Caslon Chua, SpecOpS Labs Inc.'s chief software architect shows the package cover of their newly developed bridge software or "middleware," known as Project David during its presentation Thursday, April 22, 2004 in a university in Manila. The Filipino company unveiled what it said was a revolutionary new software that would allow users of Windows-based programs to run them seamlessly on computers using the rival Linux operating system to challenge Microsoft Corp.'s dominance over desktop computer business world wide. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
http://se.news.yahoo.com/040422/45/1emi6.html
a few comments, as I've been intimately involved in warez proceedings since May 2000. Trust me, I've "been there and done that".
http://www.cybercrime.gov/pwa_verdict.htm
1. lawyers/defense are not going to change the laws. they are not interested in doing so. find a lawyer who *wants* to go to trial for the possibility of winning is hard enough - many seem to want to go to trial to bill you more. also, have fun trying to afford a good lawyer to represent you in the federal court system -- do you have a minimum of a hundred thousands dollars to spare? maybe not, after all, warez is a non-profit activity. go the federal defender route and witness getting what you paid for.
2. if the government charges a warez group as a conspiracy, the individuals are railroaded into entering a guilty plea. other options include: turn in your friends and family for 1/3 off your sentence, testify against other members of your group for 1/3 off, or go to trial and be immediately found guilty by a jury of people who have no clue what warez groups are all about.
3. you get to witness government (prosecutorial) misrepresentations, stonewalling, withholding evidence, tampering with evidence, etc. first-hand. As one lawyer in the above case phrased it, "You haven't been fucked until you've been fucked by the government."
accts have been moved to attbi.com. The only thing still broken (for me, at least) is the ability to send email to @home email addresses (e.g. those who kept their old addresses when things switched over). Network connectivity is still a wee bit dicey, but getting better by the minute. Took a reboot of my router box (Freesco, yeah baby!) and Win2k boxes.
help is at:
http://transition-aid.attbi.com/attbi.com.faq.html
and manual config info is at:
http://transition-aid.attbi.com/attbi.com.manual.h tml
The highlights:
TCP/IP:
Make sure DHCP is turned on. DHCP allows your computer to automatically request network settings from the network. With this setting enabled, there is no need to directly set any other TCP/IP settings.
E-Mail:
POP3 (Incoming Mail) Server: mail.attbi.com
SMTP (Outgoing Mail) Server: mail.attbi.com
Your E-Mail ID: You still have your old e-mail ID, but the domain (the part after the "@" sign) has changed; you must change the domain to "attbi.com." If your e-mail address was "buddy@home.com," you should change it to "buddy@attbi.com."
Web Browser:
Home Page: http://www.attbi.com/
(You may, of course, choose any home page; for the latest information provided by us at AT&T Broadband Internet, we recommend the above.)
Proxy Server, and Proxy Automatic Configuration: None should be set.
UseNet Newsgroups:
NNTP (UseNet) Server: netnews.attbi.com
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Caslon Chua, SpecOpS Labs Inc.'s chief software architect shows the package cover of their newly developed bridge software or "middleware," known as Project David during its presentation Thursday, April 22, 2004 in a university in Manila. The Filipino company unveiled what it said was a revolutionary new software that would allow users of Windows-based programs to run them seamlessly on computers using the rival Linux operating system to challenge Microsoft Corp.'s dominance over desktop computer business world wide. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
http://se.news.yahoo.com/040422/45/1emi6.html
a few comments, as I've been intimately involved in warez proceedings since May 2000. Trust me, I've "been there and done that".
http://www.cybercrime.gov/pwa_verdict.htm
1. lawyers/defense are not going to change the laws. they are not interested in doing so. find a lawyer who *wants* to go to trial for the possibility of winning is hard enough - many seem to want to go to trial to bill you more. also, have fun trying to afford a good lawyer to represent you in the federal court system -- do you have a minimum of a hundred thousands dollars to spare? maybe not, after all, warez is a non-profit activity. go the federal defender route and witness getting what you paid for.
2. if the government charges a warez group as a conspiracy, the individuals are railroaded into entering a guilty plea. other options include: turn in your friends and family for 1/3 off your sentence, testify against other members of your group for 1/3 off, or go to trial and be immediately found guilty by a jury of people who have no clue what warez groups are all about.
3. you get to witness government (prosecutorial) misrepresentations, stonewalling, withholding evidence, tampering with evidence, etc. first-hand. As one lawyer in the above case phrased it, "You haven't been fucked until you've been fucked by the government."
accts have been moved to attbi.com. The only thing still broken (for me, at least) is the ability to send email to @home email addresses (e.g. those who kept their old addresses when things switched over). Network connectivity is still a wee bit dicey, but getting better by the minute. Took a reboot of my router box (Freesco, yeah baby!) and Win2k boxes.
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h tml
help is at:
http://transition-aid.attbi.com/attbi.com.faq.htm
and manual config info is at:
http://transition-aid.attbi.com/attbi.com.manual.
The highlights:
TCP/IP:
Make sure DHCP is turned on. DHCP allows your computer to automatically request network settings from the network. With this setting enabled, there is no need to directly set any other TCP/IP settings.
E-Mail:
POP3 (Incoming Mail) Server: mail.attbi.com
SMTP (Outgoing Mail) Server: mail.attbi.com
Your E-Mail ID: You still have your old e-mail ID, but the domain (the part after the "@" sign) has changed; you must change the domain to "attbi.com." If your e-mail address was "buddy@home.com," you should change it to "buddy@attbi.com."
Web Browser:
Home Page: http://www.attbi.com/
(You may, of course, choose any home page; for the latest information provided by us at AT&T Broadband Internet, we recommend the above.) Proxy Server, and Proxy Automatic Configuration: None should be set.
UseNet Newsgroups:
NNTP (UseNet) Server: netnews.attbi.com