Subject: Game over, man, game over... From: wwwwolf@iki.fi (Urpo Lankinen) Date: 1998/04/16 Message-ID: References: <353511F1.55D8B90F@thenet.ch> Organization: WWWWolf's den Newsgroups: rec.games.roguelike.nethack [You can mail this and the original message with headers to . I will probably forget to do that.] [Background music: "Game Over, Man!" (Available from http://www.sputum.com/)] [The opening flame was mostly generated using flamer 1.1 - Now available under GNU GPL. Also available (er, at the moment, *only* available) as a Debian package.] On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:00:49 +0200, Stephan Jau did something remarkable. He sent a message. Oh by my newsspool Stephan, you beslubbering swag-bellied, hasty-witted, regexping flirt-gill, why have you spammed to our group? >any one got a crack or serial for Pain Shop Pro 5.0??? ^^^^ RAAAGH! ::topples to the ground laughing:: Dats old joke, but it still amuses me. I saw this in some magazine once, but it was not funny back then. Now it's much funnier when I know that someone actually uses it! ... I will not advocate it's use among GIMP partisans, though ... *Krhm* So, we have another \|\|arezter here who thinks he can find amusement from proprietary shareware/commercial programs, but infortunately cannot afford them. ::sigh:: Typical behavior among those barbarians who use Windows... He posted a request for a crack to a newsgroup, hoping to get a way to use the program without paying. Yes, friends, that uses server space. And yes, kids, that's unethical. If you use a program without paying, a policeman comes and puts you into a cell. It is customary that people try to mask their identity. But he made a small mistake - he didn't even tried. Not only he posted from verifiable, working e-mail account, but he also included a v-card, a virtual card, with the following interesting bits of information. As the S.P.U.T.U.M folks say, "he nonetheless stepped on his dick thusly:" >fn: Stephan Jau >n: Jau;Stephan >email;internet: sjau@thenet.ch ... matches with the headers ... >note: Stephan Jau v/o Anakin Hagartenstr. 4 CH- 4562 Biberist Tel. (Mobile): +41792154473 http://www.swisscom.ch/gd/web_specials/sms/sms_send_sms-de.html SMS (just enter my #) Fax: +41326724757 Home Page: http://fly.to/raves WWW: Westbam's Wicked Webpage UIN for ICQ: 1128681 Address, homepage, ICQ number... Wow. Makes things really easy. Has spammed before, it seems, at least according to Dejanews. Happiness is a confirmed kill. - Signed, WWWWolf of rec.games.roguelike.nethack CR3T1NZ advisory (Mobile Unit), Vestrum Excrucibo (Our battlecry: "Wrong Newsgroup, pal!") -- \ \ \ \ / _ | |\ Urpo Lankinen \/\\/\\/\\/\/ (_)| |- ICQ 4291042 FCWhm3adm A+ C- D H+ M+ P R+ T++ W- Z Sm# RLU a18 clw+++ d- e f h* i++ p- sm#