Re: Cracked Software

[Rick Kaumeier <rkaumeier@ten.knilhtrae>]

Gabriel Morales wrote:

>         Rubywand & tws remind me of a chair that I once read about which was
> �graffitied� upon in the early 1800's, I believe. Well, suffice to say, that
> after almost two centuries the graffiti has not been removed from the chair
> and it is now on display- graffiti and everything. According to the museum it
> is a "historical" thing, to me, it's just being ridiculous and it detracts
> from the chair�s original form.

 That reminds me of my visit to the Tower of London several years ago. I
was surprised to find that graffiti dating back several centuries, much
of it created by prisoners and quite elaborate, is still extant and
carefully preserved. One of the several books I purchased in the Tower
gift shop is a pictorial record of these markings.

 I suppose that "computer archaeologists" running our old software on
emulators a hundred years from now will gain a bit of insight on the
pirates and crackers of the 80s when they analyze these tag screens.

 I'd prefer to see the originals, too, but unless we act soon I suspect
time is running out. I'd guess that better than 50% of my disks from ten
years ago are now unusable.

Rick