Watch out for those links to suspects, they'll get you and everyone in your immediate vicinity killed without warning by a missile fired from a robotic aircraft controlled by foreigners hundreds of miles away. There is no point in building a case against someone, capturing them, and having a public trial where the evidence is subject to intense scrutiny and the outcome is determined by disinterested peers. That kind of thing is messy and time consuming, and there is no telling what the outcome might be. After all, 20-25% of the victims in this instance were linked to someone who is suspected of carrying out some horrible crime.
In other words, games don't make much money compared to virtual Skinner boxes that let you pay a modest sum to get your shot of dopamine if you get tired of pressing the lever.
It's true that the FBI grooms these people that would likely never be capable of doing anything on their own. However, it's not entrapment because a reasonable person would not accept explosives or buy a $6,000 plane and go along with the plan without extreme pressure.
How is that different from a contract that lets you use my computer? The contract is the only thing that gives you permission to use it and using it without permission is a crime, the computer fraud and abuse act.
I have a large garden on my property. In order to benefit the community, I have an agreement with a local school where the students can come and pick vegetables to take home and cook for their own dinner. Each student has to agree to language stipulating that the vegetables are for their own use and violating that term will revoke permission to enter the garden and take vegetables. I catch some students taking baskets full of vegetables and giving them to homeless people at the bus depot so I give them a lecture and tell them they are no longer welcome to enter my garden and take vegetables. The next day I catch the same students in my garden filling up baskets of vegetables so I call the cops.
Q: should the students be liable for the crime of trespassing?
Yes I agree with you all, covering it up made things worse for DigiNotar, but that doesn't mean the execs in charge of some of the CA's won't take away the lesson of keeping mum.
Outsiders don't care about the differences in the movie/show, they just see that the fans are all the same. Just like people who aren't hippies don't see any difference between the Grateful Dead and Phish, or people that aren't Christians don't care too much about the difference between Protestantism and Catholicism, or Shiites vs. Sunnis, or Republicans vs. Democrats, or furries vs. panty sniffers (oh crap did I go too far?)
Except Israel didn't really get started until after WWII, long after the entire world recognized that colonialism and ethnic cleansing are crimes against humanity. Of course, Israel's supporters would prefer we return to 19th century barbarism.
Two sources for the quote are ynet and Haaretz. The NYT passed it along too. The BBC reported on documents obtained by Gisha from the Israeli government detailing the blockade and containing estimates of the calories required by Gazans to stay alive.
It took five minutes to Google this up. Open your eyes and see that what has been happening for decades now is real and not just some "narrative." Of course, I'm sure you can cook up some explanation of why it's a military necessity to prevent food from entering Gaza.
Are you seriously suggesting that refusing to deal with people on a voluntary basis is somehow equivalent to blockading them, denying the importation of food after calculating the absolute minimum calories required to prevent mass deaths and joking about how it's "like a visit to the dietician, the Palestinians will get a lot thinner but won't die," destroying their capacity to make food by destroying chicken farms and flour mills, destroying sewage treatment pond retaining walls so they spoil farmland, destroying their electrical plants then denying the importation of parts to repair them, destroying thousands of homes and refusing to allow them to rebuilt by forbidding the importation of building materials, and denying the export of what little they do produce so they can't have any economy?
Apple has proven that it is all about the software. They are killing with shiny but unremarkable hardware. They got killed on the desktop because of software, too. Apple ][ market perception was for games and schools but not business and the race was nearly over by the time the Mac came out, which also didn't look like a serious business machine. This time around, nobody is saying they have to have a Blackberry phone/pad because that's what they use at work.
The juno mission web site is a gigantic, slothlike, steaming pile of crap. It takes forever to load, plays music, makes your computer get hot which causes the fans to crank up, forces you to read agonizingly slow text that fades in, etc... I couldn't even find what I was looking for so I just closed the tab. What a huge waste of money.
I just went to the California Audio Show and heard some amazing systems like an MBL one that costs $500,000. Let me tell you, you don't need any training to tell that they sound remarkable. They grab you by the front of your shirt and say "LISTEN TO ME!!!!!"
Of course you can taste a difference. I attend double blind tastings regularly (when I have the money.) Still, most people are interested in a cheap bottle that will give them a buzz and tastes like wine. Just like most people want a cheap receiver that has all the features they want and can produce sound.
My point still stands that most people just want something to play movies in surround, and maybe some music, and don't want to pay too much. That's why most of the audio gear sold is inexpensive, has lots of features, and has very little money put into the sound quality. Exactly the same reason why most wine sold is inexpensive, has a nice bottle and label, and has very little money put into the juice.
