Was it on the user's pc? Then i guess its their fault technically. If its in the banks system, then the bank is on the hook.
Problem is that people really don't/can't understand the systems they are using as they are far too complex and to expect/demand them to keep them 'safe' is ludicrous. ( even "IT pros" cant always do it with the constant barrage of attacks on what is are fundamentally flawed systems )
However, the same logic goes for a car. Its far to complex for most people, but if their brakes go out or a wheel falls off and they cause a crash, its their fault.
Until its useful for business or average user, id not consider it 'an alternative'. ( i guess that's just semantics )
And i agree, Linux had its 'nice idea' days, but it did have the unix heritage behind it which helped a lot. That heritage of decades before let it leapfrog ahead of a 'from scratch' sort of operation. Something like minuet ( or a thousand others like it ) is at a disadvantage for the same reason.
For the record tho, i like the little 'totally different' systems out there like this, but i also don't pretend to think they will ever grow out of their niche of hard core hobbyists.
Id go so far as to also open up the cpu and support chipset. Remember, you can embed DRM/Backdoors/TPM in either if you control/hide the designs
While some companies might freak at the idea, i still think that there would still be money to be made. Its not like everyone can make their own silicon. ( ya, FPGAs are an option, but not for everyone )
There is no difference between pictures of publicly viewable buildings be them residential or commercial.
I can *legally* drive up and sit in front of your house and look. That is no different then taking a picture and sharing it with all my fiends. You want to restrict what i can look at in public? Well i dont like you looking at me standing on the street corner because you are a goober, how about i sue you too? Get a grip.
Don't like a big bad company doing it? THen don't park your house in view of the road.
Oh, big reality flash here, realtors do this all the time. Oh, and other bit of reality, opt-in doesn't immune you from civil suits. I can still sue you for nearly *anything*, and while I may not win i can still sue and make your life miserable and waste your time in court..
I guess these people don't know i can goto their local clerk and get their name and assessed value too. Or a host of other public or easily purchased record sources are available.
Views from the *street* are public. Don't like it, move further back from the road and put up trees. ( and put a cover over your property or move underground since satellite images are public too, since i could see that same view from the street, with a REALLY large ladder. )
I suspect that said company could even take over companies like HP and Dell by focusing on Customer Service, in addition, to having lower costs and a SECURED system. And who would you trust to do that? If its an American company(s) It would only be secure to the manufacturers and media companies, and be full of DRM restricting what you can/cant do. ( remember "trusted computing"? )
An *open* system is what is needed. With companies making their $ off the fabrication into silicon of the open and testable standard, and support/distribution.
Do you have a reference to this ASIC virus statement? Not that i don't believe you, id like to read that.
Ya, thats really useful in business, which is the major computing market. ( an oddball browser and doom doesn't count as business apps, or much use to the *average* home user either )
Not to slam on the project, its just doomed to a niche market, until the single developer loses interest and it fades into oblivion with the tons of other 'nice ideas'. Which i think is his intent anyway, a hobby that might make him a couple of bucks from people who like that sort of thing.
With its low adoption rate due to practical issues, and now that its been announced that Win7 is 'coming soon', Vista will have the same fate as WinME: A distant reminder of a really big screw up by an over confident monopoly that thinks it knows better then its cusotmers.
We *do* need fewer laws. However, the ones that remain need to be effective and of value, and actually enforced.
The law to protect your right to privacy already exists, it just needs to be enforced. Creating more laws doesn't help with lack of enforcement of what is already there.
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And that will stop them from passing it how?
Unconstitutional laws are passed every day. Its then left to us to bring it to the supreme court and hope they are willing to hear the case.
Thanks Steve ( jobs ), with your shortsightedness.
People don't really *need* all the power of the latest and greatest device, so why pay a premium for it?
Especially as things move more and more 'online'... Your pc becomes more and more of a 'terminal' then anything else.
If it wasn't for many of us that don't have another choice, as they go around eating up local mom and pop ISPs.
So our only choice is DSL, which currently isn't much of a choice.
Even if she was to pursue legal action, if she wasn't authorized by the copyright holders, its still fraud.
You sound paranoid to me :)
It's not exaggerated when they really are out to get you.
Depends on where the leak was.
