Not in this case... the BSA provided the list, it was not provided in a subpoena or as part of a lawsuit. They were not demanding legal evidence, they were notifying the business that they had reason to believe they were in violation of the BSA's client's copyrights. The BSA is not part of the court system, nor is it authorized to act on behalf of the court system. So, when the BSA tells you they think you've got improperly licensed software X, and you do, all you need to do is remove it and say that as of date Y, you do not have improperly licensed software X. If they decided to take this to court, nothing you've said is untrue, and the court will see that you were acting in good faith, if they somehow determine that you were not in compliance at some point in the past. The lawyer was involved to make sure that all replies to the BSA were worded in such a manner as to be legally airtight (no lying, no intent to deceive, etc.).
Also, remember that RFC stands for "Request For Comment". I guess we could start some sort of RFC Police force, where people actually have to abide by RFC *proposals*, but then I wouldn't be able to use my non-compliant bats with RFC 1149. So much for internet usage after dark.
Yes, but there are still some problems... Problem 1: In about a year, is the Reserve going to destroy the coin? If not, we're just putting off the inevitable for a year. Worse than that, we're giving the government a false sense of wealth that budgets can be run against... which means the debt and deficit will be WORSE next year, not better (even if the economy recovers, which it won't, because it's this sort of shenanigans that put it where it is now in the first place).
Problem 2: That coin will sure be a tasty target for a vault heist....
Using bittorrent is similar to using a pickup truck with a gun rack (yeah, I know, an almost-car analogy) -- it doesn't really matter what percentage of the traffic is pirated media. Just like we don't want people poaching wildlife in their pickup truck, the media companies don't want people stealing their product (which isn't the content, it's the viewers) by torrenting the media.
Actually, now that I think of it, "poaching" is a much more accurate term than "pirating" for what people do with corporate media content.
OK: so I connect to my friends, one of whom happens to live in LA. They connect to their friends, one of whom happens to be an actor. They connect to their friends, one of whom happens to be a producer. They connect to their friends, 5 of whom work for the MPAA.
Now, this could actually work, as for the MPAA guys to find anything whatsoever out, they'd need to be sharing stuff they shouldn't be... but the final connection would be between them and you, unless you're proxying. If you're doing an onion proxy, there goes any claim to being faster than, say FreeNet or TOR.
For a look at how this theory works out in real life, look at LinkedIn. You still get "friend addicts" who will link to anyone, and if one of them happens to be a friend of yours, then you're somewhat compromised.
The sad point I'm making, is that unless you and all your friends are Information Security analysts or something similar, you can't trust them in this sort of thing just because they're your friends. You're really trusting their computer hardware and their ISP, not just the physical person you call your friend.
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To clarify, NFC is a transport layer used to transport cryptographic data, such as a smart card encrypted payment token. It doesn't really matter if something is able to snoop on this conversation, as the data stream is one-time only. You'd need to get the master signing key for the chips at both end of the conversation to do anything with the data beyond put it to music or wipe data from your hard drive.
What other OS makers were crushed by Microsoft exactly?
None; but MS did intentionally destroy IBM's OS/2 (with some unintentional help from IBM).
And is integrating IE much different than requiring iTunes for everything you do?
well, yes. The only thing you are required to use iTunes for is purchasing stuff from the iTunes store if you don't have a mobile device (those can purchase stuff from the iTunes store without ever running iTunes). iTunes can be removed from a Mac with everything else working just fine (you lose a few features in a few programs, but that's it). There are alternative apps out there for syncing with iOS devices.
How's IE doing nowadays anyway?
Seems to be doing just fine; it no longer holds 98% of the browser market, but it isn't going anywhere, either.
Apple doesn't commit the same crimes against freedom that Microsoft does but that doesn't make them innocent.
very true. They don't commit crimes against their customers, but they make plenty of manufacturing and deployment decisions that I disagree with.
To the guy who said - Don't trust Microsoft - don't trust ANY company. This isn't about trust - it's more about using each other. Look how much the formerly evil IBM did for Linux?
Indeed... and without Microsoft, Apple would have foundered. in the late '90's. And Apple has been very good at being heavy handed about standardization recently, which has helped everyone.
Let's see: I use Apple stuff because it "Just Works"
I use Microsoft stuff because it "Generally works with what others are using"
I use Linux stuff because it "almost always has a partially finished project that does exactly what I want to do"
I use BSD stuff because it "lets me do what I want without breaking".
