It's true that a few of the charges were dropped due to the prosecution not wanting to release classified information, but that was only after they dropped other charges (the ones related to his giving out the info) due to lack of evidence. And the few remaining charges were apparently too shaky for the prosecutors to take to trial.
FYI, since it wasn't in the summary and people will inevitably ask: the charges carry a max of one year in jail, and the prosecution agreed not to pursue any jail time at all.
So instead, those small-time patent owners will have to go to court and prove that the patents their product is accused of violating are invalid, against a deep-pocketed adversary.
The system as it presently exists won't work no matter where you set the level for the burden of proof.
With a little translation, I deduce that you mean:
I will rape and murder a dozen schoolchildren.
See how easy it is to prove someone evil when you just stick words in their mouths? You literally just invented an evil position for them out of whole cloth, and then used it to prove that they were evil.
3. Personal electronics are 99.9999...% safe, so a terrorist couldn't reliably crash a plane, but among all the planes flying, one will eventually go down. Decreasing the number of portable electronics in use will decrease the frequency of such crashes.
A manager, an engineer, and an scientist are driving along a winding mountain road when the brakes fail. The car careens down the road for half a mile before slamming into a guardrail and grinding to a stop, just a few feet away from a sheer drop. After checking that everyone is okay, they discuss what to do.
"I know," the manager says, "let's have a meeting, propose a mission statement, synergize our core competencies, and by a process of continuous improvement towards our critical goal, we can be on our way!"
"No, no," counters the engineer, "that will take too long, and besides, it's never worked before. Just give me some time and I can isolate the fault in the brake line and rig something together to get us home safe."
"Well alright," says the scientist, "but first I think we should push the car back up and ride it down again a few times, just to make sure it keeps happening."
Goddamn it slashdot, this isn't insightful. This is the opposite of insightful. This is ignorance and bravado and strawman-beating. No one is saying that every cell phone guarantees a downed plane, or even that it's a 1% chance. But interference is a real thing, and a one plane going down so that you can check your Twitter feed is one too many.
All the professionals and experts who say it's not worth the risk aren't just making shit up to scare you. Their analysis is based on actual facts and knowledge. Yours is based on belly-feel.
I've had the opposite experience. Never had any trouble with Flash Netflix, but Silverlight crashes if I watch more than about 2 hours of continuous video (i.e. any long movie). The framerate drops, the screen starts to flicker black, and if I try to interact with Firefox at all it crashes. Thankfully, Netflix is smart enough to save my spot in the film so I can just restart the browser, but it is annoying. Happens in both FF 3 and 4, on W7, 64b.
I dunno... I learned enough VB in high school to teach me that it was never, ever worth my time to write a GUI in code when a WYSIWYG editor is available. I also learned enough to know that I never, ever wanted to be a programmer -- a lesson which I took to heart, so it is entirely possible that the first lesson I learned was dead wrong.
Who gives a flying fuck what the purchasing power of [arbitrary currency unit] is? What matters is how much a typical person can buy with a day's wage. That is a hell of a lot higher today than it was in the 19th century.
Considering we're the only entities proven to be able to attach significance to anything, I'd say our extinction would be about as significant as anything could be. Looking at our species from the planet's point of view is silly, since the planet doesn't have a point of view.
60k a year with no benefits is pretty bad. Add in the fact that it's a criminal enterprise, and it's insanely low. I'm no expert, but I would think that working for organized crime would pay better than entry-level wages to offset the whole "living in fear of a knock on the door" thing.
Also, note that $5k/mo is the high end. On the low end, you could make more as a waiter.
It's a joke. If the mental image of a bunch of dudes in white coats with clipboards sticking a guy in a big humming machine, and proceeding to burn his arm with a hot iron doesn't amuse (or terrify) you, then you are officially a zombie.
