Another poster mentioned that what this guy did borders on industrial espionage. While I might not agree with him that this guy was taking part in espionage, when you think of it in a literal sense, it could very well be "on the border" as he put it.
I think Apple should make a big huge deal about it and then slap him on the wrist (and of course fire him). This particular leaker was very liberal in what he divulged. Everything from Mac mini's to asteroid (we still don't know exactly what that is).
When you say TradeSecret, I think you are referring to ThinkSecret. Also, ThinkSecret is NOT being sued. They were supeoned(sp?) to court to provide the source of the info, so the real leak could be sued. I actually agree with you that ThinkSecret IS a publication and IS deserving of of protection under the first amendment. Except that the journalist benefit is not absolute as the judge put it, and does not apply when a crime has been committed. In this particular case the guy the leaked the info commited a crime. Therefore is makes no difference if ThinkSecret is a journalism outlet (that's why the court spent so little time talking about that) because they'd still have to give up the info anyway. The court never even bothered to decide if ThinkSecret is a publication, because as I've said elsewhere, it doesn't make a difference if they are or aren't the end result is the same, give up the info.
the "bloggers as journalists" thing was only breifly brought up. It was disregarded in this case as moot, because as the Judge said "The journalist's privilege is not absolute. For example, journalists cannot refuse to disclose information when it relates to a crime."
In this case the crime being a violation of the trade secrets act. The guy leaked internal information broke the law. Therefore, no protection would be granted even if it be decided that thinksecret is a journalism outlet (which in my opinion it is).
They never bothered to argue (except for a tidbit on the first day of court) about whether thinksecret is a journalism outlet because it doesn't matter.
Agreed. The person who leaked Apple's secrets broke the law and deserves no protection from it, although I wish Apple would go easy on them, but make it clear that the next person will be made an example of. If I posted the windows source code in a JE would I be deserving of protection from microsoft? The dood signed a legal contract saying he wouldn't talk about it, and talked about it.
We recently migrated our docs to a wiki. It's very nice. Takes a lot of the load off of us as various departments can update their own docs easily when they get the chance.
I just recently switched. I traded a couple of old thinkpads straight across at a local computer surplus store (ironically enough, called "computer surplus"). This is truely the best "expreience" I've had with an OS. I've used Linux for about 10 years almost exclusively, and now here I am. An apple guy. From what I understand Taco uses an Apple now, as does Linux himself (although he runs linux on it, expect more stable releases for PPC from now on).
I was trying to illustrate that cables aren't as sensitive as a lot of people make them out to be.
The only time I've seen a cable make a difference was the cable connecting a friends 1000 watt stereo. He kept melting them. He replaced it with a monster cable and all was well. Until he blew his stereo.
Maybe it's jsut my ears, but I can't hear any difference.
one time the cable went out at my house while some friends and I were watching the superbowl. I pulled the cable out of the back of the cable box (it was digital cable) and stuck the coax on my tongue. I was suprised to see how well I worked like an antenna. It wasn't perfect, but it worked.
If I worked so well as an antenna I doubt "Monster" cable will do anything for you. The only time I've seen cables make a difference is a friend that had a full kilowatt powering his car amplifiers (for the record it was obnoxious).
He actually did mention that he is _not_ under contract.
I think it's unreasonable for a boss to say that 6 weeks is a "requirement". I think the asker is screwed anyway, and the bridge is burned. Get out of there and don't look back. I have a lot of bosses who would give me a bad reference simply because I moved on. If you found a new job, ask the new job when they need you and tell your boss the requirements of the new job. Most employers understand the 2 week courtesy and will let you start after a couple weeks to tie things up at your new job.
Slightly offtopic: I had a boss once who refused to talk to me or even look at me after I put in my two weeks. That was really uncomfortable. If it's a situation like that just bail.
Not completely unique. They can be modifed, they are hidden by firewalls and can only be seen by others on your same logical network. Not only that, but Vendors re-use MAC's all the time. Though they usually send those cards to other places of the world.
So no, tracking by MAC is completely useless outside your own LAN.
no he didn't really, and the cops didn't arrest him. But they also can't get his money back because someone sold him bad crack. The cops were just stunned. They had never seen anything like this guy before, and they see a lot.
Reminds me of that episode of Cops where the guy flagged down the cop car to tell him that they had just been stiffed buying crack. It was fake crackand the guy wanted the cops to go get his money back. He even gave the cops his fake crack.
I just laughed and laughed. I couldn't believe it.
You can lose your rights, but their does have to be "due process" in order to do so. That what jail is, someone loses their right to civilization, either temporarily or permanently in some cases. This GPs thing isn't violating any rights because the people are already in jail. It's an option. Stay in jail, or get fitted with this GPS rig. How is that in violation?
And what about those people with hybrids or electric who use the roadways too?
What about them? Until more people are driving those sorts of cars I think they deserve the relief they are getting. I think they should get bigger breaks for the time being. (note: I do not own a hybrid or electric)
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What I would do is post about it on slashdot to ruin their reputation.
Well put. Congrats on getting listed in the "10 hot comments" box on the front page.
Trade secret act:
http://www.lalabor.com/main/id/278.html
Definiation of Trade secret:
tinyurl.com/4khpt
Another poster mentioned that what this guy did borders on industrial espionage. While I might not agree with him that this guy was taking part in espionage, when you think of it in a literal sense, it could very well be "on the border" as he put it.