Do you understand how the development process works? "not complicated" and "not feature dependant" and "not a sales checkbox" means the feature is pushed to the bottom of the stack. It then only gets into a release build when the developers have completed all higher priority tasks. If enough potential customers complain, "not a sales checkbox" is removed, and the feature is bumped up on the list. If it was one on a long list of features missing, Apple was likely waiting to see which "standard" features people really wanted. Personally, a functional clipboard was much higher on my list than changing the background.
Apple is NOT an agile dev shop. This means that they are unlikely to pop background theming to the top of the queue because someone can hammer it out in a couple of days. They're more likely to have that person working on getting the interface interaction and cross-app stability issues addressed, and then off to other interface improvements on the next point release.
While this might be true, it won't affect associations like Anonymous much; what they're doing is already illegal in most places, and further limiting Internet liberty for the masses will not stop ne'er-do-wells from borrowing your tracking chip ID to continue doing what they're doing.
I've always wondered whether a system that compares your hash to a hashdb and rejects it if there's more than a certain percentage of matches would be a good idea.
This obviously wouldn't work for small populations, as the system could itself be used to identify passwords within the system... but for something the size of Hotmail's DB, it could work; especially if the feedback was a simple "you cannot use this password. Try again" for all collisions and blacklisted passwords.
The system could even prompt users to change their password if it started to become too common.
I think that's a good list, but I'd be careful about #4: there's a known 0-day exploit in the Truetype font display library exposed thanks to the iOS OTA jailbreak; it lets you run arbitrary code on both iOS and OS X (same font library, same bug). Beyond that, the FakeAV stuff going around uses drive-by install, so the only bit that hasn't been included is privilege escalation -- and there are already separate kits that do that.
It's only a matter of time before some malicious soul combines all the parts that already exist to drop an OS X friendly drive-by rootkit via an ad banner or SEO poisoned page. Hopefully that time is measured in years rather than weeks, but it's coming, and you'd be better to be prepared than to be one of the many victims.
Huh? I totally missed the "look elsewhere" message. I know they're wanting to go after Prosumers, but FCPX is just like Quicktime X -- a new way of doing things. They bungled the media release, but you can still use FCP until they get X stable and feature complete -- I still use Quicktime instead of Quicktime X all the time. Just remember that they're two different products.
As for the app store, that's a PLUS -- enterprise markets can drop in their own App Store to control what employees install. It allows for variety within the ACLs, while locking down the systems (you can prevent non-App Store apps from being installed by users, and provide different departments with different sets of apps -- and updates are automatic!).
By why is this an 'Ask Slashdot'. This seems like a very straight-forward question that doesn't require opinion to answer. I am not even sure if there are multiple answers. This is one that truly can be answered with a simple Google search. Am I missing something?
The only thing missing is that on Slashdot, you'll not only get people providing google search results, but also feedback from people who have used the various solutions, including feedback on what really works, what's easy/hard to get configured well, etc.
As you can see from the responses around yours, there are MANY answers beyond "ask google".
Then again, your comment is generic enough that it could go in ANY Ask Slashdot thread.
Of course, I googled your comment to verify you're at least not form trolling.
What I used to use for this was an ancient PC running OpenBSD off of a 1GB HDD and 256 MB RAM -- the trick was it had 5 NICs installed. Not as energy efficient as a firmware based router, but pretty easy to setup and maintain. Load balancing's not too difficult, but isn't all that advanced either. It's "good enough" for most purposes, and you can always install your own daemons to suit custom balancing requirements if you have the time+skill+requirement.
the Apple "i" has always stood for Internet-ready.
The original iMac was Internet-ready out of the box. So was the iBook.
The one big hole in all this is the iPod. While the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad are all Internet-ready, the iPod/iPod Nano are slaves to iTunes (which is also not Internet-ready, except that it uses the Internet to talk to the Apple store, and supports streaming and podcasts). The release of the iPod/iTunes/iApps was all done during an era that was riding on the branding success of the iMac -- iDon't think they had any further iDea than that, although iThink they since reclaimed the original concept.
It would also make it very easy to find your way back to your vehicle in a crowded parking lot.... assuming it can work in such a space where the contents are constantly changing.
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Not in this case... the BSA provided the list, it was not provided in a subpoena or as part of a lawsuit. They were not demanding legal evidence, they were notifying the business that they had reason to believe they were in violation of the BSA's client's copyrights. The BSA is not part of the court system, nor is it authorized to act on behalf of the court system. So, when the BSA tells you they think you've got improperly licensed software X, and you do, all you need to do is remove it and say that as of date Y, you do not have improperly licensed software X. If they decided to take this to court, nothing you've said is untrue, and the court will see that you were acting in good faith, if they somehow determine that you were not in compliance at some point in the past. The lawyer was involved to make sure that all replies to the BSA were worded in such a manner as to be legally airtight (no lying, no intent to deceive, etc.).
