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Why would I be interested in a not-hyped romantic hollywood-comedy? Because Uma Thurman is in it, that's why. :o If you have seen this, what do you think? IMDB. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0387514/

This is, in a sense, good. Programmers and software developers have been fighting againast patents like this (dumb software parents) for a while, but most non-programmers have had a hard time understanding why idea-patents are such a bad thing (mostly). Books are easier to relate to than...

Here's the thread: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=154665

1. It says the CD has "copy protection", but not what kind and it can damage your computer. Many CD:s already have copy protection and CD buyers are probably used to the less intrusive ones (such as the one you can overcome with a marker pen, it's not great content protection but it won't...

The whole printer industry is a mess. I would advice everyone to spend the extra money on a "laser printer" so you don't have to worry about rediciously expansive ink. Lexmark for example have made it illegal to refill their ink cartridges so they can make even more money selling ink. And don't...

The "fix" is simply PR and damage control. There's a nice editorial about why here: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27426

Well, your VCR will be illegal because it doesn't have DRM.

Here's an article from Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/analog-hole.ars

Washington Post about this: http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/11/sony_raids_hack.html

Reminds me of this EULA (from a small Amiga game I think):

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/01/hollywood_after_the_.html http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004106.php

Yeah, but the time I wrote the first post the only information available was the highly technical report itself (link in Umbrans post) and a discussion on Slashdot which is also technical and political. Fortunately some articles about this are beginning to surface in the regular tech press. A...

"Trying to pirate it"? The last time I checked the act of "trying to pirate" something was to not buy the CD but to download the contents from the Internet. :) This only hurts those who insert the physical CD in their computer, regardless if they are trying to copy it or not.

Most of you have probably heard about the copy protection mechanism music labels put on CD:s to protect them from piracy. Many of you probably don't care too much about it. However, I think you should. The famous Windows experts from SysInternals.com have discovered a new dangerous copy...

It's probably a spam sending application acting up. To send an email an email client (or a spam sending client) connects to a server and tells it, in a very specific way, to send an email to you. If the program is poorly written (it probably is, being used for spam) it will put linebreaks and...

Is there any way to hide the information to the left, below the username? (Latest Book etc). The forum feels a bit too "airy", especially on laptops and other computers with a low screen resolution. Cheers!

That's disturbing, but I don't think it's as disturbing as the new copy protection mechanism in the next version of windows. The PE is built on certified hardware using certified drivers, and can be invalidated by the presence of 'un-trusted' software, drivers or hardware. What constitutes...

This is just out of curiosity, but a bunch of members have mentioned drugs are illegal in their campaign setting. My question is: why? I mean, in a fantasy game you can usually kill people without anyone asking any questions

That depends. DNS is fragile and decentralized by design, meaning anyone can create their own DNS network and have the full legal right to do so. For example, if I create my own DNS and redirect all .edu domains to google, no one can stop me, because the control different organizations (such as...

Ubuntu of course! http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ Ubuntu is not only easier to install than Windows XP, you can download a live CD version of it and experiment to see if you like it. There's also a very nice community (being the most popular linux distro right now). For example...