"The solution will alleviate network bottlenecks caused by illegal music downloads..."
So by offering a pay service to students who have the capability already to pay, but choose rather to download illegally will alleviate the problem? I think a better solution to the problem is to offer a more reasonable rate per song or per bandwidth utilized for music downloads... Lets say $.10 a song. I would download music for that price on a massive scale.
I agree and my analogy was poor. I wasn't trying to say go in to the house I was simply saying seeing that a door is left wide open, but your kegger analogy is right on the money. One thing that really annoys me with the Florida law is that lets say you live in a neighborhood with 5 open APs broadcasing their SSID. And now lets say you have a wireless AP and you have left all the defaults on including naming it err linksys. Now if those other people with open APs have also left their defaults on then you could be connecting to someone else's AP without really knowing it. I know in my neighborhood there are more than a few unsecured APs with the defaults left on and I wonder if this scenario has happened to them. Wouldn't it be much easier to configure the devices to ensure that users have to change the default?
Christ driving around to see what doors stupid ppl have left open should not be a crime. If I drive around my neighborhood and look at how many dumb ppl have left their front door wide open should I be arrested. Breaking in is one thing but just looking is another.
Yeah I know cheesy subject but hey why not. In any case MS doing this is an embarrassment to themselves and really a discredit on their posture of trying to make a more secure OS... From the article it says that the default is ignore but hey you can change it to Quarantine or Remove, but then you would be trying to change a MS configuration so watch out for BSOD.
Unfortunately I agree that keeping poor people poor through embargos and what not does not help to solve the problem of fanaticism/extremism. In fact denying economic aid to a country because of their leaders decisions just aids that leader in spreading hate and discord for us. But on the other hand society and religion has grown. If you look back at the Dark Ages one can say western religion was horribly cruel. But over time as people came to realize that cutting off hands and burning people at the stake was not acceptable, religions in general changed ways to mirror a more civilized society. Now in today's world where many countries have put in place rules that say harming man, woman or child in this manner is unacceptable other countries do not follow that path and still engage in acts like allowing the murder of women for crimes such as adultery or marrying out of their class or cutting off hands for theft or stoning for etc... I don't think it is wrong to try to change that mindset but I also don't think there is any way to do that in the near future other than helping to provide a more worldly education and to better the lives of those economically that suffer and feel Western nations are the cause of that suffering. It is just a sad situation and I think one that will be going on for quite awhile. Western society's do bad things like any other nation, but there is also a lot of good that comes out of us as well.
Any terrorist attack on any soil is a tragedy. The meaningless death of innocent people is a horrible and cowardly act. I really appreciate everyone posting news here and other useful information. I am not British, but that does not lessen the sorrow I feel for those who will have lost friends and family because of this act.
On a side note. In my opinion this is not the appropriate time to start a post flamewar about how Western society has done this or that. Any civilized person should be able to look at this kind of act and know that it is wrong to have happened. This will probably be flamebait, but I really hope people consider that there are a lot of worried people out there right now that are looking to places like this for information because friends and family may be in harms way. Having to sort through posts that say You Deserve This because blah blah blah is inappropriate and cold-hearted.
I say keep them controlled all in one place and keep them locked down as much as possible because no one wants to see the magic 13 (I think its 13 or is it more now...) hacked or compromised.
Ok first off the company has no right to sue Google for said amount unless it can demonstrate the metrics to prove that it has had to pay Google approx. $5 million for "click fraud (of course that would mean that they have paid Google much more than that because not all clicks on their ads would be fraudulent...) Now that being said if the Company is just suing Google on the premise that it doesn't actively fight against click fraud vs actual damages it has occurred then that is just BS and they should counter-sue. This looks to me like a "didn't use our product" lawsuit and that is ridiculous.
