Why are they supposed to care about people who steal their products?
They're not and they don't, but they're trying to give the impression that they do. Hence my comment that it is purely the negative effect on others that they care about.
Microsoft decided "that even if someone has pirated copy of Windows, it is more important to keep him safe than it is to be concerned about the revenue issue."
Just look at the spin- they aren't concerned about the pirated user being safe, but other legitimate users being safe from him!
Companies advertise on their competitors' names all the time. A search for 'Provek' a project management training company brings up an advert by Pearce Mayfield A search for 'iRacks' a hosting company brings up FDC Servers.net
As a courtesy, we are willing to perform a limited investigation of reasonable complaints. When we receive a complaint from a trademark owner, our review is limited to ensuring that the advertisements at issue are not using the trademarked term as a keyword trigger. If they are, we disable those keywords from the ad campaign.
For example, this is why you only see eBay advertising on the AdWord 'ebay'. Why go after Google? If an AdWord infringes on a trademarked word, they'll remove it.
If you enabled DCHP, then the DCHP server can assign the same IP address to a particular MAC address each time. Thus it would have a 'static' IP address.
As for open source on the desktop systems, Peters said although most of the applications are Webbased, a nonnative version of Lotus Notes for Linux and the lack of Microsoft Office are impediments to Linux on the desktop
I wonder how long it will be until Lotus Notes is ported to Linux? Although OpenOffice is improving all the time, would this company rather have MS Office on Linux (shudder) or a vastly comparitive open source product?
If I recall correctly it was sent over a secure connection, however a script on their webserver that was meant to interface with the merchant system failed.
The resulting error dump (containing CC# and personal information) was logged then indexed. A log of my Google searches would only contain the CC# number which is useless out of context.
A while back I Googled my credit card number for a laugh. I was shocked to find it in an indexed webserver log for a site I had previously 'tried' to purchase from. (the form timed-out and I gave up).
A quick call to the bank and a few angry calls to the company sorted it, but I was not impressed.
Perhaps a tool to search for ones own private details should be developed to keep an eye on this?
He should have been fired the first time, or at least warned in writing and fired the second time. Allowing this to happen three times exposes both the agency (who's responsible for managing its vendors) and the vendor to tremendous liability because they've obviously not taken this issue seriously.
Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a conspiracy.
Some of my good friends at uni are Indian (or at least British Indian), I have the greatest respect for their intelligence. However my experiences with Dell tech support (ie, Bangalore) left me with a negative impression of my outsourced asian counterparts.
The reason for this was probably the training they had been given by Dell, to dispose of calls quickly and blame problems on the users. As with most slashdotters I only call technical support with problems I cannot fix myself (hardware). To be told that 'the system is working as specified' over and over again, (despite hardware interupts consuming 99% of my processor!) only annoyed me.
Eventually it took the threat of legal action against Dell for my computer to be fixed. I don't believe it would have progressed this far had I been able to speak with someone local. Please understand I am not against outsourcing of jobs to India, only that big corporations exploit such workers to 'fob off' customers.
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Google image ads are limited to 50KB in size, and should have a minimal effect on load time for most sites. (FAQ)
I know Image adverts are not going to appear on Google itself, but 50KB is still 13 seconds for most modem users!
I mean f they are sending the faxes from UK, it will be too costly
Calling the US from the UK is extremely cheap (ie less than 0.5 cent per minute in bulk).
Why are they supposed to care about people who steal their products?
They're not and they don't, but they're trying to give the impression that they do. Hence my comment that it is purely the negative effect on others that they care about.
Microsoft decided "that even if someone has pirated copy of Windows, it is more important to keep him safe than it is to be concerned about the revenue issue."
Just look at the spin- they aren't concerned about the pirated user being safe, but other legitimate users being safe from him!
You'll have some e-voting... are you sure you don't want any? Aw go on, you'll have some.
Go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on GO ON!
