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Internet Cowardice

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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...

Why All Software Should Be Free

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  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...

I'm Literally Banned from Minecraft 😡

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  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...

Happy 15th Birthday, Minecraft!

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  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. ...

Tired of Losing in Hypixel BedWars? Check Out These Helpful Tips!

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  Image source: lunarclient.com W e all love a good game of Minecraft BedWars, especially on the popular Hypixel server. However, anyone who's played BedWars on Hypixel knows that it's very hard to win a game. So, in today's post, I will present to you a few BedWars tips that I have been using for the past several months. Fireballs Fireballs are very OP items in BedWars. These items look like fire charges, and they can be used for a variety of purposes, but I will mention the two best ones below: Knocking Enemies Into the Void: This is probably the best use fireballs have. Many BedWars players use wool to bridge to other islands, since it only costs 4 iron ingots for 16 wool. However, wool's biggest weakness is its flammability and extremely low blast resistance, meaning it is no match for fireballs. When you see an enemy player approaching, quickly throw a fireball at them. Try to aim for slightly behind the player (assuming you are calling the direction they are bridg...

How the Soviet Union Actually Fell

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  Image source: nytimes.com A bout a year ago, I wrote a post entitled  The Truth About Russia , where I addressed some misinformation and misconceptions about Russia. If you haven't read that post already then feel free to take a look. Now, in this post that you are reading right now, I would like to cover another topic related to Russia, and that is the fall of the Soviet Union. We've all read about it in history books, but it's important to note that just because a history book says an event happened a certain way does not mean it is accurate. Without any further ado, I will tell you the story of how the Soviet Union actually fell. Between the 1920s and 1960s, the Soviet Union was a communist country populated and ruled by humans. If you don't know what communism is, it is essentially a political and economic system where the government owns everything. The civilians of a communist country do not own anything themselves; their stuff is instead owned by the government...

My Biggest Pet Peeve

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  HOW DOES ANYBODY SEE A PC IN THIS??? H ello readers. In today's post, I will be talking about something that has been bothering me for months. You can probably tell what it is by the image and caption above. I will get straight to the point without any further ado. I watch a lot of Minecraft YouTube videos, often where the content creator will use extremely high-quality graphics or shaders in Minecraft. When they do this, the game will often lag (what I mean is that the frames per second drop down to less than 20), and they will joke by saying that their "PC is about to explode". However, sometimes, they will show a clip of what they are calling a PC, but obviously is not: that weird box that you see in the image above. How can somebody even label that as a PC? It is beyond words how unintelligent it is to call an item a PC when it clearly isn't. Take a good look at the item in the image. You can clearly see that it has no screen, so even if it somehow could process...