I'm not quite sure, the only thing I can speculate is that the US based portion of the company filed, not their headquarters in Switzerland. Anyone have any info on this?
The registrar was targeted by the court because California court (or any other court in the US for that matter) has no jurisdiction over the co-lo ISP or the publishers of the actual content, since they are overseas.
"Tellme founder and previous Yahoo co-founder, Mike McCue hasn't spoken to past-partner Jerry Yang since the Microsoft takeover bid for Yahoo..."
There's nothing ambiguous or implied in the way that sentence is structured. It pretty clearly states him as being a co-founder of Yahoo.
You could make the argument of implication if it read "Tellme founder Mike McCue hasn't spoken to past-partner and previous Yahoo co-founder, Jerry Yang, since the Microsoft takeover bid for Yahoo..."
I work for one of the largest direct (junk) mail companies in the country, and I can say it definitely does the USPS good, as it is an extremely profitable relationship for them.
And before anyone decides to flame me, I'm just an hourly employee working a labor job earning a paycheck, I despise the business as much as the next guy.
The initial point was that it'd be humorous if Verizon blocked port 80 for the client, which would have no effect. Read what I said again, web traffic is generally serviced by port 80 SERVER SIDE, but client side YOUR machine could be communicating with this server on one of any thousand of ports, therefore Verizon blocking port 80 would not affect anyone's ability to connect to other web servers.
Sigh.
80 isn't generally used as the outbound TCP port for web traffic on the client side, as this would deny you the ability to run a web server and browse other sites simultaneously.
Back when AT&T, Verizon, and BellSouth agreed to help the NSA in its little wiretapping scheme, Qwest declined to compromise its customers' privacy. Private entities have zero obligation to assist the government in these kinds of matters, unless there are legal grounds.
Now I'm going to explain the difference between a pervert and an interested citizen.
Both peep into locker rooms and watch 12 year-olds undressing, but there's a big difference! The pervert is doing it because he is a criminal and the concerned citizen is just doing it to see how it is done so that they can know how perverts do it.
Is this some sort of fabricated justification you've made for yourself to better sleep at night?
Just a thought, 'cause that's a really bad analogy that wouldn't have passed most peoples "WTF?" filter.
Theft & copyright infringement do not have to exist on the same plane. If code was transferred over a network and then used in the company's own proprietary software, that is theft and copyright infringement.
As another poster pointed out: if code is printed to paper, it is then stored via physical media, making a fraudulent transfer of its ownership "theft". Whether another copy is available, is not relevant.
I could honestly give two shits about what some dweeb on/. calls me, but I figured I'd point out one of your (many, I have a feeling) obvious character flaws anyway. I wonder how far being a demeaning prick gets you in the real world. Good luck with that, buddy.
Please, my pope-like-wanna-be-asshole-friend, forgive my sins of incorrect choice of wording, as Slashcode is freely available under GNU.
Maybe if you could see through the shit cloud in your brain, you could understand and maybe even appreciate the actual point of someone's post, not-with-standing the opportunity to play Internet Cop via a technicality in the way the information is presented.
Don't you have someone's grammar to correct somewhere or something?
Sometimes I really, really, REALLY wish for a '-1, Dickhead' moderation option.
Not trolling here, but, if someone gets imprisoned for stealing and stripping automobiles, they should be hired by their local Goodwrench service center as a master mechanic?
I don't think a life sentence is in order, but there has got to be some accountability for actions taken. I mean, by your line of thinking, why would you even interview for an IT position anymore? Just find an exploit in a prospective employer's system and run with it. Once you've caused thousands of dollars worth of damage and compromised clients' personal/confidential data, your worth will be noted and an offer made.
When Jews were asked 6 months beforehand or more by germans to leave germany and did not? What did they expect?? Germany is NOT the USA, and germans do as germans see fit there on their own land, and ARE entitled to do so as THEY see fit, not the rest of the planet.
Who the hell is anyone to tell anyone how to live in their own land or home???
Above all else, the nation germany? Is NOT jewish land (they were literally just visitors there who disobeyed the rightful residents requiring they leave).
Folks largely realize that people do not take radical measures against others, without righteous indignation and when all other methods failed.
Yeah, that completely explains Nazi Germany persecuting Jews on foreign soil, and then, here it comes, the big ironic whopper...bringing them BACK TO GERMANY by the thousands via mass transit for further persecution. You may want to read up on WWII, particularly the parts about these places called "concentration camps" located throughout Germany.
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Fail.
I'm not your friend, guy!
It wasn't on his home/work computer. It was on a remote server that was open to the internet. RTFS?
I'll grab the foil.
I've been waiting sixteen f@$*ing years to find out what the fuss is all about.
