[H-GEN] I was sittin' and wondering'

[Jason Parker-Burlingham]

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Andrew M <amca1975 at yahoo.com.au> writes:

>         Trying to learn to hack on a DOS or Windows machine or
>         under MacOS is like trying to learn to dance while
>         wearing a body cast.
> 
>          -- Eric Steven Raymond

I dunno what ESR is smoking these days but that's just wrong.  What
about all the clever hacks people came up with to write demos, games,
game cheats, jokes, viruses, and yes, software protection cracks on
the MS-DOS platform?
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