http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: GOTD Comments - The Worst List en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:03:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/9#post-72439 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:21:03 +0000 Archangel 72439@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>ROTFLMAO I read that and thought &quot;If he only knew some of us how right he would be!&quot; </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/9#post-72424 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:41:43 +0000 notblocklox 72424@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Reading the comments today I couldn&#39;t resist and had to exhume this nearly forgotten thread. Forgive me...</p> <p>Here the family needs mental guidance,:<br /> <em><blockquote>Wow… this is the most evil piece of s… software I’ve ever seen and it’s use is certainly illegal in large parts, if not all the European Union. The ability of “Hiding” the application suggests that it’s sole purpose is to spy on other people without telling them. Also, GiveawayOfTheDay’s rule says there is no commercial use allowed, so I assume that everybody using this software has criminals in their family which need mental guidance or which otherwise show ill mannered online behavior? If you don’t have these in your family this piece of software is not for you.</p> <p>I strongly suggest everyone to find some real friends you can trust. And in case you need this to spy on your kids you better save the money you spend on PC’s for a good lawyer.</p> <p>Sorry for the harsh words, I prefer trust and good manners over control anytime.</p> <p></blockquote><br /> </em><br /> and here the user needs medical help:<br /> <em><blockquote>...But another and the main point here is for those who are deliberately installing things like key-loggers/ screen-loggers and alike – you people are mentally ill and need professional medical help....</blockquote><br /> </em><br /> LoLlox </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/9#post-59137 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:23:39 +0000 watcher13 59137@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Not worst, and not comments, just some more mild chucklers hopefully for your amusement from today's game giveaway. Actually, this is making fun of someone else's command of English, which I realize can be cruel. That's why I say these are just mild chucklers. However, I do wish we could get developers to understand that having someone with a good command of a language proofread your work is a business necessity. And, of course, the funny thing is that most folks here would be HAPPY to help. Yours truly included.</p> <p>From today's game giveaway, Ashton's Family Resort:<br /> "This is a family that came to the camping. (first level is a campground) Click them and remove to any vacant house."</p> <p>Well, there are a lot pesky people in life I'd like to "remove" but I'd prefer to a vacant hole rather than house.</p> <p>And:</p> <p>"Spraying button is used what (when) the house is attacked by thermites."<br /> (Alien termites? Do they breathe fire? - physics pun, rimshot please)<br /> "You need to take care of it as soon as possible to prevent repairing."</p> <p>If I wanted to prevent repairing, wouldn't I just let the thermites chew away?</p> <p>I hope this doesn't seem too cruel. I actually did post suggestions to correct the first two in the comments section. Me, I only speak one language, cause I just ain't that smart. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/9#post-58811 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:03:21 +0000 aRenegade 58811@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Here’s one for the record books that I think is worthy of entry with the others. This is a comment from the recent "Folder Marker Home" GOTD that takes your breath away and leaves you speechless. The subject came about as a response to a GOTD visitor who resorted to using a cliffhanger ending in their comment as a means to promote their personal web site. The comment was stylized in that good, bad, and “verdict” format that some editors use when evaluating a program on sites such as Softpedia, PC Mag, Computerworld, etc.</p> <p>Now that in and of itself is no big deal as long as the comment is not plagiarized. However, this commenter would force a reader to leave the GOTD site and go to their personal web site in order to see their “verdict”. So a GOTD visitor (anewbe) thought that tactic was a bit underhanded, and I agreed. This was the reactionary comment I got after siding with “anewbe”: </p> <p>“Number 52 Renagade:<br /> Longer comments are more likely to get caught, I guess. I’m just following Ashraf’s lead while he’s taking a break. At least we don’t make you pay for our reviews.</p> <p>Comment by Jean-Luc Picard — June 19th, 2009 at 7:29 pm" </p> <p>*Poor guy was so worked up he couldn’t spell my username right. :))) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/9#post-58192 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:53:22 +0000 watcher13 58192@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Not a worst comment. Just a chuckler, hopefully for your amusement.