I do mean "retarded" in the actual sense of the word- slowed, hindered and restricted. Because that's what DRM does. It uses digital technologies to make media retarded.

Microsoft has promised that they'll "explore" some sort of content filtering to keep pirated content off the Zune. Never mind that this would be doomed to failure in even the most ( Read more... )

I refer you to Minna's post about the Bodies exhibit and the new music we found. The exhibit was amazing- if it ever comes to an area near you, check it out.

On the music- Bill Holt's Dreamies- this is the first album I've purchased from iTunes in a long time. For awhile, I was using the now-deceased and pseudo-legal Allofmp3.com. It wasn't so ( Read more... )

Uh oh, the Windows Genuine servers- the little boxes that your install of Windows XP and Vista phone home to periodically? They're down.

What does that mean? If you own XP or Vista, your system marks itself as counterfeit and limits your access to certain features automatically.

You may want to look elsewhere for your next operating system.

Remember those illegal numbers? I made one of my very own: 85 B2 C5 8A C4 6F 19 B8 1E 58 BB B0 0D C9 07 6B

You can make your own illegal number too! If enough of us* grab one, we could own every 128 bit number!

*In this context, "enough" is 3.4 * 1038 people. So umm... have more babies, I guess? Or refresh that page a real lot. I mean, a real

Well, AACS LA is still living in the fantasy land where a random number is a "circumvention device". "We will take whatever action is appropriate," he said. "We hope the public respects our position and complies with applicable laws."
No, we don't respect your position. Your position is that this number, which is not a trade secret, not ( Read more... )

The amazing power of the Internet is that no matter how stupid you are, you can say something and people will read it. People as stupid as you will flock to you, and people smarter than you will tear it to shreds.

Is the author of this screed stupid? Well, probably not- but he certainly "Doesn't Get It". The mistakes start with his subtitle: " ( Read more... )

09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

Screw a DRM promoting whore by posting that number in your journal. The DMCA says this number is a tool for defeating anti-copying mechanisms, and is hence illegal. That's right kids, an illegal number. Enjoy!