But the only thing that can use the open MySQL port is the local host... and to the best of my knowledge, it's only used for running stupid crap like this board... and it's something that'll be open on any server that uses similar features. So "LOMAOMNO YUOR MYSQL PORT IS OPEN!" is similar to "OH MY GOD! YOU WEAR SHOES ON YOUR FEET!"
It's great how our two communities, though so often bitter rivals, can come together to make fun of a stupid guy. It's truly done fans of the space sim genre proud.
If only ATFW were still around to see this. *snif*
Dialup is fine. If we really cared, we could zap an IP range. Or just ban your account from posting now that we know you're one of those angry-tween type hackzors instead of someone with half a brain.
I'm pretty lazy, though. And this is free entertainment. I'm sure Kris and Hades will clean it all up later.
I thought I'd take the Freespace vs Wing Commander image and adjust it to be more accurate. Since Freespace is an unsurprisingly derivative product released by a low-prestige developer trying to emulate a high-prestige developer, this comparison is far more appropriate:
I will have to agree that V were wanna-bie Origin's
the codebase is a MESS -- the lead programmer from the freespace 2 hates me for all time - because when I was 16 (long before the source code release) i told him how he wrote certain sections of the code based off of how it behavied (in buggy ways)... I was right.