<br /> I believe this should be filed under the Department of Specificity, or, perhaps, the Department of Self-Fulfilling Prophesy. At least, I hope:</p> <p>"I hope it works the way I hope it does."</p> <p>Our hopes are with you. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/9#post-58167 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:40:21 +0000 hotdoge3 58167@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.safensoft.us/security.phtml?c=622" rel="nofollow">http://www.safensoft.us/security.phtml?c=622</a></p> <p># 1 &#38; 3 is it a Firewall ? # 5 Is this an anti-virus ? </p> <p># 33, 36, 37, 39 WellOiledPC mike 4 times well done</p> <p>yes I did like this post Oh those kinky Germans. see notblocklox hope the Germans ok with this? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-58137 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:06:22 +0000 watcher13 58137@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Good post, NBL. I just posted over there that today is one of the worst comments sections I've seen (along with some comments from me that I hope are more useful). A lot of people today who have, as we say, "just enough knowledge to be dangerous". </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-58112 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:17:12 +0000 notblocklox 58112@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Oh those kinky Germans... <strong></strong><strong>:)</strong></p> <p><em>"hmmm pretty low sys reqs their website has a link to an independent test from a german magazine and the program rated well germans probably have a lot of viruses and malware - because of the porn i might try it should i uninstall my current antivirus or firewall?"</em><br /> Uninstall your antivirus or firewall to try the German porn? Absolutely yes !<br /> blushinggermanlox </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-57629 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:47:34 +0000 watcher13 57629@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Department of Schizophrenia:<br /> (Actually, Department of what's likely an otherwise intelligent person who probably didn't think through how this would sound. It WAS late at night, at least in my time zone.)</p> <p>"I also am getting the length can’t be less than zero error message. Worthless! although the converter GUI looks nice and it is a separate application. So you could keep it if it works."</p> <p>Thank you, I might not have considered keeping something that works if you hadn't suggested it. What should I do if I'm not getting the "less than zero" error message?</p> <p>My advice to even the best of folks is always the same. You'll come off looking better if you think before you type. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52792 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:27:03 +0000 Archangel 52792@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>You made a good post in yesterday's comment section watcher13 but do you mean I was wrong putting the icon editor on all the Departments computers. LOL </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52767 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:55:10 +0000 watcher13 52767@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yeah, Frique, I actually posted a comment to this person trying to get them to understand that, if they were going to use this for home purposes, there was no ethical conflict. I suggested they look on the developer's website to see that the "business" license is really only a "bulk" license for pricing purposes, which is really all these developer's "business" licenses are, anyway. Even putting into a TOS that a software is freeware is only to keep a 3rd party from distributing it for profit, which is already covered under law. Somebody else posted to tell me tell me I was wrong and that the terms of service agreement clearly stated that a business user would have to purchase a business license. So I posted back to ask her where the download link on the developer's site was to the software that contained the "business" TOS, since there was only one link.</p> <p>All this because the original poster didn't pay any attention to the GOTD license (the only one that applies here, obviously!) until yesterday. Suddenly, yesterday, they woke up and discovered this unique (to them) limitation. Someone else posted thanking the developer for posting the Pro, instead of the Standard version. I understand this confusion, but there isn't any Standard version.</p> <p>That's the point of this post. I'm afraid a lot of the "stupid" comments we get over there are just because the poster is too LAZY to click on one link and go to the developer's website. It's the first thing I do.</p> <p>"Mommy, I'm only 30 years old. Eating by myself is too hard! FEED ME, MOMMY! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52755 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:05:18 +0000 Frique 52755@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I found this one in the comments for AWicons pro. It took me several readings to puzzle out the fact he felt guilty about downloading a free program. Strange world we live in. </p> <p>"I know I am a weirdo to even trouble myself with stuff like that, but in the middle of the installation I realized this was for HOME only, not BUSINESS environ, so I duly interrupted the process. (I know, I know, it’s stupid, it’s my Judeo-Christian upbringing my psychiatrist has so much trouble with.)