It's not their product being spammed, it's just their name. I doubt that anyone who orders "Viagra" from a spammer actually receives the genuine article.
Then, according to you, the phrase "he stole my idea" is an incorrect usage of the word steal. Sorry, but people have long used the word steal in this manner, and your take on music piracy won't change that.
I see somebody booting a guy's ass. I take a normal looking gun that I happen to be wearing and lodge a bullet in the booter's ass. I laugh a lot, and other people laugh with me.
I'm kidding of course, but you did suggest that breaking the law is a fair retaliation for someone else breaking the law.
what are they supposed to do with their "monopoly capital," sit on it until it turns into a golden fucking egg?
How about they pour it back into where they got it from -- by fixing the numerous bugs and design flaws in their monopoly software.
This is the ninth one installed in the United States. There are 400 world wide,... its primary use is to protect crops...
And you think it doesn't work? How'd they sell 400 of the things?
Thousands of people buy penis-enlargement pills, so what's your point?
Another product claims to regrow hair, and "is so effective that it was awarded a patent."
PatentLEAN diet pills take that tactic a step further, putting the word "patent" right in the product name. *rolleyes*
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I'll spell it out for you then: Having a reference point in the mirror is a good thing. Ideally you would have both a reference point AND no blind spots, but current mirror design doesn't encompass that much.
It's not because the ad was controversial, it's because it was negative. The lone ad would have been out of line with the entirety of the rest of the broadcast. If you'd rather watch political ads than have fun, I suspect you're in the minority.
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It's not censorship. The ad is running, is it not?
Heh, I just bought an analog TV after much comparing, and that's exactly what I saw -- who needs HDTV when the picture is overly compressed? I'll wait till they get it right before I spend the extra money.
that blue 'e' sort of IS the internet to so many people
Microsoft markets IE that way on purpose. Even in Windows XP, 8 or 9 years after IE's introduction when MS should have matured by now, IE still refers to itself as "The Internet" in many places throughout the GUI.
1/4 million dollars for 11 days of potential website disconnectivity? Good grief, what kind of company would ever offer that kind of reward for such a minor disruption, and to do so immediately after the virus was discovered!
some of us are trying to do legitimate business on the internet.
Too many people in business assume that their pursuit of profit makes them right. While the rest of your comments may be true, that one statement is just irrelavent; your rights are not dependent on your profit potential.
What makes a system secure is a user that has a clue.
That's true! But in order for users to be clued, the OS needs to start informing them. They need to know what's going on in their system. But universally vague error messages; system controls and files scattered all over the OS haphazardly rather than grouped in one location; failure to accurately identify and log net connections, both user-initiated and remote; and other stuff I forgot about -- all contribute to an environment of HIDING INFORMATION from users. This is not security. Has Microsoft improved their attitude? No, I think it's still their mantra.
Transaction notification is up to the collector, not the transmitter, right?
So what's to stop a thief from sitting on a mall bench and collecting RFID data from everyone who walks by? Nothing.
What's to stop a thief from sitting on a mall bench and collecting credit card data from everyone who walks by? The fact that credit cards are stored in wallets; physical access is required. You know when someone accesses your card -- this not only physically limits theft, it mentally discourages it.
Not only that, but Microsoft could "sponsor" many, many studies; then only pay for the studies they like, citing their NDA; and publish just those. One published pro-MS study along with 99 unpublished unsatisfactory studies equals 100% MS satisfaction =\ (And recent changes to EULAs means they might challenge unsponsored studies, too.)
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our drug policy promotes the use of the most deadly and addictive recreational drugs--alcohol and tobacco--
Those drugs are the most deadly and addictive because they are legal. And being legal does not equal being promoted.
Like voter registration and driver's license records being sold to marketers. Like data that the driver wasn't told existed being pried from OBD II vehicle computers. Like telemarketers scanning entire phone books for target lists. Like phone-sex and psychic lines nabbing your home phone number through their ANI service. Like HTML "web bugs" embedded in email messages. Like bars and clubs reading your ID, then secretly entering the info into a database.
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It's not their product being spammed, it's just their name. I doubt that anyone who orders "Viagra" from a spammer actually receives the genuine article.
So Foonet resides entirely in somebody's house, but some other guy with no last name now owns Foonet? Sounds awfully shady and unprofessional to me.
No, you are just bad at math .9984 = .0016 .99984 = .00016
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A factor of 10 in reduced error rates
160 errors per 10 thousand vs 16.
You mean per 100 thousand.
Bad at math, bad at math; everyone here is bad at math!
