Microsoft ‘RickRolls' network leechers

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Microsoft ‘RickRolls' network leechers

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Funny that they at least have some humor in them...
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/167543,mi ... chers.aspx
BitTorrent abuse forces internet policy changes.

Microsoft Australia is likely to set quotas or shape traffic on its 150 Mbps Tech Ed 2010 conference internet link, in an effort to stop users killing the network by torrenting large files.

In a blog post, network administrators Codify revealed yesterday that the conference network - which provides free WiFi to the 2,500-plus delegates each year - was "unfairly monopolised" by a small number of users at the conference last September.

Administrators created an unorthodox temporary fix to the problem during last year's event - by ‘RickRolling' the leechers.

RickRolling is a bait-and-switch phenomena where users are redirected to a music video by 80s star Rick Astley.....
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Re: Microsoft ‘RickRolls' network leechers

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Iḿ sorry but as fantastically funny as this is, prevention is better then cure but it does show microsoft has a sense of humour.
Soon Google will know everything...including how to divide by zero :(
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