kudos to the FTC they have helped prevent the nightmare that occurs when you buy stuff with a credit card. imagine what would happen if, everytime you bought something with a credit card you got one AOL disk/cd in the mail GO FTC!!!!!
people get in trouble for the mere possession of tools that could potenially be used to intercept proprietary information from a company, but lawyers can intercept our email and use it for whatever they want. maybe all geeks should start using geek code so that we cant get in trouble for nothing
With regards to the article posted a few days ago, what will the cd industries reation be to this new player? Will they cower in terror from the immmense negative losses?
Will they be able to cope with a negative 2 billion dollar loss, or a negative 200 million drop in cd sales?
What next? Am I going to be arrested because I have software for monitering traffic on networks?
It is interesting how the government blows the definition of a "hacker" out of proportion:
Hacker/n./ 1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.
2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming.
3. A person capable of appreciating hack value.
4. A person who is good at programming quickly.
5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in `a Unix hacker'.
(Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.)
6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example.
7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations.
January: Step down as CEO. Install proxy CEO to take the fall for any DOJ actions. Create new position in company that ensures that I will be able to put my name on software and get credit for software. Translation: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
February: Take over Win2K project in time to get my name on it. More $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
March: Proxy CEO gets in trouble with DOJ. Step in as CEO and get company back into favor with government. Appear to be a nice guy. Gain the trust of the government.
April: Take over the world.
May: Force planet to recognize new month names picked out by me.
The Month of MSN: Begin construction of super laser to carve Microsoft Logo on the moon.
The Month of IE: Super Laser should be complete. Test fire on DOJ building.
The Month of NT: Begin Carving logo.
The Month of DOS: Convert worlds paint factories to produce huge amounts of red, green, blue, and yellow paint.
The Month of Monopoly: Start building of massive inkjet printer to paint my logo.
The Month of The Almighty Dollar: Send streams of paint to the moon and finish construction of my logo on the moon.
The Month of Gates: Begin to charge licensing fees for making use of the moons light, looking at the moon, and everything that has anything t do with the moon or in some way has an image of the moon. This also includes any thing that is in any way affected by the moon. This will be effective immediately and will be recursive forever. (Note: Chistmas will be moved to my birthday and all traditions and beliefs will be changed to reflect that event. e.g. they must worship me)
it seems to me that amazon is trying get a hold on simple things that everyone should have rights to. That is one method they could use to get a monopoly on the (albeit useless) region of selling krap.
sorry just had to get that off of my chest. this is another example of how much people worship their entertainment. When we decide that we need to devote ourselves to a celebrity we never stop to think about the consequences of puttin gour heart and soul into something. we dont stop to think about what the celebrities feelings are, and how much stress we are putting them under. We all know that this wasnt the first such case, and until we learn restraint, it wont be the last.
what i hate is when you see a movie that has all kinds off "really cool" hardware. I saw this one movie where there was a supposedly super sophisticated computer, and it had a hardrive on it that was completely exposed you could see that there was absolutely no cover on it and you could see the cylinders and the head moving around. (by the way, the computer was controlling a bomb and was supposed to set it off if anybody messed with the computer or the bomb) that movie really annoyed me.
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kudos to the FTC they have helped prevent the nightmare that occurs when you buy stuff with a credit card. imagine what would happen if, everytime you bought something with a credit card you got one AOL disk/cd in the mail
GO FTC!!!!!
people get in trouble for the mere possession of tools that could potenially be used to intercept proprietary information from a company, but lawyers can intercept our email and use it for whatever they want. maybe all geeks should start using geek code so that we cant get in trouble for nothing
what is this world coming to?
With regards to the article posted a few days ago, what will the cd industries reation be to this new player? Will they cower in terror from the immmense negative losses?
Will they be able to cope with a negative 2 billion dollar loss, or a negative 200 million drop in cd sales?
only the future can tell....
What next? Am I going to be arrested because I have software for monitering traffic on networks?
/n./
It is interesting how the government blows the definition of a "hacker" out of proportion:
Hacker
1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and
how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer
to learn only the minimum necessary.
2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys
programming rather than just theorizing about programming.
3. A person capable of appreciating hack value.
4. A person who is good at programming quickly.
5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work
using it or on it; as in `a Unix hacker'.
(Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them
congregate.)
6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy
hacker, for example.
7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or
circumventing limitations.
January:
Step down as CEO. Install proxy CEO to take the fall for any DOJ actions. Create new position in company that ensures that I will be able to put my name on software and get credit for software. Translation: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
February:
Take over Win2K project in time to get my name on it. More $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
March:
Proxy CEO gets in trouble with DOJ. Step in as CEO and get company back into favor with government. Appear to be a nice guy. Gain the trust of the government.
April:
Take over the world.
May:
Force planet to recognize new month names picked out by me.
The Month of MSN:
Begin construction of super laser to carve Microsoft Logo on the moon.
The Month of IE:
Super Laser should be complete. Test fire on DOJ building.
The Month of NT:
Begin Carving logo.
The Month of DOS:
Convert worlds paint factories to produce huge amounts of red, green, blue, and yellow paint.
The Month of Monopoly:
Start building of massive inkjet printer to paint my logo.
The Month of The Almighty Dollar:
Send streams of paint to the moon and finish construction of my logo on the moon.
The Month of Gates:
Begin to charge licensing fees for making use of the moons light, looking at the moon, and everything that has anything t do with the moon or in some way has an image of the moon. This also includes any thing that is in any way affected by the moon. This will be effective immediately and will be recursive forever. (Note: Chistmas will be moved to my birthday and all traditions and beliefs will be changed to reflect that event. e.g. they must worship me)
it seems to me that amazon is trying get a hold on simple things that everyone should have rights to. That is one method they could use to get a monopoly on the (albeit useless) region of selling krap.
hmmm... sound familiar?
sorry just had to get that off of my chest.
this is another example of how much people worship their entertainment. When we decide that we need to devote ourselves to a celebrity we never stop to think about the consequences of puttin gour heart and soul into something. we dont stop to think about what the celebrities feelings are, and how much stress we are putting them under. We all know that this wasnt the first such case, and until we learn restraint, it wont be the last.
their new found stability will go to their heads and advertisment will increase exponentially
what i hate is when you see a movie that has all kinds off "really cool" hardware. I saw this one movie where there was a supposedly super sophisticated computer, and it had a hardrive on it that was completely exposed you could see that there was absolutely no cover on it and you could see the cylinders and the head moving around. (by the way, the computer was controlling a bomb and was supposed to set it off if anybody messed with the computer or the bomb) that movie really annoyed me.