This only really applies when you have something to compare it with. Besides, this technique just forensic document examination, which is older than computers are, how is this news?
"One douchebag in the UK has been sentenced for up to five years in jail for creating and operating bullshit, one of the world's largest English-language internet annoyances. The bullshit, which had about 8,000 misleading statements, was dubbed by the court as the 'criminal equivalent of the television show House, M.D.,' or 'Crimehouse.'"
House is a popular show, so anything not really related to it should be stretched to try to apply it to the article, right? No one cares about criminal forums. But Facebook? That gets page hits.
I didn't realize that the movies were made during his lifetime. Besides, you being sure of something is not a legal reason for invalidating a trademark.
People like to put labels to things to make it more clear to other people of the same culture
That's exactly the point I was making. I'm not suggesting that Tolkien invented elves, or have any rights to elves in any way. But that the usage of 'Tolkien' to describe a type of elf gives the word Tolkien a secondary meaning. You're arguing the same points I was making.
And I'm not saying that what happened in this particular instance is valid. I was stating that names can in fact be trademarked. Xerox and Canon are trademarked.
Nothing new is produced by Tolkien for some time, probably because he is death.
That's a frightening concept. At least I'll be entertained while he takes me to the land of the dead. And by the way, fire engine red is a color. #CE2029.
Sorry, I wasn't clear on my meaning. If you were to say "Tolkien elves', that would identify a 'type' of elf saparate from 'North Pole elves', etc., being immortal beings leaving on boats as opposed to little pointy eared beings who make toys. The usage of Tolkien in that phrase has a meaning secondary to that of J.R.R. Tolkien, and thus is legally able to be trademarked. I wasn't trying to suggest that the Tolkien estate has rights to the concept of elves by any means.
Well, you can, actually. It's not easy to do, but certain people have done it. Martha Stewart, for example. Personal names are included in the class of common words that may not secure protected trademark status until secondary meaning has attached. Tolkien would certainly fit in this category. What kind of elves are they? Tolkien elves you say? Certainly fits the criteria of a secondary meaning.
in the sense that the climate has been heating up at a rate that seems to be higher then ever before
Actually that's (possibly) not true. The climate has been superheated before, but not from 'natural' means, it was speculated that a meteor (the one that eliminated the dinosaurs) superheated the atmosphere and the ocean, forming hypercanes, and completely destroying the ozone layer. Unfortunately I don't have a link or source available (as I saw this on a documentary), but if this theory is correct, than the Earth has suffered far worse before, and got better. Now, us being alive through all that is another matter.
Judging by the name of the article, nobody has invented it yet, it's more of a suggestion. Researcher, Create Computer That Fits On a Pen Tip. That letter S is kind of important.
That's only true to a degree, as the numbers are assigned by zip codes near a given social security office, not by city. If you were given the mailing address of the child (instead of just the city), you could feasibly narrow the numbers down more. I'm not saying you'll be able to get it right even all of the time, but even if you only get it right 30% of the time, that's alot of SSNs.
On a slightly off note, on June 25, 2011, they plan to do away the geographical connection between the place of birth and the first three digits. One less thing, I guess. In this instance it would make this 'guessing the first five digits' much, much harder, if not impossible. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/employer/randomization.html
Yes, the last four digits are repeats for each region. But, if you provide the last four digits of the SSN (which is typically the only truly random part), the city of birth, and age of the child, and you have a pretty solid means of determining the complete social security number. I'm not saying I buy into this conspiracy nonsense, but it's not outside the realm of probability either.
That's because it was an actual movie with a plot. Idiots don't like plot, they like predictable. A good plot means you have to think, and people don't want to think, because then they aren't enjoying themselves. They want to laugh at a few jokes and blunders by the main character, and have themselves led down the same familiar plot over and over again, albeit in a slightly different setting or circumstance each time. Those are the movies that tend to do well. That does not make them good.
True, but this wasn't much of an issue until Sony said "Hey, remember Other OS? Yeah...nevermind." Microsoft didn't yank something that was considered by some to be a selling point (Other OS) like Sony did.
No point in having a Linux client when most people use Windows, and even a large section of Linux users dual-boot into Windows for gaming anyways. In the gaming market, Linux isn't profitable.
I find that highly unlikely, due only to the fact that if this were them testing it, it wouldn't have been done publicly. Why? Because then it would give people to opportunity to bypass / circumvent it / have a backup plan before it was even implemented in an actual non-testing scenario. No, what likely happened is something akin to accidentally deleting 'My Pictures' instead of just deleting 'Summer Photos 2008'.
Well, what we know for sure he that he's ballsy, and makes comments that other people are afraid to make. Also, don't offer any Apple products to him, or he'll go on a rampage.
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i use 4 web browsers each with different security settings and plugins enabled to maximize possible attack vectors.
This only really applies when you have something to compare it with. Besides, this technique just forensic document examination, which is older than computers are, how is this news?
This isn't the Sopranos. You might want to finish your post and not just cut off mid sen
Name a flag that isn't a graphical representation of something. A flag is nothing without meaning.
