Authorized? I'm not sure if that is the word. Microsoft can't authorize someone to come into my office and poke around. I believe only the government can do that, and only with proper documentation (ie. A warrant)
They are paid by the companies to ferret out illegal uses. They get a tip, and I guess they use the as the basis for getting a warrant for a raid, since it is violating federal laws. (does the original company - like MS - need to be involved in the warrant process, cause I can't see how the BSA could have any stake in the infringment - kinda like the argument of NetPD for sony - they are not the copyright holder)
I guess like the article said, the only reason companies put up with this and go along is that it is better than having Federal Marhsalls come in and take all your equipment.
Still...it seems like a terrible abuse of power, but I wonder which is worse - trying to satisfy the BSA that it's all legal, or showing the feds that it is all legal, as I would think once the feds came in, the BSA would have nothing to do with it anymore.
I wonder what happens if the BSA gets the feds to raid someone and can't find any infractions? Plant a CD-R?
I think probably the first thing to do if contacted by the BSA would be to get to a lawyer. As others have said, a big audit just to satisfy some company who has no real knowledge other than an anonymous tip/tips is outrageous.
Thanks for the clarification - I thought that it was just a journalist applying that name to a broad series of programs.
Yes...it does sound as if they want more reactor powered spaceships. I think I'd want that ship built in space, and not have to go through a launch...something about the stress and nuclear equipment. I'd hate to be halfway between here and Mars and have a contamination accident!
Okay...how many wrecks have we made on the Martian surface?
Yet, how many times on/. has it been posted about some probe around this or that moon/outer planet being coaxed into doing more than it was ever designed to do, beyond life expectancy?
Still, I suppose they need to scrap the Europa mission - imagine if they did find proof of life there...and I don't mean the Russell Crowe flick.
Ya know...my daughters won't remember if I was there or not. Like you said, my wife remembers.
But most important, I remember being there. I've told my boss before - if it comes down to work vs family, it's been nice working for him, but I will find a way to survive.
It doesn't help you and me. It helps the cable company. This way they can have more bandwidth on the pipe, therefore where they used to have to have your neighboorhood and another on seperate hookups, now they have the bandwidth for half the county to get on at the same speed.
Look at all the stuff that New Line has out there already they have to recall. I'm sure that if it's coming out this summer, then most of it is already filmed. Either New Line has to scrap a lot of work $$$$$ or pay of MGM $$$. I guess MGM is hoping that'll look like the best bet to them now.
Actually, once the first two months of having it wears off, and you get used to the fact that the thing is a pain in the ass to do anything other than check the weather, your usage drops off quite a bit.
Even though I'm a fan of Ultima from the early 80s, I have not played UO - because I don't feel like shelling out the $$$ in the store for something that I'll have to pay a monthly fee to keep playing.
Make up your mind - are you selling a game for me to play on my PC or for me to pay you to play online. I'm only paying for one or the other.
I like the way theirs is written
http://www.charter.com/products/internet/aup.asp
Basically it says don't be a dickhead. Only thing iffy in there is the if we determine you use too much bandwidth item. Items that are up to vague interpretations are not good.
The companies in the US used to do that as well - by the set. I remember when they would come buy to fix something, we'd disconnect the cable from the splitters so they couldn't say anything.
Then there was something passed in congress which said that once it gets to your house, the cable company has no more say over it.
Well, the knight was tasked with guarding the grail, so that is probably why he didn't leave.
As for the powers of the grail...as soon as I find it I'll let you know:) I wouldn't think that they'd live forever, but I would think that the rejuvinating powers should add at least 10-20 years to their lives.
I remember an interview with Harrison when "Temple of Doom" came out. He said something close to "It's been three years since Raiders, and this movie takes place 3 years before Raiders, so I look 6 years older than I should."
Does that mean that Nancy is a CIA agent and a tough guy (Nancy being Greer's secratary)?
Jack is not a field op, he is a desk jockey. And yes, he WAS a Marine (injured). That doesn't mean he spends his spare time driving 6" spikes through a board with his penis. The books have been constantly talking about how the job is taking a toll on him and his health...he's obviously not out there doing 20 mile runs every morning.
Personally, I think that Harrison Ford fit my expectations of a Ryan a lot better than Baldwin or Affleck possibly could.
Small towns are wonderful. Like you said - the local utility company. Probably folks that live in Glasgow, work there, shop there, etc...
It makes sense for them to support their local community, before the town becomes another wasteland.
But I think there is a small difference between Glasgow and Louisville - though 15,000 is a respectable size for something like this so there must be some support overhead, but not nearly as big as in a big city area.
Anyway, found this: http://www.glasgow-ky.com/lan/
Not bad.
Bandwidth is NOT a fossil fuel that can be used once and then it's gone.
