It's brown as a proper turd should be. Don't you have ANY marketing knowledge? Now they can follow the theme and produce balance sheets in the same "Zune" colored font so that shareholders can be assured which end of the stick they've been handed.
Even as a failure, Zune still has great potential... as a verb: "d00d, you really Zuned(tm) that exam!"
"And the truth of the matter is that I don't mind Sony and other record companies putting rootkits, and all kinds of restrictions on their music."
If they offered full disclosure prior to sale, I would side with you. My recourse as an informed consumer would be simple; don't buy from that producer of goods.
Sony/BMG hid their efforts at supplying a rootkit and that rootkit was later exploited. So Sony, aside from the crime of secretly installing software on my computer, created a method for others to compromise my data. DRM is similar in their lack of disclosure. I have several CD's that refuse to play on my preferred media device because of their method of control. Had I been made aware of that restriction prior to sale, I would have made the informed decision to save my money for a product that works.
It's their product and they can impose whatever restrictions they wish with the exception of the covert installation of software. And it is my right to refuse to purchase those goods.
If I could actually find text of the complaint, I might be able to sympathize with the plaintiff. The defendant may have way overstepped the bounds of decency in her posts. TFA was very light in the details and provided no basis for forming an actual opinion. Instead, I have to rely on my strong distaste for lawsuits and just rant. A default judgement against a party who was never served notice really bothers me.
Our legal process is not perfect, but I do still think it's one of the best in the world.
You really are an idiot. The choice of ISP is a business decision. In your case, a bad one. The incident with the Amish students is a crime. The two are not related in any way.
"I guess you don't understand that by definition, people who read/. are not the average mail administrators."
Who's definition? Did you consult Webster's for that?
My quote "If your ISP will not give you an address in a non-dynamic space, then it's your fault for accepting their response." still holds true. You made a business decision based on economics. That decision has advantages and disadvatages. The disadvantage is that you are blacklisted because you made a poor choice. Now you expect the rest of the world to accomodate you.
"you cannot tell when a "dynamic" ip address become released to static"
Sure you can. Your ISP can list it's address space as it sees fit. If your ISP will not give you an address in a non-dynamic space, then it's your fault for accepting their response.
"admins choose to use Spamhaus" is like saying "old people chose to use phishing sites."
Go back to analogy school. The use of ANY BL is an informed decision.
"The average mail administrator is in WAY over his/her head"
Maybe in your social circle.
"While Spamhaus existed, there was no way for the average admin to tell if there was a more effective method"
Since when has Spamhaus been an exclusive method? Admins are free to choose any/all/none of the BL's and/or rely on alternate filtering methods. If you want to find out the net effect of Spamhaus, set up a mail proxy without it, and then compare statistics.
Well, yes... it is SOMEONE'S money. In the interest of fairness, they should have opened this project to competetive bids minus the usual government red tape.
I could have personally delivered a non-working product in 6 months or less for 12 - 17 million. Roughly 10% or less the contracted amount. Additionally, I could have delivered the failed project ahead of schedule so that the bureaucracy could get back to not using the new method MUCH quicker. Truthful disclosure would have allowed the FBI to virtually eliminate the test phase since I would know immediately that it would not work.
I would invest that 12 - 17 million fee in not growing more corn or cotton and if there was any left over, I might not raise some cattle. The gained subsidies would make for a nice retirement for me while saving the taxpayer over 90% of the current bill.
"I've suffered numerous multi-day "outages" during which overzealous spam filtering blocked messages from friends"
I would wager that every one of those "friends" received a proper Delivery Status Notification (DSN) and simply ignored it.
Mail is handled. It is either delivered or denied. If it is denied, a DSN is generated and returned to the sender. The only time a DSN is not delivered is when the sending source refuses the bounce message (as in the case of spam). Many mailing lists also refuse DSN's, but that is NOT the fault of your provider. Once the DSN is placed in the mailbox, it is up to the sender to actually read it and take action to correct the problem. Most of the time though, they just pick up the phone and bitch to the recipient. The recipient then bitches at their provider because their friend is too fucking stupid to read the message and address it properly.
"No, the people who are complaining the most and trying to find software to break DRM protections are the people who don't want to pay for the latest CD they heard on the radio."
Not me. I'd just like to be able to watch MY Underworld or Snatch DVDs on my PC. If I don't want to pay for a CD I heard on the radio, it probably isn't worth listening to anyway.
"It was a mistake, and we apologize. We've launched an internal investigation into what happened, and we are taking steps to ensure that this type of thing never happens again."
Really... We're not having layoffs... We're firing the person responsible along with 4,999 others that he may have come into contact with http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/04/003214. See? AOL cares.
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and if the reseller locked the domain?
Are you implying that Microsoft may just be saving those users from their own stupidity?
The law disagrees with you. There's your contract.
That's a very simplistic view and also wrong. There are specific rules for exemption. Look em up.
It's brown as a proper turd should be. Don't you have ANY marketing knowledge? Now they can follow the theme and produce balance sheets in the same "Zune" colored font so that shareholders can be assured which end of the stick they've been handed.
Even as a failure, Zune still has great potential... as a verb: "d00d, you really Zuned(tm) that exam!"
"And the truth of the matter is that I don't mind Sony and other record companies putting rootkits, and all kinds of restrictions on their music."
If they offered full disclosure prior to sale, I would side with you. My recourse as an informed consumer would be simple; don't buy from that producer of goods.
Sony/BMG hid their efforts at supplying a rootkit and that rootkit was later exploited. So Sony, aside from the crime of secretly installing software on my computer, created a method for others to compromise my data. DRM is similar in their lack of disclosure. I have several CD's that refuse to play on my preferred media device because of their method of control. Had I been made aware of that restriction prior to sale, I would have made the informed decision to save my money for a product that works.
