This doen't appear to be the case, at least not in the covenience store located in my building at work. Hearing the reference to the new soda 'popular with hackers' in the news report about the worm, I looked it up on Pepsi's website (having never heard of it).
When I discovered that it was a Mountain Dew flavor, I decided to wander downstairs to see if the guy had it in, and to possibly check it out.
"No, it is all gone... should have some more it by Monday."
Stopped at the local Dominick's yesterday where it was the same story. If anything, the worm has generated free publicity, seemigly resulting on a run on the product in the Elk Grove/Schaumburg/Palatine suburban area.
Remember, there is no such thing as "bad" pubilicity, right?
Thanks, that's what I would have expected. That doesn't mean that Sony is in the right for doing this, but the calls for class-action lawsuits on the basis of denial of fair-use right are, IMO, misplaced.
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devils advocate: but what responsibility do they have to ensure that any copies you make meet any standard at all?
They can't stop you from making a copy, but what law prevents them from making changes to their product that affect your ability to make perfect copies?
(I don't know the answer, I'm just asking because all the posts I've read so far claim that the user has a right to copy the CD, but I haven't seen a clear explanation of what Sony's actual legal obligation is to facilitate that copying.)
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Yes, exactly. Probably can count on one hand the number of days it will take before some administration official is invited to some congressional sub-committee hearing so he/she can use code red as an example of why we need a few hundred million $ to set up an anti-hacker SWAT team that will prevent these kinds of malicious attacks on our vital national information infrastructure.
I know, I especially liked some of the "technical explanations" that the media attempted in explaining this thing. My favorite...
The worm -- a determined sort of software virus that affects computers running certain types of Microsoft operating systems -- has struck twice before...
... was courtesy of Reuters (via Yahoo in this link)
At least they didn't pass up the opportunity to use a cute little turn of phrase in their headline!:-)
hmm, but it seems like game developers don't do that. There is a segment of gamers that are attracted to the newest hardware _because_ it has the latest features, and they then want to buy a game that uses that feature they just paid a $$$ premium for. Totally wrong priorities, but it seems to happen.
Sure, write your game for the best compatibility across different hardware, but then you run the risk that PC Gamer magazine won't drool all over themselves in their review because the reviewer ran your demo on his rig with a GeForce XXI, but your game didn't have the latest 'cyclops, semi-transparent, half-inverse bump/pixel grinding' feature.
A 14-year old reading pcgamer has no idea what this feature really does for him, but he knows that dad is getting him a GeForce XXI for xmas, so this game isn't going to be on his santa list.
>Finding security holes is exactly why open source security works better than
>>Are you stating that open source software is 100% secure?
Didn't sound like it to me. Sounded more like a rationale for making exploits public... so lots of people can think about a way to fix the problem. Calling people jerks for demonstrating an exploit of a security vulnerability seems counter to the prevailing attitude among those who think hiding security problems is an exercise in futility.
>Moderators, can we please start marking messages that state "this wouldn't happen if it was open source" as "Troll".
Whoa... you might want to have that knee looked at.:-)
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Since when does a sugarpill induce vomiting, nausea, headaches in 0.0001% of patients studied?
Makes you wonder about some of these people who sign up for these mediacation studies, eh?
"Now, mr Smith, we are prepared to pay you $50 a week to participate in our estrogen replacement therapy trial. You will be part of the study in which we will secretly replace the hormone pills with a harmless placebo, ok?"
"aw man, I think I'm gonna hurl!"
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That would be a really awful stereotypical statement if it didn't ring so true.
"Shark Fins, you say? No kidding! Here I've been eating the whole shark for years and didn't notice anything. Hell, from now on I'll just cut off the fins and throw the rest away!"
"Rino Horn? Yup, keep a jar of that stuff right on my night table!"
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Maybe because that is what it will be called upon its release in the US?
In the U.K., the first book in this series is known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and the movie version will have that title as well. How is that possible? Well, they're going to film any scenes that mention the "stone" twice: once with "sorcerer's" for the USA, and once with "philosopher's" for the U.K.
no, (tongue in cheek) if there are _insects_ causing a physical disruption of the computer's functioning in carying out the programmer's instructions (like getting caught in a mechanical relay)
That would be really compelling if it weren't for the fact that you can type a URL into the address window after a page has loaded from anywhere and take a screen shot. If the progress bar was still moving, it might be a bit more convincing, but still.
Except it wasn't a lawsuit, just a letter from a legal firm that Adobe didn't even hire. Now they expect to be paid legal costs by the guy that got the letter even though he changed the name (even though he probably didn't really need to).
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OMG, is that a picture of Gore on your site? Geezus he looks like he taken to smoking gigantic amounts of pot!
>smuggle him out of the country
Where he would return to an employer that will never see their $50,000 'bond' again?
