Re: The interesting story of Burger Time...

[Moose <kinkapalms@yahoo.com.au>]

On Dec 30 2011, 10:04 am, datawiz <rich.mar...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I feel like some sort of pirate archaeologist! :-)

Yes, that's exactly what this is !  :)


>Freeze went through the trouble to
> obfuscate his code-- to keep guys like The Atom from claiming his
> "work".

Exactly.  Or better yet, when Atom releases "his" crack, all Freeze
has to do is ask people to do the Ctrl-L trick to see whose work it
really is - bammo, egg is all over Atom's face !!  ;)

If you haven't seen this already, make sure you check out Jason
Scott's very entertaining lecture on "You're Stealing it Wrong: 30
Years of Inter-Pirate Battles" ( http://vimeo.com/15400820 ), where,
among other things, he talks about Apple ][ crack screens and shows
how they evolved over time and how the "rivalry" between groups became
a hell of a lot "nastier" over time.  Things like you found - Atom
stealing Freeze's crack - would have resulted in Atom being lampooned,
e.g. on future crack screens.

Keep up the excellent detective work Rich !!  :)

All the best,

 Moose OMalley
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