Now where's that damned Wolf 3D floppy?
I'm not quite sure, the only thing I can speculate is that the US based portion of the company filed, not their headquarters in Switzerland. Anyone have any info on this?
The registrar was targeted by the court because California court (or any other court in the US for that matter) has no jurisdiction over the co-lo ISP or the publishers of the actual content, since they are overseas.
"Everything else being equal, that should still result in 99.94% uptime, or .04% fail. The point is still valid, of course."
94+4=100?
"Tellme founder and previous Yahoo co-founder, Mike McCue hasn't spoken to past-partner Jerry Yang since the Microsoft takeover bid for Yahoo..."
There's nothing ambiguous or implied in the way that sentence is structured. It pretty clearly states him as being a co-founder of Yahoo.
You could make the argument of implication if it read "Tellme founder Mike McCue hasn't spoken to past-partner and previous Yahoo co-founder, Jerry Yang, since the Microsoft takeover bid for Yahoo..."
I work for one of the largest direct (junk) mail companies in the country, and I can say it definitely does the USPS good, as it is an extremely profitable relationship for them.
And before anyone decides to flame me, I'm just an hourly employee working a labor job earning a paycheck, I despise the business as much as the next guy.
The initial point was that it'd be humorous if Verizon blocked port 80 for the client, which would have no effect. Read what I said again, web traffic is generally serviced by port 80 SERVER SIDE, but client side YOUR machine could be communicating with this server on one of any thousand of ports, therefore Verizon blocking port 80 would not affect anyone's ability to connect to other web servers. Sigh.
80 isn't generally used as the outbound TCP port for web traffic on the client side, as this would deny you the ability to run a web server and browse other sites simultaneously.
Back when AT&T, Verizon, and BellSouth agreed to help the NSA in its little wiretapping scheme, Qwest declined to compromise its customers' privacy. Private entities have zero obligation to assist the government in these kinds of matters, unless there are legal grounds.
Both peep into locker rooms and watch 12 year-olds undressing, but there's a big difference! The pervert is doing it because he is a criminal and the concerned citizen is just doing it to see how it is done so that they can know how perverts do it.
Is this some sort of fabricated justification you've made for yourself to better sleep at night?
Just a thought, 'cause that's a really bad analogy that wouldn't have passed most peoples "WTF?" filter.
I'm hoping Freudian slip.
Theft & copyright infringement do not have to exist on the same plane. If code was transferred over a network and then used in the company's own proprietary software, that is theft and copyright infringement.
As another poster pointed out: if code is printed to paper, it is then stored via physical media, making a fraudulent transfer of its ownership "theft". Whether another copy is available, is not relevant.
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You must be new here.
A fortune 100 company based in Austin, TX...hmmm....
I'd like to buy a vowel, please.
E? Gosh this is tough. Is there an L? Two? Wow, I'm on a roll!
I could honestly give two shits about what some dweeb on /. calls me, but I figured I'd point out one of your (many, I have a feeling) obvious character flaws anyway. I wonder how far being a demeaning prick gets you in the real world. Good luck with that, buddy.
Last I checked, FM radio was free, and did share music with everyone.
Am I missing something?
Please, my pope-like-wanna-be-asshole-friend, forgive my sins of incorrect choice of wording, as Slashcode is freely available under GNU.
Maybe if you could see through the shit cloud in your brain, you could understand and maybe even appreciate the actual point of someone's post, not-with-standing the opportunity to play Internet Cop via a technicality in the way the information is presented.
Don't you have someone's grammar to correct somewhere or something?
Sometimes I really, really, REALLY wish for a '-1, Dickhead' moderation option.
If only I had mod points.
Most major BB distros these days do have this feature, but /.'s forum system is proprietary and does not.
I'm not disagreeing with the reality of the matter. I am however disagreeing with the example that is set in the process.
Not trolling here, but, if someone gets imprisoned for stealing and stripping automobiles, they should be hired by their local Goodwrench service center as a master mechanic?
I don't think a life sentence is in order, but there has got to be some accountability for actions taken. I mean, by your line of thinking, why would you even interview for an IT position anymore? Just find an exploit in a prospective employer's system and run with it. Once you've caused thousands of dollars worth of damage and compromised clients' personal/confidential data, your worth will be noted and an offer made.
Doesn't this somehow send the wrong message?
Yeah, that completely explains Nazi Germany persecuting Jews on foreign soil, and then, here it comes, the big ironic whopper...bringing them BACK TO GERMANY by the thousands via mass transit for further persecution. You may want to read up on WWII, particularly the parts about these places called "concentration camps" located throughout Germany.
Talk about baloney.