Keep them on their toes. After hunting down the last of them it’s time to introduce multi-factor.

“This just in”

Has this guy ever looked at the moon? 🌑

It’s Ourasia, comrade

Just one user’s quirk I guess. It’s a nice example of how we focus our anger at the wrong things.

We really share a bond that none of the other three active users share <3

I mean the stuff is probably archived somewhere online and possibly already ready to just download or run but that’s no fun and I am also curious.

If you like a challenge you could try to write your own crack. At some point in the installer’s code there must be a condition that goes “If entered serial is correct, jump to installation, otherwise jump to error message.”. On x86 machines a “jump if” is represented by the byte 0x74, whereas “jump if not” is 0x75. In the most simple scenario all you need to do is find the exact byte representing that jump and replace it with its opposite. The installer will then let you proceed if you enter any invalid serial.

At minimum you’d need a disassembler (ideally one that lets you run the installer in some kind of debug mode), and a hex editor. Be warned that my knowledge was very limited back then and has likely deteriorated even more since. Also it can quickly get much more complicated if the installer comes with any form of tamper protection or obfuscation.

- Confucius

Beer can’t

Both the photo and this comment section have been brought to you by cocaine, probably.

Poop, mainly

If your ISP is blocking them then my guess would be that the local VPN’s ISP has started blocking them as well.

Mid tier? Guys, we’re being gentrified!

Surely she must have meant ley lines because they’re all hot air.

DID YOU PUT THE WALLS IN JELLY?

There’s a certain irony in insisting that you haven’t been defensive. Thanks for the laugh.

What an awfully serious question to ask after being defensive about not being defensive

Yes you are

Is this you trying not to be awfully serious and defensive right now?

The wrong community for getting awfully serious and defensive? You might be on to something.