Computer Intrusion is illegal, and the FBI knows that.
Have you not learned from all the stories of computer intrusions that it is only illegal if you are an ordinary person, without access to large amounts of money, or are part of the government?
The article clearly lays out how the programmers are responsible for the big profits, not the bankers who did not even understand what the programmers were doing. But who got the multi-million dolar bonuses?
He pulled up his browser and typed into it the words: Free Subversion Repository. Up popped a list of places that stored code, for free, and in a convenient fashion. He clicked the first link on the list. The entire process took about eight seconds. And then he did what he had always done since he first started programming computers: he deleted his bash history. To access the computer he was required to type his password. If he didn't delete his bash history, his password would be there to see, for anyone who had access to the system.
What? It is possible to put your password on the command line with subversion, but why would you do that if you are going to delete your history? Why not just let subversion prompt for a password (or use a keyring to store it)?
Where was Microsoft irresponsible here? Who in their right mind would have thought that SkyDrive infringed on British Sky Broadcasting Group?
Yes, I mean Microsoft is being perfectly non-hypocritical here, I mean, who would confuse "Lindows" with "Windows"..... oh, wait, we weren't talking about that!
[waits for the downmods from the MS fanboys]
So, no, the connection is well established and the concept of extraterritorial jurisdiction for espionage is well established. The only question is whether a court considers the result or motivations to be either insufficient harm, or there is some First Amendment situation. Either way, I assure you, there is no court that would not at least accept the case to be heard on the merits.
If it is so clear cut, please explain why he has not been indicted by the US?
Assange is a foreign national and not a member of the US military.
In other words, he owes no duty to the USA. He has no allegiance to the USA. His actions did not take place on US soil. He did not gather the documents from the USA. He did not violate the confidentiality of the documents (confidentiality was broken by Manning). There is no connection between his actions and the USA.
He will almost certainly get off less harshly than Manning,
Also known as, AIRLINE PILOTS ARE NOT HOURLY EMPLOYEES.
Apart from the citations from discussions on the web that show that airline pilots ae indeed paid hourly, many pilots are not paid enough to qualify as "exempt", so paying them as salaried employees would be illegal.
Nevertheless, I don't understand how it can be legal to not pay pilots for time prepping the plane.
A very "American" sentiment, approximately equivalent to the "thinking" that led to the US marked inferiority in decryption and signals intelligence in the 1930's which in turn allowed Pear Harbour to happen.
And, once again, we have yet another example of why the warrantless surveillance is a bad idea. There was an agent (DuÅan Popov) working for the British MI6 who was trying to tell the US military about Pearl Harbor for months before the attack, but the US military didn't want to listen. In other words, Pearl Harbor happened, not because of a lack of intelligence (in the information sense), but instead a lack of intelligence (in the IQ sense) amongst US military personnel.
Sorry Mr. Business Owner, that IT guy you hired to run your servers is downloading our free updates, and installing them on your servers violating our copyright...
Except that the updates are probably not free. IIRC correctly, Sun was charging for updates a few years before the Oracle acquisition.
I cannot imagine how a VPS is not protected under the 4th amendment. Renting a VPS is like renting an office -- the building management can still get into the office, but a warrant is required to law enforcement to search it.
Assuming you manage the VPS yourself, you have given the VPS provider no reason to look at your emails -- all it does is deliver packets (like a building manager would deliver letters). Assuming you use encryption in your communications to your VPS (including SMTP-TLS, imaps, etc..), the VPS provider cannot even see the contents of the packets without active man-in-the-middle attacks.
Pfff, my soon-to-be-released Assembly program will put his slow ruby ass to shame, thus starting HFR (high frequency reservation) era and trading in reservation futures.
He already talked about moving his sytems closer to reduce network latency.
some place in NYC that cost $600 for dinner for two people after taxes, tip and whatever. i tried making reservations, but the place was booked solid for months in advance
Face facts. The problem wasn't that the restaurant was booked, the problem was that you are not famous.
They'd probably sell more units than they do now with WP, but the margins would have been atrocious.
And it isn't now? Nokia sold more units in the last quarter, but the revenue per unit went down. That's because Nokia is selling low end devices (Lumia 520). The market for high-end Lumias has dried up.
At the time of the Burning Platforms memo, Samsung had not established its dominance over Android, Nokia had one of the best brand names, it had the largest market share of smartphones (yes, more than Apple at that time).
Had Elop not Osbourned the Symbian phones, he would have had time to transition to Android and could have leveraged its market share to advantage instead of adopting a platform with a history of failure.
Yes,Elop got some cash from Microsoft, but that money has run out now. Nokia will be paying Microsoft in the coming quarters. Nokia would not have needed the cash if it had not Osbourned Symbian.
hey, that useless goddamned 8-track in my classic Mach I is a real status symbol.
Some of us cannot install any kind of radio in our positive-ground cars, you insensitive clod! (yes, I know, these days, converters are available, but it's hardly stock).
That means it has to run its finances exactly the way every other company does: it brings in revenue from customers, and then spends that revenue on expenses (operating expenses including salaries, capital expenses, and employee pensions).
Yes, understood.
since they have to pre-fund every employee's pension fund for the next 75 years, thanks to the stupid law Congress passed in 2006
And that law applies to every US company? No? Then the USPS does not run its finances like every other company.
