I have a card with a very poor signature strip so I do the same thing. Stores here in Canada are pretty good about checking it, at least until they know me. That's fine.
Stores in the Philippines are nuts about it. Almost everyone not only asked for my ID, but they all but pulled out a magnifying glass to check it. However, I did have one idiot insist I sign it over top the See ID. So I did, and they compared it to my reciept.
From the tech specs page, the iPod can play MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store, M4A, M4B, M4P), Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4) and WAV.
The majority of these formats are not encumbered. I really don't understand why so many people think the iPod can play only iTunes Music Store songs.
There's no such thing as an idiot-proof language; nature has a way of inventing better idiots.:) However, I'll grant you it's easier to write crappy code in Visual Basic than, say, Pascal or C++.
Why wonder when the reason is readily available if you're willing to actaully investigate? Or even just read the posted TOS to begin with, rather than someone's interpretation of it?
Before spreading any more FUD, I suggest you actually read the part of the TOS in question. It is not perfectly clear, but it is clear enough that this entire series of events should never have occured.
This incident has proven to me that not only is the cliche about nature building better idiots is true, but in today's web space there are a seemingly infinite number of bloggers who will run a panic story without checking the facts first.
To be more specific, if you wanted the cracker, you'd use "Captain Crunch hacker" as your IFL link instead. If you were worried about the hacker becoming more widespread than the serial, you could use "Captain Cracker breakfast cereal" instead for the cereal link.
It isn't perfect and isn't meant to be. But for a lot of terms it works better than a link.
Then you use either a direct link or the regular google search. The IFL links would only be used where the primary use of the term isn't going to change.
Well, I suppose the button "I'm feeling lucky!" makes a lot more sense in the context of online poker.
In all seriousness, some people I know have started using google IFL links on blogs rather tahn direct links. The idea is that in five years if the Captain Crunch brand changes, an I'm Feeling Lucky search for Captain Crunch will probably take you to the new page.
I'm not clear why fighting spam-fuelled results is detrimental to google. Personally, I think the encyclopedia page is at least as valuable as whatever online poker service spammed the most.
Kraft Dinner (or Kraft Macoroni & Cheese, if you prefer) has been a staple of college students and bachelors for years, and you just realized this today?:)
The cynical side of me me thinks the reason for not officially passing something that calls it a war is so that a hundred years from now when people look back and realize what a disaster it became, the "war on terror" can be referred to as "police action on terror, not a war, nope nope."
I dunno. I think if a programmer has a misunderstanding of security like that I'd rather have a slower, more trustworthy program! But yes, competent programmers would be best.
GCC is just the compiler. If you want an IDE that works with it, look around... there are a few. I don't really have any recommendations as I'm mostly working with other tools right now.
I can see the point htere, but really... the blogger is now claiming AOL is lying. Lying!
Seriously, does the word "posting" look even remote like "message"? He's got a long uphill battle here to convince me he's anything other than a lunatic (especially after previous comments of his like cracking all iTMS songs).
Nice to see he's edited the Macslash story to say "misleads" instead of "lies."
He'll be lucky if he doesn't face a SLAPP over the libel.
This isn't aimed at you, it just flows from what you said...
That is what people are surprised about -- that AOL would have the gall to allow themselves something like that.
Except has done no such thing. Frankly, this is nothing short of amazing.
The TOS is right there. A small piece is taken out of context by a black hat, and suddenly everyone is spreading it around without reading the damn thing.
Not only that, but it isn't even technically possible. For long conversations, AIM switches to direct communication. The messages don't even go through the server. (If you ever get the message "You have left the conversation." in iChat, it is because the client is reverting to using AOL's servers.)
So slashdot runs another story, on the one hand, but they still have to put the "Well, we're not really wrong" spin on it.
Seriously, what the heck? Is it that hard to say "I was wrong"?
Yes, that's the right words to use: You were wrong.
Admit it and move on. Or just move on. But don't insist on being aggressively wrong.
could be that they don't actually take advantage of its terms, but the Terms of Service seem to broadly favor AIM's right to do exactly what they say they're not doing; rather than drawing any distinction between IM services and public forum posts, the actual terms seem clearly to apply to all AIM products. Here's how they put it:
No, it doesn't say any such thing. Come on! You were wrong. Grow up and admit it. The only thing worse than being wrong is refusing to admit it.
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I have a card with a very poor signature strip so I do the same thing. Stores here in Canada are pretty good about checking it, at least until they know me. That's fine.
Stores in the Philippines are nuts about it. Almost everyone not only asked for my ID, but they all but pulled out a magnifying glass to check it. However, I did have one idiot insist I sign it over top the See ID. So I did, and they compared it to my reciept.
From the tech specs page, the iPod can play MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store, M4A, M4B, M4P), Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4) and WAV.
The majority of these formats are not encumbered. I really don't understand why so many people think the iPod can play only iTunes Music Store songs.
Indeed. Google search for Mark Mumma; it seems he's been on the other side of the fence in the past.
