If you're a professional, you'd switch the server to single user mode, dump the drive contents to a portable drive, reboot the server, and be on your merry way.
If you're a professional, you don't assume that the system isn't rigged to destroy evidence in the event of an attempted seizure.
"On site" and "controlled environment" are mutually exclusive.
Unless the person sending them was stupid enough to think that a remailer would protect them from ever being caught, and didn't care that it was going to mean taking down the whole service for everyone else using it..
And you've just answered your own question! Don't worry, though, as I'm sure that this remailer was only the first of his Seven Proxies.
New to the internet much? People are stupid.
Besides, you're assuming that the perpetrator is both smart enough to be using this as a sideways method of getting the servers taken down and yet stupid enough to do it by way of a major felony that will practically land your ass in Gitmo if it goes wrong.
It's not a question of whether he has the right, it's a question of whether what he has a right over is actually worth anything. Apparently, all that even the people closest to him can get is "Just trust me."
Ironically, farmers would probably be the best off, if they have equipment for production and land.
What is it that gives a farmer exclusive right over such large tracts of land if not a piece of paper? One person can't reasonably be said to "occupy" tens or hundreds of hectares without the force of law behind them.
And this is before asking what they're supposed to do with unharvested crops without gasoline and/or laborers. Since they need to be harvested first, all he can do to "pay" for things is write an IOU, another piece of paper.
I have no problem with someone wanting to live here, bring with them parts of their culture not better left behind, and integrate into our society;
100 years ago, "integrate" was a codeword for "stop being Catholic." What are you using it to try to imply today?
bring with them the very parts of their culture they were coming here to get away from
Such as? Your couched phrasing is off-putting.
If you're going to come here to live your life exactly as you were living it in your home country, go back home.
First off, you're assuming they're not here specifically because they couldn't quietly live their way of life "back home."
Secondly, one would think that a privacy advocate with an anti-SOPA sig would respect others' desire to live life how they choose without trying to impose terms on it.
And on that note, I notice you'll capitalize "America" and "Americans," but not "mexican, puerto-rican neighbors, korean, japanese, and indian." And your Puerto Rican neighbor isn't an immigrant! There's a good chance the island could be a state by this time next year.
We're not talking about China or India or Thailand, but a former US colony, a place that enjoyed the US Army trying to "civilize 'em with a Krag" for half a century.
The Philippines' unique historical relationship with the United States more than justifies preferential treatment.
I've bought exactly four pieces of hardware from Sony.
That's interesting, as four is also the number of PS3's I've gone through with YLOD.
First, I can hardly imagine a feasible scenario where I would withhold money from a company as punishment for a past action.
I generally agree with you, as things do change. But I draw the line at continuing to do business with a company that will not provide proper customer support short of legal action. In that regard, Sony has joined my short list alongside HP. There need to be some standards.
There are games exclusive to Sony's system that more than justify buying those gaming consoles in my eyes.
And I've spent nearly $900 out-of-pocket trying to get just one working 60 GB PS3. No exclusive library is worth that.
What kind of turnover have other executives had? Who was actually responsible for the decisions you loathe, and how many of them even still work for Sony?
They have yet to disavow past misdeeds. Whoever is at the head (and I think you're discounting the power of bureaucratic momentum), they are still responsible for the brand name, past and present.
can defeat many of these ballistic missile threats in their boost phase
"Boost phase" means "shortly after launch," which means being close to where it was launched from, which often means violating their airspace. So your anti-missile technology relies on giving your enemy legal justification to fire to begin with.
This is not a situation that appears in driver training in most states (nor is there even real federal/nationwide standards in driver training to begin with). And when it comes to implementing safety measures, "Why?" is not the proper question to ask; the goal is to fail safe.
Besides, you're making assumptions about the amount of time that the driver would have to react, as well as their ability to safely take a hand off the steering wheel to operate the engine switch.
"PS2" is the typical abbreviation for the PlayStation 2, a console built by Sony for playing video games. "PS/2" is the typical abbreviation for the Personal System/2, a desktop computer built by IBM for running OS/2.
Rural (...) USPS drivers tend to be much more careless with handling packages - probably due to having much longer routes through places with no cell service and no intersections to use as points of reference for directions. It's also much more common for rural houses to not display house numbers... or even have them in the first place.
That may be an issue with FedEx and UPS, but the USPS knows where you live. They drive by 6 days a week. And I can't remember the last time I ordered something from Amazon that wasn't delivered USPS.
How do you think Sears & Roebuck built their empire?
Slashdot Mirror
The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded ever two years
Wouldn't that make it "The Biennial Technology Prize?"
The servers weren't seized because they "might" be misused, but because they were being misused.
You're comparing potential threats to actual (and continuing) threats.
Your inconvenience in having to find yourself another anonymous remailer is outweighed by someone else's jeopardy to life and limb.
If you're a professional, you'd switch the server to single user mode, dump the drive contents to a portable drive, reboot the server, and be on your merry way.
If you're a professional, you don't assume that the system isn't rigged to destroy evidence in the event of an attempted seizure.
"On site" and "controlled environment" are mutually exclusive.
and I presume that it wasn't
Don't presume, verify.
Unless the person sending them was stupid enough to think that a remailer would protect them from ever being caught, and didn't care that it was going to mean taking down the whole service for everyone else using it..
