Good, then the US and Mexico can standardize their IP protection laws to suit Canada... Might make the US laws more sane and balanced if they're forced to acknowledge fair use rights once again.
Yeah we signed those back when US copyright laws almost made sense. Since then they've introduced the draconian DMCA and other stupid laws as well. I fully support as a Canadian keeping copyright laws in my country the same because guess what IT WORKS PERFECTLY FINE FOR OUR POPULACE.
Maybe after Anonymous defeats Scientology we can Anonymous nicely to destroy the MPAA and RIAA too? They practice much of the same scams and scummy tactics.
1) Attack the machine via Trojans or what have you. 2) Poison the hosts file to point www.verisign.com or whatever to your server you have setup. 3) Poison the DNS server(s) to do the same as #2. 4) Hijack the upstream router and make a routing entry to your own server. (You can make your interception server do both DNS *AND* SSL then) 5) Attack the receiving machine via trojans or similar methods to the above.
The scary thing is this would actually work. Almost noone checks their hosts file regularly. Most people assume when you type in www.criminals.com that your machine knows it magically, those who know how DNS work generally treat it as 100% trustworthy but it really isnt. And the attack via upstream router is pretty much untraceable unless you do tracert regularly to these places. (IE. Hey this used to take 12 hops... why is it only taking 3...)
Yes fire the damn outsourcing partner. They obviously did not have your needs in mind when they suggested it. Most likely they thought they could save themselves money by having 1 location they have to go to when shit goes wrong.
IANAL but I think both parties have to be in agreement to drop a suit. The RIAA gets away with dropping so many suits because the defendants simply do not want to continue the fight and just get back to their normal everyday lives so they go 'sure lets drop it'.
And yet every time a big faceless corporation tries to dehumanize someone in order to win a case by preemptively labeling someone as guilty of copyright infringement.
If the RIAA was so sure about their cases as they would have you believe then they would take each and every case to court instead of offering these $3000 get out of jail free cards and backing out of any and all cases where they may look like they will lose.
But hey its fine for them, its just not fine for the grandmother/disabled person/single mother of two to try to shame the RIAA into dropping their case by giving them some bad publicity.
If Microsoft cant invest the time to make a streamlined version of Windows XP for the XO machine then they never really wanted in the market in the first place. I mean this *IS* a company that craps out billion dollar bills like nobody's business. This is a case of Microsoft should bend to OLPC's desires rather than the other way around.
Also I agree on those ground rules. At least Windows XP for the XO should cost nothing and have any WGA and DRM crap yanked out of it. Otherwise theres no point in putting it on there.
Wont happen, the big companies need to keep things with limited write endurance otherwise they'll go out of business. As long as they can keep you on the consumer treadmill they stay in business.
In this day and age of people reciting the mantra 'If you have nothing to hide' that should become the mantra to respond to it 'I have nothing to share either'
Not withstanding this asshole probably has a direct SONET fiber optic line connected straight to his house and is connected close to the internet backbone with the amount of cash he probably has. I think this guy should STFU and RTFM.
Clearly this is just him being a supporter of IP laws and wanting to join the MAFIAA party line.
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Good, then the US and Mexico can standardize their IP protection laws to suit Canada... Might make the US laws more sane and balanced if they're forced to acknowledge fair use rights once again.
Yeah we signed those back when US copyright laws almost made sense. Since then they've introduced the draconian DMCA and other stupid laws as well. I fully support as a Canadian keeping copyright laws in my country the same because guess what IT WORKS PERFECTLY FINE FOR OUR POPULACE.
Maybe after Anonymous defeats Scientology we can Anonymous nicely to destroy the MPAA and RIAA too? They practice much of the same scams and scummy tactics.
MITM Attack Vectors for a Police/Spy Agency
1) Attack the machine via Trojans or what have you.
2) Poison the hosts file to point www.verisign.com or whatever to your server you have setup.
3) Poison the DNS server(s) to do the same as #2.
4) Hijack the upstream router and make a routing entry to your own server. (You can make your interception server do both DNS *AND* SSL then)
5) Attack the receiving machine via trojans or similar methods to the above.
The scary thing is this would actually work. Almost noone checks their hosts file regularly. Most people assume when you type in www.criminals.com that your machine knows it magically, those who know how DNS work generally treat it as 100% trustworthy but it really isnt. And the attack via upstream router is pretty much untraceable unless you do tracert regularly to these places. (IE. Hey this used to take 12 hops... why is it only taking 3...)
Whoever got apple.com must have been sitting on a goldmine.
I'd mod parent up if I had the points...
Yes fire the damn outsourcing partner. They obviously did not have your needs in mind when they suggested it. Most likely they thought they could save themselves money by having 1 location they have to go to when shit goes wrong.
Well there are .mp3's they could be used to transmit 'speech'.
Decrease Altitude! Reverse Direction! Increase Speed!
You have been defeated!
Doesnt matter if their EULA is tight if you can prove that the EULA is something that noone in their right mind would agree to.
Yeah I mean what about all those zombie authors? Dont they deserve to have their copyrights extended indefinitely too?
Technically the State governments are above the national ones since they can break away from the Union IIRC.
Yeah but you werent hired to try and break the security
If the government 'asks' you to kill someone then you're still guilty of murder.
Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids.
IANAL but I think both parties have to be in agreement to drop a suit. The RIAA gets away with dropping so many suits because the defendants simply do not want to continue the fight and just get back to their normal everyday lives so they go 'sure lets drop it'.
And yet every time a big faceless corporation tries to dehumanize someone in order to win a case by preemptively labeling someone as guilty of copyright infringement.
If the RIAA was so sure about their cases as they would have you believe then they would take each and every case to court instead of offering these $3000 get out of jail free cards and backing out of any and all cases where they may look like they will lose.
But hey its fine for them, its just not fine for the grandmother/disabled person/single mother of two to try to shame the RIAA into dropping their case by giving them some bad publicity.
Agreed.
If Microsoft cant invest the time to make a streamlined version of Windows XP for the XO machine then they never really wanted in the market in the first place. I mean this *IS* a company that craps out billion dollar bills like nobody's business. This is a case of Microsoft should bend to OLPC's desires rather than the other way around.
Also I agree on those ground rules. At least Windows XP for the XO should cost nothing and have any WGA and DRM crap yanked out of it. Otherwise theres no point in putting it on there.
Wont happen, the big companies need to keep things with limited write endurance otherwise they'll go out of business. As long as they can keep you on the consumer treadmill they stay in business.
Sorry we dont need the air, just the Electromagnetic Spectrum.
Everyone knows it was the Midichlorians in Prince Charming that woke sleeping beauty up...
You know what they say... If it looks like a rootkit and smells like a rootkit, it's a rootkit.
Best. Comment. Ever.
In this day and age of people reciting the mantra 'If you have nothing to hide' that should become the mantra to respond to it 'I have nothing to share either'
Someone mod the parent up please.
Not withstanding this asshole probably has a direct SONET fiber optic line connected straight to his house and is connected close to the internet backbone with the amount of cash he probably has. I think this guy should STFU and RTFM.
Clearly this is just him being a supporter of IP laws and wanting to join the MAFIAA party line.
I doubt they have any fans anymore. Which is why they can be such jerks about this.
Yeah just make sure these satellites are engineered to last 6 months only.