The response to the AIM trademark dispute is very clear and makes some very good points. Expecially the released documents on the AIM protocol and the AOL logo removal. How can AOL fight that? More importantly: why would they want to? Should be interesting as to what comes of this, but I am betting that AOL will back down as Microsoft did with the whole Slashdot post controversy a little while back...
$5 says the moderator of the Clinton/Lazio debate will have a slightly harder time finding another moderating position after pulling something like that...
"I am absolutely opposed to this," Lazio said. "This is an example of the government's greedy hand in trying to take money from taxpayers that it has no right to."
Don't you find it amazing that politicans can twist any little question into a big issue.
Its also a good indication of the little candidates know about technology when they can't even see that the "tax" would be in every way impossible to enforce...
Finally someone realized the marketing value of viruses! Heck, all it would take is a few good programmers for a large company like oh, Microsoft, to plaster obscure ads like this all over your computer. Or, hey, what about setting your computer to DDoS a set of Linux websites? Keep it under the wraps, and they could be having problems for weeks, not to mention loosing alot of money, etc! Or how about changing your hosts file so that whenever you go to slashdot.org, you actually go to microsoft.com/whylinuxisbad. Hey...have you ever thought that this is what is happening? Its Microsoft that makes all the bugs in Outlook, so they could easily use the bugs to make these kinds of viruses! It was Microsoft who made the Love Bug! Then they bought some stock in a porn site and made this new virus! Those Bastards!
exactly - they must still be afraid of Germany or something!
but you also gotta ask why in the world would FRANCE care about Nazi auctions? I could see Israel making a big deal about it, but why in the world France???
Because then there will be a couple more months of appeals and counter-appeals. If Microsoft says "Ok, we agree to split the company up" then it will happen alot faster. They want to hold out and hope that Microsoft agrees to something.
These demonstrations are great for both the anti-DMCA and the nerd population in general. Through the demonstrations, the average John Doe can learn what the DMCA is and why it is wrong. Then, next time something that threatens us nerds again pops up, these same groups can call up everyone that was there and march again! The nerd Minute-Men?:)
I know I speak for most readers of Slashdot when I say "Thanks" to all those that attend - both this one, ones that have taken place, and those to come.
He has UNIX on his Jeep license plate and wears things like the Linux sweatshirt with a slogan that takes a swipe at Windows98: "For those whose IQs are higher than 98."
Anyone know where that shirt can be bought? I know of a few people who would love it (including me):).
I find it very interesting that the 2 telecommunications companies were American and Dutch while the actual test was conducted in Germany. The lure of beer must have done it or something...
ah, i knew someone would find me out. But hey, its applicable and the first one didn't get much attention. Is it so bad to bring it back up to people who haven't seen it? Its not about the karma, I just thought it was a very good post and should be discussed.
Now that Network Solutions has decided to do this, this is what is going to happen next:
Business will drop dramatically from those who know what they are doing.
Eventually this drop in business will effect them so much that they will consider repealing this new clause to their contract.
Due to their way-too-big egos, they will not repeal it for fear of looking like idiots (too late).
To make up for lost revenue, they will start taking popular domains away for frivilous reasons. A few hell.coms auctioned off here and there and they make up quite a bit of money.
If people haven't moved away from Network Solutions yet, they will now.
Pretty soon Network Solutions won't have any domains left and will go bankrupt unless they decide to fess up and give in (fat chance).
"Forward them your spam, and they will prosecute the spammers for you, giving you time to do other things"...while they get a few bucks from the lawsuit I was just thinking - they must have a really good deal going with their lawyer!
Now that Network Solutions has decided to do this, this is what is going to happen next:
Business will drop dramatically from those who know what they are doing.
Eventually this drop in business will effect them so much that they will consider repealing this new clause to their contract.
Due to their way-too-big egos, they will not repeal it for fear of looking like idiots (too late).
To make up for lost revenue, they will start taking popular domains away for frivilous reasons. A few hell.coms auctioned off here and there and they make up quite a bit of money.
If people haven't moved away from Network Solutions yet, they will now.
Pretty soon Network Solutions won't have any domains left and will go bankrupt unless they decide to fess up and give in (fat chance).
Secondly, has anyone noticed how much more quickly our legal system moves when money'd interests get annoyed.. as opposed to the average person?
Exactly - the same thing happened in the DeCSS case. How did a kid in Norway get arrested for breaking US laws? The same similarity can be made with that problem. If I get hacked by some kid in Norway, do you think the police are going to give a crap about me even if I track him down myself and give them his address & phone number? no! When the MPAA has the same kind of troubles, though, they seem to suddenly care alot more. Its really very sad.
