eh gamefaqs.com, not that your easter egg link doesn't work
People are always getting the address wrong (I guess) as there are a few variations of the address that all lead to the front page.
"The USENET" that's funny; thanks for the chuckle
To each their own, I mark what I want each day then download them during the day, like right now in fact.
It isn't the fastest means of downloading files but it's dependable.
If you have Charter.com as an IP it's part of their service (Free of charge) normally Usenet access runs from $10 up. The address is: nntp.charter.net
There are "real" easter eggs in Android related to this: http://www.askvg.com/hidden-secret-easter-eggs-and-daydreams-in-google-android-devices/
Kool! Thank you for that one, need to pass it along then try them out.
it is actually pretty well officially documented by google these days. making something "hard to accidentally trigger by someone who doesn't read documentation and who we think is too stupid to know what it will do" is not quite an easter egg...though close.
I do try to purchase Google products, like the Xoom Tablet, it needs replaced and I'm waiting for Googles offer. Google doesn't care if you root (Jail break) their products and once rooted you don't want to use any device that isn't.
I was on top of the updates (Xoomforums.com) yet had to ask how to access the developers section, it's required to access the USB to PC connection to use ADB. Documentation for anything Android is lacking for the newest versions.
I mentioned to the subscription that Microsoft used Rot13 to "encrypt" some registry entries in version W2K (I think was the version)
After reading bout XOR, ROT13 would be just about as good.
Not familiar with ROT13? = Abg snzvyvne jvgu EBG13?
Can't remember the version (W2K?) and thought of all the BS they could pull, but encryption looked familiar. Testing them out found they were indeed using ROT13. While nothing like charging for a bogus encryption scheme, and the reg entries were almost all MUI's so no big deal - but I have always wondered why they did that.
As for worthless app purchase that would be an authorized "cheat" for Angry Birds, I thought it would tell you how to solve the puzzle, instead it called an Eagle who flew down and destroyed everything clearing the puzzle and letting you go to the next level - this was of no value to me.
And nope never asked for a refund as it was a very cheap purchase so taken as a lesson.
You remember the Usenet, it was the Internet before WWW.
Before Gore gave public access to the masses it was frequented by bright people and the place you went for answers. It's still around; p0rn for those who don't wish to subscribe to a site or wish to pay for it, and rivals thepiratebay in the files available.
I've never frequented a sex site, there's been no need, and when someone has a disagreement with a sex site they normally post everything they purchased to the Usenet (many times I've seen this).
It's not as active as it used to be and the sites are being used for items not meant for it. Alt.binaries.astronomy has not one pix of a star, planet, or even the sky, it's become a movie repository.
Just saying there is no age check for the Usenet, no passwords and for me I can't access it with SSL so nothing that says it's me accessing it other than an IP address (with an open WiFi channel it could be anybody), and there are still some very active areas.
I do try to steer people to the Usenet as they just don't have a clue what's available, if not for files be it pix, videos, or utilities, for the support available in many established groups for just about any subject. I've spent years in a Usenet group just helping people out, while no subject was off limits almost all queries were computer related.
Yes, Google Groups has pretty well taken over (and archived) the Usenet text groups, yet most of the messages to those groups via Google Groups doesn't make it to the Usenet (greatly reduces the spam and the stupid) - and not a one of the binary groups do they have a hand in.
Imagine committing a serious dui offense and being assigned an automated assist system that will only take you to and from work, with a possible ration of once a week trips to the grocery store etc.
That's is a viable option for this technology, and a damn good one. It allows the person to get around and the cost to rent it for the duration would be a penalty itself.
It's the phrase: "yielding to the carbon-based life form behind the wheel only when it was time to leave the highway and hit city streets. " if it commits a homicide with them in it, are they responsible?
If this "RoBo" car were to run me off the road "yielding to the carbon-based life form behind the wheel only when it was time to leave the highway and hit city streets". There's nobodies a$$ to kick.
I wouldn't want my car to have the initials of its makers written all over the car body. And I doubt anybody buying software products wants it to have unnecessary security risks.
In the same vein - every page you print has your name on it, and I bet you've never noticed it.
Actually a code that can be traced to your printer, and a real good reason not to register a printer after you've purchased it with cash.
A link I've had a long time now, but it's been edited in 2015 (so updated ?).
https://www.eff.org/pages/list... list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots
Does hiding some ASCII art and the names of the developers in the ROM of a communication ASIC count?
I'd say yes because there is a lot of art on chips that only can be seen with a microscope. I've seen a lot of good stuff etched into boards and chips. Best I can do quickly is this teaser http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
I'd rather just believe that it's done by little elves running around.
