A friend went to clean up a server that finally crashed under the load of Blaster. When he went to that site, he found that the server also still was infected Nimda.
Needless to say, the regular server administrator for that site is in an uncomfortable spot now.
I dunno. I seem to remember reading something about one of the college file traders who was told by the RIAA, "This is the amount you will pay to settle; if you attempt to go to court for dismissal, the minimum settlement amount will go up to $50,000." If she had $2,000 in her rainy day fund, the RIAA may have told her something similar. Given the choice between hurting really bad for a year and hurting really bad for many, many years, one might be inclined to pay the smaller amount. (IMHO, this is serious racketeering, but I'm not a lawyer.)
Windows 2000/XP users already have this. It's called "Indexing Service." Every file has a plethora of metadata fields you can fill in, and Indexing Service allows you to do complex searches on this data.
Okay, show of hands: who uses the Metadata fields? Anyone? Anybody even change their Excel username, or is it still the same "User" or "I.P. Freely" they used when they installed the software? Anyone? Thought not.
Two years ago, I was in the same boat. Little minnow of a cable company (Falcon Cable), Verizon uninterested in high-speed access of any kind. 24k was the norm, even plugged in directly at the MPO.
Well, Charter Communications bought up Falcon about two years ago, and as of three weeks ago, we now have broadband! This in a little rural mountain hick community of 10,000 people. Verizon, meanwhile, says that they're testing various DSLAMs in a test market in New Jersey, and might bring us broadband in 2-3 more years.
I choice the middle tier (768/128) and have been happy as a clam. When you've been stuck with 24-28k speeds, even 768k is lightning fast!
In all three scenarios (destruction, theft, or sale of original), the RIAA's member companies receive no additional income for the CD, you've already paid for the CD, and you still have a playable copy.
So, as long as you can prove your original purchase, what would be the problem?
Exactly. My stolen CD was stolen with the CD player, so I still have the insert (I use a CD wallet and chuck/reuse the jewel cases.) Therefore, I consider every insert without accompanying CD to be a proof of purchase. (Sure, sure, you can get just the CD liner from somebody, but by the same token, you can get just a "certificate of authenticity" from a corporate PC to validate the Windows that you swiped. That's just a consequence of digital content.)
The only problem with "pay-per-work" artists is that Crappy artists and Good artists would receive the same wage. I would be able to record 60 minutes of my toilet flushing, have the best record producer and engineers make an album out of it, and make the same amount of money as Brittney Spears. Who decides what art is?
That's the way it already works. Crappy artists with pretty faces and belly buttons are propelled to the front of the CD rack, while good artists are never signed, and if they are, they're often left with less money than they started with before signing those contracts. If every artist got the same wage, records could be promoted more evenly (after all, why blow a lot of bread pushing Britney when you don't have a huge wage to pay her?), and maybe some good artists could actually get their foot in the door.
Actually, this would be a good way to "legalize" your music. Call up your friends, record stores, etc, and buy all their damaged CDs/tapes/lps/etc. Now you own the music and your get your fair use rights.
That wouldn't work for the sharers, but you can bet that if a friend of mine was hit with a lawsuit for _downloading_ music, I would tell them to take a fistful of cash down to the local record store's music section and "legalize" their collection, preferrably from the used CD rack.
By your logic, if your television got stolen, or if your television was "so scratched up as to be" unviewable, then you would steal another television because you don't want to pay a "tax" on something you already own.
Actually, according to the CD insert, I've purchased a license to use the works on the CD. Therefore, as long as I retain the CD insert, I'm free to redownload and reburn the works provided.
Doesn't matter anymore anyway, as I have encoded all of my music CD's and store the originals on a spindle where they can't get damaged or stolen. But I still am owed several CD's that I still have the inserts for, but the CD's have gone damaged or missing. I have the license to use the music, so I can either download, copy from a friend or pay the RIAA to send me another CD and duplicate license. Guess which one I won't be choosing.
Uh, yes, really. I'm downloading AC/DC's Back in Black. My first one got stolen out of my car, and my second one is so scratched up as to be unlistenable. So, yeah, I'm downloading it; I'm not paying another "RIAA tax" for music I already own.
