...Bush will blame the eruption on Al Qaeda and send National Guard troops to Washington state then completely fail to find any lava of mass destruction.
Disclaimer: I'm not an inherent MS basher....they just give us SOOO much fodder!!!
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Based on this logic manufacturers of headphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, stereo units and the like would be fair game too. The "illegal" music that could "possibly" be on the iPod is nothing but bits and bytes without the electronic conversion to acoustic energy.
Most things can be "possibly" used for nefarious purposes. Would France tax my automobile since it could be used to transport my iPod? Where does it end? (not picking on France specifically but they are the one with the law in question)
NPD Techworld analyst Stephen Baker described the upgrade fees as "an interesting strategy." Offering the six applications for free has been an important way "to sell more Macs and get out in front of the digital media trends," he added.
Jobs> Now what are we gonna do Johnney?
MacStore> Um...we're gonna give it away free to all our friends...
Jobs> And then what?
MacStore> Charge the ones who come back and use it?
Jobs> You're a smart kid Johnney, now have a good at school!
They do look pretty tho. Desktop, is a desktop, is a desktop until you tweak and configure and muck about with it. It'll be fun to install on a free HD and play around with.
Software piracy doesn't tend to invoke the feelings family members and loved ones of the victim who want to wait outside the prison and beat the living shit out of the rapist!
Please mod the above AC down as low as you can go to go along with how victims feel for D E C A D E S to come after they are violated.
Anonymous is for good reason and the COWARD shoe fits!
Bruce Anderson, Invidi chief technology officer said: "All the information from the 2000 census is available for free from the United States government," Anderson said. "No one is out in front of their mailbox with a shotgun to prevent direct marketers from distributing targeted print advertising. Yet with television, there is a greater level of concern."
DANG!!! THAT'S all I had to do to keep the direct mail out of my mailbox!?!
Time to oil up the railgun!!!
Just my 2 humerous cents,
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I don't honestly believe the moderators are THAT quick (you can prove it by Metamoderating but I digress) as to mod my giddy, gleeful attempt at a first post so I could buy a discontinued FP t-shirt from Thinkgeek meer seconds after it was posted.
I didn't mean to waste so many words on what was a light-hearted attempt to have fun. Mod this down too if you want...I have no control over moderators or the scripts that probably help them Troll-ize posts with fp in the subject.
As always, my 20 seconds.....did I wait long enough????
How did a mediagenic hacker like Adrian Lamo get himself bumped last week from a scheduled appearance on the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw? Perhaps with his impromptu on-camera intrusion into the peacock network's own computers.
The vagabond hacker known for his drifter lifestyle and his public forays into large and poorly-secured corporate intranets sat down at a Washington D.C. Kinko's laptop station earlier this month with a freelance NBC news producer to show-off his particular style of hacking -- the 21-year-old typically uses little more than an ordinary browser, possessing an eerie knack for finding undocumented Web servers and open proxies at large organizations.
That method has gotten Lamo deep into the electronic infrastructures of such companies as troubled telecom giant Worldcom, Internet portal Yahoo, and most recently the New York Times, where last February he exploited lax security to tap a database of 3,000 Times op-ed contributors, culling such tidbits of information as Robert Redford's social-security number, and former president Jimmy Carter's home phone number. But unlike most intruders, Lamo eventually goes public with his discoveries, and offers to help those he's hacked tighten their security pro bono -- an offer that's been accepted by several of his corporate targets. So far Lamo's managed to avoid prosecution, though federal officials in New York are believed to be investigating him for the Times hack.
Lamo says NBC was taping him at Kinko's while he demonstrated security holes in a telecommunications company's systems, when the interviewer asked him if he'd be successful hacking NBC.
Five minutes and one guessed password later and Lamo was surfing the television network's private messaging system and an affiliate scheduling application that included internal memos and information on advertising rates. Screen shots of the hack provided by Lamo and reviewed by SecurityFocus Online include a page from an NBC vendor database with the network's trademark "living color" peacock and the warning, "All information contained on this Web site is to be held in the strictest confidence," in all capital letters. "It was a very full service system," recalls Lamo.
