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-Legion
Re:Doomed to a lifetime of right click hell
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Of course doing it in dos is faster and easier, but Windows (Win98, at least) asks you if you want to apply attrib changes to just the toplevel or all subdirectories and files.
This is the same Carolyn P. Meinel who writes nonsense about telnetting to the "keyboard port" to "hack" into a computer. No, that's not a joke.
Trusting Meinel or her pal JP to know their ass from a hole in the firewall is akin to trusting Hemos' spelling tips. (Moderators: that's not flamebait, it's a fact of life.:)
It's their website, so they're fully entitled to shut out/block whatever they please.
Yes, they are. What they aren't free to do is slander other programmers by claiming that their browsers don't work right when they clearly render the HTML as well as MS's own browser does (that is, not very well since the code isn't W3C compliant and doesn't even render correctly in IE).
Gosh, the DoJ seems strangely quiet on this one. What do you suppose the odds are that they're actually going to pursue any course of action with our shiny new corp-friendly government in place?
Well, I didn't notice the release either, and I actually use Windows (or admit it, at least). It has more to do with the fact that everyone I know who was interested in XP has had a pirated copy of some form (alpha, RCs, RTMs...) for months now. Why should the fact that it's on the shelves make any difference whatsoever?
For the record, I'm sticking with Win98SE. It sucks much less than the other MS offerings (Win2K zealots need not respond). I can boot into 98 natively when I need to play games, and run it in vmware when I want mIRC and other programs that don't need native speed or graphics power. As far as I'm concerned, XP isn't even worth pirating.
I have a cheapo Winfast GeForce 2MX video card I got from Best Buy. After about 80 days it stopped working--trying to fullscreen a DOS prompt locked my dual-boot system every time, and I couldn't get into X at all. The problem is Best Buy only has a 15-day warranty and I have no idea where to find a local point of contact for the company (I don't want to ship it to China). Now it's been over 90 days, and I have no idea if the company will even replace it. Any suggestions other than "stay away from cheap hardware, pinhead"?
correct if i'm wrong, but it seems to me that this is venturing into the realms of quantum behaviour... where predictability, reliability, etc etc all fall in a heap.
<physicshumor>
"You know those new Bell Labs [aside: Lucent doesn't design shit, they build it after Bell Labs invents it] chips we ordered?"
"Yeah, what about them?"
"When I observed the computer, they were gone!"
</physicshumor>
The "one programmer, many users" assumption works only if the evolutionary steps don't occur too often and people have a fast and reliable way of detecting when it's time to upgrade.
I imagine the best way to detect when you need to upgrade your ad-blocking software is when some ads start to get through it. When that happens, I go check for an update to either the software or the block list (depending on what software I'm using at the time)
They also keep any money you get in your "PayPal account" (which always made me wonder what their urgent need for my bank routing info was...they never put anything into my bank) to collect interest. I never had a problem with that, as it was part of their business model, but what I *did* have a problem with was when I needed that money and found out it would take them up to five business days to transfer it into my bank account. What, they can take money out immediately but not put it in until a week later? Unless there's some subtlety of wire banking I'm not aware of, this seems a rather shady way of squeezing as much interest revenue as possible out of my money. Fuck PayPal.
I think one of the big reasons that hackers got such a bad rap was that movie with mathew brodrick in it that portraid hackers as bad guys and the goverment was trying to lock them up, rather than getting his help.
The movie in question--War Games--portrayed (note correct spelling) hackers as bad guys, eh? Did you even watch it?
"I'm trying to make a little money for running this site, so here's what you need to do to get to the articles: 1) Go to www.sexkittens.com and click on 'Sign Me Up!' 2) Fill in your email address and put me as the referrer. 3) Wait for a confirmation email. 4) Click on the link in the email. It will take you to a banner ad. Click the ad, and the third word on the page that pops up is your password: "Hot, wet _________'. Login with 'leech' and use your password for leech access!@#"
Who would have thought warez pups were the wave of the future?
That's only slightly better than getting the ads themselves...you have 404 errors everywhere the ads used to be. I prefer Squid with AdZap (have these been ported to Windows?) for my ad-incinerating needs.
