if this is true (and I am able to follow directions correctly) then Bank of America has some explaining to do.
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Am I the only one who thinks using floats to create columns is just a hack? Floats, as I understand them, we designed to allow text to flow around a div, picture, whatever - NOT to be used to create columns. If they were, then why does css 3 have a new column layout feature? I, for one, continue to use tables to define columns because I don't like taking elements out of the flow via floats. Does it really matter? Probably not... I don't even know why it matters to me so much - I guess its just the principle of the thing...
It seems that we are getting lazier and lazier with out punishments. Just throw everyone in the slammer for every infraction. Is jail really necessary for this crime? I think a much higher fine and/or serious community service would benefit society much more...
And, arguably, I haven't cost the movie industry anything.
See, the argument they ("they" being the movie industry, MPAA, record industry, RIAA, and various software companies like Microsoft) are trying to put forth is that for every piece of software or music or movie downloaded, that's a literal sale that they have lost. But I was never going to buy "American Beauty." If I hadn't been able to download it, I would have just settled for not having it. They've lost exactly no money by me downloading it.
I see a flaw in this argument. Let's take, for example, a person who has 1000 downloaded songs on his PC. Some new band puts out a song. He thinks to himself, "I can download it because I wouldn't have bought it anyway so it won't cost the industry anything." And its true, he wouldn't have bought it anyway. But I say that the only reason he wouldn't buy ANY of these songs is because he already has a library of "mediocre" songs to listen to. Imagine that a person had NO downloaded songs on his PC, thus having NOTHING to listen to during the day. Don't you think that at some point he would buy one of those CDs just to have SOMETHING to listen to? So, my point is that, maybe you wouldn't buy one individual CD, but if you (for moral/legal reasons) never downloaded ANY songs, you would eventually buy some CDs. Thus, the industry DOES lose out on your sales. (Maybe for every 100 you download, you would have otherwise bought two CDs). The point here is that however you look at it, downloading is illegal but people will rationinalize their behavior till the day they die.
I know its not popular to bash the downloaders, but let's not kid ourselves that it doesn't financially harm the music industry.
I woke up this morning and checked my inbox, only to see dozens of failed emails, all of which were spam for cheap pharmaceuticals. It was quickly apparent that I was the victim of a "joe job" http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3 415219,00.html [techtv.com] where someone uses your domain to send spam. So, my question is this: if I lived in the UK, would I have been arrested today and forced to spend time and money to defend myself in court? Before everyone says 'hey, they can tell by the RECEIVED line in the email that you didn't do it', who do you think is going to check it? Do you think the cops sent to arrest someone are going to check this? Now how many people will have to hire lawyers because these spam assholes are going to get them in trouble? Until we get a secure email system, just forget about trying to find and punish spammers - unfortunately it's not possible.
I've been reading this story with interest, since I'm American, currently living in Prague, and recently visited Ukraine (OK, not Russia, but economically similar). The mafia is all over that place, and I have no doubt that these kids were being hassled for "protection money". Many homes in Russia do not even have hot water, so you can't think of this place as you would a western democracy - the people do anything to survive. Now, of course, this is no excuse for criminal behavior. However, I keep thinking - isn't it better that these guys are finding the cracks in your system and telling you about them, instead of just stealing all the credit card info and causing much more damage to your business in bad publicity and pissing off customers? This is really a catch-22. As a business owner, of course I don't want to encourage blackmail. But having vulnerabilities on your business site is YOUR problem and its better that you're told about them before someone else takes advantage. I would rather pay someone and find out about vulnerabilities than have someone else steal all my info and ruin my business reputation. Of course, these guys could just keep coming back for more money every month if they already have my CC#s and info. In that case, your server's vulnerability has cost you big time. Sorry, I don't have a good answer to this, but let's not let the business owners off the hook because they are being blackmailed from people who found mistakes in THEIR OWN servers. To sum up: Blackmail=BAD, businesses that don't secure their systems=ALSO BAD.
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if this is true (and I am able to follow directions correctly) then Bank of America has some explaining to do.