Was it on the user's pc? Then i guess its their fault technically. If its in the banks system, then the bank is on the hook.
Problem is that people really don't/can't understand the systems they are using as they are far too complex and to expect/demand them to keep them 'safe' is ludicrous. ( even "IT pros" cant always do it with the constant barrage of attacks on what is are fundamentally flawed systems )
However, the same logic goes for a car. Its far to complex for most people, but if their brakes go out or a wheel falls off and they cause a crash, its their fault.
Should be permanent, and charged with extortion or at the least fraud.
Until its useful for business or average user, id not consider it 'an alternative'. ( i guess that's just semantics )
And i agree, Linux had its 'nice idea' days, but it did have the unix heritage behind it which helped a lot. That heritage of decades before let it leapfrog ahead of a 'from scratch' sort of operation. Something like minuet ( or a thousand others like it ) is at a disadvantage for the same reason.
For the record tho, i like the little 'totally different' systems out there like this, but i also don't pretend to think they will ever grow out of their niche of hard core hobbyists.
Id go so far as to also open up the cpu and support chipset. Remember, you can embed DRM/Backdoors/TPM in either if you control/hide the designs
While some companies might freak at the idea, i still think that there would still be money to be made. Its not like everyone can make their own silicon. ( ya, FPGAs are an option, but not for everyone )
There is no difference between pictures of publicly viewable buildings be them residential or commercial.
I can *legally* drive up and sit in front of your house and look. That is no different then taking a picture and sharing it with all my fiends. You want to restrict what i can look at in public? Well i dont like you looking at me standing on the street corner because you are a goober, how about i sue you too? Get a grip.
Don't like a big bad company doing it? THen don't park your house in view of the road.
Oh, big reality flash here, realtors do this all the time. Oh, and other bit of reality, opt-in doesn't immune you from civil suits. I can still sue you for nearly *anything*, and while I may not win i can still sue and make your life miserable and waste your time in court..
I guess these people don't know i can goto their local clerk and get their name and assessed value too. Or a host of other public or easily purchased record sources are available.
Views from the *street* are public. Don't like it, move further back from the road and put up trees. ( and put a cover over your property or move underground since satellite images are public too, since i could see that same view from the street, with a REALLY large ladder. )
An *open* system is what is needed. With companies making their $ off the fabrication into silicon of the open and testable standard, and support/distribution.
Do you have a reference to this ASIC virus statement? Not that i don't believe you, id like to read that.
Was selling poor quality white box clones that they stuck their name on.
Really bad stuff. But it worked out for them as all the other companies buying the same garbage to 'rebrand' back then are long gone..
The same people that pay now. The advertisers.
Ya, thats really useful in business, which is the major computing market. ( an oddball browser and doom doesn't count as business apps, or much use to the *average* home user either )
Not to slam on the project, its just doomed to a niche market, until the single developer loses interest and it fades into oblivion with the tons of other 'nice ideas'. Which i think is his intent anyway, a hobby that might make him a couple of bucks from people who like that sort of thing.
With its low adoption rate due to practical issues, and now that its been announced that Win7 is 'coming soon', Vista will have the same fate as WinME: A distant reminder of a really big screw up by an over confident monopoly that thinks it knows better then its cusotmers.
As long as its black.
Well, lack of choice does decrease manufacturing costs.
No, but it may just kill off Yahoo! which will be a shame.
Time to find another place to host my discussion groups, and a new chat network.
Freenet adds another layer of security, for when they come for your data.
We *do* need fewer laws. However, the ones that remain need to be effective and of value, and actually enforced.
The law to protect your right to privacy already exists, it just needs to be enforced. Creating more laws doesn't help with lack of enforcement of what is already there.
Thats all and good when it just about 'targeting' advertisements to you.
But when it turns to the government doing profiling on your 'habits', its not so harmless. And we all know that is next.
Once that comes out, they can expect a lot of sales, if in fact its totally incompatible with what we have today.
Such a scam.
If everyone offered https, ( or only ) and all email is encrypted then this would become a moot point really quick.
All they would know then is where you went, not what you did. ( Tho in this country, just going there is enough to get you put in jail it seems )
Or we can all move to freenet and really stick it to them.