Holy shit! I'm 100 percent guilty of this. Because I was around in the times the original phrase was used, and I guess the meme replaced my memory.
I was just going off my (now proven false) memories of the time.
Thanks for this. Updated the article!
Thanks, mate!
EDIT: thanks to @melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone for pointing out that the download phrase is the meme phrase, the actual phrase was “You wouldn’t steal a car." :)
Big box stores have distribution agreements and have negotiated terms.
The guy in my article didn't, which is why he got in trouble.
Big corps always find a way.
Thanks, friend!
This is the best and easiest way. And when I do my covers for books I write, I make sure they are high-res just so people can do this.
Day old account! Strong flex. So edgy. So cool!
Keep making new accounts. Keep stalking. I'll keep laughing at ya.
Thanks, friend! :)
Also, OLPC… That sure takes me back.
Yeah, I found an old OLPC I had lying around. Over 20 years old and somehow still kicking. I managed to update it to the most recent versions of Sugar and Gnome available for it, but they’re both from 2010. I saw people online talking about putting Linux Puppy on these things, so I’ve been grinding every single day for three weeks trying to get it working.
Thing is, I’m totally new to this. Zero experience with programming, hacking, or computer hardware. I’ve always been a plug-it-in-and-it-just-works kind of person. So messing around like this has been way outside my comfort zone.
But I’ve learned a ton over the past few weeks. I’ve used virtual environments on my Mac to format disks the OLPC can actually read, run sudo commands in Terminal, update firmware, and unlock the system so I can install other OSes. I even got the Wi-Fi working, so that’s a win. But I really want to get Linux Puppy running on it. Everyone says it’s lightweight, fast, and plays nice with these old machines.
My end goal? To post to Lemmy from my OLPC. lol So yeah, it’s been a weird little adventure. My OLPC so far:
Oh! a zine!! Now that is a fun idea! Holy shit, I haven't given thought to that. I'll see if I can use AI to throw together some sorta non-commerical blog site with the look of a zine.
Cuz I like writing, I like tech (tho new to a lot of it), but I hate building a website. I'm new to everything, but it's one of the few things that I don't wanna learn how to build.
I've spent 3 fucking weeks trying to work on a piece of shit ancient OLPC I have, to see if I can load a different version of Linux to it. But the idea of spending hours building a website, ugh... Sounds painful.
I'll see if there are cool zine templates out there that I can steal or something.
Fun idea. Thanks, mate!
That's awesone that she was cool enough to encourage that. I wish more instructors had that attitude!
Awesome. Thank you! I didn't even know we could do RSS feeds from profiles. So I'm gonna look into that! Thanks, mate!
Shit, maybe I should have written a post about that phrase. I didn't know it was such a big deal. Thanks for that info!