I have seen different $ amounts reported of his haul. $4.5 and $2.8 I don't know which is more accurate. Suffice it to say that they got all his property and accounts. Maybe that Cayman Islands or Isle of Man account survived, but I doubt it.
The prison time is only PART of the sentence! " Baxter was sentenced to 4 years in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2.33 million in restitution to Cisco Systems, and $462,828 in restitution to Verizon."
Nearly $2.8 million to pay back off of the $2.8 million they say he stole. I am guessing that he doesn't have ALL of the proceeds from his caper.
Don't sound like 4 years of fun to me. In any institution or camp there is going to be a heirarchy. This guy is none of the things that are going to make his life in "camp" fun. He is not rich! He may be a tough bird, but he is an old bird at 62. All those ailments that get treated outside of "camp" are going to go untreated. No more private doctors. Dentists that only pull teeth. Hey, maybe he can get one of the best jobs there and make $1.46/hour.
Neither Cisco or Verizon lost their lives or were even traumatized by his actions. However, they need a sentence that works as a deterrent, which this is. Punishment fits the crime.
At the risk of taking some of the fire from the flames you are going to receive I am going to agree with you that Ubuntu Unity is not bad now that the initial bugs are ironed out.
Good point about the wait time. I hope that they have used the sales figures to understand how many cars they need to be able to charge at the same time. Remember this is ONLY for Model S owners. Take your Leaf to the local Starbucks and run an extension cord.
Also, FTA the Supercharger is still connected to the grid. If the unit needs to pull more current than it's generating at the moment it can do so and charge multiple cars. At least that is what I would expect from a forward thinking ambitious project like this.
The range extended EV type, of which only the Chevy Volt is available is really the only choice for anyone with a greater than average commute length. I just don't want to be that tied to "the grid" (I wonder how poorly the ranges degrades if I tow a solar panel array.) Even the Volt as a second commuter car purchase is a tough ecomonic decision.
Even Chevrolet is telling you this in plain English. Chevrolet Volt - $40,000 Chevrolet Cruze Eco $20,000 and gets 42mpg.
Plus, a little math problem. That 42mpg really off sets my fuel budget much better than the Volt. I drive about 14,500 miles a year just for the commute. Not all highway driving so lets I am guessing that I might get 32mpg on avearge. 14,500/32=455 gallons a year. 455x$4.50 a gallon for gas in Northern California = $2047.50. That is about the cost of the charging station I believe.
So, even if electricity cost is zero and gas gradually increases to $8.00 per gallon costing $3640.00 per year, I can drive the Cruze for another 5-8 years before the Volt starts to get the advantage.
Sorry, I want an EV and the Volt has the technology type I like best. I just cant justify the cost right now. I will check back in 5 years. Until then, please keep the government subsidies for the people that can keep this technology alive in order for it to become affordable.
500 small motorboats in any type of attack formation or even an attempt at covert action would be detected by the Battle Group's radar/sonar/lodar etc. and would be dealt with before getting within range. I'm not saying that a single hit might not be made, but that single hit would have to be a money shot to sink the carrier.
Furthermore, the Stinger is a surface-to-air weapon that needs a heat exhaust signature to lock onto for firing. I don't believe the carrier emits the heat signature required for a successful launch.
I agree. That is a tough nut to crack, lowering support costs for the *average* consumer. The best case scenario I can imagine (and I admit I'm not trying to imagine too hard) is being able to remote in to the system and fix the box remotely. I can't imagine how many support calls are generated because the user installed software that is imcompatible with the latest kernel update.
I love looking up an mid-18th century phrase so I can understand a 21st century article about an active stratovolcano that last erupted at the beginning of that18th century.
You didn't know what a tenterhook was either unless you were/are a historic actor fuller specialist or a Chris Mars fan. (A what who when?)
I know that I swim against the/. current here when it comes to Window Phone. I haven't drank of the MS or Apple or Linux koolaid. I use all three desktop OS flavors at work every week and they all have strengths and weaknesses. I never bought the first iPhone because of the soldered in battery. At the time I was using 2 batteries a day in the field. (not to mention the privacy concerns of not being able to REALLY turn off my phone). I had a miserable experience with the first Droid (randomly calling and texting). I went Blackberry for a while. Revisited iPhone, but the screen typing was horrid (large fingers). When it was time to upgrade in 2010 I went with the Samsung Focus and it just worked for me. I do like the Metro interface on the touchscreen, but always by-pass it when using Win8 on the desktop. Seems pretty useless on the desktop, but it would surely be useful on a tablet and possible a laptop with touchscreen.
