I've been a beta tester for decades, I dont get money. but I do get to shape the game, Hell one of my reports and recommended changes ended up in the game.

We also had 4 AVID workstation running off of one dongle at Comcast back then. a printer switch was all we needed. going to load or render? flip the switch to your machine as that is the only times it checked for the dongle.

windows 7 is dramatically easier to pirate than XP. SLIC activation is trivial to fake.

crappy seat? we have reserved seats here. I get to eject the fool that is sitting in my seat.

Yet I don't. Nobody makes me pay for the FM radios stations, and I change to another when the commercials come on. Same goes to TV when they play movies. I don't pay a dime and I leave for the kitchen or use the computer when ad's come on.

Therefore I meet the requirements of "dirty rotten pirate"

$130? I've been getting legit OEM copies from Newegg for $99 with purchase of a mouse or keyboard. Paying $130 is insane and dumb for anyone that does not need the ability to join a domain.

They should repeal it completely. But that will not happen as every one of those congress-critters are bought and paid for.

Congress wants a more strict DMCA. Hell I bet some of those on capitol hill would support a death penalty for copyright violations.

If you are applying to a place that has an HR person, you already lost. HR people have zero clue about IT and what is needed to be a good hire for IT.

Apply to places that the IT manager does the hiring so it's somewhat competent. Yes this eliminates major corporations, and that is a good thing.

"criminal background checks are required for most IT jobs"

No they are not, Maybe for big companies, but most small companies don't even follow up on references. Hell most IT jobs don't even require competence.

So we need to send another probe to press ctl-alt-del and boot into safe mode?

nor windows, as it would be stuck downloading all the updates and too busy to respond.

all battery tech outside of Lead acid has too low of a life span. I can get 100,000 charge cycles on Lead acid batteries with the right care. you can not get past 500-1000 on Li-Ion based tech. They literally destroy themselves a little bit every time they are charged. There are battery storage systems out there that are well over 10 years old and a charge cycle performed daily on them that are still going strong. You cant do that with Lithium Ion based batteries.

you do NOT need a new meter.

Yet most people there act like complete loons, I read Clockwork Orange, It's a manual on how brits act in their daily lives.

Shooting paintballs at the lenses of cameras works great. Build yourself a PVC paintball thrower and solve the problem.