How do you figure protecting half the world's mountain gorillas, at constant risk of being killed himself, isn't "useful"? With all due respect to Ubuntu, that strikes me as at least as important as supervising a bunch of Linux installs.
Maybe Ubuntu will find some way to show their appreciation to the runner up in their "Gracious Gorilla" release.
Apple was actually being nice instead of just putting out the update and then having a huge splash in the news when all those unlocked iPhones suddenly turned into bricks.
You think Apple was doing it to be nice? Please.
A huge splash in the news when people's iPhones get bricked was what they were trying to avoid, as it might lead to a few attorneys taking out their pens.
Apple's warning is little more than a thinly veiled threat to scare people out of unlocking their iPhones. Gotta stay on the company's good side. After all, accidents happen...
All colleges that don't stand by their students and hand them over to the pack of lying dogs at the RIAA are complacent with the same absurdities and the students ought to wonder what they've been paying for at their respective colleges
I was under the understanding the students were paying for a college education, not a safe harbor to commit copyright infringement. So I don't see what the cost of attendance at a school has to do with RIAA lawsuits. Why should students be subject to any more protection than they would if they were at home online?
At least that is what I was going to say originally.
But then I thought about the role the college plays in the student's online access. The university is the student's ISP so to speak here, assuming the RIAA/MPAA is following the same procedures they would had the aledged offender been on a COX cable internet account, then I still stand by that. Now, if the school is getting a letter from the RIAA that says "[IP address] was downloading copyrighted material at [time] on [date]. Who is this?" and the college is piping right up with "Oh, that's [student name], here's their address and telephone number." I would think the student would now have the right to sue the college for breach of privacy. If the correct legal procedures are being followed to get the student's [subscriber's] information, the school has done nothing wrong. There's no unwritten rule your college will be your anti-MPAA attack dog while you're attending.
However, I do take issue with the people getting academic punishments from their schools over this. There's no excuse for a university to throw out a student over copyright infringement issues with a third party. Do these offenses have anything to do with the student's attendance and schoolwork quality required for his degree? No. To use the tired saying, it's an A-B conversation that they should C their way out of.
Not as meaningful as you imply; its quite common for countries to not extradite their own citizens when the crime and/or punishment is quite different from what they would experience for committing the same action at home.
So the punishment in the U.S. for cyber-terrorism is different than it is in Sweden? Unless what you really mean is the U.S. wont extradite, because they would let the suits off completely for breaking the law.
Remember, this would be the Pirate Bay seeking extradition of U.S. citizens for computer crimes. What the Pirate Bay does with their website is not the issue. Even if the Pirate Bay were based in the U.S. and their website were illegal, it doesn't give the studios/record companies license to hire their own posse to carry out "justice". They would have to file lawsuits/seek DMCA charges, ect with the appropriate authorities for the Pirate Bay's actions.
This is the [MP/RI]AA having actions taken that would warrant the FBI getting involved if it were common hackers, there's no way around that.
...a storage device that'll run at bus speed. What use is 4.8GBit if the attached drive bursts at 150MBit?
You would still get better performance from the drive since USB 2 only actually runs at 40MBit. The 480MBit is a burst rate. So USB 3 would (we assume) provide better sustained throughput maybe (if we follow the 10x performance claims) it would reach 400MBit, putting it level with Firewire 400.
Yeah, and they could call it "Apple Corps Ltd." and start a division called "Apple Music". I'm sure nobody would have a problem with that. Oh, wait...
Have you tried reading your own links?
"On 5 February 2007, Apple Inc. and Apple Corps announced a settlement of their trademark dispute under which Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related to "Apple" and will license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use. The settlement ends the ongoing trademark lawsuit between the companies, with each party bearing its own legal costs, and Apple Inc. will continue using its name and logos on iTunes. The settlement includes terms that are confidential."
It has to do with the fact that customers are disconnected for over-using a service that is advertised as being 'unlimited'.
Plus, thanks to local monopolies, the customer may have no one else to get higher-speed service from. The cablecos ask for a monopoly from the local governments with the idea they will service all the customers, then they cherry pick who they actually keep as customers. It's s "want to have your cake and eat it too", situation.
The update only updated the Windows Update software itself, nothing in Windows.
