Of course, it probably has not effected that many people. But it's the precedent it sets, the proverbial "slippery slope". You know, if we don't fight to maintain our personal rights, before we know they will be gone, and we may in the future suffer for it at the hands of a government that wants to do things we can't imagine they can get away with now.
Love those quotes! I was tempted to use bold and italic, but restrained myself.
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Generally speaking, when someone cracks your system and steals data or fucks things up, it tends to be for "malicious" reasons, this is how it works. And, as to this business of "white hats" breaking into my system to "teach" me something, really, I think I'll pass, unless I've hired them to do so.
You know, I still don't understand why large-scale deployments like this guy need ANY spyware checks. At my company, the first thing we did when we migrated to XP (from 98) was set every user's permission to limited. We haven't had a *single* noteworthy case of spyware, or viruses, because nothing can really get into the meat of the system (Windows\System32 directory, Program Files directory, etc). If anyone has a complaint, tough. They go through us if they want to install X program.
This is so true. I work for the Air FOrce, and I have to agree. Very few spyware / virus issues. Most normal users simply don't need higher permissions, and really should not be installing their own software anyway. These are work machines for doing work. Whatever software that is on them has to be supported by IT. If they really need or want it, we look at it, and if they do get it, we install it. Everything. As yet in 5 years, no major spyware or virus issues.
Since volunteers is allowed to quit the experiment if they develop a severe ailment or psychological stress, most likely they won't try hard enough to survive the journey.
Kind of reminds me of the whole Biosphere fiasco, where eventually, they had to throw open the doors. I believe that there where also reports that participants where sneaking in and out, and that some of the females became pregnant.
So true. When the average person thinks of robots they think of Robbie (not even a real robot) like bots. But most real robots bear no resemblance at all to the human form. Think of, for example, modern automotive manufacturing, or appliances such as electronic equipment. Almost completely built by robots.
Verses Steve Balmer who is a marionette (Developers! Developers! Developers! Can't you just see him dancing all over the stage with wires attached to his limbs?)
This doesn't make sense. Yes, they feel their product deserves more money, buy hey, it's their product, they can charge what they want. That's different than DRM, "fair use" issues, the main issue, do they have the right to issue supoenas [sic] this way? Two (or three) different issues, because while the Supreme Court non-ruling puts a small kink in RIAA world domination plans, it will NOT stop the lawsuits (unfortunately).
WHat's funny is that some stupid idiot had mod points to mod a stupid post "troll". Just makes it all the sweeter! You people really don't have a life, do you?
Moore is nothing more than a Democrat mouth-peice for mud slinging. Why would this load of crap from Moore suprise anyone, and why would anyone pay attention to it?
Trying to bait me? Good try, but no go. I didn't see the Moore film, and if I do, I'll take it with a grain of salt.
On the other hand, I'll bet your troll worked with flying colors with most of the/. crowd!
The Drudge Report is nothing more than a Republican mouth-piece for mud slinging. Why would this load of crap from Drudge surprise anyone, and why would anyone pay attention to it?
And an interesting story at eWeek, AOL is going to release its own browser based on IE except with tabs, and something called tear-away tabs (pull the tab off into its own browser. Of course this is really only IE highly customized with plug-ins and ad / spyware...
God. This AOL thing will probably spread like a virus.
As the hubbub of alternative Web browsers keeps growing--from speculation over a so-called "Gbrowser" from search-engine leader Google Inc. to the many advances in the open-source Mozilla project--in the background, America Online Inc. has been quietly testing its own Web browser, dubbed "AOL Browser," for more than a month.
Departing from its past embedded strategy, the company has made the forthcoming AOL Browser a standalone piece of software and it will not need the America Online client software to be running to be used, sources familiar with the software said. In what could be considered a surprising move, AOL Browser is based on Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and not on AOL's Netscape browser engine.
Sources said the AOL Browser contains many features missing from the current IE software, such as tabbed browsing and "tear-off tabs," where a tabbed window can be torn off into a new window. For privacy-conscious users, a "clear my footprints" feature allows for fast clearing of browser history, cookies, cache and recent searches. A pop-up blocker is also included.
Another useful interface element in the beta software is the "preview" of pages represented by buttons or tabs, sources said. The AOL Browser can display thumbnail images of pages as users hover over the back and forward buttons or over another browser tab.
Meanwhile, AOL's trademark "Running Man" graphic will be used to indicate page-load progress.
This is interesting because if it's true, shows a huge misconception in the "general public" and indeed in the both general and technical press. Who hasn't read some story or seen some report on TV about "phishing" and those evil "hackers" who sniff your internet conx looking for credit card numbers? And of course the huge story about Googleing for CC and SS numbers and such. I wonder if a study could be done, or more evidence of this relationship between corporate insiders and Identity Theft could be validated?
