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Rick Rubin Discloses Sony Rootkit Called Home
caffeinemessiah writes "Rick Rubin, the legendary music producer, recently signed on as co-head of Columbia Records, which is owned by Sony BMG. In a recent New York Times interview (on pg. 4 of the online version), he discloses, possibly accidentally: 'It was the highest debut of Neil [Diamond]'s career, off to a great start. But Columbia — it was some kind of corporate thing — had put spyware on the CD. That kept people from copying it, but it also somehow recorded information about whoever bought the record...' Seems like the rootkit might have been a little more than your vanilla invade-your-rights-DRM scheme."
This place is a shithole packed to the rafters with racists!
Please do not eat feces. They are often a disease vector in the developing world due to sharing a water supply with a sewage outlet. For many poor people in the 3rd world this is unavoidable becuase it's usually their only water supply. To do this intentionally is an invitation to dangerous exposure to pathogens such as Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia, Campylobacter, Aeromonas, Candida, E.Coli, and Cryptosporidium.
Besides these pathogens; there are other diseases that can be contracted through fecal matter ingestion such as HIV, Hepatitus, gastrointestinal viruses, Toxoplasmosis, and so many others. I understand your need to write these shock-value articles and post them in unrelated topics. It's a plea for attention. Your writing style is good but the topics are unhealthy. One question, if I may ask? Does your mother know that your doing this?
Steve Jobs? Is it you?
Rude much? When I first read the title I thought it was about a new rootkit called "Home", not that the old rootkit reported back to Sony. Title Case Doesn't Help. Neither does using the ambiguous word "called".
(1)it's called a script you retarded douchebag. (2) little time? you mean much time, don't you. got it. just had to run it through the stupid->english translator. (3)downmodded? who gives a fuck about how you're modded? I couldn't care less if my posts aren't seen by anyone who doesn't read at -1. Like I don't care if some stray dog reads a paper I write. He'll just end up pissing on it like the retarded mutt he is and then I'll have to put him down. by taping a knife vertically in his mouth. he won't bite down cause it hurts. he'll just starve to death. See, if I did that to a human - your daughter for example, the human would eventually make a rational decision and end it quickly instead of coping with slow starvation. That's like the people who read at -1 - smarter than the stupid dog who starves to death instead ending it quickly by stabbing its own brain through the soft tissue of the mouth. delicious dog brain. I would eat it raw and chase it with some mountain dew mdx. Then I'd shit it out in a big gray log two hours later. and feed it to your daughter. I'd put some heroin in it so she'll eventually get hooked on eating shit. You wouldn't even need to put drugs in there after a few months - you know, like in that bell experiment with the stupid dog? I had that bitches brains for breakfast. I'm sitting on the toilet taking a shit while writing this right now. It feels good to let it out. So I can go eat more. making some good room in there. aah yeah. and some mountain dew mdx. that stands for mountain dew xTreme.
Did you get a free PS3 for that? Let me try!
I love Sony! They make the best video games and have for generations! Blu-Ray is clearly superior to HD-DVD in every way. I hated rumble anyway. HDCP is the way of the future. $599 is perfectly reasonable for what all you get.
(If it's all the same, can I have the cash instead? I'd like to buy a Wii if I can find one.)
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
...and I'm not the only person who thinks so, either