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nubbins`: poke random integers into
the game code in
the hopes
that you'd endow yourself with unlimited lives or super-jumps
nubbins`: and letting you play
the older games with a new character, unlocking all
these previously off-limits areas
nubbins`: creating
this massive cartridge
nubbins`: and
then released a "sonic & knuckles" cartridge
that you could insert sonic 2/3 into
nubbins`: they built all of
these secret areas into sonic 2 and 3
nubbins`: y'know, sega really pulled a nice one with
the sonic
the hedgehog series
mircea_popescu: i remember how indignant i was
that dune 2 did no bounds checking
nubbins`: i
think i was in grade 7 before
the idea of mod chips became known
mircea_popescu: "if you're
that stupid perhaps you wish
to buy
the right
to suck my cock at my option ?"
mircea_popescu: console = spend > 500, upgrade it in > 500 at a
time increments, games cost more
than
the unit
mircea_popescu: that was
the other
thing, pc = spend 500, upgrade it by parts, games free
nubbins`: well, again, you could never pull off
the incredible machine on a console
nubbins`: consoles could never pull off
the greats, like
the incredible machine
mircea_popescu: in
that gaming consoles at
the
time were also z80 clones)
mircea_popescu: (and
the z80 before
the pc, which i suppose could be argued
to be a gaming console,
mircea_popescu: i always played on
the pc, and was chair of
the "mock
the game console faggots" pc gamer club
nubbins`: asciilifeform: you're in
the rare position of being allowed
to complain about walled gardens
nubbins`: people acting like
they never bought a video game console
nubbins`: this "walled garden"
thing is a real yawn,
too
nubbins`: anyone who doesn't use a macbook as
their primary laptop is a fucking idiot
nubbins`: asciilifeform: people underestimate
the OS maker having 100% control over
the hardware
mircea_popescu: holy wars work not because anyone
tries, but because everyone involved makes
the effort
to interpret what's said so as
to offend him
nubbins`: you guys aren't even
trying ;(
nubbins`: if some christian guy said "seriously guys, it's really wine now,
try it, it's really good", and it
turns out he's right, actual holy wars would be pretty impotent affairs as well
mircea_popescu: yuou kidding ? most of
the early ones went great, you could destroy a chan for
ten days with one.
nubbins`: furthermore, Xcode has
top-tier debugging
tools
mircea_popescu: you gotta be fucking old
to have forgotten
that you can make a kid replacement in half an hour and it'll be fun, so who
the fuck cares.
mircea_popescu: what 19 yo ever gives a shit
that a bunch of other 20 yos are off
to gaol
mircea_popescu: nubbins` no, because he's all like "let's be reasonable" and "save
the kids"
nubbins`: i'm at least one of
those
things
mike_c: i
think it's particleboard
mike_c: ah, so you like
to pay 2x for
the logo on
the box :)
mike_c: adult
things like donkey porn!
nubbins`: on which he is undoubtedly doing adult
things
nubbins`: you can
tell because he is putty'd into a few linux boxes
mike_c: i
think
the donkey porn site i like keeps infecting my internet explorer
mike_c: yes, i have
to pay 2 btc about once a week
to keep
this
thing running
nubbins`: mark all coins
that
touch a windows client
mike_c: fine.
then fuck all of you
too.
nubbins`: it's a 22 year old's own fault if
they don't know
the score
nubbins`: despite
the fact
that he behaves like -- and has
the
thought patterns of -- an adult baby, you can't call him an underage kid
mike_c: right, but, like you don't punish underage kids for stupidity.. maybe a new graduate could be forgiven working at ms for a few years, if
they
then quit.
nubbins`: that just creates an excuse for all
the other new graduates
mike_c: yeah, but, maybe someone came right out of college and didn't know better. maybe
they should be spared.
mircea_popescu: so if you're a girl in a nsa shirt, pls
to send me your pic.
mircea_popescu: anyway, from
the goodnews dept : one of
the cardano boards is all printed and seems
to work jus fine. will post pics later
nubbins`: no big shakes compared
to cost of device
nubbins`: latter is probably close
to accurate
mircea_popescu: so
they should get 340mn if people pay 3.4 bn, or people should pay 34 bn if ms actually gets 3.4 bn
nubbins`: isn't it something like $3.4b
that microsoft is going
to be collecting from android users
this year?
mircea_popescu: the only alternative would be handing down life prison sentences for
the entire company + all ex employees
mircea_popescu: ideally ms should be able
to obtain < 10% of
the financial cost of running a windows system
mircea_popescu: i personally
think viruses
that make windows computers unusable unless
they pay bitcoin are wunderbar.
nubbins`: windows users just accept viruses as a fact of life now, like
the occasional cold or stomach bug
nubbins`: nobody gives
them shit for it either
nubbins`: more
to
the point, AV industry is supported by viruses
mircea_popescu: seeing how well
that cryptolocker
thing is showing windows
to be unusable.
mircea_popescu: im surpriosed nobody has yet come up with
the "bitcoin is supported by viruses!!" angle
ozbot: I can’t even. pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: so,
trilema will be moved
to a beefier system
today. may be some downtime.
chsados: mike_c: how can i get
them.. where are
they being sold (activemining)
mike_c: ah, by "test" you meant pull
the power and push buttons.