iWarez 829
asv108 writes "It seems that people are finding new uses for their iPod. According to this story in Wired, a Dallas area CompUsa employee caught a teenager transferring a fresh copy of Office for OSX to his iPod from a store demo machine."
And I Thought... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And I Thought... (Score:5, Informative)
It's irrelevant, I guess, since nobody actually reads the stories anymore.
Re:And I Thought... (Score:2)
Re:And I Thought... (Score:3, Informative)
CompUSA Employee fun (Score:5, Funny)
Re:...Unless you are on the receiving end of it (Score:3, Insightful)
I'm so tired of rude, inconsiderate, and downright stupid sales clerks!
I'm starting to make a habit of filing complaints on these morons - because in the current economy, there's really no excuse for keeping some of these people employed. Much better individuals are out there, trying to find a job.
Just a few weeks ago, my wife got one of the people fired who worked at a Long John Silver's fast food place not far from here. They completely screwed up our order after we waited nearly 20 minutes for it (and while they served some friends of theirs first, even though they arrived after us) - and then copped an attitude when we just asked for a refund.
Re:And I Thought... (Score:3, Interesting)
If I stop for more than 30 seconds in a store, I end up having to beat a sales person off with a stick.
I'd much rather they stopped following me around the store trying to sell me stuff, and instead ran the registers so you don't end up standing in line for 20 minutes.
it wasn't his fault... (Score:5, Funny)
it was improper labeling. the sticker said "don't steal MUSIC"...
New ad copy. (Score:4, Funny)
Same trick, different decade (Score:5, Interesting)
Glad to see some things haven't changed...
kids (Score:3, Funny)
Newbies. We were *grateful* to be able to run stacks of cards through the reader, after wlaking 47 miles through the snow, each way.
That was a *huge* improvement over popping the lid to look at core planes, then memorizing the pattern, which we'd go home and enter on rocker switches (except for the rich kids; they're families had toggle switches!)
hawk
And this is news...? (Score:3, Interesting)
I would think that connecting to Limewire or Hotline would be a heck of a lot easier than trying to get all of the files for OS X off of a computer, though. Sort of like stealing a stick of gum from one store instead of stealing the ingredients for gum from another store.
-Sara
Re:And this is news...? (Score:4, Insightful)
Kinkos has always been the best place to get software. Sure, you have to pay by the hour, but their Macs are/were equipped with zip drives, later CDR drives, but this new Firewire thing is a real boon for getting bloatware.
What I'd like to know is if the iPod can play music while you're getting your copy of Office. If Apple used Linux or Darwin in the iPod, that would be a no-braner!
Re:And this is news...? (Score:2, Informative)
The problem with dragging the Office folder-- aren't the preferences/serial/whatnot stored elsewhere? I remember in my days of using a Mac and buying a new one I'd have to sort out the preferences files in the system folder to move my programs over to my new computer and avoid the hassle of restoring them. Microsoft programs, in particular, like to scatter things all over the place.
Who knows. Maybe OS X is different, I haven't bothered to touch it after experiencing repeated kernel panics.
-Sara
Re:And this is news...? (Score:3)
So, the kid figured he'd save some download time and not pull it from a warez server. Then he would find a key on the net later. Igneous little bugger - he knew the employees wouldn't have a clue. Too bad (for him) that the customers sometimes do.
My question is: Why the hell was Office on there? Whenever I used to do Apple Demo Days we were clearly told only to install what Apple told us to install. Now, I typically threw demos and freeware on there to spiff up my presentation, but what the hell was Office on there for?
Wait a minute... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wait a minute... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Wait a minute... (Score:3, Funny)
:) (i think)
hawk
Oh that is so true... (Score:3, Interesting)
I do hate that. I have argued with a CompUSA employee who insisted my mother *had* to have a $30 printer cable or her printer "would print on different pages and stuff". I wonder how long CompUSA and Best Buy can last?
Re:Oh that is so true... (Score:3, Interesting)
Ugh, tell me about it. 3x markup for a SCSI cable, I eventually went online and bought it for $20 instead of the $60 that CompUSA wanted for it.
On the other hand, they are the ONLY store within ~20-30miles of me that have a decent selection of computer cables and such. Not a great selection mind you, but _A_ selection.
(I like in Seattle, I can damn nearly throw bricks at Microsoft, and there isn't a single d*mn friggin computer store around here! SHIT! Sucks big time.)
