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HD-DVD key numbers turned into colors on a T-shirt
You know those numbers that could change the world? No, not the ones on Lost, the HD-DVD key code that could lead to the end of Digg as we know it.Well, the sixteen hexadecimal digits are just numbers when it comes right down to it. And you can do all sorts of things with numbers, like use them as a basis for web-colors and make them into a pretty picture that may or may not be illegal to share with your friends.
But why stop there when you can go one step further and design a T-shirt based on those colors and sell it for fun and profit? It'll be interesting to see if the T-shirt gets a cease and desist notice from the MPAA, or if they'll send out letters to anyone caught wearing the shirt in public.
[via Boing Boing]
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsJohnMay 3rd 2007 3:20PM
You'd have to be the biggest nerd in the world to buy that. Nobody is going to understand what it means, it just basically looks gay for those that don't get it. Plus the key is going to be changed in the future anyway. Amazing how fast the money grab on this was.
olivierdbMay 3rd 2007 3:20PM
30 bucks for a t-shirt is a rip-off!
Especially if you consider they have the wrong number!!!
PeterMay 3rd 2007 3:21PM
I'm going to buy one, "rip" it and "share" it with my friends. :)
Chris CareyMay 3rd 2007 3:21PM
Looks a little too rainbowy for me no thanks. Why not do something just a little more useful with your money. Send it to me lol JK. no really :|
alexMay 3rd 2007 9:05PM
Hey - seems like there are other cool t-shirts available and they are cheaper than this one!
check it out : http://www.cafepress.com/kyokushinshrine.129744526
Gary BarberMay 4th 2007 7:54AM
Check again! The colors are right (just the code displayed on the site is not). The only one in question is the last one is "c0" = "c00" or "c0c" (as some have decided).
Amazing someone puts out good quality shirts with no real mind to making a profit, initally as a bit of fun, they and the are ripping people off, Cafepress do it and it's okay.. People get a perspective.
erickollerMay 7th 2007 6:11PM
Don't forget about the guy who got it tattooed on himself! http://modblog.bmezine.com/2007/05/03/takedown-this/