Ahhhh...does this mean I can't continue with my lawsuit against AOL for all the spam I get from them? There should be a law against the 100+ messages I get a day from AOL sources! I have heard that AOL contributes to 40% of spam, so I think we at slashdot should make a movement to stop it! Who's with me?
...you can stop cheering now - im just kidding.
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Ok, sure - the special prosecutor found her love letters, but is it any different than if she didn't have a computer? They would have checked her trash can and found the same love letter drafts if she had written them on paper instead of the computer. Sure, the trash would have been taken out faster than the mail message in her case, but I think computer illiteracy also played a part - I have a feeling she "deleted it" but didn't remove it from her trash or deleted folder. It is unjustified of her to whine about computer privacy when the same things that happened to her could have easily happened if computers were taken out of the picture. Yes, there are still many other problems with computer privacy that are still to be addressed. The article is good about going over these. I am just saying that what happened to her isn't anything new and that for the NY Times to use her situation as a simile isn't very good writing when you really look at it.
Sure its offtopic, but hey - it should be addressed.
I agree competely...come on Slashdot! If you have 2 articles on the "Netscape engineers are weenies" non-existant backdoor, then you can at least tell us when Red Hat has a backdoor. Heck, you should have the Red Hat one more than the Microsoft ones because of the Linux bias here. More people here run RH over Windows, so I think they would like to know when they need these updates.
Kinda disappointed...
To answer your question, other top-level domains leach off this main one. If this one goes down, the other ones step in for it I would assume. Problems occur only when its down for a day or more. Then all the new domains are screwwwed...no one can get to them because the main machine is not able to update.
The day Windows takes over the net will be a very, very sad & pathetic day. The internet was built on Unix. Heck, if Windows took it over, then eventually it will be http:\\slashdot.org\ instead of http://slashdot.org/. I already get messed up enough in dos, I don't think I could handle switching every time I want to surf the web!
My local dialup ISP did the same thing a year or so ago...i found it to be hilarious. I go check me email and I have 60 messages. Basically it was people getting pissed off at the first person and a lot of "Whats going on?". They had left it open for a good day.
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The response to the AIM trademark dispute is very clear and makes some very good points. Expecially the released documents on the AIM protocol and the AOL logo removal. How can AOL fight that? More importantly: why would they want to? Should be interesting as to what comes of this, but I am betting that AOL will back down as Microsoft did with the whole Slashdot post controversy a little while back...
$5 says the moderator of the Clinton/Lazio debate will have a slightly harder time finding another moderating position after pulling something like that...
Don't you find it amazing that politicans can twist any little question into a big issue.
Its also a good indication of the little candidates know about technology when they can't even see that the "tax" would be in every way impossible to enforce...
Its just not as cool if they can't show clips of a defaced website with a "NASSDAQ" logo, etc.
Finally someone realized the marketing value of viruses! Heck, all it would take is a few good programmers for a large company like oh, Microsoft, to plaster obscure ads like this all over your computer. Or, hey, what about setting your computer to DDoS a set of Linux websites? Keep it under the wraps, and they could be having problems for weeks, not to mention loosing alot of money, etc! Or how about changing your hosts file so that whenever you go to slashdot.org, you actually go to microsoft.com/whylinuxisbad. Hey...have you ever thought that this is what is happening? Its Microsoft that makes all the bugs in Outlook, so they could easily use the bugs to make these kinds of viruses! It was Microsoft who made the Love Bug! Then they bought some stock in a porn site and made this new virus! Those Bastards!
exactly - they must still be afraid of Germany or something!
but you also gotta ask why in the world would FRANCE care about Nazi auctions? I could see Israel making a big deal about it, but why in the world France???
Because then there will be a couple more months of appeals and counter-appeals. If Microsoft says "Ok, we agree to split the company up" then it will happen alot faster. They want to hold out and hope that Microsoft agrees to something.
These demonstrations are great for both the anti-DMCA and the nerd population in general. Through the demonstrations, the average John Doe can learn what the DMCA is and why it is wrong. Then, next time something that threatens us nerds again pops up, these same groups can call up everyone that was there and march again! The nerd Minute-Men? :)
I know I speak for most readers of Slashdot when I say "Thanks" to all those that attend - both this one, ones that have taken place, and those to come.
Anyone know where that shirt can be bought? I know of a few people who would love it (including me) :).
