Yeah, the poster says it costs $20 for a 30 minute ride and labeled thats "neat!" Either he's got money to burn, or he's a troll. The only argument that might hold water for that price would be, "Cheaper than a prostitute! Woohoo!"
What's the difference? The original race is a grueling 3-day trek over road, sand, mud and water. It's as much about endurance as it is art, for the glory of course.
Why share the fees with the record labels, if they are not involved in the download process?
I'll pay my fees direct to the artist, or any valid middleman service. OK, great. Done deal.
Artists can pay record labels for producing and promoting CDs. That's what they do. If I'm not downloading music from a record label, that label has no right to my money.
Recognize the quality veteran employees you have by promoting them.
Nothing distresses the rank and file more than to have a new manager every one or two years who appears, changes the direction of a project (or kills it outright), and then leaves and is replaced by another manager who shakes things up.
You need people who know the company's history, its people and abilities, and have a vested interest in the company's future.
Dungeon Master was the first and only game to give me homicidal tendencies after prolonged use. I vividly remember walking out of my darkened room, encountering my brother in the hallway and having the impulse to throw a club at him.
They could just delete the dupes when they're found and save us all a lot of time.
When I need to recall a/. article to find a link or tidbit of information, I *do not* want to be pulling up the dupe article that has the lame second-time-around discussion.
To further explain, most hacking results in a little embarassment. So a web page was defaced. Whoopie. Such companies are very lucky they were hacked by a kiddie on a joy ride, instead of someone with malicious criminal intent. The companies get to learn about security gaps and to take their online activities more seriously, without serious damage.
I'm not excusing joy rides. I was pissed when I car was stolen. But in the grand scheme of things, true white collar crime is far worse.
Umm, no I'm not. I even said, "extreme cases aside." I compared hacking to stealing a car for a joy ride.
Your example of stealing $2000 as being typical of white collar crime is more extreme than my car theft example. In yours, $2000 is gone. In mine, maybe a window is smashed, and the inside of the car is littered with garbage. I know because my car was stolen by joy riders. I replaced the window, vacuumed everything, and kept the frisbee they left under the driver's seat.
The issue isn't tough sentencing for hackers. The issue is that white collar criminals get off light.
Hacking is not a white collar crime. When I think of white collar crime I see millionaire executives spending stolen money for blow jobs by preteens in foreign countries. When I think of hacker crime I see a trail of empty Mountain Dew bottles and Cheetos bags. Hackers need to become filthy rich before they can play the courts like the big boys do.
Extreme cases aside, most hacking is like kids stealing cars to take 'em for joy rides. Sure, a few people get hurt by each crime, but it's not like you have a few hundred thousand stock holders who'll have to work 10 extra years before they retire because their portfolios are toast.
Forgot to say... we seriously considered buying electric scooters to commute, but found them too difficult to control, especially negotiating curves. I doubt the same is true for the Segway because, if anything, it's hailed as being exceptionally easy to maneuver.
If I could afford a Segway it would replace my car. If my wife had a Segway it would replace public transportation. We own two cars. I commute 5 miles, my wife commutes 2 miles. We only commute with one car because of the associated costs and hassle, but need two cars for evening and weekend situations. A Segway would be a godsend for us. Make the Segway affordable and we could eliminate one of our cars. Oh, and guarantee that our city government won't run off in a spat of fear and illegalize the thing. The fear and skepticism the Segway has received has been downright ridiculous. See and use a Segway before demonizing it.
Just a guess... does your Yahoo address have a series of numbers tacked on at the end? All of the common names, dictionary words and word combinations have long since been taken by users for Yahoo addresses, and so most new accounts these days have things like "username2003" or other silly numbers the user chooses to add on the end. That kind of randomness is a lot harder to attack with brute force.
MailWasher for Windows does exactly that. You begin compiling a "friends" and "foes" list that help sort incoming mail. You can toggle whether to use blackhole lists to automatically mark mail as spam or probable spam. Then you can delete and/or bounce messages in bulk. It's simply delightful.
> My guess is that MS itself sold the account to spammers.
The spammer probably used the dictionary-like-attack described in the Register article to guess your address. I receive all mail sent to my domain regardless of the address. I am the first and only owner of the domain, yet I receive spam sent to addresses I've never used. The spammers are clearly not bothering with harvesting addresses; now they're just making 'em up.
I love the hypocrisy. Geeks whine about Total Information Awareness, but gleefully dismiss any privacy concerns when the subject is painted in goofy clown colors and provides a useful service. So I guess Ashcroft really just needs to wrap TIA in a neat-o open source project and the sheep will happily trot off to their slaughter.
