1. Install a hard drive in a laptop (+)
no problem. Installing drives is simple
2. Perform a clean OS install on a machine with two OSes(+)
Nothing a little GRUB tweaking can't cure
3. Swap out the battery on your iPod/iPhone(-)
bah, apple
4. Jailbreak an iPhone (-)
bah, apple. Still looks pretty easy
5. Wire your house for Ethernet and Coax cable(+)
hell yeah
6. Use BitTorrent and RSS to automatically download new shows from trackers(+)
used to, now I use usenet
7. Use an A/V receiver to its fullest capability (every port is taken) (+)
my parent's receiver
8. Calibrate an HDTV without the manual (+)
manuals are for nubs
9. Use a DSLR in full manual mode (+)
only way to get nice night pics
10. Hack the encryption and mooch your neighbor's Wi-Fi (+)
WEP is no problem, still haven't gotten around to test my WPA rainbow tables
11. Solder cleanly enough to get around a circuit board (+)
hard mods
12. Use your 3G phone as a Wi-Fi access point (+)
ofc
13. Shove the guts of a modern game console into a retro game console (-)
the old consoles were ugly as fuck
14. Design a webpage in HTML by hand that features a picture of your cat (-)
no cat
15. Use Photoshop to imperceptibly doctor a photo (-)
I'll leave that to the graphics guys
16. Abstain from buying extended warranties (+)
extended warranties are worth nothing when the first thing you do is pull everything apart and mod
17. Know where to buy cheap cables and accessories (+)
digitec, Hürlimann Areal
18. Fix your parents' computer over the phone without looking at a computer (+)
taught them to use voip
19. Enter the Konami code (-)
konami games are meh
20. Comment on Gizmodo from your phone (+)
if it has internet, why not use it
21. Type quickly using T9 texting (+)
♥ T9
22. Program a universal remote (+)
my parents can't figure out which remote controls what machine. Seemed like the simpler solution than explaining
23. Contribute code to the Linux kernel (-)
cba
24. Hide porn from your significant other (+)
hidden true-crypt volume on a SDHC stick. I hate the v&
25. Avoid DRM on everything (+)
I think I managed
26. Know how to back up your data to networked storage—and actually do it (+)
\\P4\i\backup backup every 12h
27. Watch TV shows on the internet for free (+)
usenet, southparkstudios, ...
28. Edit together digital video ripped from YouTube (+)
simple
29. Play any SNES game on your computer through an emulator (+)
oh the awesome memories
30. Reset expired trial software by messing with the registry (+)
if I can't find a full version, sure
31. Hackintosh your PC (+)
couple of times, I just don't like OSX though
32. Download pre-release movies from Usenet (+)
♥ usenet
33. Hack the Wii to play homebrew games (-)
Wii control is fail
34. Get around web content filters on public computers (+)
last Tuesday I opened some scat on my unis' information terminals
35. Get into a Windows computer if you forgot your password (+)
pretty simple really. <3 linux live CDs
36. Securely erase your data so it can't be recovered (+)
essential skill that
37. Share a printer between a Mac and a PC on a network (+)
Did that back in my school days
38. Build a fighting robot (-)
I wish
39. Write your own Firefox plugins (-)
unless stylish and greasemonkey scripts count
40. Navigate and reorganize the files on your computer in DOS (+)
not much of a choice if you fuck your system files
41. Get something on the front page of Digg (-)
boo, digg
42. Get through to executive customer service (+)
show slight technical know-how and you're in
43. Rip a CD to V0 quality MP3s (+)
flac is superior tbh
44. Rip a DVD to DivX (+)
x264 is superior tbh
45. Build your own computer from parts (+)
yeah, definitely
46. Swap out the hard drive in your DVR for a bigger one (+)
changed the 200GB to a 500GB one
47. Get an NES cartridge working again by blowing in it (+)
my friend still has a nes
48. Calibrate a 7.1 surround-sound system (+)
tried out 7.1, not worth it over 5.1 for me
49. Play downloaded games on a Nintendo DS (-)
don't have a DS
50. Talk about things that aren't tech related (+)
/lawyer-max
38/50
