But he didn't physically bust into anything, he got into it through the computer systems. So yes, he hacked. What he did was a form of it, even if it was a cheaper way.
Technically, it had a lot to do with hacking. Sure, he may not be a hacker in the eyes of the community (and I don't really consider him anything else than a theft as you said), but he did crack into Lowe's computer system and he knew exactly what he was doing. If only his software would have grabbed him some info, maybe he'd have more bragging rights... but how do we know that it didn't? They could be lying just to stop people from worrying.
Isn't the Internet Explorer rendering engine one of the things that made IE 6.0 so unstable to begin with? I knew the entire thing wasn't that secure, but basing a browser on Firefox, wouldn't you want security and stability overall? It seems like an oxymoron to place the IE rendering engine in a browser based on something as stable as Firefox. Are they shooting for flexibility or what? Hmm.
Well, that's something that I had always figured anyhow -- to lie, you have to use your brain and think. When you tell the truth, you're telling straight from memory. And even though sometimes you may have to think, it's a lot easier to recall from memory than it is to just create a new section of memory. But all in all though, I still think us Social Engineers are the most intelligent! After all, even the article says that we have to use our mind the most.;)
Well, what happens if it scans and finds P2P software on an everyday user but finds no illegal files? What are they going to do other than bitch? What can they do? Want the short answer? Nothing. They can complain about how P2P hurts the economy all they want to and how it damages sales and hurts jobs, but there is nothing they can do about a computer user having file sharing software on his or her computer.
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OR he could be given cash and not handed his hardware back.;)
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I meant compensated though. The RIAA can't legally confiscate his stuff and keep it, can they?
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Well, since the word is out that he's the biggest "music pirate," I hope he is rich enough to pay all of the fees that the RIAA will probably be launching at him soon. Let's just hope that is the only thing they do to him... it'd suck if they compensated his gear. Heh.
Wow. I really expected Germany to be on that list at least. After all, we do hear about most virus writers coming from this country, as well as the hackers they have.
"Dowell likens it to leaving your garbage on the curb--anyone could conceivably go through it and take whatever is there for their own."
Yeah, that's very well true, but doesn't it make that person digging through your trash seem stupid and poor? I'd think that it would make Microsoft look the same. And a bad reputation for a company like that may not hurt them (since they already have one), but it sure can damage their little project (the search engine).
Honestly, I'm sure that this was one of his "things to do" before he quit. And I don't think he just walked out, I'm sure they knew about it for awhile, and if he's the kind of guy to just quit on the spot, then I have the wrong impression of him.
Novell has really impressed me over the years, mainly with SuSE Linux 9.1. I look forward to any and all software that this company puts out and their love and support for the open source community.
Yeah seriously. The only way I think most people would consider letting Microsoft take a look at their computers is if they gave away some free hardware. They could pirate any of the software Microsoft is handing out just as well...
Half-Life is an awesome game and one of my favorites... but come on. There is no way in hell it can compare to John Carmack's work. Doom defined the first person shooting genre and Doom 3 just keeps it going fresh.
Basic would run faster if he ran it on that G4 as well. And at least the G4 runs the "modern language" (Which is most likely AppleScript.) The Apple II wouldn't even know what any of it was. And it's quite obvious that AppleScript (or the "modern language" that he is referring to) is a lot more powerful and complex than Basic ever thought about being...
Yeah, that's one thing that really came to my mind. Because Google has not really commented on this at all, that just leaves the media and everyone else to ponder just what it really means. Honestly though, I feel it could and should be that. Google's search engine is already intergrated directly into Mozilla's Firefox browser and that's probably the best way they should have it. No need to worry about a complete browser; having to fix holes and encountering security issues, because I'm sure Google doesn't want to make themselves look bad if they can't patch everything that comes at them (or just don't want to, aka Microsoft!).
Don't get me wrong, I like KDE a lot, but I started using Linux in the GNOME DE environment and that's really where I want to stay. No, I'm not afraid of change... at all. I just think that we should not totally eliminate all of the desktop environments down to just one for the commercial versions, simply because choice is good. Heh, if we could, I would like to see even more DEs thrown into the game play. GNOME and KDE aren't the only ones around, and even though they may be two of the best, I'd really like to see and hear more about the others.