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Of course, it probably has not effected that many people. But it's the precedent it sets, the proverbial "slippery slope". You know, if we don't fight to maintain our personal rights, before we know they will be gone, and we may in the future suffer for it at the hands of a government that wants to do things we can't imagine they can get away with now.
I think more likely that Gator will partner with someone more commercial than SpyBot, like Norton, AdAware, and so on.
Monte Python is a Brit show.
Love those quotes! I was tempted to use bold and italic, but restrained myself.
Generally speaking, when someone cracks your system and steals data or fucks things up, it tends to be for "malicious" reasons, this is how it works. And, as to this business of "white hats" breaking into my system to "teach" me something, really, I think I'll pass, unless I've hired them to do so.
Because it has to do with (GET READY FOR THIS!)... Information Technology??? Communications satellites, and all.
pop-ups, banners, and all the rest will never go away. Doubleclick is looking into maxing profit, not going bankrupt.
Timesharing is comming back, note the new interest in server hosted apps and thin-clients...
This is so true. I work for the Air FOrce, and I have to agree. Very few spyware / virus issues. Most normal users simply don't need higher permissions, and really should not be installing their own software anyway. These are work machines for doing work. Whatever software that is on them has to be supported by IT. If they really need or want it, we look at it, and if they do get it, we install it. Everything. As yet in 5 years, no major spyware or virus issues.
Drivers license, Social Security Card, Passport...
Kind of reminds me of the whole Biosphere fiasco, where eventually, they had to throw open the doors. I believe that there where also reports that participants where sneaking in and out, and that some of the females became pregnant.
So true. When the average person thinks of robots they think of Robbie (not even a real robot) like bots. But most real robots bear no resemblance at all to the human form. Think of, for example, modern automotive manufacturing, or appliances such as electronic equipment. Almost completely built by robots.
Verses Steve Balmer who is a marionette (Developers! Developers! Developers! Can't you just see him dancing all over the stage with wires attached to his limbs?)
This doesn't make sense. Yes, they feel their product deserves more money, buy hey, it's their product, they can charge what they want. That's different than DRM, "fair use" issues, the main issue, do they have the right to issue supoenas [sic] this way? Two (or three) different issues, because while the Supreme Court non-ruling puts a small kink in RIAA world domination plans, it will NOT stop the lawsuits (unfortunately).
Dream the fuck on.
WHat's funny is that some stupid idiot had mod points to mod a stupid post "troll". Just makes it all the sweeter! You people really don't have a life, do you?
And (woo hoo) who the fuck cares? News for nerds? Or just people with no life? Troll faster than a speeding bullet, but it just makes me look better.
When I'm in Japan or Korea or Euro-wherever, I can still get a dial-up number to the internet.
That's about it.
Trying to bait me? Good try, but no go. I didn't see the Moore film, and if I do, I'll take it with a grain of salt.
On the other hand, I'll bet your troll worked with flying colors with most of the /. crowd!
But it wasn't true, now was it. Even though Drudge reported it as coming from the mouth of Jesus. Yet, it wasn't true at all.
The point it, everything that comes out of Drudge is soaked in so much right wing spin, it rarely has much at all to do with reality.
The Drudge Report is nothing more than a Republican mouth-piece for mud slinging. Why would this load of crap from Drudge surprise anyone, and why would anyone pay attention to it?
"...as low as..." implys that there are other, higher prices.
I saw this on Jay Leno last night. It was commisioned by NBC/The Tonght Show (according to Leno).
God. This AOL thing will probably spread like a virus.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1668477,00.as p
As the hubbub of alternative Web browsers keeps growing--from speculation over a so-called "Gbrowser" from search-engine leader Google Inc. to the many advances in the open-source Mozilla project--in the background, America Online Inc. has been quietly testing its own Web browser, dubbed "AOL Browser," for more than a month.
Departing from its past embedded strategy, the company has made the forthcoming AOL Browser a standalone piece of software and it will not need the America Online client software to be running to be used, sources familiar with the software said. In what could be considered a surprising move, AOL Browser is based on Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and not on AOL's Netscape browser engine.
Sources said the AOL Browser contains many features missing from the current IE software, such as tabbed browsing and "tear-off tabs," where a tabbed window can be torn off into a new window. For privacy-conscious users, a "clear my footprints" feature allows for fast clearing of browser history, cookies, cache and recent searches. A pop-up blocker is also included.
Another useful interface element in the beta software is the "preview" of pages represented by buttons or tabs, sources said. The AOL Browser can display thumbnail images of pages as users hover over the back and forward buttons or over another browser tab.
Meanwhile, AOL's trademark "Running Man" graphic will be used to indicate page-load progress.
This is interesting because if it's true, shows a huge misconception in the "general public" and indeed in the both general and technical press. Who hasn't read some story or seen some report on TV about "phishing" and those evil "hackers" who sniff your internet conx looking for credit card numbers? And of course the huge story about Googleing for CC and SS numbers and such. I wonder if a study could be done, or more evidence of this relationship between corporate insiders and Identity Theft could be validated?