on the one hand, obviously, yeah its just a freakin hyperlink.
however, if I were to tell you that the bank across the street has a bunch of money in it, and I provided floor plans, and is unguarded from 2:30-3:00AM, and theres a set of keys under the doormat, etc, I'm guessing I'd still be legally culpable even if I didn't directly profit from the heist.
so I guess I see both sides of this.
but yeah if this guys guilty, then google is waaaaay guilty. once i accidentally stumbled upon some obviously quite illegal pr0n stored in the google cache. i emailed google about itbut got no response./end rant
well I contract for a lot of places, and the several nuclear power plants and also casinos I work for are exactly like that, anything remotely sensitive is not accessable in any way to the internet.
no I havent tried it (don't really use phishing sites much myself;)
but "Toolbar users have submitted more than 5,600 phishing sites"
aren't these phishing sites usually up for only a short time, like a couple days, before they get shut down? I would think that most the sites on the 'bad list' would be shut down by the time a user gets around to updating thier 'bad list' for their toolbar.
well I do agree with the overall point of your post, I must nitpick with:
"Someone doing accounts payable doesn't need to install MySQL or.Net or Max or Doom3."
plenty of AP programs as well as lots of other business software now require the.net framework package. its something that will need to be on every business user's machine in the near future, if not already (in MS shops anyways, which in my experience, is almost all of them).
I don't see the MPAA adopting anything like this, and outside of them, is anyone really else doing large volumes of video sales?
Now MP3s I could see... and video in the future perhaps, but right now I'd say it seems useless. Of course I'm not a PHD working at google, so what do I know...
"Could it be that marketing is always overselling the product?"
I work with OCR/ICR technologies. NO SALESPERSON should EVER be allowed to sell this without taking a month long training course about what it actually does.
I can't count the number of times customers were expecting 100% accuracy because thats what the salesman sold them.
"There is really nothing to prevent me from going into those submissions and editting my view of the facts. There is nothing preventing someone from taking the other viewpoint.
I am suprised that these entries aren't changing on a minute by minute basis. Everyone wants to write history from their viewpoint."
I'd go one further though and call it blackmail. Which is one particular type of extortion, but I think its applicable in this case.
From lawguru.com: --- EXTORTION n. obtaining money or property by threat to a victim's property or loved ones, intimidation, or false claim of a right (such as pretending to be an IRS agent). It is a felony in all states, except that a direct threat to harm the victim is usually treated as the crime of robbery. Blackmail is a form of extortion in which the threat is to expose embarrassing, damaging information to family, friends or the public.
BLACKMAIL n. the crime of threatening to reveal embarrassing, disgraceful or damaging facts (or rumors) about a person to the public, family, spouse or associates unless paid off to not carry out the threat. It is one form of extortion (which may include other threats such as physical harm or damage to property).
like any other type of restrictive technology, 95% of the people won't care, the other 5% of us folks will find cheap and easy ways around it. Yeah it won't be legal, but the cops only care if you are selling them or distributing them in large quantities (on the internets).
Nothing different anti-CD copying measures, anti VHS copying measures, anti video-game copying measures, and so on.
Slashdot Mirror
but I, for one, need space weaponry.
I have this plan, see....... ++++D($(W*SD*Z[NO CARRIER]
yeah
/end rant
im kinda torn on this.
on the one hand, obviously, yeah its just a freakin hyperlink.
however, if I were to tell you that the bank across the street has a bunch of money in it, and I provided floor plans, and is unguarded from 2:30-3:00AM, and theres a set of keys under the doormat, etc, I'm guessing I'd still be legally culpable even if I didn't directly profit from the heist.
so I guess I see both sides of this.
but yeah if this guys guilty, then google is waaaaay guilty. once i accidentally stumbled upon some obviously quite illegal pr0n stored in the google cache. i emailed google about itbut got no response.
1. Slashdot
2. Fark
3. Pr0n
4. Assorted stupid blogs
I love my job.
I also love being the network admin at my job.
well I contract for a lot of places, and the several nuclear power plants and also casinos I work for are exactly like that, anything remotely sensitive is not accessable in any way to the internet.
