In fact with the ease of obtaining new information, the way its presented in bite-size paragraphs will make us actually more intelligent.
And with the way technology rapidly develops, you have to kind of think "What next?" and start imagining/thinking.
All the software developers I know always have google on to help them when they forget syntax or whatever - doesn't make them less intelligent - it just means that they're using their brain for more than just remembering things.
If I can click a button, a virus can click a button, or a co-worker who saw that I left my computer unlocked.
UNIX was designed to be multi-user. So if user X is working on the machine, he shouldn't have admin control. It would be stupid to ask him to click a magic button. You'd need an admin.
Always being admin goes against the principle of least privilages. Which means that Windows' solution is only useful as a "Oi mate, you know what you're doin?"
You wouldn't want an 'accident' to happen to your income would you? Accidents happen, people get sued for no reason. We're your friends, we want to protect you against such... accidents.
I wonder why they really hate this system. Putting redundancy checks won't be very hard - using a more secure and reliable transmission kind (satellite? wireless?) not too much of a problem either.
I guess they either don't want to move with the times or it hurts them somewhere.
DDOS attacks require a ton of people to properly work. Torrents sites are going to have a very large bandwidth and the ability to service many clients at the same time. So he's probably going to need more than one company to do it.
Secondly, if they're all in the same company, chances are they have a similar IP range - which means that any admin worth his salt can disconnect them from the network.
Of course, if they use a botnet, to do so - which is probably the only plausable way - they're going to be breaking quite a few international laws - and get sued into oblivion.
So yeah, I think this is going to end up in tears.
Since this effects all of us in a huge way, there will be some sort of referendum which will see what the PEOPLE want and not just the corporation-bribed governments.
Experts say it'll happen on the 30th of Feburary at Half Past Never.
Why this is never used against proposals to providing cheap Internet to poor families (supplied by established ISPs of course). It couldn't be something political, or could it?
Poor families have a tendancy to have more children. They don't need porn.
Kind of "Biting the hand that feeds you" isn't it?
I wonder what their plan is - they're irritating a politician, who actually has enough contacts and power to damage the whole enterprise of suing people for large sums of money.
I am very amazed that this happened in Europe. But the french government has a history of that. The EU wanted to ban cosmetic animal testing, but the french government was lobbied by a ton of cosmetic industries [who remain anonymous = 0 public backlash] and it collapsed.
Same thing here - turning into a 'little USA' it seems.
1. Lobbying 2. The 'man in the street' doesn't care 3. The media can always be enticed to speak in favour if you advertise a lot 3b. Adverising costs money - large companies have money 4. Probably a stupid 'two-party' system so nothing to choose from anyway 5. "I'll vote for them because my parents voted for them, and my parents before that"
So the government buckled to pressure from large 'content-producing' corporations - and our only defense is are other large corporations who don't want to comply because it hurts their wallets.
Not because they think its a bad idea, respect their customers or whatever, because it hurts their wallet.
What a giant mess this world is - money driven. When are the revised copyright laws coming out? No there's no large company which wants that, oh allright - Never O'Clock
Its a very viable plan, the only thing you lose is some public respect.
But as the past has shown, the 'general public' is a bunch of morons who don't mind if you put rootkits in their cds or bankrupt college students for a few songs.
Seriously, if someone proposed "Lets update our copyright/piracy laws so that skimping out on a less than 10 dollar cinema ticket isn't worth a few thousand in lawsuit" the law would die in congress so quickly that you'd smell the rot from Europe. Probably the media will go on a "Would you like your property to be protected? The GOVERNMENT wants to take that away from us" smear campaign, and the backfire would be negligable.
If they just 'show' which computers were logged into recently, it'll be good for realising that you've been hacked. But the spambot locking out the user from the account is so very abusable.
I'm a student and I can assure you that Examinations (in ICT at least - assume its the same for the others), are in no way indicative of skill or ability in that topic.
There are people who study a lot, and get a good mark , there are people who are 'naturally adapt' at the topic, study less and get less marks.
And once you go out into the workforce, don't expect it to be ANYTHING like examinations.
I agree with this change, at higher levels at least (not primary or whatever) - more assignments, more 'practice', more hands-on-group work and less exams.
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In fact with the ease of obtaining new information, the way its presented in bite-size paragraphs will make us actually more intelligent.
And with the way technology rapidly develops, you have to kind of think "What next?" and start imagining/thinking.
All the software developers I know always have google on to help them when they forget syntax or whatever - doesn't make them less intelligent - it just means that they're using their brain for more than just remembering things.
Think of the social networking!
${PersonName} has just sentenced someone to death lol
Then you could have users vote on who they think is the best-dressed Juror.
If I can click a button, a virus can click a button, or a co-worker who saw that I left my computer unlocked.
UNIX was designed to be multi-user. So if user X is working on the machine, he shouldn't have admin control. It would be stupid to ask him to click a magic button. You'd need an admin.
