I wish people would stop getting mad at people for providing otherwise OK software with bugs in it, when those programs are FREE
FREE?!!
Is that free as in "free space on my HD", or maybe "free from those annoying security messages", or even "clue-free?" Heh, someone paid $89 for this combination browser/OS/exploit - or are you saying you actually downloaded/installed IE ("free beta testing")?
The first thing that comes to mind is a flagrant violation of the DCMA. How does the government expect to work around this one? There are so many things that can go wrong...
3. Network link involved. Those who use encryption are usually savvy enough to detect extra packets flying from their machine to some unknown address, which would easily be identified in a reverse-lookup.
Until "they" compromised your favorite newssource, installed an IP forwarder virus there, and waited for you to slashdot yourself to death. Wouldn't that be ironic =)
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I wish people would stop getting mad at people for providing otherwise OK software with bugs in it, when those programs are FREE
FREE?!!
Is that free as in "free space on my HD", or maybe "free from those annoying security messages", or even "clue-free?" Heh, someone paid $89 for this combination browser/OS/exploit - or are you saying you actually downloaded/installed IE ("free beta testing")?
99.44% Sig free
But, if someone even thinks of explaining how to circumvent a piece of software, it's not protected? Perhaps if it was printed in the newspaper?
Make it into art (a t-shirt perhaps), a la DeCSS.
So, would running Linux avoid this problem?
Actually, WINE development has progressed to the point that many viruses can be successfully emulated.
You expect me to work with these...these APES?!!
The first thing that comes to mind is a flagrant violation of the DCMA. How does the government expect to work around this one? There are so many things that can go wrong...
3. Network link involved. Those who use encryption are usually savvy enough to detect extra packets flying from their machine to some unknown address, which would easily be identified in a reverse-lookup.
Until "they" compromised your favorite newssource, installed an IP forwarder virus there, and waited for you to slashdot yourself to death. Wouldn't that be ironic =)>What's it like knowing that, if (God forbid)
>Linus and Alan were hit by a bus, you might
>be "The Man"?
Hmmm. Shouldn't that be, "The Penguin"?
I suppose the switch could also have be piezoelectric or something. Spiking the ground could have conceivably caused a crash.
OMG! I just saw my phone melody MP3 on Napster!