The first rule of spam, of course, is: spammers lie.
There's no such thing as an idiot-proof language; nature has a way of inventing better idiots. :) However, I'll grant you it's easier to write crappy code in Visual Basic than, say, Pascal or C++.
Unfortunately, it's been my experience that quick, dirty and stupid is the rule with ALL languages rather than the exception.
Not that I'll miss VB, mind.
Oh, I agree, the change won't hurt anything. I just find the "Victory for freedom and bloggers!" angle a bit tough to take.
That doesn't stop the Mozilla Foundation.
(Meant as a joke, nto a troll. Have you ever tried to build Camino? Yearrrgggg (pause for breath) arrggggggh!)
Beautiful. Both of you. :)
It was more like "Oh my gosh, these people are so stupid that they can't read! We'd better dumb down or TOS a little!"
Not that I mind having an easier-to-comprehend TOS, but if people could just read this never would have happened.
Why wonder when the reason is readily available if you're willing to actaully investigate? Or even just read the posted TOS to begin with, rather than someone's interpretation of it?
The clause covers POSTINGS, not MESSAGES.
Before spreading any more FUD, I suggest you actually read the part of the TOS in question. It is not perfectly clear, but it is clear enough that this entire series of events should never have occured.
This incident has proven to me that not only is the cliche about nature building better idiots is true, but in today's web space there are a seemingly infinite number of bloggers who will run a panic story without checking the facts first.
Or, better yet, just refine the search.
To be more specific, if you wanted the cracker, you'd use "Captain Crunch hacker" as your IFL link instead. If you were worried about the hacker becoming more widespread than the serial, you could use "Captain Cracker breakfast cereal" instead for the cereal link.
It isn't perfect and isn't meant to be. But for a lot of terms it works better than a link.
Then you use either a direct link or the regular google search. The IFL links would only be used where the primary use of the term isn't going to change.
Because, I presume, bloggers are tired of online poker sites using their sites as free advertising.
Well, I suppose the button "I'm feeling lucky!" makes a lot more sense in the context of online poker.
In all seriousness, some people I know have started using google IFL links on blogs rather tahn direct links. The idea is that in five years if the Captain Crunch brand changes, an I'm Feeling Lucky search for Captain Crunch will probably take you to the new page.
I'm not clear why fighting spam-fuelled results is detrimental to google. Personally, I think the encyclopedia page is at least as valuable as whatever online poker service spammed the most.
Kraft Dinner (or Kraft Macoroni & Cheese, if you prefer) has been a staple of college students and bachelors for years, and you just realized this today? :)
The cynical side of me me thinks the reason for not officially passing something that calls it a war is so that a hundred years from now when people look back and realize what a disaster it became, the "war on terror" can be referred to as "police action on terror, not a war, nope nope."
I dunno. I think if a programmer has a misunderstanding of security like that I'd rather have a slower, more trustworthy program! But yes, competent programmers would be best.
GCC is just the compiler. If you want an IDE that works with it, look around... there are a few. I don't really have any recommendations as I'm mostly working with other tools right now.
I can see the point htere, but really... the blogger is now claiming AOL is lying. Lying!
Seriously, does the word "posting" look even remote like "message"? He's got a long uphill battle here to convince me he's anything other than a lunatic (especially after previous comments of his like cracking all iTMS songs).
Nice to see he's edited the Macslash story to say "misleads" instead of "lies."
He'll be lucky if he doesn't face a SLAPP over the libel.
This isn't aimed at you, it just flows from what you said...
That is what people are surprised about -- that AOL would have the gall to allow themselves something like that.
Except has done no such thing. Frankly, this is nothing short of amazing.
The TOS is right there. A small piece is taken out of context by a black hat, and suddenly everyone is spreading it around without reading the damn thing.
Not only that, but it isn't even technically possible. For long conversations, AIM switches to direct communication. The messages don't even go through the server. (If you ever get the message "You have left the conversation." in iChat, it is because the client is reverting to using AOL's servers.)
So slashdot runs another story, on the one hand, but they still have to put the "Well, we're not really wrong" spin on it.
Seriously, what the heck? Is it that hard to say "I was wrong"?
Yes, that's the right words to use: You were wrong.
Admit it and move on. Or just move on. But don't insist on being aggressively wrong.
could be that they don't actually take advantage of its terms, but the Terms of Service seem to broadly favor AIM's right to do exactly what they say they're not doing; rather than drawing any distinction between IM services and public forum posts, the actual terms seem clearly to apply to all AIM products. Here's how they put it:
No, it doesn't say any such thing. Come on! You were wrong. Grow up and admit it. The only thing worse than being wrong is refusing to admit it.
Down for me, too. It used to be 30 per day, it's now more like 10 per day.
Mind you, 10 per day is still way, way too high. It's double the amount of legitimate email I get.
Like you, my email is tagged not blocked.
Because free as in speech doesn't apply to which stories are run.