Hmm, reminds me of when I was younger, at some local computer store (since closed. . . . ) that sold "used" software (open box stuff, at an inflated price mind you) they had this kids center (hey, I said I was younger, around eleven or so).
Well all of the computers had some sort of funked out proprietary interface on them that sucked. It basically was a prettied up interface that led to games on the computer.
Well of course one of the first lessons I had learned on a computer was that the CLI is your friend. So. . .
Reboot. Take notice of startup proccess. (DOS machine).
Reboot, bypass autoexec.bat and config.sys, start exploring HD to find any sort of interesting stuff.
Anyways, suffice to say some employee realized WTF I was doing (to my surprise, most store employees have NO idea what in the world a CLI is, and at many stores the employee's eyes just glaze over when they see a CLI and they just walk right on by.
Re:Wait a minute... (Score:2)
I give a toss?" He probably harbors no special
affection for Microsoft nor CompUSA -- and maybe
he figured the kid wasn't going to buy a license
anyway, so there was no potential commission being
lost.
Re:Wait a minute... (Score:3, Interesting)
CompUSA here in Dallas has little or no employees..one time I noticed an SBLive box had been opened, and when I peered inside the card was gone. I asked an employee if they had any more in stock...he asked what was wrong with the box in my hand. Upon seeing the missing card, he disappeared to the back with the box, never to be seen again. So I guess they were out.
Microsoft will sue Apple... (Score:2, Funny)
Wasn't Kevin Webb... (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't that wonderful though? Can afford a $399 iPod but can't afford Office vX? Heck, maybe the iPod was stolen too?
Only need 1 iPod.. (Score:2)
Your are right! (Score:5, Informative)
Webb watched the teenager copy a couple of other applications. He left the kid to find a CompUSA employee. "I went over and told a CompUSA guy, but he looked at me like I was clueless," Webb said.
Unsure whether the kid was a thief or an out-of-uniform employee, Webb watched as he left the store. "I thought there's no point in getting any more involved in this imbroglio," Webb said. "Besides, this is Texas. You never know what he might have been carrying."
CompUSA representatives didn't respond to requests for comment. Neither did Apple officials.
So basically the CompUSA people had no clue what was going on. Typical.
Also note that nobody was caught as the poster claimed. The event was merely witnessed, nobody was caught.
Re:Wasn't Kevin Webb... (Score:3, Interesting)
To legally load Office on a demo machine, CompUSA has to take one of its copies, 'buy it' by filling out an internal use form, take the $400+ hit on their store profits and then load it. The cheap managers don't want to do that and certainly wouldn't have authorized it.
It was much more likely that a savvy employee took a copy out, loaded it, gave it to his friend downstairs that runs the shrinkwrap machine and it was back on the shelf, waiting to be sold in about 4 hours. Mac section has real software and improves mac sales, no harm, no foul, right? Wrong, according to the BSA.
Now if this employee would have actually done something about the 'theft' of already pirated software, their own theft would have come to light and the risk would have been entirely to CompUSA because they *are* big enough to get a BSA raid.
Re:And that's...no big deal (Score:3, Insightful)
Dozens? Perhaps hundreds?
Compared to the number of computers that have already shipped with XP pre-installed, I doubt anyone in Redmond is sweating it.
Not Uniqe to iPod (Score:5, Interesting)
Lee
A satisified iPod [apple.com] owner.
Re:Not Uniqe to iPod (Score:2)
Comp USA's fault (Score:5, Funny)
The other way around... (Score:5, Funny)
Virtual Shoplifting (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Virtual Shoplifting (Score:5, Insightful)
Nothing's missing . . . do they have the right to seize all those 1's and 0's?
You could make decent arguments for both sides . .
CompUSA employees (Score:5, Insightful)
Isn't that a misprint? Should it not read: I look at him as though HE were clueless?
Sounds about right... CompUSA loser is thinking, "Yeah man, sure... the kids stealing apps off out machines with his Walkman. WHATever... don't forget your tinfoil hat on that way out!"
Just another moron who doesn't know his products or their capabilities.
(It's not just PC workers, even today's car salesmen don't know their product. I went shopping with a friend who wanted to buy a car in the same model that I own. My friend is an informed consumer; he and I had to correct the sales guy on model names, equipment on each, engine size and wheel size on three different cars.)
