He claimed that by publishing the list he saved himself trouble.
Sure it does. Let's watch and learn... I'm not Sweedish, but I feel safe in speculating that even there, hacking someone's email and reading it is illegal.
"I haven't logged in to anyone's account, but I can read their email," he said.
Typical hacker, thinks the authorities are really interested fixing this sort of thing, if only they knew. I'll bet they did know, and now they're more pissed off than ever since their spy agencies can no longer access these accounts.
You may not "vanish" in the way you think, but when the activity is considered illegal (hacking other people's accounts is generally seen as illegal in most countries), a public outing like this will almost certainly not be taken the way you imply, and the indevidual will end up in jail.
Remember that Brit that hacked Nasa? He's headed to Guantanamo.
Someone who, when they appeared ready to fight it, was offered a settlement and patent license for a very nominal sum. Easier and cheaper to pay even a few hundred bucks and walk away than pay for lawyers and months of a lawsuit.
Clearly their intent is an "Ask Jeeves" type service that is email based. You send a support query to an email address and the server tries to guess at what canned FAQ is most appropriate and sends it.
OK, now this is not quite the same as a dumb autoresponder, and maybe even not something for a rules based autoresponder like procmail could provide (though obviously, I'm no expert).
Crouch pointed out that the message routing patent at issue has been involved in litigation many times. "There are no published opinions associated with these cases and they have all been settled," he said.
Who the hell would settle something like this with such a well established history of "prior art"?
The average user just wants something that is familiar and just works.
Many of the problems that keep Linux from gaining a bigger slice of desktop market are known and could be solved. But the people who have the skills to solve these problems aren't interested in them. The standard response to "user" issues is: Well, why don't YOU write the patch / app / whatever.
But you see, most "average" users are not programmers, and don't want to be programmers. As long as the people with the programming skills required to address Linux usability issues show no interest in usability for the "average" user, Linux will stay where it is and Microsoft will own the consumer market regardless of how crappy their OS is, because Microsoft *does* make an attempt to address usability for the "average" user.
it would be awfully hard to convince anyone that you need a new war just cause of some pirate DVDs.
it would be awfully hard to convince anyone that you need a new war just cause of some pirate DVDs.
On the other hand, all those Al Queda terrorists that are using off-shore gambling in Antigua to launder their death money might provide the Whitehouse Junta plenty of ammo to freeze Antigua's assets that are in or pass through US banking.
If Google wants to "do no evil" why don't they fund the removal of GWB
Most of their shareholders support GWB, and his policies benefit the Filthy Wealthy such as Brin and Page. Why would they fund his removal? It's an interesting commentary on the "good" and "evil" thing to consider who, Google (Brin and Page) or Microsoft (Gates et all) have given the most to organizations that benifit the public good? Hmmm...
The reason people get upset when they hear about promotional deals is not because it is unexpected, but because it violates the ideal of capitalism that the best ideas will rise to the top and result in the most efficent solutions.
When, in modern times, has this ideal ever been true? Has it ever been true at all? People need to stop fooling themselves that one mega-huge company is "less evil" than another; in fact they are all about the same in that creating quality products that people need and want, sustaining a good profit and treating their employees well, is not part of the business plan. Continuous exponential profit growth at any cost is all that matters for *all* publicly traded companies (and most private ones as well). WAKE UP!
I strongly suggest nomination of the Gimp; it both has enormous potential...
You don't use image software professionally, do you? Clearly not. With all due respect to all of the fine OSS projects that excell, Gimp is not one of them. It's a giant rat's nest of bloated code. It needs a bottom to top rewrite (in other words, start from scratch). Not a good example. Why do people keep bringing this load of shit up as an example? It's simply not a good one.
If in terms of quality/featues, I'd say OpenOffice is quite a valid competator.
Maybe for home / school / small business users. But not large "enterprise" users. OpenOffice's spreadsheet application has a lot of ground to cover before it even approaces Excell for power users.
OpenOffice has a lot of potential, but also a lot of issues. It's convienent for OSS proponents to ignore / gloss over / minimize OpenOffice's flaws, but this doesn't work in business.
I don't think documenting the discovery process is going to do anyone any favors.
Isn't that part of the Linux/Microsoft Double Standard? Now, if Microsoft this type of issue and had been less than totally open about the cause and methods, you know as well as I do that there would be a high-pitched wailing from the Slashdot World.
Contractor's own stuff is neither Top Secret, nor protected under the provisions provided to government Top Secret data.
In the USA at least, contractors handle actual honest-to-god the real deal "Top Secret" all the time. In fact, most of our government's "Top Secret" programs are run exclusivly by contractors.
The information is made up of either old cases that have passed through the judicial process, or cases that are already in the judicial system and so subject to full disclosure to both defense and prosecution teams
Mybe they meant "proprietary" instead of "Top Secret". Clearly it isn't "Top Secret".
Yes... I think I will patch all my XP boxes that are fianlly running so well both with all my various apps and security, with this MEGA Patch from some unofficial unknown source. Yes...
