So copying your Slashdot posts, your website and everything else and putting on a site full of ads is okay with you? I can just rape you for content because proxy servers cache a copy?
Hey, let's be real this sort of thing happens all the time. Data is lost, it gets put on the Internet instead of the intranet, deleted, e-mailed to competitors... it happens.
However anyone working with this type of data needs to be insured to cover the cost of either data recovery or replacement (it costs a fortune to call all of your customers and tell them their credit cards have been exposed to the world). Anyone working with sensitive information needs to be bonded, it's true in enterprise computing and it's true with paperwork.
The biggest bank in my city, the sixth in the nation just gave 1/3 of their credit card customers numbers away a few years ago. A young, ambitious administrator (22 years old maybe) posted millions of credit card numbers on their website. Didn't matter because he was bonded and it covered the entire cost to the bank, around $3 million dollars.
I must argue however that ease of cut and paste and the low entry into a copy and paste operation isn't a reason to rip off AP or any other content producers.
The Internet wasn't designed to copy works without limit - it was designed for entirely different purposes. In fact, I'd argue that the Internet makes copying not needed as redundancy should allow my originals to be accessed from any location.
As a blogger I am horrified when I see someone post the full text of an AP story on their site. Quoteing is one thing, but putting the entire article in a blog post is blatent plagirism. On the same note I'm bothered by people who submit Slashdot summaries with the same exact language of the AP/Cnet/Tom's Hardware story they are submitting.
Then again, there is Wikinews, where "All content of the Wikinews Beta is in the public domain."
That is exactly what I'm looking into, but if Microsoft can make it easy and not costly then I'm game. Currently you need to buy XP Pro or Terminal Services, a high price of entry for a hobbiest.
I've got to say that if there was a way to tap into my 2.1 GHz machine running Windows now, that was portable, in house, I'd use it.
Linux and X can be used for this... either way it seems that my "big" desktop is being wasted 99% of the time because I must go to it. Tablets would be ideal if they didn't try to make *them* run the software.
If Microsoft makes it plug and play then maybe it will catch on more...
You know what, when one of the last WiFi stories came up I had a similar comment. It was modded flamebait because everyone wants muni WiFi (but they don't want to think about any possible down sides). In fact, I said:
Just wait a few years when the religious zealots in town decide that "their" tax money isn't going to go to pr0n and that there should be filters in place. Hasn't this been the argument when it comes to filtering any other publicly funded access?
I'm nervous about governments getting into the broadband business--the potential for intrusion and abuse of the citizen's rights to privacy is certainly increased. The fact that this deployment is run by a private company helps a little--but it still concerns me, since the government is providing the funding for it.
Just wait a few years when the religious zealots in town decide that "their" tax money isn't going to go to pr0n and that there should be filters in place. Hasn't this been the argument when it comes to filtering any other publicly funded access?
The SMS service is infinitely more useful than you can imagine. You can bring up "Pizza", "Computer", in a zipcode; movie showtimes; Froogle prices; stock quotes; word definitions; directions; the capital of North Korea...
I've been using it for months and shocking people with the things I "know".
All I'm going to say is that last time this was brought up I said that it doesn't matter if they are foreigners or not, they could be prisoners.
What I mean by that is; we've employed prisoners in the past to do these same jobs. What bothers me is that I'd take the job and so would my fellow countrymen. Why do criminials and foreign workers always get this job?
All I'm going to say is that last time this was brought up I said that it doesn't matter if they are foreigners or not, they could be prisoners.
The idea is that given the inequity between the two peoples some are going to take from the people with more. Plus you add in that we are in fact the foreigners to them...
How many people have screamed or yelled at a Indian phone worker simply because they couldn't understand the person on the other end? That has to get around, eventually you feel like those people have it coming to them. Just makes it easier considering you are stealing 50 years salary!
I'd pay for AOL's broadband service just for the "Video@AOL" feature. It's about the same as Real Player's premium service and you actually get many of the same "channels". Now that they've added XM radio their already exhaustive streaming selection is expanded further.
AOL is actually worth it for people who want to stay away from p2p for their online media experience. Do you have Windows, a "newer" PC, live in the United States and have broadband? I'd use the free trial to see what if it is worth it, plus they won't let you cancel your "trial" so you never pay a dime.
AOL *should* try to become the Internet's media provider. Time Warner is already successful in the cable provider business and owns plenty of content, AOL is halfway there. Drop the ISP crap and go for media.
If the United States Patent Office is going to run itself like a business then I say that IBM, holding the most patents, should get the most votes. They've got the hardware to file the whole damn thing too.
1. IBM now owns the patent office. 2. IBM open-sources entire patent catalog. 3. ????? 4. Profit!
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So copying your Slashdot posts, your website and everything else and putting on a site full of ads is okay with you? I can just rape you for content because proxy servers cache a copy?
The report is including many screenshots and five videos.
Ja!
Hey, let's be real this sort of thing happens all the time. Data is lost, it gets put on the Internet instead of the intranet, deleted, e-mailed to competitors... it happens.
