I ran into that TWICE today. Makes me wonder, does anyone have statistics on what percentage of registered domain names are typeo squatters? I'd imagine for every one popular site (google.com, youtube.com etc) there are somewhere on the order of 200 typeo squatter domains registered, so there's gotta be a ton of them in all.
I'm a little surprised that they can make money on these. Either they're getting the domains cheaper than I think they are, are getting more per click / impression than I'm expecting, or there are a lot more fat fingers out there.
I just narrowly dodged a "redundant" mod for catching your post after RTFA. "exposure" is not generally considered a positve outcome with respect to nuclear reactors...
That's a very interesting read. I hope the authors release a similar, more up-to-date rundown of Storm. it sounds like Curious Yellow is one step before Storm in terms of worm evolution. (or that it was the successor to it?)
OR you could buy it, install it, activate it, return it, send them an email explaining you were already paying for it by the ad revenue they are now receiving because of it, so you're returning it because you're not going to pay for it TWICE.
If anyone at the store argues about returning open box software, explain the ads. If they won't accept the return on that basis, explain you will be taking your software patronage elsewhere.
I've picked up only fragments of information on how the storm botnet is being controlled. From what I've heard, they all log into an IRC channel and report their presense, and then await encrypted / signed commands from the bot herder. While this does make it difficult to spoof commands to the bots to say, uninstall themselves and patch their host machines properly, I don't see why no one has been able to track the person issuing the commands. Anyone that takes apart the Storm source code can retrieve the public key for the commands, log into the irc channel, and at least see what commands are being sent out anytime they want. I don't understand how this has gone on for so long without anyone busting it up.
What server and channel is this on? Does it require invitation? (if so, how do you get invited? again this is something that anyone that analyzes the Storm bot should easily be able to determine) Where is this server hosted? Has any attempt been made to close down the server? I assume it's on one of those "bulletproof" russian hosts we read about a few weeks ago? Surely with something of this proportion and global impact, pressure can be brought to bear even on them?
Despite the looks of the headlines hre, TPB IS using the site. Heck, they've got more content on their page than I do on mine. It's not a lot more than a "comig soon..." page but we see that all the time for businesses that are just getting their cyberpresense off the ground. I suppose every reasonable person already has concluded that the IFPI (org) doesn't have a leg to stand on but I am enjoying the opportunity to laugh at (A) the org's ineptitude of allowing this to happen in the first place, and (B) for an organization that so enjoys perverting the law to their benefit finding themselves clearly positioned on the other end of the gun.
If TPB requested a legal fund to defend themselves on this issue, I'd be tossing them some coin right now. Give 'em hell.
I understand they can do a made-to-order chromosome now, but do they really know what they are doing? I mean, they can cut and paste from one to another, a bit like adding luninescence to a housefly or something like that by cutting and pasting in the genome once they find where the code for the glow is at. But do they know how to do this from scratch?
From what I have read on the subject, they understand the basic mechanics of how DNA instructions direct protein production, but not necessarily how genes are expressed. Huntington's disease is a case where an excessive number of repetitions in a specific place in the genome causes an unexplainable cell deteriorization. They have no idea why, but they have identified the relationship. It sounds like this is more of the same. They know if they do C they get E, but they have no idea why. I suppose if you want E you can just blindly keep doing C, but it won't be until you understand the why that you can say "but I don't want E, I want something similar but slightly different, now how can I modify C to achieve this?" Right now all they can do is to play randomly with it until they get a serendipity. This seems to be a dangerous game to play if you have no idea what the effect will be and you are just "trying things".
I don't know if I'd really consider this progress. This may be a problem that's never solved. Life has so many highly abstract and complex interactions. When you look at what DDT did to bird's eggs, how could anyone have hoped to have figured that out in advance, even with today's technology and full knowledge of the cause and effect relationship in play?
I found it interesting that the article describes how Murphy's Law was not as general as most of us know it, stating more specifically that things that can be installed backwards eventually will be installed backwards, and that this is precisely what caused the parachutes to fail to deploy.
Also can't say that I knew Murphy was a "rocket scientist", literally. How ironic. You'd think NASA would have learned from him by now?
Normally I have a very disgusted response for all the loopholes and retarded practices in politics whose roll is to subvert the political process itself, such as filibustering, but in this one case it's a refreshing change of pace to see such tactics that actually result in an outcome that favors the People.
If that senator were in my district, that one action alone would get him my vote.