Well, if it comes down to Microsoft in the patent dispute, then I'm sure you will know who will win it overall. Even if the odds are stacked against them, they will find a way to win... but most of the time it has to deal with their prime resource -- money.
Haha. And what reason do they have for giving away the look of it again? We do actually have some really great artisits in the world -- and maybe they can't copy it, but I'm sure they could take a few good looks at it and completely redraw it. It's not hard to counterfeit cash and get away with it. Also, hackers will be hackers and they wil find a way around everything (I would know because I am one) so saying that "It's impossible to copy this" is like saying "Find a way as soon as possible." I'm sure they wouldn't do that for a malicious reason, but then again, if that little script gets out, a lot of people would take advantage of it.
Normally I just attend public LAN Parties -- like at CyberLAN Atlanta -- but when it comes down to having one at my house or a friend's, it does take an awful long time to set up. Not to say that it's not worth it all though, but sometimes running Cat5 all across the house can be the most obnoxious thing you'll ever do. Once the dust has settled and you have everything set up though, you'll find out that the LAN party is probably one of the most fun things to do. So you just really have to think about if you're in the "give a lot, receive a lot more" mood, because when it comes down to it, LAN Parties are worth every single second it takes to set up. Rather you're blasting through friends in some Quake 3 or just sniping them in Rogue Spear, online computer games are what makes the world happy -- or me at least. So from time to time... I just have to sit back with a case of caffeine (rather that be BAWLs, Jolt, or something else) and frag the world away.
With John Carmack, anything is possible. We've all seen how he has changed the PC Gaming Industry... and for those that don't know, he had a 9 second Ferrari also... so he excels in everything that he does. Fact or opinion, John Carmack is a God. Aarmadillo Aerospace is going to win it.
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But he didn't physically bust into anything, he got into it through the computer systems. So yes, he hacked. What he did was a form of it, even if it was a cheaper way.
Technically, it had a lot to do with hacking. Sure, he may not be a hacker in the eyes of the community (and I don't really consider him anything else than a theft as you said), but he did crack into Lowe's computer system and he knew exactly what he was doing. If only his software would have grabbed him some info, maybe he'd have more bragging rights... but how do we know that it didn't? They could be lying just to stop people from worrying.
Isn't the Internet Explorer rendering engine one of the things that made IE 6.0 so unstable to begin with? I knew the entire thing wasn't that secure, but basing a browser on Firefox, wouldn't you want security and stability overall? It seems like an oxymoron to place the IE rendering engine in a browser based on something as stable as Firefox. Are they shooting for flexibility or what? Hmm.
Well, that's something that I had always figured anyhow -- to lie, you have to use your brain and think. When you tell the truth, you're telling straight from memory. And even though sometimes you may have to think, it's a lot easier to recall from memory than it is to just create a new section of memory. But all in all though, I still think us Social Engineers are the most intelligent! After all, even the article says that we have to use our mind the most. ;)
Then don't do it. Hopefully no one has a gun to your head.
Well, what happens if it scans and finds P2P software on an everyday user but finds no illegal files? What are they going to do other than bitch? What can they do? Want the short answer? Nothing. They can complain about how P2P hurts the economy all they want to and how it damages sales and hurts jobs, but there is nothing they can do about a computer user having file sharing software on his or her computer.
What is your favorite video game now, and why?
OR he could be given cash and not handed his hardware back. ;)
I meant compensated though. The RIAA can't legally confiscate his stuff and keep it, can they?
Well, since the word is out that he's the biggest "music pirate," I hope he is rich enough to pay all of the fees that the RIAA will probably be launching at him soon. Let's just hope that is the only thing they do to him... it'd suck if they compensated his gear. Heh.
Wow. I really expected Germany to be on that list at least. After all, we do hear about most virus writers coming from this country, as well as the hackers they have.
"Dowell likens it to leaving your garbage on the curb--anyone could conceivably go through it and take whatever is there for their own."
