It seems everyday I see more and more stories about a company doing something naughty, and then people sue them. Why is this? To get rich of course.
If you think about it for a moment, one person suing a company won't do much. True, it does take money out of their pockets, give them some bad PR and perhaps invites other lawsuits, but this accomplishes nothing in the long run.
What needs to be done is there should either be stricter laws against this kind of thing, or someone (dare I say the government?) should intervene. Personally, I perfer to see stronger privacy laws, but don't beleive it will ever happen due to lobbying by companies and senators thinking there are more "important things" that need to be done instead (such as government funded tests to see how fast ketchup flows. It's true.).
So, in the end, the question stands "What can you do to help?". Contact representatives in government and tell them how you feel about abuses such as this. Write, e-mail, fax, call, stop by, whatever it takes to make your voice heard. If you don't help make a difference, then you're just helping DoubleClick by keeping quiet.
A few people getting some money from a company won't help, but laws and speaking out against this sort of thing will.
Come on folks! How could you forget the "Best Open Source Developer Beard Award!". Sheesh! My vote goes to RMS with Mr. Cox coming in a close second.
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I know this isn't exactly what you're looking for, but I purchased a copy of O'Reilly's book Practical UNIX and Internet Security 2nd Edition and have found it to be very useful. This book covers almost everything (accounts, passwords, auditing, logging, backups, physical security, file system, etc etc etc) and is well written (I expect no less from ORA). I also purchased a copy of the book you are referring to, and even though it was not very well written, the "real world" examples of TCP/IP and UDP/IP attacks were a good way to put all I knew about TCP/IP in theory into real world situations. Oh yeah, and from the book, I also know how to disconnect people from IRC now (love them RSTs!).
Warning, I don't know if anyone else has posted this or not (I haven't looked and read in Flat mode, sorry).
*ALL* versions of Win2K support SMP without an extra fee or having to purchase a different version of Win2K.
I am of the opinion that knocking anything (Linux, NT, Microsoft, puppy dogs, etc) is fine so long as the person who is making the comments is well informed and the comment(s) is/are true. With your post, this is clearly not the case.
Actually, you can see Mr. Stallman's first e-mail about the GNU project here. The GNU project wasn't started until 1983, so Bill couldn't have know about it.
Please forgive this slightly offtopic comment, but I find it amusing that now companies are submitting stories and information directly to Slashdot, rather than waiting for readers to submit them after the mainstream media has reported them.
How often does Slashdot recieve stories directly from companies and orginizations now-a-days? Could one of the Slashdot employees answer this?
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EXACTLY! When you hear the story about the guy waking up in a bathtub full of ice and his kidney gone, you freak out and remember it.
Since it's a titalating story, and certainly could be true, you remember it and perhaps even tell a couple of friends about it.
And the cycle begins again, keeping the idea fresh and strong.
If you want more information on information, ideas and how they spread, look for information on "memes" (meme on Dictionary.com)
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Information is Darwinian.
If someone puts forth an idea or some information and others find it interesting or at the least entertaining, it flurishes and spreads. Eventually, as with everything else, it fades into history.
If an idea is unpopular or nobody cares, it dies and is forgotten about, sometimes forever.
Information is Darwinian in the fact that the strong (popular) ideas survive, and the weak (unpopular) ones die off.
Some information will live until the end of time, some may be forgotten quickly, and some may never be revealed at all but each will flurish due to how many people agree/disagree or care/don't care about it.
Ack, I can't beleive I have to do this once again. Please check out http://www.thx.com before you post. Put simply, THX devices are just normal devices that are "certified". You can buy almost anything you want that is THX certified (check out http://www.thx.com/consumer_products/av_equip.html for a list of ceritifed home entertainment equipment).
No, THX is not just a theater specification. I would suggest checking out http://www.thx.com at the "Consumer Products" section. THX is just a standard, and if products live up to that standard (whatever it is), then they are "THX certified".
