It sounds to me like he was actually caught by the AOL guy's identity he stole, the Sky Roket account. I bet AOL keeps logs of information on people when they log in, where they log in from, etc. And tho AOL wasn't able to stop the fradulent use of another member's account, they were able to back trace it's mis-use in the logs.
I think this is why they're "not discussing" the details. I bet it had nothing to do with the GUID, unless it had the SN of his copy of Word registered to his employer or something.
. . . goes back to THE first Sci-Fi novel ever. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. the conclusion: Technology in of itself isn't evil, but man still has to come to grips with his moral/immoral use of technology.
I can't wait to see this movie, but it's NOT going to bust down my building exitement over TPM. . .
Why do you think W2K is so late? All the W2K developers have been pulled off the project, because Bill knows he's going to lose Antitrust, so OS hegemony is a waste of time - but file-format (.doc, MSJava, AVI) and API (MFC, CaptiveX, etc) are still viable strategies to keep the stranglehold on the computer industry.
Word is by far THE most expensive word processor for the Macintosh, (by like 4 times). Office98 is bloated and buggy compared to Apple Works (Claris Works renamed), and Office98 does not come with a database (Access). Office98 installs a whole buttload of system extensions and libraries which you'll spend days on troubleshooting system conflicts. Apple Works seems to work just fine on it's own. Apple Works comes free (bundled) on an iMac. Apple Works does have a Windows version (tho I've never seen it - i don't know if that's any good).
I would MUCH rather see a Linux version of Apple Works than MS Office.
Wealth nothing. Freedom. I cringe at using Bill Gates' OS or productivity applications, but I have no qualms about driving a car with a license plate he made bolted to my back bumper. . .
I do think PPC are far superior to anything that Intel has ever (or probably will ever) produce.
BUT - Gee, losing all their employees to Intel? Wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Motorola ditched their OWN CPU for internal use and replaced all their PCs with Intel-inside Dell computers. Wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that PowerPC chips aren't selling to a very big market, because Morotola doesn't market them for shit. (remember the BEST PowerPC chip commercials you ever saw? they were from Apple, not Motorola. Moto just sits on their asses making chips.)
Motorola's shit is definately not in the same locality. They make a great CPU, but as far as other matters of business go - they seem to have their sphincters around their necks.
(sung to waltzing matilda - origin, I think the Steve Dahl radio program in Chicago in the late '70's) . . . marching through Skokie, marching through Skokie, please come a-marching through Skokie with me, and we'll sing and we'll laugh as we wave our little swastikas, please come a-marching through Skokie with me.
Please, Apple, throw out all the good work that's been done on Mach, and replace it with the Linux kernal. I want to wait another 6 years for your "modern" OS. . .
"a Microsoft product. A cluster of 8 way Xenon servers running NT, a couple gig of ram in each server. fibre channel to dual ported RAID-5 disks, 20 gig of them."
. . . and that would play a mean game of freecell too!
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. . . and antibiotics/antibacterials. . .
. . . and what did we end up with?
Tougher bugs.
I think nature is bunches more smarter than we give (her) credit for.
It sounds to me like he was actually caught by the AOL guy's identity he stole, the Sky Roket account. I bet AOL keeps logs of information on people when they log in, where they log in from, etc. And tho AOL wasn't able to stop the fradulent use of another member's account, they were able to back trace it's mis-use in the logs.
I think this is why they're "not discussing" the details. I bet it had nothing to do with the GUID, unless it had the SN of his copy of Word registered to his employer or something.
"Does that mean Geocities can be prosecuted for those annoying pop-ups?"
They should be. . .
Security Consultant?
Cracking AOL accounts with AOHell and writing Word Macros hardly qualifies a person. . .
Heh, sort of a "license agreement" to run the virus code.
Take THAT microsoft!
. . . goes back to THE first Sci-Fi novel ever. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
the conclusion:
Technology in of itself isn't evil, but man still has to come to grips with his moral/immoral use of technology.
I can't wait to see this movie, but it's NOT going to bust down my building exitement over TPM. . .
Why do you think W2K is so late?
All the W2K developers have been pulled off the project, because Bill knows he's going to lose Antitrust, so OS hegemony is a waste of time - but file-format (.doc, MSJava, AVI) and API (MFC, CaptiveX, etc) are still viable strategies to keep the stranglehold on the computer industry.
Ah. If only Babelfish could translate Office95 documents in to Office97 format.
Personally I live by a cross of Moore's Law and PT Barnum's Axiom:
"The number of suckers born every minute will double approximately every 18 months."
Word is by far THE most expensive word processor for the Macintosh, (by like 4 times). Office98 is bloated and buggy compared to Apple Works (Claris Works renamed), and Office98 does not come with a database (Access). Office98 installs a whole buttload of system extensions and libraries which you'll spend days on troubleshooting system conflicts.
Apple Works seems to work just fine on it's own. Apple Works comes free (bundled) on an iMac.
Apple Works does have a Windows version (tho I've never seen it - i don't know if that's any good).
I would MUCH rather see a Linux version of Apple Works than MS Office.
Wealth nothing. Freedom. I cringe at using Bill Gates' OS or productivity applications, but I have no qualms about driving a car with a license plate he made bolted to my back bumper. . .
I'm sure Steve Jobs thinks he's won because MS made Office98 for Mac.
Come the year 2010 when the latest version of office for mac is still Office98, he'll have to re-assess that thought.
what's your email address so I can email you a full transcript and capsule review the day after I see it?
I do think PPC are far superior to anything that Intel has ever (or probably will ever) produce.
BUT -
Gee, losing all their employees to Intel?
Wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Motorola ditched their OWN CPU for internal use and replaced all their PCs with Intel-inside Dell computers.
Wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that PowerPC chips aren't selling to a very big market, because Morotola doesn't market them for shit. (remember the BEST PowerPC chip commercials you ever saw? they were from Apple, not Motorola. Moto just sits on their asses making chips.)
Motorola's shit is definately not in the same locality. They make a great CPU, but as far as other matters of business go - they seem to have their sphincters around their necks.
"My opinion is that the last thing the world needs is Office for Linux. It is a usability nightmare."
which? Office, or Linux?
It seems like the /. readership has to re-learn this "hard lesson" about Jesse Berst about every 6 months or so.
Don't feed the bears.
"The only thing that will stop AMD from stealing the show is
either high prices or buggy chips."
Or, the same things that always stop AMD from stealing the show. . .
late delivery and tight supply.
don't buy Intel chips
"I hate Illinois Nazis. . ."
-Jake Blues
(sung to waltzing matilda - origin, I think the Steve Dahl radio program in Chicago in the late '70's)
. . .
marching through Skokie,
marching through Skokie,
please come a-marching through Skokie with me,
and we'll sing and we'll laugh as we wave our little swastikas,
please come a-marching through Skokie with me.
I'll correct you.
you're wrong.
Please, Apple, throw out all the good work that's been done on Mach, and replace it with the Linux kernal. I want to wait another 6 years for your "modern" OS. . .
Someone please show Mr. Barkto the door. . .
"a Microsoft product. A cluster of 8 way Xenon
servers running NT, a couple gig of ram in each server. fibre channel to dual ported RAID-5 disks, 20 gig of
them."
. . . and that would play a mean game of freecell too!
Um didn't SGI (PackardBell wannabes) just sell off their interest in MIPS?
Didn't SGI (Gateway wannabes) just introduce a new line of Intel-NT based workstations?
bub-bye IRIX.
bub-bye MIPS.