From the perspective of the end user, yes, registration is rediculous and unnecessary. However, from the perspective of the publisher registration is the first of many steps leading to a pay only system. At some point, enough revenue has to be generated to pay for all the hosting infrastructure
shesh.. $20/hour.. that $41K per year.. hardly any on starts that high. And most, programming types don't get paid hourly.. they get paid a salary and are exempt from overtime rules and regs
Because it is d*mn hard to prove who was actually sitting at the keyboard when the attack was successful. One hacker has already escaped jail time by simply claiming his machine was hacked by a third party without his knowledge
Only reliable, when care is taken to maintain system security. Let us not forget the pgp virus created by the Chinese Government, which simply sends them all your key rings........
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From the perspective of the end user, yes, registration is rediculous and unnecessary. However, from the perspective of the publisher registration is the first of many steps leading to a pay only system. At some point, enough revenue has to be generated to pay for all the hosting infrastructure
shesh.. $20/hour.. that $41K per year.. hardly any on starts that high. And most, programming types don't get paid hourly.. they get paid a salary and are exempt from overtime rules and regs
Because it is d*mn hard to prove who was actually sitting at the keyboard when the attack was successful. One hacker has already escaped jail time by simply claiming his machine was hacked by a third party without his knowledge
Only reliable, when care is taken to maintain system security. Let us not forget the pgp virus
created by the Chinese Government, which simply sends them all your key rings........