I would not be so worried about the government collecting such information
if it were not for the knowledge that they have tried to collect it in the
past and used it in less than ethical ways.
One was "from" the IT group account at Indiana University. it had the proper naming conventions and had the proper accounts in the "To:" line. It looked nearly legit, save for the strange text and.exe attachment.
The other was from a friend at UCLA who said his email looked the exact same way.
These emails are not accidental or generated by just some worm looking at an address book. Grabbing an account is one thing, but following the proper "cadence" of an email is intentional and not something a script could generate.
Someone is targeting broadband (perhaps University) connections. Maybe this is an attempt to get more zombie computers with considerably better bandwidth than the standard internet user.
It is being reported that the largest problem was that Diebold, in a last minute decision, used the Howard Dean yell as a sound bit that indicated a selection had been made.
Several senior citizens were scared by the sounds and ended up casting votes in error for Al Sharpton. Al's name was horizontally accross from Kerry so expect a repeat of the Gore/Buchannan butterfly issue from Florida.
Blasting invaders from space is one thing; a game that lets you steal a car and run over the owner or murder prostitutes is over the line.
This logic is kind of disappointing. The parent and the article take issue with violence in games; however, Pitfall Harry being eaten by an alligator in low resolution or the mass shootings taking place on the "show" 'Smash TV' somehow make it an acceptable form of violence?
Is not a killing or "murder" always violent and a death someone's "life" regardless of the quality level of the image?
I find it a tad hypocritical to suggest the violence in NARC was acceptable because your character was "justified"; while the violence in GTA is an affront to society because the lead character is a "villain".
Violence is violence regardless of the level or the one perpetrating the act. The real point is to remember that you are playing a game.
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Some of the weirder things they claim in it is that by choosing MS Office over OpenOffice.org one is protected from the threat of viruses
Ohh.. That Microsoft is such a kidder. They had a great straight face for that one. They almost had me going there.
What you mean they were serious? Oh dear...
Anything anyone can say is offensive to someone.
/me puts fingers in his ears.
I am offended you would imply such things! Nothing my children ever say or do is offensive.
Just in case anyone was offended by this post, this was a joke.
An article from today on this topic.
Perhaps this should be a lessong to all to work out your contracts a bit more clearly in advance.
I would not be so worried about the government collecting such information if it were not for the knowledge that they have tried to collect it in the past and used it in less than ethical ways.
Is it any wonder people are paranoid about them doing it again in the future or the people who defend some of the governments actions?
I have seen two of these recently.
.exe attachment.
One was "from" the IT group account at Indiana University. it had the proper naming conventions and had the proper accounts in the "To:" line. It looked nearly legit, save for the strange text and
The other was from a friend at UCLA who said his email looked the exact same way.
These emails are not accidental or generated by just some worm looking at an address book. Grabbing an account is one thing, but following the proper "cadence" of an email is intentional and not something a script could generate.
Someone is targeting broadband (perhaps University) connections. Maybe this is an attempt to get more zombie computers with considerably better bandwidth than the standard internet user.
This is as impressive as it is disturbing.
It is being reported that the largest problem was that Diebold, in a last minute decision, used the Howard Dean yell as a sound bit that indicated a selection had been made.
/humor
Several senior citizens were scared by the sounds and ended up casting votes in error for Al Sharpton. Al's name was horizontally accross from Kerry so expect a repeat of the Gore/Buchannan butterfly issue from Florida.
Blasting invaders from space is one thing; a game that lets you steal a car and run over the owner or murder prostitutes is over the line.
This logic is kind of disappointing. The parent and the article take issue with violence in games; however, Pitfall Harry being eaten by an alligator in low resolution or the mass shootings taking place on the "show" 'Smash TV' somehow make it an acceptable form of violence?
Is not a killing or "murder" always violent and a death someone's "life" regardless of the quality level of the image?
I find it a tad hypocritical to suggest the violence in NARC was acceptable because your character was "justified"; while the violence in GTA is an affront to society because the lead character is a "villain".
Violence is violence regardless of the level or the one perpetrating the act. The real point is to remember that you are playing a game.
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