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Nerdy Photo in Vista DVDs Thwarts Disk Pirates
maximus1 writes "Microsoft says that the tiny photo on the Windows Vista Business Edition installation disks is an anti-piracy feature. The tiny photo of three grinning men — less that 1 mm in size — is one of several images incorporated into the hologram's design intended to make it harder to replicate a Vista DVD, according to Nick White on Microsoft's Vista team blog. 'The real story is interesting, but conspiracy theorists will be disappointed to learn that it is not the result of a deliberate attempt to deceive,' White wrote."
...would Vista be pirated less or more?
My English teacher once told me that two positives don't make a negative. Two words for her: Yeah, right.
Then, if the disk is illegally copied, they send the soul to Microsoft Hell. And if the disk is genuine, the soul goes to Microsoft Heaven.
... if I worked on the 'Vista' team I sure wouldn't want my picture printed on the DVD. What if someone recognized me on the street? Or in prison?? Or on /.???
The problem is that when I got my Vista upgrade discs through Dell for systems bought just before Vista was released, I don't have pretty hologram discs like that at all. I have just plain printed Dell labeled junk that anybody could counterfeit.
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
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... they didn't use this one.
Hmmm Embeded holographic images... So wait a second, is this why Vista is so Expensive? I mean are people who are paying $300 bucks for vista paying really $1 for the OS and $299 for the Hologram?
Sweet!
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So does anyone have a torrent of this hologram? The Vista I have really needs it.
Dude, for most of us Slashdot might as well be the planet. So shut up and (sudo) get me a sandwich!
That's not a nerdy photo.
If there were really serious, THIS should have been the embedded image.
REAL pirates primarily care about: Can I SAIL it and get away?
Nobody has cared to look at the Vista Business Install CD.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgh... 'tis true matey. On both statements. I was thinking about the smaller pirate, lower case "p". ;)
Cheers.
Mark
If an explosion occurs nearby, won't it shatter the hologram releasing these three criminals that were imprisoned on Krypton nearly 3 decades ago? You know they must be pissed! They would have super human powers, and superman is nowhere to be found!
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That's funny, the legal copy I got from Microsoft is in a thin jewel case, no box, and is a burned DVD with "Vista Vista RTM x86" written in Sharpie! My valid key is even written in pen on the little paper cutout insert. I think it was downloaded with this cool program called Microsoft File Transfer Manager.
But how can MS find them? They are so tiny and could hide anywhere.
When they came for the communists, I said "He's next door. Take him away. Goddam commies."
In an even smaller spot, this picture was found...
Will cracked versions feature a pasty white buttocks of the nerd that cracked it?
Someone hates these cans.
My sister's friend's brother's girlfriend has a cousin that went to china and said she saw them throwing out the vista cds and pirating the clamshells.
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I just took a closer look at the Ubuntu disc my brother gave me. If you hold it at an angle underneath all of the print (which I'm starting to assume is just Sharpie marker)it says "Sony CD-R" on one side of the hole and "compact disc Recordable SUPREMAS 700MB" on the other.
Come to think of it I didn't have to agree to anything when I installed it! Aw man, I think it's a cracked copy! I've probably got a whole CPU full of Russian viruses!
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Actually, the tag is correct - In this case, DRM stands for 'Dudes, Really Miniature'.
The Dark Ages called. They want their crass ignorance back.
Did they copy Tiger or something?
... and then they built the supercollider.