Always being admin goes against the principle of least privilages. Which means that Windows' solution is only useful as a "Oi mate, you know what you're doin?"
You wouldn't want an 'accident' to happen to your income would you? Accidents happen, people get sued for no reason. We're your friends, we want to protect you against such... accidents.
I wonder why they really hate this system. Putting redundancy checks won't be very hard - using a more secure and reliable transmission kind (satellite? wireless?) not too much of a problem either.
I guess they either don't want to move with the times or it hurts them somewhere.
DDOS attacks require a ton of people to properly work. Torrents sites are going to have a very large bandwidth and the ability to service many clients at the same time. So he's probably going to need more than one company to do it.
Secondly, if they're all in the same company, chances are they have a similar IP range - which means that any admin worth his salt can disconnect them from the network.
Of course, if they use a botnet, to do so - which is probably the only plausable way - they're going to be breaking quite a few international laws - and get sued into oblivion.
So yeah, I think this is going to end up in tears.
Over here in Malta the government is putting free wifi in most public areas:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100906/local/malta-among-leaders-in-broadband-take-up-in-homes
And the companies aren't suffering at all.
ACTA is discussed by:
Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Switzerland and the United States.
Which is pretty much the more important countries and factions of the world.
ACTA isn't JUST about internet filesharing, but also about counterfeint pharmacuticals and other stuff. So keep that in context/
Since this effects all of us in a huge way, there will be some sort of referendum which will see what the PEOPLE want and not just the corporation-bribed governments.
Experts say it'll happen on the 30th of Feburary at Half Past Never.
Why this is never used against proposals to providing cheap Internet to poor families (supplied by established ISPs of course). It couldn't be something political, or could it?
Poor families have a tendancy to have more children. They don't need porn.
While that's true, we have to move along with the times - companies will live and die as technology changes.
Anyone remember Internet Cafe`s ? Used to be very popular before you could get wifi on your mobile/laptop at MickyDee's.
Apparently the 'greater than' symbol in the title was sanitised.
Corporations [Greater than] People, is what the title was supposed to be.
Simple as that. When this system will make a large-enough-to-afford-lobbying company rich, then it'll pass.
Kind of "Biting the hand that feeds you" isn't it?
I wonder what their plan is - they're irritating a politician, who actually has enough contacts and power to damage the whole enterprise of suing people for large sums of money.
I am very amazed that this happened in Europe. But the french government has a history of that. The EU wanted to ban cosmetic animal testing, but the french government was lobbied by a ton of cosmetic industries [who remain anonymous = 0 public backlash] and it collapsed.
Same thing here - turning into a 'little USA' it seems.
Answer:
1. Lobbying
2. The 'man in the street' doesn't care
3. The media can always be enticed to speak in favour if you advertise a lot
3b. Adverising costs money - large companies have money
4. Probably a stupid 'two-party' system so nothing to choose from anyway
5. "I'll vote for them because my parents voted for them, and my parents before that"
So the government buckled to pressure from large 'content-producing' corporations - and our only defense is are other large corporations who don't want to comply because it hurts their wallets.
Not because they think its a bad idea, respect their customers or whatever, because it hurts their wallet.
What a giant mess this world is - money driven. When are the revised copyright laws coming out? No there's no large company which wants that, oh allright - Never O'Clock
Its a very viable plan, the only thing you lose is some public respect.
But as the past has shown, the 'general public' is a bunch of morons who don't mind if you put rootkits in their cds or bankrupt college students for a few songs.
Seriously, if someone proposed "Lets update our copyright/piracy laws so that skimping out on a less than 10 dollar cinema ticket isn't worth a few thousand in lawsuit" the law would die in congress so quickly that you'd smell the rot from Europe. Probably the media will go on a "Would you like your property to be protected? The GOVERNMENT wants to take that away from us" smear campaign, and the backfire would be negligable.
When it stops being so profitable.
Aside from the taxes you collect, when people die of lung cancer you reduce the cost of the social security budget.
Which can be phished for far easier - you just send them an 'urgent' sounding email, they click on the link and you get it.
In general I guess you get better results from
"Facebook: Account Acting Strangely... We think you may have been hacked, please visit [link] to see whether there are computers you didn't use"
instead of "Facebook: Your piggies are dying, please feed them"
If they just 'show' which computers were logged into recently, it'll be good for realising that you've been hacked. But the spambot locking out the user from the account is so very abusable.
I'm a student and I can assure you that Examinations (in ICT at least - assume its the same for the others), are in no way indicative of skill or ability in that topic.
There are people who study a lot, and get a good mark , there are people who are 'naturally adapt' at the topic, study less and get less marks.
And once you go out into the workforce, don't expect it to be ANYTHING like examinations.
I agree with this change, at higher levels at least (not primary or whatever) - more assignments, more 'practice', more hands-on-group work and less exams.