Earlier quoted context omitted.
So this is what the CPUBenchmark authors wrote before making CPUBenchmark
Did you mean the Intel shill site userbenchmark.com? https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/AMD-Ryzen-9-5900X/Rating/4087
That was a wild ride.
Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
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Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#162If your son can backtrace a firewall through a series of tubes, he's definitely a hacker
tracerT for you and me!
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#163"If your son is using Quake, you should make hime understand that this is not acceptable to you. You should ensure all the firearms in your house are carefully locked away, and have trigger locks installed. You should also bring your concerns to the attention of his school." Holy moly!
I guess I was hacking at a young age then. Obtaining the pak1.pak file from a friend who had the CD automatically turned the freeware version into the full version of the game. The tough part was transferring it over a 28.8 baud modem. Took all blasted night on my dads "borrowed" Pentium 90. Oof...kids with broadband these days don't know how easy they have it.
Do you recall how you transferred the file? I'm curious. You likely didn't dial each other up, or did you? Did you employ some kind of p2p utility? IP-based? I don't know much what was achievable as a kid or teen back then.
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#164Is your son or daughter safe from the Russian menace "Tetris"? Some common symptoms include them attempting to organize their room into well fitting shapes such as neatly fitting boxes. True Hackers use Compuserve or Prodigy.
Overheard in the office a few years ago: "Did you know that Tetris was originally written in Haskell?" "Really? I thought that it was originally written in Russia?"
Hah.
Reminds me of a Facebook post I saw the night after working on a class project at a friend's apartment. I think it was "you know you live with CS people when you come home and hear people talking about the difference between Pickles and Sea Pickles" (CPickle).
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#1658. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"? BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. ... Lunix is extremely dangerous software, and cannot be removed without destroying part of your hard disk surface.
wtf I love lunix now
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#166>Popular hacker software includes "Comet Cursor", "Bonzi Buddy" and "Flash"
OK i have to admit. This made me laugh.
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#1678. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"? BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. ... Lunix is extremely dangerous software, and cannot be removed without destroying part of your hard disk surface.
in Russia, computer programs delete you!
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#168Earlier quoted context omitted.
I guess I was hacking at a young age then. Obtaining the pak1.pak file from a friend who had the CD automatically turned the freeware version into the full version of the game. The tough part was transferring it over a 28.8 baud modem. Took all blasted night on my dads "borrowed" Pentium 90. Oof...kids with broadband these days don't know how easy they have it.
Do you recall how you transferred the file? I'm curious. You likely didn't dial each other up, or did you? Did you employ some kind of p2p utility? IP-based? I don't know much what was achievable as a kid or teen back then.
You would just dial the other person’s modem and that would give you a bidirectional steam of bytes from one machine to another. Anything you typed showed up in their terminal and vice versa. Then you could initiate a file transfer using a protocol such as Zmodem, which would stream the file in checksummed chunks so that parts could be retried if line noise corrupted them.
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#169> If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips. They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never sold in stores, and you will most likely be told that you have to order them from internet sites. Do not buy this chip! This is one request that you must refuse your son, if you are to have any hope of raising him well.
I can’t tell if this post is serious or satire? Was this actually the consensus back in 2001?
Re: Is your son a computer hacker? (2001)
#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
You laugh, but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
This nearly killed me with Trackmania a few years ago and learning to drive a real car. In Trackmania you had to slam the steering to one side when turning. On a highway... not so much
I had a persistent problem with racing games, because analog sticks always seemed too lightweight and fickle, and basically I mostly could either turn or not turn. Until I finally learned with PS Vita's minuscule sticks to hold the thumb crooked in mid-air and fiddle the stick just a little.
Meanwhile you can't even use 180° wheel controllers with e.g. rally games because that's just not enough precision—you need something closer to 900°, or the car will about-face too often.
It's also weird how little of muscle memory immediately transfers between racing games, specifically sim-ish ones. Each time I switch from one to another, I'm driving like a drunk monkey again. Plus there's plenty of difference between more arcadey handheld games and more involved desktop/big-console ones. Not much surprise that with all this, games barely approach actual driving feel and skill—I've heard that only Assetto Corsa has some magical feedback for steering wheel controllers, that conveys the feel of a car riding on asphalt.