IANAL, but it looks like jsut standard court proceedings. Basically, the prosecution presented to the judge and defendants (both Dimitri and ElComSoft) what charges they plan to pursue and the grand jury approved them.
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you raise a good point - anyone of our russian slashdotters care to comment on how your government is reacting to the whole Dimitry thing? Or how ElComSoft has reacted?
5 criminal charges against him!? I see about 3: trafficing software that violates DMCA, selling software that violates DMCA (which is his company, not him). Ok, so it's two. Little help please?
Has the court posted the pdfs of today's proceedings anywhere?
I recall reading somewhere that MS has somehting to do with this. They wanted to partner with Corel on some project, but stipulated they would refuse unless something was done about the Corel Linux distro. Not the first time MS has steered someone away from a product, they frequently refuse partnerships with an entity that also builds a product that significantly competes with one of theirs. (keyword in that last sentence: significantly)
the article made reference to how that salary between (both make 1000/month) is considered to be the high end of the middle class in that part of Russia.
i too, have to deal with dc area traffic. it's beyond nuts out there sometimes. I typically am going 70 on the 55mph speed limit B/W Parkway, and a good number of people are still passing me.
ok, back on topic-
i once heard a company denied people telecommuting because the lawyers were scared if say the person's home desk broke or something, they would be liable. The company insurance didnt cover people doing work at home. BS if you ask me. If someone wants to do work at home, they should be permitted to do so and the employer insurance should allow a clause allowing someone to telecommute.
honestly there werent any mis-ID's. crooks tended to respect the police warning. the pictures we were shown of caught shoplifters were polaroids of them and what they attempted to steal. The photos were kept on file in the security office and were never digitized or moved to a computer (i last worked there two years ago, i have little idea of what they do now, though an educated guess is they havent changed, as most employees are not computer-literate).
those falsely accused (if any) of trespassing could always show their IDs to police to verify themselves against the police and store records.
the banned shoplifters, on the other hand, could wait about 6-12 months for a staff turnover significant enough that most employees are new and never saw the photos, and those still there would forget the faces, hence crooks would just try again. Of course in this scenario, if the person is nabbed a second time, they walk themselves into a trap from the police dept as they will match the recods up and hit the crook with both shoplifting Nth offense and criminal trespassing (IANAL, but I guess conspiracy too if it's more than one person involved).
I do know of at least one incident where this happened. At christmas time, store hours are 6am-12midnight, and no one working the late shift one night would work at 6am the next morn. someone got caught shoplifting at 11:30 one night, then got caught again at 7am the next morning. The police (not store security) were the ones that connected the two incidents when they came to pick her up the second time. I beleive it was the same officer that came to take the person off to the station both times.
i worked for kmart back in hs. here's the guidelines we had:
We have store security dressed in street clothes patrolling the store. Employees know who s/he was. Same people usually spend most time in the room watching all the cameras (no, we didnt have cameras in the dressing rooms or bathrooms, so dont go there), or in the lofts looking out the one-way windows.
But not every shift could be covered, hence some shifts had no security staffed.
If staffed and you see suspicous activity, notify security. Otherwise, ask if you can help the person. Also attempt to give assistance if you think the suspicous person saw you. Another option is make a fake "Security section 7" call. This scared most shoplifters.
I agree. Back is HS, i worked for a Kmart store, where we were shown pictures of known shoplifters on a semi-regular basis. Each one was an individual who had been caught shoplifting at the store. Our duty was if we see that person, have the manager call the cops because the town police would tell shoplifters that if they were to be caught in the store again (shoplifting or not), they would be arrested and charged with trespassing.
thanks for the info. I actually went to be.com and started downloading it for myself after I made that post. Havent yet checked the hardware support yet, but i'm on cable, dont care too much about the loss of bandwidth as the file continues to download.........
someone anonymously reported a complaint of my brother using foul language (probably a friend of his as a joke). The person may have copied/pasted the text and/or AOL took a snapshot of the previous five minutes of the conversation.
