IANADL (D is for Danish) but I thought theft was a criminal matter, not civil (especially in the ammount of $14,000). And if you just pay the bill, do you get to keep everything? If not, then it's not really a bill...more like a fine. Seems like they're trying to get the best of both worlds here...they want your money for things you allegedly owe them money for, but they don't want you to keep what you've now paid for. And what if someone disputes the validitiy of the screen caps?
Then get your exercise and have fun with it. And I'm sure the people who want to check their mail and surf slashdot will do so as well. Can't we all just get along?
I remember leaving the grade 8 classroom at the ripe age of 13 and how horribly difficult it was to find a job, because I couldn't use MS Office. Now that I have that out of my system, do you really think we need to worry about kids not finding jobs because they didn't learn MS software in grade school? If they're going into any sort of field where they'll be using a computer all day, chances are they'll be doing at least some college / university, where they'll learn the job skills needed for their field. And if not being able to utilize clippy to his fullest extent is the biggest hurdle between you and the corporate world, you may need to rethink your career choice.
Easy enough. Read/write ability lets me write a batch file, something along the lines of 'format c:/y'. I'm sure it's trivial to add a registry key to run that batch at startup. Your mass mailer sends the code out to everyone, and next time they reboot, *poof*. Failing the registry hack, you could probably just have it format -after- the mass mailing. Either way, expect to see this one in the wild soon.
I hope he's already got those skills too. But for those of us who dabble in *nix systems as a hobby rather than as a profession / religion, books like this are quite nice.
Well, it's only at version 3.2. I'm guessing version 3.3 would be like the third service pack of version 3, and it seems you can't get certified until SP3. I'm sure they'll get there soon enough.
Well good then. So the next time my mom wants to burn her Elton John cd so she can keep a copy in her car, can I tell her to call you so you can talk her through it? She's perfectly capable of burning cds the way she always has, but she's not the most technologically adept person, and it may take her a dozen walks through to get your simple and obvious technique mastered.
The difference here is that none of the things you mentioned are constitutional rights, whereas fair use is. I'm sure if I asked everyone if they want a million dollars, they'd all say yes, but that's not in the constitution either. I'm not entirely sure how you got modded up "insightful", so if anyone can tell me which part of this post provoked that mod, let me in on the secret.
Those questions are all fine and dandy, and I'd vote 'yes' on both. But they're not the same as the parent poster's question OR the question that the article is based on. We're talking copies for personal use here, so your first question is invalid. And I have no problem with them trying to prevent illegal copying and distribution, so long as it doesn't infringe on my legal copying. If their idea of 'prevent illegal copying' is 'prevent all copying' then they are infringing on my rights.
good. because we all know that the web is all about the coolest stuff. but when we're talking about financial transactions, we're not really talking about eye candy. can you give me any good reasons why mozilla, with the same encryption you get with IE, can't be used for online banking?
Coding to standards will work fine. Then you can tell your customers to upgrade to a recent browser, rather than tell them what browser you use. We have standards for a reason, and people should learn to follow them. If my bank tells me I can't access *my* financial records because their web dev guys are fucking stupid, then they can give me back all of *my* money and I'll take it to a decent bank. Quite frankly I don't want my money in the hands of people whose idea of security is windows/IE.
Are you in upper management? Because that sounded like complete bullshit. How do you suppose a bank could ever be held liable for *my* software misbehaving? If they write compliant code according to the W3 standards, they won't have any problems. The problems arise when they try to write IE only crap. If my bank wrote IE only shit and I had a problem with my banking simply because a hole in IE got exploited, then I'd be pissed. They have no place telling me what browser I can use. If they want to release their own custom secure app, go for it, but be prepared for a shitstorm when it fucks up. Writing your web app code for a specific browser will cause far more problems than it solves.
How did this get modded 'insightful'? Where's your proof that Apple paid anyone to lie, or that they're even lying? Apple solicited write-in testimonials on their website for customers to explain why they switched to Macs. Microsoft put up a story from some unnamed person. Looks like Apple is the more honest company here. So before you go spouting off about people lying, make sure you know what the fuck you're talking about.
