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Tue 2006-05-16 12:00 |
And you could hack into a fair few games programs, and give yourself infinite lives, or make your charactor walk around on his head by adding one minus sign, which was great fun.
I've been thinking about this in the abstract - why would people want a crap local home made version of something when the world has shrunk so much that the "best" is so easily accessible (whether it be plays, books, computer programmes, dresses, etc). I think a large chunk of it is so that someone is interested in _their_ home made version. And the human touch that is so interesting - when you read a book written by someone you know, you don't just learn about the book... |
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