I see you're just here to bitch as purchasing adult content through iTMS is exactly what this is all about.
But clearly that's too difficult for Apple isn't it?
Time and money is all it requires, apparently neither of which Apple is willing to spend on this problem. And why should they? As you pointed out there are better alternatives anyway. All adding this would do is increase the amount of money Apple claims from developers to cover the cost of the time and money spent on it.
Does any official app store for any smart phone sell pornographic material? I know Google doesn't. To paraphrase you, ' Google's android is supposedly the master of openness, its amazing how Apple haters forget that the product they hold as the gold standard does exactly the same thing they are trying to hang Apple for.'
Apple isn't willing to put real age verification in to iTMS, so they don't sell anything that would legally require it. I would personally rather they don't spend the money on it as it's just not needed. They aren't filtering the devices, so I don't see how users really have much to complain about and most likely the loudest complainers are those who never would buy an iPhone in the first place.
You find it absurd because you're not thinking. He isn't saying you can't find porn on the open internet using the iPhone, he's saying you can't buy it from Apple through iTMS. iTMS has no way of verifying that the user is of legal age (no, having a credit card on the account is not proof) so they don't sell it. Just like if a convenience store can't be bothered to check the age of it's customers they shouldn't sell porn and cigarettes. That's just asking for trouble. Apple is just covering their ass by complying with the law.
For as easy as it is to integrate with Postfix and Sendmail, why wouldn't you use it on your mail gateways? No one is suggesting using only ClamAV however.
This is what e-mail rules are for and to echo what the other poster said, they do not generate much traffic. While there is probably very little reason to subscribe to lists for absolutely every piece of software you run, you should probably subscribe to the announce lists for the major products you use.
... but software patents are legal in the US and many other countries. Surprisingly, doing things against the law is not the safest course of action. It sounds like the author of the software knew they were infringing and thought that IBM's position was 'oh no, go ahead and rip our stuff off.'
I've long felt that math taught in grades 1-7~8 could be compressed into a year or two with no repercussions. They just 'teach' the same thing over and over and it's not until middle school that you start really seeing anything different.
grade 1-3 - addition, subtraction, basic shapes (passed off as geometry)
grade 4-6 - addition, subtraction, basic shapes, might see a fraction by grade 6
grade 6-8 - all of the above, fractions, simple geometry.
Then in grade 8-9 where they start to introduce simple algebra.
So is it that children don't do well learning math early, which goes against everything else we know about how the human brain learns, or that you've bored them to tears by grade 3 and they just stop listening?
No, I think it was a deliberate attempt to mislead. Best Buy already offers installation services on devices they sell, and by Best Buys response pretty much states that is exactly what this, just under a different name. 3d TV's are new, but TV's in general are not. Honestly any idiot can install a TV and home theater in a box and more people are realizing this and as such Best Buy is probably worrying that they are going to have a harder and harder time selling the essentially free money installation services. So they rename an existing service to make it sound like they are doing something special, that a trained professional is required for, that is essential for the enjoyment of the TV.
Everyone always underestimates how long anything non-trivial is going to take. In this case it seems like not only were they trying to migrate to a new platform, but also trying to undo every past mistake, oversight and quickly implemented solutions that appeared on the surface to work just fine. That's going to take just a little while to get done.
question about whether the operation was much more than a grab for headlines that would have little effect on actual spam levels or malware infections
I think everyone knew the answer was, no it will not have an effect on spam levels or malware infections. Oh it succeeded in taking the botnet offline, MS did something real here, but taking just one offline doesn't mean much.
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To be nice, the average user is very naive. If they see a popup saying they need this AV, they trust it.
Parents have a responsibility to be parents and raise their children as they see fit. I do not.
It's been done.
I see you're just here to bitch as purchasing adult content through iTMS is exactly what this is all about.
Time and money is all it requires, apparently neither of which Apple is willing to spend on this problem. And why should they? As you pointed out there are better alternatives anyway. All adding this would do is increase the amount of money Apple claims from developers to cover the cost of the time and money spent on it.
