more STUPID now than ever

[Richard Piper]

On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 22:06 -0600, Luke -Jr wrote:
> On Thursday 06 December 2007, Oren Beck wrote:
> > *This is a new level of stupid. A drive should do what it is told.
> >
> > http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/06/western-digital-netw.html*
> 
> The story seems to leave out a bit of relevant info: this doesn't apply to 
> normal file access, only a special feature they have for internet-wide file 
> sharing. So basically they are shipping these with a p2p-style server 
> installed, which is RIAA/MPAA's favourite software target.

Among the the files banned are the seemingly the same files promised to
share:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=340

I haven't looked close enough to find the asterisk that removes the
false advertising liability...

Rick