As much as the FTC deserves an "A" for effort, however, the timeline of the case is an excellent example of how poorly equipped the government is when it comes to addressing this type of problem. The brief states that RemoteSpy has been available since "at least August 2005.
It hardly seems worth the effort if this time frame is typical. You'd hope any spyware scanner worth using would have picked it up 20x faster.
Am I going to be the only one who asks the obvious? Why should he be allowed to record the movie?
He shouldn't. The reason it's YRO is more concern over how far this will go. The Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association was pushing for jail time for this.
People have been arrested before for recording under 1min clips on camera phones. Banning someone from operating any recording devices outside their home is a little odd as well.
IBM's Smart predicts more web browser-based virtual worlds will appear over time, meaning users won't have to spend time downloading and setting up client applications.
This would be a large step. One of the main issues now is the effort required to do the equivalent of clicking a link. Imagine installing a new program for every link you wanted to click.
i have never paid to play a game online... and i never will. how and where they find these people, is beyond me.
Most games with a monthly fee aren't charging you for the online play. They're charging because they're adding content and providing moderation services.
There's a big difference between a racing game charging to just play online and a mmorpg that provides new content in patches and live in-game support.
Far better to evaluate them as purchase price + monthly fee*months played/months. If it's not worth that to you, then don't buy.
As mentioned in the video - this is intended to be transparent to the user. They'll be no indicator claiming it's a secure connection, no url or port change, etc.
What ever happened to the ravages of online piracy? The "reminding us once again that good stories well told always find a place in our hearts, our lives and our local theaters" should have clued you in they weren't talking about current movies;)
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As much as the FTC deserves an "A" for effort, however, the timeline of the case is an excellent example of how poorly equipped the government is when it comes to addressing this type of problem. The brief states that RemoteSpy has been available since "at least August 2005.
It hardly seems worth the effort if this time frame is typical. You'd hope any spyware scanner worth using would have picked it up 20x faster.
Am I going to be the only one who asks the obvious? Why should he be allowed to record the movie?
He shouldn't. The reason it's YRO is more concern over how far this will go. The Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association was pushing for jail time for this.
People have been arrested before for recording under 1min clips on camera phones. Banning someone from operating any recording devices outside their home is a little odd as well.
The house lights were turned on and the movie was shut off and Calgary police arrested him.
I'm sure all their paying customers enjoyed this. Way to encourage honest people to buy your product.
... his own.
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Agreed. Single-factor authentication based on something that's not reissuable is a recipe for failure.
Eventually people will run out of non-compromised fingers ;-)
Makes you wonder what else can be discerned from the pattern of blood vessels and other scan information.
Can't let all that valuable information go to waste, can we?
Hopefully this is the last story before we start with "Stupid pet tricks"
Seeing as this is about emacs tricks, everything else is a subset. Including pet tricks.
Don't get me wrong: Emacs is a great operating system -- it lacks a good editor, though.
Doesn't that violate the TOS?
I'm sure Blizzard would love to have a higher level of AI for its npcs. It would give the players something to aspire to.
Step 1: Read theoretical physics journal
Step 2: Claim principles could be adapted to military uses in unrealistic time frames
Step 3: Profit!
No ??? even needed.
Key part being "... as the request presented to us ..."
So was this request any different than a normal donation?
GPL enforcement: This is the quietest part of FTF's work. We don't go to court, and we don't go to Slashdot.
Don't worry. Slashdot will still find you :-)
Locks are to keep honest people out.
So we will be even more busy with real life and virtual life's. Will we also get virtual kreditcrisis?
First page of the article:
"There's no credit crunch in Second Life"
:-)
IBM's Smart predicts more web browser-based virtual worlds will appear over time, meaning users won't have to spend time downloading and setting up client applications.
This would be a large step. One of the main issues now is the effort required to do the equivalent of clicking a link. Imagine installing a new program for every link you wanted to click.
Crap, I said pirate in a copyright-infringement context on Slashdot. I'm doomed.
That sentence almost makes it sound like you'd pirate if it didn't contain drm. If so, you're doing it wrong.
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. - Plato
i have never paid to play a game online... and i never will. how and where they find these people, is beyond me.
Most games with a monthly fee aren't charging you for the online play. They're charging because they're adding content and providing moderation services.
There's a big difference between a racing game charging to just play online and a mmorpg that provides new content in patches and live in-game support.
Far better to evaluate them as purchase price + monthly fee*months played/months. If it's not worth that to you, then don't buy.
Again, no indicator will be given the connection is anything more secure than plain text. This is just raising the bare minimum level of security.
As mentioned in the video - this is intended to be transparent to the user. They'll be no indicator claiming it's a secure connection, no url or port change, etc.
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Are we supposed to like Google or not now?
I'm confused :(
Realizing that large corporations consist of many separate interests might help alleviate your confusion :-)
Project owner's page is at: http://www.imperialviolet.org/ if you wanted more info.
MMO Glider sued Blizzard for trying to decrease the amount of grinding in WoW, thereby depriving them of sales.
... and all still on the same rock.
We need to get out more.
He also worked for Tony Stark's Baltimore factory.