But let's be realistic. The purpose of that law was to bankrupt the USPS so that the operations could be outsourced to private businesses.
To further counter that idiotic Buffalo argument: The Residents can't walk 30 feet through the snow once a day to get their mail, but the mail carriers can walk from door to door to door through the same snow and cold with no problems?
They don't even need aircraft, I have seen officers noting license plates and the time they pass on a stretch of highway. They relay it to another officer much further down (in this case about 40 miles) and if you get there under a certain time they pull you over for speeding.
I don't think so (from California Vehicle Code Section 40802 -- Speed Traps)
Speed Traps
40802. (a) A "speed trap" is either of the following:
(1) A particular section of a highway measured as to distance and with boundaries marked, designated, or otherwise determined in order that the speed of a vehicle may be calculated by securing the time it takes the vehicle to travel the known distance.
I live in Kansas, so if I called my Congressman, it would be totally ineffective. I have tried before and gotten the form letter which says, basically, "If you have an opinion that disagrees with mine, Suck It." Sincerely Your Congressman
You should still call. Express your disapproval if necessary. Silence will be interpreted as agreement.
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Have you not learned from all the stories of computer intrusions that it is only illegal if you are an ordinary person, without access to large amounts of money, or are part of the government?
The article clearly lays out how the programmers are responsible for the big profits, not the bankers who did not even understand what the programmers were doing. But who got the multi-million dolar bonuses?
What? It is possible to put your password on the command line with subversion, but why would you do that if you are going to delete your history? Why not just let subversion prompt for a password (or use a keyring to store it)?
Yes, I mean Microsoft is being perfectly non-hypocritical here, I mean, who would confuse "Lindows" with "Windows" ..... oh, wait, we weren't talking about that!
[waits for the downmods from the MS fanboys]
If it is so clear cut, please explain why he has not been indicted by the US?
And had Fantec dealt with the issue properly when it was first brought to their attention, this would not have gone to court.
Fantec had the opportunity to do the right thing but decided instead to risk the court ruling against them.
In other words, he owes no duty to the USA. He has no allegiance to the USA. His actions did not take place on US soil. He did not gather the documents from the USA. He did not violate the confidentiality of the documents (confidentiality was broken by Manning). There is no connection between his actions and the USA.
IMHO, Assange should not face any charges.
Apart from the citations from discussions on the web that show that airline pilots ae indeed paid hourly, many pilots are not paid enough to qualify as "exempt", so paying them as salaried employees would be illegal.
Nevertheless, I don't understand how it can be legal to not pay pilots for time prepping the plane.
What if the dentist's qualifications were not proper and complete?
And, once again, we have yet another example of why the warrantless surveillance is a bad idea. There was an agent (DuÅan Popov) working for the British MI6 who was trying to tell the US military about Pearl Harbor for months before the attack, but the US military didn't want to listen. In other words, Pearl Harbor happened, not because of a lack of intelligence (in the information sense), but instead a lack of intelligence (in the IQ sense) amongst US military personnel.
Except that the updates are probably not free. IIRC correctly, Sun was charging for updates a few years before the Oracle acquisition.
I cannot imagine how a VPS is not protected under the 4th amendment. Renting a VPS is like renting an office -- the building management can still get into the office, but a warrant is required to law enforcement to search it.
Assuming you manage the VPS yourself, you have given the VPS provider no reason to look at your emails -- all it does is deliver packets (like a building manager would deliver letters). Assuming you use encryption in your communications to your VPS (including SMTP-TLS, imaps, etc..), the VPS provider cannot even see the contents of the packets without active man-in-the-middle attacks.
He already talked about moving his sytems closer to reduce network latency.
Face facts. The problem wasn't that the restaurant was booked, the problem was that you are not famous.
And it isn't now? Nokia sold more units in the last quarter, but the revenue per unit went down. That's because Nokia is selling low end devices (Lumia 520). The market for high-end Lumias has dried up.
Except that Nokia could have dominated Android.
At the time of the Burning Platforms memo, Samsung had not established its dominance over Android, Nokia had one of the best brand names, it had the largest market share of smartphones (yes, more than Apple at that time).
Had Elop not Osbourned the Symbian phones, he would have had time to transition to Android and could have leveraged its market share to advantage instead of adopting a platform with a history of failure.
Yes,Elop got some cash from Microsoft, but that money has run out now. Nokia will be paying Microsoft in the coming quarters. Nokia would not have needed the cash if it had not Osbourned Symbian.
California code does not apply in AZ (I did state that I was quoting California code).
I can think of arguments for the NSA wanting to overplay its capability and also downplay it.
Some of us cannot install any kind of radio in our positive-ground cars, you insensitive clod! (yes, I know, these days, converters are available, but it's hardly stock).
Yes, understood.
And that law applies to every US company? No? Then the USPS does not run its finances like every other company.
But let's be realistic. The purpose of that law was to bankrupt the USPS so that the operations could be outsourced to private businesses.
What about people who are disabled?
It is illegal. Calfornia Vehicle Code Section 40802 defines this as a "Speed Trap" and speed traps are illegal in California.
I don't think so (from California Vehicle Code Section 40802 -- Speed Traps)
Speed traps are illegal in California.
You should still call. Express your disapproval if necessary. Silence will be interpreted as agreement.
Finally, somthing that makes sense on 16x9 monitors, instead of the idiotic idea of taking up vertical space in a "ribbon"