When you've got more pressing legal matters to preside over other than some self-righteous dickhead with a God-complex locking a whole city out of their own network, you will quickly find that you're running out of time.
The legal system is overloaded enough as-is. Just because His Holiness the Network Administrator doesn't want to go to federal PMITA prison is no good reason to cram more stupid shit into our crowded legal system.
Their IT department is probably headed by some young, hip, spikey-haired self-starter who wants to turn his department into a profit center. And by that I mean he wants to deprive other departments of their actual profit.
Can we stop treating enterprise IT services like they're luxuries that should be taxed, and instead think of them as something vital to the survival of an organization? Give them the funding they need to operate and provide their essential services to other departments. You're only over-complicating cost management and covering up your IT department's poor performance records by acting like you're bringing in money when in fact you're just moving it from the left pocket to the right.
IT will never be a profit center. Don't try to masquerade it as one.
A lot of people don't use anything else but Facebook. A vast majority of the people I know and want to connect with are on Facebook because it's easier for them and everybody they know is on it, as well. It's an endless cycle.
Why would I give up living in a walled garden just to venture out into a vast desert?
If I had long-lost geographically distant relatives who wanted to come visit, and wanted to do it on my dime, I'd politely suggest that they just stay on their side of the pond.
Anyone who falls for a trick like that deserves to lose their money. The only problem is that the people who play those tricks don't deserve the money even if someone was stupid enough to fall for it.
This guy wrote a script to crawl Facebook and download everything he could. So? Nothing is revealed here that we couldn't find manually ourselves by just looking at a person of interest's profile.
This story is about a glorified crawler. No actual hacking transpired. No personal information that wasn't already revealed has been revealed. This is not news. In fact, I had to go back to TFS and double-check that kdawson wasn't the editor - that's how terrible this story really is.
Reporting possible settlements as stated by the complainant's GC is like buying a diamond ring from a jewelry store at the sticker price. It's going to be a horribly, horribly overblown number way above reason and logic, because their goal is to squeeze every penny out of you. It's just like buying a car - only chumps pay the sticker price.
Even if Rambus can prove every single violation, there's a great deal of doubt in my mind that the judge will actually award them what they think it's worth.
Chinese engineers adding their own custom goodies? Why would I worry about that? A good portion of the source code they'll use for their "goodies" is already available on the internet!
^^^^^ This. Who the hell in their right minds would sign a peering arrangement with a completely open-access, no-accountability network? Either they'll shell out the big bucks for a big uplink, or they won't have connectivity at all. In the former case they will still be hit with the terms and conditions of their upstream, and in the latter case it'll just be one big LAN full of pirated software and videos.
You're free to change phones whenever you like - the only difference is you'll pay full, non-subsidized price for the new device. That's entirely a business decision.
The reason Microsoft was targeted for monopolistic activity is because of their pervasiveness in everyday computing. When 90% of the computers out there run Windows (horrible exaggeration, I know) your business would be absolutely destroyed if Microsoft somehow stopped your application from running on Windows computers, *or* if they forced people to use their app over yours.
Motorola's 17% of the market is measly compared to what Microsoft had. Additionally, that's *all* Motorola phones, not just the Droid X. The Droid X is a fraction of a fraction of a percent, therefore it's essentially a waste of the government's time to slap Motorola on the wrist for inconveniencing so few customers.
As an aside, I find it hilarious that we complain about rampant government spending, but at the same time demand investigations into highly-specific, low-impact matters such as these.
This is true, but I still fail to see how it's unfair enough of an action on Motorola's part that it warrants government intervention and investigation.
Unfair business practices != illegal. Frowned upon, yes. Illegal, not exactly.
Additionally, Microsoft controls a significant portion of the desktop market. Anti-monopoly legislation comes into play there. Motorola (specifically the Droid X) is far, far, far from a monopoly.
It's one thing to be a mere service provider and be protected by certain laws, but what the Feds would really investigate is whether he's playing an active role in the hosting and distribution of illegal material.
Gag orders aren't limited to PATRIOT act invocations.
Gag orders are often put in place to prevent the spread of information that might cause interference with an ongoing investigation. For instance, if Blogetery knew what the authorities were investigating, they may or may not destroy additional incriminating evidence.
Not saying that's the case at all, as Blogetery's owner is certainly innocent until proven guilty, but when they're dealing with cybercrime they often don't let things slip because another bust may be right around the corner.
Of course there's going to be hullabaloo - it's a Slashdot story that contains multiple instances of the words "government", "DMCA" and "takedown". That's enough for anybody to form their own opinion without even finishing the summary.
This happened about a week ago. The owner of the single server (that's right, it was all on one single server, with no backups) posted to WebHostingTalk.com to complain because BurstNet wouldn't violate the government's order to keep quiet.
The authorities ordered BurstNet to take the server offline for what appeared to be very, very serious violations. Based on BurstNet's demeanor and seriousness when asked about the issue, it could be anything from national security to child porn. BurstNet also appears to have been hit with a gag order, as they've only made one (perhaps two) public comments on the situation, and absolutely refuse to make any more announcements.
