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09.05.2003 - lately, tons of ppl have been asking me if it was still safe to use kazaa and other p2p programs. i personally haven't used kazaa in months, and my reply would be to that they are only looking for servers and not leechers, so as long as u don't upload or dont upload much, u 'should' be safe. today anonymous posted this document. very interesting reading and shows u the process on how RIAA investigators go about busting p2p users. here's the advice anonymous gives:
- Don't allow other users to view the contents of your share folder. The RIAA simply took a screencapture of their target's (named 'nycfashiongirl') folder...nothing more hi-tech than that. On this alone, they were able to determine that she shared 900+ files and charged her on each file.
- Don't share everything you have at once. If you have 900 files, try putting up 200 and rotating them every couple of weeks. This moves you out of the "major violator" category.
- Use unique nicks at your own risk. I use defaultuser...and so do a million other Kazaa users.
- If possible, strip off all metatags from your MP3s. They prove that you didn't rip your mp3s from your own CDs. As soon as you download an MP3, move it to a non-shared folder until you have stripped it clean. I haven't done this yet but I will.
- Finally, I wouldn't include more than one song from any individual artist. The RIAA can run a search for say "The Beatles" and if you're sharing a bunch of their albums, you've made their job very easy, they can issue a subpeona to your ISP on the spot.
was updating my anime list while burning cds when i decided to shade every other line. recalled this was a tedious task cause everytime u added/inserted a new row, u had to redo everything. decided since this should be a fairly common preferenced, i googled it and found this: XL: How to Use Conditional Formatting to Shade Every Other Row. very useful and works perfectly. even works when i update/insert rows automatically!
thanks to msticazn for donating this link: How to convert your Windows Server 2003 to a Workstation!. and if u're a eecs students at berkeley, u can get win2k3 server for ... FREE! along w/ a whole bunch of other programs besides MS Office. Here's the current list of software we can get free licenses for (only 1 per eecs student; more info here ):
- Microsoft .NET Component Update CD
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- MSDN Library - April 2003 (Disc 1)
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- MSDN Library - April 2003 (Full)
- Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional - Full Install
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- Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003 Prerequisites Disc - ISO Image
- Windows Server 2003 Customer Support and Diagnostics
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- Windows XP Professional (Single User) ISO Image
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- Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Disc 1
- Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Disc 2
thanks to belldandy for donating this picture:
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