But the self-extracting zip installers have been able to actually run the extracted installer for ages. No need to manually create folders in the root directory. And then they should either ship the installer with the redistributable dll or use static linking for the runtime. That makes it half a WTF...

[quote] sub decrypt { (snip 6 whole lines of code !) my $uncrypted = ""; [/quote] WTF? Short term memory loss?

[quote user="morbiuswilters"]I was just pointing out that this is a possible way to implement a DRM system that allows abuses [by consumers] to be curtailed.[/quote] Which actually is part of the problem. What's to curtail abuses by the creators of the DRM system? As I pointed out in tags...

Process explorer tells me 8472k private bytes (8902k peak), working set 8900k (peak 13,300k). Uptime: 2 days, 5:35 (reboot Fridays so registry hives are backed up, we don't have the Volume Shadow Services plugin for retrospect).

[quote user="seconddevil"] You are quite right. I re-wrote it using the built-in lcm and got the right answer (but thats cheating)... [mossda@localhost:~]$ cat test.lisp (defun find-seq-lcd (start end) (loop for m from start to end with r = 1 do (setf r (lcm r m)) finally (return r))) [mossda...

[quote user="WitherVoice"]So as I waste hours of waiting for the guy who has my project files checked out to get back to his desk [/quote] Hijack the file, get on with your coding and WinMerge the changes back in once the other guy has released your file? http://www.winmerge.org/

[quote user="belgariontheking"]He's just mad because thoe mechanical kangaroos he bought from America were loaded with intentional bugs.[/quote] And http://www.snopes.com/humor/nonsense/kangaroo.asp " target="_blank" title=" http://www.snopes.com/humor/nonsense/kangaroo.asp ">missiles ...

There's a Funny Stuff forum for stuff like this that dosen't belong in the sidebar.

Microsoft ships theirs from 2 Woodlands Place, Hong Kong; the only antiforgery on the certificate is that it needs to be print with an offset printer as opposed to some random Canepsmark BubbleJet. Cisco ships theirs from the bowels of hell. Again, no antiforgery except requiring a publishing printer...

[quote user="LoztInSpace"]<long list> [/quote] I found it quite funny, actually.