Slashdot poster arrested for misleading articles
"One douchebag in the UK has been sentenced for up to five years in jail for creating and operating bullshit, one of the world's largest English-language internet annoyances. The bullshit, which had about 8,000 misleading statements, was dubbed by the court as the 'criminal equivalent of the television show House, M.D.,' or 'Crimehouse.'"
House is a popular show, so anything not really related to it should be stretched to try to apply it to the article, right? No one cares about criminal forums. But Facebook? That gets page hits.
More importantly, they're wasting the other person's time. Fuck with Company X, be prepared for a hassle. This is the message they want to send, imo.
I didn't realize that the movies were made during his lifetime. Besides, you being sure of something is not a legal reason for invalidating a trademark.
People like to put labels to things to make it more clear to other people of the same culture
That's exactly the point I was making. I'm not suggesting that Tolkien invented elves, or have any rights to elves in any way. But that the usage of 'Tolkien' to describe a type of elf gives the word Tolkien a secondary meaning. You're arguing the same points I was making.
And I'm not saying that what happened in this particular instance is valid. I was stating that names can in fact be trademarked. Xerox and Canon are trademarked.
Nothing new is produced by Tolkien for some time, probably because he is death.
That's a frightening concept. At least I'll be entertained while he takes me to the land of the dead.
And by the way, fire engine red is a color. #CE2029.
Sorry, I wasn't clear on my meaning. If you were to say "Tolkien elves', that would identify a 'type' of elf saparate from 'North Pole elves', etc., being immortal beings leaving on boats as opposed to little pointy eared beings who make toys. The usage of Tolkien in that phrase has a meaning secondary to that of J.R.R. Tolkien, and thus is legally able to be trademarked. I wasn't trying to suggest that the Tolkien estate has rights to the concept of elves by any means.
Well, you can, actually. It's not easy to do, but certain people have done it. Martha Stewart, for example. Personal names are included in the class of common words that may not secure protected trademark status until secondary meaning has attached. Tolkien would certainly fit in this category. What kind of elves are they? Tolkien elves you say? Certainly fits the criteria of a secondary meaning.
in the sense that the climate has been heating up at a rate that seems to be higher then ever before
Actually that's (possibly) not true. The climate has been superheated before, but not from 'natural' means, it was speculated that a meteor (the one that eliminated the dinosaurs) superheated the atmosphere and the ocean, forming hypercanes, and completely destroying the ozone layer. Unfortunately I don't have a link or source available (as I saw this on a documentary), but if this theory is correct, than the Earth has suffered far worse before, and got better. Now, us being alive through all that is another matter.
Nah, that's Facebook you're thinking of, not Google.
Judging by the name of the article, nobody has invented it yet, it's more of a suggestion. Researcher, Create Computer That Fits On a Pen Tip. That letter S is kind of important.
That's only true to a degree, as the numbers are assigned by zip codes near a given social security office, not by city. If you were given the mailing address of the child (instead of just the city), you could feasibly narrow the numbers down more. I'm not saying you'll be able to get it right even all of the time, but even if you only get it right 30% of the time, that's alot of SSNs.
On a slightly off note, on June 25, 2011, they plan to do away the geographical connection between the place of birth and the first three digits. One less thing, I guess. In this instance it would make this 'guessing the first five digits' much, much harder, if not impossible. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/employer/randomization.html
Yes, the last four digits are repeats for each region. But, if you provide the last four digits of the SSN (which is typically the only truly random part), the city of birth, and age of the child, and you have a pretty solid means of determining the complete social security number. I'm not saying I buy into this conspiracy nonsense, but it's not outside the realm of probability either.
free access to the court's wi-fi network in exchange for temporarily "friending" his office
It isn't his wifi network, it belongs to the courts...how is he authorized to give people access to it?
That sounds like FUD, but just to be safe....where can I buy some tom-toms?
If you don't have anything to hide, why buy curtains?
That's because it was an actual movie with a plot. Idiots don't like plot, they like predictable. A good plot means you have to think, and people don't want to think, because then they aren't enjoying themselves. They want to laugh at a few jokes and blunders by the main character, and have themselves led down the same familiar plot over and over again, albeit in a slightly different setting or circumstance each time. Those are the movies that tend to do well. That does not make them good.
I would have thought it closer to 100% since about 100% of browsers are used by people, which are the biggest security flaws in any system.
True, but this wasn't much of an issue until Sony said "Hey, remember Other OS? Yeah...nevermind." Microsoft didn't yank something that was considered by some to be a selling point (Other OS) like Sony did.
No point in having a Linux client when most people use Windows, and even a large section of Linux users dual-boot into Windows for gaming anyways. In the gaming market, Linux isn't profitable.
I find that highly unlikely, due only to the fact that if this were them testing it, it wouldn't have been done publicly. Why? Because then it would give people to opportunity to bypass / circumvent it / have a backup plan before it was even implemented in an actual non-testing scenario. No, what likely happened is something akin to accidentally deleting 'My Pictures' instead of just deleting 'Summer Photos 2008'.
Well, what we know for sure he that he's ballsy, and makes comments that other people are afraid to make. Also, don't offer any Apple products to him, or he'll go on a rampage.