I wonder how many people more or less ignore the speed limit signs and drive at whatever speed is appropriate for the road? In most cases here the speed limits are sensible. Slower for areas where cars or people could come into view with much less warning etc. Faster for main drags where anyone there is going to be driving next to you not trying to walk a stroller across the road.
I'd say that's how I play it, short of the more "high risk" areas where they're out ticketing for the "revenue enhancement". Most of the time I end up driving at, or slightly above (or below) the limit based on road conditions.
What I find intersting is you can be ticketed even if driving below the posted limit here - we get a lot of snow and I know how to drive in it so I won't slow down much unless conditions require, but I have heard of people getting tickets for (was it reckless driving? I don't recall the exact charge) when doing 40 in a 45 that was unplowed and covered with that thick, chunky "popcorn" snow you can hydroplane on really easy.
THAT being said, there will always be the retards that are just out to get hit. I "ran into" one of those 2 wks ago. Girl pulls out of a cross street stop sign and stops right in front of me, waiting to take a left turn onto the divided 4way I'm on, on the other side. (guessing she pulled out before looking and realizing the other way was full of cars, and didn't stop until she was sideways in my lane) I just lay on the horn as I slow down, and she does this bizarre bouncing up and down in her seat like a complete freak, looking at me and looking at the traffic she's waiting for, paralyzed. I had come to a complete stop (from 35) 10 ft from her driver door before she got out of my way. THOSE are the real danger on the roads.
has asked a federal bankruptcy court to keep their identities secret because it fears they could be harassed."
More likely this is simply a nice move to try to protect the ones that get laid off. I mean, "ex-SCO employee" is not exactly a gem on your resume. Anyone considering an ex-SCO must consider two things... (1) you were involved with SCO and all their crap till the bitter end, and (2) you were too stupid to get while the getting was good.
Makes one wonder what the legal mechanisms are for domain names and other international property like this if they are "unrightfully transferred"? I recall that the owner of sex.com was so worried about his domain that he had it on file at his registrar that they were not to transfer it without written request from the owner. Someone spoofed a letter and got it transferred anyway. He wasn't without the domain for very long, but just goes to show you that things like this are hard to make bulletproof.
If by chance, someone managed to get say, riaa.com, transferred to another registrar that was like the hosting we read about recently in Russia, where they don't care as long as they get paid, just how hard is it to get your domain back? I seem to recall "unlock codes" being required and there not being any by-legal-force way to get this. (remembering the recent fiasco of godaddy.com not providing unlock codes) I could picture such a transfer being irreversable if the thief was stubborn and knowledgeable enough. Or is there an angle?
the expansion pack was cracked and up on the internet less than 24 hours after it's release.
In other words, the only people having problems as a result of this DRM are... the honest customers.
So as usual, DRM designed to make the pirates job impossible while not damaging the user experience have the exact opposite result, and the pirates are the only ones with a hassel-free experience, while the paying customers are left to suffer alone in the cold and dark that is Customer Relations.
I'd imagine that's why Apple didn't choose to do USB target disk mode when they dropped SCSI despite the fact that all Macs had USB by that time
More likely this was due to USB at the time being 1.1 at 12mbps. Firewire at 400mbps gave it a good whupping until the advent of USB 1.2/2.0HS years later. Until only recently, USB was not much better than ADB at doing data transfers.
The fact that they used the same connector on both ends was icing on the cake. USB target disk mode would probably require puting a "B" connector on the back that would have target mode as its only use. (waste of money)
Another thing is firewire is chainable, though not particularly useful for this.
Without more information it's hard to say exactly what happened. I could just picture this guy having "transport backup tape to offsite storage on your way from home" as part of his job duties. I used to do that for a company I worked for. I threw the tapes in my passenger seat and drove to the other location and dropped them off at the other office on my way home.
I could REALLY see how if I, say, stopped at a gas station on the way between the two to get gas and a galon of milk as I do sometimes on my way home. I leave the truck locked even when walking into the quick-e-mart for a minute to get the milk and pay for the gas, but even with that it's possible someone could break into my truck and steal anything that was convenient for a "smash and grab". There's nothing else in my truck that's not nailed down that would make an attractive item to quick grab, so those tapes would probably get snatched for lack of anything else to show for the theft.
I would not want major sanctions for being a victim of that theft, and arguably there's not much more you could have expected of me.
