And how is knowing that IP 12.34.56.78 was used by Mr. Wang from [insert-far-eastern-country-here] on 17th October going to help you in *stopping* him from hacking you again tomorrow ? Especially when Mr Wang's government actually encourages this sort of thing (unofficially of course).
Like it or not, whatever country you live in, that doesn't mean any other country is obliged to follow the same set of rules (think how boring the planet would be if they did). So all it does is put an anonymous face to an anonymous IP... it doesn't help you reduce the hacking attempts.
Haven't you learnt anything from the RIAA fiascos etc ?
An IP address *at best* identifies a computer, it never identifies who was using the computer.
And in these days of wireless hotspots, home wifi networks etc, it barely manages to identify the computer.
Coupled with TOR, Anonymouse, and any number of other anonynimity and proxy servers, I think you'd be hard pressed to 100% identify who anyone was using an access.log file as a basis.
Yes, because YouTube and all the popular video sites already have HTML 5 pages with canvas and video tags right ?
Oh, wait... no they don't. There's been a massive investment in Flash because it was the first viable solution available. They're not going to change all that just because you want to use libffmpeg in the background instead of the Flash Video Player, and ogg files instead of flv.
Blaming the browsers for not supporting an unfinished spec is crazy talk.
Any number 2^N-1 represented in binary is of the form 1111...1111, i.e it is composed of N '1' bits.
When N is composite (N=ab), it can easily be seen that ab '1' bits can be broken down into "a groups of length b", or alternatively "b groups of length a", thus it is always composite.
Only when N is prime can the resulting number *possibly* be prime.
I find it amusing that your solution to peace is to have bigger weapons and to fire them first, regardless of whether the "combatant" is perceived or actually there.
Freelance projects do tend to be more creative, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some is "good", but there's a lot of crap out there too.
Corps like RIAA etc. employ vast swathes of people who know what is crap and what will make money. Okay, sometimes a crap movie or album slips through the net, but on the whole they know what people want, and try to make sure they get it.
Without copyright, we may benefit from better pricing, better distribution and more creativity, but that doesn't mean we'll be any happier, as there'll be infinitely more crap to wade through before we find something that doesn't suck.
So I'll carry on sitting on this fence for now, no matter how much it hurts my ass.
Anthrax is sent through the post, we don't blame the Post Office.
Death threats are sent through the telephone, we don't blame the Telephone Company.
People commit suicide on the railway, we don't blame the Train Company.
While all these things are prevented, or avoided, where possible, it is not the responsibility of the company to decide what an individual does, nor to take the blame when they do it.
Now apply this logic to ISP and a user downloading something, possibly legal, possibly illegal. (If it's inside a passworded RAR file, who the hell knows which is which anyway).
You can't shoot the messenger because the message he delivers says something you don't like.
Media Industry want ISPs to be their police, because they can't find an effective way of doing it themselves. If policing doesn't work, hell let't just blame the police because there are so many criminals.
What planet do these Media Industry people live on ?
Their sales model is dead, it is no longer an "Industry" as they don't need to make anything anymore. Just whack out the latest clone remake of some decent 70's / 80's movie, and offer DRM free downloads for $1...
I was trying to make the point that no business *gives* away their product... the OP seems to think that MS charging for an upgrade is somehow wrong, I was just giving an example of another computer related business who do exactly the same thing i.e. charging for upgrades.
I couldn't have chosen nix, as it is inherently free... what else is there ? WOuld you have felt better if I'd have said Commodore Amiga ?
Just because someone mentions Apple, you don't need to get your fanboi t-shirts in a knot trying to defend an attack that wasn't made ! It's a relevant counter-example, got it ?
While not being a fanboi to the degree you infer, I would say on the whole I'm pretty happy with the MS products.
