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Posts on ‘July 31st, 2003’

EFF: How to not get sued by the RIAA

With the RIAA just about ready to sue 12 year olds for singing "Metallica" songs in the shower before they've purchased the CD, even I'm beginning to worry. The EFF has posted on article on How to not get sued by the RIAA.

Microsoft DirectX vulnerability

I don't care much about windows these days, so I haven't bothered to look into this much. But, if Keith says it's severe, I'll take his word for it and pass along the information.
Another security hole has been found in Microsoft's DirectX. Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version, and then install a [...]

apartment walk-through

Yesterday was my apartment walk-through. I had a 10am appointment. At 10:15, I called the office to find out why the maintenance man wasn't there. He showed up a few minutes later.
He seemed nice, and wasn't worried about nit-picky details (broken electrical outlet plate, etc). We had forgotten to clean the oven, which he mentioned. [...]