If the guy DID have bad intentions, this would have been much too late to help any of the passengers. It'd be nice to know exactly what happened on the plane after they found out he was added to the No-Fly List. What does staff do in a situation like that ? I doubt the flight attendants are trained to frisk a suspect and hold him down until the plane can land. If he did have a bomb or other weapon on him, how exactly would this have played out ? I'm sure other passengers would have helped out, but by that time he could have already killed people. I'm not against a no-fly list in theory, but if all it serves to do is harass innocents without any tangible results, what's the point ?
This issue seems to be resolved already. Maybe this incident was a Good Think (TM). People need to be aware that what they put on social media sites can come back to bite them. Most people shouldn't be putting near the amount of information on the sites as they already do, without even mentioning credit card numbers and recent purchases. If it takes a few people's credit history to make the point to a wider audience, maybe this sort of thing should happen more often...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Microsoft was basically granted a patent for throwing metadata in unused volume labels ? Why would anyone even WANT to violate the patent ? According to the Wikipedia entry on Long Filename, too many files with the same first six letters will cause issues. Man, that is one hell of a hack.
The NRC’s regulations focus on systems necessary to safely operate the plant or safely shut it down in case of an emergency. These safety systems’ buried piping is subject to inspection and testing requirements laid out in agency regulations and standards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. These standards call for regular flow testing and other surveillance for buried safety-related pipes, and NRC reviews have confirmed nuclear plants perform these tests several times every year.
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While I would usually agree, the amazon reviews suggest that this one really is a pretty good book
I'll shoot. It's one thing to move one or two "pixels" in this way. That's what a lot of the people did that you are referring to. It's quite another thing to actually DO something with the technology. Also, IBM will continue to improve this, and sooner or later will find an application worth using it on. So while they might not be kickstarting much in the way of science, science NEEDS bigger companies like this to push new technologies down the pipeline.
I'm sure this is a minor oversight and the person responsible just didn't realize this. Here's some more info on copyright re: the government:
3.6) Can the government copyright its works?
This one has to be taken slowly, and we'll look at federal and state
governments separately, because the rules are different.
With one exception, works of the United States government are public
domain. 17 U.S.C. 105. The only exception is for standard reference
data produced by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce under the Standard
Reference Data Act, 15 U.S.C. 290e.
However, there's a big loophole here: while the U.S government can't get
copyright for its own works, it can have an existing copyright assigned
to it. So if the U.S. government produces a work, it's not copyrighted.
But if an independent contractor working for the government produces a
work, it is copyrighted, and nothing prevents that contractor from
assigning the copyright back to the government. This reconciles the fact
that the U.S. government can't copyright its works with the fact that if
you stay up late on weekends, you'll see Public Service Announcements
against drunk driving that say "Copyright U.S. Department of
Transportation."
Also, there are some entities that might seem to be part of the U.S.
government, but are not. For example, the U.S. Postal Service is no
longer a branch of the U.S. government. In addition, while under U.S.
control, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and organized territories
of the U.S. are not considered to be part of the U.S. government for
purposes of copyright law.
At least he could be drowning his sorrows with good German beer instead of Bud Light. If he's out of a job he might as well go for it (and I'm sure he knows better than anyone what is happening re: his case inside apple). Of course, all this publicity is just going to make him a social pariah in tech circles...
Here's an online version of their EULA: http://home.mcafee.com/Root/AboutUs.aspx?id=eula
Of course there's a limited liability clause:
Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL MCAFEE, OR ITS AUTHORIZED PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR NEGLIGENCE OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, LOSS OF DATA, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR FOR ANY OTHER DAMAGE OR LOSS. IN NO EVENT SHALL MCAFEE, OR ITS AUTHORIZED PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE PRICE PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE, IF ANY, EVEN IF MCAFEE, OR ITS AUTHORIZED PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. This limitation shall not apply to liability for death or personal injury to the extent that applicable law prohibits such limitation. Furthermore, some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so this limitation and exclusion may not apply to you. Nothing contained in this Agreement limits McAfees liability to you for McAfees gross negligence or for the tort of fraud. McAfee is acting on behalf of its suppliers and Authorized Partners for the purpose of disclaiming, excluding and/or limiting obligations, warranties and liability as provided in this Agreement, but in no other respects and for no other purpose. The foregoing provisions shall be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
And under warranties:
Warranty Disclaimer. Except for the limited warranty set forth herein, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND McAfee MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO ITS USE OR PERFORMANCE. EXCEPT FOR ANY WARRANTY, CONDITION, REPRESENTATION OR TERM THE EXTENT TO WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
(The warranty they give is basically just for defective install media).
