Heh, reminds me of the anti-piracy adverts run by the Federation Against Copyright Theft in UK computer magazines during the 80's. The one involving the market stall is a particular classic.
Perhaps more interesting is that my spam started to dramatically increase when some unknown f*cker posted a slashdot story synposis including my full email address
I delete my trash at the start of every month. Through December I've had 4484 spam against 240 legit.
I'd say 60% of all my spam is comprised of...
rolex
drugs
mortgage
some virus that uses a body "this is the film version of the broadway hit"
another virus, that arrives as a 164kb (!) zip file with an enormous number of headers/bodies
At first I thought you'd got me... but then if they're taking some sneaky "upskirt shot" on an escaltor, the last thing they want is an unexpected blast of 2-tone yankee-doodle-dandee...
Okay, 15 hours later I finally manage to download the needed magic 4 MB (though I've downloaded 400MB during the day in failed attempts - aborted due to steam crashes or lock ups)
I must "Create a steam account"... oh no, it says I'm "offline"? (I'm most certainly not!).
Every port listed for steam client/server on their support pages is forwarded... makes no difference.
I "quit" in frustration and try again....
"You must update steam" - gotta wait another 15 hours for those magic 4MB again!!!!!!
THEY ARE NEVER, EVER, EVER GETTING ANY OF MY MONEY AGAIN. PLEASE ROLE ON THE FUCKIN' CRACK.
Hmm.. I just tried this "bug", (did you?)and it indeed crashes (My WinXP) Firefox. I don't know about any other platform, but...
THIS IS CLEARLY A BUG
It's clear the parent reply hasn't even bothered to read the submitted problem.
I personally gave up reporting Mozilla problems a year or so ago, due to the same "fuck you troll, ain't no bug, we can't be bothered to try it out - but it ain't no bug - couldn't possibly happen" attitude of Moz. developers.
*Cough* alpha-transparent PNG images not displayed properly? Impossible! Go fuck yourself neil[at]neilpearce.com - Lotsa abuse - Oh... Ah... Hmmm.... You seen this? - Errr... Shit! - Hmmm... Errr.. Fixed next release!
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That does look quite interesting, would people care to share links to informative XUL documentation?
Perhaps you'd like to visit The Monkey Shakespeare Simulator, which randomly attempts to duplicate Shakespeare's work (don't worry about legal aspects, you can generally assume it's out of copyright).
The current record is 20 letters from "Coriolanus" after 462,060,000,000 billion billion monkey-years. Sent in by Jens Ulrik Jacobsen from Denmark on 31 Aug 2004. "1. Citizen. Before wZgJ 8GPxwFnwvG&iX4tKfo("2ny!3Pp..." matched "1. Citizen. Before we proceed any further, heare me speake All. Speake, speake 1.Cit. You are all resolu'd rather to dy then to famish? All. Resolu'd, resolu'd..."
In which Arthur wakes up, Trillian opts out, and Marvin is stuck fast...
If you view the HTML of the BBC page, you'll notice much longer introductions to each story, currently commented out...
Arthur Dent awakes to find that he has spent the last four years on prehistoric Earth, alone in all that time save for five minutes with an infuriating alien called Wowbagger who arrived, insulted him, and left. Reunited with Ford Prefect, Arthur discovers that the Hitchhikers Guide he threw in the river still works - and is being updated. Rescue appears in the form of a sofa caught in the Space-Time Continuum and Arthur and Ford disappear in a fashion which would cause stern looks from the Campaign For Real Time.
Aboard the Heart of Gold Zaphod Beeblebrox is nursing a large Pan Galactic Gargleblaster and two headaches. He believes that he survived the Total Perspective Vortex while pursuing a Hitchhikers Guide employee called Zarniwoop and that Arthur marooned him by stealing the Heart of Gold, which of course Zaphod himself stole (but then Zaphod thinks he alone has the right to indulge in excitement, adventure and really wild things).
