Subnet Prefix Length: what is it, what should mine be?

Windows 10 has a convenient feature which allows you to specify your IP address depending on the wireless network you join – making it far easier to bounce around between multiple offices, work locations, coffee shops, and home. But rather than the standard “Subnet Mask” option we’re all used to seeing, it asks users to fill in their Subnet Prefix Length. What the heck should that number be!?

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That Time I Pissed Off Mark Rein of Epic Games

Back in 2003, I ran a tiny little website. This same tiny little website. I didn’t exactly have a reputation as a bad-ass or anything, I didn’t consider myself deep in the Warez or Software Piracy scenes, nothing like that at all. But it was clear that a small community of people around the internet saw me as an influencer of some kind.

I had somehow obtained a few new maps for the game Unreal Tournament 2003. Continue reading “That Time I Pissed Off Mark Rein of Epic Games”