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Pirate Banned From Using Linux
dsinc writes "A guy who uploaded the latest Star Wars movie got arrested, pleaded guilty to 'conspiracy to commit copyright infringement' and 'criminal copyright infringement' and got jail and home confinement. As part of his home confinement, he agreed to install some tracking software on his computer. The problem is He's an Ubuntu Linux user and the gov't doesn't have any tracking software for Linux. So he's been told that he must use Windows for the term of his confinement. Looks like a case of cruel and unusual punishment to me"
I'm glad my tax dollar are so hard at work protecting the poor corporations. I was worried there for a second.
United States Magistrate Judge Carla Woehrle: After pleading guilty, you are hereby sentenced to confinement at your house ... ... and to serve up to 6 months jail time ... ... and to install government monitoring software on your computer ... ... that only runs on Windows.
Marc Hoaglin: No change in lifestyle there.
Judge Carla Woehrle:
Marc Hoaglin: Sure, why not? I'll get a chance to lift some weights.
Judge Carla Woehrle:
Marc Hoaglin: I guess that's only fair.
Judge Carla Woehrle:
Marc Hoaglin: DO NOT WANT!!!
My work here is dung.
This is clearly a Ninja plot.
The problem is He's an Ubuntu Linux user
And here I was hoping God used Mac OS X (yes, I'm sure there's a "daemon" joke in there, but I'll leave it at one bad joke per post).
You will install MS Vista and install tracking software; you will also pay $300.00 licence fee to MS. You will also install MSOffice2007 _and_ also pay the licence fee. Once this is done, you will ALWAYS vote yes for ooxml.
Sounds like the latest "Catch a Hacker" episode of Dateline NBC. Ace investigative reporter Michelle Madigan uncovers a new operating system used by hackers, pirates and cybercriminals to go on an internet crime spree. What is Ubuntu and why is the government helpless to stop it?
"Linux: The only operating system the NSA doesn't 0wn."
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Toro
Or are they going to buy a legit copy for him?
Or he could have offered them to port the tracking tool to Linux. :-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
They can really punish him by making him run windows ME.
"They can really punish him by making him run windows ME."
Um, They can really punish him by making him * try* to run windows ME.
deleting the extra space after periods so i can stay relevant, yeah.
Surely, somewhere within the bowels of redmond, there remains a copy of "Microsoft Bob" . . .
hawk
So he decides to break down and install Windows. After he's finished, he calls up the FBI and says "OK, I've installed Windows. How do I install the monitoring software?" and the operators says "OK. Here's what you've got to do..." and gives a loooong list of instructions. So the guy says "Holy crap! I've got to do all that?!" and the FBI operator says, "I'm just kidding. It came with the OS. Have a nice day."
NT phone home...
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Unfortunately, arson is also a crime, so I really have no say in what they do in my name.
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Careful now... Windows gateways, virtual machines, ... ? This is voodoo for an average gov't worker. It's technologies that can be used for terrorist activities too!
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
Or the feds could just release the source code. I presume they bought it as part of the contract, or else they are reckless fools.
There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
Surely this would violate his eighth amendment rights.
:%s:work:/.:g
He should just violate copyright and post the software to The Pirate Bay and let people have a crack at it (pun intended).
Why not Windows 3.0/3.1 while we're at it? No IP stack out-of-the-box means he'd have to go back to dial-up BBSes at least long enough to download one. With neither USB nor large volume support, his download options (usable storage space) would also be severely restricted.
This is assuming Win3.x still runs on relatively recent hardware... but IIRC, the Win3.11 installer crashed on my P3 last time I tried it just for the heck of it.
And where would that be? International Copyright Laws don't apply where you live?
Or did you forget to post AC?
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson
They can really punish him by making him run windows ME.
;)
How about Vista? According to the Apple ads it comes bundled with a security guy to decide what you can and can't do, though I don't know whether to take that at face value
Jumpstart the tartan drive.
I thought it was like one of those Buddhist Zen "Koan" things... like "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
"how do you run windows me?"
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There, fixed it for ya.
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No, because [Continue][Cancel]unlike Windows[Continue][Cancel] Me, Windows [Cancel][Allow]Vista actually [Continue][Cancel]works.
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