The videotaped intrusion was rushed onto the NBC Nightly News schedule, where it was slated to run last Thursday. But it was abruptly yanked off the schedule at the last minute. NBC News' spokesperson didn't return repeated phone calls on the segment, but a source close to the production, speaking on condition of anonymity, says network lawyers pulled the plug on the Lamo package out of concern that NBC might have acted improperly in filming the hacker committing computer crimes for the sake of the camera.
Legal Pitfalls?
The hacker says he wasn't coerced into doing anything illegal, and that he'd have likely wound up at the same Kinko's cracking corporate networks even without the camera crew -- an assertion that few who've met Lamo would dispute. But former federal computer crime prosecutor Matt Yarbrough, now an attorney with Fish & Richardson, says NBC's barristers did the right thing anyway, given broad federal conspiracy and computer crime laws. "If I was their lawyer, I'd be concerned if they were sitting there filming it," says Yarbrough. But the attorney adds that spiking the story may not entirely solve the problem. "Arguably, the crime has already taken place whether they air it or not."
It's not entirely clear what that crime would be. Other journalists (including this reporter) have observed lawbreaking for the purpose of reporting on it, and Lamo's intrusion into NBC's systems may not have been illegal to begin with, since the producer arguably gave Lamo permission to proceed. As for the telecom company, "It's not aiding and abetting a crime just because you had an appointment to get together and be shown," says Jennifer Granick, director of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. "Apparently, he already has access to these systems, so it was something he was able to do, and was inclined to do, and the reporter was just watching... Being witness to somebody else breaking the law is not itself a violation."
But Kelly McBride, an ethics instructor at the Poynter Institute, a journalism research center, calls the taping "borderline lawbreaking," and says NBC News should have checked with their legal department before shooting, and found another way to tell the story if necessary.
"If the journalistic motivation is to show the public how easy it is or how vulnerable we all are... it's a good story and it's one of holding powerful people accountable," says McBride. "Maybe they should have just talked to the lawyers first. It's not like this is so urgent that they have to get it on the air, it's not the Pentagon Papers.... A little front end work to identify the pitfalls would have made it a good story."
For his part, Lamo, who's not known for shrinking from controversy, charges the network with a failure of courage. "I can understand where they're coming from," says Lamo, in a telephone interview from somewhere on the East Coast. "But I like to think that in their place I'd take more of a risk."
What you need is kickbacks from the delivery vehicles to the broadcasters. I PAY for my DirecTV to be decoded at my house. Yes we have the technology to skip commercials but when the TV came to us FREE through the air we had no choice but to watch them but now since I PAY for my TV I believe I've already supported the networks who broadcast content for my PVR, now let them figure out how to make more from my content provider.
Give them to me! I'll happily figure out how to SMS them into bankruptcy. Why should I pay $.10 per instance of the political party opposite my beliefs to send me adverts. Is it not bad enough I have to watch TV with "My oponent mollests Collies and consorts with Terrorists and I have proof" commercials. (well, with my TiVo I DON'T have to watch them but they irk me anyhow)
Only in America can we scream bloody murder about how much politicians pay for commercials but allow our legislators to make US pay for THEIR commercials on our mobile devices!!!
(SNIP) Bush had sold his stock for $4 a share. By the end of the year it was trading not much above $1. (/SNIP)
Geez! I can't believe we still let him be president! Our judicial system crucifies Martha Stewart, shareholders sue her for tarnshing her wholesome image which is what she markets but allows DUH-B-ya to continue in office.
I'd be happy to see him in even a country club prison, just catch up with him, dangit!
Compassionate Conservatisim=Insider Trading I guess
I understand the "armchair ethics" discussion going on here but honestly, does the average (or above average) Slashdot reader spend her/his time making sure the products they buy are eco-friendly and non-exploitive? I'd venture a guess in the NO direction. If we did we'd all be working off of our first computers as the components, chips, and power supply in a computer case are some of the worst pollutants around never mind the monitors.
I was recently married and it was the happiest day of my life thus far. Our engagement during the previous year was wonderful. I purchased a very lovely, clear, almost colorless, 3/4 carat, brilliant cut diamond to go on my bride's setting of choice. The rock is beautiful, not gaudy, and hella sparkly! Lots of my wife's friends are snotty, competitive "I'm getting married before you are" types. My wife is not, however whenever the snotty friends asked to see her ring they all get quiet and comment on how beautiful it is....PERIOD!