I'm afriad I'm a victim of popularity here. I'm a Windows and Mandrake guy. I've heard of BeOS, but have not taken much time (actually none) to learn more about it. It appears from the article that BeOS had something to offer to consumers that made Compaq, Dell, and Hitachi wanted to sell it alongside Windows (until the lawyers noticed the fine print on the MS license).
Given that, what is significant about BeOS? What is the hype about? etc etc.... ????
Yes it will work - the G4 IS a PPC architecture. Co-workers have (I think) LinuxPPC running on their machines, everything from Titanium PowerBooks to dual processor towers.
actually, you missed what I said. The vcr capable of distinguishing between ads and tv belonged to my uncle, and works just fine. The vcr I owned that had a zap button on the remote (no auto-skip features) is what broke - as in the playback heads were permanently damaged.
Yes. There's a signal of some sort that can be detected by some VCR's. The signal allows a distinction between normal television and commercials. I've seen only a small handful (okay- just one) of VCRs capable of this feature. During playback of a recorded show, it would show a blank screen while FF'WD through commercials.
More common out there is a button on VCR remotes that FF'WD through 30 seconds of video upon each press of the button. The button is typically labeled 'Zap' or 'Flash', depending on brand and such. I've found that you need 2-6 presses of that button per commercial break, as most commercials are 30 seconds long, and networks put at least 2 per break, but sometimes as many 6 for popular shows (like the Wizard of Oz, Ten Commandments, etc). On average though the number is 4 commercials per break.
Unfortunately, I dont remember what VCR's can do what I talk about. The one with 30 sec skip broke, and the auto-skip was my uncle's.:-/
The demonstration ran on an Intel SOYO motherboard with an Intel 440BX chipset and 400Mhz Pentium III processor.
You do raise an interesting point. Personnally, I dont recall P3's going that slow (P2 400 were top-of-the-line when I started college Sept '98). But nor do I recall P3's blazing along at 1.4 GHz. Maybe it's an underclocked CPU?
the article talks about a guy who used to go to all these different sites and read various things about people, their online diaries, read news stories, etc. Now this guy simply checks stock quotes and other tidbits. The web has simply gotten boring. People find other things to do in life and they typically wont include the internet, hence the only thing people to out there is check email, read the news, and of course, read/.
If you think OS-X is good now, wait until OS-X.1 is released next month. I've seen beta versions of it because my company is an Apple "Premier Developer." They've made a TON of gui fixes that result in faster reaction to user interactions. They've also improved on the so-called "bouncemark" measurement used to time how long a program takes to boot up. Overall, everything runs faster in the beta version. Plus they've added a few additional items, like DVD suppoer. Can't wait to play Crouching Tiger on my 21" wide-screen cinema monitor:)
you're probably correct. I'm not a wireless developer type, just a desktop developer, so I'm just goin on about things i picked up from the JavaOne Conf in june.
there have been holes found in JVMs for desktops, hence there are probably holes yet to be found in the K Virtual Machine. I know for one the most holes thus far have been found in the class loaders, yet required Java code very intricately written in order to be exploited.
with the number of wireless devices using Sun's Java Micro, that's an interesting thought. I know at JavaOne last June the numbers were stagering, but I dont remember what they were specifically. All I remember were CEOs from Nokia and other big name wireless companies telling how they've embraced the j2me for their products. By having the j2me on all these devices, one virus could wipe them all out quickly, much like many windows-related worms.
But, as you say, that requires an 'in.' The J2ME inherits it's security model from the desktop version, hence wireless apps are essentially running in a sandbox that prevent and prohibit certain types of behavior, almost as if there's an anti-virus tool installed on the device.
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IANAL, but it looks like jsut standard court proceedings. Basically, the prosecution presented to the judge and defendants (both Dimitri and ElComSoft) what charges they plan to pursue and the grand jury approved them.
you raise a good point - anyone of our russian slashdotters care to comment on how your government is reacting to the whole Dimitry thing? Or how ElComSoft has reacted?
