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If you know of a solution, don't write it in this discussion!

Please be aware that not everyone who browses slashdot has our best interests at heart. Any commercial method to circumvent DRM will be jumped upon by our broadcast content overlords. Any non-commercial method will be legislated out of existence... the longer the media cartels remain in the dark, the longer we have to enjoy our right to timeshift content.

Like usenet... the first rule of usenet is that you don't talk about usenet.

Sorry for the pessimism and tinfoilhattery, but this entire ask slashdot question just screams "honeypot" to me, even if that wasn't its intent.

Well, they tried to get the snails to carry the actual message, but it turns out the snails couldn't reliably copy it because not only do they lack hands, but their penmanship is atrocious.

Attempts to get the snails to carry the emails in their internal memory were likewise unsuccessful because the snails lacked the ability to reliably retrieve the message from memory or communicate it effectively at the other end. Indeed, it was never really possible to determine if the messages were actually maintained in the snail's memory at all, even after repeated attempts to store them there. The snails did, however, form an inexplicable appetite for discount v1AgR@, so further study may be warranted.

fructose writes "By using old technology to save money, SkySails has managed to use 20% less fuel on a two month trial cruise by using their test sail. Acording to the atricle, "that's 2.5 tons of fuel, or $1,000 a day, in operating costs." SkySails claims that fuel costs can be reduced by 10-35% annually. If this technology was put to use, that could work out to a significant savings to any shipping fleet."

fructose writes "Weired has a blog about a company that is now selling bulletproof backpacks. The company's product page states "Since 1999 over 328 incidents have occurred, leaving 229 dead and 422 injured in school violence alone." But the Wired article points out that there were "838 deaths caused by falling out of bed in 2003 alone." Do kids really need bulletproof protection when they are more at risk of dying from falling out of bed? You can look at the National Safety Council has the odds of dying for 2003 online."
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/08/paranoia-bullet.html