there is a larger more worrying issue.
this kind of thing passifies people to invasive monitoring. these kids will grow up thinking it's ok for big brother to be watching them like this.
what is a MUCH better solution, is how about the lunch meals are all made healthy?
oh wait, what good does that do the school and parents?... yeah think about it.
yes i'll write an OS thats incompatable with everyone else, trap all the vendors into pricing structures that impose harsh penalties for selling anyone else's OS, and you try talking to me about alternatives.
not all religion dies but it certainly smashs many conceptions of the earth being the center of the universe and man being in the image of god, and the jews being gods people etc.
bottom line is major religions are all based on primitive stories, which hold no room for space exploration. and to admit any one of those beliefs is wrong opens the flood gates to the idea maybe the whole thing is a scam.
it's because we know best, so stfu and get back your box ok.
honestly, you pompus idiots must post this drivel in every slashdot story.
if you dont' like slashdot - THEN PISS OFF!
and stop whining how it's so one sided.
y2k was totally over blown it's true.
i bought a fucking toaster with y2k safe stickers on it.
however it WAS a very real bug and many old system run cricital inferstructure.
Those bits just go dark and the internet disappears for a while.
excuse me, but your lack of thought is ASTOUNDING
your obviously one of these idiots that think the internet is the www.
when someone shutdowns the power at rush hour and all the traffic ligths go out, try telling that shit to the people mangled in car wrecks. i'm sure they will agree.
or better yet, if your one of them and you go to hospital, and they look on your hacked medical records and they give you something your alergic to, be sure to consol yourself of the fact "internet disappears for a while." as you slowly die.
the information and services provided by computers are life and death in many many cases.
they are only talking about ebay shops. and yes i can see the tax departments point on this one. every other shop must charge gst, why the fuck should ebay shops think they are allowed to get away with it?
he's an idiot.
the answer isn't to let users do what they want with thier passwords.
if you ALLOW people to pick their passwords, they will pick shit ones everytime.
he's solution does nothing at all.
the answer, is to FORCE them to use a good password, and to change it reqularly. allowing them to put it on a sticky note on their monitor is a shitty shitty idea.
MS is never gain street cred in the security world taking advise from morons like this guy.
ip logging and the S&M case are a completely diffferent context.
S&M were in the middle of a court case and these emails suddenly disappeared.
logging ip's is assuming all your customers are breaking the law. i know i'm not going to stand for my isp treating me like a criminal.
china is just an arsehole country. over run, under developed. they can have their stupid software market, i'm not going to try compete with someone working for 50c a day.
yes but what they are counting on is you not taking it to court. you contracts are meaningless untill tested infront of a judge.
if you write a piece of software completely non related to what your working on at work, totally in your own time, there's no way they could reasonably claim ownership of it.
in that our current government thinks they can solve technical issue using legislation.
these spyware people are criminals, they dont' CARE about the law
free market is a myth. your yanking your own chain if you think any market is free from corruption and unfair competetion such as the sort microsoft use. this is why consumers need protection, becuase in real life they can't protect themselfs.
it's obvious to anyone with ears and eyes this is the case.
so no, the market doesn't choose, serveral large companys clobber all the compeditors they can, then release some bullshit that makes them the most money, with no reguard to what people would really want if they were well informed.
pay millions to a forgien company call microsoft, or employ some local people to develope the same piss easy software they use on windows now?
i know which i preffer, after all this is MY fucking tax dollars.
"I wonder if that could be a consequence of having been founded by criminals? Institutionalization can really screw up people's self-confidence..."
your an idiot american arent you
your ignorance astounds me. really it does.i'm ALMOST too shocked to respond.
firstly, australia is made up of many many groups, largly immigrants. australia was not "founded" what ever the fuck that means anyway, by criminals.
even if most people who came to australia 200 years ago were convicts, it certainly has zero bearing on australia today.
your post is stupid, ignorant and obviously flame bait.
there is people on here talking out their asshole about windows not getting a fair go, and "what if linux was a desktop"
well wake up. lots of us use oss desktops and they don't fall apart like windows does.
it's a fact, deal with it, get some help, something, anything to stop your stupid slashdot posts.
windows deserves the hard time it gets.
i'd love it if i could have a slim phone that play'd mp3's and was a pda and scratched my arse.
but it's just not there, and you can shrink chips as much as you want and blather on about the speed at which technology is improving, but i don't see improved battery life, batteries are the same as they were 5 years ago bill, so unless your all in one wonder can live on bugger all current,it's just not going to be any good
manufacturing is an unskilled production line job, and nothing like the skills required to build the first computers.
what does someone with a degree do when he gets out sourced? oic just go get ANOTHER degree you say? yeah right have you seen how much it costs?
isp's - block port 25 by default, and in account management allow users to unblock it.
99% of people will neveruse it, and those that do will account for such a small number you won't get many support calls for it.
shit loads less work then fixing 16000 machines.
