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Ben’s Abadonware Collection
I was thinking of games I used to play on my 286 and 486 this afternoon and decided to go looking for some of them. If you want to play these games, you will most likely need to use a program called DOSBox, which is an x86 emulator. It is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux (its open source).
Download Ben’s Abandonware Collection
Contents:
- Crystal Caves
- Duke Nukem
- Doom
- Commander Keen
- Jordan vs Bird
- Kingdom of Kroz
- Lemmings
- Lemmings 2
- Pharaoh’s Tomb
- Raptor
- Scorched Earth
- Shooting Gallery
- Skyroads
- Transport Tycoon Deluxe
- Wacky Wheels
- Wolfenstein 3d
These are just some of the games I played on my 286 and then my 486. There are a few others I don’t have here that I played, I’m sure, but some titles aren’t easily available (even though they are no longer sold).
Comments are off for this postTop 17 List of Pictures of Concrete Blocks! (extra platinum edition!!)
16. A Concrete Block hanging out with his friends!
14. Concrete Block of the Dead!
13. Hold that Soil Back Concrete Block!
10. Senior Picture Concrete Block
7. Plasma Attack Concrete Block!
6. Concrete Block in a Stylish Blue Bag!
4. Concrete Block with Curve in the Middle Surrounded by Red!
3. I Think This Has Something to Do With Water Concrete Block!?
2. Eggrolls!
1. Carters Concrete Block, Inc!
Let’s see you top that, Digg!
(and you know what’s even worse than arbitrary lists? people who submit their own worthless stories to digg. d’oh!)
Comments are off for this postSpectrum Analysis is Back
So after 10 months of inactivity, I’m going to try to start my podcast, Spectrum Analysis back up. So go check it out.
Comments are off for this postFor the 100th Time, Digital Piracy is NOT the Same as Shoplifting
Charles Cooper, in his latest opinion piece on news.com, argues that the U.S isn’t doing enough to protect companie’s intellectual property in regards to web 2.0. Sites such as Google News and Youtube are successful because they reuse other’s property in a way profitable for themselves. While I agree that creators should be fairly compensated for their work, I hardly think Google News’ 2 sentence summaries are outright piracy. Furthermore, Cooper makes this horrible analogy:
You can’t get away with that idea in other walks of life. Believe me, I would love to waltz into the local bookstore, browse through the aisles, and walk out with a bag full of novels without making a pit stop at the cashier. Same goes for the record store, or the neighborhood video joint. Life doesn’t work that way. Our social arrangements don’t allow some people to work for others without the remotest chance of receiving compensation. You may remember that this nation fought a civil war to eradicate that despicable practice.
Please people, stop saying digital piracy is the same thing as physical theft. It is nowhere near the same. I steal a CD, the store no longer has that CD to sell and instantly loses money since they had to pay for that physical disc. I pirate your CD, and we both have a copy. It may not be legal or the right thing to do, but it is nowhere near the same thing. Seriously, does anybody really put shoplifting and copying music on the same level? Also, a commentor on the piece added another very good against Cooper’s argument:
Comments are off for this postThe one thing that bothers me about the entire discussion of digital media is that if you are free to use the analogy of a bricks and mortar store and shoplifting, then you darn well better include the analogy of a public library too. There is an argument to be made for serving the public good, which exists beyond the profit motive, and the media needs to start placing that concept prominently as the third leg in this discussion called Web 2.0.