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There aren't many folks running a b2evolution blog that don't owe this Brit some sort of "thanks" for helping them with their blog. This amazingly generous bloke is a first-class coder & is also very giving with his time. It's appropriate to kick off the *NEW* "Shout Out" section, with a post about ¥åßßå - and his "Tacky Pad" website ... (Note: Post not done yet, which is, ironically ... the story of my life!)
Okay ... wow ... how do I start? It's appropriate that my first "shout out" should go to my fellow b2evo buddy, friend and "business partner" ¥åßßå, but it's not all that easy, introducing someone you've never actually met (especially if you don't want it to sound like a eulogy). 
On the plus side, ¥åßßå is super helpful and an amazing coder (if you can keep the bottles of beer tucked out of sight). He's also pretty wicked at growing Dahlias (championship-like wicked), but that's another story. At other times, he's just plain wicked. 
Chances are, however, if you have a b2evolution blog and ever gone onto the b2evo forums, he's either helped you directly or "opened the door" so you can help yourself.
I guess it's high time to tip a hat to this bloke and his coding-spiffy, but styling-wasteland of a "tacky pad" website - Innervisions.org.uk (that's ORG dot UK, not UK dot ORG, so try to get it right). So here goes ... my tribute to ¥åßßå ... a sort of "stream-of-conscience" thing that may (or may not) change over time. You know ... how we met, what a wanker *cough* - great guy he is and a bit about how he's single-handedly battling SPAM and fighting to make b2evolution better than ever.
If you're lucky, I might even reveal his *gasp* real name, as well as other semi-embarrasing things ... all of which, I'm sure, he'll get me back at me for, in due time.
Yeah, yeah, you know the drill ... click "Read Full Story" to get the skinny on this skinny Brit (I'm gonna be totally hosed if I ever change "Read Full Story" to something else, but then again ... I like to hard-code stuff!)
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A Numbers Tea Party
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 - What's with this number? Plenty, it turns out, as it's the key to defeat the Digital Rights Management solution for motion picture movies written on high-definition digital video discs.
Social Networking Overpowers MPAA Legal Arm-twisting
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
The number above is the HD-DVD processing key that circumvents the AACS copyright protection (DRM) for a motion picture digital video disc. That the AACS protection had been defeated, has been known for some time (last September or so). But at the beginning of the month, the number was posted to DIGG, a social networking website.
The MPAA and AACS both tried to quell the public leak of this number by legal means. Using legal strong-arm tactics, they tried to erase every occurrence of this number from the Internet - asking DIGG (and other sites) delete posts, suspend user accounts, etc.
Internet users resisted by replicating the number as far, as wide and as fast as possible. At the end of the day, DIGG caved-in to it's users. (Which is why you see it here). While I have no immediate use for this number (wouldn't know what to do with it), I do recognize its significance.
It's a modern-day tea party! Someone even made song of the number, called "Oh Nine Eff Nine".
Digital Rights Management, which is an oxymoron of sorts, has become a sticking point between the MPAA (an industry that wants to keep a choke-hold on content) and users of new technologies (who want fast, easy access to digital content). The MPAA and RIAA should reconsider their goals, tactics and positioning on this issue. Draconian legal moves aren't winning them many friends and supporters.
The world is changing via technology and globalization. The RIAA and MPAA need to adapt to the changing landscape. Handled correctly, they can continue to profit in unimaginable ways, but handled improperly, someone else will step in and take over.
Wonder how long it will be till I get my 'Cease-and-Desist' letter?
You're probably thinking "what's the point of this" and I've no answer to that. All I know is I think the email addy is properly entered.
Derrrr.... doh!
If you'd have done a 'too-much-information', 'take-a-billion-years-to-write' article on it, I wouldn't have had to.
Shame on me for not linking YOUR BLOG though, since it was yer lengthy, but obtuse explanation that cost me the better part of an evening, researching my Pulitzer-prize-winning post (not to mention sorting the bloody audio-plugin).
Dang, I mentioned it.
Is late link love better than no late link love at all?