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Wal*Mart shutting down DRM server, nuking your music collection -- only people who pay for music risk losing it to DRM shenanigans

Hey suckers! Did you buy DRM music from Wal*Mart instead of downloading MP3s for free from the P2P networks? Well, they're repaying your honesty by taking away your music. Unless you go through a bunch of hoops (that you may never find out about, if you've changed email addresses or if you're not a very technical person), your music will no longer be playable after October 9th. But don't worry, this will never ever happen to all those other DRM companies -- unlike little fly-by-night mom-and-pop operations like Wal*Mart, the DRM companies are rock-ribbed veterans of commerce and industry, sure to be here for a thousand years. So go on buying your Audible books, your iTunes DRM songs, your Zune media, your EA games... None of these companies will ever disappear, nor will the third-party DRM suppliers they use. They are as solid and permanent as Commodore, Atari, the Soviet Union, the American credit system and the Roman Empire. Boy, the entertainment industry sure makes a good case for ripping them off, huh? Buy your media and risk having it confiscated by a DRM-server shutdown. Take it for free and keep it forever. From: Walmart Music Team Date: Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:42 PM Subject: Important Information About Your Walmart.com Digital Music Purchases To: xxxxxx@gmail.com Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases We hope you are enjoying the increased music quality/bitrate and the improved usability of Walmart's MP3 music downloads. We began offering MP3s in August 2007 and have offered only DRM (digital rights management) -free MP3s since February 2008. As the final stage of our transition to a full DRM-free MP3 download store, Walmart will be shutting down our digital rights management system that supports protected songs and albums purchased from our site. If you have purchased protected WMA music files from our site prior to Feb 2008, we strongly recommend that you back up your songs by burning them to a recordable audio CD. By backing up your songs, you will be able to access them from any personal computer. This change does not impact songs or albums purchased after Feb 2008, as those are DRM-free. Beginning October 9, we will no longer be able to assist with digital rights management issues for protected WMA files purchased from Walmart.com. If you do not back up your files before this date, you will no longer be able to transfer your songs to other computers or access your songs after changing or reinstalling your operating system or in the event of a system crash. Your music and video collections will still play on the originally authorized computer. Thank you for using Walmart.com for music downloads. We are working hard to make our store better than ever and easier to use. Walmart Music Team (Thanks, Dorri!)...

Puck Headlines: Commodore's verbal smackdown of Pierre McGuire (Yahoo! Sports)

Here are your Morning Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest...

Great Studio!! (oakland lake merritt / grand) $775

Please read requirements and entire ad carefully before responding: Requirements: Good credit (We run credit checks) Proof of current monthly income approximately three times that of rent Does not smoke cigarettes Total move in cost: $1975.00 One Year Lease Commodore Apartments located at 1501 Madison has a BASEMENT level carpeted studio available for $775.00. The security deposit is $1200.00. The apartment is 550 square feet and below street level, which you can see from the photo. Although it is basement level, the apartment does have high ceilings. The apartment has a full kitchen (not separate from the main studio) and full bathroom. This is a cat friendly building, sorry, no dogs or birds. The owner pays for water and garbage and there is onsite management, and onsite laundry. This is a NON-SMOKING building, there is no smoking in or around outside common areas of this building. We are one block away from the beautiful Lake Merritt, an organic market, and the Main Library. We are a 15 minute walk away from three different BART stations. This is a quiet and well maintained building, looking for quiet and responsible tenants. The unit is shown by appointment ONLY. If leaving a message, please say your telephone number slowly. Drop ins will not be accomodated. Please, no calls after 8:00pm. 510-763-8552

Delaware River Port Authority Hikes Bridge Tolls, PATCO Fares (AHN)

(AHN) - The Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey has implemented on Sunday increases in bridge tolls and PATCO fares. Tolls on the Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross bridges had a $1 increase from $3 to $4. PATCO fares increased 10 percent to ride its Hi-Speedline. - Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:43:47 GMT

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets

Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we bopped to the tunes of an album written on the Nintendo DS ("Music to Make Love To Your Old Pleasure Model By...") and introduced BBG's newest mascot, Humbert Humbird, to his own vacuuming robotic steed. That accomplished, Beschizza wondered about whether electric cars would be good in Zombie Apocalypses and fluttered his hands around his head, squeeing with excitement, over Commodore's new PDA and Britain's Pay-As-You-Go iPhone plan. Rumors abounded: that Dell's gorgeous, whore red netbook, the Mini-Inspiron, would launch tomorrow. That Apple would unveil new iPods and MacBooks on September 9th. Robotic jellyfish, they floated around, swatting flies. Japanese retro scooters were declared whateverpunk! An alarm clock that never stopped glowing until themonuclear reactions occur. And this Space Invaders keyboard was pretty swank. Link...

