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The “Oldest Pirate” Passes

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Helios
Jun 9, 2010

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“In the first place, I told her that the disk would play fine on
a Linux System…that the DRM coding on the disk was made for
Windows systems and that a Linux Machine would simply ignore the
code that told it not to play. I went on to tell Alice about
Frostwire and Shareaza. In short, I turned a 86 year old
Marlboro-smoking, Chrysler Sebring Convertable-driving,
Pinochole-playing, Maroon-Five listening Great Grandmother into a
music pirate. An enthusiastic one at that. I should be ashamed of
myself.

“I’m not, but at least I have morals enough to know I
should.

“This is where the story should end,but it doesn’t.”


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