It more than an enabling crime. In order to have a botnet, he first had to infect all those machines with a virus that pointed to his command & control machine. That in itself is criminal.
And besides the ID theft considerations, there's also the millions of spam emails the botnet no doubt sent.
I'd personally like to punch him on the face. But on the scale of all possible crimes, it's still not very major.
Cheap crap Android phones are possible where cheap crap (versus expensive crap, IMO, but my wife loves hers) iPhones are not possible, because Android is open and iOS is locked down.
That's true.
I hope Apple's enjoying their excessinv profit margins on the iPhone now, because they're losing market share to Android pretty fast right now.
But then that's a non-sequiteur. Being more expensive than cheap crap does not mean excessive profit margins. And losing the market that buys cheap crap doesn't matter to a manufacturer of quality products. Not that they're a loss since they were never a market for Apple.
In the classic Slashdot tradition of car analogies, BMW doesn't care about what's happening in the market for Yugos and Kias.
if you'll look at any eTailer like Amazon or Tigerdirect the ones being sold with 2.x are the CCC (Cheapo Chinese Crap) that frankly won't run anything heavier thanks to low end CPUs and pathetic amounts of RAM!
This combined with the figures in TFA means that the majority of Android phones being sold are "Cheapo Chinese Crap". This is the reality that few on Slashdot want to admit to. The reason that Android phone market share surpassed iPhone market share is not because it's open. It's because lots of people buy cheap crap.
Some woodworkers get along just fine with a cupboard full of handsaws, chisels and hand-planes. They've worked great for centuries. They can produce great results, and are the mark of a true craftsman.
But the woodworker with a bunch of modern power tools will be far more productive.
With Linux development I get the impression that developers are hanging on to decades old tools because it makes them feel clever, rather than because it makes them productive.
Trouble with that kind of situation is the programmer tackling a new task then has to spend time evaluating the libraries that claim to do the task. To filter out the no longer supported, the unfinished, and the bad.
And sometimes it's only part way though using a library that you discover it can't do what you need and you should have started with a different library.
The only other thing that impacts commercial developers is simply market share, pure and simple.
No, that's only one factor. The other important one is willingness to pay for software. It doesn't matter if there are a billion users of the platform, if they don't tend to pay for software, it's a waste of time for commercial developers.
Well... there's always the adware route. That's what Android developers typically end up doing because those users don't tend to pay for software either.
As always it is with all gov't regulations, laws, the actual effect is the exact opposite of the supposedly desired one, and it's always negative for the people.
So the law against murder actually causes more murders and is negative for the people. Amazing what you learn on Slashdot.
In both the car's I've owned, this is not the case. Other factors, especially gearing (controlling where in the power band the engine is running) have a huge effect. My current car (Pontiac G6) gets about the same mileage at 80 MPH as it does at 70 MPH. My previous car (Pontiac Grand Am) got better mileage at 85 than at 70.
I'm sure you believe that's true. But I don't believe you're right.
Indeed. Also a vehicle is more unstable at higher speeds. This is demonstrated by the following: At 70mph, the PIT manoeuvre will cause a car to veer off (or across) the road. At 20mph it'll do nothing but make a small dent.
Result: a minor collision or blow out is more dangerous the faster one is going.
Another thing that no one is considering is the fuel. A vehicle 85mph will use about 40% more fuel than one at 70mph. That means it costs more, it uses up a finite fossil fuel faster, and causes more pollution and CO2.
I see where you're going, but the availability of 3rd party toner seems to be pretty good, and razors are practically disposable.
It's good for some printers, not for others. Some you have to refill old cartridges. But the point is that manufacturers aren't helping 3rd parties to supply these parts. They are making it as difficult as possible. Apple on the other hand have a track record of working with 3rd parties to supply items that attach to the dock connector.
I really don't see why they get such abuse for perfectly reasonable business practices. So perhaps they won't release specs for the dock connector until the first product with the new dock connector is announced. So what?
Buy cables for a new phone? There's a dock to USB cable in the box with every iPhone. What the fuck do you thing your android can connect to that the iPhone can't? Out of the box.
It depends what language you're using. But I certainly know top developers who've been developing C/C++ for decades that day Visual Studio is the best IDE with a fantastic debugger.
I won't comment myself because it's 10 years since I worked with it.
I understand they can't use the same connector forever, but I don't know if that gives Apple a free pass from criticism about changing it and holding those details even from partners until release day, when Apple will (shockingly I'm sure) have a full assortment of accessories.
Clearly they haven't got such a free pass. There's no shortage of people criticising them, even based on no information. It seems what you're really asking is why there isn't a law against people pointing out the other side; the side where Apple is just a company looking to make a reasonable profit from what they do.
By the way, what brand of razor and printer do you use? Does the company even allow 3rd parties to manufacture blades or ink cartridges?
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Except that Anon has real evidence in this case, and specifics.
Told you so. The list came from a third party app developer, not the FBI.
http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/10/13781440-exclusive-the-real-source-of-apple-device-ids-leaked-by-anonymous-last-week
I thought you were serious till I read the past para. Well done!
It more than an enabling crime. In order to have a botnet, he first had to infect all those machines with a virus that pointed to his command & control machine. That in itself is criminal.
And besides the ID theft considerations, there's also the millions of spam emails the botnet no doubt sent.
I'd personally like to punch him on the face. But on the scale of all possible crimes, it's still not very major.