1) Put up ads to hire malware writers 2) Set wages low specifically to attract stupid kids 3) Convince kids to download your toolset to work off of while developing the malware 4) Toolset is a trojan, steal their parents credit card 5) Profit 6) Get away with it every time, 'cause no kid is going to cop to trying to get a job working for hackers
Alternative explanation - it's entrapment by those 25% of hackers who work for the Feds.
Will you make it to either without it? We're talking about a game where your first few attempts will see you killed by a kitten. And God help you if you start as a knight, what with that tempting mount standing right there....
You could easily die a hundred times without ever finding out about Elbereth.
In short, never ever do anything nice for the OSS community. They're a bunch of anarchist bastards who will demand more and more, and then turn on you the moment you don't live up to their demands. Just ignore them and hope they go away.
Seriously, after all this shit, do you think any console maker will EVER do something like OtherOS again? Fuck no.
Cut the disconnected, faux-high-minded crap. By your logic, Sony could hire mercenaries to start gunning down everyone who even might be involved, and hey, "nobodies innocent" and "revolutions are messy".
This isn't a revolution. This is crime. Simple as that. We live in a society of laws. Criminals should be arrested and prosecuted. If you don't like the laws, press to have them changed. Don't go hurting millions of people for the "lulz" and then pretend to be altruistic after the fact.
One of the most important things to know is to write the name Elbereth on the ground. What ten year-old is going to think to do that? How many ten year-olds would even know the name?
Haha, yeah, remember that one time fifteen years ago!?
Of course, there's no reason to believe these guys were paid, and even if they were it's just a bit of fun that I'm sure Apple employees got a chuckle out of. But not the fanbois! No sirree, everything is a war, and if MS does something like this, it's "creepy".
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It's true that a few of the charges were dropped due to the prosecution not wanting to release classified information, but that was only after they dropped other charges (the ones related to his giving out the info) due to lack of evidence. And the few remaining charges were apparently too shaky for the prosecutors to take to trial.
FYI, since it wasn't in the summary and people will inevitably ask: the charges carry a max of one year in jail, and the prosecution agreed not to pursue any jail time at all.
So instead, those small-time patent owners will have to go to court and prove that the patents their product is accused of violating are invalid, against a deep-pocketed adversary.
The system as it presently exists won't work no matter where you set the level for the burden of proof.
Actually, you're the evil one! Observe:
When you say:
Of course, you have to do a little translation.
With a little translation, I deduce that you mean:
I will rape and murder a dozen schoolchildren.
See how easy it is to prove someone evil when you just stick words in their mouths? You literally just invented an evil position for them out of whole cloth, and then used it to prove that they were evil.
I'm pretty sure that it wasn't Microsoft who wrote the summary.
3. Personal electronics are 99.9999...% safe, so a terrorist couldn't reliably crash a plane, but among all the planes flying, one will eventually go down. Decreasing the number of portable electronics in use will decrease the frequency of such crashes.
A relevant joke my friend told me...
A manager, an engineer, and an scientist are driving along a winding mountain road when the brakes fail. The car careens down the road for half a mile before slamming into a guardrail and grinding to a stop, just a few feet away from a sheer drop. After checking that everyone is okay, they discuss what to do.
"I know," the manager says, "let's have a meeting, propose a mission statement, synergize our core competencies, and by a process of continuous improvement towards our critical goal, we can be on our way!"
"No, no," counters the engineer, "that will take too long, and besides, it's never worked before. Just give me some time and I can isolate the fault in the brake line and rig something together to get us home safe."
"Well alright," says the scientist, "but first I think we should push the car back up and ride it down again a few times, just to make sure it keeps happening."
Goddamn it slashdot, this isn't insightful. This is the opposite of insightful. This is ignorance and bravado and strawman-beating. No one is saying that every cell phone guarantees a downed plane, or even that it's a 1% chance. But interference is a real thing, and a one plane going down so that you can check your Twitter feed is one too many.
All the professionals and experts who say it's not worth the risk aren't just making shit up to scare you. Their analysis is based on actual facts and knowledge. Yours is based on belly-feel.
