Is the "hacker" image of the OSS community hurting it?
Absoltuely. The sheeple who don't know computers firsthand and only get their news from MSNBC don't distinguish between the white and black "magic" they see being performed on computers. To them it's all part of the same black art.
If you didn't understand what somebody else was doing to your computer, would you trust them?
The introduction made reference to the series of movies that Card is working on for the Ender series. While I loved these books (and Card's other works), I highly doubt those movies will ever be made. As Card himself points out on his own website, the logistics of making a movie featuring almost exclusively children are overwhleming. As a result, nobody in Hollywood wants to touch this project with a ten foot pole.
As much as I'd love to see the movies, I'm not holding my breath.
What if you don't sign? If you accept a job offer, but refuse to sign the non-compete, what can a company do to you? Fire you? Can you claim that they were trying to make you sign an illegal document and get your job back?
A network that is safe from external attacks is an impossibility. All you need is one well-intentioned user who plugs in a modem so they can access the system at home, and poof, you're insecure.
Theres only one way to assure that a privacy agreement is followed by a corporation. Make it a part of the contract. If its part of the contract you sign
(or usually click) when you sign up, they can't legally break it.
Interesting... perhaps we've found a good thing about clickable agreements?
The New York Times is free. It's the Wall Street Journal which charges for subscriptions. (Although, as the article pointed out, their financial success is questionable)
Sincerity like that can buy you a LOT of goodwill.
I agree with you, and really wish that I could work for a company that had such a relaxed tone with it's employees. I used to, and yes, they got my loyalty that way.
My concern is, in today's lawyer-driven world, would such language stand up in court? Couldn't an attacker (euphamism for plantiff's attorney, seemed appropriate with all of the security talk these days) argue that the instruction was overly vague?
The key element of 18 USC 1030 is that it's a crime if you access without authority, access in excess of authority, or cause damage to a protected system (as defined under law as to be any computer involved in inter-state commerce).
As a caveat, though, in order to show that you committed a crime, the state would have to show the mens rea, the guilty mind, or the desire to commit a criminal act. If you put a quarter in a payphone and it explodes, you are not guilty of a crime. If you are trying to pry the coin box open and it explodes, well, then you were trying to commit a criminal act and can be charged with a crime. The state would have to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that you intended to cause damage to/. (At least for criminal charges. For a civil matter, they just have to show a preponderance of the evidence.
Seriously though, the US computer crime laws, most of which are in 18 USC 1030, do make it a crime to cause more than $5,000 of "damage" to a system, and "damage" includes money paid to system administrators and investigators to figure out what happened.
Yes, but the MS marketing engine will be good enough to convince a lot of sheeple that they are far more secure than a bunch of silly computer gamers, pardon my french.
[sarcasm]I mean, when was the last time anybody was able to break into Microsoft...
Not trying to be silly here, but wasn't The Blair Witch Project shot on digitial tapes? I think that was the best example of cheap investment to large return. Of course, it probably won't be duplicated for a while, but oh well.
3. It will be a lot easier to preserve digital films... People could go to a theater in the year 3001 and see Star Wars Episode II
in the same sharpness and quality as when it was originally released.
And a sig of: Looks as though 1984 was only 20 years off
An interesting sig line for this comment. A big part of 1984 was the constant alteration of the past. In the novel, they had to constantly recall all of the books, newspapers, magazines, etc. If it was all digital, it would just be that much easier. It would make the changes from the original Star Wars to Star Wars: Special Edition impossible to trace....
No, but I understand that when I go to Piggly Wiggly, I'm paying for something (i.e. The transportation, storage, washing, and attractive shopping atmosphere) of the product. When it comes to music, the artists have to pay for their own recording, production, etc. i.e. The artists do the lion's share of the work, so they should get the money. The record company adds marketing, and probably should get something, but not $17.99....
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Absoltuely. The sheeple who don't know computers firsthand and only get their news from MSNBC don't distinguish between the white and black "magic" they see being performed on computers. To them it's all part of the same black art.
If you didn't understand what somebody else was doing to your computer, would you trust them?
Unfortunately that post is closed source, sorry.
Maybe you should try reading some of his suspense novels, such as Treasure Box . Scared the willies out of me.
As much as I'd love to see the movies, I'm not holding my breath.
Nonsense! It tells you that the compiler works.
int main() {
   return (printf("hello world\n"));
}
What if you don't sign? If you accept a job offer, but refuse to sign the non-compete, what can a company do to you? Fire you? Can you claim that they were trying to make you sign an illegal document and get your job back?
I would reply to this, but I have to go take a ride in my superstrech SUV limo...
Nobody ever said crooks are smart. They only catch the dumb ones...
A network that is safe from external attacks is an impossibility. All you need is one well-intentioned user who plugs in a modem so they can access the system at home, and poof, you're insecure.
And as long as we're going to be this lazy, we might as well put some wheels and a motor on this thing...
Interesting... perhaps we've found a good thing about clickable agreements?
Or, more succiently:
I think you're looking for the FBI Internet Fraud Complaint Center.
I agree completely with chainxor, and as first act, we should ban his post.
The New York Times is free. It's the Wall Street Journal which charges for subscriptions. (Although, as the article pointed out, their financial success is questionable)
I agree with you, and really wish that I could work for a company that had such a relaxed tone with it's employees. I used to, and yes, they got my loyalty that way.
My concern is, in today's lawyer-driven world, would such language stand up in court? Couldn't an attacker (euphamism for plantiff's attorney, seemed appropriate with all of the security talk these days) argue that the instruction was overly vague?
Well, since most of the colors are taken I suppose this would be Bass Box then...
Trying to log in several thousand times under a username that doesn't belong you goes beyond any reasonable doubt that this was an accident.
As a caveat, though, in order to show that you committed a crime, the state would have to show the mens rea, the guilty mind, or the desire to commit a criminal act. If you put a quarter in a payphone and it explodes, you are not guilty of a crime. If you are trying to pry the coin box open and it explodes, well, then you were trying to commit a criminal act and can be charged with a crime. The state would have to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that you intended to cause damage to /. (At least for criminal charges. For a civil matter, they just have to show a preponderance of the evidence.
IANAL, but I play one on TV.
Seriously though, the US computer crime laws, most of which are in 18 USC 1030, do make it a crime to cause more than $5,000 of "damage" to a system, and "damage" includes money paid to system administrators and investigators to figure out what happened.
[sarcasm]I mean, when was the last time anybody was able to break into Microsoft...
Nobody ever said crooks were smart.
Not trying to be silly here, but wasn't The Blair Witch Project shot on digitial tapes? I think that was the best example of cheap investment to large return. Of course, it probably won't be duplicated for a while, but oh well.
And a sig of: Looks as though 1984 was only 20 years off
An interesting sig line for this comment. A big part of 1984 was the constant alteration of the past. In the novel, they had to constantly recall all of the books, newspapers, magazines, etc. If it was all digital, it would just be that much easier. It would make the changes from the original Star Wars to Star Wars: Special Edition impossible to trace....
No, but I understand that when I go to Piggly Wiggly, I'm paying for something (i.e. The transportation, storage, washing, and attractive shopping atmosphere) of the product. When it comes to music, the artists have to pay for their own recording, production, etc. i.e. The artists do the lion's share of the work, so they should get the money. The record company adds marketing, and probably should get something, but not $17.99....