Conclusion? You are only hearing the parents story AS THE HOSPITAL IS FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK!
Now if there will be a trial then maybe (unless the judge want to/can make some information secret given it is about an underage child) we will hear the hospitals _and_ social services version. What we already know (as it isn't confidential) is that the parents made sure that their child got a worse situation than the state wanted (by threatening lawsuits etc. to people that did nothing wrong).
The story stinks however where the stank comes from is unknown to the public. But this "hacker" is an asshole anyway and should grow up, shut up and stop behaving like an idiot.
Why only Russians? This improves security against all amateur-level drones etc. which can come from any nation state (and even non officially recognized actors such as IS).
He mentioned iMac - not MBP. He also mentioned a specific sum and that this configuration didn't include an SSD. SSD stands for Solid State Drive, it doesn't imply a specific interface. So no, the MBP doesn't have a superior storage solution compared to SSD - it uses an SSD with PCIe connection (hopefully NVME - but Apple likes their "special sauce"). A solution which also is available in less costly PCs.
Making some kinds of exploits harder to do. Harder - not impossible. Que the "security by obscurity isn't security" crowd that never got that layered security is a thing...
Few lines of code? You have no idea what you are talking about, the short name generation code itself is more than a few lines of code. [Personally I both hate and admire the VFAT format, hate it because MS could have used a more modern filesystem instead the FAT32 one (which really isn't suited to any media) and admire that they actually made a format that have some form of backwards compatibility and still keep the general FAT design. The alternatives for long filename support in OS/2, GEOS (not the C64/Apple version) and other systems was to keep long filenames in a separate file requiring an indirection and making file name updates asynchronous with other file changes.]
To continue it is possible to write FAT32 code without VFAT support, make a modification so that no short filename is generated etc. or just interpret the UEFI (? think that's it) standard document that describes the file format (and includes a licence and patent grant from MS) as making VFAT patent free. But then the SDXC standard requires exFAT support... That's a bit harder to handle.
. He willingly traveled to Sweden. Why didn't he believe that he would be extradited then? . He willingly traveled to UK. Why didn't he fear extradition? Note that the UK-US extradition treaty is heavily skewed to make extraditions easier to the US and that the UK is very close to the US. . He have claimed that Sweden doesn't guarantee he will not be extradited.
That is obvious given that it would be against Swedish law to do so, the extradition process requires 1) that an extradition request exists (it doesn't in this case) 2) that information about the extradition request is available (there isn't a request nor information) 3) there have to be a process to determine if an extradition should be done. So giving a guarantee would requiring rewriting of laws _and_ enable Assange to flee somewhere even if he would be linked to e.g. child trafficking or terrorism as the guarantee would have to be generic! Assanges lawyers knows this and know that it is a bullshit argument.
. He knows that for Sweden to extradite someone to the US _assuming_they_got_the_request_ Sweden have to seek permission from the UK. In other words he is as safe in Sweden as he is/was in the UK! . He knows that Sweden never extradites anyone that could face the death penalty. Even so he and his idiot followers keep trying to portrait going Sweden as being the same as being extradited to face the death penalty.
Diplomacy rules are that for most intents and purposes embassy areas are treated as belonging to the country owning the embassy. That doesn't mean that they really are.
What is you alternative? Reference counting? That's GC and commonly the slowest type of GC. Having the compiler track allocations? Regions are also a type of GC. Ownership types? I would still call that GC as things are tracked etc. Doing it manually? It doesn't scale, it hard to do, fails often (catastrophically) and for any type of non-trivial task will add some kind of GC.
If the anarchist cookbook provided a link that a user could click to make an illegal substance (it would have to be illegal for the comparison to work at all) then yes, it is comparable. But that isn't the case.
Of course it is insane and of course copyright laws should be revised (IMHO - it isn't the opinion of everyone). However claiming indirectly making money on illegal things aren't illegal in themselves is wrong, going further and comparing willingly doing a thing that have repeatedly been judged as aiding an illegal activity (making the person doing it an accessory) with protesting racist laws is again ludicrous.