</p> <p>For several days, this had seemed like the first useful piece, and then this limitation."</p> <p>Comment by **** — March 11th, 2009 at 7:17 am </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52677 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:31:15 +0000 Archangel 52677@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>ROTFLMAO that tops them off watcher13!!! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52672 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:30:50 +0000 watcher13 52672@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I feel sorry for the folks at Krylack/Keylack software. Whether this stuff is good or bad, it brought out all the wackos. I posted some snide remarks in the comment section trying to get people back on the subject. I slightly regret that. I shouldn't take it so seriously. It does get frustrating, though, to have to wade through all the stupidity.</p> <p>When I said it brought all the wackos, I mean ALL the wackos. Today, with the offering of Asterisks Password Viewer, we have even seen the return of the monumental brilliance of the great champion of last millenium technology (or king of lousy troll jokes), who shall remain nameless, ha, ha.<br /> Software specifications:Win98, WinME, WinNT 3.x, WinNT 4.x, WinXP, Windows2000, Windows2003, Win Vista<br /> Yet, our hero posts: "Will not work in Windows 3.1 (or 3.11). On my other PC with Windows 95, the app shows up in the taskbar but no GUI. Sad, real sad."<br /> You're absolutely right! Sad, real sad!</p> <p>But, someone apparently didn't want him to steal the show:<br /> "This is probably a useless program unless you want to stalk people. I vote it a 0/10."<br /> ROTFLMAO! I would post a comment asking how exactly that would be done, but I'm afraid of the same danger from comtemplating extreme stupidity as I am from contemplating the mysteries of the universe. I'm afraid my head would explode. Believe it or not, this is not from the same person that posted about using Ultimate Keylogger to track your laptop, which might actually work. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52656 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:11:22 +0000 watcher13 52656@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I post this not as a stupid, but as a funny, because I believe this ia a satire on GOTD posts, especially "I have no clue what this program does". There were already 3 of those long on the board when this was posted. If it isn't a joke, WOW! This was a late post - 5pm EST, but I believe moderated through much later - on ZIP, RAR, ACE Password Recovery, so not many saw it. I don't think that even with a language barrier - after all, the sentences are reasonably well formed - neither the poster or we could misunderstand THAT much. If this person actually was this confused, again, WOW. That would be "Alice in Wonderland" computing:</p> <p>"Like many others I really had no clue what it could do and what it is used for. But by coincidence I came to know it and I want to share it with you.</p> <p>The trick is you have to activate first. I did and was afraid I had to uninstall already but then I realized I did not install yet.</p> <p>First I activated with activate.exe then something else became activated, a pop up informed me about that. I think that pop-up came from one of my 5 malwarescanners.<br /> But last but not least another thing got activated being visible because a website opened telling me that everything was succesfully activated.<br /> It worked very well like an activation cascade, leaving my machine superactivated.</p> <p>Then I installed the program and started it up. It was registered, but like I said before I had no clue what to do. So I tried to hit ’start’ with all the defaults set.<br /> It was almost like nothing happend, but in reallity every thing happend very blazing much fast (remember that I had superactivation on).</p> <p>Then my discovery, this is for == password creation == and it is realy good at it. For research I looked in the install-folder and spotted a file called ‘default_english.kpd’. You can open it in notepad.<br /> The software must have created it in a blaze and it was full with all kind of passwords, ready to be used. Very profound and very fast created.</p> <p>Thank you GAotD I didn’t know I was looking for this but I want it now very much. I will have good passwords now and will be using it everywhere, but it would be very nice to create the passwords in Turkish to. May be in the future." </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52612 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:51:18 +0000 watcher13 52612@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Well, Bubby, "How do this compare to so and so" is at least something about the software. That's why I've said before that the comments section definition is too broad - at least for some of the less than deep thinkers you get over there. Though, I'm not sure I could come up with a clearer statement.