Re:CompUSA employees (Score:5, Insightful)
Yeah.. didn't think so.
Sadly ... (Score:2)
Someone hire him in bizdev!
An iPod has jettisoned!! (Score:4, Funny)
Texan Gun Owner? (Score:2, Troll)
What a maroon. Way to stereotype both Texans and gunowners. Sure, like some kid is going to shoot you for ratting him out. Grow up, turn off the TV once in a while, maybe even read a book, and shut the hell up.
Re:Texan Gun Owner? (Score:2, Insightful)
Since when are Texans liable to shoot you at the drop of a hat? Read the statistics; you're more likely to get hit by a drunk driver (or any driver for that matter) than shot by a law-abiding concealed-carry permit holder who lawfully carries a concealed weapon (both in total numbers and percentage of drivers/CCW holders). Just because you're afraid of weapons doesn't mean they're inherently bad and make whomever touches them evil -- I'd rather my sister or my mother carry a pistol for self-defense than pepper spray or for heaven's sake a whistle!
Stereotypes are stereotypes and perpetuating them, just like modding down that post, is just as stupid and close-minded as the original statement.
wait a minute, what's the story here? (Score:2, Insightful)
Can't you take ANY external pocket hard drive or even a keychain USB drive and do similar things? WTF does this have to do with the iPod?
And you could take a camera into a museum or a movie camera into a theatre. But actually you can't because you'll get caught. So computer store employees should just make sure kids don't plug hard drives into computers.
Of course if software could be freely redistributed this wouldn't be a problem, but that's another long-running and tiresome story, isn't it...
There's no story here. NEXT!!!
Re:wait a minute, what's the story here? (Score:5, Funny)
The difference is that with an iPod, you can finish the download and leave before the store closes for the night.
Re:wait a minute, what's the story here? (Score:2)
Obviously, I don't use Bluetooth products.
I had to look it up. (Score:2, Informative)
One entry found for imbroglio.
Main Entry: imbroglio Pronunciation: im-'brOl-(")yO Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural -glios Etymology: Italian, from imbrogliare to entangle, from Middle French embrouiller -- more at EMBROIL Date: 1750 1 : a confused mass 2 a : an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel) b : an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding c : a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation : EMBROILMEN
Found it here. [m-w.com]
Classic store employee (Score:2)
Can't say I'm stunned. Most employees are either like this or the Dilbert electronic salesman that pays to work at the store. Or better...
Comic Book Guy: I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud Internet connection to a 1.5 megabit fibre-optic T-1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP router that's compatable with my token ring ethernet LAN configuration?
Homer: (pause) Can I have some money now?
Does that mean? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Does that mean? (Score:2)
Re:Does that mean? (Score:5, Funny)
Therefore, I would like to propose a ban on people. Clearly without the pernicious evil of people we could alleviate most, if not all of society's problems.
Sincerely,
Vercingetorix
(paid for by the Vercingetorix for President Committee)
Re:Does that mean? (Score:3, Interesting)
HA! That reminded me of this [utexas.edu] Jonathan Swift letter from 1729. Funny as hell.
Two inaccuracies (Score:2)
"If Microsoft puts in protection it almost always screws up and causes problems for them or their legit users," he said.
Since when has that ever stopped them?
Dennis Lloyd, publisher of iPod fan site iPodlounge, also said this is the first time he'd heard of an iPod put to such use.
"I can see how easy it would be to do," he said. "It's a shame someone has stooped this low to bring bad press to the insanely great iPod."
How is this bringing bad press to the iPod? It can be used to copy things. That's what it's designed to do. This is like saying that someone intentionally driving their car into a busy cross walk is bad press for the car. And even if we accept the premise that it's bad press for the iPod, I really don't think that's why the kid did it.
Copy protection (Score:5, Funny)
Part of being an Apple zealot is going into stores and fixing the Macs up. I don't get why Apple can run such terrific retail stores themselves, but doesn't try to persuade CompUSA and Sears employees that, no, iMacs shouldn't have smoke coming out of them.
I guess that kid hit puberty early... (Score:5, Interesting)
It's interesting to note that the article mentions Disk On Key [diskonkey.com]. A few weeks ago, my friend's place of business had a meeting, and basically the whole premise was that any visitors to the company had to have their keychains checked for such devices, as they were worried about people coming in to visit, and leaving with a copy of a database. I wouldn't be surprised if other companies start adopting a policy of searching for those types of devices either.
