So, I’m browsing the April Fools pranks this year, and this random person adds me to MSN.

Here’s the proceeding conversation:

Will: … so who are you?
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: aye, whirlpool forums
Will: okay… you’re randomly adding people from WP?
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: no…wait till ive finished
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: i saw ur post on visual basic, i was wondering…how did u get a copy of it? from net?
Will: no, I’ve got an MSDN Universal subscription, and beside that two other licences… (VB.NET 2002, Visual Studio.NET 2003)
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ohh k
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: because i need a copy for school thats all…since it is a costy prog thats all
Will: get the express editions then
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: vb 2005 express?
Will: yep
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ah k….doesnt that only last for time period?
Will: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/download/ <--- doesn't look it
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ive got that on cd the school gave us lol….
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: but it only last certain time
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: 3. Register Why register? You’ll need to get your registration key. Additionally, you’ll get a lot of free stuff including royalty-free images from Corbis, online training from Microsoft Learning, E-books from Microsoft Press and more. Learn more about registration benefits.
Will: does the registration actually cost anything?
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ive got no idea…
Will:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/register/faq/
Will: no mention of licence costs
Will: and since you’re on MSN, you’ve got a passport account
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ok good
Will:http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/ <-- on the front page "Free for 1 year"
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: ugh….
Will: …and if you havn’t reformatted your PC, and gotten a new MSN account in that time, well… it’ll probably be time for it
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: no cracks or stuff?
Will: … No, MS generally don’t condone that
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: lol i no…
Will: heck, it’s not even time limited: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/faq/default.aspx#pricing — see point 12. “as long as you download Visual Studio Express on or before November 7th 2006, you will not have to pay for it.”
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: k, im installin the 1 on my cd and puttin a serial key i got off net in c if that works
Will: WHY?
Will: just register ffs, that makes it LEGIT
Will: and it costs you maybe 10 minutes of time
You cant interview a dead man…….CAN YOU?!: k ill do that

Uhh… Yeah, it’s always a good idea to ask random people how to pirate software.