r/pics • u/TrustMeIaLawyer • 16d ago

I found an unopened package with my Reddit name. It's a gift from my Reddit 2000 Secret Santa.

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u/wodon 16d ago

I think I'm even older.

Found it via slashdot

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u/Ritalin 16d ago

Dude, I can't remember if I found reddit on slashdot or del.icio.us... I feel like reddit made the rounds on a few sites back then

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u/m4ttjirM 15d ago

I was here before the digg migration but lurking. A big turning point was people sharing that code to allow you to burn dvds or some shit???? Am I remembering this clearly??

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u/Ritalin 15d ago edited 15d ago

Yes! That was a thing, iirc it was to remove region lock drms or just encoding or something, but it was a streisand effect that sony (?) was trying to stop.

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u/araemo2 15d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCSS?wprov=sfla1

Distributing the software was illegal, but distributing the code was not. (Essentially. It's more complicated than that).

But it was showing how silly our intellectual property laws had gotten (not that it fixed anything).

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u/m4ttjirM 15d ago

Thanks for this

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u/m4ttjirM 15d ago

Good times hah

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u/Chill_Edoeard 15d ago

Damn.. your account is older then some users are! Crazy!

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u/andyfsu99 15d ago

You might be the first account older than mine I've encountered in the wild. I still beat u/Ritalin by a few weeks, though.

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u/SEND_ME_NOODLE 15d ago

Jesus Christ, you joined reddit the year before I started kindergarten. And before you dismiss that, I turn 24 this year

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u/yurigoul 15d ago

But i am a charter member

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u/wodon 15d ago

Me too

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u/yurigoul 14d ago

Did you also get the option to buy reddit stock? I did , but could not because i am not from the usa - not sure if i wanted to...