Mac people are crazy (Score:5, Funny)
Insanely great? Goddamn. They're all Stevebots.
Oh my goodness, what a surprise (Score:4, Funny)
SOME CONSUMERS ARE USING APPLE'S PORTABLE FIREWIRE HARD DRIVE AS A PORTABLE FIREWIRE HARD DRIVE
EXPERTS SHOCKED
Admit it.. you're just annoyed you didn't think of doing this first
Maybe computer stores should just hire people who know how to tell when people are copying huge quantities of files onto portable hard drives?
Were there problems in the 80s with people copying programs off of computer display models onto floppy disks? What about with zip disks in the mid90s? What did stores do about that sort of thing then? Why is this so urgent now?
iSupportBadJournalism (Score:4, Insightful)
Not really new. (Score:2)
Taking with you a empty cd to a shop can do the same, with the cdwriters getting faster and faster,you dont have to wait for a long time, isn't there somesort of cd-writing app standardly installed on XP or MacOS?
Even if they catch you, I don't think they're allowed to see the contents of your iPod, cdrom or other data-bearer, at least not in my country.
Prevention suggestions (Score:5, Insightful)
Here's a suggestion: Physically block the fucking I/O ports on display models. Put a locked metal bar across them or something. Cheap, quick, and effective.
Re:Prevention suggestions (Score:2, Insightful)
It's definitely a plus for the store if a customer can walk up to the salesperson, hand them a box and say "This (wireless mouse|digital camera|iPod) looks really neat! Could you demonstrate it for me?" And the salesperson opens up the box, plugs it in, and demonstrates it for them. putting padlocked metal things in front of the ports will probably not make the customers all that happy. That is a bit of an issue, no? Plus, the current mac display cases are basically works of art, and besides this lots of users will want to see the back of the machine without metal in the way ("how many firewire ports does this thing have..?")
if it's that much of a problem the store can just put some mirrors up in the corners to make sure they can see the backs of the machines at all times.
But, hell, if the employees aren't paying attention then you could walk up to one of those g4s, open it up, take some RAM, and walk out of the store. Or just carry the g4 itself out of the store. Or walk into a 7-11, grab some milk, and walk out without paying. Computer stores could padlock the macs shut, but they often won't because they want the salespeople to be able to open up the machines on a moments whim; 7-11 could padlock the milk in place, but they won't.
There are more cost-and-effort-effective ways to prevent shrinkage.. especailly given how rarely people will be copying stuff off display models onto ipods.
Re:Prevention suggestions (Score:2)
The point is: restrict the customers direct access to the machine. They should ask for permission to have access to the machine beyond mousing around on the desktop without supervision.
Some methods in place (Score:4, Insightful)
At one Best Buy, they had a Z52 as a store display, as Z53s had just come out. There were no more Z52s left, and they had yet to receive the Z53s for their stock.
Asking a manager, I got the price reduced to almost half the retail, and still got their crappy service plan thrown in for a year. When they opened it up to check for any products inside in case I was trying to smuggle them out, the cashier removed the ink cartridges and ran them across their demagnetizer.
Why? Because they put anti-theft tags on the cartridges. People actually walk into stores and try to swipe open inkjet cartridges which have been used quite a bit as demonstration products, and are already open.
So they're aware that people try to steal innards, but as to how far they can go, who knows? RAM may not be protectable in these methods, but other items could be.
Re:Prevention suggestions (Score:2)
You're forgetting something: This requires the store owners and/or employees to have half a clue about what they're selling.
I'm personally shocked and amazed that somebody that worked at CompUSA could figure out what was happening. Isn't this one of the signs of the Rapture?
Yeah, with chewing gum (Score:5, Funny)
It's already done. I saw the I/O ports on some computers at Fry's Electronic blocked with chewing gum. Obviously, Fry's is more clued than CompUSA.
Don't worry ... (Score:2)
Aqua look (Score:2)
A) Cool Guys!
B) How you don't get Look'n'FeelSued!
Re:Aqua look (Score:2)
heh.. (Score:2)
VERY big problem! (Score:5, Funny)
1) We must legislate mandatory copy-protection into all commercial software. Perhaps all software, in fact.
2) All storage devices most especially portable ones, must have a double license verification check on all copy operations. If you copy a file from one device (a computer) to another (an iPod), _both_ devices must independently verify the vailidity of copying/running that software on both machines, through a central license authority.
