If the case is criminal, absolutely. If you think the fine is excessive (which is unconstitutional), you could appeal it to a higher court. If you don't get the appeal and you don't pay the fine, you definitely could be jailed.
If the case is civil, you can't be jailed for refusing to pay. However, they can send deputies to collect any property you have an auction it off. (remember OJ Simpson) However, some of your property is protected by law, for example, your house, and they can not take that.
It's unbelievable that the people who designed the copy protection are so stupid that it could be hacked by a 2 year old (literally). There has to be a subtle motive involved.
Here are 2 of the major problems with programming contests:
(1) People think they must be a super-good programmer to enter, or face belittlement This is a more serious problem than you might think. Example: Student #1: Why didn't you go to the ACM programming contest?
Student #2: Everyone there is an excellent coder, and they'd think I'm dumb.
Contestants should be assured that if they do poorly, their scores would not be announced to ANYONE. Additionaly, it should be stressed one does not have to be a "Super-Good" programmer.
(2) The problems are too hard. Many people get frustrated because the problems are extremely difficult. There should be one or two easy problems that most people can get. Also, many of the problems require advanced courses like "Graph Theory". Obviously, this will discourage participation from anyone who has not taken these courses.
I'm still angry about Napster getting shut down. Napster was for novelty purposes only. If a couple bad apples on the internet want to trade copyrighted MP3s, Napster should not be held responsible.
Just imagine what porn websites could do if they were able to detect you emotion. They could figure out exactly what kind of porn turns you on the most. Then when they find it the soundcard could play a seductive wav "oh...so you like that huh baby?" Then the site could store a cookie on your hard drive so when you came back it would know exactly what you like. So then your wife gets on your computer the next day, and the website knows to show her Donkey Porn. Then the computer plays a wav "Oh stop acting like your so shocked, big boy. You aren't fooling anyone."
The gadget requires nothing of participants other than to wear it during the day and place it in a home docking station each night so data can be collected and transmitted to Arbitron.
How much will these 'sweatshop allegations' really hurt Nike? Consider the mentality of someone who will pay $150 for a pair of shoes because Michael Jordon endorses them. Do you think this kid is really going to care what CorpWatch has to say?
The bill would require businesses to provide consumers with a way to access their information, and to correct any inaccuracies in the data held about them.
Nobody in the world wants a business to know personal things about them, whether it be their address, their shopping habits, or their religion. If the bill lets customers "correct" the data, I think somebody in marketing is going to be really surprised to find out that 80% of their customers are named "John Smith", have no shopping-preferences, and live in zip code 12345.
We need IP to be a priority within these [CHIP] units.
Considering that the CIA just warned of a Chinese cyber attack on the US , I really doubt that CHIP units are going to start devoting more time to a few 15-year olds trading MP3s.
To an extent, EULAs will probably always be long and complicated. A EULA has to make sure it closes every loophole since lawyers are trained to exploit contracts. Realizing this, it would be great if EULAs gave a preamble or summary. For example, the preamble of the GPL provides a great summary and explanation in layman's terms.
My favorite thing about being in the IT field is there's always something new to learn, and always new and interesting things coming out. If you like constantly learning different technologies and ideas, I couldn't think of a better field to be in. And the more you know, the more you are respected...it's a ladder with infinite rungs. It's about as far from as dead end as you can get.
Recently a family-member donated her old PC to a charity organization. She kept lots of sensitive information on it, including most of her finances. To destroy the data, I formatted the hard-drive, overwrote the hard-drive once with random-data, then reinstalled windows. I wonder if the security experts on here believe this is sufficient for destroying data. And if not, what is sufficient?
How Many People Use Radlight Media Player?
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This book is a collection of 29 articles from the lead researchers in the HCI academic research community, and it attempts to outline the research programs that will dominate the HCI field
If the reviewer would have gone into detail about a couple of individual articles (of the 29) in the book, a lot of us newbies would get a much better picture of what to expect in the book. Five of the articles were given a very brief one-sentence description, which doesn't help as much. I'm sure there must have been one or two articles the reviewer found exceptionally good. He should tell us about them.