On another note the definition of click fraud that I got from TFA seems to be that I click on an Ad but don't have intent on buying what is being advertised? So what I watch commercials just cuz they are funny sometimes or I click on an ad to see what it is but not necessarily buy... Any definition of click fraud should certainly contain wording to described use of automated tools that go out and actively click on ads without user interaction because that is where the real problem lies now doesn't it. Anyway bit of a rant because frivolous lawsuits tick me off.
In my opinion this may be a neat idea, but I can't see any companies biting on this and putting morse capabilities on cell phones. There is just not enough of a following to justify doing this.
I'm gonna go with Tom Bombadil since he would just overwhelm the defense with lively song and dance.
Oh and the article says Hobbits are common in Middle Earth when in reality they aren't as common as many as the other races.... (Geek Out)
Yes crackers are a bad and yes we need stronger punishment for those who knowingly break the law (even if they are kids). But there are those that find these vulnerabilities ins systems/software and go the route of reporting them to be fixed rather than exploiting them and to their credit I think that is a good thing. Yes obviously the people who are maliciously attacking systems/software, stealing and etc... are a huge problem but I still believe that there should be some sort of repercussion for the organizations that don't properly secure their networks and expose our information (or those that don't do the appropriate quality checks or rewrite the same bad code once again). I think stronger laws need to come first (but the laws should be written so that white hat hackers who are actually helping to identify vulnerabilities but not exploit them can continue to do what they do.) If we didn't have people openly identifying flaws in systems than our infrastructure would be so much more at risk I shudder to think of it. (Imagine a foreign infowar entity collecting hundreds of unknown e-commerce related vulnerabilities or some other critical infrastructure and then hitting us when we're down. Applaud the people who are trying to help, but severely punish the people who are knowingly exploiting. I would almost say that a formal entity should be created to report flaws found and works with the commercial and government side to ensure those flaws are patched (but doesn't necessarily publish that X flaw exists until the problem is fixed.) Too much of my time has been wasted investigating computer break-ins to not want more punishment.
Seriously take some responsibility. Yes malicious hackers are annoying and cause damage, but coders writing vulnerable programs are also responsible. If I buy a car and it is found out that there is a known defect that could adversely affect me as the driver what happens... How about not trying to place blame (because if we are then I can point out a lot of software that has the same vulnerabilities over and over and over again...)
Do libraries get sued when someone uses their copy equipment to photocopy a book? Not a fan of Wal-Mart but they are not the TSA of the photo industry and shouldn't be responsible for trying to police content.
The people in this article are, "Two Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after apparently trying to make light sabres by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol.
A man, aged 20, and a girl of 17 are believed to have been filming a mock duel when they poured fuel into two glass tubes and lit it. The pair were rushed to hospital after one of the devices exploded in woodland at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire." Granted they need practice but they are trying and soon the Force will be strong in them.
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Absolutely right. If you and another person go to a movie in the evening tickets will cost you $19 approx. Then add popcorn and a soda on to that for an approx. total cost of $10. Now if you see two movies a month you are spending close to $60. Multiply that by 12 and you get $720 a year. (That big screen TV or Projection Unit + Surround Sound is looking to pricy anymore is it!)
Protesters stripped down naked to protest the University of Michigan's support of nanotechnology. One protester stated, "Nanotechnology is bad because it is umm, err... Nevermind I am just gonna get naked cuz its bad."
Too bad AOL's spyware and firewall don't block the spyware that is AOL inherently...
Here is how my AOL experience has gone..
1. Install AOL software
2. Realize AOL software stinks and sends out all kinds of info back to AOL that I dont want them to have.
3. De-install AOL software.
4. De-install AOL software again after it reloads.
5. De-install AOL software again after it reloads.
6. Use a thermite grenade on my box because AOL angers me.
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"The solution will alleviate network bottlenecks caused by illegal music downloads..."
So by offering a pay service to students who have the capability already to pay, but choose rather to download illegally will alleviate the problem? I think a better solution to the problem is to offer a more reasonable rate per song or per bandwidth utilized for music downloads... Lets say $.10 a song. I would download music for that price on a massive scale.
