Ah, but you are likely working as an electrical engineer. This fine young man will most likely get a job in IT. My suggestion to him is to hold off on the hobby scope for a couple years. By that time, his soul should be crushed sufficiently that he gives up on ambition entirely and has no need for the device.
To be fair, an unsuccessful attack on a web server from the Internet is as common as breathing these days. What do you expect people to do? If I chased all of those down, I would never ever get to do anything else ever.
If you start handing money over to a country that is hostile to the US, some of it will be used it ways which are hostile to the US. This isn't the best plan.
The real way to fight a war of ideology is with ideology, not money or guns. It's too bad war is what the people in charge know best.
Of course it raises questions. Every DBA who has access to that system probably has bugs in his home right now. Eventually, someone will be found guilty of treason and executed.
Did he prove that paradox-free time travel is possible thanks to possibility that quantum selection is non-linear, or did he prove by contradiction that quantum selection is linear?
The digital revolution will continue to cut out the middle men until everyone has to actually produce something to make a living. RIAA, MPAA, and publisher parasites will no longer run the show.
I've been to rural Indian villages. If you give these guys computers, most of them will sell them to buy new axles for their ox carts or whatever. Most of these people can't read, so what could they do with a computer?
He has no financial obligation to do so. If they enter bankruptcy court, the creditors call the shots--not the former employees. And if EA (or whomever) buys Valve, they new owners have no obligation to honor his comments.
What is the researcher's motivation to spend the extra time working with Microsoft? They certainly have no obligation to do anything Microsoft asks...
Personally, I prefer the Google and Mozilla method whereby researchers are paid a bounty of a few thousand dollars for reporting vulnerabilities in the manner the vendor prefers. Microsoft would be wise to follow the leaders rather than invent their own convoluted process.
It does not appear that this guy is insane. He's just a moron. He should be tried, and if found guilty, the court should take his stupidity and intent into consideration when sentencing. Because he was an idiot rather than a spy or saboteur, he will likely get a light sentence.
I did address it. You can make backup copies of your books. Do you understand that?
Microsoft can delete your files with a security patch if they really wanted to, also. So could Canonical or anyone else who supports a computer you use. Big deal.
You sure have strong opinions for someone so unfamiliar with the issue.
The Kindle can connect to your computer via USB and shows up as a standard removable storage device. All your books are files you can back-up at whim. You can also read books from any source on your Kindle. Nobody is forcing you to buy books from Amazon.
Furthermore, no, I don't care that my credit card company or bookstore may be able to tell which books I purchase. They honestly don't give a shit, except maybe for the purposes targeting advertising. I also don't wear a fake nose and mustache when buying groceries. I use my credit card and smile at the cashier, because that sad truth of the world, friend, is that nobody really gives a shit about you at all. So get over yourself.
Well, the Amazon ebook store is a bit like Steam. Prices are a little lower, but delivery is faster and you get free "cloud computing" services (backups, available from anywhere, etc.), but on the downside, DRM stops you from reselling.
Of course, you can always use PDFs or.txt files or even HTML files on your Kindle, but only stuff you buy through Amazon has the CC service with it.
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Ah, but you are likely working as an electrical engineer. This fine young man will most likely get a job in IT. My suggestion to him is to hold off on the hobby scope for a couple years. By that time, his soul should be crushed sufficiently that he gives up on ambition entirely and has no need for the device.
To be fair, an unsuccessful attack on a web server from the Internet is as common as breathing these days. What do you expect people to do? If I chased all of those down, I would never ever get to do anything else ever.
Our network admins would catch you, but only because our firewalls go down when you portscan through them :-(
For fear of wifi trickery, I decided to bring an iPad 3G to defcon. I was to use the 3G connection exclusively while there. Oops.
If you start handing money over to a country that is hostile to the US, some of it will be used it ways which are hostile to the US. This isn't the best plan.
The real way to fight a war of ideology is with ideology, not money or guns. It's too bad war is what the people in charge know best.
Of course it raises questions. Every DBA who has access to that system probably has bugs in his home right now. Eventually, someone will be found guilty of treason and executed.
Did he prove that paradox-free time travel is possible thanks to possibility that quantum selection is non-linear, or did he prove by contradiction that quantum selection is linear?
Wow. Our sales team would go apeshit if they got anything with less than eight gigs of RAM. I guess you aren't selling anything related to infotech?
Nobody understands economics. Not even the economists. There is a reason it is called "the dismal science."
The digital revolution will continue to cut out the middle men until everyone has to actually produce something to make a living. RIAA, MPAA, and publisher parasites will no longer run the show.
I've been to rural Indian villages. If you give these guys computers, most of them will sell them to buy new axles for their ox carts or whatever. Most of these people can't read, so what could they do with a computer?
If you already have a smart phone, this will not impress you at all.
He has no financial obligation to do so. If they enter bankruptcy court, the creditors call the shots--not the former employees. And if EA (or whomever) buys Valve, they new owners have no obligation to honor his comments.
What is the researcher's motivation to spend the extra time working with Microsoft? They certainly have no obligation to do anything Microsoft asks...
Personally, I prefer the Google and Mozilla method whereby researchers are paid a bounty of a few thousand dollars for reporting vulnerabilities in the manner the vendor prefers. Microsoft would be wise to follow the leaders rather than invent their own convoluted process.
The intent of cybercrime law is to prohibit unauthorized computer access. This was unauthorized computer access.
Your facts are wrong. The "general law" applies regardless of intent.
It does not appear that this guy is insane. He's just a moron. He should be tried, and if found guilty, the court should take his stupidity and intent into consideration when sentencing. Because he was an idiot rather than a spy or saboteur, he will likely get a light sentence.
Correction: The US wants to try him in court for breaking US law.
He is being used as a political tool by UK politicians. The US is just doing things by the book.
The literacy rate in Detroit is fantastically higher than in a lot of low-wage Asian countries.
It is "used" so that companies can check the "have IDS" box during audits. It is ignored, because it generates too many false positives.
No, Amazon does not delete files. You are free to investigate their public statements on the matter. Go ahead, I'll wait.
There are so many things wrong with your earlier posts you really don't know what you're talking about.
You give your OS vendor the ability to delete files, too. But they don't. Neither does Amazon. This is not a difficult concept.
I did address it. You can make backup copies of your books. Do you understand that?
Microsoft can delete your files with a security patch if they really wanted to, also. So could Canonical or anyone else who supports a computer you use. Big deal.
You sure have strong opinions for someone so unfamiliar with the issue.
The Kindle can connect to your computer via USB and shows up as a standard removable storage device. All your books are files you can back-up at whim. You can also read books from any source on your Kindle. Nobody is forcing you to buy books from Amazon.
Furthermore, no, I don't care that my credit card company or bookstore may be able to tell which books I purchase. They honestly don't give a shit, except maybe for the purposes targeting advertising. I also don't wear a fake nose and mustache when buying groceries. I use my credit card and smile at the cashier, because that sad truth of the world, friend, is that nobody really gives a shit about you at all. So get over yourself.
Well, the Amazon ebook store is a bit like Steam. Prices are a little lower, but delivery is faster and you get free "cloud computing" services (backups, available from anywhere, etc.), but on the downside, DRM stops you from reselling.
Of course, you can always use PDFs or .txt files or even HTML files on your Kindle, but only stuff you buy through Amazon has the CC service with it.