This analogy would be a little more accurate if it was say a roller coaster on display where unscrewing it wouldn't kill people if the whole thing collapsed.
I think that things like that are examples of unintended consequence. It reinforces the need for this guy to be punished; however jail time is still harsh, particularly as no one was hurt.
On the up side, this reminds businesses, corporations, and governments to actually secure their systems. If a worm can get in and cause this trouble, imagine if someone malicious did the same and altered the system to try and cause more trouble, for example altering data or control so that trains would crash into each other. This is a wake up call for people that security is important in their systems, particularly if they are on networks and run important things which interface with life safety. The results of this were much less than they could have been had this programmer been more malicious.
Like I said, this guy made a bad choice in placing this worm online and still needs to be punished. I just don't think locking someone up is a good solution. There are much worse crimes than what he did, his just happened to effect a very large number of people, often due to the carelessness or ignorance of persons in charge of certain systems or equipment.
Reading people's replies on Slashdot to things like this often appalls me. This kid caused annoyance to many people and wasted time, and subsequently money. However, how much time and money is his freedom worth? We are talking about potentially locking someone up in jail/prison for writing code. Ripping their freedom away for pushing keys. Sure, they caused trouble, but is it worth taking away their freedom for? Also, his attacks caused the most time loss and money loss for huge corporations. I don't have much sympathy for a soulless, money grubbing corporation. That is what corporations are, but I would much rather see a corporation lose some money than a person go to jail/prison.
This also seems to show just how obsessed we are with computers. We are willing to throw a kid in jail because he temporarily caused us computer annoyance. What the hell is our world coming to? Ban him from computers or something. Sentence him to teaching Microsoft how to have a more secure system.
This guy has skills and his freedom is worth more than money in a CEO's bank. He messed up and did something stupid, but you should never take away a person's freedom for something like what he did.
I think a lot of people could learn a bit from placing themselves in other people's shoes, such as this guy's parents, or friends, family, etc. What if this was your kid, or your best friend? Sure, some of you say monitor your kids more. You can't always have time to do that. Kids are sneaky. Kids need privacy. Are you going to sit and watch everything your teen does 24/7? Are you going to monitor all his coding into the night?
I'm gonna get myself stalker online then write a book titled 'microsoft.com' in remembrance of my soft small childlike heart that was crashed, er, broken online. I bet I can win it.
All water purchased should come labeled with a warning that breathing only water for extended periods of time is hazardous. Without that label, I'm sure thousands are dying needlessly.
make transmitters that send a signal to force the cell to go into silent or 'no text msging' more or 'no transmitting or you will kill someone in this hospital' mode... use encryption and fancy stuff to ensure authorization..
Is there an open source voting solution in the works? Some group should develop a fantastic open-source electronic voting solution to compete with Diebold and the such. So why not actually start creating an actual replacement for the current overly priced, pitifully designed systems instead of just talking about it?
Is that something like my cable internet company saying they wouldn't be able to fix my internet that they ACCIDENTLY unhooked until six days from now unless I purchased their cable TV package to expedite my support?
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This analogy would be a little more accurate if it was say a roller coaster on display where unscrewing it wouldn't kill people if the whole thing collapsed.
I think that things like that are examples of unintended consequence. It reinforces the need for this guy to be punished; however jail time is still harsh, particularly as no one was hurt.
On the up side, this reminds businesses, corporations, and governments to actually secure their systems. If a worm can get in and cause this trouble, imagine if someone malicious did the same and altered the system to try and cause more trouble, for example altering data or control so that trains would crash into each other. This is a wake up call for people that security is important in their systems, particularly if they are on networks and run important things which interface with life safety. The results of this were much less than they could have been had this programmer been more malicious.
Like I said, this guy made a bad choice in placing this worm online and still needs to be punished. I just don't think locking someone up is a good solution. There are much worse crimes than what he did, his just happened to effect a very large number of people, often due to the carelessness or ignorance of persons in charge of certain systems or equipment.
Reading people's replies on Slashdot to things like this often appalls me. This kid caused annoyance to many people and wasted time, and subsequently money. However, how much time and money is his freedom worth? We are talking about potentially locking someone up in jail/prison for writing code. Ripping their freedom away for pushing keys. Sure, they caused trouble, but is it worth taking away their freedom for? Also, his attacks caused the most time loss and money loss for huge corporations. I don't have much sympathy for a soulless, money grubbing corporation. That is what corporations are, but I would much rather see a corporation lose some money than a person go to jail/prison.
This also seems to show just how obsessed we are with computers. We are willing to throw a kid in jail because he temporarily caused us computer annoyance. What the hell is our world coming to? Ban him from computers or something. Sentence him to teaching Microsoft how to have a more secure system.
This guy has skills and his freedom is worth more than money in a CEO's bank. He messed up and did something stupid, but you should never take away a person's freedom for something like what he did.
I think a lot of people could learn a bit from placing themselves in other people's shoes, such as this guy's parents, or friends, family, etc. What if this was your kid, or your best friend? Sure, some of you say monitor your kids more. You can't always have time to do that. Kids are sneaky. Kids need privacy. Are you going to sit and watch everything your teen does 24/7? Are you going to monitor all his coding into the night?
Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow.
Perpetual war for perpetual peace.
I'm gonna get myself stalker online then write a book titled 'microsoft.com' in remembrance of my soft small childlike heart that was crashed, er, broken online. I bet I can win it.
Babies taste of chicken.
All water purchased should come labeled with a warning that breathing only water for extended periods of time is hazardous. Without that label, I'm sure thousands are dying needlessly.
make transmitters that send a signal to force the cell to go into silent or 'no text msging' more or 'no transmitting or you will kill someone in this hospital' mode... use encryption and fancy stuff to ensure authorization..
Is there an open source voting solution in the works? Some group should develop a fantastic open-source electronic voting solution to compete with Diebold and the such. So why not actually start creating an actual replacement for the current overly priced, pitifully designed systems instead of just talking about it?
Haven't you all seen the Josie & the Pussycats documentary?
Is that something like my cable internet company saying they wouldn't be able to fix my internet that they ACCIDENTLY unhooked until six days from now unless I purchased their cable TV package to expedite my support?
"...it will zoom by our planet within a million miles, or about four times the distance to the Moon."
It would be cool if they could plant monitoring devices and instruments on it and then collect the data when it comes back around in four years.
...don't cost corporations revenue loss.
..you should ALWAYS take your ritalin.
brainwaves are belong to us.
Servermatrix is cheaper and provides more support AND they dont buy SCO licenses..
Do I need a license to say $CO?
I just can't wait for Windows XP Revolutions to come out. Instead of the BSOD we will see Bill with a glowing cross from his chest. He is the one.
Well I for one welcome our new home-brewed PC overlord.
Restarting the core is simple. Haven't you seen the movie?
I certainly know that MY life would be incomplete without p2p. What other ways would I obtain tunes I like? CDs are certainly out of my price range!
How about a "leave me the hell alone!" list?