The idea that an intermediary trafficker can be held accountable for the files and data passing through it is disgusting. By this logic why aren't ISP's held accountable by law for child pornography passing through their servers? I hope IsoHunt succeeds in their endeavor and shows that government the flaw in their logic.
What does Mario leading to "greater sex" have anything to do with Nintendo's history? On a side note... I shoulda been a plumber. I never knew that plumbing and jumping would lead to better sex. Thanks for the life tip Slashdot!
No more trips to the bathroom! No more trips to the fridge! I can now die comfortably from my bed or chair with no worries and rest assured that after I'm dead... my wife can still get her beer from the fridge thanks to a 'bot. Thanks:)
Throw some hot pockets my way and I'm good. Despite the misconception of 'lazy' people working on computers... I don't think I've ever met an overweight IT.
I doubt most people are even going to notice the switch over to digital. Between cable and satellite providers relatively few are going to see the need for a digital-analog converter. On another note... Wilmington just wanted to put a simple "We did it first so we're 'technologically advanced'" stamp on a tourist brochure. Whatever and good luck to 'em (I guess).
Location plays a major part in how much bandwidth is going to be available. Beyond being just dependent on the ISP based on location and what companies are available there, you also have to look at which building it is being held in. DEFCON may have gotten the short end of the stick because the owners of the building they used would only allow so much. Not that a lot is needed (at least in comparison to how many participants are there)... nobody exactly goes to DEFCON to torrent an HD movie.
The prize has nothing to do with this. It's simply a proof of concept trial showing that data recovery is mostly FUD (especially in the case of a seized computer).
I'm disgusted also. With this particular story, they brought it on themselves by trying to use a U.S.-based company for a data service in another country. But if the family usually got a bill in a certain range (the range being a few hundred at most), AT&T should have realized *something* out of the ordinary was happening and the bill was skyrocketing past a certain point. As for the man with the $85,000 bill in the link above... if he plugged that phone into a laptop and used it as such (unless there was a data rate plan does not apply if phone is used as a modem type clause in contract), he should have had lawyers all over that.
It's important when they consider how much fuel is gonna be required for launch and at what angle to the center of the earth they should launch it at for the craft to get the right amount of thrust and height for orbit.
I don't know if piracy is a big winner, but I think Sony was smart putting the BR Player in their Playstation 3's. Microsoft should have put HD-DVD Players in the Xbox 360. While it would have turned some people off of the 360, the vast majority would have said well since my Xbox can play HD-DVD's I might as buy them since they are better than regular DVD's anyway. That alone would have boosted sales tremendously and made it a real threat to Blue Ray.
The ONLY thing I truly wish they include is... Linux support. Not many games ahve that and if Starcraft 2 had support for Linux then it could be poised to be one of the top selling games of all time. Here's to Linux support and the dumping of IPX ^^
When a program crashes and "forgets" all the information you had put into it, you get angry no? Think before you type sir. The entire concept of a computer was to NOT forget. They started out as calculating machines, if machines could "forget" then it would defeat the entire concept driving the technological advances made towards computers.
I agree. I think the fact that they are pursuing these children on a legal basis is ridiculous. It is especially insane if the student involved TOLD THE ADMINISTRATORS how to disable CD-ROM bootups. Tell me what the point of an IT Administrator is, if not to prevent something like that happening. If the student had been proven to committing a crime or breaking any rules put in place by the school system, then I would understand the measures they are taking, however at the moment it seems as though the school system is taking the cheap way out, as opposed to say... blocking CD-ROM bootups? Wow, I'm 17 and I've solved this complex case.
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The idea that an intermediary trafficker can be held accountable for the files and data passing through it is disgusting. By this logic why aren't ISP's held accountable by law for child pornography passing through their servers? I hope IsoHunt succeeds in their endeavor and shows that government the flaw in their logic.
What does Mario leading to "greater sex" have anything to do with Nintendo's history? On a side note... I shoulda been a plumber. I never knew that plumbing and jumping would lead to better sex. Thanks for the life tip Slashdot!
No more trips to the bathroom! No more trips to the fridge! I can now die comfortably from my bed or chair with no worries and rest assured that after I'm dead... my wife can still get her beer from the fridge thanks to a 'bot. Thanks :)
Throw some hot pockets my way and I'm good. Despite the misconception of 'lazy' people working on computers... I don't think I've ever met an overweight IT.
I doubt most people are even going to notice the switch over to digital. Between cable and satellite providers relatively few are going to see the need for a digital-analog converter. On another note... Wilmington just wanted to put a simple "We did it first so we're 'technologically advanced'" stamp on a tourist brochure. Whatever and good luck to 'em (I guess).
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Location plays a major part in how much bandwidth is going to be available. Beyond being just dependent on the ISP based on location and what companies are available there, you also have to look at which building it is being held in. DEFCON may have gotten the short end of the stick because the owners of the building they used would only allow so much. Not that a lot is needed (at least in comparison to how many participants are there)... nobody exactly goes to DEFCON to torrent an HD movie.
The prize has nothing to do with this. It's simply a proof of concept trial showing that data recovery is mostly FUD (especially in the case of a seized computer).
I'm disgusted also. With this particular story, they brought it on themselves by trying to use a U.S.-based company for a data service in another country. But if the family usually got a bill in a certain range (the range being a few hundred at most), AT&T should have realized *something* out of the ordinary was happening and the bill was skyrocketing past a certain point. As for the man with the $85,000 bill in the link above... if he plugged that phone into a laptop and used it as such (unless there was a data rate plan does not apply if phone is used as a modem type clause in contract), he should have had lawyers all over that.
It's important when they consider how much fuel is gonna be required for launch and at what angle to the center of the earth they should launch it at for the craft to get the right amount of thrust and height for orbit.
I don't know if piracy is a big winner, but I think Sony was smart putting the BR Player in their Playstation 3's. Microsoft should have put HD-DVD Players in the Xbox 360. While it would have turned some people off of the 360, the vast majority would have said well since my Xbox can play HD-DVD's I might as buy them since they are better than regular DVD's anyway. That alone would have boosted sales tremendously and made it a real threat to Blue Ray.
The ONLY thing I truly wish they include is... Linux support. Not many games ahve that and if Starcraft 2 had support for Linux then it could be poised to be one of the top selling games of all time. Here's to Linux support and the dumping of IPX ^^
When a program crashes and "forgets" all the information you had put into it, you get angry no? Think before you type sir. The entire concept of a computer was to NOT forget. They started out as calculating machines, if machines could "forget" then it would defeat the entire concept driving the technological advances made towards computers.
I agree. I think the fact that they are pursuing these children on a legal basis is ridiculous. It is especially insane if the student involved TOLD THE ADMINISTRATORS how to disable CD-ROM bootups. Tell me what the point of an IT Administrator is, if not to prevent something like that happening. If the student had been proven to committing a crime or breaking any rules put in place by the school system, then I would understand the measures they are taking, however at the moment it seems as though the school system is taking the cheap way out, as opposed to say... blocking CD-ROM bootups? Wow, I'm 17 and I've solved this complex case.