I've had the opposite experience. Never had any trouble with Flash Netflix, but Silverlight crashes if I watch more than about 2 hours of continuous video (i.e. any long movie). The framerate drops, the screen starts to flicker black, and if I try to interact with Firefox at all it crashes. Thankfully, Netflix is smart enough to save my spot in the film so I can just restart the browser, but it is annoying. Happens in both FF 3 and 4, on W7, 64b.
I dunno... I learned enough VB in high school to teach me that it was never, ever worth my time to write a GUI in code when a WYSIWYG editor is available. I also learned enough to know that I never, ever wanted to be a programmer -- a lesson which I took to heart, so it is entirely possible that the first lesson I learned was dead wrong.
Who gives a flying fuck what the purchasing power of [arbitrary currency unit] is? What matters is how much a typical person can buy with a day's wage. That is a hell of a lot higher today than it was in the 19th century.
Considering we're the only entities proven to be able to attach significance to anything, I'd say our extinction would be about as significant as anything could be. Looking at our species from the planet's point of view is silly, since the planet doesn't have a point of view.
No, pretty sure it's your argument that's empty.
"The Earth was supposed to X" means the same as "It was supposed that Earth would do X". Even as a grammar nazi, you fail.
You have the right to remain silent.
Not if the Republican SCOTUS has anything to say about it! You gotta speak up if you want to remain silent!
60k a year with no benefits is pretty bad. Add in the fact that it's a criminal enterprise, and it's insanely low. I'm no expert, but I would think that working for organized crime would pay better than entry-level wages to offset the whole "living in fear of a knock on the door" thing.
Also, note that $5k/mo is the high end. On the low end, you could make more as a waiter.
It's a joke. If the mental image of a bunch of dudes in white coats with clipboards sticking a guy in a big humming machine, and proceeding to burn his arm with a hot iron doesn't amuse (or terrify) you, then you are officially a zombie.
...scientists found to be dreaming up bizarre study purely to satisfy their own schadenfreude.
1) Put up ads to hire malware writers
2) Set wages low specifically to attract stupid kids
3) Convince kids to download your toolset to work off of while developing the malware
4) Toolset is a trojan, steal their parents credit card
5) Profit
6) Get away with it every time, 'cause no kid is going to cop to trying to get a job working for hackers
Alternative explanation - it's entrapment by those 25% of hackers who work for the Feds.
Will you make it to either without it? We're talking about a game where your first few attempts will see you killed by a kitten. And God help you if you start as a knight, what with that tempting mount standing right there....
You could easily die a hundred times without ever finding out about Elbereth.
This is not a revolt any more than a mugging is a revolt. Your attempts to romanticize common thugs is pathetic.
Also, I don't even own a playstation. I just understand the difference between right and wrong.
In short, never ever do anything nice for the OSS community. They're a bunch of anarchist bastards who will demand more and more, and then turn on you the moment you don't live up to their demands. Just ignore them and hope they go away.
Seriously, after all this shit, do you think any console maker will EVER do something like OtherOS again? Fuck no.
Cut the disconnected, faux-high-minded crap. By your logic, Sony could hire mercenaries to start gunning down everyone who even might be involved, and hey, "nobodies innocent" and "revolutions are messy".
This isn't a revolution. This is crime. Simple as that. We live in a society of laws. Criminals should be arrested and prosecuted. If you don't like the laws, press to have them changed. Don't go hurting millions of people for the "lulz" and then pretend to be altruistic after the fact.
Spoilers, I guess, but...
One of the most important things to know is to write the name Elbereth on the ground. What ten year-old is going to think to do that? How many ten year-olds would even know the name?
Haha, yeah, remember that one time fifteen years ago!?
Of course, there's no reason to believe these guys were paid, and even if they were it's just a bit of fun that I'm sure Apple employees got a chuckle out of. But not the fanbois! No sirree, everything is a war, and if MS does something like this, it's "creepy".
Attacking PBS is altruistic? Is Big Bird really that much of a dick?