>vunerabilities.org, a security scanning site, is listed in the top ten
Also interesting is the statistic associated with this listing, 31526/2
The first number is the number of "lines implicating this attacker", the second "number of targets attacked".
Does this mean only two hosts reported an attack, but over 30,000 times?
For comparison, 202.75.141.158 is now in first place with 97657/56947
A Pepsi product (mountain dew), actually
crack the code
Tastes like cough syrup but has a pretty good kick (hate to think about what that much red food color does to your internal organs though).
>sullied by bad references to computer hacking
This doen't appear to be the case, at least not in the covenience store located in my building at work. Hearing the reference to the new soda 'popular with hackers' in the news report about the worm, I looked it up on Pepsi's website (having never heard of it).
When I discovered that it was a Mountain Dew flavor, I decided to wander downstairs to see if the guy had it in, and to possibly check it out.
"No, it is all gone... should have some more it by Monday."
Stopped at the local Dominick's yesterday where it was the same story. If anything, the worm has generated free publicity, seemigly resulting on a run on the product in the Elk Grove/Schaumburg/Palatine suburban area.
Remember, there is no such thing as "bad" pubilicity, right?
..except the block of mozzarella is the one that _gets_ grated.
would make more sense to say:
"but this one was so grating, I felt like a block of parmesan in an Italian restaurant!"
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Oh, wait!
that does sound funny, though..
"Introducing the all-new* fudgPaq!"
* like there is likely to be a product introduction that is only "partly-new", or "mostly-new"
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They can't stop you from making a copy, but what law prevents them from making changes to their product that affect your ability to make perfect copies?
(I don't know the answer, I'm just asking because all the posts I've read so far claim that the user has a right to copy the CD, but I haven't seen a clear explanation of what Sony's actual legal obligation is to facilitate that copying.)
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One would hope not. Reminds me of a movie on the subject, Pentagon Wars
"Absolutely not absolutely,"
Yes, exactly. Probably can count on one hand the number of days it will take before some administration official is invited to some congressional sub-committee hearing so he/she can use code red as an example of why we need a few hundred million $ to set up an anti-hacker SWAT team that will prevent these kinds of malicious attacks on our vital national information infrastructure.
...or something.
The worm -- a determined sort of software virus that affects computers running certain types of Microsoft operating systems -- has struck twice before...
At least they didn't pass up the opportunity to use a cute little turn of phrase in their headline! :-)
Yeah, but only the kind with feathers.
Oh man, isn't there a Python skit about that?
Think it was about taxing it, though.
"Let's have a tax on... you know."
"What... poo-poos?"
"No, you know... "
"Oh! That would make accounting a bit more interesting, wouldn't it?!"
...or something like that
>Write for the lowest denominator
hmm, but it seems like game developers don't do that. There is a segment of gamers that are attracted to the newest hardware _because_ it has the latest features, and they then want to buy a game that uses that feature they just paid a $$$ premium for. Totally wrong priorities, but it seems to happen.
Sure, write your game for the best compatibility across different hardware, but then you run the risk that PC Gamer magazine won't drool all over themselves in their review because the reviewer ran your demo on his rig with a GeForce XXI, but your game didn't have the latest 'cyclops, semi-transparent, half-inverse bump/pixel grinding' feature.
A 14-year old reading pcgamer has no idea what this feature really does for him, but he knows that dad is getting him a GeForce XXI for xmas, so this game isn't going to be on his santa list.
>>Are you stating that open source software is 100% secure?
Didn't sound like it to me. Sounded more like a rationale for making exploits public... so lots of people can think about a way to fix the problem. Calling people jerks for demonstrating an exploit of a security vulnerability seems counter to the prevailing attitude among those who think hiding security problems is an exercise in futility.
>Moderators, can we please start marking messages that state "this wouldn't happen if it was open source" as "Troll".
Whoa... you might want to have that knee looked at.
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You forgot "results similar to sugarpill"
Since when does a sugarpill induce vomiting, nausea, headaches in 0.0001% of patients studied?
Makes you wonder about some of these people who sign up for these mediacation studies, eh?
"Now, mr Smith, we are prepared to pay you $50 a week to participate in our estrogen replacement therapy trial. You will be part of the study in which we will secretly replace the hormone pills with a harmless placebo, ok?"
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More like he'd get a shopping cart, mount a gas can on the back, get in, light a match and scream "wheee" all the way to the emergency room.
Gah.
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"Shark Fins, you say? No kidding! Here I've been eating the whole shark for years and didn't notice anything. Hell, from now on I'll just cut off the fins and throw the rest away!"
"Rino Horn? Yup, keep a jar of that stuff right on my night table!"
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In the U.K., the first book in this series is known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and the movie version will have that title as well. How is that possible? Well, they're going to film any scenes that mention the "stone" twice: once with "sorcerer's" for the USA, and once with "philosopher's" for the U.K.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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now, _that's_ a bug!
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