The problem _is_ the logical classification. At what point in functionality does it become a "computer". Intent has nothing to do with it; a product is what it is. Where do you draw the line?
Perhaps it's time the spam companies learned from the RIAA's bullying tactics. Copyright the "@" symbol (hey, despair Trademarked the:-(). Offer an amnesty program, where all you have to do is "opt-in" to be safe from their frivolous suits.
They would, of course, promise not to sell your email addresses, just share it with their "partners". Of course, the partners pay for the privelege of being one.
If they own the copyright, then as the GPL is a copyright license, they can't break it. Here's the real kicker, though. If you don't have the source, you can't distribute the binary!
Now, if they don't own the _entire_ copyright, it's another matter altogether...
Forget that fancy-smancy expensive "European-Style" MUD. Go out back (or front, as the case may be), dig up some dirt, and pour some water in it. All the (almost) free MUD you could ever want.
I just use a USB trackball, and shove it in my pocket. The victim would always call me over, but it just refused to misbehave when I was watching. However, it seemed to start as soon as I went around the corner...
Does anyone know if there are any charities accepting aid money yet? It would be nice to help.
At least after this mess is cleaned up, they will have something to tell the tourists. They can take solace in the fact that they aren't the new meteor crater.
RoboteQ (the manufacturer of one of the parts) also produces parts for use in "battlebots". So, who wants to take first crack at the combination segway/battlebot?
Besides, having a flamethrower on your segway would really help convince people to get out of your way.
If they manage to develop a transport system for this video, the applications could be tremendous for non-video applications. Think how coaxial enabled the Cable Modem era - who knows what could be done with that kind of bandwidth?
2) Free Speech CAN HAVE A COPYRIGHT. "Free" is referring to freedom. Free software _always_ has a copyright, however it may be placed in the public domain. GPL is a copyright license, and a large portion "Free" software is under the GPL. In fact, the whole purpose of the GPL is to keep the freedoms for everyone who gets it.
So, what's the big difference between it and normal commercial software? Simple. Normal software licenses are designed to take away any rights they don't have to give you to run the program. The GPL lets you do anything you want with your copy of the program; it only kicks in when you distribute it. In fact, one can argue that the GPL doesn't take any rights away at all. After all, normal copyright law prevents you from distributing other people's work. They let you distribute it; there are just a few extra conditions.
DNSBL queries are cached, which is a big part of the reason for using DNS. Secondly, I would think the DNSBL administrators would know the difference between usage of their own service and a DDOS attack.
Just trying to look at every possibility. I'll concede it's (rather) unlikely, but I suspect that the sobig doing the ddos is probably equally unlikely.
If the sobig worm were attacking RBLs, wouldn't someone have done a "netstat" on an infected machine and found it? I've netstatted a couple of infected machines; seen nothing even close. Maybe it's just the mail _servers_ killing the RBLs, checking all those thousands of spam mails (sometimes 4 or 5 per server PER SECOND).
Nope, their contract probably has a "Acts of God" clause. Of course, I'd like to see how they apply it to windows. That hardly strikes me as a "Act of God".
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The problem _is_ the logical classification. At what point in functionality does it become a "computer". Intent has nothing to do with it; a product is what it is. Where do you draw the line?
Ahh. Well, then, they may very well be screwed :)
Of course, for those of us who are slightly more lazy, this Easier to use version.
Perhaps it's time the spam companies learned from the RIAA's bullying tactics. Copyright the "@" symbol (hey, despair Trademarked the :-(). Offer an amnesty program, where all you have to do is "opt-in" to be safe from their frivolous suits.
They would, of course, promise not to sell your email addresses, just share it with their "partners". Of course, the partners pay for the privelege of being one.
If they own the copyright, then as the GPL is a copyright license, they can't break it. Here's the real kicker, though. If you don't have the source, you can't distribute the binary!
Now, if they don't own the _entire_ copyright, it's another matter altogether...
Forget that fancy-smancy expensive "European-Style" MUD. Go out back (or front, as the case may be), dig up some dirt, and pour some water in it. All the (almost) free MUD you could ever want.
I just use a USB trackball, and shove it in my pocket. The victim would always call me over, but it just refused to misbehave when I was watching. However, it seemed to start as soon as I went around the corner...
Does anyone know if there are any charities accepting aid money yet? It would be nice to help.
At least after this mess is cleaned up, they will have something to tell the tourists. They can take solace in the fact that they aren't the new meteor crater.
RoboteQ (the manufacturer of one of the parts) also produces parts for use in "battlebots". So, who wants to take first crack at the combination segway/battlebot?
Besides, having a flamethrower on your segway would really help convince people to get out of your way.
Perhaps finally have enough CPU power to make good use of the bandwidth.
If they manage to develop a transport system for this video, the applications could be tremendous for non-video applications. Think how coaxial enabled the Cable Modem era - who knows what could be done with that kind of bandwidth?
1) It's "speech".
2) Free Speech CAN HAVE A COPYRIGHT. "Free" is referring to freedom. Free software _always_ has a copyright, however it may be placed in the public domain. GPL is a copyright license, and a large portion "Free" software is under the GPL. In fact, the whole purpose of the GPL is to keep the freedoms for everyone who gets it.
So, what's the big difference between it and normal commercial software? Simple. Normal software licenses are designed to take away any rights they don't have to give you to run the program. The GPL lets you do anything you want with your copy of the program; it only kicks in when you distribute it. In fact, one can argue that the GPL doesn't take any rights away at all. After all, normal copyright law prevents you from distributing other people's work. They let you distribute it; there are just a few extra conditions.
DNSBL queries are cached, which is a big part of the reason for using DNS. Secondly, I would think the DNSBL administrators would know the difference between usage of their own service and a DDOS attack.
Just trying to look at every possibility. I'll concede it's (rather) unlikely, but I suspect that the sobig doing the ddos is probably equally unlikely.
If the sobig worm were attacking RBLs, wouldn't someone have done a "netstat" on an infected machine and found it? I've netstatted a couple of infected machines; seen nothing even close. Maybe it's just the mail _servers_ killing the RBLs, checking all those thousands of spam mails (sometimes 4 or 5 per server PER SECOND).
That's what TMDA is for. TMDA: 1 spammers: 0.5
This presents a "cingular" oppurtunity to thousands of customers...To change their service.
No, just the number of routers.
Nope, their contract probably has a "Acts of God" clause. Of course, I'd like to see how they apply it to windows. That hardly strikes me as a "Act of God".