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Windows contains pirated software?
worker201:
Temp-banning was a worst-case scenario. A simple edit, while more reasonable, didn't sound as scary (we're in a national scare-mongering red alert - I figured I ought to play along).
WMD:
This is a really old story. Happened last year.
Yes, pirated software was used to make some of the Windows sound files. I can't remember if they ever caught the exact person, but the files in question were made for Microsoft by a third party.
obob:
is there any chance for anyone here to consider an alternate possibility (ok, so we say WMD is truthful here, but I just want to see if anyone will follow along with this here, this is kind of a psychology w/e on my part)
with a lot of versions of BSD there are references to the movie WarGames, and referces to other literature/film/music/culture are not unheard of in software (it's just aliteration, and if you consider software in the context of written word, aliteration shouldn't be illegal at all)
so considering it from that aspect, in regards to the story that was presented here, why does nobody consider the potential that maybe a Microsoft employee feeling like a clever chap just stuck that in there in reference to the events in 1997?
just curious if anyone came up with a conclusion similar to that
GenuineAdvantage:
Who would really care one way or the other? Is it supposed to make someone feel better over pirating Shitdows? I never felt a thing over it the times I did, other than annoyance at having to bother. And I would say the same thing about others. Microprick being connected to some lazy piracy is not even a speck compared to the rest of the crap they've pulled and now pull.
worker201:
--- Quote from: obob ---is there any chance for anyone here to consider an alternate possibility (ok, so we say WMD is truthful here, but I just want to see if anyone will follow along with this here, this is kind of a psychology w/e on my part)
with a lot of versions of BSD there are references to the movie WarGames, and referces to other literature/film/music/culture are not unheard of in software (it's just aliteration, and if you consider software in the context of written word, aliteration shouldn't be illegal at all)
so considering it from that aspect, in regards to the story that was presented here, why does nobody consider the potential that maybe a Microsoft employee feeling like a clever chap just stuck that in there in reference to the events in 1997?
just curious if anyone came up with a conclusion similar to that
--- End quote ---
Sorta like an accidental easter egg? Interesting idea. Since they wrote it, I suppose it's possible. It's certainly not the sort of high level code that gets hyper-proofed before release (if at all - nice reputation Microsoft has, eh?). Personally, I've always wondered exactly why the default hostname in Slackware is 'darkstar'. I've seen that used as homosexual slang for the anus - how much do we really know about Patrick Volderking?
(of course Patrick is a computer celebrity of the highest standing, in case you think I'm bagging on him)
by the way, alliteration is a repeated emphasis on initial consonant sounds, as in 'Fee Fi Fo Fum'. I think what you meant is allusion, a reference to another body of work.
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