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It seems everyday I see more and more stories about a company doing something naughty, and then people sue them. Why is this? To get rich of course.
If you think about it for a moment, one person suing a company won't do much. True, it does take money out of their pockets, give them some bad PR and perhaps invites other lawsuits, but this accomplishes nothing in the long run.
What needs to be done is there should either be stricter laws against this kind of thing, or someone (dare I say the government?) should intervene. Personally, I perfer to see stronger privacy laws, but don't beleive it will ever happen due to lobbying by companies and senators thinking there are more "important things" that need to be done instead (such as government funded tests to see how fast ketchup flows. It's true.).
So, in the end, the question stands "What can you do to help?". Contact representatives in government and tell them how you feel about abuses such as this. Write, e-mail, fax, call, stop by, whatever it takes to make your voice heard. If you don't help make a difference, then you're just helping DoubleClick by keeping quiet.
A few people getting some money from a company won't help, but laws and speaking out against this sort of thing will.
Come on folks! How could you forget the "Best Open Source Developer Beard Award!". Sheesh! My vote goes to RMS with Mr. Cox coming in a close second.
I know this isn't exactly what you're looking for, but I purchased a copy of O'Reilly's book Practical UNIX and Internet Security 2nd Edition and have found it to be very useful. This book covers almost everything (accounts, passwords, auditing, logging, backups, physical security, file system, etc etc etc) and is well written (I expect no less from ORA). I also purchased a copy of the book you are referring to, and even though it was not very well written, the "real world" examples of TCP/IP and UDP/IP attacks were a good way to put all I knew about TCP/IP in theory into real world situations. Oh yeah, and from the book, I also know how to disconnect people from IRC now (love them RSTs!).
Warning, I don't know if anyone else has posted this or not (I haven't looked and read in Flat mode, sorry).
*ALL* versions of Win2K support SMP without an extra fee or having to purchase a different version of Win2K.
I am of the opinion that knocking anything (Linux, NT, Microsoft, puppy dogs, etc) is fine so long as the person who is making the comments is well informed and the comment(s) is/are true. With your post, this is clearly not the case.
Please research before you post next time.
Actually, you can see Mr. Stallman's first e-mail about the GNU project here. The GNU project wasn't started until 1983, so Bill couldn't have know about it.
Please forgive this slightly offtopic comment, but I find it amusing that now companies are submitting stories and information directly to Slashdot, rather than waiting for readers to submit them after the mainstream media has reported them.
How often does Slashdot recieve stories directly from companies and orginizations now-a-days? Could one of the Slashdot employees answer this?
EXACTLY! When you hear the story about the guy waking up in a bathtub full of ice and his kidney gone, you freak out and remember it.
Since it's a titalating story, and certainly could be true, you remember it and perhaps even tell a couple of friends about it.
And the cycle begins again, keeping the idea fresh and strong.
If you want more information on information, ideas and how they spread, look for information on "memes" (meme on Dictionary.com)
Information is Darwinian.
If someone puts forth an idea or some information and others find it interesting or at the least entertaining, it flurishes and spreads. Eventually, as with everything else, it fades into history.
If an idea is unpopular or nobody cares, it dies and is forgotten about, sometimes forever.
Information is Darwinian in the fact that the strong (popular) ideas survive, and the weak (unpopular) ones die off.
Some information will live until the end of time, some may be forgotten quickly, and some may never be revealed at all but each will flurish due to how many people agree/disagree or care/don't care about it.
Ack, I can't beleive I have to do this once again. Please check out http://www.thx.com before you post. Put simply, THX devices are just normal devices that are "certified". You can buy almost anything you want that is THX certified (check out http://www.thx.com/consumer_products/av_equip.html for a list of ceritifed home entertainment equipment).
No, THX is not just a theater specification. I would suggest checking out http://www.thx.com at the "Consumer Products" section. THX is just a standard, and if products live up to that standard (whatever it is), then they are "THX certified".