newyorker.com— Even dictionaries employ DRM now. The New Yorker reveals the fake word placed in the New Oxford American Dictionary to monitor the illegal copiying of their word base.
Oct 25, 2005View in Crawl 4
It can't be DRM since the dictionary they're talking about isn't digital.Anway, "This type of information should be FREE" is a great argument until you decide to sit down and write out an entire dictionary of your own. When it becomes the sweat of your own brow, you start to feel a little less charitable about that whole free information thing.
The New Yorker reveals the fake word placed in the New Oxford American Dictionary to monitor the illegal copiying of their word base.DarthPilatus is searching slashdot as we speak to see if anyone is copiying him too......ohnos, who r teh c0p13rs now? Plargarists!! all of youo!!(there should be a flag at the end of this message saying that even after spell checking, I opted to keep my message the same)
The Dictionary, instead of the stupid Goddamn Bible, is the one book that should be free on request. I find this analog drm crap appalling. The one book you should be able to trust is a dictionary.
Closed AccountOct 25, 2005
Kind've lame in my opinion. This type of information should be FREE, anyways. You should just be paying for the paper it's printed on.
midnightbrewerOct 25, 2005
It can't be DRM since the dictionary they're talking about isn't digital.Anway, "This type of information should be FREE" is a great argument until you decide to sit down and write out an entire dictionary of your own. When it becomes the sweat of your own brow, you start to feel a little less charitable about that whole free information thing.
saintdogbertOct 25, 2005
Esquivalience embiggens my vocabulary.
rawsteakOct 25, 2005
The New Yorker reveals the fake word placed in the New Oxford American Dictionary to monitor the illegal copiying of their word base.DarthPilatus is searching slashdot as we speak to see if anyone is copiying him too......ohnos, who r teh c0p13rs now? Plargarists!! all of youo!!(there should be a flag at the end of this message saying that even after spell checking, I opted to keep my message the same)
karrasOct 25, 2005
Wait...Who really cares?
kirkusOct 25, 2005
@cstrong007Moron, why don't YOU try to read the entire article...
ninjathisOct 27, 2005
Why is this in security?is my network in danger just because of a word?
ncc2893Oct 28, 2005
Um, was the fake word "fakeitude?"
novusNov 1, 2005
Pffff. I don't know how reliable this is, since electrofishing is far from imaginary. It's one of the primary methods used to sample fish populations. See here: <a class="user" href="http://www.rickly.com/as/electrofishing.htm">http://www.rickly.com/as/electrofishing.htm</a>
wicked6Apr 28, 2006
The Dictionary, instead of the stupid Goddamn Bible, is the one book that should be free on request. I find this analog drm crap appalling. The one book you should be able to trust is a dictionary.