It's their product and they can impose whatever restrictions they wish with the exception of the covert installation of software. And it is my right to refuse to purchase those goods.
IIRC, the incident in Sweden was not guided by the U.S. judiciary. The U.S. Department of State meddled in that instance.
It's one thing for a political body to ask. It's an entirely different thing when a court asserts authority over a sovereign nation.
Thanks for the clarification. I forgot I had filtered AC's & didn't see that post.
You lost me here... Are you referring to the action against The Pirate Bay? Or did Spamhaus move to Sweden?
Seems you're right.
If I could actually find text of the complaint, I might be able to sympathize with the plaintiff. The defendant may have way overstepped the bounds of decency in her posts. TFA was very light in the details and provided no basis for forming an actual opinion. Instead, I have to rely on my strong distaste for lawsuits and just rant. A default judgement against a party who was never served notice really bothers me.
Our legal process is not perfect, but I do still think it's one of the best in the world.
"Yes, and those Amish girls were asking for it"
/. are not the average mail administrators."
You really are an idiot. The choice of ISP is a business decision. In your case, a bad one. The incident with the Amish students is a crime. The two are not related in any way.
"I guess you don't understand that by definition, people who read
Who's definition? Did you consult Webster's for that?
My quote "If your ISP will not give you an address in a non-dynamic space, then it's your fault for accepting their response." still holds true. You made a business decision based on economics. That decision has advantages and disadvatages. The disadvantage is that you are blacklisted because you made a poor choice. Now you expect the rest of the world to accomodate you.
No doubt. We're all too afraid to make a negative comment about the suit happy cunt.
This was a default judgement. The defendant was not even served notice of the Florida trial because she had to leave Louisiana after Katrina.
"Court papers that Scheff and her attorney David H. Pollack mailed to Bock were returned to Pollack's office in Miami."
If she had made an appearance in court, she may have prevailed.
Not only that, but Spamhaus' registrar is Tucows. Tucows is a Canadian company. Let's see if a U.S. judge will try to exert jurisdiction in Canadia.
"you cannot tell when a "dynamic" ip address become released to static"
Sure you can. Your ISP can list it's address space as it sees fit. If your ISP will not give you an address in a non-dynamic space, then it's your fault for accepting their response.
"admins choose to use Spamhaus" is like saying "old people chose to use phishing sites."
Go back to analogy school. The use of ANY BL is an informed decision.
"The average mail administrator is in WAY over his/her head"
Maybe in your social circle.
"While Spamhaus existed, there was no way for the average admin to tell if there was a more effective method"
Since when has Spamhaus been an exclusive method? Admins are free to choose any/all/none of the BL's and/or rely on alternate filtering methods. If you want to find out the net effect of Spamhaus, set up a mail proxy without it, and then compare statistics.
Thank you!
This was my only complaint in my 30 minutes of using RC2. I didn't like that effect in IE7 either.
"IBM has a long sorted past"
Like "grep IBM past | sort"? Or do you mean they are sorted chronologically?
If EU laws specify behavior, why should MS or any other business be allowed to circumvent those laws simply for commerce.
If you don't like the laws, change them. But for the EU to allow exceptions based on vendor wealth is silly.
As for the secure OS... How about MS fixes the root cause instead of offering add-ons for "protection money"?
Maybe he missed it because of the lack of a lisp in your typing?
Most laptops have them embedded. Other than that, any VOIP client or multi-person game player will have a mic. I'm sure there are more.
You must realize that "Off Topic" is girlfriend-speak for "I want to talk about me."
Well, yes... it is SOMEONE'S money. In the interest of fairness, they should have opened this project to competetive bids minus the usual government red tape.
I could have personally delivered a non-working product in 6 months or less for 12 - 17 million. Roughly 10% or less the contracted amount. Additionally, I could have delivered the failed project ahead of schedule so that the bureaucracy could get back to not using the new method MUCH quicker. Truthful disclosure would have allowed the FBI to virtually eliminate the test phase since I would know immediately that it would not work.
I would invest that 12 - 17 million fee in not growing more corn or cotton and if there was any left over, I might not raise some cattle. The gained subsidies would make for a nice retirement for me while saving the taxpayer over 90% of the current bill.
I'm a team player.
"I've suffered numerous multi-day "outages" during which overzealous spam filtering blocked messages from friends"
I would wager that every one of those "friends" received a proper Delivery Status Notification (DSN) and simply ignored it.
Mail is handled. It is either delivered or denied. If it is denied, a DSN is generated and returned to the sender. The only time a DSN is not delivered is when the sending source refuses the bounce message (as in the case of spam). Many mailing lists also refuse DSN's, but that is NOT the fault of your provider. Once the DSN is placed in the mailbox, it is up to the sender to actually read it and take action to correct the problem. Most of the time though, they just pick up the phone and bitch to the recipient. The recipient then bitches at their provider because their friend is too fucking stupid to read the message and address it properly.
"elegant, reliable & cheap (free)" You can get pretty darn close with http://www.comodogroup.com/products/free_products. html
"No, the people who are complaining the most and trying to find software to break DRM protections are the people who don't want to pay for the latest CD they heard on the radio."
Not me. I'd just like to be able to watch MY Underworld or Snatch DVDs on my PC. If I don't want to pay for a CD I heard on the radio, it probably isn't worth listening to anyway.
"It was a mistake, and we apologize. We've launched an internal investigation into what happened, and we are taking steps to ensure that this type of thing never happens again." Really... We're not having layoffs... We're firing the person responsible along with 4,999 others that he may have come into contact with http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/04/003214 . See? AOL cares.