Don't take my word for it - read up on the situation at the original WHT thread (which is now closed).
*DISCLAIMER: I am not ASE certified, nor have I attempted certification. I am speaking generally using ASE only as an example. The thoughts and opinions expressed above may not accurately represent the level of difficulty or qualifications of ASE certification.
I would NEVER hire anyone with grammar as horrible as yours.
Grammar Nazi-ism aside, if that's your attitude then I'd be surprised if *anyone* *ever* wanted to work for you. I suppose when you take your car in for service, you avoid all the shops that are ASE certified. Why? Because if they're certified that makes them monkeys with wrenches? Nevermind the fact that ASE certification requires in-depth technical knowledge of automotive systems, *and* stresses professionalism. You won't give them your business because they're "wasting their money" on well-trained employees.
The way in which you speak and your inability to reason are two strong factors that tell me that you are not a manager, nor will you ever be.
At least your arrogance is actually assisting you in being an asshole.
When I say technical details, I mean highly technical details above even most of the Slashdot crowd. I know bus speeds, versions, bandwidth and what the fuckin' connector looks like. And that combined knowledge is enough to tell me that 7Gbps isn't enough to effectively run a modern PCIe 2.0 graphics card on all 16 lanes at full blast. (which would take 8Gbps, and sometimes even that's not enough, hence PCIe 3.0 running at 16Gbps)
That sounds like a wonderful idea and the thought of having a wireless graphics card for a laptop is very tempting.
But how much performance can we really squeeze out of it? I mean, for a power user who wants a higher resolution than his integrated card can offer, it's a godsend. But for gaming? No way.
Also, I'll admit I'm not very wise on the technical details of PCIe, but if you're putting all of the above-mentioned devices in contention for 7Gbps of bandwidth, there's really not a lot you can milk from it in terms of real horsepower. One PCIe 2.x graphics card would shut out everything else, or be severely lacking in performance. If you want PCIe 3.x, forget about it.
OTOH, anyone gaming on a laptop and expecting "performance" comparable to a desktop is daft.
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What does the mayor have to do with Childs and his God complex? Your question makes no sense.
When you've got more pressing legal matters to preside over other than some self-righteous dickhead with a God-complex locking a whole city out of their own network, you will quickly find that you're running out of time.
The legal system is overloaded enough as-is. Just because His Holiness the Network Administrator doesn't want to go to federal PMITA prison is no good reason to cram more stupid shit into our crowded legal system.
Their IT department is probably headed by some young, hip, spikey-haired self-starter who wants to turn his department into a profit center. And by that I mean he wants to deprive other departments of their actual profit.
Can we stop treating enterprise IT services like they're luxuries that should be taxed, and instead think of them as something vital to the survival of an organization? Give them the funding they need to operate and provide their essential services to other departments. You're only over-complicating cost management and covering up your IT department's poor performance records by acting like you're bringing in money when in fact you're just moving it from the left pocket to the right.
IT will never be a profit center. Don't try to masquerade it as one.
A lot of people don't use anything else but Facebook. A vast majority of the people I know and want to connect with are on Facebook because it's easier for them and everybody they know is on it, as well. It's an endless cycle.
Why would I give up living in a walled garden just to venture out into a vast desert?
If I had long-lost geographically distant relatives who wanted to come visit, and wanted to do it on my dime, I'd politely suggest that they just stay on their side of the pond.
Anyone who falls for a trick like that deserves to lose their money. The only problem is that the people who play those tricks don't deserve the money even if someone was stupid enough to fall for it.
This guy wrote a script to crawl Facebook and download everything he could. So? Nothing is revealed here that we couldn't find manually ourselves by just looking at a person of interest's profile.
This story is about a glorified crawler. No actual hacking transpired. No personal information that wasn't already revealed has been revealed. This is not news. In fact, I had to go back to TFS and double-check that kdawson wasn't the editor - that's how terrible this story really is.
Reporting possible settlements as stated by the complainant's GC is like buying a diamond ring from a jewelry store at the sticker price. It's going to be a horribly, horribly overblown number way above reason and logic, because their goal is to squeeze every penny out of you. It's just like buying a car - only chumps pay the sticker price.
Even if Rambus can prove every single violation, there's a great deal of doubt in my mind that the judge will actually award them what they think it's worth.
LFM 10-man C#/.NET project. Need 2 devs, 1 QA. Must have 5k GS. PST with achieves.
Chinese engineers adding their own custom goodies? Why would I worry about that? A good portion of the source code they'll use for their "goodies" is already available on the internet!
ECHELON is now on your tail. Good luck! :)
^^^^^ This. Who the hell in their right minds would sign a peering arrangement with a completely open-access, no-accountability network? Either they'll shell out the big bucks for a big uplink, or they won't have connectivity at all. In the former case they will still be hit with the terms and conditions of their upstream, and in the latter case it'll just be one big LAN full of pirated software and videos.
Locked into contract, yes. Locked into phone, no.