Am I the only one who thinks using floats to create columns is just a hack? Floats, as I understand them, we designed to allow text to flow around a div, picture, whatever - NOT to be used to create columns. If they were, then why does css 3 have a new column layout feature? I, for one, continue to use tables to define columns because I don't like taking elements out of the flow via floats. Does it really matter? Probably not... I don't even know why it matters to me so much - I guess its just the principle of the thing...
Will Sean Penn play you in the remake? http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=18000 63562
Thanks for making me strain my brain for 5 minutes trying to remember where I heard that before ;)
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Cable runs me $70 U.S. here in Prague (although I know not many buildings are wired yet) 512/128
roughly $70 U.S. for cable 512 down, 128 up. Anyone out there in South Korea? I'm curious if the prices are lower since they are so wired.
It seems that we are getting lazier and lazier with out punishments. Just throw everyone in the slammer for every infraction. Is jail really necessary for this crime? I think a much higher fine and/or serious community service would benefit society much more...
See, the argument they ("they" being the movie industry, MPAA, record industry, RIAA, and various software companies like Microsoft) are trying to put forth is that for every piece of software or music or movie downloaded, that's a literal sale that they have lost. But I was never going to buy "American Beauty." If I hadn't been able to download it, I would have just settled for not having it. They've lost exactly no money by me downloading it.
I see a flaw in this argument. Let's take, for example, a person who has 1000 downloaded songs on his PC. Some new band puts out a song. He thinks to himself, "I can download it because I wouldn't have bought it anyway so it won't cost the industry anything." And its true, he wouldn't have bought it anyway. But I say that the only reason he wouldn't buy ANY of these songs is because he already has a library of "mediocre" songs to listen to. Imagine that a person had NO downloaded songs on his PC, thus having NOTHING to listen to during the day. Don't you think that at some point he would buy one of those CDs just to have SOMETHING to listen to? So, my point is that, maybe you wouldn't buy one individual CD, but if you (for moral/legal reasons) never downloaded ANY songs, you would eventually buy some CDs. Thus, the industry DOES lose out on your sales. (Maybe for every 100 you download, you would have otherwise bought two CDs). The point here is that however you look at it, downloading is illegal but people will rationinalize their behavior till the day they die.
I know its not popular to bash the downloaders, but let's not kid ourselves that it doesn't financially harm the music industry.
I woke up this morning and checked my inbox, only to see dozens of failed emails, all of which were spam for cheap pharmaceuticals. It was quickly apparent that I was the victim of a "joe job" http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3 415219,00.html [techtv.com] where someone uses your domain to send spam. So, my question is this: if I lived in the UK, would I have been arrested today and forced to spend time and money to defend myself in court? Before everyone says 'hey, they can tell by the RECEIVED line in the email that you didn't do it', who do you think is going to check it? Do you think the cops sent to arrest someone are going to check this? Now how many people will have to hire lawyers because these spam assholes are going to get them in trouble? Until we get a secure email system, just forget about trying to find and punish spammers - unfortunately it's not possible.
I've been reading this story with interest, since I'm American, currently living in Prague, and recently visited Ukraine (OK, not Russia, but economically similar). The mafia is all over that place, and I have no doubt that these kids were being hassled for "protection money". Many homes in Russia do not even have hot water, so you can't think of this place as you would a western democracy - the people do anything to survive. Now, of course, this is no excuse for criminal behavior. However, I keep thinking - isn't it better that these guys are finding the cracks in your system and telling you about them, instead of just stealing all the credit card info and causing much more damage to your business in bad publicity and pissing off customers? This is really a catch-22. As a business owner, of course I don't want to encourage blackmail. But having vulnerabilities on your business site is YOUR problem and its better that you're told about them before someone else takes advantage. I would rather pay someone and find out about vulnerabilities than have someone else steal all my info and ruin my business reputation. Of course, these guys could just keep coming back for more money every month if they already have my CC#s and info. In that case, your server's vulnerability has cost you big time. Sorry, I don't have a good answer to this, but let's not let the business owners off the hook because they are being blackmailed from people who found mistakes in THEIR OWN servers. To sum up: Blackmail=BAD, businesses that don't secure their systems=ALSO BAD.