5 criminal charges against him!? I see about 3: trafficing software that violates DMCA, selling software that violates DMCA (which is his company, not him). Ok, so it's two. Little help please?
Has the court posted the pdfs of today's proceedings anywhere?
I recall reading somewhere that MS has somehting to do with this. They wanted to partner with Corel on some project, but stipulated they would refuse unless something was done about the Corel Linux distro. Not the first time MS has steered someone away from a product, they frequently refuse partnerships with an entity that also builds a product that significantly competes with one of theirs. (keyword in that last sentence: significantly)
the guy was talking pinging a server on pluto. I'd estimate it 10 hours round trip if the icmp packet travels at the speed of light.
the article made reference to how that salary between (both make 1000/month) is considered to be the high end of the middle class in that part of Russia.
i too, have to deal with dc area traffic. it's beyond nuts out there sometimes. I typically am going 70 on the 55mph speed limit B/W Parkway, and a good number of people are still passing me.
ok, back on topic-
i once heard a company denied people telecommuting because the lawyers were scared if say the person's home desk broke or something, they would be liable. The company insurance didnt cover people doing work at home. BS if you ask me. If someone wants to do work at home, they should be permitted to do so and the employer insurance should allow a clause allowing someone to telecommute.
A thousand a month. how so little amount here (DC area) goes so short while halfway around the world it's considered being rich and wealthy.
Klerck's default score is -1. He's been modded down so much the /. system gives him -1 instead of positive 1.
honestly there werent any mis-ID's. crooks tended to respect the police warning. the pictures we were shown of caught shoplifters were polaroids of them and what they attempted to steal. The photos were kept on file in the security office and were never digitized or moved to a computer (i last worked there two years ago, i have little idea of what they do now, though an educated guess is they havent changed, as most employees are not computer-literate).
those falsely accused (if any) of trespassing could always show their IDs to police to verify themselves against the police and store records.
the banned shoplifters, on the other hand, could wait about 6-12 months for a staff turnover significant enough that most employees are new and never saw the photos, and those still there would forget the faces, hence crooks would just try again. Of course in this scenario, if the person is nabbed a second time, they walk themselves into a trap from the police dept as they will match the recods up and hit the crook with both shoplifting Nth offense and criminal trespassing (IANAL, but I guess conspiracy too if it's more than one person involved).
I do know of at least one incident where this happened. At christmas time, store hours are 6am-12midnight, and no one working the late shift one night would work at 6am the next morn. someone got caught shoplifting at 11:30 one night, then got caught again at 7am the next morning. The police (not store security) were the ones that connected the two incidents when they came to pick her up the second time. I beleive it was the same officer that came to take the person off to the station both times.
i worked for kmart back in hs. here's the guidelines we had:
We have store security dressed in street clothes patrolling the store. Employees know who s/he was. Same people usually spend most time in the room watching all the cameras (no, we didnt have cameras in the dressing rooms or bathrooms, so dont go there), or in the lofts looking out the one-way windows.
But not every shift could be covered, hence some shifts had no security staffed.
If staffed and you see suspicous activity, notify security. Otherwise, ask if you can help the person. Also attempt to give assistance if you think the suspicous person saw you. Another option is make a fake "Security section 7" call. This scared most shoplifters.
I agree. Back is HS, i worked for a Kmart store, where we were shown pictures of known shoplifters on a semi-regular basis. Each one was an individual who had been caught shoplifting at the store. Our duty was if we see that person, have the manager call the cops because the town police would tell shoplifters that if they were to be caught in the store again (shoplifting or not), they would be arrested and charged with trespassing.
thanks for the info. I actually went to be.com and started downloading it for myself after I made that post. Havent yet checked the hardware support yet, but i'm on cable, dont care too much about the loss of bandwidth as the file continues to download.........
someone anonymously reported a complaint of my brother using foul language (probably a friend of his as a joke). The person may have copied/pasted the text and/or AOL took a snapshot of the previous five minutes of the conversation.
