There's a driver glitch with brand new hardware!!! It's already been two weeks and they haven't fixed it yet!! What does this mean for the computing landscape? Is this Wintel's downfall? Will Apple return to their days of prominence? The implications could be enormous!
I suppose at one point, some figures in religious texts were just people who became religious symbols after they died. The cult of Elvis could be an example of this.
I'm sure they would just laugh it off. After all, prostitutes are made of string aren't they?
Rape isn't about the sex, it's a physical and mental assault. Of course it's going to be traumatic and if you have to even ask that question then you've a pretty fucked-up view of people.
Lets try this: someone breaks into your house, and eats the rancid pizza that has been sitting under you sofa for the last month. He gets sick and is hospitalized for two months. Are you responsible for his medical bills for not properly cleaning up that pizza?
I'd hope not. In a ideal world any lawyer who tried to bring this to court would be disbarred, tarred, feathered, strapped naked to his client and dumped in Myanamar. Of course things are far from ideal.
Erm, I kind of said that in the sentence that followed the one you quoted.
The point though is that the gun shop is not to blame for the shootings but should be legally liable for the fact that it allowed its guns to be stolen because they didn't observe their legal obligations.
I think Bubba is too busy dealing with all those jailed spammers and hackers:-)
Companies in the UK have a legal obligation to secure their customer's personal data. Although a network breach itself may not be illegal,for the company anyway, the resulting theft of data would certainly break the law if it was proven that the company did not take reasonable steps to prevent it from happening.
Casuing death by careless driving is an example where and individual's negligence is a crime. You're right though, there are many cases where an individual isn't held responsible for their negligence. A company (or institution) is a different case though. A company has legal obligations that it must adhere to. For example, you're not required to have trained first aiders in your house. A company is (depending on where you live).
Yeah, that argument about a woman being raped has always been an odd one since she's just exercising her freedom (even if some would consider the decision a poor one).
I'd hope that hospitals have a legal obligation to take all reasonable precautions to secure their equipment in the same way that a Bank in the UK is legally obliged to take steps to secure their customer's personal information. If this law doesn't exist, I think it should and the existence of this law shouldn't shift emphasis away from the criminal. All the law should do is ensure that organisations are held accountable if they fail to take precautions to prevent attacks.
Returning to the gun shop analogy (since it seems to be popular). If the gun shop doesn't take the precautions required by law and someone steals guns to use in a crime then the gun shop is liable. The point though is that the gun shop is not to blame for the shootings but should be legally liable for the fact that it allowed it's guns to be stolen because they didn't observe their legal obligations.
If a car shop allows a visibly drunk man with no drivers licence to test drive a car then while not responsible for the deaths caused, they should bear some responsibility for fulfulling their legal obligations (assuming they have any).
I don't know if this helps but I've noticed what happens when the connection to the server is lost.
Generally you can still run around within the world. When you try to use an ability (such as casting a spell though) you will see the initial animation for the spell casting but the spell never actually casts. I've had a few experiences where my connection was lost and I didn't realise it. I would continue running around the world and after a while, realised that there were no monsters or players visible. In some cases, players would still be visible but would continue running in whatever direction they were running in before the connection was lost.
Although if someone finds a particularly novel way of smearing their faeces then they should have a limited right to protect their idea but not the for the crazy duration that copyright and patents can currently allow.
Unless it's a very interesting case you're not really forced to purchase a specific product.
Heh heh, in the UK. The college was running a 'general computer course' for adults. Modula-3 and Miranda were in the first year of a CS degree. I enjoyed Miranda but I suspect it was there as a sales pitch since one of the lecturers had a book he was pitching at the time.
I suppose copyright infringment is the proper term but 'stealing' is just a commonly used and emotive term most people can relate to.
On principle, I don't really see a difference between stealing a car and stealing data or ideas. Arguably, they both result in monetary loss (although I know this point is debatable). It's all down to scale though for most people. The person who 'borrows' a shopping trolly from the supermarket probably doesn't consider that to be serious theft. The same person is likely to consider car theft to be wrong though. Since software is just a shiny little disk to a lot of people, they probably just don't see it as any more serious than taking a traffic cone from the roadside.
