The companies that didn't pay for the product placement can actually sue the show if they don't like how their product is being used/displayed during the show and/or what show their product is being shown on.
Of course anyone can sue for anything, but they would have to make a case that the use constituted libel, which would be quite difficult. It's just that most producers don't want to offend a potential advertiser. Consider The Sopranos, whose producer states they do no paid product placement. Having a can of Raid used as a murder weapon, for instance, would hardly have endeared them to the company; or having your car as the "choice of the hitman". Or even more obviously, if they could, McDonald's would surely have sued Supersize Me. The producers just had to be careful not to abuse the trademark in advertising; but they could depict it in the film quite legitimately and legally. Through fear of large corporations people give them even more power to rule our lives.
Wikipedia is not an encyclopedia in any sense of the word.
But it is.
encyclopedia: A book or set of books containing extensive information on all branches of knowledge, or on one particular subject, usu. arranged alphabetically.
It's not a book, but I think otherwise it fits. The above is from the Oxford Dictionary; that's my first resort for defining a word. But when I come across a usage that hasn't made the OED, I resort to less formal sources. For instance, the term "cameltoe" can be found in the Urban Dictionary, which is written in a similar manner to Wikipedia, by anyone who cares to contribute. It suffers from a tendency to over-represent sexual fetish words, but among that you can find the meaning for most recent coinings; and as long as you understand the process, and most especially realise that the word "Dictionary" (or "Encyclopedia") in itself does not confer respectability or authority, but simply a method of organising knowledge; it is quite useful. The original dictionaries and encyclopedias came into print about 300 years ago, and were products of small groups, or single authors, often with strong opinions and disputable facts. It's down perhaps to door-to-door encyclopedia salesmen trying to convince you that they were the ultimate knowledge that they're treated with reverence now, but one always has to recall that they were all written by people with opinions, and they can be wrong. Learning not to blindly trust the written word, and how to weigh information's validity, is an important step in learning.
You should know that any spelling correction, no matter how droll, includes a new one
Especially when you get the "nothing to see here" screen and the scent of First Post is in the air. Really, I am pretty good at spelling, though not a good typist. I'll never understand why I think "its" and write "it's" like an ignorant twit sometimes. [Also I misspelled "benifit".] But seriously for a moment, I've used Slashcode on another site and the editor is presented with a list of suspect words when publishing a story "ispell doesn't recognize...." so the editors have to be willfully ignorant to let their typos by. And I note that the "assassination" typo is now fixed, I did send an email about that but they only seem to act on about 1/4 of error notifications.
For the benifit of those three mods who deemed the parent a troll: It was a joke, pointing out that the word "assasination" [sic] was mispelled in the summary. OK?
My first first-post (except for one AC), and now sadly invisible...
Besides, anyone badly vandalizing that page might be tracked down,
This guy was tracked down because he posted from a machine at his job, and the IP was easily located. If it had been from a home machine it would have needed a court order to get the ISP to turn him in. And if he'd used a proxy, he would have been safe (though I think Wikipedia blocks a lot of proxies from editing.)
Intent is not necessary; carelessness that harms others is sufficient
If they could actually prove that someone had been harmed by an anonymous use of a wifi point, that would be interesting. But it's all just screaming paranoia. (Is it a Godwin if you mention Mussolini an Italian story?)
Well they do have a point.
Google has this data, why not make it available?
Perhaps because this would violate the privacy of the people clickng on the ads, Google probably would have to highlight that it was doing that in its privacy policy. Also, there are possible security implications. Imagine you buy adwords for antivirus or firewalls; you get the IPs of interested customers and immediately target them for a portscan, having a good chance they aren't secure. And lots of other honeypot ideas involving blackmail, phishing etc are conceivable.
If [Gates] was a mediocre coder then he wouldn't have resigned from a managerial position to become Chief Software Architect.
Do you think "software architects" write code?
Windows has bugs and is largely unpopular with/., hence Bill surely couldn't code his way out of a paper bag. Don't know about Bill, but David Cutler (RSX-11M, VMS, NT) is probably a better programmer
The problems with Windows aren't due to Cutler, (yes, I know he wrote VMS) but the compromises demanded by the Software Architect to remain compatible with all the older crappy code.
