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If you have ever played a pirated version of Minecraft you should be familiar with the unlicensed watermark that appears after a few minutes of play. One method involves replacing a .class file in minecraft.jar. I discovered a new method to remove this annoying watermark.
Insructions:
Go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
Open the file "hosts" with a text editor such as notepad. You should see something like this:
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
Add this line to the host file. 127.0.0.1 login.minecraft.net
Your host should now look like:

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 login.minecraft.net

Now when you try to login it will say that it can't connect to minecraft.net. If you have a pirated copy this should not matter, but if you need to login using a premium account remove the line that you added to the host file. This should work on all future and previous releases of Minecraft unless Mojang changes their authentication domain.
Originally posted at: http://ontheweb.tk/tutorials/blog1.php/2011/08/05/remove-minecraft-unlicensed-watermark-all-versions

Have you ever been on a forum and wanted to post a torrent file only to realize that the forum did not allow torrents to be uploaded? The solution is quite simple. With the help of the website Hid.im you can convert the torrent into an image which can be posted into a forum or hosted on any website host.
Creating the Image Torrent

1. 1. Go to Hid.im
   
2. 2. Click on "Choose File" which will bring up a choose file dialogue. Select the torrent file you would like to convert and click on submit.
   
3. 3. It will now take you to a page that has your image. Save the image and upload it to an image host. (Hid.im will not host it forever.)
   

Your image is now created and should look similar to this:
Now, you may be thinking, "How am I supposed to use this as a torrent? I just wasted my time reading this blog post and converting my torrent." The answer is simple JavaScript.

Decoding the Image Torrent

The image can be decoded into a torrent file using JavaScript.
The JavaScript code is posted below. You can save it as a bookmark or drag this link to your bookmark bar.

javascript:(function(){if(typeof HidimReader!='undefined'){HidimReader.init();}else{var n=document.createElement('script');n.setAttribute('language','JavaScript');n.setAttribute('src','http://hid.im/javascripts/hidim_reader.js');document.body.appendChild(n);}})();;

You can test this by clicking on the JavaScript link or copying and pasting the code into your address bar. The image example in the middle of the post is an actual image created from my torrent here.
*Edit - Due to the way KAT embeds the images the JavaScript will not work on an image posted on the site. Open the image in a new tab or window to test it.