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Geek Culture / Let the people know who's bad!

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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Jan 2006 14:51
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Listing companies known for producing and/or packaging "badware".

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2149155/academics-combine-fight-badware

Eventually, I'm sure some companies will try to sue, claiming the involved parties' libel is damaging their company's reputation. There's no law against stating facts to the public, so I doubt the prosecuting will be able to get very far with it.


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Hawkeye
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Posted: 25th Jan 2006 15:24
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Good good good...

I've started arguing very loudly with store employees when I have to ask them for the windows disc - I'd much rather reformat my hd and reinstall xp than pay $15 for the dubious honor of having someone else attempt to clean all the crap off my computer.


I am but mad north north-west; when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw - Hamlet, Hamlet
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BatVink
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Posted: 25th Jan 2006 15:47
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I once register3ed a domain name with the intention of setting up a site that listed companies who gave "real support". In other words, it would exclude people like PC World and the now defunct Time Computers who charge premium rate to call their support line.

As an example, it once cost a friend of mine £15.00 in call charges to get a broken keyboard replaced. He could have bought one for £10.00!

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TKF15H
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Posted: 25th Jan 2006 16:01 Edited at: 25th Jan 2006 16:01
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Quote: "The two universities have formed StopBadware.org under an advisory board that includes internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Esther Dyson."

What's an internet pioneer anyway? Some guy who wandered away from the security of his home's LAN into the great unknown that is google?

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Fallout
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Posted: 25th Jan 2006 16:27
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Quote: "I'd much rather reformat my hd and reinstall xp than pay $15 for the dubious honor of having someone else attempt to clean all the crap off my computer.
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I'd never let anyone touch my compo for fear of what they'd find in the movie and image directories.

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Undercover Steve
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Posted: 25th Jan 2006 16:29
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I never let any teenager touch my pc, in fear that they would destroy it somehow.

We have fallen Into an abyss! Dear God captian! There all Bars.
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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 25th Jan 2006 18:10 Edited at: 25th Jan 2006 18:10
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Quote: " I never let any teenager touch my pc, in fear that they would destroy it somehow.
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Well that's nice of you.



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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 25th Jan 2006 18:22
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Quote: "image directories"


Gary??? Gary Glitter?


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Fallout
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Posted: 25th Jan 2006 19:02 Edited at: 25th Jan 2006 19:02
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After typing some sick and witty replies, I decided none of them were suitable for the young minds of this forum, so you'll have to make do with ...

BURN IN THE FIRES OF HELL!!!!!!!



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Phaelax
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Posted: 25th Jan 2006 23:04
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I just let noone touch my computer at all, period! For fear that they may (and probably) be an idiot.


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Undercover Steve
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Posted: 26th Jan 2006 03:56 Edited at: 26th Jan 2006 03:57
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I let someone[a teen] touch my pc before. Needless to say this image sums it up.



Yes, Washington was reduced to a small island. I know

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Dave J
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Posted: 26th Jan 2006 04:47 Edited at: 26th Jan 2006 04:48
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Quote: "Eventually, I'm sure some companies will try to sue, claiming the involved parties' libel is damaging their company's reputation. There's no law against stating facts to the public, so I doubt the prosecuting will be able to get very far with it."


There is a law against damaging a person/companies reputation at large, be it facts or not. A magazine could publish an article claiming Tom Cruise is gay, if he lost certain movie parts because of this then he could quite easily win a lawsuit against the magazine, wether it's true or not. The point is, it doesn't matter if it's a fact or not.


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Jeff Miller
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Posted: 26th Jan 2006 06:28
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Here in the colonies, truth is an absolute defense against a libel suit. However, like all good defenses, it does not PREVENT getting sued and undergoing the time, expense, ang aggravation involved in getting sued. I'm an old gray-haired lawyer, and I've seen so many stupid lawsuits filed by those who file them with no expectation of winning in the long run, but rather filed for vengeance or, more often, so that they can boast of the fact that they are suing for libel as some sort of "evidence" that the lies they tell must be true.
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Computer Nerd
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Posted: 27th Jan 2006 14:59
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Teens arn't all dumbass idiots I'm a teen & I'm better at computer stuff then my dad & I program.

Take that in your pipe and smoke it!

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 27th Jan 2006 15:19
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Computer Nerd, you're an embarrassment to us all...

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UnderLord
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Posted: 27th Jan 2006 15:44
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Quote: "Take that in your pipe and smoke it!"


Its put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Im not a teen anymore =\ now im a old person....man being 20 rocks....But anywho not to shoot you down computer nerd, but my dad isnt that great with computers eaither and i know more about it then he does infact im sure there are lots of kids ot there who know more about it then there dad, but you know what? It's not that big of a accomplisment unless your dad is bill gates.

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Posted: 27th Jan 2006 16:03
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Well when it comes to ethics and making things from SCRATCH, I think we are all smarter than Bill Gates.

I'd never let some looser touch my PC, even if he didn't wreck it, he might smuggle off a couple projects and make money off of them not that I have any projects on it right now

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Megaton Cat
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Posted: 27th Jan 2006 16:04
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First Undercover Noob turns out to be 27, now UnderlLord is 20?!?!

What is wrong with this place. Where's the youth gone to.

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Les Horribres
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Posted: 28th Jan 2006 17:05
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Quote: "Undercover Noob turns out to be 27"

I doubt that.

Quote: "What is wrong with this place. Where's the youth gone to."

It hast been stolen by an evil grey screen. And people are just typing, and typing. Hoping. Time dwendles by and then they wake up, their hair white, their beard long.

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re faze
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Posted: 28th Jan 2006 18:39
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Quote: "I'd never let anyone touch my compo for fear of what they'd find in the movie and image directories. "


no you make a really deep nested folder and then set an environment variable to that location like "c:\folder1\folder2\ini and dll files\system\DONotOpen\ReallyDoNotOpen\AreYouStupidDONT OPEN THIS\folder with all my 'movies'"

Dont code slowly be SWIFT about it!
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