The list of companies with 40,000 laptops and desktops should be small. GM, Intel, Siemens, Lockheed Martin, Verizon, and a few others (we can probably rule out Microsoft).
One important clue is that it seems like they are using Ask Slashdot as a their first tool to investigate a major business decision.
The proof of concept crashes firefox 1.0.7 (as reported in this thread by numerous others).
I'm not surprised that IE hasn't been patched, but as this vulnerability has been known for some time (this post is a dupe - not that there's anything wrong with that), but why hasn't firefox been patched yet?
OK. I did a google news search, and now I think I get it.
According to (a news site I've never heard of before) this article,... the three-day summit is being overshadowed by criticism of the human rights situation in Tunisia and several attacks on foreign journalists reporting on this issue..
Seems like the human rights situation in Tunisia has nothing to do with the internet conference. That makes much more sense to me. I suppose if it was related to the internet conference, instead of reporters being beaten, CNN would have reported Ahead of the summit, rights watchdogs say, both Tunisian and foreign reporters have been harassed and flamed.
I don't understand CNN. How can they add Ahead of the summit, rights watchdogs say, both Tunisian and foreign reporters have been harassed and beaten. Reporters Without Borders says its secretary-general, Robert Menard, has been banned from attending. to the end of their story, and provide no explanation or additional information?
Anyone know who was beaten, and why? Was this paragraph from an unrelated story, and mistakenly added to this story?
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I called 800 255-7514. Turns out its just an answering service. They refused to forward a message about defective CDs.
However, they gave me another number to call : 212 833-8000.
The problem is that their EULA doesn't allow for a signature of their binaries to be created. There is no way for anti-spyware software to identify their application.
I have a better solution. Simply send this company your own EULA. If they would like their software to run on our machines, they agree to the following terms yada yada yada...
Make the letter a shrink wrap license. Simply by opening the letter, they agree to the terms. If they would like to rescind the agreement, they can send a refund to everyone who purchases the software.
Uh...misschien zou u moeten opmerken dat het verbonden artikel in het Nederlands is. Ik ben zeker vele slashdoters in die taal vloeiend zijn. Nochtans, Ik veronderstel niet alle slashdotlezers het zullen kunnen begrijpen.
From WorldLingo's translation: In the rootkit pieces code appear sit which is identical to LAME, open source mp3-encoder...the expert has more proof. This way sits there at a place in the programme go.exe so-called array largetbl. This is a part that is used in the module tables.c of libmp3lame.
If I let you into my house yesterday, you have no right to be here today While you may be correct WRT US property laws, it seems to me that vampire rules call for a vampire to have free reign over your house in perpetuity if they are ever invited in. Perhaps Sony is operating using Vapire law rather than US law?
Why doesn't somebody just patent the idea of taking a patent out on any obvious solution?
The next idiot that tries to sue because his patent for an obvious solution was violated would in turn be sued for violating the patent on patenting the patently obvious.
I think you have touched on the important point - how can the government determine what state work is performed, so as to apply an income tax?
The state relies on the only reasonable measure of what income to tax. They rely on companies to submit W2 forms, and withhold tax from employees. So wherever a company exists, and pays its employees, there is where the employee is taxed.
Willard Scott will only be taxed where his employer operates and withholds his tax.
Additionally, the employee is responsible for filing income tax returns in his/her state of residence. In cases where the employee resides in a state other than where they are paid, typically they are allowed to deduct taxes already paid to another state from the amount that they would owe their state of residence.
If not, it's taxation without representation. Lots of taxes are without representation. Non-citizens pay taxes, but don't vote. If you travel to another state and purchase goods you may pay sales tax, but not vote. I work in another state and pay plenty of taxes there, but can't vote there.
So, what's representation got to do with it?
He wants to earn money in New York (as they pay him in New York). New York wants to tax that money. The courts say New York has a right to tax income paid in New York. What's wrong with that?
Does he have the right to vote in that state, prorated by his taxed percentage?
I work in NJ, and live in NY. I pay taxes to New Jersey, but don't get to vote there, nor do I think I should be able to vote there (nor do I understand NJ politics, but that's another matter)
Of course it doesn't matter where the company is based, it matters where the work is being done. The programmer from Tennessee's work is being performed in New York, regardless of if he's there or not. If this is not the case, then the Tennessee employee could simply ask the company to pay him in Tennessee, problem solved, not state taxes.
What good is a monopoly if you can't extort money?
Sure it seems like customers pay for internet service. But from his perspective, they pay because SBC has a right to their money.
What is the consumer's defense for companies like these? The FCC won't save you (at least not in its current form). Don't hold your breath for the FCC to rule that ISPs can't block VOIP or other services.
The only chance we have is a fair and competitive market. Today I can choose between Cable and DSL (I could even choose EVDO). Tomorrow, there will be even more choices.