I'm afriad I'm a victim of popularity here. I'm a Windows and Mandrake guy. I've heard of BeOS, but have not taken much time (actually none) to learn more about it. It appears from the article that BeOS had something to offer to consumers that made Compaq, Dell, and Hitachi wanted to sell it alongside Windows (until the lawyers noticed the fine print on the MS license).
Given that, what is significant about BeOS? What is the hype about? etc etc.... ????
Yes it will work - the G4 IS a PPC architecture. Co-workers have (I think) LinuxPPC running on their machines, everything from Titanium PowerBooks to dual processor towers.
actually, you missed what I said. The vcr capable of distinguishing between ads and tv belonged to my uncle, and works just fine. The vcr I owned that had a zap button on the remote (no auto-skip features) is what broke - as in the playback heads were permanently damaged.
Yes. There's a signal of some sort that can be detected by some VCR's. The signal allows a distinction between normal television and commercials. I've seen only a small handful (okay- just one) of VCRs capable of this feature. During playback of a recorded show, it would show a blank screen while FF'WD through commercials.
:-/
More common out there is a button on VCR remotes that FF'WD through 30 seconds of video upon each press of the button. The button is typically labeled 'Zap' or 'Flash', depending on brand and such. I've found that you need 2-6 presses of that button per commercial break, as most commercials are 30 seconds long, and networks put at least 2 per break, but sometimes as many 6 for popular shows (like the Wizard of Oz, Ten Commandments, etc). On average though the number is 4 commercials per break.
Unfortunately, I dont remember what VCR's can do what I talk about. The one with 30 sec skip broke, and the auto-skip was my uncle's.
first paragraph, second to last sentence:
The demonstration ran on an Intel SOYO motherboard with an Intel 440BX chipset and 400Mhz Pentium III processor.
You do raise an interesting point. Personnally, I dont recall P3's going that slow (P2 400 were top-of-the-line when I started college Sept '98). But nor do I recall P3's blazing along at 1.4 GHz. Maybe it's an underclocked CPU?
Anyone know how the other hearing last Thursday turn out? It was discussed last tuesday alongside Dimitry's hearing. The case is DVD CCA v. Bunner.
the article talks about a guy who used to go to all these different sites and read various things about people, their online diaries, read news stories, etc. Now this guy simply checks stock quotes and other tidbits. The web has simply gotten boring. People find other things to do in life and they typically wont include the internet, hence the only thing people to out there is check email, read the news, and of course, read /.
If you think OS-X is good now, wait until OS-X.1 is released next month. I've seen beta versions of it because my company is an Apple "Premier Developer." They've made a TON of gui fixes that result in faster reaction to user interactions. They've also improved on the so-called "bouncemark" measurement used to time how long a program takes to boot up. Overall, everything runs faster in the beta version. Plus they've added a few additional items, like DVD suppoer. Can't wait to play Crouching Tiger on my 21" wide-screen cinema monitor :)
When's the last time you heard a major vendor acknowledge a severe hole was actually severe
Microsoft on that IIS hole that gave way to Code Red
you're probably correct. I'm not a wireless developer type, just a desktop developer, so I'm just goin on about things i picked up from the JavaOne Conf in june.
there have been holes found in JVMs for desktops, hence there are probably holes yet to be found in the K Virtual Machine. I know for one the most holes thus far have been found in the class loaders, yet required Java code very intricately written in order to be exploited.
with the number of wireless devices using Sun's Java Micro, that's an interesting thought. I know at JavaOne last June the numbers were stagering, but I dont remember what they were specifically. All I remember were CEOs from Nokia and other big name wireless companies telling how they've embraced the j2me for their products. By having the j2me on all these devices, one virus could wipe them all out quickly, much like many windows-related worms.
But, as you say, that requires an 'in.' The J2ME inherits it's security model from the desktop version, hence wireless apps are essentially running in a sandbox that prevent and prohibit certain types of behavior, almost as if there's an anti-virus tool installed on the device.