It's kinda similar. Bandwidth exists at only a nanosecond in time in which it can be used, and then it is gone. If your T1 sits idle for 12 hours, you can't use that bandwidth when it is maxed out 2 days later - unless you have a company with creative billing:)
The old PC or XT or AT's, can't remember which ones, had a whole second case that you would hook up and a cable that interconnected the two. This is how you would expand. I don't remember that much about it - other than PC's that stood as tall as the Karakoram range.
However, if we had a small form factor case with the proper expansion connector, we could have the best of both worlds. A small case for the average consumer, and the ability to add all your expansion cards, etc... in an add-on case.
Only problem I see is that in effort to cut costs, manufactuers will just cut out the expansion module ability. Either that or everyone will have different expansion "cases" and it'll be a mess!
Thanks for the correction - I knew something didn't sound right - yeah...I have 10M of file on this 20M disk and it says it's full:)
I do remember the "don't even breath until I run undelete" kinda panics. Sadly, not even undelete will save you when you accidentally open a file for w instead of a or r mode:(
That is because modern computers organize information by using file-system directories that point to physical areas on a disk drive where the data resides. "Deleting" the information usually only breaks the link between the directory and the data so that the original storage space can be reused in the future.
Gee...what a stride. Too bad we didn't have technology like this in the 80's. A company like Norton could have made a killing making tools to relink the file table with these sectors, almost as if they were UNDELETEing the file.
I just love expressions like "modern computers" used in this way, when the reporter meant to say "Well...this is new to me, must be new to the computer too." Of course, we all know that it is the computer that has this behaviour - not the OS sitting on top of it:)
IIRC, DOS used to just replace the first character name of a file with a ? in the FAT when you deleted it, so to undelete it, you just supplied a letter to "rename" the file as.
On my harddrive space challenged machine, usually the reason I delete something is to make room for something else. So, chances are if they want "super-secret-MS-secrets.txt", the sectors have already been overwritten by "bspears-nude.jpg"
Yeah..I love that. If you are not moving 100% of the time, you must be camping.
I like the tac-ops mods and things like counterstrike, strikeforce, tactical ops, etc... It's hilarious when you get some newbie fresh from Q3Arena on one of those.
They just run right into the middle of a fight and are dead in 3 seconds, then spend the rest of the time bitching about how slow everyone is moving, camping, sniping, etc...
Hell, even half the CS players seem to get upset if they get sniped because someone is guarding their objective.
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Authorized? I'm not sure if that is the word. Microsoft can't authorize someone to come into my office and poke around. I believe only the government can do that, and only with proper documentation (ie. A warrant)
They are paid by the companies to ferret out illegal uses. They get a tip, and I guess they use the as the basis for getting a warrant for a raid, since it is violating federal laws. (does the original company - like MS - need to be involved in the warrant process, cause I can't see how the BSA could have any stake in the infringment - kinda like the argument of NetPD for sony - they are not the copyright holder)
I guess like the article said, the only reason companies put up with this and go along is that it is better than having Federal Marhsalls come in and take all your equipment.
Still...it seems like a terrible abuse of power, but I wonder which is worse - trying to satisfy the BSA that it's all legal, or showing the feds that it is all legal, as I would think once the feds came in, the BSA would have nothing to do with it anymore.
I wonder what happens if the BSA gets the feds to raid someone and can't find any infractions? Plant a CD-R?
I think probably the first thing to do if contacted by the BSA would be to get to a lawyer. As others have said, a big audit just to satisfy some company who has no real knowledge other than an anonymous tip/tips is outrageous.
Suite Sister Mary - great song!
Thanks for the clarification - I thought that it was just a journalist applying that name to a broad series of programs.
Yes...it does sound as if they want more reactor powered spaceships. I think I'd want that ship built in space, and not have to go through a launch...something about the stress and nuclear equipment. I'd hate to be halfway between here and Mars and have a contamination accident!
Okay...how many wrecks have we made on the Martian surface?
/. has it been posted about some probe around this or that moon/outer planet being coaxed into doing more than it was ever designed to do, beyond life expectancy?
Yet, how many times on
Still, I suppose they need to scrap the Europa mission - imagine if they did find proof of life there...and I don't mean the Russell Crowe flick.
The arcade version was better...you had the cheezy bodies with the band members heads attached to them. Looked hilarious.
Ya know...my daughters won't remember if I was there or not. Like you said, my wife remembers.
But most important, I remember being there. I've told my boss before - if it comes down to work vs family, it's been nice working for him, but I will find a way to survive.
It doesn't help you and me. It helps the cable company. This way they can have more bandwidth on the pipe, therefore where they used to have to have your neighboorhood and another on seperate hookups, now they have the bandwidth for half the county to get on at the same speed.
So run something secure between your machine and your destination - ssh, ssl, etc...
Look at all the stuff that New Line has out there already they have to recall. I'm sure that if it's coming out this summer, then most of it is already filmed. Either New Line has to scrap a lot of work $$$$$ or pay of MGM $$$. I guess MGM is hoping that'll look like the best bet to them now.
