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Distributed Computing Program Hidden in Kazaa

Posted by timothy on from the of-course-it's-still-20020401-but-still dept.

The_THOMAS writes: "A federal securities filing Monday revealed that the hugely downloaded Kazaa P2P (file sharing) software contains a piggyback program which will create a second, new, network controlled by Brilliant Digital. They plan to awaken the software, already on millions of computers, within the next four weeks. The program will be used to host and distribute other companies' content and may be used for distributed computing. Read the details here."

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  1. You've got to be kidding me, right? by theRhinoceros · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought the April Fool's joke submissions were over...

  2. april fools? by billybob · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    with all the bullshit posted today, its hard to tell if this is real or not.

    i barely even browse internet on april 1 anymore. its that freaking stupid.

    --
    Joseph?
  3. [OT] Re: Your .sig by Jester998 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Does anyone actually have a Java program designed to control of air traffic, or for the operation of a nuclear facility?"

    I see someone else actually read the Java EULA? :)
    I found that section (among others) to be rather hilarious.