Also observe that he didn't get a $3M fine, I think the current judgement is still too harsh however we are still talking about someone that knowingly and willingly put himself in this situation. As he is 25 years old and not mentally he should be treated as an adult and adults have to take the consequences of their actions.
Comparing racist laws with knowingly and willingly providing a service to make copyright infringement? Ludicrous.
The reason it is considered illegal is the same reason knowingly and willingly providing a service for any illegal activity is considered illegal, nothing strange about it. If I'd set up a bar with the intention to profit indirectly from drug dealing and prostitution it would still be illegal even though I didn't directly earn money from those activities. The same applies to this situation.
Traditionally the power of authors are weak and the power of printers/distributors etc. are strong. Even after copyright as a concept was accepted into law printers still tended to take writings from misc. authors and print it without authorization and without compensation. That may have something to do with it...
While the 6P does have a type C connector it only support USB 2.x transfers, it doesn't support Thunderbolt (which is an alternative protocol, not USB based at all) nor USB 3.x. In other words the maximum transfer rate is 480Mbps.
When I want to hammer something I use a hammer, not my watch. Have had the same watch for 23 years now and the only visible wear (unless one takes out a loupe) is that the gold coated details are wearing. But again I take the watch off if using machinery - not only for the safety of the watch but for safety of myself.
Watches aren't riding in peoples pockets, watches aren't likely to be dropped. And if it isn't a problem for watches why is replacement sapphire glass available?
Now this have to be the worst comparison of the week! The sapphire is a scratch-resistant layer, gold isn't. Sapphire is worth shit, gold isn't. If someone sells you a sapphire glass watch it doesn't mean that the whole glass is sapphire (as that may be worse than a layered approach) and it doesn't matter as it is the outer layer that is relevant, if someone sells you a gold watch and it is only gold plated you got ripped off.
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Just pull the trigger already - snuff out your cowardly existence in a fitting manner.
Conclusion? You are only hearing the parents story AS THE HOSPITAL IS FORBIDDEN TO SPEAK!
Now if there will be a trial then maybe (unless the judge want to/can make some information secret given it is about an underage child) we will hear the hospitals _and_ social services version. What we already know (as it isn't confidential) is that the parents made sure that their child got a worse situation than the state wanted (by threatening lawsuits etc. to people that did nothing wrong).
The story stinks however where the stank comes from is unknown to the public. But this "hacker" is an asshole anyway and should grow up, shut up and stop behaving like an idiot.
Why only Russians? This improves security against all amateur-level drones etc. which can come from any nation state (and even non officially recognized actors such as IS).
He mentioned iMac - not MBP. He also mentioned a specific sum and that this configuration didn't include an SSD. SSD stands for Solid State Drive, it doesn't imply a specific interface. So no, the MBP doesn't have a superior storage solution compared to SSD - it uses an SSD with PCIe connection (hopefully NVME - but Apple likes their "special sauce"). A solution which also is available in less costly PCs.
So how is this in any way relevant?
Making some kinds of exploits harder to do. Harder - not impossible. Que the "security by obscurity isn't security" crowd that never got that layered security is a thing...
I think it just want some alone time. I know I do after doing a long journey...
Few lines of code? You have no idea what you are talking about, the short name generation code itself is more than a few lines of code.
[Personally I both hate and admire the VFAT format, hate it because MS could have used a more modern filesystem instead the FAT32 one (which really isn't suited to any media) and admire that they actually made a format that have some form of backwards compatibility and still keep the general FAT design. The alternatives for long filename support in OS/2, GEOS (not the C64/Apple version) and other systems was to keep long filenames in a separate file requiring an indirection and making file name updates asynchronous with other file changes.]
To continue it is possible to write FAT32 code without VFAT support, make a modification so that no short filename is generated etc. or just interpret the UEFI (? think that's it) standard document that describes the file format (and includes a licence and patent grant from MS) as making VFAT patent free.
But then the SDXC standard requires exFAT support... That's a bit harder to handle.
One have to be a fool to believe Assange. Why?
. He willingly traveled to Sweden. Why didn't he believe that he would be extradited then?
. He willingly traveled to UK. Why didn't he fear extradition? Note that the UK-US extradition treaty is heavily skewed to make extraditions easier to the US and that the UK is very close to the US.
