Game Boy Zelda Comes With Source, Sort Of 200
Jamie found a fun story about a 90s Zelda Game Boy ROM that shipped with the source code- not so much on purpose, but more because the linker padded out the last meg of ROM with random memory contents, which happened to include game source code.
Deja Vu (Score:5, Funny)
Whoops... (Score:3, Funny)
It happens (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not true (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Whoops... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It happens (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Whoops... (Score:4, Funny)
Windows ME is why they say not to code the entire project smashed though.
Re:Not true (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Avoiding the malloc() (Score:2, Funny)
He spent about 30 minutes loading the (BBC micro) computer and flicking the power switch to try to see under the hood.
"If you do it really fast it comes up and shows you the code"
Incidentally he was also the teacher who taught us about the wankel engine, I am not sure which caused a bigger laugh.
Re:Giving up. (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, I've noticed that lately it says something about going outside. Also sarcastic.
Does anyone else... (Score:5, Funny)
I can't be the only one...
Can I?
I'll get me coat.
Re:It happens (Score:5, Funny)
About four days after we received this particular build (and I had noticed its interesting attributes) I got a call from Adobe:
Adobe: There are problems with the latest build of Illustrator. We need to recall those CD-ROMs immediately.
Me: Gosh
Adobe: Yes. We will be sending you a prepaid FedEx return envelope. It's extremely important that you return those discs to us right away.
Me: I see. Oh, my. Look
Adobe: I can't really say. It's a technical issue. But if you've installed Build 378468434 on any of your equipment, you should un-install it right away.
Me: Oh, dear. Oh, dear oh dear. I will do so, ma'am, immediately. It
Adobe: Um... you should be OK. But, just to be on the safe side you should be sure to uninstall it from any of your machines and make sure you send those CDs back to us right away.
Me: Yes ma'am, will do.
Adobe: Thanks, have a nice day.
Me: (pushes eject button on CD-R burner, grabs a Sharpie)
Re:Not too uncommon (Score:3, Funny)
It was two guys sending text back and forth talking about the legs on a woman who'd just entered the office. It was pretty well buried. I'm guessing they just forgot they'd been clowning around and it got left in when the BBC was put into production. I did write it down at the time, but this was in the eighties...
I can't recall how I found it exactly. It was late, I was hacking about trying to find something I could alter as a joke on a friend, and there it was. It made I chuckle.
I gave the BBC away eight years ago, along with Elite (still had it, and it still worked:). Didn't take me long to regret it. For one thing I'd be able to go find that conversation again now.
Re:Partially Not Not true (Score:5, Funny)
When slashdot brings down a site running Apache, we call it slashdotting, not Apache-ing. When slashdot brings down a site running wordpress, we call it slashdotting, not wordpressing.
Except Wordpress comes pre-Slashdotted for your convenience.
Re:Avoiding the malloc() (Score:3, Funny)
opensource (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Avoiding the malloc() (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"sparky" (Score:2, Funny)
To convert the Win95 upgrade CD to the full version, just type:
C:\>dir > NTLDR
Now, install your "full" version of Win95 as usual. I got this little tip from Microsoft support.
Re:Did someone forget to show up for work? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The Bible (Score:4, Funny)