Also, remember that RFC stands for "Request For Comment". I guess we could start some sort of RFC Police force, where people actually have to abide by RFC *proposals*, but then I wouldn't be able to use my non-compliant bats with RFC 1149. So much for internet usage after dark.
Excellent summary. I hope you get +5 Informative.
Yes, but there are still some problems...
Problem 1: In about a year, is the Reserve going to destroy the coin? If not, we're just putting off the inevitable for a year. Worse than that, we're giving the government a false sense of wealth that budgets can be run against... which means the debt and deficit will be WORSE next year, not better (even if the economy recovers, which it won't, because it's this sort of shenanigans that put it where it is now in the first place).
Problem 2: That coin will sure be a tasty target for a vault heist....
Using bittorrent is similar to using a pickup truck with a gun rack (yeah, I know, an almost-car analogy) -- it doesn't really matter what percentage of the traffic is pirated media. Just like we don't want people poaching wildlife in their pickup truck, the media companies don't want people stealing their product (which isn't the content, it's the viewers) by torrenting the media.
Actually, now that I think of it, "poaching" is a much more accurate term than "pirating" for what people do with corporate media content.
OK: so I connect to my friends, one of whom happens to live in LA. They connect to their friends, one of whom happens to be an actor. They connect to their friends, one of whom happens to be a producer. They connect to their friends, 5 of whom work for the MPAA.
Now, this could actually work, as for the MPAA guys to find anything whatsoever out, they'd need to be sharing stuff they shouldn't be... but the final connection would be between them and you, unless you're proxying. If you're doing an onion proxy, there goes any claim to being faster than, say FreeNet or TOR.
For a look at how this theory works out in real life, look at LinkedIn. You still get "friend addicts" who will link to anyone, and if one of them happens to be a friend of yours, then you're somewhat compromised.
The sad point I'm making, is that unless you and all your friends are Information Security analysts or something similar, you can't trust them in this sort of thing just because they're your friends. You're really trusting their computer hardware and their ISP, not just the physical person you call your friend.
Or, since the i.js and j.js scripts are usually hosted on the domain you're browsing, just follow KISSmetric's own recommendation:
For consumers who do not wish to be tracked by KISSmetrics, the freely available AdBlock Plus extension will prevent their information from being tracked by KISSmetrics. Learn more about AdBlock Plus.
I wonder if Lloyd's will insure people against rejected insurance claims?
It's not about being bold. It's about being competent.
Really, it's about having the skills to build competence, and the boldness to use them.
To clarify, NFC is a transport layer used to transport cryptographic data, such as a smart card encrypted payment token. It doesn't really matter if something is able to snoop on this conversation, as the data stream is one-time only. You'd need to get the master signing key for the chips at both end of the conversation to do anything with the data beyond put it to music or wipe data from your hard drive.
What I'd like to know is when I can expect the Replica Apple Store Franchise emails to start arriving in my inbox....
What other OS makers were crushed by Microsoft exactly?
None; but MS did intentionally destroy IBM's OS/2 (with some unintentional help from IBM).
And is integrating IE much different than requiring iTunes for everything you do?
well, yes. The only thing you are required to use iTunes for is purchasing stuff from the iTunes store if you don't have a mobile device (those can purchase stuff from the iTunes store without ever running iTunes). iTunes can be removed from a Mac with everything else working just fine (you lose a few features in a few programs, but that's it). There are alternative apps out there for syncing with iOS devices.
How's IE doing nowadays anyway?
Seems to be doing just fine; it no longer holds 98% of the browser market, but it isn't going anywhere, either.
Apple doesn't commit the same crimes against freedom that Microsoft does but that doesn't make them innocent.
very true. They don't commit crimes against their customers, but they make plenty of manufacturing and deployment decisions that I disagree with.
To the guy who said - Don't trust Microsoft - don't trust ANY company. This isn't about trust - it's more about using each other. Look how much the formerly evil IBM did for Linux?
Indeed... and without Microsoft, Apple would have foundered. in the late '90's. And Apple has been very good at being heavy handed about standardization recently, which has helped everyone.
Let's see: I use Apple stuff because it "Just Works"
I use Microsoft stuff because it "Generally works with what others are using"
I use Linux stuff because it "almost always has a partially finished project that does exactly what I want to do"
I use BSD stuff because it "lets me do what I want without breaking".
Most other OSes I use are purely for nostalgia.
