Very true. I can understand the motivation of the professor, but I think it would be a lot less controversial if you taught the theory of how spammers operate, rather than the actual process of spamming. For example, by having police aim at paper targets, rather than real people.
You know, if I wanted to learn how to murder someone, probably the best thing I could do is train to be a cop. Or a forensics investigator. Or maybe even a doctor. That's where I'm most likely to learn the skills necessary to help me get away with murder.
There's a difference. None of those classes hand you a gun, show you the escape routes, and tell you where to aim.
If Wal-Mart.com's return policy is the same as its stores, it doesn't hold a candle to Costco's.
It takes a gutsy business to promise to refund almost everything it sells, in any condition, ever, in cash (even if you pay with a credit card, as I usually do). They've made a lot of money from me because of it.
People have an incentive not to update when they have to pay hundreds of dollars per computer to do so. OpenOffice.org is free except for bandwidth, and even that is becoming less and less of a dealbreaker.
Slightly off-topic, but fun nevertheless. Several years ago, a somewhat unusual car was stolen: the big, promotional prize van of the number #1 radio station where I live. You know, with the call sign written three feet tall in red letters. Not very "homogenius.";)
This radio station also routinely announces the description of stolen cars and encourages listeners to call in so the police can find them. They've likely recovered over 100 cars in the past ten years. They got their van back in an hour or two.
Never put too much faith in a crook's intelligence. You may find yourself disappointed.
While MGM's position may be "balanced", there's always one thing that irks me about DRM: it makes it impossible to use in the public domain later.
The very least a movie/music/software company must do to gain my approval is to deposit their materials to the Library of Congress unencumbered and DRM-free.
Copyright is supposed to let creators make money on their work for a limited time in exchange for making it freely available later.
Ah, but if they hit the WHOIS database automatically, they too are violating a contract. It's worded differently from service to service. GoDaddy's sounds a little like this:
You further agree not to use this data to enable high volume, automated or robotic electronic processes designed to collect or compile this data for any purpose, including mining this data for your own personal or commercial purposes.
If they want to match IP addresses with assignees, they have to do it the old-fashioned way: by typing them in by hand.
"Microsoft said Friday that it is halting development of future Macintosh versions of its Internet Explorer browser, citing competition from Apple Computer's Safari browser."
Finder is Brushed Metal, but the bar at the top is in Pinstripe.
That's funny, because Microsoft has the same problem. Click the File menu in a recent version of Microsoft Office, then try the File menu in Windows 2000's Notepad.
Seeing that Shakespeare's works were considered "disreputable entertainments", who knows? Maybe the collected works of Slashdot will be essential reading in high schools 300 years from now.
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To make money and scare people away from your product, just the way the RIAA scares music downloaders. Not a 1:1 analogy...
I agree. At least the companies that comprise the RIAA own the product they're bullying people about.
Sure is one all-powerful form that controls everything: form hj-8452-lk-1, "Request to control issuance of forms."
I think you're confused. The correct form is 1040.
Hey, then let's just have them post this article EVERY HOUR! Someone might miss it otherwise.
Clever! We could call it "Slashdot Headline News."
(With apologies to CNN, Time Warner, and any other companies in between...)
I think he means the click-wrap agreement in the setup program that you can't get to without breaking the seal on the CD sleeve.
I wish they did, too. Here's why I think they don't:
Very true. I can understand the motivation of the professor, but I think it would be a lot less controversial if you taught the theory of how spammers operate, rather than the actual process of spamming. For example, by having police aim at paper targets, rather than real people.
You know, if I wanted to learn how to murder someone, probably the best thing I could do is train to be a cop. Or a forensics investigator. Or maybe even a doctor. That's where I'm most likely to learn the skills necessary to help me get away with murder.
There's a difference. None of those classes hand you a gun, show you the escape routes, and tell you where to aim.
Actually, it's CPSC 599.63. Here's the instructor's web site.
If Wal-Mart.com's return policy is the same as its stores, it doesn't hold a candle to Costco's.
It takes a gutsy business to promise to refund almost everything it sells, in any condition, ever, in cash (even if you pay with a credit card, as I usually do). They've made a lot of money from me because of it.
People have an incentive not to update when they have to pay hundreds of dollars per computer to do so. OpenOffice.org is free except for bandwidth, and even that is becoming less and less of a dealbreaker.
...for a suitable fee.
Slightly off-topic, but fun nevertheless. Several years ago, a somewhat unusual car was stolen: the big, promotional prize van of the number #1 radio station where I live. You know, with the call sign written three feet tall in red letters. Not very "homogenius." ;)
This radio station also routinely announces the description of stolen cars and encourages listeners to call in so the police can find them. They've likely recovered over 100 cars in the past ten years. They got their van back in an hour or two.
Never put too much faith in a crook's intelligence. You may find yourself disappointed.
While MGM's position may be "balanced", there's always one thing that irks me about DRM: it makes it impossible to use in the public domain later.
The very least a movie/music/software company must do to gain my approval is to deposit their materials to the Library of Congress unencumbered and DRM-free.
Copyright is supposed to let creators make money on their work for a limited time in exchange for making it freely available later.
Obligatory Disclaimer: IANAL
Speaking of which...
Symantec: Software company best known for the Norton family of products.
Semantics: The study of meanings in a language.
Ah, but if they hit the WHOIS database automatically, they too are violating a contract. It's worded differently from service to service. GoDaddy's sounds a little like this:
If they want to match IP addresses with assignees, they have to do it the old-fashioned way: by typing them in by hand.
"Trade secret." And yes, they can be protected under the law, though IANAL and don't know how I feel about the leak.
No assumptions are necessary:
"Microsoft said Friday that it is halting development of future Macintosh versions of its Internet Explorer browser, citing competition from Apple Computer's Safari browser."
Finder is Brushed Metal, but the bar at the top is in Pinstripe.
That's funny, because Microsoft has the same problem. Click the File menu in a recent version of Microsoft Office, then try the File menu in Windows 2000's Notepad.
Seeing that Shakespeare's works were considered "disreputable entertainments", who knows? Maybe the collected works of Slashdot will be essential reading in high schools 300 years from now.
If was [sic] really important it would allow me...to change my password.
In its infinite wisdom, Microsoft did make it possible to change your password. Here's how:
But you didn't post it, so even if you (and possibly others) believed it, nobody ever posted about it.
I'm also disappointed it wasn't real. Among other things, I'm going to have to retract my statements to my non-techie friends.
On the other hand, pulling off a hoax that few, if any, Slashdotters questioned publically is quite an achievement.
The rights of users to send and receive email must not be compromised for quick and dirty ways to limit unsolicited bulk email.
I read their position on spam, and it seems very sensible to me. They're basically saying that false positives are bad.
I'd like to read a counter-analysis, if you can provide one.
If you put a wiper on and it malfunctions, the most you've lost is an opportunity.
That's what we're afraid of ;).
TFA points out that you need a special drive to do the labeling. I would imagine that drive would come with completely legal software for your use.
I have an idea. Why not use the native widgets, or a reasonable facsimile, for the appropriate operating system? (Mozilla software does exactly that.)