I agree and my analogy was poor. I wasn't trying to say go in to the house I was simply saying seeing that a door is left wide open, but your kegger analogy is right on the money. One thing that really annoys me with the Florida law is that lets say you live in a neighborhood with 5 open APs broadcasing their SSID. And now lets say you have a wireless AP and you have left all the defaults on including naming it err linksys. Now if those other people with open APs have also left their defaults on then you could be connecting to someone else's AP without really knowing it. I know in my neighborhood there are more than a few unsecured APs with the defaults left on and I wonder if this scenario has happened to them. Wouldn't it be much easier to configure the devices to ensure that users have to change the default?
Christ driving around to see what doors stupid ppl have left open should not be a crime. If I drive around my neighborhood and look at how many dumb ppl have left their front door wide open should I be arrested. Breaking in is one thing but just looking is another.
Microsoft will be outsourcing its Anti-Spyware division to eXact Advertising and will be HQ'd out of its BargainBuddy department...
Yes this is meant to be a joke so don't try to sue me for libel Bill!
Yeah I know cheesy subject but hey why not. In any case MS doing this is an embarrassment to themselves and really a discredit on their posture of trying to make a more secure OS... From the article it says that the default is ignore but hey you can change it to Quarantine or Remove, but then you would be trying to change a MS configuration so watch out for BSOD.
Unfortunately I agree that keeping poor people poor through embargos and what not does not help to solve the problem of fanaticism/extremism. In fact denying economic aid to a country because of their leaders decisions just aids that leader in spreading hate and discord for us. But on the other hand society and religion has grown. If you look back at the Dark Ages one can say western religion was horribly cruel. But over time as people came to realize that cutting off hands and burning people at the stake was not acceptable, religions in general changed ways to mirror a more civilized society. Now in today's world where many countries have put in place rules that say harming man, woman or child in this manner is unacceptable other countries do not follow that path and still engage in acts like allowing the murder of women for crimes such as adultery or marrying out of their class or cutting off hands for theft or stoning for etc... I don't think it is wrong to try to change that mindset but I also don't think there is any way to do that in the near future other than helping to provide a more worldly education and to better the lives of those economically that suffer and feel Western nations are the cause of that suffering. It is just a sad situation and I think one that will be going on for quite awhile. Western society's do bad things like any other nation, but there is also a lot of good that comes out of us as well.
Man it is totally unfair to not allow them to skateboard during this!
Sigh empathy = flamebait. Oh well.
Any terrorist attack on any soil is a tragedy. The meaningless death of innocent people is a horrible and cowardly act. I really appreciate everyone posting news here and other useful information. I am not British, but that does not lessen the sorrow I feel for those who will have lost friends and family because of this act.
On a side note. In my opinion this is not the appropriate time to start a post flamewar about how Western society has done this or that. Any civilized person should be able to look at this kind of act and know that it is wrong to have happened. This will probably be flamebait, but I really hope people consider that there are a lot of worried people out there right now that are looking to places like this for information because friends and family may be in harms way. Having to sort through posts that say You Deserve This because blah blah blah is inappropriate and cold-hearted.
I didn't mean keep them all in one place physically. I was speaking in terms of control meaning you keep then in one place control wise.
I say keep them controlled all in one place and keep them locked down as much as possible because no one wants to see the magic 13 (I think its 13 or is it more now...) hacked or compromised.
Ok first off the company has no right to sue Google for said amount unless it can demonstrate the metrics to prove that it has had to pay Google approx. $5 million for "click fraud (of course that would mean that they have paid Google much more than that because not all clicks on their ads would be fraudulent...) Now that being said if the Company is just suing Google on the premise that it doesn't actively fight against click fraud vs actual damages it has occurred then that is just BS and they should counter-sue. This looks to me like a "didn't use our product" lawsuit and that is ridiculous.