Oh, and these four 80's compilations I bought trying to find Der Kommissar by After the Fire? They don't have it, so I downloaded it. Here, I'll give the RIAA back three copies of She Blinded Me With Science in exchange.
Oh, and I bought the Steve Miller Greatest Hits, but they shafted me with the short version of "Fly Like An Eagle", so I downloaded the full version. Fuck 'em.
That's exactly why I wish Microsoft would start enforcing tough copy protection or product registration checking. When people are actually forced to pay $179 for a word processor or $287 for an office suite, maybe the alternatives will actually have a chance. I think Microsoft lets the home users skate on Office so that it maintains its stranglehold on the lucrative business market.
So far I've purchased 4 out of my 5 textbooks on half.com. On average, I pay about $20 for an about $45 book. If I keep it in good condition, I can expect to get about 2/3rds of that back if I resell.
Same here. My lava lamp tends to make everything stay near the top of the lamp, and doesn't get good flow. The bulbs tend to burn out every four weeks or so. I experimented with different bulbs, and it didn't help. A dimmer is essential for good results.
Also get a timer, since they don't recommend running the lamp more than 10 hours a day. Mine was set to come on 30 minutes before I got to work, and shut off five minutes after I left.
Yes, the "penis" version was modified enough to not be caught by the antivirus software that was looking for Blaster. That's why it's called "Blaster.B". During the intervening time before virus definitions were revamped, it continued to spread and cause damage (to at least another 7,000 computers, according to the FBI.)
Not only that, they don't even have any way of proving that you agreed to the contract, other than you're using the software/computer. "Well, he's using Windows, so he must have agreed to the EULA."
The license agreement is on a 30MB partition at the start of the disk. Pull the plug (so you don't hit a key), start the machine up and hit F2 before the license agreement comes up.
Are you seriously saying that I should have no mercy to spare for an 18-year-old who committed an entirely abstract and trivially easy crime?
It's trivially easy to set fire to your car. I hope you'll have mercy on the innocent kid who did it, and enjoy walking to work.
Are you seriously suggesting that anything short of jail time would make a travesty of justice for this person?
Yes. It's no different than putting a piece of metal on a railroad track. If a train derails and causes a few hundred thousand dollars in damages, you don't get to say, "Well, it never did that before. All I wanted was a mashed flat piece of metal to hang on my wall!" and get away with it. You go to jail.
If so, I pity your family, and suspect that there are few who count themselves your friend. Count me as a "script kiddie sympathizer".
My family and friends aren't the type who tag houses, burn cars or rerelease viruses with the word "penis" in them because it's cool or funny. I pity the people who are victims of your script kiddie sympathizer friends and family.
If you don't want jail for him, then let him work off the millions of dollars of damage he caused.
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Well, I'm sure the end result will be the same. :-)
Needless to say, the regular server administrator for that site is in an uncomfortable spot now.
I dunno. I seem to remember reading something about one of the college file traders who was told by the RIAA, "This is the amount you will pay to settle; if you attempt to go to court for dismissal, the minimum settlement amount will go up to $50,000." If she had $2,000 in her rainy day fund, the RIAA may have told her something similar. Given the choice between hurting really bad for a year and hurting really bad for many, many years, one might be inclined to pay the smaller amount. (IMHO, this is serious racketeering, but I'm not a lawyer.)
"It isn't a dupe--that other Slashdot story was just a preview."
Or my favorite, "Hmm hmm hmm, wasted."
On the other hand, waiting 6 minutes for Frogger or Canyon Climber to load got old really fast. Especially when the disk version of Frogger had music.
Okay, show of hands: who uses the Metadata fields? Anyone? Anybody even change their Excel username, or is it still the same "User" or "I.P. Freely" they used when they installed the software? Anyone? Thought not.
Bummer. I voted for Jethro Q. Bunn Whackett Buzzard Stubble Boot Walrustitty, not knowing that the Silly Party changed its name.
Geez, I'll just buy a Bayliner cruiser and a Corvette for each end and pocket the other $175,000, thanks.
Yeah, the post office has a big pipe, but the ping times'll kill you.
Well, Charter Communications bought up Falcon about two years ago, and as of three weeks ago, we now have broadband! This in a little rural mountain hick community of 10,000 people. Verizon, meanwhile, says that they're testing various DSLAMs in a test market in New Jersey, and might bring us broadband in 2-3 more years.