However anyone working with this type of data needs to be insured to cover the cost of either data recovery or replacement (it costs a fortune to call all of your customers and tell them their credit cards have been exposed to the world). Anyone working with sensitive information needs to be bonded, it's true in enterprise computing and it's true with paperwork.
The biggest bank in my city, the sixth in the nation just gave 1/3 of their credit card customers numbers away a few years ago. A young, ambitious administrator (22 years old maybe) posted millions of credit card numbers on their website. Didn't matter because he was bonded and it covered the entire cost to the bank, around $3 million dollars.
What about the Indexing Service included in Windows 2000, XP and 2003?
If you set it up right, and know where to find the query window it's pretty robust.
Okay, very right on the second point...
I must argue however that ease of cut and paste and the low entry into a copy and paste operation isn't a reason to rip off AP or any other content producers.
The Internet wasn't designed to copy works without limit - it was designed for entirely different purposes. In fact, I'd argue that the Internet makes copying not needed as redundancy should allow my originals to be accessed from any location.
There is always Wikinews, a public domain news source.
As a blogger I am horrified when I see someone post the full text of an AP story on their site. Quoteing is one thing, but putting the entire article in a blog post is blatent plagirism. On the same note I'm bothered by people who submit Slashdot summaries with the same exact language of the AP/Cnet/Tom's Hardware story they are submitting.
Then again, there is Wikinews, where "All content of the Wikinews Beta is in the public domain."
That is exactly what I'm looking into, but if Microsoft can make it easy and not costly then I'm game. Currently you need to buy XP Pro or Terminal Services, a high price of entry for a hobbiest.
If I take a picture with a Nikon camera, I own the content. Shouldn't I be able to do what I want with it?
Yeah, you can do whatever you want with it. That is why *you* need to decrypt it, not Adobe.
I've got to say that if there was a way to tap into my 2.1 GHz machine running Windows now, that was portable, in house, I'd use it.
Linux and X can be used for this... either way it seems that my "big" desktop is being wasted 99% of the time because I must go to it. Tablets would be ideal if they didn't try to make *them* run the software.
If Microsoft makes it plug and play then maybe it will catch on more...
From your topic I hope you can agree the whole topic is flamebait and the submitter has just trolled us into going after Linspire...
Aren't there better things to talk about?
First, I read Hustler for the articles and People mag? Have you ever seen it? It's obscene to me!
In fact, I said:
Now, who told you so?
I say it's a dupe because we discussed all of these features before.
Check out their SMS service, you can even use this feature and the others from your mobile..
http://www.google.com/sms/
like a/the gui?
I'm nervous about governments getting into the broadband business--the potential for intrusion and abuse of the citizen's rights to privacy is certainly increased. The fact that this deployment is run by a private company helps a little--but it still concerns me, since the government is providing the funding for it.
Just wait a few years when the religious zealots in town decide that "their" tax money isn't going to go to pr0n and that there should be filters in place. Hasn't this been the argument when it comes to filtering any other publicly funded access?
The SMS service is infinitely more useful than you can imagine. You can bring up "Pizza", "Computer", in a zipcode; movie showtimes; Froogle prices; stock quotes; word definitions; directions; the capital of North Korea...
I've been using it for months and shocking people with the things I "know".
All I'm going to say is that last time this was brought up I said that it doesn't matter if they are foreigners or not, they could be prisoners.
What I mean by that is; we've employed prisoners in the past to do these same jobs. What bothers me is that I'd take the job and so would my fellow countrymen. Why do criminials and foreign workers always get this job?
All I'm going to say is that last time this was brought up I said that it doesn't matter if they are foreigners or not, they could be prisoners.
The idea is that given the inequity between the two peoples some are going to take from the people with more. Plus you add in that we are in fact the foreigners to them...
How many people have screamed or yelled at a Indian phone worker simply because they couldn't understand the person on the other end? That has to get around, eventually you feel like those people have it coming to them. Just makes it easier considering you are stealing 50 years salary!
I'm Bi-Polar you insensitive clod!
(no offense actually taken)
I can't wait to read the manuals!
Free, if you are paying for AOL.
I'd pay for AOL's broadband service just for the "Video@AOL" feature. It's about the same as Real Player's premium service and you actually get many of the same "channels". Now that they've added XM radio their already exhaustive streaming selection is expanded further.
AOL is actually worth it for people who want to stay away from p2p for their online media experience. Do you have Windows, a "newer" PC, live in the United States and have broadband? I'd use the free trial to see what if it is worth it, plus they won't let you cancel your "trial" so you never pay a dime.
AOL *should* try to become the Internet's media provider. Time Warner is already successful in the cable provider business and owns plenty of content, AOL is halfway there. Drop the ISP crap and go for media.
If the United States Patent Office is going to run itself like a business then I say that IBM, holding the most patents, should get the most votes. They've got the hardware to file the whole damn thing too.
1. IBM now owns the patent office.
2. IBM open-sources entire patent catalog.
3. ?????
4. Profit!
All your servers are belong to us!!!
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24 comments and the site is down
This is "Slashdot" news, you know news for nerds.
The topic is MIT and Caltech, not much nerdier than that!