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Submission + - Ubisoft's DRM cracked. For real this time. (pcpowerplay.com.au)

Submitted by therufus
therufus writes: A few days after the release of Assassin's Creed II, naughty piracy sites were announcing they had cracked Ubisoft's Online Services Platform. Turns out, that wasn't entirely true. While it was possible to load into the game, players were unable to advance past a certain memory block. But now, it seems like they'll need to draft a new response. Less than 24 hours ago, a crack began circulating that removes the DRM entirely. PC Powerplay Australia has been covering the development.

Comment Re:That's what we use (Score 1) 896

by therufus (#31533124) Attached to: What Free Antivirus Do You Install On Windows?

Eee-Set, nod thirty two.

Not a real tongue twister if you ask me.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is tougher. We just say Em-BAM though ;)

Better yet, see how many people can't pronounce Kaspersky. I've heard "Gas-ber-skie", "Kas-ker-skee" and "Ka-per-skee". Last time I checked it was named after Eugene Kaspersky who pronounces his name "Kass-per-skee".

Comment Re:Uh yeah... very speedy. (Score 1) 160

by therufus (#31488138) Attached to: Speed-Assembling Servers

I know right? They call it a race to assemble a server. It's like running the 100m sprint, but starting 80m down the track. Children could do this.

I used to build computers on a daily basis. We once got an order for a multitude of PC's so myself, and the other guys at work decided to have a race. We had a box cutter, screwdriver, all the components in a pile still boxed and the desire to win. I can't remember what the timing was, but from pickup the box cutter to powering on was less than 5 minutes.

Someone reversed a cement mixer of fail up to the slashdot main page and emptied.

Submission + - South Australian Political Speach Law Backflip (adelaidenow.com.au)

Submitted by therufus
therufus writes: Earlier today Slashdot reported on South Australia outlawing anonymous political speech. Attorney-General Michael Atkinson, the very man who sponsored this, has now done a backflip saying "I will immediately after the election move to repeal the law retrospectively". He goes on to say "It may be humiliating for me, but that's politics in a democracy and I'll take my lumps".

Comment Re:We're looking to AUSTRALIA for advice on broadb (Score 1) 387

by therufus (#29918073) Attached to: Obama Looks Down Under For Broadband Plan

Well, so long America. Asking Australian telcos advice on how to run the internet is like asking pedophiles advice on running a kindergarten. We have one of the slowest and most expensive internets in the world. You'd be better off looking at Asian countries (like Japan and south Korea). I nearly fell off my chair and spat my breakfast at my screen when I read this headline.

Comment Re:I've conducted my own blind tests... (Score 1) 567

by therufus (#29803511) Attached to: 1/3 of People Can't Tell 48Kbps Audio From 160Kbps

Personally, every mp3 I have has been id3 edited properly using all the data I can find on the net. I then store it on my server in the following structure:

(Letter)\(Artist)\(Year) (Album Title)\(Artist) - (Album Title) - (Track Number) (Name of song).mp3

Example:

A\ACDC\1976 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap\ACDC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - 05 Problem Child.mp3

For songs that don't appear on an album I usually have an "album" folder named "Other".

For artists where I don't have full albums, the structure is similar:

B\B-52's\B-52's - Love Shack.mp3

I do the same for my TV shows:

House M.D.\Season 06\House M.D. - Season 06 - Episode 04 - Instant Karma.avi

I do this so that any filename I see on any occasion, I know exactly where it belongs and where it's come from.

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