I choice the middle tier (768/128) and have been happy as a clam. When you've been stuck with 24-28k speeds, even 768k is lightning fast!
So, as long as you can prove your original purchase, what would be the problem?
Exactly. My stolen CD was stolen with the CD player, so I still have the insert (I use a CD wallet and chuck/reuse the jewel cases.) Therefore, I consider every insert without accompanying CD to be a proof of purchase. (Sure, sure, you can get just the CD liner from somebody, but by the same token, you can get just a "certificate of authenticity" from a corporate PC to validate the Windows that you swiped. That's just a consequence of digital content.)
That's the way it already works. Crappy artists with pretty faces and belly buttons are propelled to the front of the CD rack, while good artists are never signed, and if they are, they're often left with less money than they started with before signing those contracts. If every artist got the same wage, records could be promoted more evenly (after all, why blow a lot of bread pushing Britney when you don't have a huge wage to pay her?), and maybe some good artists could actually get their foot in the door.
That wouldn't work for the sharers, but you can bet that if a friend of mine was hit with a lawsuit for _downloading_ music, I would tell them to take a fistful of cash down to the local record store's music section and "legalize" their collection, preferrably from the used CD rack.
Actually, according to the CD insert, I've purchased a license to use the works on the CD. Therefore, as long as I retain the CD insert, I'm free to redownload and reburn the works provided.
Doesn't matter anymore anyway, as I have encoded all of my music CD's and store the originals on a spindle where they can't get damaged or stolen. But I still am owed several CD's that I still have the inserts for, but the CD's have gone damaged or missing. I have the license to use the music, so I can either download, copy from a friend or pay the RIAA to send me another CD and duplicate license. Guess which one I won't be choosing.
Oh, and these four 80's compilations I bought trying to find Der Kommissar by After the Fire? They don't have it, so I downloaded it. Here, I'll give the RIAA back three copies of She Blinded Me With Science in exchange.
Oh, and I bought the Steve Miller Greatest Hits, but they shafted me with the short version of "Fly Like An Eagle", so I downloaded the full version. Fuck 'em.
That's exactly why I wish Microsoft would start enforcing tough copy protection or product registration checking. When people are actually forced to pay $179 for a word processor or $287 for an office suite, maybe the alternatives will actually have a chance. I think Microsoft lets the home users skate on Office so that it maintains its stranglehold on the lucrative business market.
(Still holding on to my Smith Corona...)
So far I've purchased 4 out of my 5 textbooks on half.com. On average, I pay about $20 for an about $45 book. If I keep it in good condition, I can expect to get about 2/3rds of that back if I resell.
Also get a timer, since they don't recommend running the lamp more than 10 hours a day. Mine was set to come on 30 minutes before I got to work, and shut off five minutes after I left.
Yes, the "penis" version was modified enough to not be caught by the antivirus software that was looking for Blaster. That's why it's called "Blaster.B". During the intervening time before virus definitions were revamped, it continued to spread and cause damage (to at least another 7,000 computers, according to the FBI.)
My receipt from the place of purchase for the software would seem to indicate otherwise.
Not only that, they don't even have any way of proving that you agreed to the contract, other than you're using the software/computer. "Well, he's using Windows, so he must have agreed to the EULA."
The license agreement is on a 30MB partition at the start of the disk. Pull the plug (so you don't hit a key), start the machine up and hit F2 before the license agreement comes up.
It's trivially easy to set fire to your car. I hope you'll have mercy on the innocent kid who did it, and enjoy walking to work.
Are you seriously suggesting that anything short of jail time would make a travesty of justice for this person?
Yes. It's no different than putting a piece of metal on a railroad track. If a train derails and causes a few hundred thousand dollars in damages, you don't get to say, "Well, it never did that before. All I wanted was a mashed flat piece of metal to hang on my wall!" and get away with it. You go to jail.
If so, I pity your family, and suspect that there are few who count themselves your friend. Count me as a "script kiddie sympathizer".
My family and friends aren't the type who tag houses, burn cars or rerelease viruses with the word "penis" in them because it's cool or funny. I pity the people who are victims of your script kiddie sympathizer friends and family.
If you don't want jail for him, then let him work off the millions of dollars of damage he caused.