True, we can see this happening in emerging economies with a track record for piracy. On entry in to international trade organisations like the WTO they are compelled to legalise their software, i.e. they got hooked for free and now it's time to start paying.
I think it does work as long as the government provides the correct amount of regulation while still allowing companies to succeed or fail based on their merits. Government propping up companies that should be allowed to die is an example where meritocracy goes out of the window. There are examples of companies going in to a form of bankruptcy protection where they are then able to undercut their competitors and so as well as prolonging their own inevitable death they harm the prospects of companies who otherwise would be doing well.
I think the obsession some governments have with the creation of 'national champions' is pretty dodgy also. Particularly when companies are compelled to enter in to mergers in the national interest rather than the interests of the share holders and the market.
Nah, it's the punchline to a joke if you work in a tech support call centre.
tech support guy: So what OS are you running? Customer: Windows ME. tech support guy: Mmmffff, please hold... Ha ha ha ha, oh jesus... Oh sorry, can you disconnect the peripherals first.
I would wonder why they made this choice since it seems a bit odd.
If a South-African mining company decides to pay for their employees to receive treatment for HIV, I would question this. I think the answer I would arrive at is that it makes business sense since they need healthy employees.
It is right to understand why someone appears to be doing you a favour but wrong to dismiss the favour because it wasn't motivated by pure altruism.
I'd say it's better to have 200 white homeless people, or alternatively 200 asian homeless people, fed than no-one being fed. I would question the motives of someone who wants to be so race-specific but I woulnd't stop them doing this.
Completely different situation. Your use of PHP doesn't conflict with your usage of Perl at work. On the other hand, if your company had a major interest in Perl and you started to say nasty things about Perl it could be an issue.
I'd say that it was right for this chap to be found not-guilty under these circumstances. It's a technicality though without doubt and this person definitely deserves to be punished (even if the law can't do it).
It's annoying but I don't see how someone can be convicted if the process under which their guilt is proven breaks the law. It's like extracting confessions by beating someone, same principle although I'm sure that the nurse's error was not intentional.
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True. Very good points there and well put.
I suppose at one point, some figures in religious texts were just people who became religious symbols after they died. The cult of Elvis could be an example of this.
I'm sure they would just laugh it off. After all, prostitutes are made of string aren't they?
Rape isn't about the sex, it's a physical and mental assault. Of course it's going to be traumatic and if you have to even ask that question then you've a pretty fucked-up view of people.
Hitler (even though he had some pseudo-christian views) and Gengis Khan aren't widely considered to be religious figures.
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I'd hope not. In a ideal world any lawyer who tried to bring this to court would be disbarred, tarred, feathered, strapped naked to his client and dumped in Myanamar. Of course things are far from ideal.
I think Bubba is too busy dealing with all those jailed spammers and hackers
Companies in the UK have a legal obligation to secure their customer's personal data. Although a network breach itself may not be illegal,for the company anyway, the resulting theft of data would certainly break the law if it was proven that the company did not take reasonable steps to prevent it from happening.
Casuing death by careless driving is an example where and individual's negligence is a crime. You're right though, there are many cases where an individual isn't held responsible for their negligence. A company (or institution) is a different case though. A company has legal obligations that it must adhere to. For example, you're not required to have trained first aiders in your house. A company is (depending on where you live).
Yeah, that argument about a woman being raped has always been an odd one since she's just exercising her freedom (even if some would consider the decision a poor one).
I'd hope that hospitals have a legal obligation to take all reasonable precautions to secure their equipment in the same way that a Bank in the UK is legally obliged to take steps to secure their customer's personal information. If this law doesn't exist, I think it should and the existence of this law shouldn't shift emphasis away from the criminal. All the law should do is ensure that organisations are held accountable if they fail to take precautions to prevent attacks.
Returning to the gun shop analogy (since it seems to be popular). If the gun shop doesn't take the precautions required by law and someone steals guns to use in a crime then the gun shop is liable. The point though is that the gun shop is not to blame for the shootings but should be legally liable for the fact that it allowed it's guns to be stolen because they didn't observe their legal obligations.
