Stickin’ it to the man: the illustrated report of an epic event
Stats time. I was flabbergasted. And the site was faltering.
At this point, I decided to take a look at my statistics. The last couple of days had been fairly good, with 3000 or so visits to my interview with Beryl author Quinn Storm. But nothing could prepare me for what I was about to see:
See the chat window named Andrés Santos? He owns Blogsticker (quite the rage in social media a few weeks ago) — he’s a friend of mine, and we were college classmates. Give him a visit.
Meanwhile, Apache was clogged with keepalive requests. It was only ten thirty, and the story was clocking in at 6500+ diggs:
Minutes after, it was at nearly 7000 diggs. The story sure didn’t seem like running out of steam. If it was an Unreal character (to steal a commenter’s expression) the off voice would have gone Muh muh muh muh muhnster kill, kill, kill…:
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:36
[…] 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 […]
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:04
[…] lesen auch das hier und den … […]
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:18
you are featured in the german newsmagazine SPIEGEL.
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,480554,00.html
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:30
Now that’s a good read and even better stuff to witness! Holy awesomeness!
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:54
Well, I learned you have an interest in stock photo models.
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:20
[…] 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 […]
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:21
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…
May 2nd, 2007 at 13:17
[…] 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. […]
May 2nd, 2007 at 14:48
[…] raging on the Internet. Specifically, the fight over the HD-DVD key. Rudd-o posted this article covering the battle. He sat at ground […]
May 2nd, 2007 at 18:26
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
May 2nd, 2007 at 20:56
[…] 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 […]
May 3rd, 2007 at 0:24
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.
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:58
Yeah, they still got my site banned. Maybe someone can tip the gentle and generous regents at Digg about this fact?
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:02
the number is “in different designs” featured on the german Netzpolitik.org:
http://netzpolitik.org/2007/die-verbotene-zahl/
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:46
[…] Spread this number 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 […]
May 4th, 2007 at 20:46
[…] http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/05/02/stickin-it-to-the-man-the-illustrated-report-of-an-epic-event/ […]
May 4th, 2007 at 22:33
[…] 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 […]
May 8th, 2007 at 7:18
[…] more information regarding Linux and this code, please stop by RuddOCom to learn […]
May 11th, 2007 at 16:36
i have an offtopic question. whats the name of the firefox theme you use in the screenshot?
May 11th, 2007 at 22:11
It’s Flock, not Firefox. It’s the default Flock theme.
May 12th, 2007 at 8:21
Ground Zero. Cool. Strong-arm tactics by the MPAA is a poor way to deal with evolving technology.
Isn’t DRM an oxymoron?
June 17th, 2007 at 12:23
[…] 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 […]
June 27th, 2008 at 12:36
[…] 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 […]