It's rather telling if you look at the selling points on their website, and then look at the EULA.... I understand that most places have EULA's like this now, but they aren't standing behind their product when it comes down to it one bit.
A buddy of mine is in IT at a college in the area. This affected almost all of their computers. Although it's harder to put a dollar figure on, the students and professors were NOT happy when all of the computer labs on campus went down, along with a "server" or two. Ever seen professors gets mad ? Now imagine your an IT guy and the professors can't access their online grade books that you pushed them into using. I really think McAfee is going to have a big problem on it's hands come contract renewal time. Pissed off IT people have long memories!
The shuttle program formed the basis of our endeavor with low earth orbit. LEO is of vast importance. Without the shuttle we wouldn't have near the experience that we do today with low earth orbit, and we wouldn't have the knowledge necessary to go towards the next step in space flight. While the shuttle program was not as earth-shattering as landing man on the moon, it is far from something that will be forgotten anytime soon.
While I think it's a pretty nifty thing to be able to do, all they are going to use if for is to get more oil so they can mess up the environment more... Now it would be interesting if they hooked this up so everyone in a nieghborhood could connect to each other through a mud connection:p.
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IMHO, if the guy's data is on target, it should stand on it's own without needing backup via lawsuits.
If the guy DID have bad intentions, this would have been much too late to help any of the passengers. It'd be nice to know exactly what happened on the plane after they found out he was added to the No-Fly List. What does staff do in a situation like that ? I doubt the flight attendants are trained to frisk a suspect and hold him down until the plane can land. If he did have a bomb or other weapon on him, how exactly would this have played out ? I'm sure other passengers would have helped out, but by that time he could have already killed people. I'm not against a no-fly list in theory, but if all it serves to do is harass innocents without any tangible results, what's the point ?
This issue seems to be resolved already. Maybe this incident was a Good Think (TM). People need to be aware that what they put on social media sites can come back to bite them. Most people shouldn't be putting near the amount of information on the sites as they already do, without even mentioning credit card numbers and recent purchases. If it takes a few people's credit history to make the point to a wider audience, maybe this sort of thing should happen more often...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Microsoft was basically granted a patent for throwing metadata in unused volume labels ? Why would anyone even WANT to violate the patent ? According to the Wikipedia entry on Long Filename, too many files with the same first six letters will cause issues. Man, that is one hell of a hack.
The NRC’s regulations focus on systems necessary to safely operate the plant or safely shut it down in case of an emergency. These safety systems’ buried piping is subject to inspection and testing requirements laid out in agency regulations and standards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. These standards call for regular flow testing and other surveillance for buried safety-related pipes, and NRC reviews have confirmed nuclear plants perform these tests several times every year.
http://www.amazon.com/Fatal-System-Error-Bringing-Internet/product-reviews/1586487485/ref=cm_cr_dp_all_helpful?ie=UTF8&coliid=&showViewpoints=1&colid=&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
I'll shoot. It's one thing to move one or two "pixels" in this way. That's what a lot of the people did that you are referring to. It's quite another thing to actually DO something with the technology. Also, IBM will continue to improve this, and sooner or later will find an application worth using it on. So while they might not be kickstarting much in the way of science, science NEEDS bigger companies like this to push new technologies down the pipeline.