Commodore launches little laptop

Am-eee-ga The famous Commodore brand is to be attached to the lid of a Small, Cheap Computer.?

Scamorama: book explains how to get into scambaiting as a hobby

Every idea implies its opposite, and there's no clearer proof of this than the amazing Internet practice of "scambaiting," well-documented in Eve Edelson's Scamorama: Turning the Tables on Email Scammers. You know those ridiculous fraud emails you get from deposed princes, corrupt bankers, desperate widows (and so on), with weird capitalization and punctuation, asking you to advance them some money so that they can liberate a giant, multibillion-dollar sum and give you ten percent for your trouble? These "419" letters originate from all over the world, but Nigeria's perfect storm of connectivity, corruption, lawlessness and poverty meant that the "Lads" of Lagos have elevated ripoff letters to a high art. And for every Lad, there's a scambaiter. Scambaiting is a vibrant internet sport that involves turning the tables on 419 scammers, getting them to undertake ridiculous rituals, expend money and energy, humiliate and debase themselves as they seek to ruin their "victims'" lives through fraud. Scamorama is a popular website for scambaiting, and its creator, Eve Edelson, has put a lot of thought into the nature of the 419 con and those who seek to disrupt it. In Scamorama (the book), Edelson traces the history of scamming back to the middle ages and forward to the present day, giving practical advice on not getting taken in and scam-proofing your friends and family. But where Scamorama really gets going in as a HOWTO manual for scambaiting, with long, hilarious email exchanges between baiters and scammers, and good tips for running your own reverse con. As hobbies go, scambaiting sounds like a pretty fun one -- and it has redeeming social characteristics, since the 419 con artist who is busily whittling you a Commodore 64, sojourning to Amsterdam to meet an "eccentric clergyman" who will front him $20,000, or re-enacting the Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch is a con artist who is not ruining the life of some more trusting soul. Scamorama on Amazon, Scamorama.com See also: * 419 scammers tricked into re-creating Dead Parrot Sketch * 419 victim shoots Nigerian diplomat * NPR "Xeni Tech": Scambaiters and Monty Python, 419-style * Laura Bush's 419 letter * Dick Cheney's 419 letter * Dutch court locks up 419 scammers * Busting a 419 scammer spammer * Nigerian Letter scammer convinced to carve replica Commodore 64 * Man loses money trying to double it by marinating * Nigerian letters fuel Lagos's Internet Cafe boom * Nigerian legit email hard to distinguish from 419s...

Mitch goes upside down

Mitch goes upside down http://youtube.com/watch?v=OoOoBCTfhfE Thanks to Rob Kells. Mitch McAleer performing aerobatics during the 2008 Wings Over Wasatch hang glider aerobatics clinic held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mitch is flying a Wills Wing T2C (blue/white) and a Airborne Climax (Yellow/White). Flying was done at a site called Commodore and a site called Camels, both in the greater Salt Lake area. Discuss Mitch at the Oz Report forum   link»

SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN VIEW HOME IN ST. FRANCIS/BALBOA TERRACE (west portal / forest hill) $5000 4bd

Darryl Chew & Elis Jukita | Remax CCC | 925 899 6061 395 San Leandro Way, San Francisco, CA A Spanish Mediterranean View Home in St. Francis Wood/Balboa Terrace 4BR/3BA Single Family House $5,500/month Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 3 full, 0 partial Sq Footage 3,600 Parking 3 dedicated Pet Policy No pets Deposit By Request Only DESCRIPTION Spanish Mediterranean * Views * Walk to Lakeside Village * Near Stonestown/West Portal shopping and restaurants * 3600 plus interior living square feet * Updated Kitchen - Granite Counters, Tile Flooring * Remodeled Bathrooms * Hardwood floors throughout * Perfect commute location * Convenient public transportation access * 3 blocks to the Outstanding - Commodore Sloat School Elementary - See link: http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/ca/6433 More info: http://www.darrylchew.com see additional photos below RENTAL FEATURES Central heat Fireplace High/Vaulted ceiling Hardwood floor Tile floor Family room Living room Bonus/Rec room Dining room Breakfast nook Dishwasher Refrigerator Stove/Oven Granite countertop Basement Washer Dryer Laundry area - inside Balcony, Deck, or Patio Yard COMMUNITY FEATURES Garage parking Covered parking LEASE TERMS $5,500 per month plus utilities. One year lease minimum. No Pets. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS Renter contact info: Darryl Chew & Elis Jukita Remax CCC 925 899 6061 Equal Opportunity Housing Posted: Jul 4, 2008, 6:50am PDT