Do not hold the peon responsible for the company's unwillingness to provide appropriate security and to place a potentially very big onus on one lone employee, in the interest of saving a few bucks. VERY few businesses are willing to provide adequate protection under such circumstances. Mostly only those that are required to do so by law or agreement. (banks, companies handling credit card numbers, etc)
Now in such a situation, had I not even bothred to lock the truck, that doesn't make the theft any more legal, and unless there were some company policies in place saying "employees transporting backup tapes must leave their vehicle secured whenever unattended" (which until this happens once, you can bet the policy does not exist) then even in that case the employee should bear no additional responsibility,
There's even very little burn inside his pocket and we all know what cheap thin material they make kakki pants pockets out of. If there had been any actual flames, there'd be a good deal more damage.
Someone above posted about getting a liquid spilled on them (gas?) and lit and it didn't burn his clothes. Naturally. It burned the gas. There was no accellerant here, and it's not like the lithium was squirting out of the ipod. If there was fire, something was being consumed. His clothes, aside from the little discoloration on the inside of his pocket, are fine. Clearly he's full of BS.
The blackening of the paper and the pocket lining was almost certainly due to smoke spewing out of the ipod when the battery lit up. There were no "open flames".
It never ceases to amaze me how many people try to play the "frivilous lawsuit" lottery. People like HIM are why this country has to have so many lawyers.
If I'm able to sell all the tickets at the inflated price (remember, it's only a 5x markup), I make $700,000. For one event.
my argument to that is, if that's the case then
(A) the ticket outlet is selling the tickets for far less than they are worth and/or (B) there are a sufficiently large number of consumers (fans) that are willing to pay far above commonly accepted value (meaning the actual value of the ticket is more than you think it is)
The law of supply and demand makes sure that products are sold at their value. If the scalpers are successfully turning a buck reselling, then you are breaking that rule and selling your product below value.
If you are a band whose only interest is that your fans get to see the show, then you need to select the correct price point for your tickets (which will probably include RAISING the price!) such that scalping is not proffitable yet prices are not unreasonable, and so that nearly 100% of your tickets sell to fans that will attend. It's stupid to think that you can get more fans to see your show by lowering the price. As we can see here with your example, it has exactly the opposite effect. And it should come as neither a shock nor a surprise.
If you are interested in being completely benevolant, then make it a free concert with a seating capacity that is sure to exceed attendance. You can also instead of raising ticket costs, choose a venue with a much larger number of seats. That way if the scalpers want to corner the market, they are going to have to suck up a lot more tickets than they want to, and will be left holding a much larger number of unresold tickets, again making it less proffitable and discouraging scalping.
So there you have it. The solution is to pick a larger venue and to raise ticket costs. These two things, combined and balanced, will solve this problem within acceptable limits. (there will always be scalpers, this minimizes it)
Some groups oversell tickets trying to anticipate the correct amount of tickets to flood the market with, so they can achieve the above effect while paying less for a smaller venue than would otherwise be required, but that's chancy unless you know the numbers well, you don't want more people showing up than you have seats for. (but they'll do it anyway as we've seen...)
I see this as supply and demand at work. If these resellers were able to SELL the tickets at 10x face vaule, then the original people selling the tikets (ticketmaster etc) were clearly not pricing them at their market value. If you have 10,000 of an item and can sell it at $4/ea to make a proffit, and you realize that at $/ea you will sell 100% of your inventory, and then you look at say if we charge $20/ea we wil STILL sell 100% of our inventory, well, duh. higher price of course. Tickets like this are obscenely proffitable and ticketmaster wants to invest a good chunk of that proffit in customer good will by selling the tickets to them cheaper than they could. They are gettting upset because you can buy the tickets and resell them at a markup ("ticket scalping") and make money.
When scalpers can turn a buck, it means you are grossly undercharging for your product. So quit complaining and raise your prices. I guarantee that will put a cap on the scalping.
This problem exists because there are people out there willing to pay $200 for a ticket that could be sold for $20 and make a proffit. If you want to blame anyone, blame the fans. They are the ones causing the huge gap between real value and market value, which is just going to attract scalpers. The sellers can't change the real value of the ticket, and the scalpers are just playing a free market for all it's worth which is to be expected.
so now those viruses that morph and encrypt themselves to prevent detection... we can't search for the little bit of code at the start that decrypts them because they'll just use a nice convenient windows API.
Slashdot Mirror
doesn't verbose boot also cause safe boot at the same time? A number of things are disabled in safe boot. (wireless for one?)
I ran into that TWICE today. Makes me wonder, does anyone have statistics on what percentage of registered domain names are typeo squatters? I'd imagine for every one popular site (google.com, youtube.com etc) there are somewhere on the order of 200 typeo squatter domains registered, so there's gotta be a ton of them in all.
