Why do the pirates use nfos?

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Wouldn't it be easier to use notepad instead?

 

[moomoo40moo]

I thought pirates had skull and cross bones on their flag....

 

[ElFenix]

harrr!

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
harrr!

 

[yhelothar]

stop pirating.

 

[FleshLight]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
stop pirating.

I never started.

 

[rh71]

"nfo" is a filetype they're using... "notepad" is not.

 

[FleshLight]

Originally posted by: rh71
"nfo" is a filetype they're using... "notepad" is not.

?

All they list in the NFOs are instructions, game info (such as context), and keys.

 

[rh71]

you know .nfo files are just text files that can be opened in notepad right ?

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: FleshLight

Originally posted by: rh71
"nfo" is a filetype they're using... "notepad" is not.

?

All they list in the NFOs are instructions, game info (such as context), and keys.

He means "notepad" isn't a file extension, it's a .txt reader.

".nfo" just sounds like "info", so it sounds better than ".txt". Notepad still reads it.

 

[Pepsi90919]

it's actually some real microsoft extension that nobody ever uses,
but it's pronounced 'INFO' for this purpose (pirated software), 'nfo' on the product so to speak.

 

[hevnsnt]

kickback to the bbs days.. and it is l33t

 

[EyeMWing]

Tip: Associate .NFO with Notepad.

Tip: ANSI characters are not valid in NFO's because they're ASCII files. Whoever created that paste of yours needs to DIE

 

[hevnsnt]

nah, get the damn nfo viewer..

 

[kreb]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
kickback to the bbs days.. and it is l33t

word...especailly at 9600 baud

 

[hevnsnt]

I miss bbs days.. I ran one of the biggest in Kansas.. 2 lines @ 14.4

 

[warcrow]

Highlight it. Hold in shift. Hit F5. PROFIT!

 

[kreb]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
I miss bbs days.. I ran one of the biggest in Kansas.. 2 lines @ 14.4

Did you have BBS games? My favorites were LORD (legend of red dragon) and some others..another one like LORD but with more stuff, and some space game...Man that takes me way back.

 

[hevnsnt]

hell yeah I did.. LORD and a Space one.. I can't remember what it was called

 

[Brutuskend]

I don't get it...

 

[Crappopotamus]

Originally posted by: warcrow
Highlight it. Hold in shift. Hit F5. PROFIT!

huh?

 

[Lenine]

lot of times nfo's don't open right in notepad...look for a nfo viewer

 

[LiQiCE]

Man, BBS days ... feels like it was yesterday! Thats how I got started programming, helped my friend write a BBS Software called 'Eternity' in Borland Turbo PASCAL (old Telegard clone, but it was written from scratch!)

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: kreb

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
I miss bbs days.. I ran one of the biggest in Kansas.. 2 lines @ 14.4

Did you have BBS games? My favorites were LORD (legend of red dragon) and some others..another one like LORD but with more stuff, and some space game...Man that takes me way back.

LORD allowed many teenage boys to live out their barmaid fantasies.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: rh71
you know .nfo files are just text files that can be opened in notepad right ?

DamnNFO is better than Notepad.