I'm not intending this post to brag about my diamond-buying prowess, rather to submit this point: A diamond is a traditional engagement item. Before DeBeers marketing department got into our heads pearl rings were the engagement standard to the ruin of plenty of oysters. If you are worried about buying your bride-to-be a piece of jewelry that devalues when you leave the jeweler than I suggest you buy a chunk of bullion or some other "value holding" precious metal. I doubt she'll get the thrill from the ingot that she'd get showing all her friends the diamond that her man gave her as a promise of his honorable intentions.
Final point....your car devalues as soon as you drive it off the lot....do you own a horse?
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Most things can be "possibly" used for nefarious purposes. Would France tax my automobile since it could be used to transport my iPod? Where does it end? (not picking on France specifically but they are the one with the law in question)
THAT would be a cool technology!!!
Thank you for venting.....this has WHAT to do with the Divx Codec again?
Jobs> Now what are we gonna do Johnney?
MacStore> Um...we're gonna give it away free to all our friends...
Jobs> And then what?
MacStore> Charge the ones who come back and use it?
Jobs> You're a smart kid Johnney, now have a good at school!
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Hmm..he's 19 now minus 6...that would make him a 13 year old cold war spook?
And another to Sprint's recyling program.
Sprint donates the money from recycled phones to Easter Seals, Verizon sells recycles and gives airtime free phones to sufferers of domestic violence.
Either way, my $.02 going for a good cause,
...and I'm sure they aren't the only company that blindly trust Micro$oft.
As always just my $.02, but I'm glad I support NORTEL VPNs!!!
They do look pretty tho. Desktop, is a desktop, is a desktop until you tweak and configure and muck about with it. It'll be fun to install on a free HD and play around with.
But at least I'm not a coward, COWARD!
Software piracy doesn't tend to invoke the feelings family members and loved ones of the victim who want to wait outside the prison and beat the living shit out of the rapist!
Please mod the above AC down as low as you can go to go along with how victims feel for D E C A D E S to come after they are violated.
Anonymous is for good reason and the COWARD shoe fits!
...did they find Geraldo Rivera
Aren't Puma's black in color???
DANG!!! THAT'S all I had to do to keep the direct mail out of my mailbox!?!
Time to oil up the railgun!!!
Just my 2 humerous cents,
I didn't mean to waste so many words on what was a light-hearted attempt to have fun. Mod this down too if you want...I have no control over moderators or the scripts that probably help them Troll-ize posts with fp in the subject.
As always, my 20 seconds.....did I wait long enough????
wahoo....20 seconds and slashdot lameass filter bypassed
How did a mediagenic hacker like Adrian Lamo get himself bumped last week from a scheduled appearance on the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw? Perhaps with his impromptu on-camera intrusion into the peacock network's own computers. The vagabond hacker known for his drifter lifestyle and his public forays into large and poorly-secured corporate intranets sat down at a Washington D.C. Kinko's laptop station earlier this month with a freelance NBC news producer to show-off his particular style of hacking -- the 21-year-old typically uses little more than an ordinary browser, possessing an eerie knack for finding undocumented Web servers and open proxies at large organizations. That method has gotten Lamo deep into the electronic infrastructures of such companies as troubled telecom giant Worldcom, Internet portal Yahoo, and most recently the New York Times, where last February he exploited lax security to tap a database of 3,000 Times op-ed contributors, culling such tidbits of information as Robert Redford's social-security number, and former president Jimmy Carter's home phone number. But unlike most intruders, Lamo eventually goes public with his discoveries, and offers to help those he's hacked tighten their security pro bono -- an offer that's been accepted by several of his corporate targets. So far Lamo's managed to avoid prosecution, though federal officials in New York are believed to be investigating him for the Times hack. Lamo says NBC was taping him at Kinko's while he demonstrated security holes in a telecommunications company's systems, when the interviewer asked him if he'd be successful hacking NBC. Five minutes and one guessed password later and Lamo was surfing the television network's private messaging system and an affiliate scheduling application that included internal memos and information on advertising rates. Screen shots of the hack provided by Lamo and reviewed by SecurityFocus Online include a page from an NBC vendor database with the network's trademark "living color" peacock and the warning, "All information contained