I'm a little surprised that they can make money on these. Either they're getting the domains cheaper than I think they are, are getting more per click / impression than I'm expecting, or there are a lot more fat fingers out there.
I just narrowly dodged a "redundant" mod for catching your post after RTFA. "exposure" is not generally considered a positve outcome with respect to nuclear reactors...
That's a very interesting read. I hope the authors release a similar, more up-to-date rundown of Storm. it sounds like Curious Yellow is one step before Storm in terms of worm evolution. (or that it was the successor to it?)
and redirects all P2P traffic and DNS requests through nodes acting as proxies to the "motherships"
ok so why are they not focusing on these "nodes"?
OR you could buy it, install it, activate it, return it, send them an email explaining you were already paying for it by the ad revenue they are now receiving because of it, so you're returning it because you're not going to pay for it TWICE.
If anyone at the store argues about returning open box software, explain the ads. If they won't accept the return on that basis, explain you will be taking your software patronage elsewhere.
I've picked up only fragments of information on how the storm botnet is being controlled. From what I've heard, they all log into an IRC channel and report their presense, and then await encrypted / signed commands from the bot herder. While this does make it difficult to spoof commands to the bots to say, uninstall themselves and patch their host machines properly, I don't see why no one has been able to track the person issuing the commands. Anyone that takes apart the Storm source code can retrieve the public key for the commands, log into the irc channel, and at least see what commands are being sent out anytime they want. I don't understand how this has gone on for so long without anyone busting it up.
What server and channel is this on? Does it require invitation? (if so, how do you get invited? again this is something that anyone that analyzes the Storm bot should easily be able to determine) Where is this server hosted? Has any attempt been made to close down the server? I assume it's on one of those "bulletproof" russian hosts we read about a few weeks ago? Surely with something of this proportion and global impact, pressure can be brought to bear even on them?
Despite the looks of the headlines hre, TPB IS using the site. Heck, they've got more content on their page than I do on mine. It's not a lot more than a "comig soon..." page but we see that all the time for businesses that are just getting their cyberpresense off the ground. I suppose every reasonable person already has concluded that the IFPI (org) doesn't have a leg to stand on but I am enjoying the opportunity to laugh at (A) the org's ineptitude of allowing this to happen in the first place, and (B) for an organization that so enjoys perverting the law to their benefit finding themselves clearly positioned on the other end of the gun.
If TPB requested a legal fund to defend themselves on this issue, I'd be tossing them some coin right now. Give 'em hell.
I understand they can do a made-to-order chromosome now, but do they really know what they are doing? I mean, they can cut and paste from one to another, a bit like adding luninescence to a housefly or something like that by cutting and pasting in the genome once they find where the code for the glow is at. But do they know how to do this from scratch?
From what I have read on the subject, they understand the basic mechanics of how DNA instructions direct protein production, but not necessarily how genes are expressed. Huntington's disease is a case where an excessive number of repetitions in a specific place in the genome causes an unexplainable cell deteriorization. They have no idea why, but they have identified the relationship. It sounds like this is more of the same. They know if they do C they get E, but they have no idea why. I suppose if you want E you can just blindly keep doing C, but it won't be until you understand the why that you can say "but I don't want E, I want something similar but slightly different, now how can I modify C to achieve this?" Right now all they can do is to play randomly with it until they get a serendipity. This seems to be a dangerous game to play if you have no idea what the effect will be and you are just "trying things".
I don't know if I'd really consider this progress. This may be a problem that's never solved. Life has so many highly abstract and complex interactions. When you look at what DDT did to bird's eggs, how could anyone have hoped to have figured that out in advance, even with today's technology and full knowledge of the cause and effect relationship in play?
I found it interesting that the article describes how Murphy's Law was not as general as most of us know it, stating more specifically that things that can be installed backwards eventually will be installed backwards, and that this is precisely what caused the parachutes to fail to deploy.
Also can't say that I knew Murphy was a "rocket scientist", literally. How ironic. You'd think NASA would have learned from him by now?
Normally I have a very disgusted response for all the loopholes and retarded practices in politics whose roll is to subvert the political process itself, such as filibustering, but in this one case it's a refreshing change of pace to see such tactics that actually result in an outcome that favors the People.
If that senator were in my district, that one action alone would get him my vote.