A search for 'Provek' a project management training company brings up an advert by Pearce Mayfield
A search for 'iRacks' a hosting company brings up FDC Servers.net
From Google's AdWord trademark policy:
- As a courtesy, we are willing to perform a limited investigation of reasonable complaints. When we receive a complaint from a trademark owner, our review is limited to ensuring that the advertisements at issue are not using the trademarked term as a keyword trigger. If they are, we disable those keywords from the ad campaign.
For example, this is why you only see eBay advertising on the AdWord 'ebay'. Why go after Google? If an AdWord infringes on a trademarked word, they'll remove it.Or you could include the form data in the URL
If you enabled DCHP, then the DCHP server can assign the same IP address to a particular MAC address each time. Thus it would have a 'static' IP address.
http://www.google.com/search?q=mark+maughan+accoun tancy
Guess what comes top but the 'Disciplinary Actions List'
He buys spam-pitched aromatherapy oils for his wife and pharmaceuticals for himself.
I wonder if his wife benefits from these pharmaceuticals...
I think I might write a script to simplify Google search URLs.
m looks much more pretty.
http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:www.google.co
The background noise of slaugher and bloodshed could be amusing. "Sorry honey, I've got a few trolls to deal with..."
"Landed in an area of mars where water once drenched the environment."
"Almost all attacks against our software are against the legacy systems," he said.
"If you want more secure software, upgrade."
Should I start laughing now or later? David Aucsmith seems to be missing a clue.
As for open source on the desktop systems, Peters said although most of the applications are Webbased, a nonnative version of Lotus Notes for Linux and the lack of Microsoft Office are impediments to Linux on the desktop
I wonder how long it will be until Lotus Notes is ported to Linux? Although OpenOffice is improving all the time, would this company rather have MS Office on Linux (shudder) or a vastly comparitive open source product?
If I recall correctly it was sent over a secure connection, however a script on their webserver that was meant to interface with the merchant system failed.
The resulting error dump (containing CC# and personal information) was logged then indexed. A log of my Google searches would only contain the CC# number which is useless out of context.
I was thinking of something that ran locally using say, AutoComplete data.
Besides, CC numbers by themselves are fairly useless and there are algorithms for generating valid ones.
People have used this for years to find things like Bill Gates' social security number
For the curious, it's 539-60-5125. Leaked in 1995. The 539 means it was issued in Washington.
The idea was some automated system that given your private details, searched for them on a scheduled basis to detect leaks.
Google would be just one of the search engines used.
A while back I Googled my credit card number for a laugh. I was shocked to find it in an indexed webserver log for a site I had previously 'tried' to purchase from. (the form timed-out and I gave up).
A quick call to the bank and a few angry calls to the company sorted it, but I was not impressed.
Perhaps a tool to search for ones own private details should be developed to keep an eye on this?
He should have been fired the first time, or at least warned in writing and fired the second time. Allowing this to happen three times exposes both the agency (who's responsible for managing its vendors) and the vendor to tremendous liability because they've obviously not taken this issue seriously.
Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a conspiracy.
Perhaps Microsoft is hoping that users after 'trying out' XP Lite will want to upgrade to Home/Pro thus giving them more revenue.
Crying into its beer no less
Of all the places to put an MS advert claiming Linux is "11-22% more expensive". I pity those who fall for this PR.
Some of my good friends at uni are Indian (or at least British Indian), I have the greatest respect for their intelligence. However my experiences with Dell tech support (ie, Bangalore) left me with a negative impression of my outsourced asian counterparts. The reason for this was probably the training they had been given by Dell, to dispose of calls quickly and blame problems on the users. As with most slashdotters I only call technical support with problems I cannot fix myself (hardware). To be told that 'the system is working as specified' over and over again, (despite hardware interupts consuming 99% of my processor!) only annoyed me. Eventually it took the threat of legal action against Dell for my computer to be fixed. I don't believe it would have progressed this far had I been able to speak with someone local. Please understand I am not against outsourcing of jobs to India, only that big corporations exploit such workers to 'fob off' customers.