To any idea calling for a "collective" something and coming from Microsoft or any of the other big Commercial IT players, I would like to add the requirement:
No patents will be enforceable when it comes to implementing Microsoft's proposed "collective cyberdefence".
The so called "Master key" for online play, is a developer key, not the commercial one. You won't be able to play the pirated game on the production servers with this key.
Secondly, this "Crysis 2 Crysis" will only do what all similar leaks do: It will amplify the effect the quality of the game, has on its sales.
Meaning, that if the game sucks. it will absolutely sink when it becomes available commercially.
And similarly, if the game is good, it's sales will skyrocket.
Suffice to say, Google’s pretty unhappy with the whole situation, which does raise a number of issues. For one, is what Bing seems to be doing illegal? Singhal was “hesitant” to say that since Google technically hasn’t lost anything. It still has its own results, even if it feels Bing is mimicking them.
The same can be said when I copy a DVD, RIAA hasn't lost anything, they still have their own copy!
Generally IRC is no longer a good C&C protocol for a number of reasons:
1) Companies are increasingly putting in place protocol filters, so that only pure HTTP gets out of the company,
2) IRC runs on a port that is almost always blocked, you could use your servers but then you come again to the problem of "your servers",
3) IRC has problems getting out through company proxies.
4) You asked "what is wrong with a list of IP addresses,", well, in a log report, IP addresses stand out like a sore thumb and are immediately visible.
You have probably heard this before, but apart from the Blue Screen of Death and "Palladium" that was quickly renamed to NGSCB, when people found out about it, MIcrosoft hasn't really invented much itself.
But it has a big marketing department and many many lawyers to pompensate for the fact.
When even the article discussing the censorship of the word, writes "nigger" as "**the N-word**", the case is pretty much closed on that everyone has accepted the word as unsuitable for all uses.
Don't complain about the censorship you are doing yourself.!
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Well done anonymous, you've just handed Amazon their marketing for their hosting services for the considerable future.
And even if you haven't, there's still a ton of suited fatcats chortling merrily about the concomitant stock price rise as they stuff their faces with expensive food and drink this holiday season.
Amazon won the battle but they didn't win the war,
The most successful part of their trolling is that major news outlets still don't understand the joke. They're anonymous. They're not a group. You could just as easily say "bunches of people who have never met"
I don't like software patents either, but development does take its time and money and you currently still have to play by the rules like everyone else. Just because you're not selling as many devices as HTC doesn't mean you don't have to pay the same royalties. Even Google, like every other company, is asking for patent royalties, so why suddenly Microsoft shouldn't? Sure, hate the software patents, but twisting this as something like Microsoft demanding manufacturers to pay if they want to install Linux is just... wrong.
What a wonderfully twisted argument.. you completely miss the point.
Acer ans Asustek have a tiny part of the market and their number of devices sold is almost without effect on the competition. Microsoft is not asking for this "license fees" for the money, their goal is to send a message and scare manufacturers away from the Android. That is the point here.
Microsoft has never wanted to publicly list the patents they are claiming are in Android or Linux, they know very well that if there are any grounds for their claim the patented components will be replaced by un-patented ones.
So stop pretending these guys aren't as technically qualified as you.
They aren't as technically qualified as we are and they can never be.
Being a techie means knowing what's "inside" everything technical, and since we're driven by our hearts and desire to know, someone who isn't can never have the insight as we have.
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The work was being done for a government agency. White Hat.
By that definition the Chinese hackers that were involved in Operation NightDragon were probably also "Wiite hats"
No patents will be enforceable when it comes to implementing Microsoft's proposed "collective cyberdefence".
That's the most hilarious thing I've read in a while!
I read your comment and immediately looked below the text for the "LIKE" button.
Anyone can get a copy of the Stuxnet worm, just create an account on the right security forums and download a copy.
Secondly, this "Crysis 2 Crysis" will only do what all similar leaks do: It will amplify the effect the quality of the game, has on its sales.
Meaning, that if the game sucks. it will absolutely sink when it becomes available commercially.