Most people buy wine to catch a buzz and are primarily concerned that the product contains sufficient alcohol and isn't totally repulsive. Some people can, or think they can, taste a difference and will pay more. Some people are concerned with impressing their guests and buy expensive stuff with a famous label whether it tastes better or not.
Wire Fraud, Computer Fraud, Unlawfully Obtaining Information from a Protected Computer, and Recklessly Damaging a Protected Computer. The charges that the state will try to prove in it's case, along with the probable cause, are all in the indictment.
COUNT 1 Wire Fraud 18 U.S.C. 1343 & 2 34. The Grand Jury realleges and incorporates by reference the allegations in paragraphs 1-33 of this Indictment and charges that: From on or about September 24, 2010, through January 6, 2011, or thereabout, in the District of Massachusetts and elsewhere, the defendant, AARON SWARTZ, having devised and intended to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud and for obtaining property — namely, journal articles digitized and distributed by JSTOR, and copies thereof — by means of material false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, transmitted and caused to be transmitted by means of wire communication in interstate commerce writings, signs, signals, and pictures — namely, communications to and from JSTOR’s computer servers — for the purpose of executing the scheme, and aided and abetted the same. All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 and 2.
COUNT 2 Computer Fraud 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(4) & 2 35. The Grand Jury realleges and incorporates by reference the allegations in paragraphs 1-33 of this Indictment and charges that: From on or about September 24, 2010, through January 6, 2011, or thereabout, in the District of Massachusetts and elsewhere, the defendant, AARON SWARTZ, knowingly and with intent to defraud, accessed a protected computer — namely, a computer on MIT’s network and a computer on JSTOR’s network — without authorization and in excess of authorized access, and by means of such conduct furthered the intended fraud and obtained things of value — namely, digitized journal articles from JSTOR’s archive — and aided and abetted the same. All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1030(a)(4) and 2.
COUNT 3 Unlawfully Obtaining Information from a Protected Computer 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(2), (c)(2)(B)(iii) & 2 36. The Grand Jury realleges and incorporates by reference the allegations in paragraphs 1-33 of this Indictment and charges that: From on or about September 24, 2010, through January 6, 2011, or thereabout, in the District of Massachusetts and elsewhere, the defendant, AARON SWARTZ, intentionally accessed a computer — namely, a computer on MIT’s computer network and a computer on JSTOR’s network — without authorization and in excess of authorized access, and thereby obtained from a protected computer information whose value exceeded $5,000 — namely, digitized journal articles from JSTOR’s archive — and aided and abetted the same. All in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(2), (c)(2)(B)(iii) and 2.
COUNT 4 Recklessly Damaging a Protected Computer 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(5)(B), (c)(4)(A)(i)(I),(VI) & 2 37. The Grand Jury realleges and incorporates by reference the allegations in paragraphs 1-33 of this Indictment and charges that: From on or about September 24, 2010, through January 6, 2011, or thereabout, in the District of Massachusetts and elsewhere, the defendant, AARON SWARTZ, intentionally accessed a protected computer — namely, a computer on MIT’s computer network and a computer on JSTOR’s network — without authorization, and as a result of such conduct recklessly caused damage to MIT and JSTOR, and, during a 1-year period, caused loss aggregating at least $5,000 in value and damage affecting at least 10 protected computers, and aided and abetted the same. All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1030(a)(5)(B), (c)(4)(A)(i)(I),(VI) & 2.
It would be a real shame if there was a major malware attack on OSX and Apple was forced to flip the switch to make OSX refuse to run code that isn't signed by Apple. That kind of stuff must keep people in Cupertino awake at night.
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Watch out for those links to suspects, they'll get you and everyone in your immediate vicinity killed without warning by a missile fired from a robotic aircraft controlled by foreigners hundreds of miles away. There is no point in building a case against someone, capturing them, and having a public trial where the evidence is subject to intense scrutiny and the outcome is determined by disinterested peers. That kind of thing is messy and time consuming, and there is no telling what the outcome might be. After all, 20-25% of the victims in this instance were linked to someone who is suspected of carrying out some horrible crime.
In other words, games don't make much money compared to virtual Skinner boxes that let you pay a modest sum to get your shot of dopamine if you get tired of pressing the lever.
It's true that the FBI grooms these people that would likely never be capable of doing anything on their own. However, it's not entrapment because a reasonable person would not accept explosives or buy a $6,000 plane and go along with the plan without extreme pressure.
How is that different from a contract that lets you use my computer? The contract is the only thing that gives you permission to use it and using it without permission is a crime, the computer fraud and abuse act.