Your described typical user doesn't know what a CPU is either, so what's the conflict?
"Cybercrime" includes identity theft (or identity abuse to those of you who don't like using the words "steal" or "theft" in this context).
Then, according to you, the phrase "he stole my idea" is an incorrect usage of the word steal. Sorry, but people have long used the word steal in this manner, and your take on music piracy won't change that.
You're wrong. "Theft" in the piracy sense has nothing to do with depriving your pal of anything.
Exactly. For every buyer, there must be a seller, right?
Cut to the next scene:
I see somebody booting a guy's ass. I take a normal looking gun that I happen to be wearing and lodge a bullet in the booter's ass. I laugh a lot, and other people laugh with me.
I'm kidding of course, but you did suggest that breaking the law is a fair retaliation for someone else breaking the law.
what are they supposed to do with their "monopoly capital," sit on it until it turns into a golden fucking egg? How about they pour it back into where they got it from -- by fixing the numerous bugs and design flaws in their monopoly software.
This is the ninth one installed in the United States. There are 400 world wide, ... its primary use is to protect crops...
And you think it doesn't work? How'd they sell 400 of the things?
Thousands of people buy penis-enlargement pills, so what's your point?
Another product claims to regrow hair, and "is so effective that it was awarded a patent."
PatentLEAN diet pills take that tactic a step further, putting the word "patent" right in the product name. *rolleyes*
I'll spell it out for you then: Having a reference point in the mirror is a good thing. Ideally you would have both a reference point AND no blind spots, but current mirror design doesn't encompass that much.
It's not because the ad was controversial, it's because it was negative. The lone ad would have been out of line with the entirety of the rest of the broadcast. If you'd rather watch political ads than have fun, I suspect you're in the minority.
It's not censorship. The ad is running, is it not?
Heh, I just bought an analog TV after much comparing, and that's exactly what I saw -- who needs HDTV when the picture is overly compressed? I'll wait till they get it right before I spend the extra money.
that blue 'e' sort of IS the internet to so many people
Microsoft markets IE that way on purpose. Even in Windows XP, 8 or 9 years after IE's introduction when MS should have matured by now, IE still refers to itself as "The Internet" in many places throughout the GUI.
1/4 million dollars for 11 days of potential website disconnectivity? Good grief, what kind of company would ever offer that kind of reward for such a minor disruption, and to do so immediately after the virus was discovered!
GM eventually used recalls to deal with the major Fiero problems, including fixing the parking brake cables and replacing the exhaust manifold.
After recall fixes, I think Fieros just suffer from typical GM quality; they are no special hazard.
(Owner of three used models.)
some of us are trying to do legitimate business on the internet.
Too many people in business assume that their pursuit of profit makes them right. While the rest of your comments may be true, that one statement is just irrelavent; your rights are not dependent on your profit potential.
What makes a system secure is a user that has a clue.
That's true! But in order for users to be clued, the OS needs to start informing them. They need to know what's going on in their system. But universally vague error messages; system controls and files scattered all over the OS haphazardly rather than grouped in one location; failure to accurately identify and log net connections, both user-initiated and remote; and other stuff I forgot about -- all contribute to an environment of HIDING INFORMATION from users. This is not security. Has Microsoft improved their attitude? No, I think it's still their mantra.
Transaction notification is up to the collector, not the transmitter, right?
So what's to stop a thief from sitting on a mall bench and collecting RFID data from everyone who walks by? Nothing.
What's to stop a thief from sitting on a mall bench and collecting credit card data from everyone who walks by? The fact that credit cards are stored in wallets; physical access is required. You know when someone accesses your card -- this not only physically limits theft, it mentally discourages it.
Not only that, but Microsoft could "sponsor" many, many studies; then only pay for the studies they like, citing their NDA; and publish just those. One published pro-MS study along with 99 unpublished unsatisfactory studies equals 100% MS satisfaction =\ (And recent changes to EULAs means they might challenge unsponsored studies, too.)
our drug policy promotes the use of the most deadly and addictive recreational drugs--alcohol and tobacco--
Those drugs are the most deadly and addictive because they are legal. And being legal does not equal being promoted.
Like voter registration and driver's license records being sold to marketers.
Like data that the driver wasn't told existed being pried from OBD II vehicle computers.
Like telemarketers scanning entire phone books for target lists.
Like phone-sex and psychic lines nabbing your home phone number through their ANI service.
Like HTML "web bugs" embedded in email messages.
Like bars and clubs reading your ID, then secretly entering the info into a database.