If a user is too ignorant, too careless or just too plain stupid to do anything about his recently infected machine, why do you think he/she is going to act if they notify him of this fact? A lot of people *know* they have spyware, virii etc..., but they just don't care!
I recently cleaned a machine from a neighbour, who asked me about the dangers of spyware. When I told them what could happen (I gave the classic example of online banking login), their reaction was: "oh, we're not that rich, who would steal our money?". What the???
As long as you can't force users to do something about the situation, you're nowhere. And to force them, they have to do something wrong.
The best thing would be to disallow them access to the Net on an ISP level, like another poster already pointed out.
While I do agree that FireFox is a much better browser than IE, I would like to point out that the problem lies with the user in most cases, not the browser.
I've always wanted to set up a webserver with a few pages, containing warnings like "do not click this link, virus ahead" etc..., just to see how many people actually do follow such links.
It's like cars: a safer car does not make you a better driver. Stick an inexperienced driver with an inflated ego in a state-of-the-art brand-new car, and an experienced driver in a wreck. I'll grab the wreck as my taxi.
People don't buy CDs, rent DVDs or buy programs. They download.
A lot of people claim to live by the line of "If I like what I downloaded, then I'll buy it" which is complete crap.
Well, I'm one of the very few people who still buys CDs and DVDs. And I download a lot of music - what I like, I buy, what I don't like I throw away after a while. I don't know you, so your other statement still stands.
But I must admit that with each and every CD or DVD I buy, I feel more and more like a complete idiot - why am I paying money for something others get for free? Not that that's correct, but the industry's point of view has long left the road of what I feel is tolerable, decent and correct.
The thing that bugs me most is the fact that they hamper the individuals who actually buy their stuff. I'm the one who has to rip CDs to place the music on my MP3 player. I'm the one who has to find ways to circumvent copy protection to make a backup of my legally bought stuff. I'm the one who has to complain to the store clerk each and every time they give me another scratched disc. And so on, and so on.
I value my music a lot, and I do not care what the cost is of a CD or DVD. Fortunately, I'm in a position where I never have to ask myself whether or not I can afford another dozen discs, but given the current prices and the attitude of the industry, I can't blame people who turn away and run. FAST.
and still i am in the singles row and until this day i was unable to find a "geek girl" (without any of the problems mentioned above) and i am almost 30
Off topic, but still something I never quite understood - why do you *need* to find your geek girl, or for that matter, someone?
What has age got to do with it?
I'm 27, male, have never dated although I've got plenty of opportunities. The reason? I never felt any interest in a relationship and I certainly did not feel like dating "because that's what people do".
but the problem really for me would be that 24-15 is just 9 hours. there's not anything you can do in that but sleep.
Bullshit, at least for me. Not everybody needs 9 hours of sleep.
Five days a week, I get up, do a 2 hour commute, work 10 hours, do a 2 hour commute back, work 3-4 hours at home. Subtract the time to eat, shower etcetera and that leaves me with 4-5 hours sleep a day. Which I have been doing for the last 3 years.
The only thing you need to do is keep up the pace - a lot of people start doing stuff like resting in weekends, relaxing big time and stuff.
As long as you keep to a tight daily schedule, each and everyday and keep it up during the weekend too, you get used to this life.
How often do I buy CDs? Well, let's see... Since MP3s got popular, I started buying a lot MORE CDs simply because I was exposed to a lot more music than I heard before.
At the moment, I average about 5 CDs a week, and I'm still nowhere near a complete collection.
Since I am the only one maintaining it, I am 'indispensable':D
Just to show you how 'indispensable' you really are, here is a nice little anecdote for you.
A coworker of mine was once hired to do some work for a company which I will not name here. His job was to get to know an already existing project and comment on it.
The guy originally working on the project had already spent 5 years working on it, and had never ever written even a single line of comments in his code. When his project leader asked him why he did not comment his code (after he had been absent and someone else had to take over his code for a few weeks), he answered 'to make me indispensable'.
He explained to the project leader that he would still be needed for as long as the project was kept running, and he refused to comment his code, even after several chiefs several steps up the hierarchy had asked him to do so.
And that's where my friend came in - he had to catch up the original programmer without him knowing. It cost him more than a year, but after that year the original programmer was fired.
The only reason they fired him was to show him that NOBODY is indispensable.
... a message that is displayed on just about each and every page out there on the Net. It doesn't mean that because the message is there, that it's true.
Here I sit with a 19" monitor running at 1600x1200, and most of that website is just empty black space. What content it does have, I have to scroll inside a little box to read.
If I hear the song on the radio and then replay it over and over again in my head, is that stealing? I've never bought a lot of songs I've heard on the radio, but I can recall them note for note. Am I a thief?
Yes. Yes you are. Please hand over a lot of cash or we will come and visit you. Have a nice day.
