Fine, if that's really hanging you up, substitute in "internet bank wire fraud". The logic holds: you can't just use privacy of your internet usage as a cover for illegal acts.
No sir, you do not have a right to privacy. Not when you use that privacy right to commit illegal acts. What next: murder should be legal as long as you kill the person in the privacy of your own home and discretely dispose of the body where children can't see? Come on!
When you pirate music/games/movies, which is what 99% of p2p is, you are tangibly hurting the artists that produce this material by taking a slice without paying for it. That's why it's illegal. That's why you don't get to use privacy as a shield from legal and moral responsibility for the pain you cause.
They actually might start doing that. If you tangibly support such a project that goes contrary to IBM's interest, they could fire or even sue you. Happened to a friend of mine (not at IBM). Tread lightly.
One thing a lot of people forget to mention is that Windows has actually been pretty virus resistant per user and per virus sent to infect it. It's a myth that Linux is any better. The only reason Linux doesn't have the same problems is that more tech-oriented people use it and so they already know how to better protect themselves. Windows is an amazingly robust OS if you think about it.
What does all this have to do with the topic? Simple. Don't waste your clout on promoting Linux when there's a perfectly good OS waiting for you already.
There are some major problems with VoIP. For example, if you make an emergency call, rescuers can't automatically locate you (with cell phones they can triangulate). Also, it's a lot easier for people to manipulate this technology to make anonymous calls and thereby threaten and harass others. These are things people need to think about before concluding VoIP is good for mankind.
That's not been my experience with VOIP. Just FYI. For me it's been superclear and at least as reliable as my normal phone. What service were you using?
There are some major problems with VOIP. For example, if you make an emergency call, rescuers can't automatically locate you. Also, it's a lot easier for people to manipulate this technology to make anonymous calls and thereby threaten and harass others. These are things people need to think about before concluding VOID is good for mankind.
They need to crack down on IP thieves that threaten the ability of people to earn a living from writing code. This hurts us all because it punishes innovation and will mean worse and less software down the line. It's people like Mr. NoName that ruin the system for the rest of us. Him and the whole Open Source/Free Software movement, many members of which want to "liberate" copyrighted software!
If that's the case, what has my brother been working for for the past six months? Who's been writing him all those valid paychecks? This is real, trust me.
Or rather, it will work only until spammers find a way to circumvent this newest method of blocking spam. However "good" mail gets through, that's how they'll get spam to go through. Short this company's stock
One thing a lot of people forget to mention is that Windows has actually been pretty virus resistant per user and per virus sent to infect it. It's a myth that Linux is any better. The only reason Linux doesn't have the same problems is that more tech-oriented people use it and so they already know how to better protect themselves. Windows is an amazingly robust OS if you think about it.
Are you trying to say that government employees aren't as qualified as private sector employees? Well let me tell you my mom and my dad both work in the public sector and they are very intelligent people. They understand Windows 2000 and wouldn't have any problem making a switch to it. You're just respewing old conservative rhetoric about the god-like power of the market to cure all ills.
Open source undermines the ability of top quality pay-software writers to earn a decent living from their work. Once they're out of business, there will be no basis for free software because there will be no source of ideas, no innovation. This will hurt all of us in the long run. So remember, it may be free, but it does have a cost.
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Fine, if that's really hanging you up, substitute in "internet bank wire fraud". The logic holds: you can't just use privacy of your internet usage as a cover for illegal acts.
The point of privacy is to protect even those with nothing to hide.
No sir, you do not have a right to privacy. Not when you use that privacy right to commit illegal acts. What next: murder should be legal as long as you kill the person in the privacy of your own home and discretely dispose of the body where children can't see? Come on!
When you pirate music/games/movies, which is what 99% of p2p is, you are tangibly hurting the artists that produce this material by taking a slice without paying for it. That's why it's illegal. That's why you don't get to use privacy as a shield from legal and moral responsibility for the pain you cause.
They actually might start doing that. If you tangibly support such a project that goes contrary to IBM's interest, they could fire or even sue you. Happened to a friend of mine (not at IBM). Tread lightly.
One thing a lot of people forget to mention is that Windows has actually been pretty virus resistant per user and per virus sent to infect it. It's a myth that Linux is any better. The only reason Linux doesn't have the same problems is that more tech-oriented people use it and so they already know how to better protect themselves. Windows is an amazingly robust OS if you think about it.
What does all this have to do with the topic? Simple. Don't waste your clout on promoting Linux when there's a perfectly good OS waiting for you already.
Well, I'm sure that really stops people from taking pictures.
Then what do you do at night when you want to call Peggy Sue?
There are some major problems with VoIP. For example, if you make an emergency call, rescuers can't automatically locate you (with cell phones they can triangulate). Also, it's a lot easier for people to manipulate this technology to make anonymous calls and thereby threaten and harass others. These are things people need to think about before concluding VoIP is good for mankind.
If I make an emergency call from my cell, emergency workers can't automatically locate me either.
They can triangulate.
You must have crappy phone service.
That, or I have good VoIP.
That's not been my experience with VOIP. Just FYI. For me it's been superclear and at least as reliable as my normal phone. What service were you using?
There are some major problems with VOIP. For example, if you make an emergency call, rescuers can't automatically locate you. Also, it's a lot easier for people to manipulate this technology to make anonymous calls and thereby threaten and harass others. These are things people need to think about before concluding VOID is good for mankind.
They need to crack down on IP thieves that threaten the ability of people to earn a living from writing code. This hurts us all because it punishes innovation and will mean worse and less software down the line. It's people like Mr. NoName that ruin the system for the rest of us. Him and the whole Open Source/Free Software movement, many members of which want to "liberate" copyrighted software!
If that's the case, what has my brother been working for for the past six months? Who's been writing him all those valid paychecks? This is real, trust me.
Or rather, it will work only until spammers find a way to circumvent this newest method of blocking spam. However "good" mail gets through, that's how they'll get spam to go through. Short this company's stock
I have no idea what that means.
One thing a lot of people forget to mention is that Windows has actually been pretty virus resistant per user and per virus sent to infect it. It's a myth that Linux is any better. The only reason Linux doesn't have the same problems is that more tech-oriented people use it and so they already know how to better protect themselves. Windows is an amazingly robust OS if you think about it.
Are you trying to say that government employees aren't as qualified as private sector employees? Well let me tell you my mom and my dad both work in the public sector and they are very intelligent people. They understand Windows 2000 and wouldn't have any problem making a switch to it. You're just respewing old conservative rhetoric about the god-like power of the market to cure all ills.
Open source undermines the ability of top quality pay-software writers to earn a decent living from their work. Once they're out of business, there will be no basis for free software because there will be no source of ideas, no innovation. This will hurt all of us in the long run. So remember, it may be free, but it does have a cost.
It's funny because you don't know the person.