Things you can agree to by accident, and other oddities

This is from a real license agreement:
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2. License Restrictions

You MAY NOT use this Software AT ALL. Using the Software will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law.

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…And other nifty things waiting to be cleared out of the ol’ cache:

You know those RFID chips they’re putting in everything now, essentially relegating your personal information to “floating around in the air nearby”? Here’s how to make a (neato, duct-tape) wallet that will block RFID info-leak or access. The nitty-gritty of it is: Line things with tinfoil to stop RFID signals. And don’t use those silly “wave your credit card instead of swiping it” things, unless you like the idea of your card number being readable by anybody with 20 bucks in equipment who happens to walk past you.

Believe it or not (I’m not sure I do), Microsoft actually responded to a tiny sliver of the outrage caused by the utterly revolting Vista operating system’s requirements. If you recall, the two-to-five-hundred-dollar OS was going to allow two and only two installs, and that included “major hardware upgrades” (which weren’t defined!). In an ultra-rare flash of corporate insight, the megamonopoly realized that by doing this, they were going to alienate every single customer who might one day switch out a hard drive, buy a processor, or any number of other things. (Turns out that not all of us buy our computers in I’m-a-technical-dummy box kits. As far as I can tell, the only benefit to buying PCs that way rather than in pieces is the tech support, and ever since Dell started going down the tubes, tech support now sucks for every one of the pre-built PC companies anyway.) So Microsoft recanted. Just on that one thing, which is like apologizing for dirtying your sister’s sweater after you beat the shit out of her with a tire-iron, but hey, it’s something.

Also, would you like a house made out of a living tree? Me too!

And lastly, this may be my new favorite art collection EVER. I’m amazed at how simple images can invoke words so well, and then juxtapose themselves on the words in ways that actually made me laugh out loud a few times. FANTASTIC stuff.

There. You have stuff. Don’t say I never gave you stuff.

Because I did.

Now go away.

;)

PD