Windows Update has an elevated level of access to the system. What if Windows Update were "updated" to allow things to be installed from someone other than Microsoft? Or so it would install software even if you told it not to.
If the software has the ability to change Windows, there really is no difference between modifying the software than can modify Windows and modifying Windows itself security-wise. That's like saying there's a difference between attacking a family on Safari in Africa verses opening a cage to a hungry lion close to them instead.
I assumed that the only reason the RIAA was still around was because eventually, when they decide to move on, they can shed the "RIAA" image and with that all the negativeness surrounding them.
Kinda like a supervillan with a secret identity. He can run into Clark Kent on the street and neither one would recognize the other outside of their costumes!
Are they of the belief that those of use who go out of the way to avoid these adverts, will somehow fall under their magic when we see their latest animations?
Yes.
Advertisers think they're smarter than everyone, and can tric^H^H^H^Hconvince anyone of the value in the product/experience they are trying to sell.
The truth is that they are only smarter than a portion of the population (I'll leave the percentage up for debate). And the group of people using AdBlock+ and a subscribed list are not in this portion to begin with. So they aren't losing any customers they would have had otherwise.
Newsworthy? Colored parrots are going down. Dude, you're next!
Everyone calm down. This poster is incorrect, it was a grey parrot that died. Check TFA, that bird is not colorful at all. So I think we're safe for now.
Right now it's $15 for 3mos, but they are hoping to change that to $20/yr if they get enough sign-ups.
Wow, they're not exactly marketing geniuses are they? Announce plans to make a very large discount on you service as soon as enough people sign up at the original inflated price? Yeah, that'll pull a huge number of customers in at your launch.
Isn't it interesting that the government doesn't consider systems like WGA a threat to national security?
The dangers of software monoculture are well known, now combine that with an authentication system the government has no control over. Once the entire Windows desktop marketshare (+90% of all desktops) is using a Windows OS featuring WGA, what's to stop criminals and terrorists from capturing the datacenters that house these servers and holding a major factor in world finance hostage?
I wonder how many days they'll get away with selling this before (a) lawyers find a reason to shut them down, or (b) someone in the hacking community is motivated by this proof of concept to complete a free hack, or (c) someone reverse-engineers the existing hack and releases a free version..?
The fact they haven't started selling licenses/software right now says to me they're waiting for AT&T to respond before they start selling. Either with 1) a lawsuit to stop them or 2) an offer to buy the project for some obscene amount of money so they can bury it.
If the money was not being spent on the war it will have been spent on something else, certainly not the internet backbone.
We should also remember the National Budget hasn't been balanced in years. So it's not like we're actually spending real money on Iraq instead of data infrastructure upgrades. It's all just adding onto the National Debt.
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No. In a fit of anniversary nostalgia, he moved Slashdot back to the DEC for the day.
Maybe Ubuntu will find some way to show their appreciation to the runner up in their "Gracious Gorilla" release.
You think Apple was doing it to be nice? Please.
A huge splash in the news when people's iPhones get bricked was what they were trying to avoid, as it might lead to a few attorneys taking out their pens.
Apple's warning is little more than a thinly veiled threat to scare people out of unlocking their iPhones. Gotta stay on the company's good side. After all, accidents happen...
Hugh Hefner!
I was under the understanding the students were paying for a college education, not a safe harbor to commit copyright infringement. So I don't see what the cost of attendance at a school has to do with RIAA lawsuits. Why should students be subject to any more protection than they would if they were at home online?
At least that is what I was going to say originally.
But then I thought about the role the college plays in the student's online access. The university is the student's ISP so to speak here, assuming the RIAA/MPAA is following the same procedures they would had the aledged offender been on a COX cable internet account, then I still stand by that. Now, if the school is getting a letter from the RIAA that says "[IP address] was downloading copyrighted material at [time] on [date]. Who is this?" and the college is piping right up with "Oh, that's [student name], here's their address and telephone number." I would think the student would now have the right to sue the college for breach of privacy. If the correct legal procedures are being followed to get the student's [subscriber's] information, the school has done nothing wrong. There's no unwritten rule your college will be your anti-MPAA attack dog while you're attending.
However, I do take issue with the people getting academic punishments from their schools over this. There's no excuse for a university to throw out a student over copyright infringement issues with a third party. Do these offenses have anything to do with the student's attendance and schoolwork quality required for his degree? No. To use the tired saying, it's an A-B conversation that they should C their way out of.
