Sharing copyrighted files isn't enough to get sued for copyright infringement. Sort of the same thing as, if a tree falls in the forest, do you hear a sound...The onus in situations like these should lie upon the people downloading, not the people sharing.
We've been using BJC-250s at work for years now, to ship with the medical systems we send out. They're practically idiot-proof. And the ink doesn't smear unless you do something really awful like spill an entire cup of coffee on it, it stands up to highlighters just fine. Unfortunately, they are hard to come by and we are having trouble finding DOS drivers for other Canon printers that are available new.
So we are starting to transition to HP. Which are not idiot-proof. And are noisy. And go out of alignment if you breathe on them funny. And the ink smears like crazy.
And now you're telling me that all those cartridges we bought on sale might go out of expiration before we have a chance to use them? Son of a...^&%^*&$(*(*. I wanna kill someone.
Funny, I don't answer my phone because of the telemarketers, who call despite being on the Colorado no-call list...I get fewer spams in a day than I get phone calls from solicitors. Qwest is especially bad about this, and I can't switch my phone service until the law passes where I can take my cell phone number with me when I switch phone providers.
Don't let them fool you. This is not for the customer. This is so AOL, MSN, and Yahoo can save on bandwidth costs.
Has anyone here REALLY considered not using e-mail ever again because of spam? Does anyone here REALLY believe spam is going to put an end to electronic communication?
Forbidding certain companies from sending out mass e-mails could mean your mailing list is next. I am just as annoyed by spam as the next person (well, maybe not, since I seem to get a lot less than some people here complain about), but charging for or forbidding bulk e-mails will put a cramp in more peoples' style than just the spammers.
Yeah, it probably is fraud, given that when you get junk mail and you mail back the business reply envelope taped to a box of used cat litter, it is considered mail fraud...not that I would ever advocate or do anything like that...
But let us know when you do this and set up a PayPal account so that after your ass lands in jail, we can contribute to your legal fund.
I already made arrangements to take the afternoon off to see Matrix Reloaded on opening day, now I'm gonna have to take another afternoon off to see it in IMAX? Life sucks.
Wouldn't the inverse be true, i.e. I would be able to provide MORE legal protection for myself if I made more money from my patent, and LESS legal protection for myself if I made little or no money from my patent? The measure of the success or worthiness of an idea cannot be solely financial.
Actually, I think they WANT the slow people handling the rebates...I imagine they probably give bonuses for number of rebates mishandled...Whereas the patent office would probably rather have fast rubberstamping...
Why in the world should the government have an automatic percentage stake in something I invent? That would be penalizing someone for being successful, not to mention encouraging even more tax fraud.
We have had something like this happen at our company. The problem is not just the default password here...here is what happened (and yeah, this could be offtopic, but I found it interesting so maybe you will too)
Precursors to the condition:
1. We have multiple 800 numbers running into our phone bank.
2. Phones may be set up to forward phone calls to a remote number, including numbers overseas, if the user has the 4-digit password. (Yes, we actually have a need for that - we're UK-owned)
Here's what happened:
We had someone war-dialing our system to hack the passwords for users. (I am assuming they were using war-dialing since they hit extension 201 first, then 202, etc.) They were calling in on our 800 number, then brute-forcing the 4-digit password.
When the hacker got the password, he/she would set up the phone so that the phone automatically forwarded all incoming calls to somewhere overseas (Pakistan and Taiwan, to name a couple of places).
The hacker then called back and dialed the extension, which automatically forwarded the call to the pre-selected number.
The only solution our IS/IT department came up with was to start requiring everyone to use 8-digit passwords which must be approved for complexity by their department. The calls in to our 800 number didn't stop for a long time.
I know several people who have emotional attachments to their cars that are greater than the attachments they have to the people around them...not to mention that they are nicer to their cars than they are to other people.
This, of course, had nothing to do with the fact that someone bombed the hell out of the building housing the Social Security Administration offices just eight short years ago...
Not that I don't see your point, I think things have gone overboard in a lot of different ways, but I can understand the paranoia...although you wouldn't believe it if you visited OKC (at least ~5 years ago) - the Social Security offices were moved into a dead shopping mall, with, I think one or maybe two security guards, and no searching going on that I noticed.
Now, don't anyone get any ideas about bombing the mall just because AOL is there, there are a lot of still-traumatized employees working there...
This will probably get modded down for a troll unless the women see it first, but I just have to throw it in...
There is an attachment for a breastpump that allows hands-free pumping (for nursing, you dolt, not for breast enlargement) and the same pump comes with a cigarette lighter adapter. There were quite a few jokes in class about pumping, driving, and talking on your cell phone at the same time. So now I guess that you can pump, talk on the cell phone, AND code all at the same time...
But it might be handy if they sell clothes, say, for small children...even if you can just track it in your house or your immediate neighborhood. I seem to recall one of my co-workers freaking out because his daughter rolled into the next room while he wasn't looking before he knew she could roll anywhere...
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Sharing copyrighted files isn't enough to get sued for copyright infringement. Sort of the same thing as, if a tree falls in the forest, do you hear a sound...The onus in situations like these should lie upon the people downloading, not the people sharing.
We've been using BJC-250s at work for years now, to ship with the medical systems we send out. They're practically idiot-proof. And the ink doesn't smear unless you do something really awful like spill an entire cup of coffee on it, it stands up to highlighters just fine. Unfortunately, they are hard to come by and we are having trouble finding DOS drivers for other Canon printers that are available new.
...^&%^*&$(*(*. I wanna kill someone.
So we are starting to transition to HP. Which are not idiot-proof. And are noisy. And go out of alignment if you breathe on them funny. And the ink smears like crazy.