Cheap crap Android phones are possible where cheap crap (versus expensive crap, IMO, but my wife loves hers) iPhones are not possible, because Android is open and iOS is locked down.
That's true.
I hope Apple's enjoying their excessinv profit margins on the iPhone now, because they're losing market share to Android pretty fast right now.
But then that's a non-sequiteur. Being more expensive than cheap crap does not mean excessive profit margins. And losing the market that buys cheap crap doesn't matter to a manufacturer of quality products. Not that they're a loss since they were never a market for Apple.
In the classic Slashdot tradition of car analogies, BMW doesn't care about what's happening in the market for Yugos and Kias.
You don't know that there were cheap crap phones before Android came along? You must have been born yesterday.
Technology adoption never is linear, it's an S shape. But how does that excuse the fact that most Android phones are stuck on a 3 year old OS version?
Don't miss the wood for the trees.
if you'll look at any eTailer like Amazon or Tigerdirect the ones being sold with 2.x are the CCC (Cheapo Chinese Crap) that frankly won't run anything heavier thanks to low end CPUs and pathetic amounts of RAM!
This combined with the figures in TFA means that the majority of Android phones being sold are "Cheapo Chinese Crap". This is the reality that few on Slashdot want to admit to. The reason that Android phone market share surpassed iPhone market share is not because it's open. It's because lots of people buy cheap crap.
Some woodworkers get along just fine with a cupboard full of handsaws, chisels and hand-planes. They've worked great for centuries. They can produce great results, and are the mark of a true craftsman.
But the woodworker with a bunch of modern power tools will be far more productive.
With Linux development I get the impression that developers are hanging on to decades old tools because it makes them feel clever, rather than because it makes them productive.
Trouble with that kind of situation is the programmer tackling a new task then has to spend time evaluating the libraries that claim to do the task. To filter out the no longer supported, the unfinished, and the bad.
And sometimes it's only part way though using a library that you discover it can't do what you need and you should have started with a different library.
Here a single vendor is an advantage.
Python is great for scripts. It's piss poor for GUI applications.
The only other thing that impacts commercial developers is simply market share, pure and simple.
No, that's only one factor. The other important one is willingness to pay for software. It doesn't matter if there are a billion users of the platform, if they don't tend to pay for software, it's a waste of time for commercial developers.
Well... there's always the adware route. That's what Android developers typically end up doing because those users don't tend to pay for software either.
As always it is with all gov't regulations, laws, the actual effect is the exact opposite of the supposedly desired one, and it's always negative for the people.
So the law against murder actually causes more murders and is negative for the people. Amazing what you learn on Slashdot.
In both the car's I've owned, this is not the case. Other factors, especially gearing (controlling where in the power band the engine is running) have a huge effect. My current car (Pontiac G6) gets about the same mileage at 80 MPH as it does at 70 MPH. My previous car (Pontiac Grand Am) got better mileage at 85 than at 70.
I'm sure you believe that's true. But I don't believe you're right.
Are you actually old enough to drive?
Indeed. Also a vehicle is more unstable at higher speeds. This is demonstrated by the following: At 70mph, the PIT manoeuvre will cause a car to veer off (or across) the road. At 20mph it'll do nothing but make a small dent.
Result: a minor collision or blow out is more dangerous the faster one is going.
Another thing that no one is considering is the fuel. A vehicle 85mph will use about 40% more fuel than one at 70mph. That means it costs more, it uses up a finite fossil fuel faster, and causes more pollution and CO2.
This is not a good step forward.
No man is an island. Your actions affect other people.
So nothing related to the dock connector/USB then. Thanks for confirming the point.
I see where you're going, but the availability of 3rd party toner seems to be pretty good, and razors are practically disposable.
It's good for some printers, not for others. Some you have to refill old cartridges. But the point is that manufacturers aren't helping 3rd parties to supply these parts. They are making it as difficult as possible. Apple on the other hand have a track record of working with 3rd parties to supply items that attach to the dock connector.
I really don't see why they get such abuse for perfectly reasonable business practices. So perhaps they won't release specs for the dock connector until the first product with the new dock connector is announced. So what?
So perhaps the connector on the new devices IS micro-usb. Until they are announced we won't know.
iPhones and iPads are not phones or tablets.
Is this say something stupid day?
Buy cables for a new phone? There's a dock to USB cable in the box with every iPhone. What the fuck do you thing your android can connect to that the iPhone can't? Out of the box.
Then perhaps it's not him that's unreasonably attached to a particular platform, but you.
It depends what language you're using. But I certainly know top developers who've been developing C/C++ for decades that day Visual Studio is the best IDE with a fantastic debugger.
I won't comment myself because it's 10 years since I worked with it.
I understand they can't use the same connector forever, but I don't know if that gives Apple a free pass from criticism about changing it and holding those details even from partners until release day, when Apple will (shockingly I'm sure) have a full assortment of accessories.
Clearly they haven't got such a free pass. There's no shortage of people criticising them, even based on no information. It seems what you're really asking is why there isn't a law against people pointing out the other side; the side where Apple is just a company looking to make a reasonable profit from what they do.
By the way, what brand of razor and printer do you use? Does the company even allow 3rd parties to manufacture blades or ink cartridges?
Apples only go to those stupid enough to buy a subscription to Apple only, soft and hardware.
Apple's are particularly popular with scientists. They tend to not be stupid people. So unfortunately for you, it's your post that's stupid.