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You crazy Linux users!

I can't believe what some people will do to try to invent their own OS. Why can't you just stick to UNIX?!?!

Hacking Teh Colonel.bmp
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Sep 27, 2009. 3:22 AMlemonie says:
Where did you find this? It looks like fiction. L
Sep 27, 2009. 10:37 AMlemonie says:
Wozniak obviously means the same to you as myself? L
Sep 27, 2009. 1:55 PMlemonie says:
I'd like an OS patch that used that line. Hex-editor and you could do it maybe? L
Sep 29, 2009. 7:14 AMPKM says:
So... replace the standard "you don't have permission to do this" message (that usually means you need to use sudo) with that? I'm sure that wouldn't be too hard, especially if the OS has I18N files around.

What when even sudo isn't allowed to do it?
Forgive me master, I cannot fulfil your request
Sep 29, 2009. 10:47 AMlemonie says:
Not used sudo, but that was worth reading anyway. L
Sep 29, 2009. 10:50 AMLithium Rain says:
Wait...you mean you don't run a unix environment?
Sep 29, 2009. 11:57 AMlemonie says:
No. I have used UNIX before, but I want to get a new disc & things before I get around to installing something on this one. L
Sep 27, 2009. 3:45 PMLithium Rain says:
Patch for what? And which OS? Depending on what OS and what task, you might not even need that...
Sep 27, 2009. 11:32 PMlemonie says:
Any thing that will report "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't do that." as a standard error message really. L
Sep 28, 2009. 8:31 AMLithium Rain says:
Alright, so either a system message or a program message would do...I should think it would be as easy as editing a config file in ubuntu (the precise file and location depending on what program/process is doing the error reporting, of course)...
Sep 28, 2009. 10:49 AMlemonie says:
Yes that sort of thing, not so easy with Windows though (sounds excepted) L
Sep 28, 2009. 11:02 AMChicken2209 says:
Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Sounds you can browse and open sound files into messages (windows default is wave) unless I completely misinterpreted your message
Sep 28, 2009. 12:05 PMlemonie says:
In writing. L
Sep 28, 2009. 12:36 PMlemonie says:
Sep 28, 2009. 2:46 PMlemonie says:
Ta, have a real one. L
Sep 27, 2009. 3:33 PMlemonie says:
Years ago some dudes wrote a program for the college system. That I can remember "Error mouse batteries flat"(pre-dates wireless) "Error: previous error did not occur" "Error: user error" "Error: error does not compute" etc. at random intervals, I guess those guys matured and did things like that? (good stuff, thanks) L
Sep 27, 2009. 7:53 AMGjdj3 says:
That's a litle bit punny.
Sep 26, 2009. 4:56 PMjessyratfink says:
Kentucky is weird like this sometimes. :P
Sep 26, 2009. 3:56 PMMolten Boron says:
LMAO teh Kernel got hacked. Colonel. Kernel. Where's Goodhart?
Sep 26, 2009. 3:34 PMLithium Rain says:
Hahahaha

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