I wonder how many people more or less ignore the speed limit signs and drive at whatever speed is appropriate for the road? In most cases here the speed limits are sensible. Slower for areas where cars or people could come into view with much less warning etc. Faster for main drags where anyone there is going to be driving next to you not trying to walk a stroller across the road.
I'd say that's how I play it, short of the more "high risk" areas where they're out ticketing for the "revenue enhancement". Most of the time I end up driving at, or slightly above (or below) the limit based on road conditions.
What I find intersting is you can be ticketed even if driving below the posted limit here - we get a lot of snow and I know how to drive in it so I won't slow down much unless conditions require, but I have heard of people getting tickets for (was it reckless driving? I don't recall the exact charge) when doing 40 in a 45 that was unplowed and covered with that thick, chunky "popcorn" snow you can hydroplane on really easy.
THAT being said, there will always be the retards that are just out to get hit. I "ran into" one of those 2 wks ago. Girl pulls out of a cross street stop sign and stops right in front of me, waiting to take a left turn onto the divided 4way I'm on, on the other side. (guessing she pulled out before looking and realizing the other way was full of cars, and didn't stop until she was sideways in my lane) I just lay on the horn as I slow down, and she does this bizarre bouncing up and down in her seat like a complete freak, looking at me and looking at the traffic she's waiting for, paralyzed. I had come to a complete stop (from 35) 10 ft from her driver door before she got out of my way. THOSE are the real danger on the roads.
those meddling kids!*(&$!#
and their dog. musn't forget the dog
They also decided to rig a thermal barrier out of a surplus reference book and all-purpose gray tape.
We KNOW what that means. The used duct tape
has asked a federal bankruptcy court to keep their identities secret because it fears they could be harassed."
More likely this is simply a nice move to try to protect the ones that get laid off. I mean, "ex-SCO employee" is not exactly a gem on your resume. Anyone considering an ex-SCO must consider two things... (1) you were involved with SCO and all their crap till the bitter end, and (2) you were too stupid to get while the getting was good.
Makes one wonder what the legal mechanisms are for domain names and other international property like this if they are "unrightfully transferred"? I recall that the owner of sex.com was so worried about his domain that he had it on file at his registrar that they were not to transfer it without written request from the owner. Someone spoofed a letter and got it transferred anyway. He wasn't without the domain for very long, but just goes to show you that things like this are hard to make bulletproof.
If by chance, someone managed to get say, riaa.com, transferred to another registrar that was like the hosting we read about recently in Russia, where they don't care as long as they get paid, just how hard is it to get your domain back? I seem to recall "unlock codes" being required and there not being any by-legal-force way to get this. (remembering the recent fiasco of godaddy.com not providing unlock codes) I could picture such a transfer being irreversable if the thief was stubborn and knowledgeable enough. Or is there an angle?
the expansion pack was cracked and up on the internet less than 24 hours after it's release.
In other words, the only people having problems as a result of this DRM are... the honest customers.
So as usual, DRM designed to make the pirates job impossible while not damaging the user experience have the exact opposite result, and the pirates are the only ones with a hassel-free experience, while the paying customers are left to suffer alone in the cold and dark that is Customer Relations.
I'd imagine that's why Apple didn't choose to do USB target disk mode when they dropped SCSI despite the fact that all Macs had USB by that time
More likely this was due to USB at the time being 1.1 at 12mbps. Firewire at 400mbps gave it a good whupping until the advent of USB 1.2/2.0HS years later. Until only recently, USB was not much better than ADB at doing data transfers.
The fact that they used the same connector on both ends was icing on the cake. USB target disk mode would probably require puting a "B" connector on the back that would have target mode as its only use. (waste of money)
Another thing is firewire is chainable, though not particularly useful for this.
which of course will be automatically downsampled to 640x480 if any attempt to capture the video is detected
Without more information it's hard to say exactly what happened. I could just picture this guy having "transport backup tape to offsite storage on your way from home" as part of his job duties. I used to do that for a company I worked for. I threw the tapes in my passenger seat and drove to the other location and dropped them off at the other office on my way home.
I could REALLY see how if I, say, stopped at a gas station on the way between the two to get gas and a galon of milk as I do sometimes on my way home. I leave the truck locked even when walking into the quick-e-mart for a minute to get the milk and pay for the gas, but even with that it's possible someone could break into my truck and steal anything that was convenient for a "smash and grab". There's nothing else in my truck that's not nailed down that would make an attractive item to quick grab, so those tapes would probably get snatched for lack of anything else to show for the theft.
I would not want major sanctions for being a victim of that theft, and arguably there's not much more you could have expected of me.