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there is a larger more worrying issue. this kind of thing passifies people to invasive monitoring. these kids will grow up thinking it's ok for big brother to be watching them like this. what is a MUCH better solution, is how about the lunch meals are all made healthy? oh wait, what good does that do the school and parents? ... yeah think about it.
yes i'll write an OS thats incompatable with everyone else, trap all the vendors into pricing structures that impose harsh penalties for selling anyone else's OS, and you try talking to me about alternatives.
not all religion dies but it certainly smashs many conceptions of the earth being the center of the universe and man being in the image of god, and the jews being gods people etc. bottom line is major religions are all based on primitive stories, which hold no room for space exploration. and to admit any one of those beliefs is wrong opens the flood gates to the idea maybe the whole thing is a scam.
it's because we know best, so stfu and get back your box ok. honestly, you pompus idiots must post this drivel in every slashdot story. if you dont' like slashdot - THEN PISS OFF! and stop whining how it's so one sided.
y2k was totally over blown it's true. i bought a fucking toaster with y2k safe stickers on it. however it WAS a very real bug and many old system run cricital inferstructure.
Those bits just go dark and the internet disappears for a while. excuse me, but your lack of thought is ASTOUNDING your obviously one of these idiots that think the internet is the www. when someone shutdowns the power at rush hour and all the traffic ligths go out, try telling that shit to the people mangled in car wrecks. i'm sure they will agree. or better yet, if your one of them and you go to hospital, and they look on your hacked medical records and they give you something your alergic to, be sure to consol yourself of the fact "internet disappears for a while." as you slowly die. the information and services provided by computers are life and death in many many cases.
they are only talking about ebay shops. and yes i can see the tax departments point on this one. every other shop must charge gst, why the fuck should ebay shops think they are allowed to get away with it?
he's an idiot. the answer isn't to let users do what they want with thier passwords. if you ALLOW people to pick their passwords, they will pick shit ones everytime. he's solution does nothing at all. the answer, is to FORCE them to use a good password, and to change it reqularly. allowing them to put it on a sticky note on their monitor is a shitty shitty idea. MS is never gain street cred in the security world taking advise from morons like this guy.
the irony is they don't appear to be wearing hats in that photo, thus exposing them to the major source of radiation - the sun
from making misleading claims like this. it's already been ruled that copyright infringement is NOT theft
the thin blue line hero shit doesn't work for me. log ip's connecting to your services, not from your customers.
ip logging and the S&M case are a completely diffferent context. S&M were in the middle of a court case and these emails suddenly disappeared. logging ip's is assuming all your customers are breaking the law. i know i'm not going to stand for my isp treating me like a criminal.
it's because the english a whingers, they need to just stfu and eat their fucking vegtables
china is just an arsehole country. over run, under developed. they can have their stupid software market, i'm not going to try compete with someone working for 50c a day.
"school of management" WANKERVILLE
yes but what they are counting on is you not taking it to court. you contracts are meaningless untill tested infront of a judge. if you write a piece of software completely non related to what your working on at work, totally in your own time, there's no way they could reasonably claim ownership of it.
in that our current government thinks they can solve technical issue using legislation. these spyware people are criminals, they dont' CARE about the law
free market is a myth. your yanking your own chain if you think any market is free from corruption and unfair competetion such as the sort microsoft use. this is why consumers need protection, becuase in real life they can't protect themselfs. it's obvious to anyone with ears and eyes this is the case. so no, the market doesn't choose, serveral large companys clobber all the compeditors they can, then release some bullshit that makes them the most money, with no reguard to what people would really want if they were well informed.
pay millions to a forgien company call microsoft, or employ some local people to develope the same piss easy software they use on windows now? i know which i preffer, after all this is MY fucking tax dollars.
"I wonder if that could be a consequence of having been founded by criminals? Institutionalization can really screw up people's self-confidence..." your an idiot american arent you your ignorance astounds me. really it does.i'm ALMOST too shocked to respond. firstly, australia is made up of many many groups, largly immigrants. australia was not "founded" what ever the fuck that means anyway, by criminals. even if most people who came to australia 200 years ago were convicts, it certainly has zero bearing on australia today. your post is stupid, ignorant and obviously flame bait.
you stupid yanks can blame your selfs for having the whole world hate you ok - no sympathy
there is people on here talking out their asshole about windows not getting a fair go, and "what if linux was a desktop" well wake up. lots of us use oss desktops and they don't fall apart like windows does. it's a fact, deal with it, get some help, something, anything to stop your stupid slashdot posts. windows deserves the hard time it gets.
i'd love it if i could have a slim phone that play'd mp3's and was a pda and scratched my arse. but it's just not there, and you can shrink chips as much as you want and blather on about the speed at which technology is improving, but i don't see improved battery life, batteries are the same as they were 5 years ago bill, so unless your all in one wonder can live on bugger all current,it's just not going to be any good
manufacturing is an unskilled production line job, and nothing like the skills required to build the first computers. what does someone with a degree do when he gets out sourced? oic just go get ANOTHER degree you say? yeah right have you seen how much it costs?
isp's - block port 25 by default, and in account management allow users to unblock it. 99% of people will neveruse it, and those that do will account for such a small number you won't get many support calls for it. shit loads less work then fixing 16000 machines.