Grandmas that download a few songs. They were heavy pirates, it's just that they were prosecuted for a subset of songs. The heaviest pirates are targeted with lawsuits, it doesn't make sense to take random Grandmas to court. But I realize that the tech sites like Slashdot didn't report on that little tidbit and I will probably be voted down for mentioning it.
Pirate Bay listed plenty of indy software as well. They made a lot more than some of the developers they helped rip off.
Funny how they took the time to remove child porn but claimed they couldn't keep track of pirated material. Why defend such scummy people? They made millions off the backs of others.
but took the time to remove child porn and then later claimed that keeping track of copyrighted material would be too difficult, and this is after they posted a letter from a rights holder and mocked it. What a great group of guys.
OpenBSD doesn't have the same goals and doesn't have to provide the same level of compatibility.
Windows Security 2008R2 actually has a pretty impressive security record so far. If they stripped it down and provided only core services like OpenBSD it would be even better. The problems really exist in user space where you have a lot of naive people running random executables provided by some very bad people who spend all day looking for holes.
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for sharing 572 tracks on the P2P network, including tracks by 50 Cent and Usher. After Crain denied engaging in file-sharing and rejected the RIAA's $4,500 prelitigation settlement offer, the RIAA filed suit. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2007/12/riaa-versus-grandma-part-ii-the-showdown-that-wasnt.ars
Sharing 572 tracks with the world != downloading a couple songs. Her name was tied to the Kazaa account as well.
Lose and loose are different words.
Oh and SAP already admitted guilt, the jury was tasked with setting the award. Sorry if that puts a damper on your little USA bash.
http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/sap-admits-liability-in-oracle-software-piracy-case-009028.php
/. defense for anything related to copyright infringement, unless of course it is related to the GPL.
Can the obligatory
+1 if you caught the reference.
Grandmas that download a few songs. They were heavy pirates, it's just that they were prosecuted for a subset of songs. The heaviest pirates are targeted with lawsuits, it doesn't make sense to take random Grandmas to court. But I realize that the tech sites like Slashdot didn't report on that little tidbit and I will probably be voted down for mentioning it.
Congrats on being in a very elite 1%.
SAP already admitted that they knew about the piracy.
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/sap-goes-on-record-to-admit-software-piracy-10988
SAP in fact tried buying Oracle off but I guess their offer wasn't high enough. The trial mainly existed to determine the size of the fine.
Fighting USB will work about as well as fighting Flash.
It's a myth that Mac is on top when it comes to reliability. They also don't use the best hard drives:
http://www.binplay.com/2010/09/reason-5-why-i-will-not-buy-macbook-not.html
Cygwin has been around for years.
I actually dislike the "Unix cool factor" since it encourages the use of a locked down Unix that has a lousy implementation of X.
and then spending the ad revenue on luxury cars and motorcycles. What a great group of people to get behind.
Pirate Bay listed plenty of indy software as well. They made a lot more than some of the developers they helped rip off.
Funny how they took the time to remove child porn but claimed they couldn't keep track of pirated material. Why defend such scummy people? They made millions off the backs of others.
No I mean removing Win32 and .NET and only providing core internet services.
but took the time to remove child porn and then later claimed that keeping track of copyrighted material would be too difficult, and this is after they posted a letter from a rights holder and mocked it. What a great group of guys.
That is what the t-shirts should say. Pirate bay admitted they profit off the work of others, why defend them?
OpenBSD doesn't have the same goals and doesn't have to provide the same level of compatibility.
Windows Security 2008R2 actually has a pretty impressive security record so far. If they stripped it down and provided only core services like OpenBSD it would be even better. The problems really exist in user space where you have a lot of naive people running random executables provided by some very bad people who spend all day looking for holes.
It's called the piracy party, not the selective copyright reform party.
Anti-virus can't stop new exploits. There have been Flash and Adobe Reader exploits that were stopped in Vista and 7 but not XP.
There is a long list of malware that was blocked in Vista/7 and not XP due to security improvements.
You can choose to acknowledge or deny this fact.
That's why there is a giant section of light puzzle and Nancy Drew games.
Tell your friends with the $1500 gaming rigs to buy some games once in a while.
Who am I kidding, pc gaming is screwed.
XP Mode?
ASLR + DEP + UAC blocks a lot of crap.
Sticking with XP isn't worth the risk.
That will teach you to question the modding system!
or are we supposed to hate Oracle more now? I haven't looked at the scorecard recently.
That's the main problem.
The second problem is that half the users run around screaming about how proprietary software is evil. Not exactly a welcoming environment.