Does any official app store for any smart phone sell pornographic material? I know Google doesn't. To paraphrase you, ' Google's android is supposedly the master of openness, its amazing how Apple haters forget that the product they hold as the gold standard does exactly the same thing they are trying to hang Apple for.'
Apple isn't willing to put real age verification in to iTMS, so they don't sell anything that would legally require it. I would personally rather they don't spend the money on it as it's just not needed. They aren't filtering the devices, so I don't see how users really have much to complain about and most likely the loudest complainers are those who never would buy an iPhone in the first place.
You find it absurd because you're not thinking. He isn't saying you can't find porn on the open internet using the iPhone, he's saying you can't buy it from Apple through iTMS. iTMS has no way of verifying that the user is of legal age (no, having a credit card on the account is not proof) so they don't sell it. Just like if a convenience store can't be bothered to check the age of it's customers they shouldn't sell porn and cigarettes. That's just asking for trouble. Apple is just covering their ass by complying with the law.
Organize against what? Doing your job correctly? Handing passwords over when you're canned?
The hacking charge is ridiculous but in no universe was this guy in the right.
Exactly, just like Google.
For as easy as it is to integrate with Postfix and Sendmail, why wouldn't you use it on your mail gateways? No one is suggesting using only ClamAV however.
You mean something like Postscript?
This is what e-mail rules are for and to echo what the other poster said, they do not generate much traffic. While there is probably very little reason to subscribe to lists for absolutely every piece of software you run, you should probably subscribe to the announce lists for the major products you use.
I don't know, I think I'd rather mail pile up in the queue if my spam or AV product broke. I think I'd do something like this on purpose.
It exists for a reason.
Yes, pretend they are.
http://mschaut.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/fascist.jpg
It's not a mistake when I do it.
Obviously Google let the US do this because they asked nicely, China just took it and Google said that was jsut impolite.
Also - http://citizenx.org/wp-content/republican-fascism.jpg or http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/2368696288_c10d8e8a95_o.jpg
Your pick of party.
I should probably get up off my ass and get my own mail server up and running.
... but software patents are legal in the US and many other countries. Surprisingly, doing things against the law is not the safest course of action. It sounds like the author of the software knew they were infringing and thought that IBM's position was 'oh no, go ahead and rip our stuff off.'
I'm finding it hard to feel bad for the project.
Well, you being born not white is sort of random.
I've long felt that math taught in grades 1-7~8 could be compressed into a year or two with no repercussions. They just 'teach' the same thing over and over and it's not until middle school that you start really seeing anything different.
grade 1-3 - addition, subtraction, basic shapes (passed off as geometry)
grade 4-6 - addition, subtraction, basic shapes, might see a fraction by grade 6
grade 6-8 - all of the above, fractions, simple geometry.
Then in grade 8-9 where they start to introduce simple algebra.
So is it that children don't do well learning math early, which goes against everything else we know about how the human brain learns, or that you've bored them to tears by grade 3 and they just stop listening?
Reference fail
No, I think it was a deliberate attempt to mislead. Best Buy already offers installation services on devices they sell, and by Best Buys response pretty much states that is exactly what this, just under a different name. 3d TV's are new, but TV's in general are not. Honestly any idiot can install a TV and home theater in a box and more people are realizing this and as such Best Buy is probably worrying that they are going to have a harder and harder time selling the essentially free money installation services. So they rename an existing service to make it sound like they are doing something special, that a trained professional is required for, that is essential for the enjoyment of the TV.
I would also like to announce that I will no longer be accepting contract work originating in China.
Everything is easier when someone else takes the first steps.
Oracle is a foreign company?
Everyone always underestimates how long anything non-trivial is going to take. In this case it seems like not only were they trying to migrate to a new platform, but also trying to undo every past mistake, oversight and quickly implemented solutions that appeared on the surface to work just fine. That's going to take just a little while to get done.
Spybot searches for malware, not Viruses and the like as it isn't an AV. They are different products for different problems.
I think everyone knew the answer was, no it will not have an effect on spam levels or malware infections. Oh it succeeded in taking the botnet offline, MS did something real here, but taking just one offline doesn't mean much.
Why would I buy a coffin for something I'm going to either send for repairs or throw out?