Stickin’ it to the man: the illustrated report of an epic event

Del.icio.us to the rescue!

With Digg out of the picture, someone else came to the “rescue” of my ailing server: del.icio.us! Bear in mind, this was four hours after I woke up:

Front page in del.icio.us!

I started to suspect WP-Cache. True enough, for some reason, WP-Cache wasn’t using its cache, but generating a new page every time. It might have been due to the volume of the comments in my story — every time a comment is posted, the page is regenerated again to be served, fresh. Note that I had disabled a couple of plugins already, but basic functionality of the site was there. Slow, but there.

While that stabilized, I wrote up a quick blurb and submitted it to Slashdot.

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23 Responses to “Stickin’ it to the man: the illustrated report of an epic event”

  1. Soapster.co.uk - the Blog! » 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 Says:

    [...] site gives the whole story from kick-off to the present in this entry, entitled, Sticking It To The Man, (be ready for a long [...]

  2. suburbane.org » Blog Archive » 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 Says:

    [...] lesen auch das hier und den … [...]

  3. spiegelleser Says:

    you are featured in the german newsmagazine SPIEGEL.

    http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,480554,00.html

  4. Nevarion Says:

    Now that’s a good read and even better stuff to witness! Holy awesomeness!

  5. Davor Says:

    Well, I learned you have an interest in stock photo models.

  6. andufo.com » La esencia de Digg murió ayer por unas horas Says:

    [...] que merece la pena de ser leído en su totalidad (screenshots, videos y argumentos muy validos): Stickin’ it to the man: the illustrated report of an epic event. Definitiva e inevitablemente, este hito pasa a los anales de la historia de la era Web [...]

  7. andufo.com Says:

    La esencia de Digg murió ayer por unas horas…

    Todo empieza cuando Digg decide borrar una historia enviada por Rudd-O, quien decidió re-publicar un código que permite desbloquear la encriptación del contenido de los HD-DVD. Insultados por la decisión del sitio, medio planeta g…

  8. Middle Raged Punk » Blog Archive » Numbers are a beautiful thing Says:

    [...] ONE MORE UPDATE: Digg has come around. Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, put out this announcement. Rock on, and yes, stick it to the man. And if you’re interested, read the details of how this all evolved over at Rudd-o. [...]

  9. May 1st: The day techies fought for freedom of piracy | Harry Park's blog Says:

    [...] raging on the Internet. Specifically, the fight over the HD-DVD key. Rudd-o posted this article covering the battle. He sat at ground [...]

  10. Goolic Says:

    Valeu cara !!!!! Nós comandamos o mundo !!! O.O

    Tô sem palavras e rindo feito um idiota :)

    In english: Thx a lot !!!! We rulte the world !!! O.O

    I’m SPEACHLESS and smiling like it’s biggest day ever !!!

    Mey espanhol eh um lixo … Malz

  11. mkeefeDESIGN & Photography » Blog Archive » HD-DVD Night Says:

    [...] lighting up on digg for temporarily removing all submissions about it was. Rudd-O posted a 17 page epic event documenting the strain his server took on “HD-DVD Night”. Topping it all off with being [...]

  12. Someone Says:

    Uhm, this is what comes up when I try to submit this post to Digg:

    URL blocked — This URL has been reported by users to host illegal or restricted content and cannot be submitted at this time.

  13. Rudd-O Says:

    Yeah, they still got my site banned. Maybe someone can tip the gentle and generous regents at Digg about this fact?

  14. spiegelleser Says:

    the number is “in different designs” featured on the german Netzpolitik.org: http://netzpolitik.org/2007/die-verbotene-zahl/

  15. The worldmod role has been added » Blog Archive » If this is true…. Says:

    [...] Spread this number  09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 [...]

  16. Nomadishere : Seeker of Truth » Blog Archive » THE Roller Coaster Epic of 2007 Will Go Down In Blogging History Says:

    [...] http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/05/02/stickin-it-to-the-man-the-illustrated-report-of-an-epic-event/ [...]

  17. Spreading This 16-Digit HD-DVD Code Like Herpes, And Singing It In The Bathroom, Too : SKIRMISHER Says:

    [...] on HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs if you’re code-savvy enough, has been made much more widespread by the very act of suppressing it — thanks to the wonderful people at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and [...]

  18. Paisley Place’s Loft » Code to Play Most HD-DVD Movies in Linux Says:

    [...] more information regarding Linux and this code, please stop by RuddOCom to learn [...]

  19. anonymous Says:

    i have an offtopic question. whats the name of the firefox theme you use in the screenshot?

  20. Rudd-O Says:

    It’s Flock, not Firefox. It’s the default Flock theme.

  21. stk Says:

    Ground Zero. Cool. Strong-arm tactics by the MPAA is a poor way to deal with evolving technology.

    Isn’t DRM an oxymoron?

  22. Digg Riot: Online Civil Disobedience | Lee's Blog Says:

    [...] People from all around the world keep digging similar stories with the code. And to quote Rudd-O:”You could literally blink, hit F5 to refresh, and see 30 more votes in the yellow [...]

  23. My Groundswell Review Says:

    [...] chapter they review the newly created Internet landscape with an example from May 2007 involving a blog post with the encryption key for DVD’s (Hollywood’s version of the Holy Grail). As the blog post with the code became more and more [...]

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