If a car shop allows a visibly drunk man with no drivers licence to test drive a car then while not responsible for the deaths caused, they should bear some responsibility for fulfulling their legal obligations (assuming they have any).
Nah, it was the University of Kent. Maybe this thing is a bit more widespread than I realise ;-)
I don't know if this helps but I've noticed what happens when the connection to the server is lost.
Generally you can still run around within the world. When you try to use an ability (such as casting a spell though) you will see the initial animation for the spell casting but the spell never actually casts. I've had a few experiences where my connection was lost and I didn't realise it. I would continue running around the world and after a while, realised that there were no monsters or players visible. In some cases, players would still be visible but would continue running in whatever direction they were running in before the connection was lost.
Although if someone finds a particularly novel way of smearing their faeces then they should have a limited right to protect their idea but not the for the crazy duration that copyright and patents can currently allow.
Unless it's a very interesting case you're not really forced to purchase a specific product.
Heh heh, in the UK. The college was running a 'general computer course' for adults. Modula-3 and Miranda were in the first year of a CS degree. I enjoyed Miranda but I suspect it was there as a sales pitch since one of the lecturers had a book he was pitching at the time.
I suppose copyright infringment is the proper term but 'stealing' is just a commonly used and emotive term most people can relate to.
On principle, I don't really see a difference between stealing a car and stealing data or ideas. Arguably, they both result in monetary loss (although I know this point is debatable). It's all down to scale though for most people. The person who 'borrows' a shopping trolly from the supermarket probably doesn't consider that to be serious theft. The same person is likely to consider car theft to be wrong though. Since software is just a shiny little disk to a lot of people, they probably just don't see it as any more serious than taking a traffic cone from the roadside.
True, we can see this happening in emerging economies with a track record for piracy. On entry in to international trade organisations like the WTO they are compelled to legalise their software, i.e. they got hooked for free and now it's time to start paying.
I think it does work as long as the government provides the correct amount of regulation while still allowing companies to succeed or fail based on their merits. Government propping up companies that should be allowed to die is an example where meritocracy goes out of the window. There are examples of companies going in to a form of bankruptcy protection where they are then able to undercut their competitors and so as well as prolonging their own inevitable death they harm the prospects of companies who otherwise would be doing well.
I think the obsession some governments have with the creation of 'national champions' is pretty dodgy also. Particularly when companies are compelled to enter in to mergers in the national interest rather than the interests of the share holders and the market.
Nah, it's the punchline to a joke if you work in a tech support call centre.
tech support guy: So what OS are you running?
Customer: Windows ME.
tech support guy: Mmmffff, please hold... Ha ha ha ha, oh jesus... Oh sorry, can you disconnect the peripherals first.
Damn, I should have taped more songs from the radio back in the 80s and 90s and brough the music industry to it's knees.
It's going back 5-7 years now but my college used Pascal and at University we started with Modula-3 and Miranda.
I would wonder why they made this choice since it seems a bit odd.
If a South-African mining company decides to pay for their employees to receive treatment for HIV, I would question this. I think the answer I would arrive at is that it makes business sense since they need healthy employees.
It is right to understand why someone appears to be doing you a favour but wrong to dismiss the favour because it wasn't motivated by pure altruism.
I'd say it's better to have 200 white homeless people, or alternatively 200 asian homeless people, fed than no-one being fed. I would question the motives of someone who wants to be so race-specific but I woulnd't stop them doing this.
Just out of curiousity, how do you think Google and fellow corporations should handle this then?
Completely different situation. Your use of PHP doesn't conflict with your usage of Perl at work. On the other hand, if your company had a major interest in Perl and you started to say nasty things about Perl it could be an issue.
I'd say that it was right for this chap to be found not-guilty under these circumstances. It's a technicality though without doubt and this person definitely deserves to be punished (even if the law can't do it).
It's annoying but I don't see how someone can be convicted if the process under which their guilt is proven breaks the law. It's like extracting confessions by beating someone, same principle although I'm sure that the nurse's error was not intentional.