Digital Rectal Massage - A 2006 Ig Nobel Award-winning medical technique used to terminate intractable hiccups. DRM has been shown to stop hiccups within 30 seconds when "attempted using a slow circumferential motion." Please see Francis M. Fesmire's various medical publications for precise details.
(1) "DRM was then attempted using a slow circumferential motion. The frequency of hiccups immediately began to slow, with a termination of all hiccups within 30 seconds." -- Fesmire, case report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
(2) "A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccups which had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage DRM was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of the hiccups occurred several hours later, and again, they were terminated immediately with digital rectal massage. No other recurrences were observed. This is the second reported case associating cessation of intractable hiccups with DRM. We suggest that this manoeuvre should be considered in cases of intractable hiccups before proceeding with pharmacological agents." -- Odeh M, Bassan H, Oliven A., "Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage", Journal of Internal Medicine.
(2) "A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccups which had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage DRM was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of the hiccups occurred several hours later, and again, they were terminated immediately with digital rectal massage. No other recurrences were observed. This is the second reported case associating cessation of intractable hiccups with DRM. We suggest that this manoeuvre should be considered in cases of intractable hiccups before proceeding with pharmacological agents." -- Odeh M, Bassan H, Oliven A., "Termination of intractable hiccups with digital rectal massage", Journal of Internal Medicine.
by Cowboy Bob October 12, 2006
The reason why piracy still exists. Even if the user buys a DRM protected game/DVD/CD legally, they will still suffer a fate worse than Hell. Some forms of DRM, such as SecuROM (commonly mocked as Suck-uROM) will force the user to re-register if any component of their computer is changed or weekly, some require you to be online while the game is running (even if it's single player only, like SimCity 2013), and at worst, some DRM can be straight up malware that can damage your PC or even prevent it from booting. DRM punishes everyone equally, both legal users and pirated copy users. Nobody is spared.
What the fuck do you mean I need a "persistent internet connection" to play?! This is fucking SimCity. I'm returning the game back to Walmart and just pirate it instead. Fuck DRM!
by Corn-Sizzurp May 18, 2021
Digital Right Management. The result of an increasing, if not unfounded, fear in a digital age of media piracy and how it could ruin the music and gaming industries. It's basically anything which prevents you, the consumer, from pirating digital content. For example, if you try tampering with your Xbox 360 to play pirated games then the guys down at Microsoft know what you're doing and can shut the console off permanently. Some forms work well and are met with general approval (iTunes, Steam) and others not so much (SecuROM).
Much of the discontent for DRM comes from a liberal-minded consumer base that insists if you bought it, you own it. But unfortunately nowadays you don't really own digital media anymore, you only own the rights to use it. For example, if one were to read the Terms of Use, it is clearly written out that you don't actually own the game but only the license for it. This is particularly prevalent in online games, where patches, expansions, and DLC are always changing the game and developers reserve the right to remove this content at their leisure.
Much of the discontent for DRM comes from a liberal-minded consumer base that insists if you bought it, you own it. But unfortunately nowadays you don't really own digital media anymore, you only own the rights to use it. For example, if one were to read the Terms of Use, it is clearly written out that you don't actually own the game but only the license for it. This is particularly prevalent in online games, where patches, expansions, and DLC are always changing the game and developers reserve the right to remove this content at their leisure.
by failspy February 19, 2009
Acronym: Drunk Rollover Minutes; What those of us who don't get hangovers get. Instead of feeling sick, and having a splitting headache after waking up after a long night of drinking, you simply continue being drunk untill the effects of last nights alcohol have worn off.
Matt: I had the worst hangover this morning, i felt like shit
Jordan: Fuck that dude, i've got DRM, i was drunk untill 1:30
Jordan: Fuck that dude, i've got DRM, i was drunk untill 1:30
by Jordan Borges June 21, 2007
by DRM2 March 22, 2007
Something that all electronic manufacturers like to put on their products nowadays so they will "do their little bit for the industry"
The DRM feature is actually no use to you but people still buy it because all the companies get together and say "we will put DRM on all the products we can from now on"
A little pesky feature that only helps out the content industry but not the person owning it.
Normally you can do what you like with any product you buy, unless it has DRM in which case it will do what the content industry wants it to do as opposed to the person who owns it.
The DRM feature is actually no use to you but people still buy it because all the companies get together and say "we will put DRM on all the products we can from now on"
A little pesky feature that only helps out the content industry but not the person owning it.
Normally you can do what you like with any product you buy, unless it has DRM in which case it will do what the content industry wants it to do as opposed to the person who owns it.
You go into a shop, pay £400 for a brand new iProd to find out that it doesnt do what you want it to do (copy songs??) even though your the one who paid £400 for it. Instead it helps out the recording industry and guess how much they paid for your iPod?? NOTHING! It isnt theirs, but the DRM "helps them out" anyway
by towel401 August 5, 2004
by DRM FOUNDER March 6, 2023