I attend Arizona State University in Tempe and got a couple of these while I had my laptop connected to their WiFi network. Then I wised up and just turned the useless messaging service off. I also have a relative that works at the west satallite campus and says she has gotten them while at work. They're all running under the domain account 'Administrator' and are advertising cheap degree programs online or something.
How's about it's your hard-earned money, converted to taxes that's gonna be paying for this (pointless as you would have it seem) information. That's what worries me more.
I am partially in agreement with Barbarian, in that a regulatory body that can't regulate isn't worth much. Also, I would like to know who would control such a regulatory body. Certainly not the government, I would hope. Also, such a body would create an influx of lawsuits regarding tiny programming bugs. It is not the programmer's fault if the developing company is pressuring them to finish a project quickly, and if the developing company gets sued, they will pass on such a loss to the programmers, blaming them for the bugs. In this country, the people tend to pride themselves on their freedom. However, laws don't usually tell people what they CAN do, just what they CANNOT. Developments of regulating committees just feed the bureaucratic war machine of the government.
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I attend Arizona State University in Tempe and got a couple of these while I had my laptop connected to their WiFi network. Then I wised up and just turned the useless messaging service off. I also have a relative that works at the west satallite campus and says she has gotten them while at work.
They're all running under the domain account 'Administrator' and are advertising cheap degree programs online or something.
How's about it's your hard-earned money, converted to taxes that's gonna be paying for this (pointless as you would have it seem) information. That's what worries me more.
Yes, IT DOES.
I am partially in agreement with Barbarian, in that a regulatory body that can't regulate isn't worth much. Also, I would like to know who would control such a regulatory body. Certainly not the government, I would hope. Also, such a body would create an influx of lawsuits regarding tiny programming bugs. It is not the programmer's fault if the developing company is pressuring them to finish a project quickly, and if the developing company gets sued, they will pass on such a loss to the programmers, blaming them for the bugs. In this country, the people tend to pride themselves on their freedom. However, laws don't usually tell people what they CAN do, just what they CANNOT. Developments of regulating committees just feed the bureaucratic war machine of the government.