I find it very interesting that the 2 telecommunications companies were American and Dutch while the actual test was conducted in Germany. The lure of beer must have done it or something...
thanks for the support :)
ah, i knew someone would find me out. But hey, its applicable and the first one didn't get much attention. Is it so bad to bring it back up to people who haven't seen it? Its not about the karma, I just thought it was a very good post and should be discussed.
Now that Network Solutions has decided to do this, this is what is going to happen next:
Business will drop dramatically from those who know what they are doing.
Eventually this drop in business will effect them so much that they will consider repealing this new clause to their contract.
Due to their way-too-big egos, they will not repeal it for fear of looking like idiots (too late).
To make up for lost revenue, they will start taking popular domains away for frivilous reasons. A few hell.coms auctioned off here and there and they make up quite a bit of money.
If people haven't moved away from Network Solutions yet, they will now.
Pretty soon Network Solutions won't have any domains left and will go bankrupt unless they decide to fess up and give in (fat chance).
"Forward them your spam, and they will prosecute the spammers for you, giving you time to do other things" ...while they get a few bucks from the lawsuit
I was just thinking - they must have a really good deal going with their lawyer!
Now that Network Solutions has decided to do this, this is what is going to happen next:
Business will drop dramatically from those who know what they are doing.
Eventually this drop in business will effect them so much that they will consider repealing this new clause to their contract.
Due to their way-too-big egos, they will not repeal it for fear of looking like idiots (too late).
To make up for lost revenue, they will start taking popular domains away for frivilous reasons. A few hell.coms auctioned off here and there and they make up quite a bit of money.
If people haven't moved away from Network Solutions yet, they will now.
Pretty soon Network Solutions won't have any domains left and will go bankrupt unless they decide to fess up and give in (fat chance).
- What do you think - sounds correct?
Yeah, but how do I load this emulator? Is it a physical console add-on like a memory card or is it software you load?
Exactly - the same thing happened in the DeCSS case. How did a kid in Norway get arrested for breaking US laws? The same similarity can be made with that problem. If I get hacked by some kid in Norway, do you think the police are going to give a crap about me even if I track him down myself and give them his address & phone number? no! When the MPAA has the same kind of troubles, though, they seem to suddenly care alot more. Its really very sad.
Ahhhh...does this mean I can't continue with my lawsuit against AOL for all the spam I get from them? There should be a law against the 100+ messages I get a day from AOL sources! I have heard that AOL contributes to 40% of spam, so I think we at slashdot should make a movement to stop it! Who's with me?
...you can stop cheering now - im just kidding.
Ok, sure - the special prosecutor found her love letters, but is it any different than if she didn't have a computer? They would have checked her trash can and found the same love letter drafts if she had written them on paper instead of the computer. Sure, the trash would have been taken out faster than the mail message in her case, but I think computer illiteracy also played a part - I have a feeling she "deleted it" but didn't remove it from her trash or deleted folder. It is unjustified of her to whine about computer privacy when the same things that happened to her could have easily happened if computers were taken out of the picture.
Yes, there are still many other problems with computer privacy that are still to be addressed. The article is good about going over these. I am just saying that what happened to her isn't anything new and that for the NY Times to use her situation as a simile isn't very good writing when you really look at it.
visit:
http://www.homestead.com/hackfurby/
This place is pretty cool, too. They are trying to document the IR protocol. It has software to control the furby with a computer.
Kinda interesting they picked the same suffix: RON
CeleRON, DuRON
although the athlON is kinda close
next they will be using IUM suffixes for their other processors...
Sure its offtopic, but hey - it should be addressed.
I agree competely...come on Slashdot! If you have 2 articles on the "Netscape engineers are weenies" non-existant backdoor, then you can at least tell us when Red Hat has a backdoor. Heck, you should have the Red Hat one more than the Microsoft ones because of the Linux bias here. More people here run RH over Windows, so I think they would like to know when they need these updates.
Kinda disappointed...
To answer your question, other top-level domains leach off this main one. If this one goes down, the other ones step in for it I would assume. Problems occur only when its down for a day or more. Then all the new domains are screwwwed...no one can get to them because the main machine is not able to update.
The day Windows takes over the net will be a very, very sad & pathetic day. The internet was built on Unix. Heck, if Windows took it over, then eventually it will be http:\\slashdot.org\ instead of http://slashdot.org/. I already get messed up enough in dos, I don't think I could handle switching every time I want to surf the web!
My local dialup ISP did the same thing a year or so ago...i found it to be hilarious. I go check me email and I have 60 messages. Basically it was people getting pissed off at the first person and a lot of "Whats going on?". They had left it open for a good day.