User: Smiglo

Think about BSD, and old machines

On: Azureus Decentralizes Bittorrent

I've got old PentiumMMX with 32MB RAM, running original BT client in my basement, its well protected (B.I.S.S. blocklist loaded into PF), and operated via ssh.

Would Azureus run on it? What about working without GUI?

If I mplayer can play it, I can copy it.

On: Macrovision Releases DVD Copy Protection

It won't mess players? Good!
I'll use mplayer to extract mpeg2 and ac3 stream, and then prepare copy.

Trekkie asks a question:

On: Universal Free Dictionary

Will it make us one step closer to The Universal Translator (as seen in Star Trek series?).

Controlled devices, no so big problem.

On: TV Piracy is Next

Usualy it takes one (or group of) geek, to modify device, and upload first copy to seeds.

How much does it cost?

On: Ubuntu For PPC, And As A Live CD

Ubuntu hits first page every week...
I wonder how much Canonical Ltd. had to pay Slashdot for marketing campaign.

Who cares about one more distro?

On: Yellow Dog Linux v4.0 Released

Don't you thing there are better sites to anounce new distro than /.
osnews.com or distrowatch.com for example?

Waiting for the last move.

On: Lawsuits Force 321 Studios Out Of Business

Now, when they are out of bussines, they wouldn't mind "leaking" source code into public. (pref. with BSD licence :) )

One more problem in update?

On: Microsoft Security Updates for Pirated Windows?

Here in Poland, the only legal M$ software is in business or preinstalled. People who buy hardware with preinstalled soft are usualy technicaly illiterate. If for some reason update procedure becomes more complicated they'll simply abandon it.
So I think its good idea to make procedure complicated :) I work as helpdesk/(repair that crap) :)