The project was funded in part by the Department of Energy, which hopes to create microbes that would capture carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, produce hydrogen or clean the environment.
append:...or invade human blood cells, hijack and multiply until resources are completely exhausted. being that in some respects, humans can be perceived as a force that perpetually pollutes the environment.
a quote from the article:
"Music creators have the right to protect their property from theft, just like owners of any other property," Sherman said. "Motion picture studios and software and video game publishers have protected their works for years, and no one has even (thought) to claim that doing so was inappropriate, let alone unlawful."
the RIAA needs to understand that the suit is about the flaw in the security measure itself, not the artist(s) right to protect property.
a highschool teacher of mine once told me that "one's right ends when it impedes on another". the CD's security measure impedes on consumer's right to back up and fair use. hence the legitimacy of the lawsuit.
"Just like Outlook, the program you deride for its ubiquity, a huge, huge number of jpegs are viewed through the Microsoft libraries. If a hole was discovered in that library, it could be used as a vector for viruses.
if that was the case, microsoft's image library would be a "sleeper" virus and "infected" images would be the key.
i knew m$ was up to something... jokes...
seriously, though, if that was the case, it would seem that whoever wrote the library wasn't sensible enough as to give image parsers permission or even the possibility that the library could be a "vector" for virii.
overall, it's unusual for an image file, data that's only parsed and not executed would somehow be able to execute code and do malicious things.
"Say what you like about Blizzard, they make some pretty damn good games." i agree with you, completely.
"Maybe bnetd was invented so people with pirated copies of the game could play it without being hassled by the BattleNet servers?!" i disagree with you, completely.
bnetd was created so that a "dedicated" server could be feasable and I'm sure bnetd would have checked for keys if battle.net gave them permission to have access to information. getting into solutions between battle.net and bnetd, well that's a religious war [i'm not ready to fight].
out of what seems right now as a minority, I _WILL_ boycott this game. as a gamer, i'll be disappointed - i've been anticipating this game. I guess i'll have to settle by watching my friends play. but as a coder, as an advocate of free software, i find it very difficult to support those who squashed the wrong guy.
spring 00, unix class at another 'southern school'
our department's most stubborn, self-absorbed professor taught unix, at the time, my first unix exposure. anyway, I could go on about how horrible the teacher and how he taught unix, I'll just say that there was no legislation that specifically say we couldn't work together [abstractly] on a project with different code. all involved were suspended, including me.
after a calendar year, I withdew [this semester] because the grade I got in the class was a double-weighted F which prohibits me from getting a decent GPA.
so whatever the person did, do NOT take it lightly, involve as many of the dept faculty as you can... and hope they don't suspend you.
I agree with you to the part where he 'tested'. however, if they were gonna prosecute him, they should've charged him a long time ago. I don't know if it's the obvious ignorance of the company's leaders or if he actually committed some sort of crime. either way, something seems very wrong about the whole thing.
Slashdot Mirror
if it isn't a virus, it'll be the machines!
"Remember jokes about clueless newbies trying to fax documents by holding them up to the monitor?"
you mean that doesn't really work?
[scratches head...]
"I think that it's time to make the government follow their own rules and stop spending any more money with criminals."
amen!
a quote from the article:
"Music creators have the right to protect their property from theft, just like owners of any other property," Sherman said. "Motion picture studios and software and video game publishers have protected their works for years, and no one has even (thought) to claim that doing so was inappropriate, let alone unlawful."
the RIAA needs to understand that the suit is about the flaw in the security measure itself, not the artist(s) right to protect property.
a highschool teacher of mine once told me that "one's right ends when it impedes on another". the CD's security measure impedes on consumer's right to back up and fair use. hence the legitimacy of the lawsuit.
"Just like Outlook, the program you deride for its ubiquity, a huge, huge number of jpegs are viewed through the Microsoft libraries. If a hole was discovered in that library, it could be used as a vector for viruses.
if that was the case, microsoft's image library would be a "sleeper" virus and "infected" images would be the key.
i knew m$ was up to something... jokes...
seriously, though, if that was the case, it would seem that whoever wrote the library wasn't sensible enough as to give image parsers permission or even the possibility that the library could be a "vector" for virii.
overall, it's unusual for an image file, data that's only parsed and not executed would somehow be able to execute code and do malicious things.
"Say what you like about Blizzard, they make some pretty damn good games."
i agree with you, completely.
"Maybe bnetd was invented so people with pirated copies of the game could play it without being hassled by the BattleNet servers?!"
i disagree with you, completely.
bnetd was created so that a "dedicated" server could be feasable and I'm sure bnetd would have checked for keys if battle.net gave them permission to have access to information. getting into solutions between battle.net and bnetd, well that's a religious war [i'm not ready to fight].
out of what seems right now as a minority, I _WILL_ boycott this game. as a gamer, i'll be disappointed - i've been anticipating this game. I guess i'll have to settle by watching my friends play. but as a coder, as an advocate of free software, i find it very difficult to support those who squashed the wrong guy.
"Random Love is the Sith Master"
hahaha nice!
and we the jedi counsel?
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"...i gotta eat too!"
-anonymous professor
spring 00, unix class at another 'southern school' our department's most stubborn, self-absorbed professor taught unix, at the time, my first unix exposure. anyway, I could go on about how horrible the teacher and how he taught unix, I'll just say that there was no legislation that specifically say we couldn't work together [abstractly] on a project with different code. all involved were suspended, including me. after a calendar year, I withdew [this semester] because the grade I got in the class was a double-weighted F which prohibits me from getting a decent GPA. so whatever the person did, do NOT take it lightly, involve as many of the dept faculty as you can... and hope they don't suspend you.
...well?
i don't care what anybody says, i like sokoban more than i like donkey kong. the point? don't let hunger happen to you.
I agree with you to the part where he 'tested'. however, if they were gonna prosecute him, they should've charged him a long time ago. I don't know if it's the obvious ignorance of the company's leaders or if he actually committed some sort of crime. either way, something seems very wrong about the whole thing.