On another note the definition of click fraud that I got from TFA seems to be that I click on an Ad but don't have intent on buying what is being advertised? So what I watch commercials just cuz they are funny sometimes or I click on an ad to see what it is but not necessarily buy... Any definition of click fraud should certainly contain wording to described use of automated tools that go out and actively click on ads without user interaction because that is where the real problem lies now doesn't it. Anyway bit of a rant because frivolous lawsuits tick me off.
In my opinion this may be a neat idea, but I can't see any companies biting on this and putting morse capabilities on cell phones. There is just not enough of a following to justify doing this.
I'm gonna go with Tom Bombadil since he would just overwhelm the defense with lively song and dance. Oh and the article says Hobbits are common in Middle Earth when in reality they aren't as common as many as the other races.... (Geek Out)
1. Coerce Customer 2. ??? 3. Profit!
Although it will be tough to get the T-Engine out of the Hive...
Yes crackers are a bad and yes we need stronger punishment for those who knowingly break the law (even if they are kids). But there are those that find these vulnerabilities ins systems/software and go the route of reporting them to be fixed rather than exploiting them and to their credit I think that is a good thing. Yes obviously the people who are maliciously attacking systems/software, stealing and etc... are a huge problem but I still believe that there should be some sort of repercussion for the organizations that don't properly secure their networks and expose our information (or those that don't do the appropriate quality checks or rewrite the same bad code once again). I think stronger laws need to come first (but the laws should be written so that white hat hackers who are actually helping to identify vulnerabilities but not exploit them can continue to do what they do.) If we didn't have people openly identifying flaws in systems than our infrastructure would be so much more at risk I shudder to think of it. (Imagine a foreign infowar entity collecting hundreds of unknown e-commerce related vulnerabilities or some other critical infrastructure and then hitting us when we're down. Applaud the people who are trying to help, but severely punish the people who are knowingly exploiting. I would almost say that a formal entity should be created to report flaws found and works with the commercial and government side to ensure those flaws are patched (but doesn't necessarily publish that X flaw exists until the problem is fixed.) Too much of my time has been wasted investigating computer break-ins to not want more punishment.
Seriously take some responsibility. Yes malicious hackers are annoying and cause damage, but coders writing vulnerable programs are also responsible. If I buy a car and it is found out that there is a known defect that could adversely affect me as the driver what happens... How about not trying to place blame (because if we are then I can point out a lot of software that has the same vulnerabilities over and over and over again...)
So how does it factor in if I use a tool like FakeAP or something else to generate 50,000 fake access points in a city?
Do libraries get sued when someone uses their copy equipment to photocopy a book? Not a fan of Wal-Mart but they are not the TSA of the photo industry and shouldn't be responsible for trying to police content.
The people in this article are, "Two Star Wars fans are in a critical condition in hospital after apparently trying to make light sabres by filling fluorescent light tubes with petrol. A man, aged 20, and a girl of 17 are believed to have been filming a mock duel when they poured fuel into two glass tubes and lit it. The pair were rushed to hospital after one of the devices exploded in woodland at Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire." Granted they need practice but they are trying and soon the Force will be strong in them.
Dr. who?
Absolutely right. If you and another person go to a movie in the evening tickets will cost you $19 approx. Then add popcorn and a soda on to that for an approx. total cost of $10. Now if you see two movies a month you are spending close to $60. Multiply that by 12 and you get $720 a year. (That big screen TV or Projection Unit + Surround Sound is looking to pricy anymore is it!)
Protesters stripped down naked to protest the University of Michigan's support of nanotechnology. One protester stated, "Nanotechnology is bad because it is umm, err... Nevermind I am just gonna get naked cuz its bad."
Too bad AOL's spyware and firewall don't block the spyware that is AOL inherently... Here is how my AOL experience has gone.. 1. Install AOL software 2. Realize AOL software stinks and sends out all kinds of info back to AOL that I dont want them to have. 3. De-install AOL software. 4. De-install AOL software again after it reloads. 5. De-install AOL software again after it reloads. 6. Use a thermite grenade on my box because AOL angers me.