on this Web site is to be held in the strictest confidence," in all capital letters. "It was a very full service system," recalls Lamo. The videotaped intrusion was rushed onto the NBC Nightly News schedule, where it was slated to run last Thursday. But it was abruptly yanked off the schedule at the last minute. NBC News' spokesperson didn't return repeated phone calls on the segment, but a source close to the production, speaking on condition of anonymity, says network lawyers pulled the plug on the Lamo package out of concern that NBC might have acted improperly in filming the hacker committing computer crimes for the sake of the camera. Legal Pitfalls? The hacker says he wasn't coerced into doing anything illegal, and that he'd have likely wound up at the same Kinko's cracking corporate networks even without the camera crew -- an assertion that few who've met Lamo would dispute. But former federal computer crime prosecutor Matt Yarbrough, now an attorney with Fish & Richardson, says NBC's barristers did the right thing anyway, given broad federal conspiracy and computer crime laws. "If I was their lawyer, I'd be concerned if they were sitting there filming it," says Yarbrough. But the attorney adds that spiking the story may not entirely solve the problem. "Arguably, the crime has already taken place whether they air it or not." It's not entirely clear what that crime would be. Other journalists (including this reporter) have observed lawbreaking for the purpose of reporting on it, and Lamo's intrusion into NBC's systems may not have been illegal to begin with, since the producer arguably gave Lamo permission to proceed. As for the telecom company, "It's not aiding and abetting a crime just because you had an appointment to get together and be shown," says Jennifer Granick, director of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. "Apparently, he already has access to these systems, so it was something he was able to do, and was inclined to do, and the reporter was just watching... Being witness to somebody else breaking the law is not itself a violation." But Kelly McBride, an ethics instructor at the Poynter Institute, a journalism research center, calls the taping "borderline lawbreaking," and says NBC News should have checked with their legal department before shooting, and found another way to tell the story if necessary. "If the journalistic motivation is to show the public how easy it is or how vulnerable we all are... it's a good story and it's one of holding powerful people accountable," says McBride. "Maybe they should have just talked to the lawyers first. It's not like this is so urgent that they have to get it on the air, it's not the Pentagon Papers. ... A little front end work to identify the pitfalls would have made it a good story."
For his part, Lamo, who's not known for shrinking from controversy, charges the network with a failure of courage. "I can understand where they're coming from," says Lamo, in a telephone interview from somewhere on the East Coast. "But I like to think that in their place I'd take more of a risk."
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My $.02
Only in America can we scream bloody murder about how much politicians pay for commercials but allow our legislators to make US pay for THEIR commercials on our mobile devices!!!
Un-FREAKING-real!!!
My $.10 thank you very little!!!
Geez! I can't believe we still let him be president! Our judicial system crucifies Martha Stewart, shareholders sue her for tarnshing her wholesome image which is what she markets but allows DUH-B-ya to continue in office.
I'd be happy to see him in even a country club prison, just catch up with him, dangit!
Compassionate Conservatisim=Insider Trading I guess
My political $.02!
I was recently married and it was the happiest day of my life thus far. Our engagement during the previous year was wonderful. I purchased a very lovely, clear, almost colorless, 3/4 carat, brilliant cut diamond to go on my bride's setting of choice. The rock is beautiful, not gaudy, and hella sparkly! Lots of my wife's friends are snotty, competitive "I'm getting married before you are" types. My wife is not, however whenever the snotty friends asked to see her ring they all get quiet and comment on how beautiful it is....PERIOD!
I'm not intending this post to brag about my diamond-buying prowess, rather to submit this point: A diamond is a traditional engagement item. Before DeBeers marketing department got into our heads pearl rings were the engagement standard to the ruin of plenty of oysters. If you are worried about buying your bride-to-be a piece of jewelry that devalues when you leave the jeweler than I suggest you buy a chunk of bullion or some other "value holding" precious metal. I doubt she'll get the thrill from the ingot that she'd get showing all her friends the diamond that her man gave her as a promise of his honorable intentions.
Final point....your car devalues as soon as you drive it off the lot....do you own a horse?
As I say over and over again...MY $.02,