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When Copy Protection Fails
StArSkY writes "The Age in Australia has an article today explaining the experiences of a Melbourne guy who purchased the Norah Jones CD tht is 'copy protected.' Unfortunately the only way he could listen to the CD on Apple computers or Intel computers running XP was to copy the CD. This sort of defeats the purpose of the copy protection in the first place. Serious yet amusing at the same time."
Saw it before all of you people (12 days ago)...
Wrote this Friday night in a hurry. I know much of it has holes in it, but go for and ask any questions you have. I just want to say that I do not care if you believe me or not, just take a printed copy of this post with you to the movie and see how right (or wrong I am). =) Enjoy...
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I just wrote this up real quickly since we got back from the movie just now. BTW, I don't care if you believe me or not. Just bookmark the post and come back in 13 days and see how right it is. I wanted to thank Warner Bros. for the sneak preview. Also to MTV for taping us for "MTV's Movie House". Watch this Thursday night and look for the guy with the Audi shirt on. =) Also, excuse the grammer/spelling/etc. errors. I wrote this in 5 minutes so i wouldn't forget everything. Ask me if you want anything filled in. =)
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Just went to Matrix Reloaded. Good movie.
It opens with Trinity attacking a yet unknown location. All of a sudden, she jumps off the building (this is shown is the trailer) and is being pursued by an Agent. She gets shot. Neo wakes up and realizes it was a dream. He gets out of bed (Trinity is with him) and goes into the other room. They try to talk but he says nothing. Cut to next scene of Morpheous and other captains talking inside the Matrix. Interestingly, we learn that Morpheous is not really a big shot leader but rather just another peon in the world of Zion/Matrix who does not have the support of his fellow captains. There is a knock at the door. It is Agent Smith with something for Neo. It is his ear piece since he is no longer a part of the matrix but rather a lose program.
Agent Smith pulls up in a black Audi A8 (didn't see the rims so it might have been an S8--I'm an Audi nut =). Anyway, Agent Smith comes to the door and knocks on it hard. It is one of those metal doors with a sliding eye piece. The eye piece opens and then one of the two people (don't know exactly who they are, but they are freed people) and they get the envelope from Agent Smith. They call Neo up and give him the envelope which has the earpiece in it. The next knock from the door ha everyone assuming its Agent Smith, but its not. Its the other Agent (can't remember the name, either Thompson or Johnson) who are on the other side. Neo tells the others to scram and the fight starts. Apparently the Agents (2 or more, can't remember now) block Neo's bunch and Neo says "upgraded units". Fight continues. No idea where Agent Smith went. Fight scene ensues with real Agents who have found the location.
There is an arugment and the ship pulls into Zion. Machines are boring down we learn. Learn the commanders woman used to be morpheous woman who is a captain.
Morpheous speaks to people. Big party/orgy scene. Trinity and Neo have sex. Afterwards, the counselor talks to Neo.
Cut to scene of the glowing asian guy protecting the Oracle. They have a fight scene on the table. The asian guy is another one of these lose programs in the matrix.
Oracle talks to Neo about choices (more specifically about his choice to possibly let Trinity die--you should recall the first scene in the movie) and tells him about the Keymaker and "the source".
She leaves. Agents come. Agent Smith multiplies and a huge playground fight starts (shown in trailer). Agent smith is replicating himself somehow but putting his hand inside any person in the matrix and taking them over. He tries with Neo, but can't do it. Neo then leaves but flying (superman style) after the fight.
They go to find the keymaker at the French-wannabe information seller (The Merovingian) who is also a Matrix programmer. See Monica Belluchi as his wife (Persephone). For those who are kinky, The Merovingian programs this piece of cake to cause on of the people in his party to have an orgasmic experience. What is funny is the way they switch to the matrix style screen and up between her legs and show an explosin in that special area. =)
So the Merovingia
In soviet russia, CD copies YOU!
Also, at 3:15am having beer in a lab is the shiznat!
Lazer may be one right now!
PROPS TO GABE AND AJ.
Yup, it's karma. Better stick to trolling.
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ROFL GOATSE HI MS. CARDUCCI.
Didn't work out too well and my girlfriend was picking bits of tissue from her vagina for a week!
I guess im supposed to laugh at that, but seeing as it is a part of a lenghty chain of Bush-bashing that goes on at slashdot, i have a hard time grinning. The last president of the US convicted for a crime was William J. Clinton. Convicted of lying to a Grand Jury. He was then impeached by of Congress and was revoked of his license to practice law.