3) Legislation must be introduced to require all new file formats to incorporate licensing checks. "Free" files (however you want to interpret free) must be so marked within the file.
4) All new applications will be required to write only in approved licenseable formats. Within five years after the introduction of these formats, new pplications should no longer read old pre-license formats.
5) Hardware must be legally required to support this licensing and copy-protection scheme. All non-compliant hardware will have to be turned into the appropriate depots for disposal, after a similar 'sunset' period (five years again, perhaps).
Only in this way can we foster software innovation, encourage development, and drive technology forward. Guaranteeing security for developers in this was is a necessity, and the only way we can prevent computer piracy.
Arresting criminals doesn't work--if it did, we wouldn't have crime anymore! What we have to do is eliminate any possibility of crimes being committed in the first place, at any cost.
Using CUSA, BestBuy, et al as offline storage? (Score:2, Interesting)
Innovation (Score:5, Funny)
Used Car Salesman vs. Computer Salesman (Score:5, Funny)
Q: What's the difference between a used car salesman and a computer salesman?
A: The used car salesman knows when he's lying.
Back in the Day.. (Score:4, Insightful)
Since you were modded down for that Reply... (Score:3, Interesting)
In the eyes of law, the intent of that young man was to steal property (office XP) of the owner (CompUSA). And By leaving the store with property he had not paid for (shoplifting and grand theft). I am not even getting into the DMCA, this is common law. If you walk out of a retail establishment with services/property/etc without paying, you are a thief. period.
Now, what would be interesting is if the young man had asked permission to copy OfficeXP on to his iPOD (which you could probably sweet talk a CompUSA employee into letting you do) and then CompUSA would be up shit creek with MS for breaking the A)Liceneces and Retail Distribution agreements and B) the DMCA.
Hmm... (Score:5, Insightful)
Incidentally, I'd like to point out that the ease with which you can pirate software from a Macintosh raises an interesting point with Apple's vision. You install OfficeX by copying it where you want it...similar to the way you installed software on PCs before the invention of the "install wizard." Somebody realised that a single motion (drag program to applications) was easier than clicking through a dozen confusing menus. Somebody realized the time to ask for a serial number was when you tried to run a program, not while the install CD was in the drive.
Oh, and I'd like to mention in this anonymous forum that I steal bandwidth from the Apple store all the time. That lovely open (well, i consider 128bit WEP pretty open) Airport network is perfect for chilling in the mall with my palmtop, comparing online prices to b&m.
HelLO!!!! (Score:3, Insightful)
If this isn't a wake-up call to stores like CompUSA, I don't know what is. If you treat and pay your employees like Wal-Mart employees, you're going to get people with the computer knowledge of Wal-Mart employees. Hand-holding employees through training isn't the answer because all that will give you is employees that require somebody else to do all their thinking for them while making them believe that they already know everything.
The reason the employees in stores like these don't have half a brain is because those that DO have half a brain can make far more money doing something else. Hell, people who answer tech support calls typically make more money than retail employees.
This is nothing more than CompUSA getting what it pays for.
"This is Texas....." (Score:5, Funny)
now that is reasurring... a Mac user packing heat.
Now if every computer user carried a weapon, you think the RIAA and MPAA would be fucking with us?
:)
Re:"This is Texas....." (Score:5, Funny)
quick delete.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:quick delete.. (Score:5, Informative)
Depends on your definition of "quickly"; it can be done [apple.com], but you'll need another Mac handy....
Alternative transports (Score:5, Interesting)
In my own case last week I was visiting my parents, Dad wanted me to burn a bunch of pictures to a CD for him to send out to relatives. Now, he's got an iMac without a burner and I live 6 hours away in another country. I could have sent them online (we've both broadband) but with the rate caps it would have taken many hours to send the 300-some MB of files and the AppleTalk IP I've got running on my wintel boxes is a bit unreliable for big long slow stuff like that.
The solution? We both have Canon PowerShot cameras (S100 & S110), both with their shipped small CompactFlash cards and both with 3rd party 128MB CF's we've each added. Grabbing his CF's and clearing mine out I was able to load everything onto the CF's though the cameras, bring them home and burn to CDs.