OK, you don't care that companies will have extensive knowledge of the intimate details of your life. Personally, I fear a future in which Wal*Mart knows more about me than my wife.
Ahhh, so the onus is on me to pay extra out of my wallet to maintain my privacy. So your position is that we have no expectation of privacy. Excuse me while I set up a spy cam in your living room. What??? you ask. A spycam is far less invasive than the data collection occurring on the web today... creating a socio-economic-political profile of you to better manipulate your behavior for corporate means. See how you like it 10 years from now.
Suppose you're willing to wager your privacy on Google. OK, fair bet... but you are also betting that Google will never be sold to the likes of AOL or Microsoft or Wal*Mart or any other MegaEvil Corp.
1) Of course changing my name doesn't change my relatives. So what? My name doesn't represent my parents! My genetics and how I live my life represent my parents. Who I am represents my parents. I am not my name. I am my actions.
2) Names no longer indicate heritage, so changing my name isn't a concern. Names are no more an indicator than a person's physical appearance or accent. I know someone of pure Chinese descent who has a thick New Jersey accent and through marriage is Mrs. Smith. If she were an actor, I'm sure she would be forced to adopt a Chinese accent to appease people like you who are more comfortable with stereotypes. Stop trying to define me by my name.
3) Anyone worth knowing will be notified when I change my name. I'm not concerned. I'll be liberated.
Wanting a unique name has nothing to do with hating yourself. I do not define myself by my name, but others do. It is natural that after I become an adult I would want input into such a basic thing as the identifier by which people know me.
Changing my name does not change my heritage. No one's heritage is that flimsy. A different name doesn't change who my father or his father or his father's father was, or where they lived, or what traditions they practiced.
After my parents die I'm changing my name to something less generic. With hundreds of competitors, I need a name so distinctive it shoots me to the top of Google search results.
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Very few people use PNG as is. A replacement for GIFs? Sorry, it never was one.
Yeah, the poster says it costs $20 for a 30 minute ride and labeled thats "neat!" Either he's got money to burn, or he's a troll. The only argument that might hold water for that price would be, "Cheaper than a prostitute! Woohoo!"
Baltimore's race is a copy based on the Great Arcata to Ferndale (California) World Championship Kinetic Sculpture Race, celebrating its 35th year in 2003.
What's the difference? The original race is a grueling 3-day trek over road, sand, mud and water. It's as much about endurance as it is art, for the glory of course.
Why share the fees with the record labels, if they are not involved in the download process?
I'll pay my fees direct to the artist, or any valid middleman service. OK, great. Done deal.
Artists can pay record labels for producing and promoting CDs. That's what they do. If I'm not downloading music from a record label, that label has no right to my money.
Recognize the quality veteran employees you have by promoting them.
Nothing distresses the rank and file more than to have a new manager every one or two years who appears, changes the direction of a project (or kills it outright), and then leaves and is replaced by another manager who shakes things up.
You need people who know the company's history, its people and abilities, and have a vested interest in the company's future.
Dungeon Master was the first and only game to give me homicidal tendencies after prolonged use. I vividly remember walking out of my darkened room, encountering my brother in the hallway and having the impulse to throw a club at him.
They could just delete the dupes when they're found and save us all a lot of time.
/. article to find a link or tidbit of information, I *do not* want to be pulling up the dupe article that has the lame second-time-around discussion.
When I need to recall a
To further explain, most hacking results in a little embarassment. So a web page was defaced. Whoopie. Such companies are very lucky they were hacked by a kiddie on a joy ride, instead of someone with malicious criminal intent. The companies get to learn about security gaps and to take their online activities more seriously, without serious damage.
I'm not excusing joy rides. I was pissed when I car was stolen. But in the grand scheme of things, true white collar crime is far worse.
> So you're comparing
Umm, no I'm not. I even said, "extreme cases aside." I compared hacking to stealing a car for a joy ride.
Your example of stealing $2000 as being typical of white collar crime is more extreme than my car theft example. In yours, $2000 is gone. In mine, maybe a window is smashed, and the inside of the car is littered with garbage. I know because my car was stolen by joy riders. I replaced the window, vacuumed everything, and kept the frisbee they left under the driver's seat.
The issue isn't tough sentencing for hackers. The issue is that white collar criminals get off light.
Hacking is not a white collar crime. When I think of white collar crime I see millionaire executives spending stolen money for blow jobs by preteens in foreign countries. When I think of hacker crime I see a trail of empty Mountain Dew bottles and Cheetos bags. Hackers need to become filthy rich before they can play the courts like the big boys do.