. He have claimed that Sweden doesn't guarantee he will not be extradited.
That is obvious given that it would be against Swedish law to do so, the extradition process requires 1) that an extradition request exists (it doesn't in this case) 2) that information about the extradition request is available (there isn't a request nor information) 3) there have to be a process to determine if an extradition should be done.
So giving a guarantee would requiring rewriting of laws _and_ enable Assange to flee somewhere even if he would be linked to e.g. child trafficking or terrorism as the guarantee would have to be generic! Assanges lawyers knows this and know that it is a bullshit argument.
. He knows that for Sweden to extradite someone to the US _assuming_they_got_the_request_ Sweden have to seek permission from the UK. In other words he is as safe in Sweden as he is/was in the UK!
. He knows that Sweden never extradites anyone that could face the death penalty. Even so he and his idiot followers keep trying to portrait going Sweden as being the same as being extradited to face the death penalty.
LOL!
UK could not as that would be the same as hindering diplomatic communication. And they did not.
Yes but a diplomatic agreement isn't the same as giving the land to the country that have the embassy. That is a myth.
Diplomacy rules are that for most intents and purposes embassy areas are treated as belonging to the country owning the embassy. That doesn't mean that they really are.
What is you alternative?
Reference counting? That's GC and commonly the slowest type of GC.
Having the compiler track allocations? Regions are also a type of GC.
Ownership types? I would still call that GC as things are tracked etc.
Doing it manually? It doesn't scale, it hard to do, fails often (catastrophically) and for any type of non-trivial task will add some kind of GC.
If the anarchist cookbook provided a link that a user could click to make an illegal substance (it would have to be illegal for the comparison to work at all) then yes, it is comparable. But that isn't the case.
... nor a Thunderbolt one.
An artificial construct kept in place by threat of violence and general inertia? :P
Your signature is factually wrong.
Of course it is insane and of course copyright laws should be revised (IMHO - it isn't the opinion of everyone). However claiming indirectly making money on illegal things aren't illegal in themselves is wrong, going further and comparing willingly doing a thing that have repeatedly been judged as aiding an illegal activity (making the person doing it an accessory) with protesting racist laws is again ludicrous.
Also observe that he didn't get a $3M fine, I think the current judgement is still too harsh however we are still talking about someone that knowingly and willingly put himself in this situation. As he is 25 years old and not mentally he should be treated as an adult and adults have to take the consequences of their actions.
Comparing racist laws with knowingly and willingly providing a service to make copyright infringement? Ludicrous.
The reason it is considered illegal is the same reason knowingly and willingly providing a service for any illegal activity is considered illegal, nothing strange about it. If I'd set up a bar with the intention to profit indirectly from drug dealing and prostitution it would still be illegal even though I didn't directly earn money from those activities. The same applies to this situation.
Traditionally the power of authors are weak and the power of printers/distributors etc. are strong. Even after copyright as a concept was accepted into law printers still tended to take writings from misc. authors and print it without authorization and without compensation. That may have something to do with it...
Nor that he's right. Should we agree that it is a worthless statement?
While the 6P does have a type C connector it only support USB 2.x transfers, it doesn't support Thunderbolt (which is an alternative protocol, not USB based at all) nor USB 3.x. In other words the maximum transfer rate is 480Mbps.
When I want to hammer something I use a hammer, not my watch. Have had the same watch for 23 years now and the only visible wear (unless one takes out a loupe) is that the gold coated details are wearing. But again I take the watch off if using machinery - not only for the safety of the watch but for safety of myself.
Watches aren't riding in peoples pockets, watches aren't likely to be dropped. And if it isn't a problem for watches why is replacement sapphire glass available?
Now this have to be the worst comparison of the week! The sapphire is a scratch-resistant layer, gold isn't. Sapphire is worth shit, gold isn't. If someone sells you a sapphire glass watch it doesn't mean that the whole glass is sapphire (as that may be worse than a layered approach) and it doesn't matter as it is the outer layer that is relevant, if someone sells you a gold watch and it is only gold plated you got ripped off.