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  Image source: outdoorswire.usatoday.com H ello. I'm back to discuss yet another pet peeve of mine. This one isn't nearly as bad as  mislabeling boxes as computers  or  charging money for software , but it's still worth writing a blog post about. I enjoy emulating old operating systems using software such as VirtualBox, QEMU, and 86Box, so WinWorldPC has been a valuable website for me. If you don't know what WinWorldPC is, it's essentially a large archive of vintage software that can be downloaded for free. This includes operating systems such as Windows for Workgroups 3.11, IBM PC-DOS 2.00, and OS/2 Warp 4. However, the operating system I've never emulated but really wish I could is Macintosh, specifically System 7. WinWorldPC and a few other websites have downloads for System 7, but they leave out an important part: the ROM files. A ROM file is a file that contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip. It can be used to contain a computer's fir...

  Image source: pcmag.com H ello! In this post, I will be discussing a pet peeve of mine. This pet peeve is almost as bad as  mislabeling boxes as computers . It's the fact that many companies charge money for their software. When you think about it, you'll probably be able to figure out why it's bad to charge money for software. But if you're one of those people who thinks "development costs" exist, please continue reading. As mentioned earlier, many companies, especially the popular ones, tend to charge money (and quite a lot at that) for their software. For example, Microsoft charges $69.99 PER YEAR for an Office 365 Personal subscription. That is way overpriced if you ask me. Of course, there is still a large amount of free software available, but the sad truth is that a lot of the best software costs money for no reason. However, this is not necessary, nor smart, nor advisable. There are a variety of reasons why software should be free, but I'll discu...

  who asked F or a few years, I've been a pretty big fan of Microsoft, since they are the company behind my favorite operating system (Windows) and my favorite video game (Minecraft). But after what happened today I no longer think of them so highly. The reason, as you can see in both the post's title and the image, is because I was literally banned from Minecraft multiplayer, and the marketplace, and even from changing my character skin. Minecraft is on the road to becoming as bad as Roblox. I'll just say it right now: Microsoft, at least whoever banned me, sucks. Thankfully my ban only lasts 2 days, so it won't be long until I can continue playing like usual and I won't need to worry about figuring out how to evade the ban. And I was only banned from multiplayer and marketplace content so I will still be able to build houses and play the game on my own. But I am NOT playing Java Edition until the time is up, since as you can see above, you must click the "Ack...

  Image source: wccftech.com R emember a few days ago when I mentioned that I would soon be developing the first ever interstellar VPN? Well, it turns out that in order to begin that, I will first need to do something much more complicated. On Earth, most VPNs work by routing your internet traffic through other servers. This means that if I want to develop an interstellar VPN like GalaxySafe, I must first establish a large network infrastructure of servers spread throughout the galaxy. This network will be called the StellarMesh. I plan on using JSON for the StellarMesh by creating a different JSON file for each celestial body that I want to include. This may sound easy, but it will probably take awhile. I want to cover at least three, maybe four solar systems, including the one we live in. Each JSON file would contain information about each celestial body. A crucial piece of information I would need to include for each body is the presence or absence of a server. I will specify wh...

  Image source: insider-gaming.com T oday (May 10, 2024) is a very special day for many Minecraft players. It is the fifteenth anniversary of the game! So, to celebrate, I thought I would write a blog post about it. Minecraft's development began on May 10, 2009 by a Swedish game developer named Markus Persson, better known as Notch. The game was released for the first time a week later on May 17. Because of this, consider the occasion to be a week-long celebration. Notch was the founder of Mojang Studios. Unfortunately, in 2014, Minecraft and Mojang Studios were acquired by Microsoft, and now we no longer receive very good feature additions. The reason why we no longer get very good features is because Minecraft used to be much more of an indie game (Notch could wake up one day and decide to add a person in a frog suit), but now it is owned by a much larger company. Essentially, there are more people now who must all agree on adding a particular feature, rather than a small group. ...

  Image source: livescience.com A  few days ago when I was playing the Galacticraft mod on Minecraft, I began to think a lot about space, celestial bodies, and advanced technology. I really wanted to do something related to space in real life, so since I can't actually go there, what if I was to make a VPN that can route internet traffic through other planets, moons, and even stars? That's right, I'm working on developing the first ever interstellar VPN. It will be in the form of a Chrome extension, and it will be distributed completely for free. I probably won't be able to publish it to the Chrome Web Store because I highly doubt Google would accept it, but rest assured that I will still provide a download link on my website. I can't help but wonder why nobody has developed an interstellar VPN yet. Maybe nobody has thought about it, maybe they don't think it's possible. However, I am very confident that it is indeed possible, as anything can be accomplished...