And you've just answered your own question! Don't worry, though, as I'm sure that this remailer was only the first of his Seven Proxies.
New to the internet much? People are stupid.
Besides, you're assuming that the perpetrator is both smart enough to be using this as a sideways method of getting the servers taken down and yet stupid enough to do it by way of a major felony that will practically land your ass in Gitmo if it goes wrong.
The guy owns more that 50% of the stock
$0.00 * 50 % = $0.00
It's not a question of whether he has the right, it's a question of whether what he has a right over is actually worth anything. Apparently, all that even the people closest to him can get is "Just trust me."
Ironically, farmers would probably be the best off, if they have equipment for production and land.
What is it that gives a farmer exclusive right over such large tracts of land if not a piece of paper? One person can't reasonably be said to "occupy" tens or hundreds of hectares without the force of law behind them.
And this is before asking what they're supposed to do with unharvested crops without gasoline and/or laborers. Since they need to be harvested first, all he can do to "pay" for things is write an IOU, another piece of paper.
I have no problem with someone wanting to live here, bring with them parts of their culture not better left behind, and integrate into our society;
100 years ago, "integrate" was a codeword for "stop being Catholic." What are you using it to try to imply today?
bring with them the very parts of their culture they were coming here to get away from
Such as? Your couched phrasing is off-putting.
If you're going to come here to live your life exactly as you were living it in your home country, go back home.
First off, you're assuming they're not here specifically because they couldn't quietly live their way of life "back home."
Secondly, one would think that a privacy advocate with an anti-SOPA sig would respect others' desire to live life how they choose without trying to impose terms on it.
And on that note, I notice you'll capitalize "America" and "Americans," but not "mexican, puerto-rican neighbors, korean, japanese, and indian." And your Puerto Rican neighbor isn't an immigrant! There's a good chance the island could be a state by this time next year.
It makes for fantastic science if you then go on to investigate and describe the miracle. "Oh, wow! How did that happen?"
The article makes it sound like the purchase was entirely in shares of Facebook.
and his company is strong at the moment
So far as we know. Hell, if the company's own board is in the dark about what's happening...
We're not talking about China or India or Thailand, but a former US colony, a place that enjoyed the US Army trying to "civilize 'em with a Krag" for half a century.
The Philippines' unique historical relationship with the United States more than justifies preferential treatment.
Not true since 1946.
Oh, by the way, WWII ended. We won.
Proper missile defense program will have multiple systems that can shoot down a missile in all three phase.
And unless you have an orbital ion cannon, that still means having your drones loitering in DPRK airspace.
I've bought exactly four pieces of hardware from Sony.
That's interesting, as four is also the number of PS3's I've gone through with YLOD.
First, I can hardly imagine a feasible scenario where I would withhold money from a company as punishment for a past action.
I generally agree with you, as things do change. But I draw the line at continuing to do business with a company that will not provide proper customer support short of legal action. In that regard, Sony has joined my short list alongside HP. There need to be some standards.
There are games exclusive to Sony's system that more than justify buying those gaming consoles in my eyes.
And I've spent nearly $900 out-of-pocket trying to get just one working 60 GB PS3. No exclusive library is worth that.
What kind of turnover have other executives had? Who was actually responsible for the decisions you loathe, and how many of them even still work for Sony?
They have yet to disavow past misdeeds. Whoever is at the head (and I think you're discounting the power of bureaucratic momentum), they are still responsible for the brand name, past and present.
can defeat many of these ballistic missile threats in their boost phase
"Boost phase" means "shortly after launch," which means being close to where it was launched from, which often means violating their airspace. So your anti-missile technology relies on giving your enemy legal justification to fire to begin with.
that strikes fear in the blood-pumps (not hearts) of multi-trillion dollar industries
Now now, Cheney finally got a heart transplant.
This is not a situation that appears in driver training in most states (nor is there even real federal/nationwide standards in driver training to begin with). And when it comes to implementing safety measures, "Why?" is not the proper question to ask; the goal is to fail safe.
Besides, you're making assumptions about the amount of time that the driver would have to react, as well as their ability to safely take a hand off the steering wheel to operate the engine switch.
you'll find Arab and Muslim are synonymous.
And that's somehow different or more accurate than saying "you'll find Hispanic and Catholic are synonymous?"
"Arab" is an ethnic group, not a religion. It's more than possible to be an "Arab Christian," (typical Copt), just as it is to be an "Hispanic Jew."
The PS/3
Just a nitpick:
"PS2" is the typical abbreviation for the PlayStation 2, a console built by Sony for playing video games. "PS/2" is the typical abbreviation for the Personal System/2, a desktop computer built by IBM for running OS/2.
Slashes are an IBM thing, not a Sony thing.
Rural (...) USPS drivers tend to be much more careless with handling packages - probably due to having much longer routes through places with no cell service and no intersections to use as points of reference for directions. It's also much more common for rural houses to not display house numbers... or even have them in the first place.
That may be an issue with FedEx and UPS, but the USPS knows where you live. They drive by 6 days a week. And I can't remember the last time I ordered something from Amazon that wasn't delivered USPS.
How do you think Sears & Roebuck built their empire?
Persia OnLine.
("Anti-America OnLine" may be too obvious.)