I think Apple should make a big huge deal about it and then slap him on the wrist (and of course fire him). This particular leaker was very liberal in what he divulged. Everything from Mac mini's to asteroid (we still don't know exactly what that is).
About the only thing you should expect is to love xcode. :-)
When you say TradeSecret, I think you are referring to ThinkSecret. Also, ThinkSecret is NOT being sued. They were supeoned(sp?) to court to provide the source of the info, so the real leak could be sued. I actually agree with you that ThinkSecret IS a publication and IS deserving of of protection under the first amendment. Except that the journalist benefit is not absolute as the judge put it, and does not apply when a crime has been committed. In this particular case the guy the leaked the info commited a crime. Therefore is makes no difference if ThinkSecret is a journalism outlet (that's why the court spent so little time talking about that) because they'd still have to give up the info anyway. The court never even bothered to decide if ThinkSecret is a publication, because as I've said elsewhere, it doesn't make a difference if they are or aren't the end result is the same, give up the info.
the "bloggers as journalists" thing was only breifly brought up. It was disregarded in this case as moot, because as the Judge said
"The journalist's privilege is not absolute. For example, journalists cannot refuse to disclose information when it relates to a crime."
In this case the crime being a violation of the trade secrets act. The guy leaked internal information broke the law. Therefore, no protection would be granted even if it be decided that thinksecret is a journalism outlet (which in my opinion it is).
They never bothered to argue (except for a tidbit on the first day of court) about whether thinksecret is a journalism outlet because it doesn't matter.
Agreed. The person who leaked Apple's secrets broke the law and deserves no protection from it, although I wish Apple would go easy on them, but make it clear that the next person will be made an example of. If I posted the windows source code in a JE would I be deserving of protection from microsoft? The dood signed a legal contract saying he wouldn't talk about it, and talked about it.
We recently migrated our docs to a wiki. It's very nice. Takes a lot of the load off of us as various departments can update their own docs easily when they get the chance.
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up-down-up-down-left-right-left-right-b-a-(select
*to make it 2 player
ahhh the joys of starting with all weapons in contra.
I was wondering if he ever read revelations.
I just recently switched. I traded a couple of old thinkpads straight across at a local computer surplus store (ironically enough, called "computer surplus"). This is truely the best "expreience" I've had with an OS. I've used Linux for about 10 years almost exclusively, and now here I am. An apple guy. From what I understand Taco uses an Apple now, as does Linux himself (although he runs linux on it, expect more stable releases for PPC from now on).
I was trying to illustrate that cables aren't as sensitive as a lot of people make them out to be.
The only time I've seen a cable make a difference was the cable connecting a friends 1000 watt stereo. He kept melting them. He replaced it with a monster cable and all was well. Until he blew his stereo.
Maybe it's jsut my ears, but I can't hear any difference.
one time the cable went out at my house while some friends and I were watching the superbowl. I pulled the cable out of the back of the cable box (it was digital cable) and stuck the coax on my tongue. I was suprised to see how well I worked like an antenna. It wasn't perfect, but it worked.
If I worked so well as an antenna I doubt "Monster" cable will do anything for you. The only time I've seen cables make a difference is a friend that had a full kilowatt powering his car amplifiers (for the record it was obnoxious).
Where's the OS X version?
He actually did mention that he is _not_ under contract. I think it's unreasonable for a boss to say that 6 weeks is a "requirement". I think the asker is screwed anyway, and the bridge is burned. Get out of there and don't look back. I have a lot of bosses who would give me a bad reference simply because I moved on. If you found a new job, ask the new job when they need you and tell your boss the requirements of the new job. Most employers understand the 2 week courtesy and will let you start after a couple weeks to tie things up at your new job. Slightly offtopic: I had a boss once who refused to talk to me or even look at me after I put in my two weeks. That was really uncomfortable. If it's a situation like that just bail.
ya the article fails to mention tha tmost of the music on an ipod is expected to be pre-owned, and that the iPod also acts as a USB Hard Drive.
no. That's Gentoo. Oh and Windows.
Yes iTunes calls it "Sound Check", and IIRC it normalizes the entire song.
a thousand blue screens a thousand times faster!
Not completely unique. They can be modifed, they are hidden by firewalls and can only be seen by others on your same logical network. Not only that, but Vendors re-use MAC's all the time. Though they usually send those cards to other places of the world.
So no, tracking by MAC is completely useless outside your own LAN.
reminds me of this.
no he didn't really, and the cops didn't arrest him. But they also can't get his money back because someone sold him bad crack. The cops were just stunned. They had never seen anything like this guy before, and they see a lot.
Reminds me of that episode of Cops where the guy flagged down the cop car to tell him that they had just been stiffed buying crack. It was fake crackand the guy wanted the cops to go get his money back. He even gave the cops his fake crack.
I just laughed and laughed. I couldn't believe it.
You can lose your rights, but their does have to be "due process" in order to do so. That what jail is, someone loses their right to civilization, either temporarily or permanently in some cases. This GPs thing isn't violating any rights because the people are already in jail. It's an option. Stay in jail, or get fitted with this GPS rig. How is that in violation?
And what about those people with hybrids or electric who use the roadways too?
What about them? Until more people are driving those sorts of cars I think they deserve the relief they are getting. I think they should get bigger breaks for the time being. (note: I do not own a hybrid or electric)