Extreme cases aside, most hacking is like kids stealing cars to take 'em for joy rides. Sure, a few people get hurt by each crime, but it's not like you have a few hundred thousand stock holders who'll have to work 10 extra years before they retire because their portfolios are toast.
Forgot to say... we seriously considered buying electric scooters to commute, but found them too difficult to control, especially negotiating curves. I doubt the same is true for the Segway because, if anything, it's hailed as being exceptionally easy to maneuver.
If I could afford a Segway it would replace my car. If my wife had a Segway it would replace public transportation. We own two cars. I commute 5 miles, my wife commutes 2 miles. We only commute with one car because of the associated costs and hassle, but need two cars for evening and weekend situations. A Segway would be a godsend for us. Make the Segway affordable and we could eliminate one of our cars. Oh, and guarantee that our city government won't run off in a spat of fear and illegalize the thing. The fear and skepticism the Segway has received has been downright ridiculous. See and use a Segway before demonizing it.
Just a guess... does your Yahoo address have a series of numbers tacked on at the end? All of the common names, dictionary words and word combinations have long since been taken by users for Yahoo addresses, and so most new accounts these days have things like "username2003" or other silly numbers the user chooses to add on the end. That kind of randomness is a lot harder to attack with brute force.
MailWasher for Windows does exactly that. You begin compiling a "friends" and "foes" list that help sort incoming mail. You can toggle whether to use blackhole lists to automatically mark mail as spam or probable spam. Then you can delete and/or bounce messages in bulk. It's simply delightful.
See this person's Segway journal. I'd buy one in a minute if the price was reasonable (at least under $1000).
A Segway would save on my commute time, save on insurance and maintenance costs, not pollute the air, and possibly help me lose weight.
> My guess is that MS itself sold the account to spammers.
The spammer probably used the dictionary-like-attack described in the Register article to guess your address. I receive all mail sent to my domain regardless of the address. I am the first and only owner of the domain, yet I receive spam sent to addresses I've never used. The spammers are clearly not bothering with harvesting addresses; now they're just making 'em up.
I love the hypocrisy. Geeks whine about Total Information Awareness, but gleefully dismiss any privacy concerns when the subject is painted in goofy clown colors and provides a useful service. So I guess Ashcroft really just needs to wrap TIA in a neat-o open source project and the sheep will happily trot off to their slaughter.
OK, you don't care that companies will have extensive knowledge of the intimate details of your life. Personally, I fear a future in which Wal*Mart knows more about me than my wife.
Ahhh, so the onus is on me to pay extra out of my wallet to maintain my privacy. So your position is that we have no expectation of privacy. Excuse me while I set up a spy cam in your living room. What??? you ask. A spycam is far less invasive than the data collection occurring on the web today... creating a socio-economic-political profile of you to better manipulate your behavior for corporate means. See how you like it 10 years from now.
Suppose you're willing to wager your privacy on Google. OK, fair bet... but you are also betting that Google will never be sold to the likes of AOL or Microsoft or Wal*Mart or any other MegaEvil Corp.
No doubt Google Blogs will be cool. It will also be the crystal clear sign of feature creep that even naysayers will have to recognize.
1) Of course changing my name doesn't change my relatives. So what? My name doesn't represent my parents! My genetics and how I live my life represent my parents. Who I am represents my parents. I am not my name. I am my actions.
2) Names no longer indicate heritage, so changing my name isn't a concern. Names are no more an indicator than a person's physical appearance or accent. I know someone of pure Chinese descent who has a thick New Jersey accent and through marriage is Mrs. Smith. If she were an actor, I'm sure she would be forced to adopt a Chinese accent to appease people like you who are more comfortable with stereotypes. Stop trying to define me by my name.
3) Anyone worth knowing will be notified when I change my name. I'm not concerned. I'll be liberated.
Wanting a unique name has nothing to do with hating yourself. I do not define myself by my name, but others do. It is natural that after I become an adult I would want input into such a basic thing as the identifier by which people know me.
Changing my name does not change my heritage. No one's heritage is that flimsy. A different name doesn't change who my father or his father or his father's father was, or where they lived, or what traditions they practiced.
After my parents die I'm changing my name to something less generic. With hundreds of competitors, I need a name so distinctive it shoots me to the top of Google search results.
You felt so strongly you had to post the same trollish message twice?
Read my message. I said nothing and implied nothing about democrats.
I did reference ultra right-wingers because of the obvious motive of biblical global destruction. It's their biggest, best wet dream.