Target spying on their customers

Bad Corporate culture, or a handy reminder? At least the customers should know about this, and have the option to “opt-in” to this “service.” – Using data to predict a woman’s pregnancy, Target realized soon after Pole perfected his model, could be a public-relations disaster. So the question became: how could they get their advertisements … Read more

DRM letter to Microsoft

He’s a wanted man here in America; in Norway the studios put the local fuzz up to bringing him up on charges of *unlawfully trespassing upon a computer system.* When his defense asked, “Which computer has Jon trespassed upon?” the answer was: “His own.” http://craphound.com/msftdrm.txt

DVD anti-piracy warnings

DVD movie anti-piracy warnings are very threatening and blows the entire piracy act out of proportions. People cannot take this as a serious warning. And the video usually claims it is stealing. This is incorrect, the proper term is copyright infringement.  Stealing is a term for relieving someone of their physical property. A US court said it was wrong to call copyright infirngment stealing. You break someones monopoly of their work.

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Brute vs Intellectual IRC chat

sensored: hi
sensored: why not chat with me?
l33t gambler server: go away, or I will taunt you a second time
sensored: FUCK YOU,SHUT OUT
l33t gambler server: how unprofessional
sensored: how unprofessional YOU ARE!
l33t gambler server: monkey see, monkey do
l33t gambler server: will you not stand up to my challenge?

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