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Suppressing one little number... (updated!)

Well, there is an awful lot of hubub on the net today about a certain number that the MPAA does not want people to see. Supposedly this number can be used to decode HD-DVD disks or some such use. Of course I would never condone such things. But I do not condone censorship either, and this kind of behavior shows what the DMCA is really capable of . So, people all over are finding creative ways to share the number. I can't vouch for any of these links. They might be valid for a while, they might not. And if you are worried about "work safe" content - I can't guarantee that either. This post itself has profanity... Here is my favorite so far, by Ludwik Trammer: there were 09 planets in the solar system Fucking 9 planets not 11 and not 02 but exactly 9 Damn planets right in the middle and everyone seemed happy until 74 professors meet on the conference and started to wonder: "we should have Exactly 3 planets in our system" – prop