They don't just rely on the gaming aspect of their products. Anything to do with digital graphics is part of thair target market. But I agree with you that some companies do fair well. How about the games developers? EA, rockstar etc. And what about the likes of nintendo? Sure, they're not number one but they do pretty well.
Do you have the equivalent of a small claims court where you live? If so (and someone qualified in law agrees that you've been cheated) then you could go down that road. Then again, it might not be worth it in the long run:/
There isn't so much mainia for free things as there is for fair price. I don't like paying up £15 for a CD, so as a result I only buy something I know I'll actually like and much less frequently than I would if I afford to explore. If I download music from the internet it's to sample the work. I don't mind only managing to get a part of the song. After all, I'm only doing it because I want to know if the Album is worth the money. I don't agree with pirating the Album just so I can save some money.
Actually, many galleries and musuems are free to go into. They mainly make money off of donations, the gift shop, and special exibitions.
I'd love to see more of the royalties going to the artists. I don't think the middlemen deserve to take profit from someone else's work. But I don't want to see a world where everyone is so posseive of their work that they expect every showing to result in royalties.
I totally agree with compensation for work, but there's a difference between compensation and squeezing every last penny possible.
Yeah. The "Free86" is supposed to be a word play on "386". You know how these OSS guys like to put double meaning in their names;) So you're right. XFree86 sounds a bit weird on a PPC.
some kid could also just go through the forums and manually write down the user names and append the @whatever.com. It's just quiker with a script. I'm pretty sure spammers use similar methods to harvest email addresses. It's not exactly the most surprising or clever of attacks. Personally, if I want to keep information private I don't submit it in the first place.
Those people are professionals. Not some kiddie with half and idea of what they're doing. I'm all for full disclosure. I think it enforces change and better practices, but I still think people poking around without consent is stupid at best. If you feel the need to test out security, _get permission_ from the systems owner or use a similar setup on your own system. You don't have to break the law to help. Too many people piss about doing damage in the name of being helpful.
Just to clear a couple of things up... By dangerous information I meant something that will most probably be used in an inappropriate way. Such as releasing detailed schematics and a step-by-step guide on making a powerful nuclear suitcase bomb for under £100 using nothing but household items (I know this is a silly example but you get the point...right?). I don't mean day to day peices of information that can be made dangerous in the way it's percieved. Secondly, by anti-social I meant in a harmful way. Hitting someone in the head with a hammer is anti-social and not just different. Simply being different is not, to my mind being anti-social. Harming other people (without their consent) is.
I'm pretty sure kid's TV stations have been doing this for a very long time. Aswell as my local radio station ("The first person to call in when you hear this song wins the prize...").
How about control of sensitive and possibly dangerous information? How about your medical records? These types of information I can see as being controlled by nessessity. Also, some cultural behaviours are deemed anti-social. Such as cannibalism. In some places this might have been acceptable, but in others it is not. Should this be uncontrolled? I'm all for freedom of information and freedom of expression, but not when it's damaging to other people.
So it's a little like VAT (Value Added Tax) that we have here in the UK (aswell as other places I should imagine)? That's not so bad really. Provided it stays as a one time fee and is REASONABLE. Taxing 90% would be a _bit_ out of order.
What if it was an inside job? Some idiot with access could well steal the data and sell it. SHould the SysAdmins get punished when their system WAS secured but the employees were corrupt? What about the time the data isn't encrypted? It's useless if no-one ever reads it. At some point the data will be in plain text and then it doesn't really matter how much encryption you have, it still gets compromised.
However, I think the storage companies involved with id theft (or any private data) should get fined (and prosecuted if it's shown that they DID NOT take the correct steps to secure the data). Liability is a great way of motivating better security.
If the major distros are left to stabalise things, couldn't this lead to different solutions from different companies? They arn't all as altruistic as you would like to think (they ARE businesses after all), and won't they be tempted to look after their own interests rather than those of the community? I know they can do this to an extent with patches and the like, but I'd prefer a central place where submissions are made.