His girlfriend Trillian (who, as Tricia McMillan, is the only human apart from Arthur to survive the Destruction of Earth by the Vogon Constructor Fleet) has no memory at all of these events and is therefore convinced that Zaphod has had a psychotic episode brought on by too many drinks. Tired of his selfishness she snaps and leaves him, having herself beamed by Eddie the shipboard computer in any direction but here.
Meanwhile in the swamps of Squornshellous Zeta, Marvin the Paranoid Android pivots helplessly in circles on an artificial leg, his only company a talkative mattress called Zem...
Microsoft has a database which has a list of all valid keys sold
Oh yeh, and they employ Uri Geller at the backend to detect (using the mind-power) when the credit card sale goes through, before quickly typing it into some Access form...
They don't have a database of every released key. Each "release" (Home, Professional, Corporate, Spanish Generic, French Generic...) prepares an algorithm that maps from the 25^36 possible keys to 0.001% of the keyspace. They can rapidly check if a key "could be valid", but no more. You just try distributing cd/manual production amongst 150+ countries and keeping track... "Warez" keys are detected by enormous numbers of completely distinct IP addresses accessing Windows Update and other "phone home" services.
They even have an easter egg. On the main menu of Episode IV, push left and select the darth vader helment and you're treated to the "New Hope" video by Blink 182.
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Heh, reminds me of the anti-piracy adverts run by the Federation Against Copyright Theft in UK computer magazines during the 80's.
The one involving the market stall is a particular classic.
Perhaps more interesting is that my spam started to dramatically increase when some unknown f*cker posted a slashdot story synposis including my full email address
I delete my trash at the start of every month. Through December I've had 4484 spam against 240 legit.
I'd say 60% of all my spam is comprised of...
rolex
drugs
mortgage
some virus that uses a body "this is the film version of the broadway hit"
another virus, that arrives as a 164kb (!) zip file with an enormous number of headers/bodies
The BBC also reported in October this year that another group felt the story was over-hyped
I know a pound used to be 240 pence
I believe it used to be...
4 farthings = 1 penny
12 pennies = 1 shilling
2.5 shillings = half-crown
5 shillings = crown
20 shillings = 1 pound
21 shillings = 1 guinea
At first I thought you'd got me... but then if they're taking some sneaky "upskirt shot" on an escaltor, the last thing they want is an unexpected blast of 2-tone yankee-doodle-dandee...
Just appeared on Suprnova. Damm hackers...
Flash "protection"
Search for place_your_thumb_over_the_light_DEViANCE.torrent
Sound "protection"
Search for cut_a_wire_on_the_speaker_(RELOADED).torrent
That's very, very, very true.
I bought this "game" at 9am GMT.
Installed it - to find i've got to "update steam"
Okay, 15 hours later I finally manage to download the needed magic 4 MB (though I've downloaded 400MB during the day in failed attempts - aborted due to steam crashes or lock ups)
I must "Create a steam account"... oh no, it says I'm "offline"? (I'm most certainly not!).
Every port listed for steam client/server on their support pages is forwarded... makes no difference.
I "quit" in frustration and try again....
"You must update steam" - gotta wait another 15 hours for those magic 4MB again!!!!!!
THEY ARE NEVER, EVER, EVER GETTING ANY OF MY MONEY AGAIN. PLEASE ROLE ON THE FUCKIN' CRACK.
At the bottom of that ad it states (c) 2004 Motion Picture Association of America, inc.
You're illegally trafficking anti-downloading advertisements!
Just in case you get modded troll
Hmm.. I just tried this "bug", (did you?)and it indeed crashes (My WinXP) Firefox. I don't know about any other platform, but...
THIS IS CLEARLY A BUG
It's clear the parent reply hasn't even bothered to read the submitted problem.
I personally gave up reporting Mozilla problems a year or so ago, due to the same "fuck you troll, ain't no bug, we can't be bothered to try it out - but it ain't no bug - couldn't possibly happen" attitude of Moz. developers.
*Cough* alpha-transparent PNG images not displayed properly? Impossible! Go fuck yourself neil[at]neilpearce.com - Lotsa abuse - Oh... Ah... Hmmm.... You seen this? - Errr... Shit! - Hmmm... Errr.. Fixed next release!