no problem. Installing drives is simple
2. Perform a clean OS install on a machine with two OSes(+)
Nothing a little GRUB tweaking can't cure
3. Swap out the battery on your iPod/iPhone(-)
bah, apple
4. Jailbreak an iPhone (-)
bah, apple. Still looks pretty easy
5. Wire your house for Ethernet and Coax cable(+)
hell yeah
6. Use BitTorrent and RSS to automatically download new shows from trackers(+)
used to, now I use usenet
7. Use an A/V receiver to its fullest capability (every port is taken) (+)
my parent's receiver
8. Calibrate an HDTV without the manual (+)
manuals are for nubs
9. Use a DSLR in full manual mode (+)
only way to get nice night pics
10. Hack the encryption and mooch your neighbor's Wi-Fi (+)
WEP is no problem, still haven't gotten around to test my WPA rainbow tables
11. Solder cleanly enough to get around a circuit board (+)
hard mods
12. Use your 3G phone as a Wi-Fi access point (+)
ofc
13. Shove the guts of a modern game console into a retro game console (-)
the old consoles were ugly as fuck
14. Design a webpage in HTML by hand that features a picture of your cat (-)
no cat
15. Use Photoshop to imperceptibly doctor a photo (-)
I'll leave that to the graphics guys
16. Abstain from buying extended warranties (+)
extended warranties are worth nothing when the first thing you do is pull everything apart and mod
17. Know where to buy cheap cables and accessories (+)
digitec, Hürlimann Areal
18. Fix your parents' computer over the phone without looking at a computer (+)
taught them to use voip
19. Enter the Konami code (-)
konami games are meh
20. Comment on Gizmodo from your phone (+)
if it has internet, why not use it
21. Type quickly using T9 texting (+)
♥ T9
22. Program a universal remote (+)
my parents can't figure out which remote controls what machine. Seemed like the simpler solution than explaining
23. Contribute code to the Linux kernel (-)
cba
24. Hide porn from your significant other (+)
hidden true-crypt volume on a SDHC stick. I hate the v&
25. Avoid DRM on everything (+)
I think I managed
26. Know how to back up your data to networked storage—and actually do it (+)
\\P4\i\backup backup every 12h
27. Watch TV shows on the internet for free (+)
usenet, southparkstudios, ...
28. Edit together digital video ripped from YouTube (+)
simple
29. Play any SNES game on your computer through an emulator (+)
oh the awesome memories
30. Reset expired trial software by messing with the registry (+)
if I can't find a full version, sure
31. Hackintosh your PC (+)
couple of times, I just don't like OSX though
32. Download pre-release movies from Usenet (+)
♥ usenet
33. Hack the Wii to play homebrew games (-)
Wii control is fail
34. Get around web content filters on public computers (+)
last Tuesday I opened some scat on my unis' information terminals
35. Get into a Windows computer if you forgot your password (+)
pretty simple really. <3 linux live CDs
36. Securely erase your data so it can't be recovered (+)
essential skill that
37. Share a printer between a Mac and a PC on a network (+)
Did that back in my school days
38. Build a fighting robot (-)
I wish
39. Write your own Firefox plugins (-)
unless stylish and greasemonkey scripts count
40. Navigate and reorganize the files on your computer in DOS (+)
not much of a choice if you fuck your system files
41. Get something on the front page of Digg (-)
boo, digg
42. Get through to executive customer service (+)
show slight technical know-how and you're in
43. Rip a CD to V0 quality MP3s (+)
flac is superior tbh
44. Rip a DVD to DivX (+)
x264 is superior tbh
45. Build your own computer from parts (+)
yeah, definitely
46. Swap out the hard drive in your DVR for a bigger one (+)
changed the 200GB to a 500GB one
47. Get an NES cartridge working again by blowing in it (+)
my friend still has a nes
48. Calibrate a 7.1 surround-sound system (+)
tried out 7.1, not worth it over 5.1 for me
49. Play downloaded games on a Nintendo DS (-)
don't have a DS
50. Talk about things that aren't tech related (+)
/lawyer-max
38/50
once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.