</p> <p>What I think is inane was all the ridiculous crap about Ultimate Keylogger. It's a keylogger for monitoring activity on your computer. And the developer said it was a keylogger for monitoring activity on your computer. Yet, still.... And somebody was even dopey enough to say,<br /> "Quite frankly?</p> <p>What an AWFUL name for a product.<br /> Generally, nothing legitimate is associated with the term Keylogger. x]"</p> <p>What should the developer have called it, "Fred".</p> <p>Yet all that stupidity on the 7th was certainly "comments on the software". </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52587 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:15:33 +0000 hotdoge3 52587@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Diskkeeper to fix the Registry!!<br /> <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sideswipe/news/article.cfm?c_id=702&#38;objectid=10560232" rel="nofollow">http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sideswipe/news/article.cfm?c_id=702&#38;objectid=10560232</a></p> <p>Customer on the phone: "I know you aren't tech support, but I have an easy question."<br /> Call Centre Worker: "OK ..."<br /> Customer: "How do you make the @ symbol... You know, for the email?"<br /> Call Centre Worker: "You hold the shift key and press 2."<br /> Customer: "Won't that just make a capital 2?" </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52581 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:11:29 +0000 Ashraf 52581@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><em>"Put this on your laptop that you carry around. If the laptop gets stolen, you might be able to track the thief."</em></p> <p>HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Wow, I don't care if you can get secret emails or not, that is just hilarious. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52580 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:06:36 +0000 BuBBy 52580@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Well the first comment I tend to agree with...</p> <blockquote><p>#64 “Spokane Dude” ,#10 “Harry”, #31 “Mavic” and other lazy douche-bags… There is a forum set up for general questions - this isn’t the place. PLEASE STOP with the moronic “how is this different than XYZ ??” posts. HOW WOULD WE KNOW? This is a REVIEW area. Download the software, install it, work with it… and then YOU WILL KNOW how it’s different from something else on your computer and can WRITE A REVIEW TELLING US ALL ABOUT IT… get it?</p> <p>Ditto for those of you imbeciles who feel the need for long-winded 911 posts followed by “never mind I got it” two minutes later. THIS IS NOT A TECH SUPPORT FORUM EITHER.</p> <p>If you have general questions about the software - go over to the discussion forums. If you have (real) support issues - take that to the appropriate place - NOT HERE</p> </blockquote> <p>And the following post - (to prove the previous point).</p> <blockquote><p>How does this compare to Star burn?</p> </blockquote> <p>What next? Shall I compare thee to a summers day? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52545 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:58:30 +0000 watcher13 52545@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I think we might have been a little hard on this person, Angel. I forgot this software can secretly send an email report. I guess this person was thinking you might get that email and maybe authorities could use it to trace the thief. On the other hand, you would know better than anyone how far fetched that might be, so maybe we weren't so far off base in our skepticism after all. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52518 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:47:44 +0000 watcher13 52518@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Priceless, Angel! I think I read through the whole board and that may be the champ of champs. That reminds of the Monty Python sketch about the killer joke used to defeat the Germans in WWII. That person must be joking! If not, we've finally found someone who should be banned from owning a computer. Have to go now. Have to download the keylogger to my desktop as theft protection. I think it was recommended by Moe, Larry, and Curly, Computer Consultants. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-52497 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:40:47 +0000 Archangel 52497@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Posted in todays comments about the KeyLogger.</p> <p>"Put this on your laptop that you carry around. If the laptop gets stolen, you might be able to track the thief."</p> <p>ROTFMAO </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-51018 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:40:05 +0000 notblocklox 51018@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>#47<br /> <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/sysresources-manager/#comment-132101">OUCH...