Do you think it would work if, on initial request the RSS feeder replied with a time in which to check for each induvidual reader? Say, on the hour, 1 minute past the hour, 2 minutes past the hour etc. If a standard was made to incorporate this then they would get staggard traffic and more control over the requests. Just a thought.
Should people go on the bases that their computers arn't protected? That way they might be motivated to install patches and updates instead of thinking "great! I have my anti-virus and my firewall, and a little bit of a clue what to watch out for in emails...I must be safe!" A false sense of security is no substitute for real security and real security is something you need to continually rethink...at least that's MHO.
It sounds like you're after more technical texts. The For Dummies books are great primers for the more in-depth books out there. They don't pretend to be anything more, and are a great help. They give a fair amount of information in a friendly way.
You can already remove existing anti-theft tags if you don't mind a little hole in the garment you were stealing. Just bring a pair of scissors. But seriously, retailers need to clearly state where the tags is and how to remove it. Sew it into an identifiable tag (like the one with washing instructions) so that the customer can remove it if they wish. Also, state that the product has an RFID chip attached to it. I wouldn't have a problem with RFID if I could take the tag off of whatever I bought and dispose of it. I don't mind cutting off an extra tag in my clothes if it gives me piece of mind.
Get friends and family to take in an item aswell as yourself. That way you can get rid of much more stuff in a smaller amount of time. It's always good to dispose of old equiptment properly (or even recycle it).
No, not *anything*. Anything that incites unlawful behaviour (such as snuff movies) shouldn't be allowed. People actively get hurt, without their consent, in the making of such material. Also, having some sort of watershed system is a good idea. Sure, broadcast offensive material when the kids should be in bed (say...8 or 9?), then it's the parents fault for letting them stay up and watch these "bad things".
Also, some OSS developers do get paid. Sure, a small minority, but it can happen. You make a good point, people need to learn how to do different things. Everyone seems to forget the old advice not to put all your eggs in one basket.
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You'd have thought the government would go the other way and try to get owners of abandoned cars to pay next years road tax...
How about if you just take the whole case out and leave it in your garage?
Why do the complex thing when there's a simple solution?
They don't just rely on the gaming aspect of their products. Anything to do with digital graphics is part of thair target market.
But I agree with you that some companies do fair well. How about the games developers? EA, rockstar etc.
And what about the likes of nintendo? Sure, they're not number one but they do pretty well.
Do you have the equivalent of a small claims court where you live? If so (and someone qualified in law agrees that you've been cheated) then you could go down that road. Then again, it might not be worth it in the long run :/
Right up to the point the sys admin turns up at the managers meeting and explains the joke....
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There isn't so much mainia for free things as there is for fair price. I don't like paying up £15 for a CD, so as a result I only buy something I know I'll actually like and much less frequently than I would if I afford to explore.
If I download music from the internet it's to sample the work. I don't mind only managing to get a part of the song. After all, I'm only doing it because I want to know if the Album is worth the money. I don't agree with pirating the Album just so I can save some money.
Actually, many galleries and musuems are free to go into. They mainly make money off of donations, the gift shop, and special exibitions.
I'd love to see more of the royalties going to the artists. I don't think the middlemen deserve to take profit from someone else's work. But I don't want to see a world where everyone is so posseive of their work that they expect every showing to result in royalties.
I totally agree with compensation for work, but there's a difference between compensation and squeezing every last penny possible.
Yeah. The "Free86" is supposed to be a word play on "386". You know how these OSS guys like to put double meaning in their names ;)
So you're right. XFree86 sounds a bit weird on a PPC.
some kid could also just go through the forums and manually write down the user names and append the @whatever.com. It's just quiker with a script.
I'm pretty sure spammers use similar methods to harvest email addresses.
It's not exactly the most surprising or clever of attacks.
Personally, if I want to keep information private I don't submit it in the first place.
Those people are professionals. Not some kiddie with half and idea of what they're doing.
I'm all for full disclosure. I think it enforces change and better practices, but I still think people poking around without consent is stupid at best. If you feel the need to test out security, _get permission_ from the systems owner or use a similar setup on your own system. You don't have to break the law to help. Too many people piss about doing damage in the name of being helpful.
Just to clear a couple of things up...