Do you understand how the development process works? "not complicated" and "not feature dependant" and "not a sales checkbox" means the feature is pushed to the bottom of the stack. It then only gets into a release build when the developers have completed all higher priority tasks. If enough potential customers complain, "not a sales checkbox" is removed, and the feature is bumped up on the list. If it was one on a long list of features missing, Apple was likely waiting to see which "standard" features people really wanted. Personally, a functional clipboard was much higher on my list than changing the background.
Apple is NOT an agile dev shop. This means that they are unlikely to pop background theming to the top of the queue because someone can hammer it out in a couple of days. They're more likely to have that person working on getting the interface interaction and cross-app stability issues addressed, and then off to other interface improvements on the next point release.
While this might be true, it won't affect associations like Anonymous much; what they're doing is already illegal in most places, and further limiting Internet liberty for the masses will not stop ne'er-do-wells from borrowing your tracking chip ID to continue doing what they're doing.
I've always wondered whether a system that compares your hash to a hashdb and rejects it if there's more than a certain percentage of matches would be a good idea.
This obviously wouldn't work for small populations, as the system could itself be used to identify passwords within the system... but for something the size of Hotmail's DB, it could work; especially if the feedback was a simple "you cannot use this password. Try again" for all collisions and blacklisted passwords.
The system could even prompt users to change their password if it started to become too common.
Is it just me, or does that graph look an awful lot like a fish without a head?
well, you just have to check and see if "ireallylovecats" is on the blacklist. If it is, try "ireallyreallylovecats." Rinse and repeat (not the cats).
Sales will increase significantly for laptop users... as will a trail of sticky notes on every surface where they have placed their laptop.
Toss in TACO for good measure
I think that's a good list, but I'd be careful about #4: there's a known 0-day exploit in the Truetype font display library exposed thanks to the iOS OTA jailbreak; it lets you run arbitrary code on both iOS and OS X (same font library, same bug). Beyond that, the FakeAV stuff going around uses drive-by install, so the only bit that hasn't been included is privilege escalation -- and there are already separate kits that do that.
It's only a matter of time before some malicious soul combines all the parts that already exist to drop an OS X friendly drive-by rootkit via an ad banner or SEO poisoned page. Hopefully that time is measured in years rather than weeks, but it's coming, and you'd be better to be prepared than to be one of the many victims.
Huh? I totally missed the "look elsewhere" message. I know they're wanting to go after Prosumers, but FCPX is just like Quicktime X -- a new way of doing things. They bungled the media release, but you can still use FCP until they get X stable and feature complete -- I still use Quicktime instead of Quicktime X all the time. Just remember that they're two different products.
As for the app store, that's a PLUS -- enterprise markets can drop in their own App Store to control what employees install. It allows for variety within the ACLs, while locking down the systems (you can prevent non-App Store apps from being installed by users, and provide different departments with different sets of apps -- and updates are automatic!).
By why is this an 'Ask Slashdot'. This seems like a very straight-forward question that doesn't require opinion to answer. I am not even sure if there are multiple answers. This is one that truly can be answered with a simple Google search. Am I missing something?
The only thing missing is that on Slashdot, you'll not only get people providing google search results, but also feedback from people who have used the various solutions, including feedback on what really works, what's easy/hard to get configured well, etc.
As you can see from the responses around yours, there are MANY answers beyond "ask google".
Then again, your comment is generic enough that it could go in ANY Ask Slashdot thread.
Of course, I googled your comment to verify you're at least not form trolling.
What I used to use for this was an ancient PC running OpenBSD off of a 1GB HDD and 256 MB RAM -- the trick was it had 5 NICs installed. Not as energy efficient as a firmware based router, but pretty easy to setup and maintain. Load balancing's not too difficult, but isn't all that advanced either. It's "good enough" for most purposes, and you can always install your own daemons to suit custom balancing requirements if you have the time+skill+requirement.
The extra 2 NICs were for my DMZ and a honeynet.
the Apple "i" has always stood for Internet-ready.
The original iMac was Internet-ready out of the box.
So was the iBook.
The one big hole in all this is the iPod. While the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad are all Internet-ready, the iPod/iPod Nano are slaves to iTunes (which is also not Internet-ready, except that it uses the Internet to talk to the Apple store, and supports streaming and podcasts). The release of the iPod/iTunes/iApps was all done during an era that was riding on the branding success of the iMac -- iDon't think they had any further iDea than that, although iThink they since reclaimed the original concept.
It would also make it very easy to find your way back to your vehicle in a crowded parking lot.... assuming it can work in such a space where the contents are constantly changing.