There are lots of things that Java is perfectly suited for. Databases are not one of those things.
I'm a Java developer, and have been almost from the very start of Java. While I tend to agree with you at first, I would like to point out some benefits of using Cloudscape.
Over the years I've had a few (small, hobby) projects, where I really felt the need for a database which did not need to be fast nor did it need to be huge. So I tried Cloudscape. And while it isn't the fastest around, it gets the job done.
The easiest part is that you can just bundle it with your application, without writing a single line of code!
I've tried MySQL, but I still need to install it prior to being able to run my application - no need for that with Cloudscape.
But, granted, it is not the fastest out there. If I need a *real* database, I just use Oracle.
You're right in saying that I will die some day, but there will be no god after that. There is no god. There never was, and there never will be. There is no proof.
If you'd like to convince yourself that there is one, that's your choice, and I will respect that. For me, death is the end.
but how about rev limiters? speed limiters? power-assisted steering? traction control? ABS braking? All instances of cars being 'crippled and locked-down' compared with the 1900 models
I see your point but there is an exception: all of those things can be turned off.
A rev limiter can be turned off, but I don't see the point.
The speed limiter on my car is very easily turned off - BMW even has a default solution for this in every garage. Show them your racing license (which you must have), and they will turn it off for you.
Power-assisted steering? Can be turned off as well.
Traction control? About the first thing I turned off, only use it when it's really needed.
ABS braking? Yes you can turn it off, but as with the rev limiter and the PAS, I'd rather keep it.
It might also give his family something they did not expect. Suppose he was not the model son he claimed to be? Would you rather let the family get hurt finding out, or keep the truth from them and let them live with their memory of an ideal son?
I'm not saying that this is the case here, but it could be. Fact as, as was stated by others: if he wanted his mails to be read by family or friends, he would have been the one to make those arrangements.
This argument that "if you aren't doing anything illegal..." is similar to saying "If you're not guilty than it doesn't really matter if you go to jail, there's still food and water there".
How on earth is that similar? There is no comparison possible! If you aren't doing anything illegal, but someone is monitoring what you say in public places, it does not harm you nor does it bother you.
If you are locked up in jail, you are being robbed of your liberty and no longer free to do as you please - even if there is food and water.
Besides - if you aren't doing anyting illegal, you have nothing to fear. Those that want to do something illegal and are moronic enough to discuss their future activities in public, deserve everything that's thrown at them. (Other criminals too, by the way).
Free people like to know what is being watched, how, and why.
I'm free - I don't car who is watching me, or how they are doing it, or why. As long as we're talking about public places where I KNOW I can be watched. As was stated in the article.
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You start with a lossy AAC. Burn as CD audio (no loss). Rip to wave (no loss). So you end up with the same quality file as the ACC, no?
But isn't PyMusique lossy as well? If you're downloading a lossy file from ITMS, how is PyMusique going to help?
I recently cleaned a machine from a neighbour, who asked me about the dangers of spyware. When I told them what could happen (I gave the classic example of online banking login), their reaction was: "oh, we're not that rich, who would steal our money?". What the???
As long as you can't force users to do something about the situation, you're nowhere. And to force them, they have to do something wrong.
The best thing would be to disallow them access to the Net on an ISP level, like another poster already pointed out.
I can see that the software solution is a lot simpler, but this was possible a long time ago...
While I do agree that FireFox is a much better browser than IE, I would like to point out that the problem lies with the user in most cases, not the browser.
I've always wanted to set up a webserver with a few pages, containing warnings like "do not click this link, virus ahead" etc..., just to see how many people actually do follow such links.
It's like cars: a safer car does not make you a better driver. Stick an inexperienced driver with an inflated ego in a state-of-the-art brand-new car, and an experienced driver in a wreck. I'll grab the wreck as my taxi.
Well, I'm one of the very few people who still buys CDs and DVDs. And I download a lot of music - what I like, I buy, what I don't like I throw away after a while. I don't know you, so your other statement still stands.
But I must admit that with each and every CD or DVD I buy, I feel more and more like a complete idiot - why am I paying money for something others get for free? Not that that's correct, but the industry's point of view has long left the road of what I feel is tolerable, decent and correct.
The thing that bugs me most is the fact that they hamper the individuals who actually buy their stuff. I'm the one who has to rip CDs to place the music on my MP3 player. I'm the one who has to find ways to circumvent copy protection to make a backup of my legally bought stuff. I'm the one who has to complain to the store clerk each and every time they give me another scratched disc. And so on, and so on.
I value my music a lot, and I do not care what the cost is of a CD or DVD. Fortunately, I'm in a position where I never have to ask myself whether or not I can afford another dozen discs, but given the current prices and the attitude of the industry, I can't blame people who turn away and run. FAST.
