So - I wonder (if this ever gets to be a real insurance coverage) will we have insurance companies claiming that the initial hacking was done BEFORE coverage was initiated? And of course, if thats the case, they wont cover it.
Basically I'm saying you've got someone on your system - you don't know it yet because they haven't really done anything. But sometime after you get this coverage, the hacker comes back and really mucks up your world. Now, in medical coverage, that might be mistaken for a pre-existing condition... but it isn't. Take HIV for example. You can carry that MANY years before anything is noticable. Insurance companies must cover it if you didn't know about it before your coverage started. So should the same apply here? Definitely. But will it? Probably not.
Note - I don't actually think this insurance coverage will ever prove useful anyway, but either way, I thought it was a good point.:)
Ok, I look at these posts and I see a problem. It seems everyone is all happy that suse is getting money, etc. However, I would like to point out that Intel is possibly going to be under an embargo to Europe - this very story was posted earlier today. Doesn't that seem a little strange?
If you don't see the connection, then think about how many hihg-tech jobs would be created if Intel were to open multiple software offices in Europe. These jobs would be filled by Europeans (not tiny green men, against popular belief). Goverments LIKE high-tech jobs because they pay well (more taxes for the government to collect), very low pollution (less for the government to spend), and make people happier as well. SO, how inclined do you think Intel would be to actually open these offices if their own product was unable to be sold in Europe?
They say the world is run by money. They're right. I don't like the PIII serial number. All my systems will not have PIIIs in them - besides, the athlons are proving themselves to be better. And I can't wait till the upgradeable ones come out! To be able to upgrade my own L1 cache - and up to 8MB! Woohoo!
Why would I take a PIII anyway? As far as I'm concerned, AMD will always have my $ and I'll always have their product unless they start this processor serial number crap too. And then in that case I'll just start working from my 486. I can get parts for it really cheap, and noone cares what I run on it.:) -Philip
Can't remember who said it, but they were trustworthy. Anyway, I read that MS does have a team of programmers working on porting Office to Linux. Watch out... here they come!
Well, well... they've already sold a copy to me! And I know a few of my friends will buy it as well... even if only to promote gaming in the Linux sector. -Philip
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So - I wonder (if this ever gets to be a real insurance coverage) will we have insurance companies claiming that the initial hacking was done BEFORE coverage was initiated? And of course, if thats the case, they wont cover it.
:)
Basically I'm saying you've got someone on your system - you don't know it yet because they haven't really done anything. But sometime after you get this coverage, the hacker comes back and really mucks up your world. Now, in medical coverage, that might be mistaken for a pre-existing condition... but it isn't. Take HIV for example. You can carry that MANY years before anything is noticable. Insurance companies must cover it if you didn't know about it before your coverage started. So should the same apply here? Definitely. But will it? Probably not.
Note - I don't actually think this insurance coverage will ever prove useful anyway, but either way, I thought it was a good point.
Ok, I look at these posts and I see a problem. It seems everyone is all happy that suse is getting money, etc. However, I would like to point out that Intel is possibly going to be under an embargo to Europe - this very story was posted earlier today. Doesn't that seem a little strange?
If you don't see the connection, then think about how many hihg-tech jobs would be created if Intel were to open multiple software offices in Europe. These jobs would be filled by Europeans (not tiny green men, against popular belief). Goverments LIKE high-tech jobs because they pay well (more taxes for the government to collect), very low pollution (less for the government to spend), and make people happier as well. SO, how inclined do you think Intel would be to actually open these offices if their own product was unable to be sold in Europe?
They say the world is run by money. They're right. I don't like the PIII serial number. All my systems will not have PIIIs in them - besides, the athlons are proving themselves to be better. And I can't wait till the upgradeable ones come out! To be able to upgrade my own L1 cache - and up to 8MB! Woohoo!
Why would I take a PIII anyway? As far as I'm concerned, AMD will always have my $ and I'll always have their product unless they start this processor serial number crap too. And then in that case I'll just start working from my 486. I can get parts for it really cheap, and noone cares what I run on it. :)
-Philip
Can't remember who said it, but they were trustworthy. Anyway, I read that MS does have a team of programmers working on porting Office to Linux. Watch out... here they come!
(did I hit submit before?... hmmm...)
-Philip
Well, well... they've already sold a copy to me! And I know a few of my friends will buy it as well... even if only to promote gaming in the Linux sector.
-Philip