3.6) Can the government copyright its works? This one has to be taken slowly, and we'll look at federal and state governments separately, because the rules are different. With one exception, works of the United States government are public domain. 17 U.S.C. 105. The only exception is for standard reference data produced by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce under the Standard Reference Data Act, 15 U.S.C. 290e. However, there's a big loophole here: while the U.S government can't get copyright for its own works, it can have an existing copyright assigned to it. So if the U.S. government produces a work, it's not copyrighted. But if an independent contractor working for the government produces a work, it is copyrighted, and nothing prevents that contractor from assigning the copyright back to the government. This reconciles the fact that the U.S. government can't copyright its works with the fact that if you stay up late on weekends, you'll see Public Service Announcements against drunk driving that say "Copyright U.S. Department of Transportation." Also, there are some entities that might seem to be part of the U.S. government, but are not. For example, the U.S. Postal Service is no longer a branch of the U.S. government. In addition, while under U.S. control, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and organized territories of the U.S. are not considered to be part of the U.S. government for purposes of copyright law.
At least he could be drowning his sorrows with good German beer instead of Bud Light. If he's out of a job he might as well go for it (and I'm sure he knows better than anyone what is happening re: his case inside apple). Of course, all this publicity is just going to make him a social pariah in tech circles...
Here's an online version of their EULA: http://home.mcafee.com/Root/AboutUs.aspx?id=eula Of course there's a limited liability clause: Limitation of Liability UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL MCAFEE, OR ITS AUTHORIZED PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF GOODWILL, OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES FOR NEGLIGENCE OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, LOSS OF DATA, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR FOR ANY OTHER DAMAGE OR LOSS. IN NO EVENT SHALL MCAFEE, OR ITS AUTHORIZED PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE PRICE PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE, IF ANY, EVEN IF MCAFEE, OR ITS AUTHORIZED PARTNERS OR SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. This limitation shall not apply to liability for death or personal injury to the extent that applicable law prohibits such limitation. Furthermore, some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so this limitation and exclusion may not apply to you. Nothing contained in this Agreement limits McAfees liability to you for McAfees gross negligence or for the tort of fraud. McAfee is acting on behalf of its suppliers and Authorized Partners for the purpose of disclaiming, excluding and/or limiting obligations, warranties and liability as provided in this Agreement, but in no other respects and for no other purpose. The foregoing provisions shall be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. And under warranties: Warranty Disclaimer. Except for the limited warranty set forth herein, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND McAfee MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO ITS USE OR PERFORMANCE. EXCEPT FOR ANY WARRANTY, CONDITION, REPRESENTATION OR TERM THE EXTENT TO WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY APPLICABLE LAW, (The warranty they give is basically just for defective install media). It's rather telling if you look at the selling points on their website, and then look at the EULA.... I understand that most places have EULA's like this now, but they aren't standing behind their product when it comes down to it one bit.
A buddy of mine is in IT at a college in the area. This affected almost all of their computers. Although it's harder to put a dollar figure on, the students and professors were NOT happy when all of the computer labs on campus went down, along with a "server" or two. Ever seen professors gets mad ? Now imagine your an IT guy and the professors can't access their online grade books that you pushed them into using. I really think McAfee is going to have a big problem on it's hands come contract renewal time. Pissed off IT people have long memories!
The shuttle program formed the basis of our endeavor with low earth orbit. LEO is of vast importance. Without the shuttle we wouldn't have near the experience that we do today with low earth orbit, and we wouldn't have the knowledge necessary to go towards the next step in space flight. While the shuttle program was not as earth-shattering as landing man on the moon, it is far from something that will be forgotten anytime soon.
Silent Solution
but nowhere near as cool as www.silentsolution.net !
Another great use of money provided by the taxpayers....
A first post.
How was that flamebait ? Someone M2 the mod.
While I think it's a pretty nifty thing to be able to do, all they are going to use if for is to get more oil so they can mess up the environment more... Now it would be interesting if they hooked this up so everyone in a nieghborhood could connect to each other through a mud connection :p.