Disclaimer: I'm not trying to be a troll here. The review did stimulate enough interest for me in that I'll probably end up purchasing the book.
The first section in the article discusses Jetblue Airways' efforts to allow employees to work at home. Half of the technology will actually allow an employee to work at home: phone lines to handle calls and dial into the booking system, Laptop computers, etc. On the flip side, the other half of the technology used by employers will make sure that telecommuters actually do work. While some of this is certainly justified, I wonder how far it will be pushed. The author makes practically no mention of this.
Bottom Line: Office-technology is not all-good and wonderful. What about the increasing surveillance of employees? We need to hear about the bad parts too.
You have to wonder if there was anything going on between the government and Network Associates decision on PGP. Since September 11, the demands of the government to read email have skyrocketed.
Can the GPL be enforced? If Microsoft or some other company decides to include GPL'ed code into their proprietary software:
1. Who would ever know? It's closed-source. [If you have an answer to #1, see #2]
2. Who could do something about it? Copyright lawsuits cost an enormous amount of money. Who in the open-source community has this kind of money to go after them? You'd be facing some of the highest priced lawyers in the country [If you have an answer to #2, see #3]
3. How would you win the lawsuit? Microsoft coders could use the GPL'ed code to learn new techniques, write completely new code so it looks nothing like the original, and then close the source.
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Do you think UCSF might be trying to create a Clone Army?
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If the case is criminal, absolutely. If you think the fine is excessive (which is unconstitutional), you could appeal it to a higher court. If you don't get the appeal and you don't pay the fine, you definitely could be jailed.
If the case is civil, you can't be jailed for refusing to pay. However, they can send deputies to collect any property you have an auction it off. (remember OJ Simpson) However, some of your property is protected by law, for example, your house, and they can not take that.
As stated before, this case is civil.
It's unbelievable that the people who designed the copy protection are so stupid that it could be hacked by a 2 year old (literally). There has to be a subtle motive involved.
It was only 80 years ago that "horseless carriages" were the "rich-man's toy".
(1) People think they must be a super-good programmer to enter, or face belittlement This is a more serious problem than you might think. Example:
Student #1: Why didn't you go to the ACM programming contest?
Student #2: Everyone there is an excellent coder, and they'd think I'm dumb.
Contestants should be assured that if they do poorly, their scores would not be announced to ANYONE. Additionaly, it should be stressed one does not have to be a "Super-Good" programmer.
(2) The problems are too hard. Many people get frustrated because the problems are extremely difficult. There should be one or two easy problems that most people can get. Also, many of the problems require advanced courses like "Graph Theory". Obviously, this will discourage participation from anyone who has not taken these courses.
I'm still angry about Napster getting shut down. Napster was for novelty purposes only. If a couple bad apples on the internet want to trade copyrighted MP3s, Napster should not be held responsible.
The Computer Security Institute announced in its Computer Crime and Security Survey that 90% of respondents had security breaches in the last year. ONLY 34% reported ANY of the breaches to law enforcement for fear of bad publicity.
Bottom line: We barely see the tip of the iceberg when it comes to computer security breaches.Here's an interesting picture of "Hacking the Highways".
Somebody *MUST* program one.
Just imagine what porn websites could do if they were able to detect you emotion. They could figure out exactly what kind of porn turns you on the most. Then when they find it the soundcard could play a seductive wav "oh...so you like that huh baby?" Then the site could store a cookie on your hard drive so when you came back it would know exactly what you like. So then your wife gets on your computer the next day, and the website knows to show her Donkey Porn. Then the computer plays a wav "Oh stop acting like your so shocked, big boy. You aren't fooling anyone."
The gadget requires nothing of participants other than to wear it during the day and place it in a home docking station each night so data can be collected and transmitted to Arbitron.
