Crack Me!

[rabbit]

The way it was solved was the proper way to do it.  The idea of being a hacker is to think outside the box, and to use unexpected solutions.  I can give many examples, but I don't feel like it.  I don't think anybody here is arguing that the proposed solution was wrong, Joe only said it's not what he intended.  So it's all good. 

Yes!  Exactly!  I'm sure authors protect their programs for a reason.  Why would they say "if you're gonna crack my program, do it this way..."?  I accomplished the task.  The end.