Actually, in Hong Kong most currency is issued by three private banks, each with their own design. The govt issues coins and one low-denomination bill. The banks do have to be licenced, and have sufficient assets to cover their cash.
he guy signed up for this *himself*. Then he complained about it when he later realized everyone was using the redirector instead of his "front door" url (wtf???)
He didn't ask for a redirect. He signed up for his feed to be listed in a directory. The owner of said directory made his own feed, pointing to he original MP3 files. So, to use a more familiar analogy of images, basically it's like you have a porn site, you go to a porn directory and get listed in all the fetish categories. Then you find the directory is making its own pages hotlinking to your images; and even worse has its site come up on all the porn search engines for your models.
Did you RTFA? The submitter's big problem is that iTunes (what company owns this?) listed his podcast via the pirate feed. So when that stopped, he lost all his iTunes subscribers, the pirate asked for money to reinstate. iTunes could not change the listing, only delete the old and put up a new one.
Also, Googling for "Yi Tien Electronics" just finds dozens of blogs referencing the same supposed "press release".
So many things unlikely about a printer that prints on soft paper, dries instantly and is safe to wipe on your tender nether regions. What might actually be viable is a text-to-speech unit.
IANAL, but couldn't the employer get you in a civil court?? Most companies require employees to sign an agreement that they will not take company property/secrets with them when they leave...
Which is why I said don't announce what you've done. If you need it to disprove a claim made by your employer, then work out how to introduce it. And in any case, emails are not necessarily "property/secrets", especially if they're evidence of wrongdoing the courts are not going to be inclined to protect them. Personally, for instance, my boss claimed in court I had agreed to take my salary late to "help the company". I presented a bunch of emails I wrote complaining and demanding payment.
okay - so basically it's people like you who mean that companies have to treat their employees in such a fashion.
Ha. I spent two weeks, before I quit, putting my files in order so my projects could continue should anyone be found to take my job. I made copies of my own work to take with me. And my salary was three months in arrears at the time.
Aside from my personal case, if one is malicious, one does the damage before alerting anyone. So "treating their employees in such a fashion" is pointless abuse of the wrong people. Pretty much like most airport security, for instance.
The point of the grandparent is that "rootkit" is a fairly old term.
Lots of words are used in various subcultures for years before they are picked up by the mass culture. Basically if it's a word you might come across in a newspaper, it very likely will be in a standard dictionary; if only in a usenet FAQ then probably not. Age doesn't count for much either way.
Slashdot Mirror
It can filter out Beatles-Beatles stories? Or Slashvertisements?
Of course anyone can sue for anything, but they would have to make a case that the use constituted libel, which would be quite difficult. It's just that most producers don't want to offend a potential advertiser. Consider The Sopranos, whose producer states they do no paid product placement. Having a can of Raid used as a murder weapon, for instance, would hardly have endeared them to the company; or having your car as the "choice of the hitman". Or even more obviously, if they could, McDonald's would surely have sued Supersize Me. The producers just had to be careful not to abuse the trademark in advertising; but they could depict it in the film quite legitimately and legally. Through fear of large corporations people give them even more power to rule our lives.
But it is.
It's not a book, but I think otherwise it fits. The above is from the Oxford Dictionary; that's my first resort for defining a word. But when I come across a usage that hasn't made the OED, I resort to less formal sources. For instance, the term "cameltoe" can be found in the Urban Dictionary, which is written in a similar manner to Wikipedia, by anyone who cares to contribute. It suffers from a tendency to over-represent sexual fetish words, but among that you can find the meaning for most recent coinings; and as long as you understand the process, and most especially realise that the word "Dictionary" (or "Encyclopedia") in itself does not confer respectability or authority, but simply a method of organising knowledge; it is quite useful. The original dictionaries and encyclopedias came into print about 300 years ago, and were products of small groups, or single authors, often with strong opinions and disputable facts. It's down perhaps to door-to-door encyclopedia salesmen trying to convince you that they were the ultimate knowledge that they're treated with reverence now, but one always has to recall that they were all written by people with opinions, and they can be wrong. Learning not to blindly trust the written word, and how to weigh information's validity, is an important step in learning.Especially when you get the "nothing to see here" screen and the scent of First Post is in the air. Really, I am pretty good at spelling, though not a good typist. I'll never understand why I think "its" and write "it's" like an ignorant twit sometimes. [Also I misspelled "benifit".] But seriously for a moment, I've used Slashcode on another site and the editor is presented with a list of suspect words when publishing a story "ispell doesn't recognize...." so the editors have to be willfully ignorant to let their typos by. And I note that the "assassination" typo is now fixed, I did send an email about that but they only seem to act on about 1/4 of error notifications.