Yeah, that's very well true, but doesn't it make that person digging through your trash seem stupid and poor? I'd think that it would make Microsoft look the same. And a bad reputation for a company like that may not hurt them (since they already have one), but it sure can damage their little project (the search engine).
Honestly, I'm sure that this was one of his "things to do" before he quit. And I don't think he just walked out, I'm sure they knew about it for awhile, and if he's the kind of guy to just quit on the spot, then I have the wrong impression of him.
Novell has really impressed me over the years, mainly with SuSE Linux 9.1. I look forward to any and all software that this company puts out and their love and support for the open source community.
Yeah seriously. The only way I think most people would consider letting Microsoft take a look at their computers is if they gave away some free hardware. They could pirate any of the software Microsoft is handing out just as well...
Half-Life is an awesome game and one of my favorites... but come on. There is no way in hell it can compare to John Carmack's work. Doom defined the first person shooting genre and Doom 3 just keeps it going fresh.
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Basic would run faster if he ran it on that G4 as well. And at least the G4 runs the "modern language" (Which is most likely AppleScript.) The Apple II wouldn't even know what any of it was. And it's quite obvious that AppleScript (or the "modern language" that he is referring to) is a lot more powerful and complex than Basic ever thought about being...
Yeah, that's one thing that really came to my mind. Because Google has not really commented on this at all, that just leaves the media and everyone else to ponder just what it really means. Honestly though, I feel it could and should be that. Google's search engine is already intergrated directly into Mozilla's Firefox browser and that's probably the best way they should have it. No need to worry about a complete browser; having to fix holes and encountering security issues, because I'm sure Google doesn't want to make themselves look bad if they can't patch everything that comes at them (or just don't want to, aka Microsoft!).
Don't get me wrong, I like KDE a lot, but I started using Linux in the GNOME DE environment and that's really where I want to stay. No, I'm not afraid of change... at all. I just think that we should not totally eliminate all of the desktop environments down to just one for the commercial versions, simply because choice is good. Heh, if we could, I would like to see even more DEs thrown into the game play. GNOME and KDE aren't the only ones around, and even though they may be two of the best, I'd really like to see and hear more about the others.
Well, if it comes down to Microsoft in the patent dispute, then I'm sure you will know who will win it overall. Even if the odds are stacked against them, they will find a way to win... but most of the time it has to deal with their prime resource -- money.
Haha. And what reason do they have for giving away the look of it again? We do actually have some really great artisits in the world -- and maybe they can't copy it, but I'm sure they could take a few good looks at it and completely redraw it. It's not hard to counterfeit cash and get away with it. Also, hackers will be hackers and they wil find a way around everything (I would know because I am one) so saying that "It's impossible to copy this" is like saying "Find a way as soon as possible." I'm sure they wouldn't do that for a malicious reason, but then again, if that little script gets out, a lot of people would take advantage of it.
Normally I just attend public LAN Parties -- like at CyberLAN Atlanta -- but when it comes down to having one at my house or a friend's, it does take an awful long time to set up. Not to say that it's not worth it all though, but sometimes running Cat5 all across the house can be the most obnoxious thing you'll ever do. Once the dust has settled and you have everything set up though, you'll find out that the LAN party is probably one of the most fun things to do. So you just really have to think about if you're in the "give a lot, receive a lot more" mood, because when it comes down to it, LAN Parties are worth every single second it takes to set up. Rather you're blasting through friends in some Quake 3 or just sniping them in Rogue Spear, online computer games are what makes the world happy -- or me at least. So from time to time... I just have to sit back with a case of caffeine (rather that be BAWLs, Jolt, or something else) and frag the world away.
Just because it can accelerate fast as shit doesn't really deter from it's overall handling.
With John Carmack, anything is possible. We've all seen how he has changed the PC Gaming Industry... and for those that don't know, he had a 9 second Ferrari also... so he excels in everything that he does. Fact or opinion, John Carmack is a God. Aarmadillo Aerospace is going to win it.
Heh. Can YOU even run Linux..?