Gonzales has resigned, officials say

HooRAY!!! Now if the government would just get an Attorney General who actually understood and obeyed the laws of this land, we will be in good shape. Gonzales wasn’t that guy

Well, everyone using Vista who has pinged a WGA server lately anyway:

Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide outage, problems galore

I hope maybe this will be the kick in the ass that people need to start some sort of revolt against DRM and activation. It continues to astound me that we allow companies to treat us, their PAYING CUSTOMERS, like thieves.

This has always been in the back of my mind as a “what if” ever since Microsoft instituted their activation scheme, and I’m glad that it finally has happened. Microsoft has been adding more and more “checks” with each operating system release, and I hope that maybe this time they went too far and the backlash will bite them in the ass.

Oh, and in related DRM news:

BioShock Installs a Rootkit

The BioShock game from 2kgames is using SecureROM DRM (which is owned by Sony…remember THIS?!?) that installs a tasty little chunk of malware (not quite a rootkit like the article title says, but pretty damn close) on your system. What does it do? Among other nefarious things, it runs a service at startup that gives all user security levels admin rights to SecureROM. Wonderful. The software also requires activation, and only allows TWO activations of the software. What if I have to reinstall? What if I want to run the game on more than two PC’s? SOL, baby. Even more stunning is that the DRM is included in the DEMO version of the game. Why the hell does a demo need to to be activated?!?

I had heard so many good things about the game itself that I was planning on purchasing it. Not now. Not ever. Congratulations 2kgames, you have lost a sale.

I’m so pissed about this…

Wife who killed preacher set free

So…she shoots her husband in the back, spends two months undergoing therapy in a mental health facility, and then she is free as a bird. That is just wonderful. Next time I feel like murdering someone, I’ll just claim that they “forced me” to wear slutty shoes and a wig, and I’ll end probably end up with a bloody medal.

If this bitch gets her kids back, I give up. This country is just too f’d up for me to deal with.