You're free to change phones whenever you like - the only difference is you'll pay full, non-subsidized price for the new device. That's entirely a business decision.
The reason Microsoft was targeted for monopolistic activity is because of their pervasiveness in everyday computing. When 90% of the computers out there run Windows (horrible exaggeration, I know) your business would be absolutely destroyed if Microsoft somehow stopped your application from running on Windows computers, *or* if they forced people to use their app over yours.
Motorola's 17% of the market is measly compared to what Microsoft had. Additionally, that's *all* Motorola phones, not just the Droid X. The Droid X is a fraction of a fraction of a percent, therefore it's essentially a waste of the government's time to slap Motorola on the wrist for inconveniencing so few customers.
As an aside, I find it hilarious that we complain about rampant government spending, but at the same time demand investigations into highly-specific, low-impact matters such as these.
This is true, but I still fail to see how it's unfair enough of an action on Motorola's part that it warrants government intervention and investigation.
Nobody's forcing you to get or use a Droid X.
Google may not be a traditional monopoly, but you have to admit they are a *major* player in the industry.
I can see where an investigation is justified. I have no doubt that Google has the power to shut someone out and royally screw up smaller operations.
Unfair business practices != illegal. Frowned upon, yes. Illegal, not exactly.
Additionally, Microsoft controls a significant portion of the desktop market. Anti-monopoly legislation comes into play there. Motorola (specifically the Droid X) is far, far, far from a monopoly.
It's one thing to be a mere service provider and be protected by certain laws, but what the Feds would really investigate is whether he's playing an active role in the hosting and distribution of illegal material.
Gag orders aren't limited to PATRIOT act invocations.
Gag orders are often put in place to prevent the spread of information that might cause interference with an ongoing investigation. For instance, if Blogetery knew what the authorities were investigating, they may or may not destroy additional incriminating evidence.
Not saying that's the case at all, as Blogetery's owner is certainly innocent until proven guilty, but when they're dealing with cybercrime they often don't let things slip because another bust may be right around the corner.
Of course there's going to be hullabaloo - it's a Slashdot story that contains multiple instances of the words "government", "DMCA" and "takedown". That's enough for anybody to form their own opinion without even finishing the summary.
This happened about a week ago. The owner of the single server (that's right, it was all on one single server, with no backups) posted to WebHostingTalk.com to complain because BurstNet wouldn't violate the government's order to keep quiet.
The authorities ordered BurstNet to take the server offline for what appeared to be very, very serious violations. Based on BurstNet's demeanor and seriousness when asked about the issue, it could be anything from national security to child porn. BurstNet also appears to have been hit with a gag order, as they've only made one (perhaps two) public comments on the situation, and absolutely refuse to make any more announcements.
Don't take my word for it - read up on the situation at the original WHT thread (which is now closed).
*DISCLAIMER: I am not ASE certified, nor have I attempted certification. I am speaking generally using ASE only as an example. The thoughts and opinions expressed above may not accurately represent the level of difficulty or qualifications of ASE certification.
I would NEVER hire anyone with grammar as horrible as yours.
Grammar Nazi-ism aside, if that's your attitude then I'd be surprised if *anyone* *ever* wanted to work for you. I suppose when you take your car in for service, you avoid all the shops that are ASE certified. Why? Because if they're certified that makes them monkeys with wrenches? Nevermind the fact that ASE certification requires in-depth technical knowledge of automotive systems, *and* stresses professionalism. You won't give them your business because they're "wasting their money" on well-trained employees.
The way in which you speak and your inability to reason are two strong factors that tell me that you are not a manager, nor will you ever be.
At least your arrogance is actually assisting you in being an asshole.
When I say technical details, I mean highly technical details above even most of the Slashdot crowd. I know bus speeds, versions, bandwidth and what the fuckin' connector looks like. And that combined knowledge is enough to tell me that 7Gbps isn't enough to effectively run a modern PCIe 2.0 graphics card on all 16 lanes at full blast. (which would take 8Gbps, and sometimes even that's not enough, hence PCIe 3.0 running at 16Gbps)
That sounds like a wonderful idea and the thought of having a wireless graphics card for a laptop is very tempting.
But how much performance can we really squeeze out of it? I mean, for a power user who wants a higher resolution than his integrated card can offer, it's a godsend. But for gaming? No way.
Also, I'll admit I'm not very wise on the technical details of PCIe, but if you're putting all of the above-mentioned devices in contention for 7Gbps of bandwidth, there's really not a lot you can milk from it in terms of real horsepower. One PCIe 2.x graphics card would shut out everything else, or be severely lacking in performance. If you want PCIe 3.x, forget about it.
OTOH, anyone gaming on a laptop and expecting "performance" comparable to a desktop is daft.
After all, they achieved nuclear fusion and made an energy drink that cures cancer.
This is all unfolding like a very, very bad NationStates roleplay.
I think ideally the structure would have a fur coat exterior or some sort of hide.
Good thinking! The vegans and fur activists will go around painting houses for free.