I have a large garden on my property. In order to benefit the community, I have an agreement with a local school where the students can come and pick vegetables to take home and cook for their own dinner. Each student has to agree to language stipulating that the vegetables are for their own use and violating that term will revoke permission to enter the garden and take vegetables. I catch some students taking baskets full of vegetables and giving them to homeless people at the bus depot so I give them a lecture and tell them they are no longer welcome to enter my garden and take vegetables. The next day I catch the same students in my garden filling up baskets of vegetables so I call the cops.
Q: should the students be liable for the crime of trespassing?
Yes I agree with you all, covering it up made things worse for DigiNotar, but that doesn't mean the execs in charge of some of the CA's won't take away the lesson of keeping mum.
I can't remember the last time I busted my Bluetooth port.
Lesson learned: if you are a CA, under no circumstances should you allow any breaches to become public.
Star Track and Star Wars are exactly the same thing: badly acted sci-fi with nerdy fans that like to dress up.
Outsiders don't care about the differences in the movie/show, they just see that the fans are all the same. Just like people who aren't hippies don't see any difference between the Grateful Dead and Phish, or people that aren't Christians don't care too much about the difference between Protestantism and Catholicism, or Shiites vs. Sunnis, or Republicans vs. Democrats, or furries vs. panty sniffers (oh crap did I go too far?)
Except Israel didn't really get started until after WWII, long after the entire world recognized that colonialism and ethnic cleansing are crimes against humanity. Of course, Israel's supporters would prefer we return to 19th century barbarism.
Two sources for the quote are ynet and Haaretz. The NYT passed it along too. The BBC reported on documents obtained by Gisha from the Israeli government detailing the blockade and containing estimates of the calories required by Gazans to stay alive.
It took five minutes to Google this up. Open your eyes and see that what has been happening for decades now is real and not just some "narrative." Of course, I'm sure you can cook up some explanation of why it's a military necessity to prevent food from entering Gaza.
Are you seriously suggesting that refusing to deal with people on a voluntary basis is somehow equivalent to blockading them, denying the importation of food after calculating the absolute minimum calories required to prevent mass deaths and joking about how it's "like a visit to the dietician, the Palestinians will get a lot thinner but won't die," destroying their capacity to make food by destroying chicken farms and flour mills, destroying sewage treatment pond retaining walls so they spoil farmland, destroying their electrical plants then denying the importation of parts to repair them, destroying thousands of homes and refusing to allow them to rebuilt by forbidding the importation of building materials, and denying the export of what little they do produce so they can't have any economy?
isn't there supposed to be a product manager type "producer" person that makes sure the product as a whole is a cohesive unit that doesn't suck?
nothing is perfect but it's going to take a lot more than inductive charging to kill the iphone
Apple has proven that it is all about the software. They are killing with shiny but unremarkable hardware. They got killed on the desktop because of software, too. Apple ][ market perception was for games and schools but not business and the race was nearly over by the time the Mac came out, which also didn't look like a serious business machine. This time around, nobody is saying they have to have a Blackberry phone/pad because that's what they use at work.
The juno mission web site is a gigantic, slothlike, steaming pile of crap. It takes forever to load, plays music, makes your computer get hot which causes the fans to crank up, forces you to read agonizingly slow text that fades in, etc... I couldn't even find what I was looking for so I just closed the tab. What a huge waste of money.
I just went to the California Audio Show and heard some amazing systems like an MBL one that costs $500,000. Let me tell you, you don't need any training to tell that they sound remarkable. They grab you by the front of your shirt and say "LISTEN TO ME!!!!!"
Of course you can taste a difference. I attend double blind tastings regularly (when I have the money.) Still, most people are interested in a cheap bottle that will give them a buzz and tastes like wine. Just like most people want a cheap receiver that has all the features they want and can produce sound.
Actually, I'm quite the wino with over 500 bottles in my cellar, including a bunch of barley wines!
My point still stands that most people just want something to play movies in surround, and maybe some music, and don't want to pay too much. That's why most of the audio gear sold is inexpensive, has lots of features, and has very little money put into the sound quality. Exactly the same reason why most wine sold is inexpensive, has a nice bottle and label, and has very little money put into the juice.
Most people buy wine to catch a buzz and are primarily concerned that the product contains sufficient alcohol and isn't totally repulsive. Some people can, or think they can, taste a difference and will pay more. Some people are concerned with impressing their guests and buy expensive stuff with a famous label whether it tastes better or not.
buried in the readme you'll find
You wanted me to donate some of my valuable time, right?
Wire Fraud, Computer Fraud, Unlawfully Obtaining Information from a Protected Computer, and Recklessly Damaging a Protected Computer. The charges that the state will try to prove in it's case, along with the probable cause, are all in the indictment.
It would be a real shame if there was a major malware attack on OSX and Apple was forced to flip the switch to make OSX refuse to run code that isn't signed by Apple. That kind of stuff must keep people in Cupertino awake at night.