__/ [ Jag Chan ] on Sunday 05 November 2006 12:51 \__
> Here's is an interesting titbit from alt.comp.freeware
>
>
> 1) Take a PC with a freshly installed XP
>
> 2) Hack the start button and remove the word "start", so no one will know
> where the start button is,
> then change the graphic so it looks like a decoration.
>
> 3) Destroy the start menu so it wont cascade, so you will have to scroll
> endless hours to find a simple program
>
> 4) Install hidden processes that will make your hard disk work
> full speed 24/7 for no apparent reason
>
> 5) Find a horrible theme, that does not work with all aplications
> and needs an expensive graphic card to work
>
> 6) Thow a virus in that will delete all the imporant menus from IE,
> WMP and windows explorer
>
> 7) Empty all your cds onto your hard drive to take up the space a vista
> installation would take....
>
> 8) Go and buy twice as much ram, hard disks, and cpu power
> just so you can run the same programs as before
>
> 9) Take your paycheck and throw it off a bridge into the sea..
> because thats how much vista costs.... ~600 ? for ultimate?
>
> 10) find a program that will simulate random lock ups and blue
> screens....
>
> 11) Throw in another virus that will rearrange where things was, for no
> apparent reason, just for the heck of it!
>
> 12) From your applications remove random files so they wont work
> correctly
>
> I know it was 12, but here is one more for free
>
> 13 ) Open all ports to microsoft so they can check everything you do,
> give
> them your passwords and credit card number...
> and say goodbye to your audio collection because drm will refuse to play
> it
> more than once!
>
>
> There you have it! Complete XP to Vista transformation!
>
> Go do it now and live the vista experience before its on the shelves!!!
Wonder Linux advocacy. Proof that what Microsoft achieved in over just 5
years can be achieved by the user in just over 5 minutes.
A look back at where Linux stood 5 years ago:
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/screenshots/KDE%202-x/kde_jp_2.jpg (1)
And today:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lawkc3jH3ws (2)
Now try to convert (1) into (2) in 12 easy steps. Function-wise too...
Best wishes,
Roy
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