</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-51011 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:25:38 +0000 Archangel 51011@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Watch out HD and watcher. Your getting as bad as me! ROTFLMAO </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-50996 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:27:06 +0000 watcher13 50996@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>HD, I don't blame you, but it's possible they meant a whole series of BMPs, like a slideshow. Still, if they're storing everything as bitmaps, it shows how "advanced" they are. :) Maybe the funniest thing is how many people have apparently never heard of Google, Yahoo, or using any search engines to find answers. Or maybe it's just TOO hard. I've been waiting for 2 years for someone to point me to the bathroom. I've got to go soooooo bad. LOL. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-50952 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:39:10 +0000 hotdoge3 50952@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Giveaway of the Day - Video to Flash Converter,<br /> Since “conversion” is the theme of the day, I’d be grateful beyond words if anyone knew of any way I could convert .BMP images into an .FLV or .SWF video.</p> <p>I have been looking for something that will do this for 2 years!<br /> #51<br /> Easy =)<br /> Use Windows Movie Maker to create your video with your images.</p> <p>#51, have you tried converting BMP to Gif first, then convert it to flv or swf?</p> <p>I did not know you can make a BMP to a video or Movie if I can see that it move me LOL. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-50758 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:39:39 +0000 watcher13 50758@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>This one, on the same subject, may be an even better example:</p> <p>"I don’t like artistic things, so therefore seven thumbs down, definitely no good. Nero only turned one tumb down, and I am six times better than him so I should know."</p> <p>And, the same person immediately followed it with this gem:</p> <p>"It’s true, don’t waist your time on this. Esp if you already are too tubby."</p> <p>I would like to paraphrase the singing of little blue cartoon creatures:<br /> "La la la la la la la, you are a troll. la la la la la la la, won't you just go." :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-50750 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:24:41 +0000 watcher13 50750@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I'm wouldn't be surprised if this is a wonderful person, and I don't want to drive people away, but PLEASE think before you post. (The yesses in parentheses are my answers for clarity. Also, this is the full post.)</p> <p>On ArtStudio:</p> <p>"Sorry, but after visiting the website and following various links in the comments here, I still don’t understand what the purpose of this app actually is. </p> <p>Screensaver creation? (yes) Surely not another one? </p> <p>Adding fake fly-by clouds to a photo? (yes) Not needed, thanks.</p> <p>Making the water in a photo appear to move? (yes) No thanks, again. I prefer to use my videocam to capture the real thing.</p> <p>I guess I must be missing the point of this app. Any links to creations achieved with it would be much appreciated. Enlighten me. Cheers, G."</p> <p>On that last paragraph, there was one example posted 3 hours before this comment, but, MORE IMPORTANTLY, the developers page has a number of video examples.</p> <p>So, if something doesn't do what you want or need, you can't understand that others might be praising it because it does what it does? And that might be because they want to do what it does?</p> <p>Ah, there's no absorption like self-absorption! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-50654 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:09:07 +0000 watcher13 50654@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Today's (2-8) GOTD comments on WinLog Assist got a little off the reservation. Made me think there was at least one candidate for this forum. Just sad:</p> <p>"Yet another sick program to allow people to spy on one another and ruin their lives and perhaps marriages."</p> <p>Not that you don't hear this all the time on anything that monitors. The sad part, though, is that macros, the intentional key loggers, go back, what?, 20 years or more? Monitoring programs of all types have been around how long? If this is just "another" program of this type, do these people possibly think their whining is going to shove all those genies back into the bottle? Let me try: "I hate stupid people; I wish they'd all go away!" What? They're all still out there? Shucks!<br /> Also, "ruin their lives and perhaps marriages". To paraphrase a source I don't often see eye to eye with, the NRA: "Einstein, software doesn't ruin lives, people ruin lives. In your case, perhaps your own." </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2642/page/8#post-50572 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:01:25 +0000 hotdoge3 50572@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I like the one's on NET Framework, some say it small some say it very big I don't know but Disk Space Requirements: 280 MB (x86), 610 MB (x64) some info,</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework</a> </p>