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I play (or played, as I am out of pratices) Sax and Piano.

I play (or played, as I am out of pratices) Sax and Piano.

Let me save you from having to read this (and the next 15) articles on this type of subject:

Some Company You Never Heard Of Invents Magic Copy-Protection
WebMasterJoe writes "According to YoureAllPirates.com, the RIAA is planning to switch to a new format [com.com] which will be "easy to use, and impossible to circumvent" by means of scanning your brain and the brains of your fifty closest friends to determine if anybody is attempting to duplicate, distribute, or remember any of the content, and if anybody is stealing the music, the device will emit a small cloud of sarin. The device will be included on all new consumer electronics and will require Microsoft Windows XP. The RIAA hopes to begin the switch in 2007."

Nice idea, but it will never work (Score: 2, Interesting)
by Anonymous Coward
As long as I can plug the stereo line out into the line in on my computer, I'll still be able to make a copy!
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But What About Linux? (Score: 4, Insightful)
by Anonymous Coward
Well, I only use Linux because everything about it is better than that BSOD OS, and they better make a free open-source version for Linux or else I'm going to continue to not buy any more CD's!
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Wash, rinse, repeat...

Who is 'they' in this case? Your grandparents?

Shut up, you ungrateful milkshake!

I happily put up an example of this on my site just to see what you were talking about, and it's a dog! click this link to see it. And I took care to not show the whole phpinfo stuff, just the relevant image...

On Queens Boulevard there are some better signs.

Another gratuitous self-serving post:

Want to annoy yourself? Sign up for the Do Call Registry. Just a little sarcastic fun. And the inherent absurdity of such a registry shows how we really don't want to be bothered by telemarketers. If anybody suggests that the DNC registry is a bad thing, ask them what they'd think of a Do Call registry.

I secretely believe that most Americans are lonely, and look forward to receiving phone calls from strangers, asking them to purchase exciting new products and informing them of new opportunities they may not have been aware of.

Are YOU ever disappointed when an exciting new product becomes available, yet you have no idea how much it could improve your life? Are there new services available to you that you would like to try, but you're too timid to call the company yourself? Sign up on the Do Call Registry, and you'll never have to eat dinner alone again!

The Do Call Registry uses an exciting technology known as the internet to collect your information, and all you have to do is provide your name, number, and e-mail address! Take control of the number of telemarketing calls you receive.

I secretely believe that most Americans are lonely, and look forward to receiving phone calls from strangers, asking them to purchase exciting new products and informing them of new opportunities they may not have been aware of.

Are YOU ever disappointed when an exciting new product becomes available, yet you have no idea how much it could improve your life? Are there new services available to you that you would like to try, but you're too timid to call the company yourself? Sign up on the Do Call Registry, and you'll never have to eat dinner alone again!

The Do Call Registry uses an exciting technology known as the internet to collect your information, and all you have to do is provide your name, number, and e-mail address! Take control of the number of telemarketing calls you receive.

I saw this coming, and I prepared. Meet... the the Do Call Registry! For those of us who don't get enough telemarketing calls. :)

I happen to know where you can find a DO CALL list that works probably just as well.

This is not a record, at least not yet. I see 1374 comments, and the current record goes to Strike On Iraq, just five months ago.

Although I wonder if that's just because fifty million potential slashdotters just can't get at their computers yet.

As an Albany, NY resident, I thought it was pretty freaky to be talking to somebody fifty miles away on the telephone when it all happened. "Uh-oh, the power just went out." "Really? It just went out here too." "No wait, it's back on. No, now it's back out. OK, now we're getting a little trickle..." "Holy F---ing S---! It's doing the exact f---ing same f---ing thing here! ... Um, I'll call you back. This is seriously f---ed up."

After about twenty minutes, my power came back on. I booted up my computer, started up the servers, made sure everything could see the outside world, then I posted a quick note on my site. Then I went to slashdot to see if there was any mention on here, and there wasn't, so I figured I'd karma-whore up a first post before the story even broke. The power went out right between "preview" and "submit." My first thought was, "Damn! I could've been modded up to five for that one!"

I made a quick write-up about this on my site, including a screenshot of Bork in action!

http://www.joestoner.com/bork.php

I am not afraid of the slashdot effect! My provider probably is though...

A slashdotter is quoting an AOL member's web site? Please, remember that just because it's on the web, that doesn't mean it's true. Case in point: this article claims that a cubit is over 46 feet long. :)