What, you think the boys at Microsoft have a big Wheel of Fortune, and they simply spin it to see what they'll change next ? Fine, not all changes will suit everyone, but there have been usability studies done, consumer comments noted and any amount of feedback during the beta stages of Windows 7... did *you* comment on anything, or did you just decide to come on Slashdot whining "I don't like this, it's a flaw, MS suckzors".
For you to call something a flaw just because you don't like it is simply selfish egotism on your part, hence the comment that if you don't like it, do what you can to influence the outcome, or alternatively get out.
You're not even willing to learn if you can roll out the changes using group policies of remote admin tools. You just stanp your foot like a petulant kid whose had his favorite toy confiscated. I pity the people you work for.
You are responsible for 200 computers in a business environment. So you would be a sysadmin or IT department employee, am I correct ?
If you think these changes in Windows 7 will negatively affect productivity, and are in a position to be involved in the decision making process, then just advise your bosses "no".
If you think the above, but are NOT in a position to affect the decision making process, then suck it up and do your fucking job. Or quit. Your choice.
Either way, whining on slashdot because your job is too difficult and blaming Microsoft for changing something is hardly the way to ingratiate yourself.
ALL technology involves change, for better or worse. Live with it.
Oh I don't know... if that 30% were all the underprileged, the illegal immigrants, and those who can't afford private healthcare, the US might end up with a more positive balance sheet.
Jesus Christ, what is this ? National Pedantic Asshole Day ?
He said "military" !!!
The military use of *any* weapon is to deploy it in an area that will result in maximum opponent casualties ?
They're not going to fire millions of dollars of nukes into the fucking Gobi Desert are they ? Of course they'll fire it at the major population centres, that's the whole point !
Crazy Bastard #1 signs the NNPT, and then because he is a bit shady about disclosing his assets, gets the world and his wife panicking ?
Whereas...
Crazy Bastard #2 does NOT sign the NNPT, and can do what the hell he likes with no one knowing, and not having any responsibility to disclose anything ?
Yes, but it's not *really* a direct link to copyrighted material is it ?
It's a link to a page that contains a downloadable file containing hashes of IP addresses that can be connected to download parts or all of the copyrighted content.
I understood the scope of DMCA takedowns was *direct* links to the copyrighted files ?
Of course, who cares about legality, this is the big corporations, where bullying and coercion are acceptable.
Although banning people who make overly long sentences that ramble on and on with no sign of stopping and treat punctuation as a game of "pin the tail on the donkey" (thanks Terry) might be a distinct improvement and stop people like me attempting parody at 02:00 when in fact I am just tired and bored and just wanted to try and boost my pitiful karma for a change with a +5 Funny post.
get away with censoring people because it hurts his "good name" or some such meaningless drivel
I can't think of *any* more meaningless drivel than the fact Jack Thompson *had* a "good name" in the first place. Case closed due to lack of evidence ?
If the source code is available for the plugins, should a security hole be discovered patches can be quickly released
It could also be argued that because it is open source, a security hole is easier to find in the first place.
Patches being released more quickly doesn't guarantee the user will actually apply them. Or will it be automatic *cough* like Firefox, that upgrades itself seemingly every damn day, and then makes me wait 5 minutes before I can browse to "update all the plugins".. assuming of course it doesn't crash in the process ?
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And how is knowing that IP 12.34.56.78 was used by Mr. Wang from [insert-far-eastern-country-here] on 17th October going to help you in *stopping* him from hacking you again tomorrow ? Especially when Mr Wang's government actually encourages this sort of thing (unofficially of course).
Like it or not, whatever country you live in, that doesn't mean any other country is obliged to follow the same set of rules (think how boring the planet would be if they did). So all it does is put an anonymous face to an anonymous IP ... it doesn't help you reduce the hacking attempts.
Haven't you learnt anything from the RIAA fiascos etc ?
An IP address *at best* identifies a computer, it never identifies who was using the computer.
And in these days of wireless hotspots, home wifi networks etc, it barely manages to identify the computer.