We'll be fine as long as the FCC doesn't step in and regulate away our rights to choose (like they have with mobile phone service, giving carriers the right to charge egregious fees and tariffs and pass them off as government taxes).
For now, if Mr. Whitacre wants to try to charge extra to search google, good luck. Google wireless anyone?
I didn't see any requirement that work on summer of code needs to be exclusive. I looked through google's summer of code faq ( http://code.google.com/summfaq.html ).
Was that requirement posted online? Do you have a URL?
John Miano's report compares salaries for job titles on H-1B disclosure forms with job titles from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
When they don't match up exactly (I would expect not too often), it seems he subjectively finds a match.
I'm not saying that H1 programmers make more or as much as natives, but I would suggest the methodology of this report is lacking. It probably doesn't mean anything. Especially when compared to the common sense knowledge we all have that if an employer can pay less for qualified employees, they will.
You had me at I found your comment to be very funny.
Thanks for the clarification of what a liceense means.
I guess there probably is some advantage to going to law school, or at least reading up on a subject, or maybe just having some idea of what one is talking about before posting comments on slashdot:)
I have a question on that license is a legal document which a gives an individual the right to go onto someone else's property to do something that would otherwise been considered an illegal trespass thing.
If one obtains a license through a contract with the owner of land to pass through the owner's property, and then later breaches the contract, could they be found guilty of illegal trespass?
Seems to me that one should either have a licence or not. But of course I know that the law is not always intuitive, and thats why they make you all pass the bar.
against law: contravening a specific law, especially a criminal law
I probably should have said that it seemed to imply a criminal violation to me, as clearly many definitions of the word illegal do not imply criminal violation, as in illegal pass interference, or illegal syntax.
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Anyone care to guess who the employer is?
The list of companies with 40,000 laptops and desktops should be small. GM, Intel, Siemens, Lockheed Martin, Verizon, and a few others (we can probably rule out Microsoft).
One important clue is that it seems like they are using Ask Slashdot as a their first tool to investigate a major business decision.
The proof of concept crashes firefox 1.0.7 (as reported in this thread by numerous others).
I'm not surprised that IE hasn't been patched, but as this vulnerability has been known for some time (this post is a dupe - not that there's anything wrong with that), but why hasn't firefox been patched yet?
I blame the victim.
I'm assuming that Firefox (and all non-IE browsers) are not vulnerable. Has anyone confirmed this?
OK. I did a google news search, and now I think I get it.
... the three-day summit is being overshadowed by criticism of the human rights situation in Tunisia and several attacks on foreign journalists reporting on this issue..
According to (a news site I've never heard of before) this article,
Seems like the human rights situation in Tunisia has nothing to do with the internet conference. That makes much more sense to me. I suppose if it was related to the internet conference, instead of reporters being beaten, CNN would have reported Ahead of the summit, rights watchdogs say, both Tunisian and foreign reporters have been harassed and flamed .
I don't understand CNN. How can they add Ahead of the summit, rights watchdogs say, both Tunisian and foreign reporters have been harassed and beaten. Reporters Without Borders says its secretary-general, Robert Menard, has been banned from attending. to the end of their story, and provide no explanation or additional information?
Anyone know who was beaten, and why? Was this paragraph from an unrelated story, and mistakenly added to this story?
I called 800 255-7514. Turns out its just an answering service. They refused to forward a message about defective CDs.
However, they gave me another number to call : 212 833-8000 .
Engadget story
How does antispyware software tell that the spyware is running? They can't identify the binaries.
The problem is that their EULA doesn't allow for a signature of their binaries to be created. There is no way for anti-spyware software to identify their application.
I have a better solution. Simply send this company your own EULA. If they would like their software to run on our machines, they agree to the following terms yada yada yada...
Make the letter a shrink wrap license. Simply by opening the letter, they agree to the terms. If they would like to rescind the agreement, they can send a refund to everyone who purchases the software.
Uh...perhaps you should note that the linked article is in Dutch.
I'm sure many slashdoters are fluent in that language. However, I'm guessing not all slashdot readers will be able to understand it.
Translation/Vertaling
Uh...misschien zou u moeten opmerken dat het verbonden artikel in het
Nederlands is.
Ik ben zeker vele slashdoters in die taal vloeiend zijn. Nochtans, Ik veronderstel niet alle slashdotlezers het zullen kunnen begrijpen.
From WorldLingo's translation:
In the rootkit pieces code appear sit which is identical to LAME, open source mp3-encoder...the expert has more proof. This way sits there at a place in the programme go.exe so-called array largetbl. This is a part that is used in the module tables.c of libmp3lame.
