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

[bob parker]

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On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 05:21, you wrote:
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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?

I think getting a bsod every 2 hours while compiling Borland C++ Builder  on 
Wonders98SE would come close to dancing in a body cast.

Of course rebooting every cup of cup coffee helps, but my final move was to 
Linux. I still have W98 on my hard drive but I just don't boot it any more. 
Next move will be an exorcism using parted I think.

Cheers
Bob

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