And now you're telling me that all those cartridges we bought on sale might go out of expiration before we have a chance to use them? Son of a
Funny, I don't answer my phone because of the telemarketers, who call despite being on the Colorado no-call list...I get fewer spams in a day than I get phone calls from solicitors. Qwest is especially bad about this, and I can't switch my phone service until the law passes where I can take my cell phone number with me when I switch phone providers.
Of COURSE you should pre-filter your kid's e-mail. YOU should pre-filter your kid's e-mail, not MSN, AOL, or Yahoo.
Don't let them fool you. This is not for the customer. This is so AOL, MSN, and Yahoo can save on bandwidth costs.
Has anyone here REALLY considered not using e-mail ever again because of spam? Does anyone here REALLY believe spam is going to put an end to electronic communication?
Forbidding certain companies from sending out mass e-mails could mean your mailing list is next. I am just as annoyed by spam as the next person (well, maybe not, since I seem to get a lot less than some people here complain about), but charging for or forbidding bulk e-mails will put a cramp in more peoples' style than just the spammers.
Yeah, it probably is fraud, given that when you get junk mail and you mail back the business reply envelope taped to a box of used cat litter, it is considered mail fraud...not that I would ever advocate or do anything like that...
But let us know when you do this and set up a PayPal account so that after your ass lands in jail, we can contribute to your legal fund.
I already made arrangements to take the afternoon off to see Matrix Reloaded on opening day, now I'm gonna have to take another afternoon off to see it in IMAX? Life sucks.
I was at least hoping that this dupe they had found a way to get my name OFF the spam lists...now THAT would be news.
Just because it's the status quo doesn't mean it's right (I personally am in favor of a flat rate tax)
Wouldn't the inverse be true, i.e. I would be able to provide MORE legal protection for myself if I made more money from my patent, and LESS legal protection for myself if I made little or no money from my patent? The measure of the success or worthiness of an idea cannot be solely financial.
Show me anywhere that actually gets reimbursed for even five percent of the trials in their jurisdiction...
The answer is NOT more government involvement (granted, I'm not sure exactly what the answer IS, but I know when something stinks)
Actually, I think they WANT the slow people handling the rebates...I imagine they probably give bonuses for number of rebates mishandled...Whereas the patent office would probably rather have fast rubberstamping...
Why in the world should the government have an automatic percentage stake in something I invent? That would be penalizing someone for being successful, not to mention encouraging even more tax fraud.
Where do you live? Here in the US, the taxpayer still ends up paying for judge/jury trials.
Not a patent but a trademark, but it's the same USPTO providing the quality service.
(seems like Wired actually got /.ed?)
We have had something like this happen at our company. The problem is not just the default password here...here is what happened (and yeah, this could be offtopic, but I found it interesting so maybe you will too)
Precursors to the condition:
1. We have multiple 800 numbers running into our phone bank.
2. Phones may be set up to forward phone calls to a remote number, including numbers overseas, if the user has the 4-digit password. (Yes, we actually have a need for that - we're UK-owned)
Here's what happened:
We had someone war-dialing our system to hack the passwords for users. (I am assuming they were using war-dialing since they hit extension 201 first, then 202, etc.) They were calling in on our 800 number, then brute-forcing the 4-digit password.
When the hacker got the password, he/she would set up the phone so that the phone automatically forwarded all incoming calls to somewhere overseas (Pakistan and Taiwan, to name a couple of places).
The hacker then called back and dialed the extension, which automatically forwarded the call to the pre-selected number.
The only solution our IS/IT department came up with was to start requiring everyone to use 8-digit passwords which must be approved for complexity by their department. The calls in to our 800 number didn't stop for a long time.
I know several people who have emotional attachments to their cars that are greater than the attachments they have to the people around them...not to mention that they are nicer to their cars than they are to other people.
This, of course, had nothing to do with the fact that someone bombed the hell out of the building housing the Social Security Administration offices just eight short years ago...
Not that I don't see your point, I think things have gone overboard in a lot of different ways, but I can understand the paranoia...although you wouldn't believe it if you visited OKC (at least ~5 years ago) - the Social Security offices were moved into a dead shopping mall, with, I think one or maybe two security guards, and no searching going on that I noticed.
Now, don't anyone get any ideas about bombing the mall just because AOL is there, there are a lot of still-traumatized employees working there...
you would need the Trojan Room Coffee Pot Cam to make sure that no one is stealing your fresh coffee...
This will probably get modded down for a troll unless the women see it first, but I just have to throw it in...
There is an attachment for a breastpump that allows hands-free pumping (for nursing, you dolt, not for breast enlargement) and the same pump comes with a cigarette lighter adapter. There were quite a few jokes in class about pumping, driving, and talking on your cell phone at the same time. So now I guess that you can pump, talk on the cell phone, AND code all at the same time...
(Actually, I thought this should have been moderated +1 Redundant - for those somewhat useful but still redundant posts)
Actually, an article posted a little further down from here says that one person has recovered. Here's the link.
Not that I'm getting my hopes up over one person, but maybe the 'no one has recovered' is media hype.
But it might be handy if they sell clothes, say, for small children...even if you can just track it in your house or your immediate neighborhood. I seem to recall one of my co-workers freaking out because his daughter rolled into the next room while he wasn't looking before he knew she could roll anywhere...
You put some poor unsuspecting sap's e-mail address up to get harvested and slammed, when it's quite likely that the addresses were forged...
and I hate to tell you this, but spam.thatgeek.com sounds like an invitation to me...
...of a post about an article being a dupe being modded redundant?
Oh, yeah, I'm killin my karma now...