Most apps are for productivity, and most companies are willing to pay for legal copies of software that they find useful. Most games, on the other hand, are played by teens and college students (not to say that there aren't older gamers, but a higher percentage of teens are gamers than are 40 yr olds) and most people who fit that age bracket don't have the money for all the new games and don't have any qualms using warezed copies. Not to say that it's justified, but that's how it is. App developers can rely on the honesty of their target customers more than game developers.
I may be the exception to the rule, but when I was younger I always had the latest freshly ripped copy of illustrator and photoshop. When I was 16 I didn't have the money to drop on something just for the sake of learning it. Now that I've gone into graphic design as a career, not only is Adobe getting my company money for the copies I have at work, the get the money for the copies I keep at home too. And I upgrade at home faster than I do at work, since I want to make sure I like the newest versions before I spend company money on them. So I guess you could say that Adobe got two new customers off of the same pirated copies. Most people who are using software for profit will pay for it. Now the game industry on the other hand...they're getting hosed.
What will be funnier is when someone writes software to make xbox live think that their pc is an xbox and lets it on the network. Harder to restrict the flow of software than hardware, and a lot of damage could be done. Are there any functional xbox emulators?
What if the modchip lets me watch DVD's not encoded for my region? What if I want to use it to play legal backups of my own games? What if I want to use it so I can install linux on my xbox? Fuck, why not outlaw soldering irons. "You're more than welcome to do what you want with *your* hardware, but we can't allow people to sell things that may or may not be used to copy our software." The whole line of reasoning is bullshit.
The legality of the handgun is ambiguous at best. Perhaps no crimes are committed in the production of them, but consider that since most jurisdictions outlaw hunting with handguns, why else would you need one? An easily accessible handgun allows people to ROB convenience stores and MUG the elderly in Cetral Park.
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IANADL (D is for Danish) but I thought theft was a criminal matter, not civil (especially in the ammount of $14,000). And if you just pay the bill, do you get to keep everything? If not, then it's not really a bill...more like a fine. Seems like they're trying to get the best of both worlds here...they want your money for things you allegedly owe them money for, but they don't want you to keep what you've now paid for. And what if someone disputes the validitiy of the screen caps?
Then get your exercise and have fun with it. And I'm sure the people who want to check their mail and surf slashdot will do so as well. Can't we all just get along?
Good luck with that once the newer trojans lock down the machines holes and install sshd to allow remote instruction.
Um, does the fact that I just suggested this make me a terrorist?
I remember leaving the grade 8 classroom at the ripe age of 13 and how horribly difficult it was to find a job, because I couldn't use MS Office. Now that I have that out of my system, do you really think we need to worry about kids not finding jobs because they didn't learn MS software in grade school? If they're going into any sort of field where they'll be using a computer all day, chances are they'll be doing at least some college / university, where they'll learn the job skills needed for their field. And if not being able to utilize clippy to his fullest extent is the biggest hurdle between you and the corporate world, you may need to rethink your career choice.
[sinner@localhost sinner]$ format c: /y
bash: format: command not found
[sinner@localhost sinner]$
Nice try jackass, but it doesn't work.
Easy enough. Read/write ability lets me write a batch file, something along the lines of 'format c: /y'. I'm sure it's trivial to add a registry key to run that batch at startup. Your mass mailer sends the code out to everyone, and next time they reboot, *poof*. Failing the registry hack, you could probably just have it format -after- the mass mailing. Either way, expect to see this one in the wild soon.
I hope he's already got those skills too. But for those of us who dabble in *nix systems as a hobby rather than as a profession / religion, books like this are quite nice.
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5) Profit!
Well, it's only at version 3.2. I'm guessing version 3.3 would be like the third service pack of version 3, and it seems you can't get certified until SP3. I'm sure they'll get there soon enough.
We're talking about Windows here. It was worth nothing *before* you clicked "yes".
*rimshot*
Well good then. So the next time my mom wants to burn her Elton John cd so she can keep a copy in her car, can I tell her to call you so you can talk her through it? She's perfectly capable of burning cds the way she always has, but she's not the most technologically adept person, and it may take her a dozen walks through to get your simple and obvious technique mastered.
