[zeke]

Nobody asked for them before now 🙂

[zeke]

No encryption keys, per Fark policy.

What about decryption keys? I have a ripper idea for 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 …. 😛

could someone please explain what this is for those of us that live under a rock?

mucho thankso

The short version: earlier this year, a cryptography key used to decrypt HD-DVDs and Blu-Ray DVDs was successfully exposed, and published on the internet. A couple months later (shortly after the Fark redesign fiasco happened, to put it in context) someone posted the key on Digg. The MPAA had been putting the smack down, and leaned on Digg to do something. Digg’s mods deleted the post. Rinse, repeat, wipe hands on pants. Long story short, Digg’s user community revolted, posting the key in every single post, in most every comment. Eventually that the guy that runs Digg had to step in and made the statement ‘our community has spoken, they would rather we go down fighting than bow to the MPAA.’

The whole thing has become a rallying cry for internet freedom and freedom of speech, and it’s certainly showcased the power of the internet community to make its voice heard. The problem is that the legality of posting the key is still cause for debate; whether they have any real legal footing or not, the MPAA and friends have no problem leaning on major web sites and threatening them with legal action. So… many major sites tend to err on the side of caution and try to avoid the can of worms being opened on their site wherever possible.

Lots of background details and links at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/09_f9.

[zeke]

Late to the party, but here’s some from last night:

[zeke]

Girl Scout: Is this made from real lemons?
Wednesday: Yes.
Girl Scout: I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they’re real lemons?
Pugsley: Yes.
Girl Scout: Well, I’ll tell you what. I’ll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?
Wednesday: Are they made from real Girl Scouts?

[zeke]

Quoth the demotivational poster for “meetings”: None of us is as dumb as all of us put together.

[zeke]

At least it was quick and she didn’t seem to suffer much. Sorry about your loss. 🙁

[zeke]

this is nothing more than fear mongering bullshit. it all ties into the “terrorists” taking pictures for their nefarious plans. or that is the official rational for it.

and it would be sad if it weren’t such an affront to those of us who live our life’s within the bounds of the law but end up being treated like criminals by power tripping assholes.

and you can bet that if you actually forked over the money for a permit your name would end up on a homeland security list of people who were “interested” in that particular place. and you might just end up with the thousands of folks on the no fly list cuz – well you did take a picture of a federal building once.

sorry i know farktography isn’t the place for rants but this one just really chaps my ass. if any of my fellow mods wants to zap the post i’ll understand.

Screw deleting that. QFT.

[zeke]

Wednesday Addams: “I’m dressed up like a homocidal maniac. We look just like everyone else.”

[zeke]

It’s pining for the fjords.

[zeke]

Well, the title is “bugs”, and the description says anything that is generally considered a bug, so you’re definitely safe with arachnids.

Yay! Now to try to attach a clock to a spider 😛

Didnt say it had to be a LIVING bug. Smash the sucker, tie on the clock… profit!

[zeke]

Yeah, but I didn’t have squat for ideas, either. That’s ok, the muse will return. That is, unless millera9’s got it tied up for a few weeks 🙂

[zeke]

For that matter, Zeke pussed out. To be fair, he’s been busier than a 10 dollar whore on nickel night, so his muse is sorta on vacation. He had all kinds of ideas for Apples vs Oranges last week, but didn’t have the chance to execute any of them as well as he would have liked.

There, fixed that for you. So I didn’t start shooting until 8:30 Wednesday night– I still knocked a couple of the ideas out and did reasonably well 🙂

[zeke]

link, belated, and without further ado, adornment, or whatever. okay, so i’m too sober to be creative.

[zeke]

Remember, this is Fark. The less politically correct, the better 😉

[zeke]

…and the thread’s been envotenated and greenlit for 12:01am. Yay for admins that rawk!

(and the mods are envotenating everything that’s up)

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