Well, that's one side to the debate, but I'm sure that there are others who would disagree. if they had their heads on backwards and screwed up their a.. Damn, these new subliminal mics are tricky!
Don't forget news programs/publications that give "balanced coverage". This frequently amounts to giving equal weighting to crackpots without much in the way of critical analysis. They might say that they are giving all viewpoints coverage and letting the viewer decide, but they first decided which viewpoints got airtime/print space, didn't they? I think it has more to do with laziness.
I wish I was joking. With all the junk piled into Outlook and that it comes as part of Office, it's a big dead whale parked across a lot of market niches--too smelly to ignore, and too big to move. Anything on Windows involving contacts or email has to come to terms with its market share, which usually amounts to becoming an Outlook add-on and part of the problem.
I bet if they described it as "HARD DRIVE ERASER", people would still download it, run it, and click through every warning that said "Holy Shit. This will wipe your drive!". Would they sue when it only logged their IP address?
Since some of the current "viruses" involve opening a passworded zip attachment, typing in the password, running the executable, there are obviously no limits to human stupidity.
You should have also told them to get software/hardware that traps any port access by unidentified programs. (Of course, if they were interested in security, they probably wouldn't be running most p2p software.;)
Lots of web sites either have direct web access to their logs, or a stats pages showing (among other things) the IP address or range of the biggest hitters.
If that program was a trojan, then there's a very shaded border leading up to the "this be trojan!" mark. Here's a few samples:
If I have a web page that displays "You r h053d! LOL!", and another one that shows a log of people that accessed the first one, showing their IP address, time/date, browser program, etc, is that a trojan?
If I post links to the page labelled "Celebrities as you've never seen them!" or "Hot game cracks!", is that a trojan?
If I add client-side script that logs the time you spent on the page and passes it as part of a URL request when leaving the page, is that a trojan? If yes, what client-side script wouldn't be?
To me, if something is a trojan or not seems to be a matter of the author's intent, and the end-user's expectations--both of which are tricky to measure. What I would be curious to know is: how many people ran the program, saw the message, then relabelled it and stuck it back in the p2p stream for the next guy?
Or it might be forgotten about completely. If someone pulls down a lot of stuff, they might forget to try that one out, or forget to delete it if they do. And if their download directory is also what they share (perhaps with multiple p2p programs), then it'll keep spreading.
I thought Jack Valenti didn't keep his heart in the usual place? That would account for the difficulty in staking this ancient vampire that people have had over the years.
Good point, but it's tricky. It depends on which country's laws, when, and what happened. In the US, you had to keep renewing a copyright. Sometimes a work would slip through the cracks and become public domain if it wasn't renewed. (And companies that slipped up would try to quietly paper those mistakes over.)
It would probably take a team some digging to work out the current WotW rights.
As the Martians are about to die from the evil government secret virus, the cute kids hand them the cure, which just happens to be (well displayed to the camera) Reese's Pieces.
Perhaps John Travolta will get a part as a Martian?
In one passage, a radio news journalist reports: "Good heavens,
something's wriggling out of the shadow like a grey snake. Now it's
another one, and another. They look like tentacles to me. There, I can see
the thing's body. It's large as a bear and it glistens like wet leather.
But that face. It... it's indescribable. I can hardly force myself to
keep looking at it."
Sounds like they could just recycle his costume.:^P
Perhaps. We can hope, but Hollyweird normally treats scripts from the orignal writer like a Vogon treats orders to save his grandmother from the Ravinous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.
Oh yeah, and sneaky way one of the PSI-cop characters was called Alfred Bester shows that they were trying to hide where they got the idea.
Bester even "Asimoved" another character. You'd think that they could give some credit to Issac Asimov for the idea! Bastards!
Eight, sir; seven, sir;
Six, sir; five, sir;
Four, sir; three, sir;
Two, sir; one!
Tenser, said the Tensor.
Tenser, said the Tensor.
Tension, apprehension,
And dissension have begun.
With his general nerve problems, possibly not. However it might be useful for people who've had operations for cancer and such. If that kludgy gizmo pressed against the throat works, this tech should.
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Well, that's one side to the debate, but I'm sure that there are others who would disagree. if they had their heads on backwards and screwed up their a.. Damn, these new subliminal mics are tricky!
Oh come on! They're on mission patches for the Rover missions and were at the same press conference. Sheesh!
Ah yes, the Breatharians with a cheeseburger to go! (Read Randi's site skeptically, of course. Read everything skeptically.)
Don't forget news programs/publications that give "balanced coverage". This frequently amounts to giving equal weighting to crackpots without much in the way of critical analysis. They might say that they are giving all viewpoints coverage and letting the viewer decide, but they first decided which viewpoints got airtime/print space, didn't they? I think it has more to do with laziness.
I wish I was joking. With all the junk piled into Outlook and that it comes as part of Office, it's a big dead whale parked across a lot of market niches--too smelly to ignore, and too big to move. Anything on Windows involving contacts or email has to come to terms with its market share, which usually amounts to becoming an Outlook add-on and part of the problem.
Why don't they include features that people want like an instant-on porn viewer?
What worries me are programs like Outlook that started with email and are continuing to expand. Is there no end limit condition to that mega-puppy?
It's hard to steal something when it's given away. Did you write your copy of Linux from scratch?
Since some of the current "viruses" involve opening a passworded zip attachment, typing in the password, running the executable, there are obviously no limits to human stupidity.
You should have also told them to get software/hardware that traps any port access by unidentified programs. (Of course, if they were interested in security, they probably wouldn't be running most p2p software. ;)
Your computer is broadcasting an IP address!
If I post links to the page labelled "Celebrities as you've never seen them!" or "Hot game cracks!", is that a trojan?
If I add client-side script that logs the time you spent on the page and passes it as part of a URL request when leaving the page, is that a trojan? If yes, what client-side script wouldn't be?
To me, if something is a trojan or not seems to be a matter of the author's intent, and the end-user's expectations--both of which are tricky to measure. What I would be curious to know is: how many people ran the program, saw the message, then relabelled it and stuck it back in the p2p stream for the next guy?
Or it might be forgotten about completely. If someone pulls down a lot of stuff, they might forget to try that one out, or forget to delete it if they do. And if their download directory is also what they share (perhaps with multiple p2p programs), then it'll keep spreading.
Since their site seems to be slashdotted, perhaps they did DDoS themselves in a round-about way?
And "U.F.O." does not necessarily equal "space ship."
Maybe it was Tom Cruise visiting the Fourth Invader Force implant stations on Mars, and scouting locations for the WoTW movie?
I thought Jack Valenti didn't keep his heart in the usual place? That would account for the difficulty in staking this ancient vampire that people have had over the years.
It would probably take a team some digging to work out the current WotW rights.
As the Martians are about to die from the evil government secret virus, the cute kids hand them the cure, which just happens to be (well displayed to the camera) Reese's Pieces.
Perhaps. We can hope, but Hollyweird normally treats scripts from the orignal writer like a Vogon treats orders to save his grandmother from the Ravinous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.
Look on the bright side, even though Cruise is another fanboy of L Robot Hubbard, it couldn't any worse than Battlefield Earth, right?
Sure they have a plan! First they'll send troops across the border wearing fake uniforms, then .. oh wait, wrong plan.
Bester even "Asimoved" another character. You'd think that they could give some credit to Issac Asimov for the idea! Bastards!
With his general nerve problems, possibly not. However it might be useful for people who've had operations for cancer and such. If that kludgy gizmo pressed against the throat works, this tech should.