I think in most cases it's probably due to some deep-rooted insecurity; however you can't ignore the fact that some people are just dicks and enjoy arguing for the sake of it and pissing people off.
we in turn defended and liberated France when they were in need with the obvious help of the rest of the allied forces
After America had been dragged into the war by the Japanese at Pearl Harbour, of course. We're grateful for the help, but the US took its sweet time to join in with the rest of us.
The point I think is that it's a huge amount of data for one company to have on each person to use not only its services, but to visit any website that uses its ad services.
Google may not be evil *now*, but will that be true of the next management team, or the one after that?
No, entrapment is when the police/etc persuade (or coerce) you to do something illegal. Just passively making it possible to do something illegal isn't entrapment. It's a *trap*, but it's not *entrapment*.
He deleted it - it says so right there in the summary. I know clicking a link to read the article is expecting too much, but not even reading the summary?
If you're confused because the FBI could still access it, just remember that deleting a file just marks the space it's using as free, it doesn't actually remove the data.
Actually, you described exactly what a trojan is - an app that performs (or claims to perform) a desirable function, but surreptitiously also performs an undesirable one.
Some of us sit with the child in question, and watch the films with them. There's no need to be so disparaging - children have a much higher tolerance for (and desire to) watch the same films time and time again.
That is, because developing a faster kernel is a much easier problem than developing a fun, usable desktop environment. It's easier to write, easier to test, and easier to debug.
It's also pure coding - in order to develop an aesthetically pleasing, easy to use desktop environment you'll also need graphic design, usability and information architecture skills. Most programmers don't have much in the way of them, and there are fewer professionals in those fields who are willing to give up their time to work on FOSS projects.
No, they need to win it - every company doing this sort of thing needs to lose, to send a clear message that sitting on a patent then suing people who independently discover the claimed invention is wrong and should not be considered a viable business method.
I know how tempting it is to sit there and laugh and say "serves them right!" but every time a patent troll wins, the entire industry (and by extension, humanity) loses.
Well they aren't marketing any of their consumer grade chips that have HT as 2x the physical core count - for example, when I first installed my Core i7 and checked Task Manager, I was surprised to see 8 graphs - I knew it was a quad-core model, I'd forgotten about HT.
Yeah, but that wasn't grovelling, that was just "Oops, our mistake, sorry."
Grovelling would be more along the lines of "We apologise unreservedly for any inconvenience caused, we messed up and are truly, deeply sorry and crave the understanding and forgiveness of all those involved; sorry everyone."
Please explain how Windows 7 Home Premium (the only Home version I can find on sale in the UK at least) is crippled compared to either Professional or Ultimate.
Note that "crippled" in normal parlance "describes someone with serious injuries that affect their ability to walk or move" (from the CALD) - in this case, you'd be talking essential features that are missing or broken, seriously affecting the usefulness of the OS.
My old Spectrum won't let me access the web either; should I be supported?
There comes a time in the lifecycle of any technology or software product where you either have to move on, or accept that there are things that other people can do with their equivalent that you can't do with yours. You can only support backwards compatibility for so long, and so far back.
The server should handle... every single error check
Yes it should. Perhaps as well as the browser, to reduce round-trips and bandwidth use, etc, but the server must check its inputs, otherwise it will accept whatever rubbish a browser without JavaScript support chooses to submit to it.
I'm not arguing against your main point, but nevertheless the server must *also* perform error checking.
No patents mean anyone can copy the invention without paying the inventor
No they can't, it's covered by copyright (we're talking about software here, remember). What they can do is go "oh hey, that's neat, I wonder if I could do something like that?" then spend their own time writing their own implementation of it. That is analogous to a patented physical invention - you can't copy the software's source code (or binary) and sell it yourself, just as you can't copy the physical invention. If you can come up with a different way of doing the same thing, more power to you - that's how society progresses.
Software is already protected by copyright, and should not be protected by patents. If you come up with an amazing new algorithm your implementation is protected, and cannot be copied by other people.
Patents are required on physical objects because they are not covered by copyright, and so absent patent protection an engineer could simply disassemble your new vacuum cleaner (for example) and produce a clone, cheaper than yours as they don't have to cover the R&D costs.
Actually, some people do walk around indiscriminately - those bad neighbourhoods aren't bad because they're empty, are they? Similarly, there are plenty of us who don't interact with the Internet indiscriminately.
If you're on call and expected to be available to fix stuff (or even just to advise) then there are restrictions placed on what you can and cannot do. If there's an SLA involved, and you have to be actively working on the issue within X minutes, then there are even more restrictions placed on what you can do. (No getting drunk, no going too far from a computer & a net connection, potentially no travelling, no going to the theatre (unless you're willing to risk wasting the price of the ticket), don't risk a date unless she's happy to maybe have to cut it short at a moment's notice, no being uncontactable (e.g. out of mobile coverage) etc)
Time with restrictions placed on it is by definition not free time. Time that is not free because of my employer, my employer can pay for.
Not to mention without all the visual and auditory cues, it's very easy for someone to say something, get shot down in flames, and then claim it was sarcasm in order to save face.
the actual security issue is the vulnerability of Windows browsers to what the summary describes as "aggressive attempts to install" these fake anti-virus programs
There's no vulnerability in the browser, the issue is that the site displays fake warning messages, tricking the user into downloading and installing their malware.
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You might as well ban them from libraries, in case they read age-inappropriate books.
I think in most cases it's probably due to some deep-rooted insecurity; however you can't ignore the fact that some people are just dicks and enjoy arguing for the sake of it and pissing people off.