My first first-post (except for one AC), and now sadly invisible...
This guy was tracked down because he posted from a machine at his job, and the IP was easily located. If it had been from a home machine it would have needed a court order to get the ISP to turn him in. And if he'd used a proxy, he would have been safe (though I think Wikipedia blocks a lot of proxies from editing.)
Three if you count Taco.
If they could actually prove that someone had been harmed by an anonymous use of a wifi point, that would be interesting. But it's all just screaming paranoia. (Is it a Godwin if you mention Mussolini an Italian story?)
A lot simpler, and less likely to get busted, just wardrive/walk around town and find an open network.
Perhaps because this would violate the privacy of the people clickng on the ads, Google probably would have to highlight that it was doing that in its privacy policy. Also, there are possible security implications. Imagine you buy adwords for antivirus or firewalls; you get the IPs of interested customers and immediately target them for a portscan, having a good chance they aren't secure. And lots of other honeypot ideas involving blackmail, phishing etc are conceivable.
Do you think "software architects" write code?
Windows has bugs and is largely unpopular with /., hence Bill surely couldn't code his way out of a paper bag. Don't know about Bill, but David Cutler (RSX-11M, VMS, NT) is probably a better programmer
The problems with Windows aren't due to Cutler, (yes, I know he wrote VMS) but the compromises demanded by the Software Architect to remain compatible with all the older crappy code.
Actually, in Hong Kong most currency is issued by three private banks, each with their own design. The govt issues coins and one low-denomination bill. The banks do have to be licenced, and have sufficient assets to cover their cash.
That must be double-plus good!
No. Just look at one in a hex editor. You can see the ID3 strings at the head of the file.
He didn't ask for a redirect. He signed up for his feed to be listed in a directory. The owner of said directory made his own feed, pointing to he original MP3 files. So, to use a more familiar analogy of images, basically it's like you have a porn site, you go to a porn directory and get listed in all the fetish categories. Then you find the directory is making its own pages hotlinking to your images; and even worse has its site come up on all the porn search engines for your models.
Did you RTFA? The submitter's big problem is that iTunes (what company owns this?) listed his podcast via the pirate feed. So when that stopped, he lost all his iTunes subscribers, the pirate asked for money to reinstate. iTunes could not change the listing, only delete the old and put up a new one.
I'd modjack him down.
The domains do, but not the URLs. These look like free hosts, anyone can register and put up a simple page without having to supply any ID.
Not even a halfway credible urban legend. Apartments in Tokyo cost millions of dollars, they could replace the doors for a day's rent.
Or perhaps you have a source for this story?
So many things unlikely about a printer that prints on soft paper, dries instantly and is safe to wipe on your tender nether regions. What might actually be viable is a text-to-speech unit.
RTFA. He's in Iraq, not Vietnam.
Which is why I said don't announce what you've done. If you need it to disprove a claim made by your employer, then work out how to introduce it. And in any case, emails are not necessarily "property/secrets", especially if they're evidence of wrongdoing the courts are not going to be inclined to protect them. Personally, for instance, my boss claimed in court I had agreed to take my salary late to "help the company". I presented a bunch of emails I wrote complaining and demanding payment.
Ha. I spent two weeks, before I quit, putting my files in order so my projects could continue should anyone be found to take my job. I made copies of my own work to take with me. And my salary was three months in arrears at the time.
Aside from my personal case, if one is malicious, one does the damage before alerting anyone. So "treating their employees in such a fashion" is pointless abuse of the wrong people. Pretty much like most airport security, for instance.
Lots of words are used in various subcultures for years before they are picked up by the mass culture. Basically if it's a word you might come across in a newspaper, it very likely will be in a standard dictionary; if only in a usenet FAQ then probably not. Age doesn't count for much either way.
Results 1 - 10 of about 74,600,000 for podcast.
Results 1 - 10 of about 8,480,000 for rootkit. So obviously podcast has more currency, and I think in the non-tech media the ratio would be much higher.