The difference here is that none of the things you mentioned are constitutional rights, whereas fair use is. I'm sure if I asked everyone if they want a million dollars, they'd all say yes, but that's not in the constitution either. I'm not entirely sure how you got modded up "insightful", so if anyone can tell me which part of this post provoked that mod, let me in on the secret.
Those questions are all fine and dandy, and I'd vote 'yes' on both. But they're not the same as the parent poster's question OR the question that the article is based on. We're talking copies for personal use here, so your first question is invalid. And I have no problem with them trying to prevent illegal copying and distribution, so long as it doesn't infringe on my legal copying. If their idea of 'prevent illegal copying' is 'prevent all copying' then they are infringing on my rights.
Kinda funny, that your argument against Ford being a standard is about how much they crash, yet you have no problems with IE being a standard...
good. because we all know that the web is all about the coolest stuff. but when we're talking about financial transactions, we're not really talking about eye candy. can you give me any good reasons why mozilla, with the same encryption you get with IE, can't be used for online banking?
Coding to standards will work fine. Then you can tell your customers to upgrade to a recent browser, rather than tell them what browser you use. We have standards for a reason, and people should learn to follow them. If my bank tells me I can't access *my* financial records because their web dev guys are fucking stupid, then they can give me back all of *my* money and I'll take it to a decent bank. Quite frankly I don't want my money in the hands of people whose idea of security is windows/IE.
Are you in upper management? Because that sounded like complete bullshit. How do you suppose a bank could ever be held liable for *my* software misbehaving? If they write compliant code according to the W3 standards, they won't have any problems. The problems arise when they try to write IE only crap. If my bank wrote IE only shit and I had a problem with my banking simply because a hole in IE got exploited, then I'd be pissed. They have no place telling me what browser I can use. If they want to release their own custom secure app, go for it, but be prepared for a shitstorm when it fucks up. Writing your web app code for a specific browser will cause far more problems than it solves.
"I got a piece of mail that was vague that the assertion is some marketing person did something that was not entirely straightforward," Ballmer said.
Really?!? Marketing not being straight forward? Does this also mean that maybe dude isn't actually getting a Dell?
How did this get modded 'insightful'? Where's your proof that Apple paid anyone to lie, or that they're even lying? Apple solicited write-in testimonials on their website for customers to explain why they switched to Macs. Microsoft put up a story from some unnamed person. Looks like Apple is the more honest company here. So before you go spouting off about people lying, make sure you know what the fuck you're talking about.
Most apps are for productivity, and most companies are willing to pay for legal copies of software that they find useful. Most games, on the other hand, are played by teens and college students (not to say that there aren't older gamers, but a higher percentage of teens are gamers than are 40 yr olds) and most people who fit that age bracket don't have the money for all the new games and don't have any qualms using warezed copies. Not to say that it's justified, but that's how it is. App developers can rely on the honesty of their target customers more than game developers.
I may be the exception to the rule, but when I was younger I always had the latest freshly ripped copy of illustrator and photoshop. When I was 16 I didn't have the money to drop on something just for the sake of learning it. Now that I've gone into graphic design as a career, not only is Adobe getting my company money for the copies I have at work, the get the money for the copies I keep at home too. And I upgrade at home faster than I do at work, since I want to make sure I like the newest versions before I spend company money on them. So I guess you could say that Adobe got two new customers off of the same pirated copies. Most people who are using software for profit will pay for it. Now the game industry on the other hand...they're getting hosed.
What will be funnier is when someone writes software to make xbox live think that their pc is an xbox and lets it on the network. Harder to restrict the flow of software than hardware, and a lot of damage could be done. Are there any functional xbox emulators?
You'll also want a short barrel to maximize spread as well as increase maneuverability in tight corridors.
What if the modchip lets me watch DVD's not encoded for my region? What if I want to use it to play legal backups of my own games? What if I want to use it so I can install linux on my xbox? Fuck, why not outlaw soldering irons. "You're more than welcome to do what you want with *your* hardware, but we can't allow people to sell things that may or may not be used to copy our software." The whole line of reasoning is bullshit.
The legality of the handgun is ambiguous at best. Perhaps no crimes are committed in the production of them, but consider that since most jurisdictions outlaw hunting with handguns, why else would you need one? An easily accessible handgun allows people to ROB convenience stores and MUG the elderly in Cetral Park.