If I let you into my house yesterday, you have no right to be here today
While you may be correct WRT US property laws, it seems to me that vampire rules call for a vampire to have free reign over your house in perpetuity if they are ever invited in. Perhaps Sony is operating using Vapire law rather than US law?
BTW - irregardless
Why doesn't somebody just patent the idea of taking a patent out on any obvious solution?
The next idiot that tries to sue because his patent for an obvious solution was violated would in turn be sued for violating the patent on patenting the patently obvious.
I think you have touched on the important point - how can the government determine what state work is performed, so as to apply an income tax?
The state relies on the only reasonable measure of what income to tax. They rely on companies to submit W2 forms, and withhold tax from employees. So wherever a company exists, and pays its employees, there is where the employee is taxed.
Willard Scott will only be taxed where his employer operates and withholds his tax.
Additionally, the employee is responsible for filing income tax returns in his/her state of residence. In cases where the employee resides in a state other than where they are paid, typically they are allowed to deduct taxes already paid to another state from the amount that they would owe their state of residence.
If not, it's taxation without representation.
Lots of taxes are without representation. Non-citizens pay taxes, but don't vote. If you travel to another state and purchase goods you may pay sales tax, but not vote. I work in another state and pay plenty of taxes there, but can't vote there.
So, what's representation got to do with it?
He wants to earn money in New York (as they pay him in New York). New York wants to tax that money. The courts say New York has a right to tax income paid in New York. What's wrong with that?
Does he have the right to vote in that state, prorated by his taxed percentage?
I work in NJ, and live in NY. I pay taxes to New Jersey, but don't get to vote there, nor do I think I should be able to vote there (nor do I understand NJ politics, but that's another matter)
Of course it doesn't matter where the company is based, it matters where the work is being done. The programmer from Tennessee's work is being performed in New York, regardless of if he's there or not. If this is not the case, then the Tennessee employee could simply ask the company to pay him in Tennessee, problem solved, not state taxes.
No patch yet as far as I can tell.
So, how would you like to pay me the $10?
--Barry
What good is a monopoly if you can't extort money?
Sure it seems like customers pay for internet service. But from his perspective, they pay because SBC has a right to their money.
What is the consumer's defense for companies like these? The FCC won't save you (at least not in its current form). Don't hold your breath for the FCC to rule that ISPs can't block VOIP or other services.
The only chance we have is a fair and competitive market. Today I can choose between Cable and DSL (I could even choose EVDO). Tomorrow, there will be even more choices.
We'll be fine as long as the FCC doesn't step in and regulate away our rights to choose (like they have with mobile phone service, giving carriers the right to charge egregious fees and tariffs and pass them off as government taxes).
For now, if Mr. Whitacre wants to try to charge extra to search google, good luck. Google wireless anyone?
that's "leland", dumbshit
Nice to know that Stanford graduates read my posts. Thanks for not ending the sentence with a preposition.
Sorry for the spelling error, I stand corrected.
--Barry
Full name : Leyland Stanford Junior University
I didn't see any requirement that work on summer of code needs to be exclusive. I looked through google's summer of code faq ( http://code.google.com/summfaq.html ).
Was that requirement posted online? Do you have a URL?
--Barry
Who says that many of those who participated in summer of code didn't also have summer CS ineternships?
--Barry
John Miano's report compares salaries for job titles on H-1B disclosure forms with job titles from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
When they don't match up exactly (I would expect not too often), it seems he subjectively finds a match.
I'm not saying that H1 programmers make more or as much as natives, but I would suggest the methodology of this report is lacking. It probably doesn't mean anything. Especially when compared to the common sense knowledge we all have that if an employer can pay less for qualified employees, they will.
--Barry
You had me at I found your comment to be very funny.
:)
Thanks for the clarification of what a liceense means.
I guess there probably is some advantage to going to law school, or at least reading up on a subject, or maybe just having some idea of what one is talking about before posting comments on slashdot
I have a question on that license is a legal document which a gives an individual the right to go onto someone else's property to do something that would otherwise been considered an illegal trespass thing.
If one obtains a license through a contract with the owner of land to pass through the owner's property, and then later breaches the contract, could they be found guilty of illegal trespass?
Seems to me that one should either have a licence or not. But of course I know that the law is not always intuitive, and thats why they make you all pass the bar.
Thanks,
--Barry
OK. I had to look at about a dozen online dictionaries before I found one that seems to confirm my statement.
/ DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861620125
From : http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary
against law: contravening a specific law, especially a criminal law
I probably should have said that it seemed to imply a criminal violation to me, as clearly many definitions of the word illegal do not imply criminal violation, as in illegal pass interference, or illegal syntax.
Point taken.
--Barry
Hmmm. Who says they didn't "give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program"?
Not the article.
If they didn't, then of course I would see how they where violating the GPL license.
--Barry