The NSA has been on to this one for a while now. They are acrediting university programs and offering som epretty nice scholorships for the students that participate in them. Look it up sometime if you want to get into a shcool that offeres good security classes.
Software coming from microsoft and other large corporations tends to be much more complex than other free software. Complexity in this case is defined by number of lines of code. If puniative fines are to be imposed on all software providers for security flaws those damages should be adjusted to the complexity of the program. Fines should not be paid to the users but to the government. Also, free software should be exempt from this type of claim because ther is no implied contract. There is not mutual detriment and gain with free software... the developer detriments and the user gains.
If you are forking over big bucks for secure software it should be backed by a guarentee.
ha! my favorite has to be the one at the top over towards the right... thefreesite.com. It was submitted to them by someone from that address! Spammers are even trying to advertise on spam maps... guess the really are a clueless mailer.
First off how do you define abuse? Is it deviating from anything but a normal (breaking even) profit? If so, about 90% of businesses would be in violation.
Basic economics teaches us that a perfectly competitivly market provides the greatest benefit to society as a whole. -- I'm not goign to detail this but I can point you to a few good books if you are interested.
I think you understand the fact that MS is trying to earn a profit. And, they can do that better if they are in a market where there is little to no competition. Consumers lose and MS wins. Since the government works for the people - consumers (or do they?) it is illegal to hold a monopoly.
Furthermore, with increased competition prices are lowered. Comsumers win.
... to address the patent issue... they expire... a death grip on a market does not.
And all this aside... MS has abused their monopoly power.
ya know... if you order complete systems not only do you not have to service them but with those other 400mhz boxes you could build one mean cluster... mp3 streaming server anyone?
I don't know where you are getting $600/system but I can get a 1ghz duron system complete with no scavenging for less than that. I would think w/o software that you could get about $400/system if you really skimmed.
It is interesting to note that eBay isn't even the main auction site for this stuff anymore... www.playerauctions.com came up when eBay gave in to bullying legal letters from Sony. Sony's EULA states that you can't sell their virtual items...
Would be interesting to see how much they could profit by removing this policy and selling items/platinum themselves.
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There is even a generic plain text printer windows driver. It will print out a new file for each section... but when it is done you will have 36 ASCII text files... I paid my $5 for the content and might share it with a good friend of mine. I am sure if he likes it enough he will pay the $5 too.
Perhaps something being overlooked here is that users already have the means to disbale cookies! Each to their own... overbroad legislation is going to create more problems than it will solve.
It's all about who you know... espically when you are younger. I started as an intern doing tech research through a connection my father had. If you can get into something that isn't your ideal job that allows you to grow into such a position. Use the people you know... let everyone know you are looking. Listen to what they have to say about your resume.
The problem with these viruses/worms is that they cause DDoS attacks with all the scanning they do for vulnerable systems. To sufficiently write something that would act as a worm fix would require use of similar scanning methods thus furthering the DDoS potential of these worms.
What if you rent a car in a stat with a 55mph limit then drive it to a state with no speed limit. You aren't breaking the law. Will you still incure a fine? This could even allow car rental businesses to set personal limits. You sign something stating that you won't exceed 45mph.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
I don't think I know of anyone that doesn't exceed the speed limit at one point or another. If everyone that rents from these guys is going to start seeing fines for going 5mph over the limit they aren't going to be around to long.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
Surveys are inherently flawed as a scientific method of producing data. Surveys can use misleading questions, slightly unusual definitions, and a host of other methods to twist the results even before they are collated.
So does our legal system, but they are still allowed to do so.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
It seems to escape everyone that none of "us" are living in a free society. We are living in a liberated society where the only true freedom, much like a prisioner, exists only within the mind of the indivudial. Our true freedom was never born... nor should it be.
Can you really say that we would be where we are today w/o regulations... rules... to live by. Freedom doesn't work. The question is simply, or not so simply, how much liberation to give.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
I can understand the need to feel justice in this case but wouldn't it make more sense to sue the person who comitted the crime... or in this case the parents... This whole situation is suing the people that -may have- given a bad idea to a couple of teens. Ideas are protected in our society with the highest level of scrutiany.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
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The NSA has been on to this one for a while now. They are acrediting university programs and offering som epretty nice scholorships for the students that participate in them. Look it up sometime if you want to get into a shcool that offeres good security classes.
Software coming from microsoft and other large corporations tends to be much more complex than other free software. Complexity in this case is defined by number of lines of code. If puniative fines are to be imposed on all software providers for security flaws those damages should be adjusted to the complexity of the program. Fines should not be paid to the users but to the government. Also, free software should be exempt from this type of claim because ther is no implied contract. There is not mutual detriment and gain with free software... the developer detriments and the user gains.