The Nokia 900 WP7, had some advantages over the Samsung Focus S on the spec sheet. Bigger screen, bigger body (again... large hands), and the camera cmos appeared faster to me in the store. The other advantage is the Xbox Live connection. Love it! Games developed my interest in computers and I am a gamer at heart. My only complaint is that with the Case-Mate case I confuse the phone with my wallet when it's in my pocket sometimes, but I am working on the brain power required to recognize the difference.
I am only mildly concerned about not being able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8 with my Nokia 900. If I feel like I'm missing out on some must-have super app before my 2-year upgrade comes around, I will bite the bullet and pay the phone price.
IANAL nor have I read the actual indictment. However this article http://www.informationweek.com/security/management/second-lulzsec-sony-hacker-suspect-arres/240006432 states that the charges include conspiracy. It also indicates that they caught him "after VPN service provider HideMyAss.com was served with a court order seeking information related to several LulzSec exploits, including attacks against Sony, the U.K.'s Serious Organized Crime Agency, as well as NATO."
Plus, the 15 years are possible and give the prosecutors something to plea bargin with and/or the FBI leverage to get the suspected person to cooperate.
Well, mostly, but his is not entirely true. In the classic prisoner's dilmena game theory exercise there are only two players. "Honor among thieves" can be enforced by the higher-ups in an organization or by a competing power structure within the organization.
It doesn't seem to be a choice between stay in business or fire everyone. Since the news broke on Friday OnLive has released statements in which they claim about 50% of the old employees will be hired by the "new" company. I believe, as speculated in the comment link above, that this was done to reduce the company's liability in order to make a better sale.
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This is the most overwhelming problem of all COST!!! Maybe there is a Search and Rescue market, but this is a tough sell for consumers.
I have seen different $ amounts reported of his haul. $4.5 and $2.8 I don't know which is more accurate. Suffice it to say that they got all his property and accounts. Maybe that Cayman Islands or Isle of Man account survived, but I doubt it.
The prison time is only PART of the sentence! " Baxter was sentenced to 4 years in prison to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2.33 million in restitution to Cisco Systems, and $462,828 in restitution to Verizon."
Nearly $2.8 million to pay back off of the $2.8 million they say he stole. I am guessing that he doesn't have ALL of the proceeds from his caper.
IF he gets minimum security Federal Prision Camp, he will likely go closest to home. FCP Montgomery. http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/mon/MON_aohandbook.pdf
Don't sound like 4 years of fun to me. In any institution or camp there is going to be a heirarchy. This guy is none of the things that are going to make his life in "camp" fun. He is not rich! He may be a tough bird, but he is an old bird at 62. All those ailments that get treated outside of "camp" are going to go untreated. No more private doctors. Dentists that only pull teeth. Hey, maybe he can get one of the best jobs there and make $1.46/hour.
Neither Cisco or Verizon lost their lives or were even traumatized by his actions. However, they need a sentence that works as a deterrent, which this is.
Punishment fits the crime.
Other Law Enforcement please take note. Follow this model for other crime prevention and imporve your community.
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At the risk of taking some of the fire from the flames you are going to receive I am going to agree with you that Ubuntu Unity is not bad now that the initial bugs are ironed out.
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Check your ego.
Good point about the wait time. I hope that they have used the sales figures to understand how many cars they need to be able to charge at the same time. Remember this is ONLY for Model S owners. Take your Leaf to the local Starbucks and run an extension cord.
Also, FTA the Supercharger is still connected to the grid. If the unit needs to pull more current than it's generating at the moment it can do so and charge multiple cars. At least that is what I would expect from a forward thinking ambitious project like this.
The range extended EV type, of which only the Chevy Volt is available is really the only choice for anyone with a greater than average commute length. I just don't want to be that tied to "the grid" (I wonder how poorly the ranges degrades if I tow a solar panel array.) Even the Volt as a second commuter car purchase is a tough ecomonic decision.
Even Chevrolet is telling you this in plain English.
Chevrolet Volt - $40,000
Chevrolet Cruze Eco $20,000 and gets 42mpg.
Plus, a little math problem.
That 42mpg really off sets my fuel budget much better than the Volt. I drive about 14,500 miles a year just for the commute. Not all highway driving so lets I am guessing that I might get 32mpg on avearge. 14,500/32=455 gallons a year. 455x$4.50 a gallon for gas in Northern California = $2047.50. That is about the cost of the charging station I believe.
So, even if electricity cost is zero and gas gradually increases to $8.00 per gallon costing $3640.00 per year, I can drive the Cruze for another 5-8 years before the Volt starts to get the advantage.
Sorry, I want an EV and the Volt has the technology type I like best. I just cant justify the cost right now. I will check back in 5 years. Until then, please keep the government subsidies for the people that can keep this technology alive in order for it to become affordable.