That does look quite interesting, would people care to share links to informative XUL documentation?
The USA already outspends Germany and Japan per student.
Yeh, but the USA directs the spending towards burgers, whilst the rest of the world targets books
Problem solved! Only took ten minutes.
Next...
Honestly, how difficult can it be to develop some new sort of glass, one which light cannot penetrate?
A million monkeys can write Shakespeare...
Perhaps you'd like to visit The Monkey Shakespeare Simulator, which randomly attempts to duplicate Shakespeare's work (don't worry about legal aspects, you can generally assume it's out of copyright).
The current record is 20 letters from "Coriolanus" after 462,060,000,000 billion billion monkey-years. Sent in by Jens Ulrik Jacobsen from Denmark on 31 Aug 2004.
"1. Citizen. Before w ZgJ 8GPxwFnwvG&iX4tKfo("2ny!3Pp..."
matched
"1. Citizen. Before w e proceed any further, heare me speake All. Speake, speake 1.Cit. You are all resolu'd rather to dy then to famish? All. Resolu'd, resolu'd..."
Duh, the preview is available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/media/hitc hhikers_trail.ram
:(
Took two attempts to guess this one
Though I don't have RealPlayer so can't listen to it
In which Arthur wakes up, Trillian opts out, and Marvin is stuck fast...
...
If you view the HTML of the BBC page, you'll notice much longer introductions to each story, currently commented out...
Arthur Dent awakes to find that he has spent the last four years on prehistoric Earth, alone in all that time save for five minutes with an infuriating alien called Wowbagger who arrived, insulted him, and left. Reunited with Ford Prefect, Arthur discovers that the Hitchhikers Guide he threw in the river still works - and is being updated. Rescue appears in the form of a sofa caught in the Space-Time Continuum and Arthur and Ford disappear in a fashion which would cause stern looks from the Campaign For Real Time.
Aboard the Heart of Gold Zaphod Beeblebrox is nursing a large Pan Galactic Gargleblaster and two headaches. He believes that he survived the Total Perspective Vortex while pursuing a Hitchhikers Guide employee called Zarniwoop and that Arthur marooned him by stealing the Heart of Gold, which of course Zaphod himself stole (but then Zaphod thinks he alone has the right to indulge in excitement, adventure and really wild things).
His girlfriend Trillian (who, as Tricia McMillan, is the only human apart from Arthur to survive the Destruction of Earth by the Vogon Constructor Fleet) has no memory at all of these events and is therefore convinced that Zaphod has had a psychotic episode brought on by too many drinks. Tired of his selfishness she snaps and leaves him, having herself beamed by Eddie the shipboard computer in any direction but here.
Meanwhile in the swamps of Squornshellous Zeta, Marvin the Paranoid Android pivots helplessly in circles on an artificial leg, his only company a talkative mattress called Zem
see above secondary post...
by default, gcc (with a .c or lang-spec set to c)
let's you forget the #include, and the missing return value
int main() {
printf("first post?\n");
}
Microsoft has a database which has a list of all valid keys sold
Oh yeh, and they employ Uri Geller at the backend to detect (using the mind-power) when the credit card sale goes through, before quickly typing it into some Access form...
In the US perhaps. In the UK making a "backup" is illegal. There are no "fair-rights" under UK law, and the license agreement prohibits such actions.
They don't have a database of every released key. Each "release" (Home, Professional, Corporate, Spanish Generic, French Generic...) prepares an algorithm that maps from the 25^36 possible keys to 0.001% of the keyspace. They can rapidly check if a key "could be valid", but no more. You just try distributing cd/manual production amongst 150+ countries and keeping track...
"Warez" keys are detected by enormous numbers of completely distinct IP addresses accessing Windows Update and other "phone home" services.
They even have an easter egg. On the main menu of Episode IV, push left and select the darth vader helment and you're treated to the "New Hope" video by Blink 182.
Oh, I quite agree the Amiga was a better machine, just trolling.