Actually, once the first two months of having it wears off, and you get used to the fact that the thing is a pain in the ass to do anything other than check the weather, your usage drops off quite a bit.
damn you for telling me that. If it turns out to be true, I guess I know whay I'll be doing :)
Last time I looked it was something like $40!
Even though I'm a fan of Ultima from the early 80s, I have not played UO - because I don't feel like shelling out the $$$ in the store for something that I'll have to pay a monthly fee to keep playing.
Make up your mind - are you selling a game for me to play on my PC or for me to pay you to play online. I'm only paying for one or the other.
Yeah...I didn't even think about that. Kinda like the tide - they come in, they get kicked out, the come in again.
I like the way theirs is writtenp
http://www.charter.com/products/internet/aup.as
Basically it says don't be a dickhead. Only thing iffy in there is the if we determine you use too much bandwidth item. Items that are up to vague interpretations are not good.
The companies in the US used to do that as well - by the set. I remember when they would come buy to fix something, we'd disconnect the cable from the splitters so they couldn't say anything.
Then there was something passed in congress which said that once it gets to your house, the cable company has no more say over it.
Well, the knight was tasked with guarding the grail, so that is probably why he didn't leave.
:) I wouldn't think that they'd live forever, but I would think that the rejuvinating powers should add at least 10-20 years to their lives.
As for the powers of the grail...as soon as I find it I'll let you know
I remember an interview with Harrison when "Temple of Doom" came out. He said something close to "It's been three years since Raiders, and this movie takes place 3 years before Raiders, so I look 6 years older than I should."
Does that mean that Nancy is a CIA agent and a tough guy (Nancy being Greer's secratary)?
Jack is not a field op, he is a desk jockey. And yes, he WAS a Marine (injured). That doesn't mean he spends his spare time driving 6" spikes through a board with his penis. The books have been constantly talking about how the job is taking a toll on him and his health...he's obviously not out there doing 20 mile runs every morning.
Personally, I think that Harrison Ford fit my expectations of a Ryan a lot better than Baldwin or Affleck possibly could.
Small towns are wonderful. Like you said - the local utility company. Probably folks that live in Glasgow, work there, shop there, etc...
It makes sense for them to support their local community, before the town becomes another wasteland.
But I think there is a small difference between Glasgow and Louisville - though 15,000 is a respectable size for something like this so there must be some support overhead, but not nearly as big as in a big city area.
Anyway, found this: http://www.glasgow-ky.com/lan/
Not bad.
Isn't poor business practice to lease a T1 the mantra of .coms :)
Bandwidth is NOT a fossil fuel that can be used once and then it's gone.
:)
It's kinda similar. Bandwidth exists at only a nanosecond in time in which it can be used, and then it is gone. If your T1 sits idle for 12 hours, you can't use that bandwidth when it is maxed out 2 days later - unless you have a company with creative billing
The old PC or XT or AT's, can't remember which ones, had a whole second case that you would hook up and a cable that interconnected the two. This is how you would expand. I don't remember that much about it - other than PC's that stood as tall as the Karakoram range.
However, if we had a small form factor case with the proper expansion connector, we could have the best of both worlds. A small case for the average consumer, and the ability to add all your expansion cards, etc... in an add-on case.
Only problem I see is that in effort to cut costs, manufactuers will just cut out the expansion module ability. Either that or everyone will have different expansion "cases" and it'll be a mess!
Thanks for the correction - I knew something didn't sound right - yeah...I have 10M of file on this 20M disk and it says it's full :)
:(
I do remember the "don't even breath until I run undelete" kinda panics. Sadly, not even undelete will save you when you accidentally open a file for w instead of a or r mode
That is because modern computers organize information by using file-system directories that point to physical areas on a disk drive where the data resides. "Deleting" the information usually only breaks the link between the directory and the data so that the original storage space can be reused in the future.
:)
Gee...what a stride. Too bad we didn't have technology like this in the 80's. A company like Norton could have made a killing making tools to relink the file table with these sectors, almost as if they were UNDELETEing the file.
I just love expressions like "modern computers" used in this way, when the reporter meant to say "Well...this is new to me, must be new to the computer too." Of course, we all know that it is the computer that has this behaviour - not the OS sitting on top of it
IIRC, DOS used to just replace the first character name of a file with a ? in the FAT when you deleted it, so to undelete it, you just supplied a letter to "rename" the file as.
On my harddrive space challenged machine, usually the reason I delete something is to make room for something else. So, chances are if they want "super-secret-MS-secrets.txt", the sectors have already been overwritten by "bspears-nude.jpg"
:)
Yeah..I love that. If you are not moving 100% of the time, you must be camping.
I like the tac-ops mods and things like counterstrike, strikeforce, tactical ops, etc... It's hilarious when you get some newbie fresh from Q3Arena on one of those.
They just run right into the middle of a fight and are dead in 3 seconds, then spend the rest of the time bitching about how slow everyone is moving, camping, sniping, etc...
Hell, even half the CS players seem to get upset if they get sniped because someone is guarding their objective.