A good portion of the time, hackers and such learn about the exploits by reverse-engineering patches and updates. The problem isn't 'security through obscurity' so as just that most users are too lazy to patch their computers when a new update comes out.
The point isn't that pirating console games is particularly hard, just that it's more of a hassle than pirating PC games. You gotta download the game, burn it to a compatable CD format... And unless I'm mistaken, most consoles won't accept burned CDs without a mod chip. It's just more of a hassle than your average joe-shmoe gamer would be willing to go through.
If you had any clue, you'd realize that there is no difference between macro- and mirco-evolution. It's a matter of degrees; enough micro-evolutionary changes result in a macro-evolutionary change. We haven't observed a full macro- change yet because we haven't been looking for long enough; such things take thousands if not millions of years. Read a goddamn biology textbook.
And that comment on 'theory, not fact' further proves that you have no idea how the scientific process works. A theory is a set of conjectures that have been tested and not proven false. A theory can never be proven true, because it's impossible to prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt. Hell, the whole idea that bacteria and viruses cause infectious disease is a theory itself. Again, read a damn book.
How about instead of invading a relatively harmless (if unpleasant) mid-east dictatorship to prove our resolve to act, how about we invade a dictatorship that actually poses a real threat? We'd get rid of some nasty sonovabitches, and we'd prove our resolve.
"The Toronto Star is reporting on scientific experiments showing a link between revenge and the 'pleasure center' of the human brain, thus putting a nature spin on something heretofore thought of as a nurture based, or learned, emotion."
The point is that revenge has a biological basis; it's not a learned behavior, as was previously thought. This has serious implications about human behavior and society.
That's just because the vast majority of other music services use DRM'ed files (or proprietary file formats) that wont work on an iPod. If Napster or any of the others used MP3 or AAC, then their music would be fine for the iPod. But that's their choice not to, and it's hardly Apple's fault.
The point Ruby was trying to make, I think, is that the Republicans have a tendency to draw their candidates from Hollywood, not their money. That's a bit more scary, to me.
While I agree with the rest of your points, this one;
Secondly, you've intruded my house without my concent. You have violated my privacy in the real world. This is totally different from from breaking into a computer, because you shouldn't have expected any privacy anyway, if you hooked it up to the outside world.
just doesn't work. That's like saying "Well, you didn't build a ten-foot-high wall around your house, thus completely sealing it off from the outside world, so you forfit your right to privacy."
The simple fact is, the data contained on someone's computer is their property. Someone else have no more right to access it without the owner's consent than our mythical do-gooding-door-kicker does to bash in someone's door.
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A good portion of the time, hackers and such learn about the exploits by reverse-engineering patches and updates. The problem isn't 'security through obscurity' so as just that most users are too lazy to patch their computers when a new update comes out.
Or gelatenous luke-warm magma, for that matter.
The point isn't that pirating console games is particularly hard, just that it's more of a hassle than pirating PC games. You gotta download the game, burn it to a compatable CD format... And unless I'm mistaken, most consoles won't accept burned CDs without a mod chip. It's just more of a hassle than your average joe-shmoe gamer would be willing to go through.
I'm not sure I want a plush Cowboy Neal, thankyou.
Slashdotting Slashdot? That's deep.
Yeah, but then they'd put those goddamn 'greeters' in all the delivery rooms. Way to traumatize the babies.
Hell, if just a few of 'em did I know I'd be happy.
And that comment on 'theory, not fact' further proves that you have no idea how the scientific process works. A theory is a set of conjectures that have been tested and not proven false. A theory can never be proven true, because it's impossible to prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt. Hell, the whole idea that bacteria and viruses cause infectious disease is a theory itself. Again, read a damn book.
And you could do the same thing with SCSI even before Firewire.
How about instead of invading a relatively harmless (if unpleasant) mid-east dictatorship to prove our resolve to act, how about we invade a dictatorship that actually poses a real threat? We'd get rid of some nasty sonovabitches, and we'd prove our resolve.
That... that's just dirty.
The point is that revenge has a biological basis; it's not a learned behavior, as was previously thought. This has serious implications about human behavior and society.
Right. Because that has such a massive effect on internet security.
Hell, all we'd have to do is link the terrorist's site on the front page. Puny little ISP wouldn't stand a chance.
That's just because the vast majority of other music services use DRM'ed files (or proprietary file formats) that wont work on an iPod. If Napster or any of the others used MP3 or AAC, then their music would be fine for the iPod. But that's their choice not to, and it's hardly Apple's fault.
Uhm... what does this have to do with anything?
That's actually a pretty neat idea for a game. If it were done properly, I'd play it.
The point Ruby was trying to make, I think, is that the Republicans have a tendency to draw their candidates from Hollywood, not their money. That's a bit more scary, to me.
I doubt they'd do very well, though, unless the BlueSniper comes with an aimbot.
Personally, I'd be more concerned with the fact that it's BEEF coming from a MOUSE.
Secondly, you've intruded my house without my concent. You have violated my privacy in the real world. This is totally different from from breaking into a computer, because you shouldn't have expected any privacy anyway, if you hooked it up to the outside world.
just doesn't work. That's like saying "Well, you didn't build a ten-foot-high wall around your house, thus completely sealing it off from the outside world, so you forfit your right to privacy."
The simple fact is, the data contained on someone's computer is their property. Someone else have no more right to access it without the owner's consent than our mythical do-gooding-door-kicker does to bash in someone's door.
Pheonix is dead. Long live Pheonix.
No. 'Verbing nouns weirds English' is the quote from Calvin and Hobbes. Biatch.
Wha...? A bitter, self-absorbed nerd on /.? Say it ain't so!