Coupled with TOR, Anonymouse, and any number of other anonynimity and proxy servers, I think you'd be hard pressed to 100% identify who anyone was using an access.log file as a basis.
Yes, because YouTube and all the popular video sites already have HTML 5 pages with canvas and video tags right ?
Oh, wait ... no they don't. There's been a massive investment in Flash because it was the first viable solution available. They're not going to change all that just because you want to use libffmpeg in the background instead of the Flash Video Player, and ogg files instead of flv.
Blaming the browsers for not supporting an unfinished spec is crazy talk.
Don't worry, you'll still be able to raid their cans and loot their salvage.
Easy.
Any number 2^N-1 represented in binary is of the form 1111...1111, i.e it is composed of N '1' bits.
When N is composite (N=ab), it can easily be seen that ab '1' bits can be broken down into "a groups of length b", or alternatively "b groups of length a", thus it is always composite.
Only when N is prime can the resulting number *possibly* be prime.
It's not JUST the time and effort that got Edison anywhere
Leeching off the genius of Tesla and then refusing to pay him also helped.
Seriously, though... break it down by years for us
Year 1 - fund grows by 25%
Year 2 - fund grows by 25%
Year 3 - fund grows by 25%
Year 4 - fund grows by 25%
Year 5 - fund grows by 25%
End result ... he has made an average of 25% per annum for the past 5 years.
I don't know where you get 1.25 ^ 5 ? You probably meant 0.25 ^ 5. That's why *he* makes the money and you post on Slashdot, probably.
I find it amusing that your solution to peace is to have bigger weapons and to fire them first, regardless of whether the "combatant" is perceived or actually there.
Freelance projects do tend to be more creative, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some is "good", but there's a lot of crap out there too.
Corps like RIAA etc. employ vast swathes of people who know what is crap and what will make money. Okay, sometimes a crap movie or album slips through the net, but on the whole they know what people want, and try to make sure they get it.
Without copyright, we may benefit from better pricing, better distribution and more creativity, but that doesn't mean we'll be any happier, as there'll be infinitely more crap to wade through before we find something that doesn't suck.
So I'll carry on sitting on this fence for now, no matter how much it hurts my ass.
Anthrax is sent through the post, we don't blame the Post Office.
Death threats are sent through the telephone, we don't blame the Telephone Company.
People commit suicide on the railway, we don't blame the Train Company.
While all these things are prevented, or avoided, where possible, it is not the responsibility of the company to decide what an individual does, nor to take the blame when they do it.
Now apply this logic to ISP and a user downloading something, possibly legal, possibly illegal. (If it's inside a passworded RAR file, who the hell knows which is which anyway).
You can't shoot the messenger because the message he delivers says something you don't like.
Media Industry want ISPs to be their police, because they can't find an effective way of doing it themselves. If policing doesn't work, hell let't just blame the police because
there are so many criminals.
What planet do these Media Industry people live on ?
Their sales model is dead, it is no longer an "Industry" as they don't need to make anything anymore. Just whack out the latest clone remake of some decent 70's / 80's movie, and offer DRM free downloads for $1 ...
"I'd buy that for a dollar !!!".
I was trying to make the point that no business *gives* away their product ... the OP seems to think that MS charging for an upgrade is somehow wrong, I was just giving an example of another computer related business who do exactly the same thing i.e. charging for upgrades.
I couldn't have chosen nix, as it is inherently free ... what else is there ? WOuld you have felt better if I'd have said Commodore Amiga ?
Just because someone mentions Apple, you don't need to get your fanboi t-shirts in a knot trying to defend an attack that wasn't made ! It's a relevant counter-example, got it ?
While not being a fanboi to the degree you infer, I would say on the whole I'm pretty happy with the MS products.
What, you think the boys at Microsoft have a big Wheel of Fortune, and they simply spin it to see what they'll change next ? Fine, not all changes will suit everyone, but there have been usability studies done, consumer comments noted and any amount of feedback during the beta stages of Windows 7 ... did *you* comment on anything, or did you just decide to come on Slashdot whining "I don't like this, it's a flaw, MS suckzors".