Are you for real? Your story - excuse me - "STORY"... is lame. I've never heard such a large pile of masturbatory bunk. Good Lord. I'll bet your COCK is, what, 12 inches? Jesus. I just have to ask the question, hasn't your doctor informed you that the swelling of your head might kill you? Good Lord. Have you considered contacting GOODYEAR? You have a whole new concept for INFLATION. Holy Shit. I'm not sure that I would want to be in the same room with you, your head, when it EXPLODES will make quite the mess. Jesus Tits. Please Lord spare me this insanity, this unbelievable obscenity.
Anyone want to start laying bets on who lands a person on Mars first? It's looking more and more like the Chinese if you ask me.
Good for them. We have no practical need to land humans on Mars. The bottom line is that it serves no real scientific purpose that can not be achieved better and cheaper with machines.
Slashdot Mirror
This has nothing to do with the Confidentiality of email, and everything to do with accessing other people's email accounts without authorization.
Sure it does. Let's watch and learn... I'm not Sweedish, but I feel safe in speculating that even there, hacking someone's email and reading it is illegal.
Typical hacker, thinks the authorities are really interested fixing this sort of thing, if only they knew. I'll bet they did know, and now they're more pissed off than ever since their spy agencies can no longer access these accounts.
Historical data suggests this is probably not so.
But doesn't that mark you as an easy target?
Who the hell would settle something like this with such a well established history of "prior art"?
Many of the problems that keep Linux from gaining a bigger slice of desktop market are known and could be solved. But the people who have the skills to solve these problems aren't interested in them. The standard response to "user" issues is: Well, why don't YOU write the patch / app / whatever.
But you see, most "average" users are not programmers, and don't want to be programmers. As long as the people with the programming skills required to address Linux usability issues show no interest in usability for the "average" user, Linux will stay where it is and Microsoft will own the consumer market regardless of how crappy their OS is, because Microsoft *does* make an attempt to address usability for the "average" user.
On the other hand, all those Al Queda terrorists that are using off-shore gambling in Antigua to launder their death money might provide the Whitehouse Junta plenty of ammo to freeze Antigua's assets that are in or pass through US banking.
Most of their shareholders support GWB, and his policies benefit the Filthy Wealthy such as Brin and Page. Why would they fund his removal? It's an interesting commentary on the "good" and "evil" thing to consider who, Google (Brin and Page) or Microsoft (Gates et all) have given the most to organizations that benifit the public good? Hmmm...
When, in modern times, has this ideal ever been true? Has it ever been true at all? People need to stop fooling themselves that one mega-huge company is "less evil" than another; in fact they are all about the same in that creating quality products that people need and want, sustaining a good profit and treating their employees well, is not part of the business plan. Continuous exponential profit growth at any cost is all that matters for *all* publicly traded companies (and most private ones as well). WAKE UP!
Hmmm... How many other blogs and sites featured at Slashdot also have ads? Nearly ALL of them?
You don't use image software professionally, do you? Clearly not. With all due respect to all of the fine OSS projects that excell, Gimp is not one of them. It's a giant rat's nest of bloated code. It needs a bottom to top rewrite (in other words, start from scratch). Not a good example. Why do people keep bringing this load of shit up as an example? It's simply not a good one.
King George will simply dissolve the court and appoint another.
So, basically, you're saying it's "just good enough" to pass. That's great. I'll pass.
Maybe for home / school / small business users. But not large "enterprise" users. OpenOffice's spreadsheet application has a lot of ground to cover before it even approaces Excell for power users.
OpenOffice has a lot of potential, but also a lot of issues. It's convienent for OSS proponents to ignore / gloss over / minimize OpenOffice's flaws, but this doesn't work in business.
Isn't that part of the Linux/Microsoft Double Standard? Now, if Microsoft this type of issue and had been less than totally open about the cause and methods, you know as well as I do that there would be a high-pitched wailing from the Slashdot World.
Inflatable, eh? Sounds, er, dangerous. No sharp objects, I hope... And there's a joke here somewhere.
In the USA at least, contractors handle actual honest-to-god the real deal "Top Secret" all the time. In fact, most of our government's "Top Secret" programs are run exclusivly by contractors.
Mybe they meant "proprietary" instead of "Top Secret". Clearly it isn't "Top Secret".
It's saying that Vista is the new 98ME. People, ignore it and move on!
Yes... I think I will patch all my XP boxes that are fianlly running so well both with all my various apps and security, with this MEGA Patch from some unofficial unknown source. Yes...
Are you for real? Your story - excuse me - "STORY"... is lame. I've never heard such a large pile of masturbatory bunk. Good Lord. I'll bet your COCK is, what, 12 inches? Jesus. I just have to ask the question, hasn't your doctor informed you that the swelling of your head might kill you? Good Lord. Have you considered contacting GOODYEAR? You have a whole new concept for INFLATION. Holy Shit. I'm not sure that I would want to be in the same room with you, your head, when it EXPLODES will make quite the mess. Jesus Tits. Please Lord spare me this insanity, this unbelievable obscenity.
Good for them. We have no practical need to land humans on Mars. The bottom line is that it serves no real scientific purpose that can not be achieved better and cheaper with machines.
Why would they do this? Unless they plan to hollow it out...