I remember the first time I hit this on IGN. As soon as the flashy ad came up and I saw "waiting," I decided they could wait forever, and went to Google to look for another site with the info I needed.
I feel very fortunate that Salon is a worthless piece of shit site and that I never go there for news, otherwise I'd be forced to stop going.
Can someone explain to me *why* a developer would strip off copyright info? It's not like there are licensing fees; the guy just wants his code to be recognized and attributed. It doesn't make much sense to me...could it have been an honest mistake or a coincidence? (I'm not a programmer, so I haven't looked at the two files in question, which would mean nothing to me anyway.)
no. i mean any platform. my logic may be flawed, but it goes like this: i can play any game made for mac - ever (considering i can still play games made for OS 6.0.x, some of which need a mac plus emulator to run on a PPC), any game available via MAME, all the console emulators, and any title made for linux/unix as well (thanks virtualPC and darwin), and almost all the games ever made for DOS or Windows.
With my PC and a dual-boot win/lin setup I can play all the console/arcade/other emu stuff (including a very good GBA emulator, which I believe the Mac still does not have), plus any linux-specific games, plus DX games, plus anything running on MacOS 8.0 or earlier (through the exceptional Fusion Mac emu). There really is no difference in the number of systems you can emulate between the Mac and PC platforms. Use whatever you like.
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Trusting Meinel or her pal JP to know their ass from a hole in the firewall is akin to trusting Hemos' spelling tips. (Moderators: that's not flamebait, it's a fact of life. :)
-Legion
<legaldisclaimerforMPAAfuckheads>Legion does not have any illegal DVD rips.lt;/legaldisclaimerforMPAAfuckheads>
-Legion
Yes, they are. What they aren't free to do is slander other programmers by claiming that their browsers don't work right when they clearly render the HTML as well as MS's own browser does (that is, not very well since the code isn't W3C compliant and doesn't even render correctly in IE).
Gosh, the DoJ seems strangely quiet on this one. What do you suppose the odds are that they're actually going to pursue any course of action with our shiny new corp-friendly government in place?
-Legion
Almost.
-Legion
For the record, I'm sticking with Win98SE. It sucks much less than the other MS offerings (Win2K zealots need not respond). I can boot into 98 natively when I need to play games, and run it in vmware when I want mIRC and other programs that don't need native speed or graphics power. As far as I'm concerned, XP isn't even worth pirating.
-Legion
-Legion
-Legion
Better luck next time.
-Legion
<physicshumor>
"You know those new Bell Labs [aside: Lucent doesn't design shit, they build it after Bell Labs invents it] chips we ordered?"
"Yeah, what about them?"
"When I observed the computer, they were gone!"
</physicshumor>
-Legion
Right, I know you were tired when you wrote that, but I'd appreciate it if you kept ESR away from my anal nonetheless. Thanks.
-Legion
I think you misplaced your quotes:
Perhaps he should sue U.S. "Comedian" Carrot Top for stealing his hairstyle.
Ahh, much better.
-Legion
I imagine the best way to detect when you need to upgrade your ad-blocking software is when some ads start to get through it. When that happens, I go check for an update to either the software or the block list (depending on what software I'm using at the time)
-Legion
Another proud Microsoft employee, I see.
MS's abuse of their monopoly power has been well documented in several places. I suggest you go look.
-Legion
-Legion
BAHAHAHAHAHA! You should have stopped while you were ahead.
-Legion
The movie in question--War Games--portrayed (note correct spelling) hackers as bad guys, eh? Did you even watch it?
-Legion
Who would have thought warez pups were the wave of the future?
-Legion
-Legion
-Legion
I feel very fortunate that Salon is a worthless piece of shit site and that I never go there for news, otherwise I'd be forced to stop going.
-Legion
-Legion
"Wow, three minutes of Silent Hill 2!@#$" :)
-Legion
With my PC and a dual-boot win/lin setup I can play all the console/arcade/other emu stuff (including a very good GBA emulator, which I believe the Mac still does not have), plus any linux-specific games, plus DX games, plus anything running on MacOS 8.0 or earlier (through the exceptional Fusion Mac emu). There really is no difference in the number of systems you can emulate between the Mac and PC platforms. Use whatever you like.
-Legion