"All the cool new stuff is in Java or .NET. Why would anyone choose a legacy language like C++? "
Where does C++ .NET fit in then?
no I havent tried it (don't really use phishing sites much myself ;)
but "Toolbar users have submitted more than 5,600 phishing sites"
aren't these phishing sites usually up for only a short time, like a couple days, before they get shut down? I would think that most the sites on the 'bad list' would be shut down by the time a user gets around to updating thier 'bad list' for their toolbar.
just a guess.
well I do agree with the overall point of your post, I must nitpick with:
.Net or Max or Doom3."
.net framework package. its something that will need to be on every business user's machine in the near future, if not already (in MS shops anyways, which in my experience, is almost all of them).
"Someone doing accounts payable doesn't need to install MySQL or
plenty of AP programs as well as lots of other business software now require the
I agree with your point though.
I just downloaded my 30 copies.
it means you can run Wine on Windows.
I would also be interested in looking at it...
is google answering a question nobody asked?
I don't see the MPAA adopting anything like this, and outside of them, is anyone really else doing large volumes of video sales?
Now MP3s I could see... and video in the future perhaps, but right now I'd say it seems useless. Of course I'm not a PHD working at google, so what do I know...
"I feel that in IT, in most cases, services are the goods."
well certainly with software development, which is what i do, it ends up being both a service and a good at the same time.
Customer has a problem, I write software to fix it == service.
Other customers have similar problem, the software is already written == goods.
I update the software, modify it for other uses == service.
Updated software solves other people's problems == goods.
So its really kind of blurry if what I'm doing is service or manufacturing, more often than not it ends up being a little of both at the same time...
A high voltage electron gun pointing at my face for 8 hours a day..... for the past 10 years.
unless google is also having april fool day fun, but I don't think so.
I'd be qualified for your job... I'm gussing from your homepage that it's in NY... Whats the pay range?
"Could it be that marketing is always overselling the product?"
I work with OCR/ICR technologies. NO SALESPERSON should EVER be allowed to sell this without taking a month long training course about what it actually does.
I can't count the number of times customers were expecting 100% accuracy because thats what the salesman sold them.
I was gonna say that, but the parent beat me to it.
how would a plant 'know' which mutations are harmful and which are beneficial?
a: it wouldn't
moof the dogcow!
"There is really nothing to prevent me from going into those submissions and editting my view of the facts. There is nothing preventing someone from taking the other viewpoint.
I am suprised that these entries aren't changing on a minute by minute basis. Everyone wants to write history from their viewpoint."
yep.
""Data driven detection of viruses". "
how else are you going to detect them?
Where exactly in the constitution does it give you the right to record shows?
p.s. The constitution does not grant rights to individuals. Instead it limits the rights of the government.
He's the BSOD.... BLUE SIR OF DEATH!
Don't use so many caps.
question. this is _not_ a troll.
;)
So MS is pushing for (what I'm guessing is) some sort of protection for application layer buffer overflows.
Does linux have any sort of thing like this? I know microsoft doesn't hold a monopoly on buffer overflows
Seriously, I'm curious. Thanks.
I'd go one further though and call it blackmail. Which is one particular type of extortion, but I think its applicable in this case.
From lawguru.com:
---
EXTORTION n. obtaining money or property by threat to a victim's property or loved ones, intimidation, or false claim of a right (such as pretending to be an IRS agent). It is a felony in all states, except that a direct threat to harm the victim is usually treated as the crime of robbery. Blackmail is a form of extortion in which the threat is to expose embarrassing, damaging information to family, friends or the public.
BLACKMAIL n. the crime of threatening to reveal embarrassing, disgraceful or damaging facts (or rumors) about a person to the public, family, spouse or associates unless paid off to not carry out the threat. It is one form of extortion (which may include other threats such as physical harm or damage to property).
like any other type of restrictive technology, 95% of the people won't care, the other 5% of us folks will find cheap and easy ways around it. Yeah it won't be legal, but the cops only care if you are selling them or distributing them in large quantities (on the internets).
Nothing different anti-CD copying measures, anti VHS copying measures, anti video-game copying measures, and so on.
Nothing new here, move along