500 small motorboats in any type of attack formation or even an attempt at covert action would be detected by the Battle Group's radar/sonar/lodar etc. and would be dealt with before getting within range. I'm not saying that a single hit might not be made, but that single hit would have to be a money shot to sink the carrier.
Furthermore, the Stinger is a surface-to-air weapon that needs a heat exhaust signature to lock onto for firing. I don't believe the carrier emits the heat signature required for a successful launch.
Really?
"The Navy flew more than 8,000 combat sorties during May" (1967)
http://www.history.navy.mil/docs/vietnam/high66-5.html
I agree. That is a tough nut to crack, lowering support costs for the *average* consumer. The best case scenario I can imagine (and I admit I'm not trying to imagine too hard) is being able to remote in to the system and fix the box remotely. I can't imagine how many support calls are generated because the user installed software that is imcompatible with the latest kernel update.
I love looking up an mid-18th century phrase so I can understand a 21st century article about an active stratovolcano that last erupted at the beginning of that18th century.
You didn't know what a tenterhook was either unless you were/are a historic actor fuller specialist or a Chris Mars fan. (A what who when?)
I am elated that this immediately stunk to all ./ posters thus far in this thread. What a Freaky Friday storyt!
I look forward to be being able to upgrade my iPhone 4S and iPad 3 to iOS 6 for "free" and later upgrading to iOS 7 next year again for "free".
You have that guarantee in writing, right?
Don't attack the messenger. I'm just asking because it seems that iOS 6 leaves out those original iPad owners. http://jaxov.com/2012/06/ios-6-features-compatibility-release-date-all-you-need-to-know/
I guess koolaid makes some people forget that existing generations of the iPhone are NOT always compatible with new iOS versions. Here is another story from way back in March 2011 to remind you http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/03/05/ios-4-3-will-not-be-compatible-with-all-idevices/
People like myself prefer to be called early-adopters or hobbyists. Look into it.
I know that I swim against the /. current here when it comes to Window Phone. I haven't drank of the MS or Apple or Linux koolaid. I use all three desktop OS flavors at work every week and they all have strengths and weaknesses. I never bought the first iPhone because of the soldered in battery. At the time I was using 2 batteries a day in the field. (not to mention the privacy concerns of not being able to REALLY turn off my phone). I had a miserable experience with the first Droid (randomly calling and texting). I went Blackberry for a while. Revisited iPhone, but the screen typing was horrid (large fingers). When it was time to upgrade in 2010 I went with the Samsung Focus and it just worked for me. I do like the Metro interface on the touchscreen, but always by-pass it when using Win8 on the desktop. Seems pretty useless on the desktop, but it would surely be useful on a tablet and possible a laptop with touchscreen.
The Nokia 900 WP7, had some advantages over the Samsung Focus S on the spec sheet. Bigger screen, bigger body (again... large hands), and the camera cmos appeared faster to me in the store. The other advantage is the Xbox Live connection. Love it! Games developed my interest in computers and I am a gamer at heart. My only complaint is that with the Case-Mate case I confuse the phone with my wallet when it's in my pocket sometimes, but I am working on the brain power required to recognize the difference.
I am only mildly concerned about not being able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8 with my Nokia 900. If I feel like I'm missing out on some must-have super app before my 2-year upgrade comes around, I will bite the bullet and pay the phone price.
IANAL nor have I read the actual indictment. However this article http://www.informationweek.com/security/management/second-lulzsec-sony-hacker-suspect-arres/240006432 states that the charges include conspiracy. It also indicates that they caught him "after VPN service provider HideMyAss.com was served with a court order seeking information related to several LulzSec exploits, including attacks against Sony, the U.K.'s Serious Organized Crime Agency, as well as NATO."
Plus, the 15 years are possible and give the prosecutors something to plea bargin with and/or the FBI leverage to get the suspected person to cooperate.
http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/pricing.html
If you don't want to follow the link.. it clearly states "per processor", which indicates no core limit.
Well, mostly, but his is not entirely true. In the classic prisoner's dilmena game theory exercise there are only two players. "Honor among thieves" can be enforced by the higher-ups in an organization or by a competing power structure within the organization.
He is probably not going into general population for this very reason.
Or maybe he just doesn't want to go in yet. It takes some considerable effort to "prepare" for a stay in prison for most non-career criminals.
Actually, it's easier for the authorities to make sure he testifies if he is in custody.
also look up "concurrently" and "consecutively"
Read this comment further down the thread. http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3056285&cid=41032105
It doesn't seem to be a choice between stay in business or fire everyone. Since the news broke on Friday OnLive has released statements in which they claim about 50% of the old employees will be hired by the "new" company. I believe, as speculated in the comment link above, that this was done to reduce the company's liability in order to make a better sale.
Definitely a possibility.