By dangerous information I meant something that will most probably be used in an inappropriate way. Such as releasing detailed schematics and a step-by-step guide on making a powerful nuclear suitcase bomb for under £100 using nothing but household items (I know this is a silly example but you get the point...right?). I don't mean day to day peices of information that can be made dangerous in the way it's percieved.
Secondly, by anti-social I meant in a harmful way. Hitting someone in the head with a hammer is anti-social and not just different. Simply being different is not, to my mind being anti-social. Harming other people (without their consent) is.
I'm pretty sure kid's TV stations have been doing this for a very long time. Aswell as my local radio station ("The first person to call in when you hear this song wins the prize...").
Fine the patent office for every patent found to be a load of c**p. That way they'd start thinking twice about the more dodgy looking candidates.
How about control of sensitive and possibly dangerous information? How about your medical records?
These types of information I can see as being controlled by nessessity.
Also, some cultural behaviours are deemed anti-social. Such as cannibalism. In some places this might have been acceptable, but in others it is not. Should this be uncontrolled?
I'm all for freedom of information and freedom of expression, but not when it's damaging to other people.
So it's a little like VAT (Value Added Tax) that we have here in the UK (aswell as other places I should imagine)?
That's not so bad really. Provided it stays as a one time fee and is REASONABLE. Taxing 90% would be a _bit_ out of order.
What if it was an inside job? Some idiot with access could well steal the data and sell it. SHould the SysAdmins get punished when their system WAS secured but the employees were corrupt?
What about the time the data isn't encrypted? It's useless if no-one ever reads it. At some point the data will be in plain text and then it doesn't really matter how much encryption you have, it still gets compromised.
However, I think the storage companies involved with id theft (or any private data) should get fined (and prosecuted if it's shown that they DID NOT take the correct steps to secure the data).
Liability is a great way of motivating better security.
If the major distros are left to stabalise things, couldn't this lead to different solutions from different companies? They arn't all as altruistic as you would like to think (they ARE businesses after all), and won't they be tempted to look after their own interests rather than those of the community?
I know they can do this to an extent with patches and the like, but I'd prefer a central place where submissions are made.
Do you think it would work if, on initial request the RSS feeder replied with a time in which to check for each induvidual reader? Say, on the hour, 1 minute past the hour, 2 minutes past the hour etc. If a standard was made to incorporate this then they would get staggard traffic and more control over the requests.
Just a thought.
Should people go on the bases that their computers arn't protected? That way they might be motivated to install patches and updates instead of thinking "great! I have my anti-virus and my firewall, and a little bit of a clue what to watch out for in emails...I must be safe!"
A false sense of security is no substitute for real security and real security is something you need to continually rethink...at least that's MHO.
It sounds like you're after more technical texts. The For Dummies books are great primers for the more in-depth books out there. They don't pretend to be anything more, and are a great help. They give a fair amount of information in a friendly way.
You can already remove existing anti-theft tags if you don't mind a little hole in the garment you were stealing. Just bring a pair of scissors. But seriously, retailers need to clearly state where the tags is and how to remove it. Sew it into an identifiable tag (like the one with washing instructions) so that the customer can remove it if they wish. Also, state that the product has an RFID chip attached to it.
I wouldn't have a problem with RFID if I could take the tag off of whatever I bought and dispose of it. I don't mind cutting off an extra tag in my clothes if it gives me piece of mind.
Get friends and family to take in an item aswell as yourself. That way you can get rid of much more stuff in a smaller amount of time.
It's always good to dispose of old equiptment properly (or even recycle it).
No, not *anything*. Anything that incites unlawful behaviour (such as snuff movies) shouldn't be allowed. People actively get hurt, without their consent, in the making of such material. Also, having some sort of watershed system is a good idea. Sure, broadcast offensive material when the kids should be in bed (say...8 or 9?), then it's the parents fault for letting them stay up and watch these "bad things".
Also, some OSS developers do get paid. Sure, a small minority, but it can happen.
You make a good point, people need to learn how to do different things. Everyone seems to forget the old advice not to put all your eggs in one basket.
Because he was soooo right the first time...