Do not hold the peon responsible for the company's unwillingness to provide appropriate security and to place a potentially very big onus on one lone employee, in the interest of saving a few bucks. VERY few businesses are willing to provide adequate protection under such circumstances. Mostly only those that are required to do so by law or agreement. (banks, companies handling credit card numbers, etc)
Now in such a situation, had I not even bothred to lock the truck, that doesn't make the theft any more legal, and unless there were some company policies in place saying "employees transporting backup tapes must leave their vehicle secured whenever unattended" (which until this happens once, you can bet the policy does not exist) then even in that case the employee should bear no additional responsibility,
There's even very little burn inside his pocket and we all know what cheap thin material they make kakki pants pockets out of. If there had been any actual flames, there'd be a good deal more damage.
Someone above posted about getting a liquid spilled on them (gas?) and lit and it didn't burn his clothes. Naturally. It burned the gas. There was no accellerant here, and it's not like the lithium was squirting out of the ipod. If there was fire, something was being consumed. His clothes, aside from the little discoloration on the inside of his pocket, are fine. Clearly he's full of BS.
The blackening of the paper and the pocket lining was almost certainly due to smoke spewing out of the ipod when the battery lit up. There were no "open flames".
It never ceases to amaze me how many people try to play the "frivilous lawsuit" lottery. People like HIM are why this country has to have so many lawyers.
for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others,
Law has NO business there.
If I'm able to sell all the tickets at the inflated price (remember, it's only a 5x markup), I make $700,000. For one event.
my argument to that is, if that's the case then
(A) the ticket outlet is selling the tickets for far less than they are worth
and/or
(B) there are a sufficiently large number of consumers (fans) that are willing to pay far above commonly accepted value (meaning the actual value of the ticket is more than you think it is)
The law of supply and demand makes sure that products are sold at their value. If the scalpers are successfully turning a buck reselling, then you are breaking that rule and selling your product below value.
If you are a band whose only interest is that your fans get to see the show, then you need to select the correct price point for your tickets (which will probably include RAISING the price!) such that scalping is not proffitable yet prices are not unreasonable, and so that nearly 100% of your tickets sell to fans that will attend. It's stupid to think that you can get more fans to see your show by lowering the price. As we can see here with your example, it has exactly the opposite effect. And it should come as neither a shock nor a surprise.
If you are interested in being completely benevolant, then make it a free concert with a seating capacity that is sure to exceed attendance. You can also instead of raising ticket costs, choose a venue with a much larger number of seats. That way if the scalpers want to corner the market, they are going to have to suck up a lot more tickets than they want to, and will be left holding a much larger number of unresold tickets, again making it less proffitable and discouraging scalping.
So there you have it. The solution is to pick a larger venue and to raise ticket costs. These two things, combined and balanced, will solve this problem within acceptable limits. (there will always be scalpers, this minimizes it)
Some groups oversell tickets trying to anticipate the correct amount of tickets to flood the market with, so they can achieve the above effect while paying less for a smaller venue than would otherwise be required, but that's chancy unless you know the numbers well, you don't want more people showing up than you have seats for. (but they'll do it anyway as we've seen...)
I see this as supply and demand at work. If these resellers were able to SELL the tickets at 10x face vaule, then the original people selling the tikets (ticketmaster etc) were clearly not pricing them at their market value. If you have 10,000 of an item and can sell it at $4/ea to make a proffit, and you realize that at $/ea you will sell 100% of your inventory, and then you look at say if we charge $20/ea we wil STILL sell 100% of our inventory, well, duh. higher price of course. Tickets like this are obscenely proffitable and ticketmaster wants to invest a good chunk of that proffit in customer good will by selling the tickets to them cheaper than they could. They are gettting upset because you can buy the tickets and resell them at a markup ("ticket scalping") and make money.
When scalpers can turn a buck, it means you are grossly undercharging for your product. So quit complaining and raise your prices. I guarantee that will put a cap on the scalping.
This problem exists because there are people out there willing to pay $200 for a ticket that could be sold for $20 and make a proffit. If you want to blame anyone, blame the fans. They are the ones causing the huge gap between real value and market value, which is just going to attract scalpers. The sellers can't change the real value of the ticket, and the scalpers are just playing a free market for all it's worth which is to be expected.
Microsoft Kernel Mode Cryptographic Module
... we can't search for the little bit of code at the start that decrypts them because they'll just use a nice convenient windows API.
so now those viruses that morph and encrypt themselves to prevent detection
Lovely.