I'm 35 and was using the word "ginormous" as a kid. Sure enough, it's in the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
we in turn defended and liberated France when they were in need with the obvious help of the rest of the allied forces
After America had been dragged into the war by the Japanese at Pearl Harbour, of course. We're grateful for the help, but the US took its sweet time to join in with the rest of us.
The point I think is that it's a huge amount of data for one company to have on each person to use not only its services, but to visit any website that uses its ad services.
Google may not be evil *now*, but will that be true of the next management team, or the one after that?
Isn't it just?
No, entrapment is when the police/etc persuade (or coerce) you to do something illegal. Just passively making it possible to do something illegal isn't entrapment. It's a *trap*, but it's not *entrapment*.
Of course, IANAL, etc.
He deleted it - it says so right there in the summary. I know clicking a link to read the article is expecting too much, but not even reading the summary?
If you're confused because the FBI could still access it, just remember that deleting a file just marks the space it's using as free, it doesn't actually remove the data.
Actually, you described exactly what a trojan is - an app that performs (or claims to perform) a desirable function, but surreptitiously also performs an undesirable one.
Some of us sit with the child in question, and watch the films with them. There's no need to be so disparaging - children have a much higher tolerance for (and desire to) watch the same films time and time again.
That is, because developing a faster kernel is a much easier problem than developing a fun, usable desktop environment. It's easier to write, easier to test, and easier to debug.
It's also pure coding - in order to develop an aesthetically pleasing, easy to use desktop environment you'll also need graphic design, usability and information architecture skills. Most programmers don't have much in the way of them, and there are fewer professionals in those fields who are willing to give up their time to work on FOSS projects.
No, they need to win it - every company doing this sort of thing needs to lose, to send a clear message that sitting on a patent then suing people who independently discover the claimed invention is wrong and should not be considered a viable business method.
I know how tempting it is to sit there and laugh and say "serves them right!" but every time a patent troll wins, the entire industry (and by extension, humanity) loses.
Well they aren't marketing any of their consumer grade chips that have HT as 2x the physical core count - for example, when I first installed my Core i7 and checked Task Manager, I was surprised to see 8 graphs - I knew it was a quad-core model, I'd forgotten about HT.
Yeah, but that wasn't grovelling, that was just "Oops, our mistake, sorry."
Grovelling would be more along the lines of "We apologise unreservedly for any inconvenience caused, we messed up and are truly, deeply sorry and crave the understanding and forgiveness of all those involved; sorry everyone."
Please explain how Windows 7 Home Premium (the only Home version I can find on sale in the UK at least) is crippled compared to either Professional or Ultimate.
Note that "crippled" in normal parlance "describes someone with serious injuries that affect their ability to walk or move" (from the CALD) - in this case, you'd be talking essential features that are missing or broken, seriously affecting the usefulness of the OS.
My old Spectrum won't let me access the web either; should I be supported?
There comes a time in the lifecycle of any technology or software product where you either have to move on, or accept that there are things that other people can do with their equivalent that you can't do with yours. You can only support backwards compatibility for so long, and so far back.
The server should handle ... every single error check
Yes it should. Perhaps as well as the browser, to reduce round-trips and bandwidth use, etc, but the server must check its inputs, otherwise it will accept whatever rubbish a browser without JavaScript support chooses to submit to it.
I'm not arguing against your main point, but nevertheless the server must *also* perform error checking.
No patents mean anyone can copy the invention without paying the inventor
No they can't, it's covered by copyright (we're talking about software here, remember). What they can do is go "oh hey, that's neat, I wonder if I could do something like that?" then spend their own time writing their own implementation of it. That is analogous to a patented physical invention - you can't copy the software's source code (or binary) and sell it yourself, just as you can't copy the physical invention. If you can come up with a different way of doing the same thing, more power to you - that's how society progresses.
Software is already protected by copyright, and should not be protected by patents. If you come up with an amazing new algorithm your implementation is protected, and cannot be copied by other people.
Patents are required on physical objects because they are not covered by copyright, and so absent patent protection an engineer could simply disassemble your new vacuum cleaner (for example) and produce a clone, cheaper than yours as they don't have to cover the R&D costs.
Actually, some people do walk around indiscriminately - those bad neighbourhoods aren't bad because they're empty, are they? Similarly, there are plenty of us who don't interact with the Internet indiscriminately.
If you're on call and expected to be available to fix stuff (or even just to advise) then there are restrictions placed on what you can and cannot do. If there's an SLA involved, and you have to be actively working on the issue within X minutes, then there are even more restrictions placed on what you can do. (No getting drunk, no going too far from a computer & a net connection, potentially no travelling, no going to the theatre (unless you're willing to risk wasting the price of the ticket), don't risk a date unless she's happy to maybe have to cut it short at a moment's notice, no being uncontactable (e.g. out of mobile coverage) etc)
Time with restrictions placed on it is by definition not free time. Time that is not free because of my employer, my employer can pay for.
Not to mention without all the visual and auditory cues, it's very easy for someone to say something, get shot down in flames, and then claim it was sarcasm in order to save face.
For some reason, when it comes to cars or clothes, people understand that sometimes it's better to pay more to get a quality product.
You say that, and yet one of the UK's biggest clothes retailers is Primark, which sells relatively low-quality clothing at rock-bottom prices.
You can also add "what happens if the company goes bust?" (and of course "how do I get to my data if my net connection dies?")
the actual security issue is the vulnerability of Windows browsers to what the summary describes as "aggressive attempts to install" these fake anti-virus programs
There's no vulnerability in the browser, the issue is that the site displays fake warning messages, tricking the user into downloading and installing their malware.