I've "pirated" many games that I've already paid for just to avoid the copy protection. I play games for fun, not to enter 24 digit license keys or let the publisher collect private data on my computer.
1. Develop software that LOOKS like an "illegal" tracker to MediaDefender. 2. Distribute that software to thousands of people. 3. MediaDefender consumes all their bandwidth trying to attack everyone.
I call it a Distributed Denial Of Service Defense (DDOSD).
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Anyone know if they're planning anymore live shows? I saw them in North Beach once, was a real blast.
(Oh and Mike is really, really tall in real life.)
I have an e-book reader like that. It's a laptop running Ubuntu.
Yeah it's heavy and the battery dies after three hours, but you can't have everything. Unfortunately.
Seriously for a sec -- what kind of person would volunteer for something like this? And would that person really represent the average user?
"I'm not pirating movies... I'm protecting the network!"
"Pronouncing 'Drupal'"
But how does he play Snake?
You're saying posting comments on Slashdot isn't worth it? Yeah I'd tend to agree.
It's time for the airing of grievances.
The RIAA is not going to like this.
The RIAA is not a label, they don't deal with artists directly.
They used to be involved in creating standards for record players and tape decks, but that is largely controlled by the industry now.
These days, the RIAA basically certify unlistenable records (with Gold and Platinum labels) when they're not suing 13 year old girls.
RIAA is also known as NAMBLA.
The trend of Duke Nukem Forever not coming out hit the decade mark in 2008.
This may be the one and only reason to buy an MP3 player.
Nonsense. I'm using Firefox.
Let's not forget that Chinese Democracy is getting released on Nov 23rd.
I've "pirated" many games that I've already paid for just to avoid the copy protection. I play games for fun, not to enter 24 digit license keys or let the publisher collect private data on my computer.
"Nobody expects the unusual properties!"
"Facebook's 100 million users would mean nearly a doubling of the approximately 120 million OpenID accounts now in use"
The article doesn't mention Facebook. Is the poster sneaking in a snide remark about the similarities between the two sites?
Compared to NetBeans, Eclipse is a formula one car.
But to be fair, compared to NetBeans, a dead snail is a formula one race car.
That's why you crack the installer so you don't have to click the "I agree" box.
Santa doesn't have balls of steel.
How to retaliate:
1. Develop software that LOOKS like an "illegal" tracker to MediaDefender.
2. Distribute that software to thousands of people.
3. MediaDefender consumes all their bandwidth trying to attack everyone.
I call it a Distributed Denial Of Service Defense (DDOSD).
Instead of walking, we could get a bunch of Roombas and glue cell phones to them.
That should take care of their system. And their floors.
"With Flock 1.1, real life friends are now obsolete!"
Do you know of a way to use Google to find other pages, which may not be created by Google or in beta?
If you don't remember the pain, does it really matter?
At least tattoos don't BSOD on you.