Worked fine, the CDs have been sent out and his CFs are in the mail on the way back to him loaded with some mp3s of radio shows I know he and Mom will enjoy listening to. Now I'm looking at investing in one of those small USB "hard drive" devices for storing my emergency software/system tools on. Easier to carry then a CD, hand it off of the keychain and pull it out whenever I've a need for a PGP key, repair utility or favorite bit of software.
The poor kid has no friends... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The poor kid has no friends... (Score:5, Funny)
iPods Suck (Score:4, Funny)
I did with with a MultiMedia Card. (Score:3, Interesting)
Anyhow, I walked into Business Depot, stuck this thing into a Palm, and copied away. There wasn't really anything worthwhile to copy on the demo at the store, I mainly wanted to see if it would read my digital camera images. Point is, MMCs are yet another good strategy for this (but not office, it's too big!)
Re:would it work? (Score:2, Funny)
Ironically, Microsoft has pioneered an easy-to-use installation scheme on the Mac that makes its Mac software relatively easy to pilfer.
Re:would it work? (Score:3, Informative)
I've done clean MacOS installs (which replace the system folder with a fresh one) and then, the next time Office ran, it executed the "first run" routine which placed the proper files back in the System folder -- essentially replicating the process of dragging an Office installation from one machine to another without the installer app. In fact, one of the install methods that the Office CD offers (at least, my Mac Office 2001 Educational Edition, since I work in a university) is to just copy a folder from CD to hard disk.
So yes, it will work when copied from the iPod to another Mac, at least if it's Office 2001 -- I don't know for sure if Office 10 does this as well, though we also have the educational edition of that. (I've never tried.)
Re:would it work? (Score:2)
Also the article says he did pull it off. He was not caught. This act was only witnessed. The slashdot summary is very incorrect.
Re:Hmm (Score:3, Insightful)
Someone has discovered a new, ironic, and devious way to use an iPod for piracy. It's funny. And nerdy. And newsworthy. Especially on
And following your analogy (Score:2, Funny)
Soccer Moms will drive 6000 lb SUVs to school meetings and town halls everywhere to urge that iPods be banned, "For the Children (tm)"
A National iPod database will be created to monitor the posessions of iPods. Yadda, yadda yadda.
Re:Hmm (Score:4, Funny)
Not in English. A criterium is a bicycle race.
Re:Hmm (Score:3, Informative)
Re:It's newsworthy (Score:3, Funny)
"Never underestimate the bandwith of a warez kid carrying an iPod. But the latency sure sucks..."
Re:It's newsworthy (Score:2)
Re:It's newsworthy (Score:2)
Less than 5 hours!
Wow, I'm impressed.
I'll buy an iPod as soon as they add PDA or cell-phone (or both!) functionality. Firewire has its uses.
Re:quit whining (Score:4, Funny)
This is why we've taught our cat to use Morse Code. Short "Merp" like sounds are dit while anything that could be described as a caterwaul is dash. Unfortunately, we found out that she perseverates on the same seven messages:
Hah! I *knew* it. Once I saw how many slashdot posts you'd made today, I could tell you were trying to avoid correcting papers. Myself, I'm putting off writing the review that was due last week. The stack of papers isn't due until Monday. :-)
Re:It's newsworthy (Score:3, Insightful)
Quentin [slashdot.org]
Re:Mac Installation Still Works Like That??? (Score:2)
What kind of applications are you two lovebirds using in the bedroom?!
;-)
"To install..." (Score:4, Informative)
That's what it says on the Office X CD. You copy that folder, and when you launch an Office app for the first time it checks to see if that other stuff isn't there. If it's not, it copies it there to complete the install.
From the article: When installing Office, users simply drag and drop the Office folder to their hard drive. Everything is included, including a self-repair mechanism that replaces critical files in the system folder.
Chances are, just copying the Office folder worked like a charm. If not, it's not like he can't grab a
~Philly
Re:Is that bad? (Score:3, Informative)
According to the rules, those are the only things that should be outsid the application bundle except for saved files which would be normally saved in ~/Documents.
An application bundle is a folder that looks like a signle file application but is in reality a folder. Nobody puts their files inside an app bundle. That would be as asinine as trying to save everything on the root level of your hard drive in windows.
Re:So beatiful.... (Score:2, Informative)
I've never used it, but supposedly it works well.
Re:See you and raise (Score:3, Funny)
Why would you go through all that trouble to steal MP3s when you can also steal them off of other online sources?