Does anyone else think that by complaining at this point in time they are making it known that this OS could be a real threat? Or is there some alterior motive behind this all? (Conspiracy theorists unite!)
Is providing a link to the DMCA complain that lists the infringing sites in violation? If not, then there is really no point to taking down any results in the first place...
The patches have been available for a LOOOOONG time now. They should have patched. They can't whine now. End of story.
You know what really blows though? People who just bought a new computer and don't even have time to update the pc w/ the patch since it spreads so fast. Of course you could burn the patch on cd and update it manually but i doubt the average user would know how to download it like that anyway. (Most people are idiots though. My computers were all patched btw)
Maybe its just me...but it seems like there is increasing competition for the top supercomputer. Japan holds the top at the moment, and the US is home to the second most powerful...and now china is entering into the fray. Of course there undoubtely other countries besides the top 3 that are trying to earn a place as well. I wonder if India will be next?
Even with microsoft, I doubt anyone will be taking these kinds of threats seriously without some kind of verifiable proof. The main purpose is to scare people who are unknowledgeable about opensource software into choosing something else. And it might even help opensource software because 'stealing' code is much easier behind closed doors...
Well its definately not hard to crack down on a regular IRC network...but I wonder about "Invisible Irc" which uses p2p routing and a central server that no one knows the address of.
Actually, most Japanese who are knowledgeble about p2p use winny which is based on freenet and is totally anonymous(and searchable). Although it doesn't have a chat feature, it does feature a unique bulletin board system.
is just headed downhill ever since the top editors have resigned and certain things have been exposed...I really have lost my respect for them as a quality publication
If the message is false about WASTE being an 'unauthorized release' does AOL TW actually have anything to lose? Because then you know you can't trust what they are saying....
In the best case scenario, all I could see happening from this is a huge exchange in names and numbers over something like IRC and this would invalidate whatever information the government thinks they can gain by this. In the worst case scenario, people would seriously have their lives f*cked because the government would actually believe that all the information it sees is true.
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What about the old loophole:I'll sell you this legitimate AOL disc for $20 and throw in a copy of 6 albums of mp3s!
Does anyone else think that by complaining at this point in time they are making it known that this OS could be a real threat? Or is there some alterior motive behind this all? (Conspiracy theorists unite!)
All I have to say to microsoft is: What goes around comes around!
Is providing a link to the DMCA complain that lists the infringing sites in violation? If not, then there is really no point to taking down any results in the first place...
Also note that for different localized versions of windows the patch was available at different times
You know what really blows though? People who just bought a new computer and don't even have time to update the pc w/ the patch since it spreads so fast. Of course you could burn the patch on cd and update it manually but i doubt the average user would know how to download it like that anyway. (Most people are idiots though. My computers were all patched btw)
Maybe its just me...but it seems like there is increasing competition for the top supercomputer. Japan holds the top at the moment, and the US is home to the second most powerful...and now china is entering into the fray. Of course there undoubtely other countries besides the top 3 that are trying to earn a place as well. I wonder if India will be next?
Even with microsoft, I doubt anyone will be taking these kinds of threats seriously without some kind of verifiable proof. The main purpose is to scare people who are unknowledgeable about opensource software into choosing something else. And it might even help opensource software because 'stealing' code is much easier behind closed doors...
I have no idea about the user numbers for Winny/WinMX. But there have been arrests made related to WinMX and (the now defunct) file rouge.
Well its definately not hard to crack down on a regular IRC network...but I wonder about "Invisible Irc" which uses p2p routing and a central server that no one knows the address of.
Actually, most Japanese who are knowledgeble about p2p use winny which is based on freenet and is totally anonymous(and searchable). Although it doesn't have a chat feature, it does feature a unique bulletin board system.
that the headline read "A Greek's tour of North America?"
I thought we were already in an IP crisis...I mean look at all the crazy patents and these companies like SCO?
but sony has an even smaller one out in Japan. Although the specs aren't comparable...I just happen to be biased toward smaller machines myself
And we still have good old usenet after all these years...;)
More patches doesn't neccesarily mean more bugs, but means more bugs that are fixed.
and think the headline was talking about the now defunct sega nomad?
is just headed downhill ever since the top editors have resigned and certain things have been exposed...I really have lost my respect for them as a quality publication
According to CD Freaks the levy can actually be significantly more than $4 since it is based on the size of the media.
My guess is thats where that other 20% comes in
If the message is false about WASTE being an 'unauthorized release' does AOL TW actually have anything to lose? Because then you know you can't trust what they are saying....
It could also mean house, the 'o' here (OEä)(S-JIS) is merely a polite marker used before nouns. (i.e. ogenki(OEC)oshigoto(ZdZ-) etc.)
As long as mozilla is open source it should be rather trivial to write other compatible programs...
In the best case scenario, all I could see happening from this is a huge exchange in names and numbers over something like IRC and this would invalidate whatever information the government thinks they can gain by this. In the worst case scenario, people would seriously have their lives f*cked because the government would actually believe that all the information it sees is true.
What about public computer terminals though?