If you are forking over big bucks for secure software it should be backed by a guarentee.
ha! my favorite has to be the one at the top over towards the right... thefreesite.com. It was submitted to them by someone from that address! Spammers are even trying to advertise on spam maps... guess the really are a clueless mailer.
Oh my, where to start with this on...
First off how do you define abuse? Is it deviating from anything but a normal (breaking even) profit? If so, about 90% of businesses would be in violation.
Basic economics teaches us that a perfectly competitivly market provides the greatest benefit to society as a whole. -- I'm not goign to detail this but I can point you to a few good books if you are interested.
I think you understand the fact that MS is trying to earn a profit. And, they can do that better if they are in a market where there is little to no competition. Consumers lose and MS wins. Since the government works for the people - consumers (or do they?) it is illegal to hold a monopoly.
Furthermore, with increased competition prices are lowered. Comsumers win.
... to address the patent issue... they expire... a death grip on a market does not.
And all this aside... MS has abused their monopoly power.
2.4 Ghz is an unregulated band.... the regulations state that it is unregulated. Same witl 900mhz. They are considerd to be public.
I would be quite pissed if I were required to get a ham radio operator license to use my 2.4 ghz phone!
God, don't buy anything from walmart! http://alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=12962
ya know... if you order complete systems not only do you not have to service them but with those other 400mhz boxes you could build one mean cluster... mp3 streaming server anyone?
I don't know where you are getting $600/system but I can get a 1ghz duron system complete with no scavenging for less than that. I would think w/o software that you could get about $400/system if you really skimmed.
It is interesting to note that eBay isn't even the main auction site for this stuff anymore... www.playerauctions.com came up when eBay gave in to bullying legal letters from Sony. Sony's EULA states that you can't sell their virtual items...
Would be interesting to see how much they could profit by removing this policy and selling items/platinum themselves.
There is even a generic plain text printer windows driver. It will print out a new file for each section... but when it is done you will have 36 ASCII text files... I paid my $5 for the content and might share it with a good friend of mine. I am sure if he likes it enough he will pay the $5 too.
Perhaps something being overlooked here is that users already have the means to disbale cookies! Each to their own... overbroad legislation is going to create more problems than it will solve.
Didn't AMD do something similiar in reverse engineering Intel's chips? Anyone know what legal action came of that?
can I have your phone number? one second, let me boot up my watch...
Now all we need is a flash, 802.11 capabilities, and a self destruct feature (that wouldn't blow your arm off).
PGP users should rest assured that I would still not acquiesce to any back doors in PGP.
How far are you willing to go for this... jail? What will happen to PGP when it is unlawful to distrbute strong crypto without a back door?
It's all about who you know... espically when you are younger. I started as an intern doing tech research through a connection my father had. If you can get into something that isn't your ideal job that allows you to grow into such a position. Use the people you know... let everyone know you are looking. Listen to what they have to say about your resume.
The problem with these viruses/worms is that they cause DDoS attacks with all the scanning they do for vulnerable systems. To sufficiently write something that would act as a worm fix would require use of similar scanning methods thus furthering the DDoS potential of these worms.
What if you rent a car in a stat with a 55mph limit then drive it to a state with no speed limit. You aren't breaking the law. Will you still incure a fine? This could even allow car rental businesses to set personal limits. You sign something stating that you won't exceed 45mph.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
I don't think I know of anyone that doesn't exceed the speed limit at one point or another. If everyone that rents from these guys is going to start seeing fines for going 5mph over the limit they aren't going to be around to long.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
So does our legal system, but they are still allowed to do so.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
Welcome the the future... Gigolo Aerospace...
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
"Anyway, why don't these politicians just look to their own childhoods" HAHA, as if you could ever expect a politician to EVER be so honest!
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
Children are already being expelled from schools for doing such things.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
It seems to escape everyone that none of "us" are living in a free society. We are living in a liberated society where the only true freedom, much like a prisioner, exists only within the mind of the indivudial. Our true freedom was never born... nor should it be. Can you really say that we would be where we are today w/o regulations... rules... to live by. Freedom doesn't work. The question is simply, or not so simply, how much liberation to give.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)
I can understand the need to feel justice in this case but wouldn't it make more sense to sue the person who comitted the crime... or in this case the parents... This whole situation is suing the people that -may have- given a bad idea to a couple of teens. Ideas are protected in our society with the highest level of scrutiany.
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do { Work(); PayTaxes(); Eat(); Sleep(); } while (alive)