So the punishment in the U.S. for cyber-terrorism is different than it is in Sweden?
Unless what you really mean is the U.S. wont extradite, because they would let the suits off completely for breaking the law.
Remember, this would be the Pirate Bay seeking extradition of U.S. citizens for computer crimes. What the Pirate Bay does with their website is not the issue. Even if the Pirate Bay were based in the U.S. and their website were illegal, it doesn't give the studios/record companies license to hire their own posse to carry out "justice". They would have to file lawsuits/seek DMCA charges, ect with the appropriate authorities for the Pirate Bay's actions.
This is the [MP/RI]AA having actions taken that would warrant the FBI getting involved if it were common hackers, there's no way around that.
In Soviet Russia, jokes write YOU!
Why should you have to pay to [b]not[/b] be put in the phone book.
You would still get better performance from the drive since USB 2 only actually runs at 40MBit. The 480MBit is a burst rate. So USB 3 would (we assume) provide better sustained throughput maybe (if we follow the 10x performance claims) it would reach 400MBit, putting it level with Firewire 400.
Have you tried reading your own links?
"On 5 February 2007, Apple Inc. and Apple Corps announced a settlement of their trademark dispute under which Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related to "Apple" and will license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use. The settlement ends the ongoing trademark lawsuit between the companies, with each party bearing its own legal costs, and Apple Inc. will continue using its name and logos on iTunes. The settlement includes terms that are confidential."
Plus, thanks to local monopolies, the customer may have no one else to get higher-speed service from. The cablecos ask for a monopoly from the local governments with the idea they will service all the customers, then they cherry pick who they actually keep as customers. It's s "want to have your cake and eat it too", situation.
Windows Update has an elevated level of access to the system. What if Windows Update were "updated" to allow things to be installed from someone other than Microsoft? Or so it would install software even if you told it not to.
If the software has the ability to change Windows, there really is no difference between modifying the software than can modify Windows and modifying Windows itself security-wise. That's like saying there's a difference between attacking a family on Safari in Africa verses opening a cage to a hungry lion close to them instead.
And the question on everyone's mind is "Would this have happened had the plight not been so well discussed on the internet?"
Also, how many other people have already been turned away for hardware warranty repairs based on what software was on their machine?
Got that right. That tapping sound is a hundred Black Hats beginning revenge identity theft.
Kinda like a supervillan with a secret identity. He can run into Clark Kent on the street and neither one would recognize the other outside of their costumes!
Maybe I should view pictures of currency online at work, so the company will transfer me to a better paying job.
Yes.
Advertisers think they're smarter than everyone, and can tric^H^H^H^Hconvince anyone of the value in the product/experience they are trying to sell.
The truth is that they are only smarter than a portion of the population (I'll leave the percentage up for debate). And the group of people using AdBlock+ and a subscribed list are not in this portion to begin with. So they aren't losing any customers they would have had otherwise.
Everyone calm down. This poster is incorrect, it was a grey parrot that died. Check TFA, that bird is not colorful at all. So I think we're safe for now.
Wow, they're not exactly marketing geniuses are they? Announce plans to make a very large discount on you service as soon as enough people sign up at the original inflated price? Yeah, that'll pull a huge number of customers in at your launch.
Miranda is also open source and comes in at 1100KB verses 11MB for Pidgin.
Translation: He secretly likes it and is happy someone else brought it up, he wont be the one blasted in public opinion for it being his idea.
Isn't it interesting that the government doesn't consider systems like WGA a threat to national security?
The dangers of software monoculture are well known, now combine that with an authentication system the government has no control over. Once the entire Windows desktop marketshare (+90% of all desktops) is using a Windows OS featuring WGA, what's to stop criminals and terrorists from capturing the datacenters that house these servers and holding a major factor in world finance hostage?
The fact they haven't started selling licenses/software right now says to me they're waiting for AT&T to respond before they start selling. Either with 1) a lawsuit to stop them or 2) an offer to buy the project for some obscene amount of money so they can bury it.
We should also remember the National Budget hasn't been balanced in years. So it's not like we're actually spending real money on Iraq instead of data infrastructure upgrades. It's all just adding onto the National Debt.
Don't feel bad, I thought the same thing. But I just got back from the bars, too.