Erhm... this is a private forum, right?
Darn...
Off topic, but still something I never quite understood - why do you *need* to find your geek girl, or for that matter, someone?
What has age got to do with it?
I'm 27, male, have never dated although I've got plenty of opportunities. The reason? I never felt any interest in a relationship and I certainly did not feel like dating "because that's what people do".
In short, I still do not see your problem...
Bullshit, at least for me. Not everybody needs 9 hours of sleep.
Five days a week, I get up, do a 2 hour commute, work 10 hours, do a 2 hour commute back, work 3-4 hours at home. Subtract the time to eat, shower etcetera and that leaves me with 4-5 hours sleep a day. Which I have been doing for the last 3 years.
The only thing you need to do is keep up the pace - a lot of people start doing stuff like resting in weekends, relaxing big time and stuff.
As long as you keep to a tight daily schedule, each and everyday and keep it up during the weekend too, you get used to this life.
At the moment, I average about 5 CDs a week, and I'm still nowhere near a complete collection.
Being a software developer myself, I'd rather go with the 1% chance that I can make a difference, than standing idly by.
You never know...
Just to show you how 'indispensable' you really are, here is a nice little anecdote for you.
A coworker of mine was once hired to do some work for a company which I will not name here. His job was to get to know an already existing project and comment on it.
The guy originally working on the project had already spent 5 years working on it, and had never ever written even a single line of comments in his code. When his project leader asked him why he did not comment his code (after he had been absent and someone else had to take over his code for a few weeks), he answered 'to make me indispensable'.
He explained to the project leader that he would still be needed for as long as the project was kept running, and he refused to comment his code, even after several chiefs several steps up the hierarchy had asked him to do so.
And that's where my friend came in - he had to catch up the original programmer without him knowing. It cost him more than a year, but after that year the original programmer was fired.
The only reason they fired him was to show him that NOBODY is indispensable.
I think the grandparent was not talking about shooting himself, he was rather talking about taking others with him.
If you're going to go out, why not go out with a bang? There'll be no way to be punished later on...
Why would the IP address have to change?
If the MPAA had the right to take over the server and get to the log files, why wouldn't they have the right to change the stuff hosted on the server?
Same server, same IP - different homepage. Or am I missing something here?
Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act refers to the Klingon "Spyac T'A!", which means "save yourself from cyber trespassers".
So you see, the name is indeed a very good one.
Yeah, that must be it.
might not be suitable for newspapers though.
Ok, then how about:
"when the thieving cunt nicked my belongings"
Better?
Why do people do that?!?!?!?!?
Because nobody will ever need more than 640x480?
Yes. Yes you are. Please hand over a lot of cash or we will come and visit you. Have a nice day.
The NQBB.
I'm a Java developer, and have been almost from the very start of Java. While I tend to agree with you at first, I would like to point out some benefits of using Cloudscape.
Over the years I've had a few (small, hobby) projects, where I really felt the need for a database which did not need to be fast nor did it need to be huge. So I tried Cloudscape. And while it isn't the fastest around, it gets the job done.
The easiest part is that you can just bundle it with your application, without writing a single line of code!
I've tried MySQL, but I still need to install it prior to being able to run my application - no need for that with Cloudscape.
But, granted, it is not the fastest out there. If I need a *real* database, I just use Oracle.
If you'd like to convince yourself that there is one, that's your choice, and I will respect that. For me, death is the end.
I'm an atheist - you're freaky rules do not apply to me. 'nuff said.
I see your point but there is an exception: all of those things can be turned off.
A rev limiter can be turned off, but I don't see the point.
The speed limiter on my car is very easily turned off - BMW even has a default solution for this in every garage. Show them your racing license (which you must have), and they will turn it off for you.
Power-assisted steering? Can be turned off as well.
Traction control? About the first thing I turned off, only use it when it's really needed.
ABS braking? Yes you can turn it off, but as with the rev limiter and the PAS, I'd rather keep it.
So there is a big difference IMHO.
I'm not saying that this is the case here, but it could be. Fact as, as was stated by others: if he wanted his mails to be read by family or friends, he would have been the one to make those arrangements.
How on earth is that similar? There is no comparison possible! If you aren't doing anything illegal, but someone is monitoring what you say in public places, it does not harm you nor does it bother you.
If you are locked up in jail, you are being robbed of your liberty and no longer free to do as you please - even if there is food and water.
Besides - if you aren't doing anyting illegal, you have nothing to fear. Those that want to do something illegal and are moronic enough to discuss their future activities in public, deserve everything that's thrown at them. (Other criminals too, by the way).
Free people like to know what is being watched, how, and why.
I'm free - I don't car who is watching me, or how they are doing it, or why. As long as we're talking about public places where I KNOW I can be watched. As was stated in the article.