Yes, in this case I do think I can fathom their ambitions and plans. If you had read the article you would agree. Of course, you could say that the sociologist and everyone at MS research is part of some vast conspiracy to embarrass cmdrtaco and sexy unicorns, but that is between you and your tinfoil hat. Leave the rest of us normal people out of it.
Pick your fights carefully, otherwise you look ridiculous.
This is correct, and very worrisome. Fixing previous problems by removing the code doesn't solve the issue.
Even if we removed all offending SCO code (if there really is any) today, it still wouldn't absolve us.
Yes, Microsoft does this sort of research to add to their bottom dollar. However, if you check out the research pages at microsoft.com you can learn quite a bit. Personally I wish more companies were more forthcoming with their research.
How is this "troubling"? They are researching a way to make USENET and such more effective. They aren't interested in the fact that cmdrtaco@slashdot.org posted to alt.sex.unicorns 10 times last month.
This is good valid research, the type that applied research CS programs should be doing. Thismay actually make a difference in a deployed product.
I think we should tone done the M$ and SCO crap for a while.
If you had gone into the bank, taken all the contact information for all the clients of the bank (which this guy had done - not mentioned in the article of course), and then sent letters to all the clients explaining when and how you can break into the bank, then yes - you are vulnerable to being thrown in jail.
Um, what? The problem was that she sold her stock using non-public (insider) knowledge. This defrauds the other investors since they are not privy to the information in question.
There is no such thing as "incorrect *upward* pressure", the stock price was based on the value the market placed on the commodity given the public information at that time.
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Yes, in this case I do think I can fathom their ambitions and plans. If you had read the article you would agree. Of course, you could say that the sociologist and everyone at MS research is part of some vast conspiracy to embarrass cmdrtaco and sexy unicorns, but that is between you and your tinfoil hat. Leave the rest of us normal people out of it.
Pick your fights carefully, otherwise you look ridiculous.
This is correct, and very worrisome. Fixing previous problems by removing the code doesn't solve the issue. Even if we removed all offending SCO code (if there really is any) today, it still wouldn't absolve us.
Yes, Microsoft does this sort of research to add to their bottom dollar. However, if you check out the research pages at microsoft.com you can learn quite a bit. Personally I wish more companies were more forthcoming with their research.
Yes, which is why this is good research. The data is publically available as well, so they aren't doing anything nefarious to get at it.
How is this "troubling"? They are researching a way to make USENET and such more effective. They aren't interested in the fact that cmdrtaco@slashdot.org posted to alt.sex.unicorns 10 times last month.
This is good valid research, the type that applied research CS programs should be doing. Thismay actually make a difference in a deployed product.
I think we should tone done the M$ and SCO crap for a while.
Well cause Bush, I mean Ashcroft, or ...err. I mean...*liberal head explosion*
What about ... or drug offenders
Yes, thats OK.
Really, would you chuckle at the thought of, say, Susan Smith being gang raped?
Yes, thats OK too.
Oh yeah, peace protesters don't go to that type of jail, BTW.
If you had gone into the bank, taken all the contact information for all the clients of the bank (which this guy had done - not mentioned in the article of course), and then sent letters to all the clients explaining when and how you can break into the bank, then yes - you are vulnerable to being thrown in jail.
Um, what? The problem was that she sold her stock using non-public (insider) knowledge. This defrauds the other investors since they are not privy to the information in question.
There is no such thing as "incorrect *upward* pressure", the stock price was based on the value the market placed on the commodity given the public information at that time.
I think I am thinking, Kyle.
She defrauded the other stockholders. Selling causes downward pressure on a stock, causing the price to drop. This affects all remaining stockholders.