And similarly, if the game is good, it's sales will skyrocket.
Or someone wants to Inflate the domain's price before they sell it"
The story doesn't make sense.. The images are still on www.memegenerator.net and have not been removed at all..
I suspect this is just a hoax, viral marketing or social experiment of some sort.
Basically Microsoft's defense is now: "We're copying every search engine, not just google."
It really doesn't justify anything.
Microsoft is a client of Altimeter, they are protecting their revenue stream ...
Suffice to say, Google’s pretty unhappy with the whole situation, which does raise a number of issues. For one, is what Bing seems to be doing illegal? Singhal was “hesitant” to say that since Google technically hasn’t lost anything. It still has its own results, even if it feels Bing is mimicking them.
The same can be said when I copy a DVD, RIAA hasn't lost anything, they still have their own copy!
Generally IRC is no longer a good C&C protocol for a number of reasons:
1) Companies are increasingly putting in place protocol filters, so that only pure HTTP gets out of the company,
2) IRC runs on a port that is almost always blocked, you could use your servers but then you come again to the problem of "your servers",
3) IRC has problems getting out through company proxies.
4) You asked "what is wrong with a list of IP addresses,", well, in a log report, IP addresses stand out like a sore thumb and are immediately visible.
You have probably heard this before, but apart from the Blue Screen of Death and "Palladium" that was quickly renamed to NGSCB, when people found out about it, MIcrosoft hasn't really invented much itself.
But it has a big marketing department and many many lawyers to pompensate for the fact.
Don't complain about the censorship you are doing yourself.!
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Subject: Re: Merry Christmas!
Date: 2010-12-23 15:10:55 GMT
As you and your families gather to celebrate the holidays, we wanted to take a moment to send you our
greetings. Be sure that we're profoundly grateful for your dedication to duty and wish you inspiration
and success in fulfillment of our core mission.
Greeting card:
** Removed **
** Removed **
Merry Christmas!
___________________________________________
Executive Office of the President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
I see the US PsyOps team have all created /. accounts ..
Set the www.4chan.org A record to point to amazon.com .. That will teach them !
I hope all three system admins still using OpenBSD have been notified.
Isn't MS windows supposed to have a stack based on OpenBSD code ?
Well done anonymous, you've just handed Amazon their marketing for their hosting services for the considerable future. And even if you haven't, there's still a ton of suited fatcats chortling merrily about the concomitant stock price rise as they stuff their faces with expensive food and drink this holiday season.
Amazon won the battle but they didn't win the war,
Anonymous only has to win one battle.
The world's top intelligence agencies are all hard a work digging up dirt on the man .. and they come up with ... his DATING profile ??
The most successful part of their trolling is that major news outlets still don't understand the joke. They're anonymous. They're not a group. You could just as easily say "bunches of people who have never met"
I think you simply don't understand hivemind ..
Have a look at salesforce.com, they sell this as a service and they do it well !
A wildcard certificate has the server name *.yourcompany.com in it and you can install it on as many servers as you wish.
This won't be abused .. no way ..
I don't like software patents either, but development does take its time and money and you currently still have to play by the rules like everyone else. Just because you're not selling as many devices as HTC doesn't mean you don't have to pay the same royalties. Even Google, like every other company, is asking for patent royalties, so why suddenly Microsoft shouldn't? Sure, hate the software patents, but twisting this as something like Microsoft demanding manufacturers to pay if they want to install Linux is just... wrong.
What a wonderfully twisted argument.. you completely miss the point.
Acer ans Asustek have a tiny part of the market and their number of devices sold is almost without effect on the competition. Microsoft is not asking for this "license fees" for the money, their goal is to send a message and scare manufacturers away from the Android. That is the point here.
Microsoft has never wanted to publicly list the patents they are claiming are in Android or Linux, they know very well that if there are any grounds for their claim the patented components will be replaced by un-patented ones.
They aren't as technically qualified as we are and they can never be.
Being a techie means knowing what's "inside" everything technical, and since we're driven by our hearts and desire to know, someone who isn't can never have the insight as we have.