'Dumb' is relative. In the case of contributors like the one who responded to my post, its easiest to simply consider the source and thank that it at least (apparently) has the gift of opposable thumbs and tool-making capabilities. Judging from the content of its (f)lame as well as its other posts, it doesn't get invited to parties where members of the opposite sex are present, so it has to have something I guess.
Slashdot's moderators apparently consider off-topic, personal attacks to be funny while modding down victimless humor. Slashdot's moderators apparently have their favorites and like to slap new posters in their precious little coterie around. Well, Slashdot and its moderators can bite me.
There are indeed too many lusers who get all vaklempt and take it out on admins if their ZoneAlarm hiccups. That type of situation is right up there with the cluebies who send scathing emails to the abuse coordinator at each hop in a traceroute. Idiocy happens - think of it as an opportunity to educate.
I have no problem with making cracking a felony in most cases IF it can be proven that the victim took even the most rudimentary steps to protect themselves. The punishments currently available to prosecutors in most jurisdictions do almost nothing to actually punish malicious crackers for the massive harm they can potentially do. Unless being a script kiddie pays a heckuva lot better than I think it does, how many are going to be able to come up with the scratch to pay a 5- or 6-digit fine? I think we need the hammer of some serious prison time in our legal quiver to hand out to deter J. Random Haxor from trashing fillintheblank.gov in a fit of pique.
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'Dumb' is relative. In the case of contributors like the one who responded to my post, its easiest to simply consider the source and thank that it at least (apparently) has the gift of opposable thumbs and tool-making capabilities. Judging from the content of its (f)lame as well as its other posts, it doesn't get invited to parties where members of the opposite sex are present, so it has to have something I guess.
Slashdot's moderators apparently consider off-topic, personal attacks to be funny while modding down victimless humor. Slashdot's moderators apparently have their favorites and like to slap new posters in their precious little coterie around. Well, Slashdot and its moderators can bite me.
**plonk**
I'll answer that question by simply using your off-topic, bleating post as Exhibit A. As I always say, let those who can, do.
What is the world record for how fast a Beowolf server can run?
There are indeed too many lusers who get all vaklempt and take it out on admins if their ZoneAlarm hiccups. That type of situation is right up there with the cluebies who send scathing emails to the abuse coordinator at each hop in a traceroute. Idiocy happens - think of it as an opportunity to educate.
I have no problem with making cracking a felony in most cases IF it can be proven that the victim took even the most rudimentary steps to protect themselves. The punishments currently available to prosecutors in most jurisdictions do almost nothing to actually punish malicious crackers for the massive harm they can potentially do. Unless being a script kiddie pays a heckuva lot better than I think it does, how many are going to be able to come up with the scratch to pay a 5- or 6-digit fine? I think we need the hammer of some serious prison time in our legal quiver to hand out to deter J. Random Haxor from trashing fillintheblank.gov in a fit of pique.