. Seriously, most Joe & Jane Blows don't have a clue on exactly how they are being raped. *Remembers all the people that still thought EULA's just said not to make illegal copies*
Hence why there are so few literate people. We rarely reproduce.
...when student parking runs out, a real university ups the cost of parking fines and passes. It does not build more parking. It gives the students a nice tutorial in modern capitalism.
Yeah...Helpware...*cough*bullshit*cough*
I bet you love all those hundreds of emails in your inbox and would rather call them gold instead of spam, too.
As for the name "Spyware" being too harsh, I would like to point out that originally this stuff was called "Scumware," and the companies/people that participated in such deceptive and virus like practices, "Scumbags."
Further, I would like to point out that such advertisement oversaturation has been the cause of advertisements being worth less and less.
I think in the next program I right I'll add something along the lines of the following: ;D
"In addition, you agree to let the author permision to enter any premisis in which you reside, take ownership of any item or property on the premisis, and agree to all the author engage in oral, vaginal, and/or anal intercource with you."
...just for the fun of it. Oh, anyone wanna help fund the money so I can patent the act of writing abusive/intrusive/deceptive EULA's?
Well, one way to force feed propaganda to the peons is to make them feel like everyone will think they are fscking stupid if they do not come to that conclusion themselves. Brainwashing using percieved peer pressure, works like a charm(*points to highschool again*).