So I was trying to Google a telephone number…
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…when suddenly Google suggested the following search term:
09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0
Now what the fuck is that?
Flaming one company and praising the other — while both companies are trying to accomplish the same goals — really makes you look like an idiot.
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So, a lot of negative stuff about the PS3 I read this morning. Lately there was some rumours about stacks of PS3s at numerous stores, like as if nobody wants them. Today another story on Slashdot about PS3s freezing up — reportedly.
Anyways, I wouldn’t have given this any more attention if I didn’t catch somebody [...]
And in a couple of years, Linux users are terrorists, undermining our freedoms…
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So, Microsoft has made the bold claim that their intellectual property is in it.
Oh my fucking god. This is serious because there are plenty of stupid people in this world to believe that crap. Fuck, the critical majority, in each and every issue, is dumber than a horses ass and knows just enough to [...]
Quote Of The Week #34
I was listening some old-school music the other day (because I love to reminisce) and couldn’t resist using it as this weeks QOTW…It was Ice-T’s Power album, the song Radio Suckers I was listening to, hearing the following line again (which doesn’t even apply to rap-music only):
We shouldn’t sell out,we should just yell out
And get [...]
The irony: Windows broken before shipped…
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So, while a Microsoft spokesman was trying to relay its wet-dream to listeners (i.e. was intellectually masturbating) on the security in Window Vista, a Polish female researcher was demonstrating how the ’security’ can be bypassed, thus resulting in exactly the same unsafe situation as with earlier Windows variants.
Real funny, that.
Safe computing is impossible if the [...]
Finally, Metallica realises most of their CDs is crap
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Remember that these guys were anti P2P? Metallica just signed a deal with Napster and iTunes to make single song downloads available. They already had the complete albums available online but it seems those guys finally realised nobody was buying their overpriced CDs as most of the songs are crap.
And they’re doing it with a [...]
Knowing Microsoft, their iPod-killer will probably be released “too zune”… :P
…and I couldn’t withhold this User Friendly cartoon:
Humour, Zune, iPod
French anti-DRM ruling threatens innovation as they see it
So I read this (Dutch) article about critics of the recent anti-DRM ruling in France. They try to convince everybody that such a ruling ‘threatens innovation‘. (Of course, the ‘critics’ are the companies that invested in this stuff.)
In the long run, they say, the public will get back ‘less innovation’ because of rulings like [...]
Who owns your PC and why ‘off’ should be ‘off’.
Just received Bruce Schneier’s latest Crypto-Gram which makes some interesting points.
One refers to this column by Bruce posted on Wired:
You own your computer, of course. You bought it. You paid for it. But how much control do you really have over what happens on your machine? Technically you might have bought the hardware and software, [...]
MPAA & RIAA get even sicker…
Just when you think the Motion Picture and Music Industry Asses of America can’t get any sicker — they do just that…
Oh — we don’t mind if DRM fucks up your computer or does real acts of terrorism. As long as our ‘intellectual property’ is safe.
Bastards make me puke — they really are the new [...]
Free (as in beer) Media: If we don’t watch out it’s gone
Just read this article on the RIAA’s latest bullshit.
Presumable, first they say copying a bought CD is OK.
Now they say it’s infringing use. From the article:
If I understand what the RIAA is saying, “perfectly lawful” means “lawful until we change our mind.” So your ability to continue to make copies of your own CDs on [...]
New watermarking technology for music
I was just reading this article here about a new watermarking technology from the Fraunhofer Institute (the guys that made piracy, errrr, music compression possible).
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Integrated Publication and Information Systems Institute have successfully tested a software system, based on the group’s own digital watermarking technology, for tracking pirated audio files in P2P [...]
Sue that Mofo Picture Association of America!
Hahaha, that’s some bad publicity. The Register reports on the MPAA making an ass of itself. I quote:
But on Monday the MPAA admitted it had made a copy of the film but claimed, because their staff were the subject of the film, they were not breaking copyright law. An MPAA spokeswoman said: “We made [...]
This is most probably piracy…
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A buddy of mine just sent me a link to this picture:
Now that is either someone that creates really popular home-made DVDs, or this is definately piracy…
Piracy, Funny
Insane music-industry…
From this interesting article on Groklaw, on the dangerous potential consumer lock-in that DRM will undoubtly cause (definately worth a read if you wonder where that silly stuff is heading), I hit this BBC article stating the following amazing fact:
Musical instrument shops must pay an annual royalty to cover shoppers who perform a recognisable riff [...]
Microsoft Hit Creator: The R&B Edition
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While perusing the Public Enemy Board I just found this hilarous image:
Haha!
Funny Images, RnB
Notorious B.M.G.
Why is Sony getting all the blame? Why are we all brianless f**ks that seem to repeat other peoples’ words, just for the sake of it, blind to the fact that it’s the B.M.G. part of the company that is responsible for this debacle.
RIAA backs rootkits
RIAA just officially buried DRM, by implying Sony’s tactics are OK.
Gartner: piece of tape will bypass any kind of DRM
Future DRM implementations that stay ‘downwards compatible’ with current CD players shall always fail.
Sony to recall CDs
Finally, Sony officially recalls the CDs containing the messed-up DRM solution from First4Internet.
Sony.BMG.Rootkit: The plot thickens
Rootkit not only contains LAME code, but FFmpeg & VLC code as well.
Sory Electronics
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I just discovered this page, Sory Electronics, set-up because of Sony’s latest DRM solution that totally back-fired on them.
I thought the link’s quite amusing. In my opinion, boycotting Sony’s other products doesn’t seem like a solution for this; I don’t thing this might cause Sony to actually apologize for what happened. Sadly, the [...]
Sony.BMG.Rootkit Misinformation
According to the BBC, Sony is to recall the copy-protected CDs. Nothing surprising there, of course, but it’s this quote that stands out:
The software was widely criticised because it used virus-like techniques to stop illegal copies being made.
First of all; the ‘virus-like techniques’ don’t work because the ‘protection-mechanism’ can be used against itself. As it [...]
