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Author Topic: Russia quells dissent under antipiracy pretext.  (Read 6372 times)

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Russia quells dissent under antipiracy pretext.
« on: September 12, 2010, 05:58:29 am »

  http://nyti.ms/bPzqEf

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Re: Russia qwells dissent under antipiracy pretext.
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2010, 11:33:35 am »

Vladimir Putin is a meanyhead. Who knew?
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Re: Russia qwells dissent under antipiracy pretext.
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2010, 12:14:25 pm »

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Re: Russia qwells dissent under antipiracy pretext.
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2010, 12:33:19 pm »

In Soviet Russa...

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Re: Russia qwells dissent under antipiracy pretext.
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2010, 01:02:48 pm »

It's "quells".

Anyway, Mr. Putin is not an effective piece of digital rights management manware.
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Re: Russia qwells dissent under antipiracy pretext.
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2010, 01:05:54 pm »

This seems like a band-aid solution. Won't these protestors just start putting stuff directly onto online servers stored outside the country, making it even harder to keep a hold on this information?

I'm not the espionage expert like Putin is, though, so he's probably in the right.

Tactically, not morally.
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« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2010, 04:30:34 pm »

If they were smart, they would.
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Re: Russia quells dissent under antipiracy pretext.
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2010, 04:50:31 pm »

They could just start using Linux or something.
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« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2010, 05:13:15 pm »

The solution is to use Mac OSX.
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« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2010, 07:27:33 pm »

Ah, Russia. Where Russians go to die.
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Re: Russia quells dissent under antipiracy pretext.
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2010, 09:05:42 pm »

So Microsoft supports Russia in their human rights violation..ing as long as it's in the name of Microsoft profits?

I believe Microsoft has outlived its usefulness.

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« Reply #11 on: September 15, 2010, 09:08:58 pm »

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Re: Russia quells dissent under antipiracy pretext.
« Reply #12 on: September 15, 2010, 09:33:58 pm »

Aah, but then you see, they must obviously have something to hide. Using an open source OS? Sounds like pirate activity to me, they must be using it to hide their counterfeit copies of... uh... counterfeit copies of... S.T.A.L.K.E.R? Yeah. Or failing that, at least pirated .ISO images on there somewhere. Or copywritten .jpegs. Queue the Spetsnaz response teams! Lethal force is necessary!
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Re: Russia quells dissent under antipiracy pretext.
« Reply #13 on: September 15, 2010, 10:48:52 pm »

they must be using it to hide their counterfeit copies of... uh... counterfeit copies of... S.T.A.L.K.E.R?

Why would they need to pirate S.T.A.L.K.E.R., They can just go outside and experience it for real!
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« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2010, 04:07:17 am »

Yes they can. I don't care if every one of the former Soviet countries have governments with the authority to take a dump in your hard drive, I wanna go to the Ukraine. 
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