For you to call something a flaw just because you don't like it is simply selfish egotism on your part, hence the comment that if you don't like it, do what you can to influence the outcome, or alternatively get out.
You're not even willing to learn if you can roll out the changes using group policies of remote admin tools. You just stanp your foot like a petulant kid whose had his favorite toy confiscated. I pity the people you work for.
Hmm, let's see ...
You are responsible for 200 computers in a business environment. So you would be a sysadmin or IT department employee, am I correct ?
If you think these changes in Windows 7 will negatively affect productivity, and are in a position to be involved in the decision making process, then just advise your bosses "no".
If you think the above, but are NOT in a position to affect the decision making process, then suck it up and do your fucking job. Or quit. Your choice.
Either way, whining on slashdot because your job is too difficult and blaming Microsoft for changing something is hardly the way to ingratiate yourself.
ALL technology involves change, for better or worse. Live with it.
You financed the regimes that were in place in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and you're whining now because you have to remove them ?
The only difference with Iran is that your regime was deposed 30 years ago, and now it's somebody-elses-crackpots in charge.
Somehow, I don't think that will stop you, after all they are selling oil in Euros, the bastards !
The hope is that the nations who currently have nukes are developed nations who are smart enough to not use them
I think the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki might disagree with you there.
Oh I don't know ... if that 30% were all the underprileged, the illegal immigrants, and those who can't afford private healthcare, the US might end up with a more positive balance sheet.
Jesus Christ, what is this ? National Pedantic Asshole Day ?
He said "military" !!!
The military use of *any* weapon is to deploy it in an area that will result in maximum opponent casualties ?
They're not going to fire millions of dollars of nukes into the fucking Gobi Desert are they ? Of course they'll fire it at the major population centres, that's the whole point !
So let me see if I have this straight ...
Crazy Bastard #1 signs the NNPT, and then because he is a bit shady about disclosing his assets, gets the world and his wife panicking ?
Whereas ...
Crazy Bastard #2 does NOT sign the NNPT, and can do what the hell he likes with no one knowing, and not having any responsibility to disclose anything ?
Why is it that #2 scares me MORE than #1 ?
How about they process $0 to click a link and download a file?
How about Apple do the same with Snow Leopard ???
It's a business ffs ... get used to it !
money nearly always flows from those who don't have it
If they don't have it, then what is flowing ?
Yes, but it's not *really* a direct link to copyrighted material is it ?
It's a link to a page that contains a downloadable file containing hashes of IP addresses that can be connected to download parts or all of the copyrighted content.
I understood the scope of DMCA takedowns was *direct* links to the copyrighted files ?
Of course, who cares about legality, this is the big corporations, where bullying and coercion are acceptable.
Although banning people who make overly long sentences that ramble on and on with no sign of stopping and treat punctuation as a game of "pin the tail on the donkey" (thanks Terry) might be a distinct improvement and stop people like me attempting parody at 02:00 when in fact I am just tired and bored and just wanted to try and boost my pitiful karma for a change with a +5 Funny post.
Did I win ?
get away with censoring people because it hurts his "good name" or some such meaningless drivel
I can't think of *any* more meaningless drivel than the fact Jack Thompson *had* a "good name" in the first place. Case closed due to lack of evidence ?
If the source code is available for the plugins, should a security hole be discovered patches can be quickly released
It could also be argued that because it is open source, a security hole is easier to find in the first place.
Patches being released more quickly doesn't guarantee the user will actually apply them. Or will it be automatic *cough* like Firefox, that upgrades itself seemingly every damn day, and then makes me wait 5 minutes before I can browse to "update all the plugins" .. assuming of course it doesn't crash in the process ?
Why, is someone on 10.0.*.* tring to hack you ? Kick his ass off the network then.
I think you meant "Internet Connection" !