Where can I sign up to get one today?
How much will these 'sweatshop allegations' really hurt Nike? Consider the mentality of someone who will pay $150 for a pair of shoes because Michael Jordon endorses them. Do you think this kid is really going to care what CorpWatch has to say?
Bottom Line: if you get an abortion or a liposuction, you are doing science a favor.
The bill would require businesses to provide consumers with a way to access their information, and to correct any inaccuracies in the data held about them.
Nobody in the world wants a business to know personal things about them, whether it be their address, their shopping habits, or their religion. If the bill lets customers "correct" the data, I think somebody in marketing is going to be really surprised to find out that 80% of their customers are named "John Smith", have no shopping-preferences, and live in zip code 12345.
We need IP to be a priority within these [CHIP] units.
Considering that the CIA just warned of a Chinese cyber attack on the US , I really doubt that CHIP units are going to start devoting more time to a few 15-year olds trading MP3s.
To an extent, EULAs will probably always be long and complicated. A EULA has to make sure it closes every loophole since lawyers are trained to exploit contracts. Realizing this, it would be great if EULAs gave a preamble or summary. For example, the preamble of the GPL provides a great summary and explanation in layman's terms.
My favorite thing about being in the IT field is there's always something new to learn, and always new and interesting things coming out. If you like constantly learning different technologies and ideas, I couldn't think of a better field to be in. And the more you know, the more you are respected...it's a ladder with infinite rungs. It's about as far from as dead end as you can get.
Recently a family-member donated her old PC to a charity organization. She kept lots of sensitive information on it, including most of her finances. To destroy the data, I formatted the hard-drive, overwrote the hard-drive once with random-data, then reinstalled windows. I wonder if the security experts on here believe this is sufficient for destroying data. And if not, what is sufficient?
And how many people use Radlight media player?
answer: Fifty: As a matter of fact, here are all 50 registered users (fifty people, wow!).
Even better question: How many people have even *heard* of Radlight before?
PS:Somehow I don't think their servers are being crippled right now with thousands of slashdot readers trying to download a copy of radlight.
If the reviewer would have gone into detail about a couple of individual articles (of the 29) in the book, a lot of us newbies would get a much better picture of what to expect in the book. Five of the articles were given a very brief one-sentence description, which doesn't help as much. I'm sure there must have been one or two articles the reviewer found exceptionally good. He should tell us about them.
Disclaimer: I'm not trying to be a troll here. The review did stimulate enough interest for me in that I'll probably end up purchasing the book.
For some reason I have this huge fear the Episode II will be somewhat of a click flick. Please tell me I'm wrong.
Or even better-- if some 9-year old decides to download some random executable files (read Trojan horse) off the internet.
Also, I don't even want to *think* what system administration would be like for this.
The first section in the article discusses Jetblue Airways' efforts to allow employees to work at home. Half of the technology will actually allow an employee to work at home: phone lines to handle calls and dial into the booking system, Laptop computers, etc. On the flip side, the other half of the technology used by employers will make sure that telecommuters actually do work. While some of this is certainly justified, I wonder how far it will be pushed. The author makes practically no mention of this.
Bottom Line: Office-technology is not all-good and wonderful. What about the increasing surveillance of employees? We need to hear about the bad parts too.
You have to wonder if there was anything going on between the government and Network Associates decision on PGP. Since September 11, the demands of the government to read email have skyrocketed.
Can the GPL be enforced? If Microsoft or some other company decides to include GPL'ed code into their proprietary software:
1. Who would ever know? It's closed-source.
[If you have an answer to #1, see #2]
2. Who could do something about it? Copyright lawsuits cost an enormous amount of money. Who in the open-source community has this kind of money to go after them? You'd be facing some of the highest priced lawyers in the country
[If you have an answer to #2, see #3]
3. How would you win the lawsuit? Microsoft coders could use the GPL'ed code to learn new techniques, write completely new code so it looks nothing like the original, and then close the source.