I first got that on a Mac in my school and actually got scared it was going to tell the IT desk. It didn’t.
I first got that on a Mac in my school and actually got scared it was going to tell the IT desk. It didn’t.
I’ve never encountered a better argument for piracy and drm-free content than abandonware
I was literally on board a bus that damn near got in a head on with a wrong way driver when I received this.
First thought that comes to mind is ‘collision avoidance’.
There’s honor amoung thieves and you have most of it.
I’m going to guess it’s a parody but that’s the first thing I thought of too. If I were to be the one making the joke I’d have this screen pop up when you try to use sudo.
Eh why not, isn’t something I’d do and I find it a touch sad but I also don’t really give a shit if somebody flirts with their computer.
This is exactly what I want the future to look like.
I don’t have a PC right now but I’m a Mint guy.
One would assume it wouldn’t have been seen before, be weird if a patch got pushed and all of a sudden an old virus came back out of the archives like that permafrost thing people are paranoid about.
I mean, strong possibility it wasn’t a human that wrote the headline or article either.
I didn’t conceptually hate the UI there was just so much room for improvement in implementation, if I recall correctly. I was only using a Windows machine for a short time during that era though.
Would you look at that, another story where I hate everybody involved.
Glad I wasn’t the only 12 year old Linux nerd.
Marketing for electronics is definitely a big one, nobody else really has the same cult following, and when somebody like Samsung gets close it feels like whatever the cult version of a knockoff is.
I’d imagine wikipedia editors would only have to jump a few people to dramatically cut down on repeat offenders.
That the whole thing basically operates by sharing information between “partners”, if I were to take a guess.
Prediction: the Americans most outraged by this are also the ones that most want to do it here.
We really need to change our culture to support mass transit and pedestrians more. I live in a town with fantastic bus service and extensive pedestrian infrastructure, and people in my apartment complex DRIVE THEIR CARS to a gas station/liquor store they could throw a snowball to. Hell, I’ve seen people make a longer walk to their car than it would’ve taken to get to their destination.
If you haven’t done one yet you’ll never be more proud of yourself than replacing your own phone screen.