Indeed. But this guy didn't break anything. Let's say they were using an old vulnerable version of (for example) ssh. If he had uninstalled this then they'd be entitled to charge him for replacing it. But is he's just taken advantage of a hole in it (as I suspect is the case) there's no way they should be able to charge him for upgrading it, as he hasn't made them any worse off in regard to the version of ssh installed, just aware that they've got a hole.
What sort of idiot are you? The twit broke into a computer owned by the US Government. That's illegal. They don't care why you did it, or how you did it, or if it embarrassed anybody. You break in, you get caught, you go to jail.
Well, in this case it does look like they care if you embarrassed anyway. Because I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be giving a jail term if he hadn't. Yes, what he did was illegal. But should you go to jail if you're breaking the speed limit? Just because it's illegal doesn't mean he deserves jail time for it.
Remember - if you don't like the laws, it's your choice to live there. You can live anywhere that'll have you.
That's so ridiculous it's not even worth arguing with.
Not really. It has no anonymity, and relies on centralized sources, which as this very story shows are easily taken down and then you're SOL. It was designed so it's obviously not intended for copyright infringement.
Bluntly, yes it is really Windows' fault. You are either incredibly lucky, behind NAT at some point, being firewalled by your ISP, in an IP block that virii don't attack for some reason, or some combination therof.
Yes, if you don't care at all, you could*n't* care less. Could care less means you do care. I'm not a perscriptivist and I don't care about its and it's, but I care about this because it's genuinely confusing, since people also say "I could care less" to mean they do care, e.g. "I could care less about AMD's exploitation of cheap labour, but they still make the best CPUs around".
I think it happened as more of us moved to linux and realised that EVERYWHERE on the web, it is completely against linux users. So we withdrew into our own fundamentalist community, shunning the outside, like those guys who recently emerged from the jungle and discovered the Korean war was over.
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It's a *joke*. Try expanding NT.
Puppy linux or Austrumi might be worth a look. No presentation software though.
Austrumi is a better business card CD. And for a mini cd, try SLAX.
My lite/medium/maximum set is austrumi/slax/stux, personally, for business card, mini and normal cds.
And debian sarge is 13 cds and counting.
Or, if like he said he wants to run fluxbox, why not knoppix desktop=fluxbox?
And you'll be far the better for it :)
Indeed. But this guy didn't break anything. Let's say they were using an old vulnerable version of (for example) ssh. If he had uninstalled this then they'd be entitled to charge him for replacing it. But is he's just taken advantage of a hole in it (as I suspect is the case) there's no way they should be able to charge him for upgrading it, as he hasn't made them any worse off in regard to the version of ssh installed, just aware that they've got a hole.
Well, in this case it does look like they care if you embarrassed anyway. Because I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be giving a jail term if he hadn't. Yes, what he did was illegal. But should you go to jail if you're breaking the speed limit? Just because it's illegal doesn't mean he deserves jail time for it.
Remember - if you don't like the laws, it's your choice to live there. You can live anywhere that'll have you.
That's so ridiculous it's not even worth arguing with.
Some guy downloaded the GIMP from me over Gnutella a couple of weeks ago, but I'm afraid I don't have any proof.
I know it's just a US construction, but it confuses me. Make it stop.
It's not being used as sarcasm by many.
But if the robber breaks in and stores his couch in the basement, you can't charge him for the cost of new locks.
So anyone who commits any kind of crime at all deserves a prison sentence?
Spammers cause me a lot more unhappiness than losing a bit, or even all of, my hard drive space would.
But the fixing was necessary anyway. It's like getting burgled and then trying to claim extra damages from the burglar to buy more secure locks.
But at least with Linux you can install the patches on your current version without having to pay for an upgrade.
Not really. It has no anonymity, and relies on centralized sources, which as this very story shows are easily taken down and then you're SOL. It was designed so it's obviously not intended for copyright infringement.
Bluntly, yes it is really Windows' fault. You are either incredibly lucky, behind NAT at some point, being firewalled by your ISP, in an IP block that virii don't attack for some reason, or some combination therof.
What if it's 2K and she wants to burn CDs?
I submit that someone who doesn't need to worry about this doesn't need to be encrypting their chats at all.
I think don't exist as in "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain".
Yes, if you don't care at all, you could*n't* care less. Could care less means you do care. I'm not a perscriptivist and I don't care about its and it's, but I care about this because it's genuinely confusing, since people also say "I could care less" to mean they do care, e.g. "I could care less about AMD's exploitation of cheap labour, but they still make the best CPUs around".
I think it happened as more of us moved to linux and realised that EVERYWHERE on the web, it is completely against linux users. So we withdrew into our own fundamentalist community, shunning the outside, like those guys who recently emerged from the jungle and discovered the Korean war was over.
They ought to re-run the election at Diebold's expense. And charge them minimum wage for the time people spend voting twice.