Pt 04 lut, 2005 00:42
Revenge, 30-Jun-2004
Do you know what self-importance is? Well, sure you remember
what Carlos wrote about it. But what is it concerning virtual
reality? Yes, I know, virtual is "separate" too. That is,
words differ. But does the meaning? No, it doesn't. So, what
can you do to soothe your self-importance? One way is to make
something useful. But if you can't, there's a always second
way - just get something useful and make others think that
you've made it more useful than it was before. I'll show you
how. First of all, find a program that is really useful, but
which development was stopped long time ago. It's even better
if it is that useful, so it has it's own life in this virtual
world. Like there are some enthusiasts who still release
updates for it. It's even better if this program had some
bugs and disandvantages, and there are enthusiasts which are
that devoted, so they have really fixed some of them without
having original sources and even without the support from the
authors. Note, that's an important point - that case you have
much less things left to do. So you get the program they've
released, grab the ResourceHacker (or Restorator, or some
other tool of a kind that you've used before) and make some
changes. You don't like it's default buttons? You think
you've downloaded a set that suits better here? Just load it
up to ResourceHacker and you have it changed in a twinkle of
an eye. Make some other cosmetic changes: add your name or a
magnifying glass somethere. When you've done with it, there's
time to make more important changes - you need to throw out
something. Remember, if there's something you don't
understand, it's not because you're so ignorant, it's just no
worth at all. "Daddy, daddy, what's Linux? - Get lost, kid,
it's just a combination of Linus and Tux." Just cut it out,
noone use it. Hm-m-m. What's Amiga? Oh, sure, it'a a female
Amigo! Who cares anyway, it's not the right place for it. Cut
it out! Anyone have heard about anything, but Win? Louder,
louder! I can't hear! Ah, you did. Well, you're not asked.
Noone else answers, so I think anything else can be cut out
too. Next is to choose the right name for your "release".
Surely, the enthusiasts (you remember, it's them who has done
all the work?) used the original name and added something to
it in order to distinguish their work on the program. All you
have to do is just change this "tail". Replace it with "PRO",
for example. Everyone knows that only cool people use "PRO"
in their programs, so if you do, you're kewl with no doubt.
And don't forget to give credits for the enthusiasts', so
they couldn't say you've ripped their work - we know you
haven't, you've just improved theirs. And last but not the
least, don't mention the changes you have made. You may hide
them under phrases like "some major improvements" though, but
don't write exactly what you did, so noone could check it up.
Now just pack it and upload somewhere, and you may enjoy the
growth of your pride and self-importance. But... can you
remember the words of Don Juan?..
