Does anyone know the legal/moral/constitutional requirement for the right to apeal? Why is the appeal Judge / Jury's virdict considered any more or less valid than the original?
The appeals process is there to give fair and equitable access to the legal system to those who can afford it. In NSW, the full bench of the Supreme court is the supreme rulers. There decision is final, and tough luck if you want that overthrown.
The only higher court in Australia, is the Australian High Court, which very rarely sits. It is hard enough to be granted a session in the High Court let alone afford the costs associated of taking a case to the High Court. Decisions in the High Court overthrow the Supreme court.
If a decision is handed down in the High Court, it is final, and there is no review process for it.
>>"that's the worst case senario, and it will just >>take a few months to reverse engineer and >>distribute apple's private key along with >>pearpc"
Why would it be distributed with pearpc? Isn't the idea behind PearPC to emulate the Mac (PPC) Architecture so that we can run OS9/OSX on it?
If you are already running Intel hardware and intending to run an operating system designed for Intel, why would you go to the trouble of emulating current Mac Hardware (PPC) in order to run the software?
Or are you just talking shite as you have no idea what this is all about?
How will reverse engineering "unlock" a private key? I am no cryptological expert, but if it was as simple as a bit of reverse engineering, wouldn't the XBOX be cracked now, and all the homebrew software be distributing their software, with the signed Microsoft "Private Key".
Funny that, because from what I understand, they are not actually cloning anything for the FreeDOS machines, it is "in the box, ready to install", not preinstalled.
So somehow, a HDD with Windows XP preinstalled is cheaper than a HDD with nothing on it.
That is the way it is with most Digital PABXs anyway. They need to be on a UPS to provide your handset with power.
In this case, the Switches will be on the UPS (which they should already be on) and will provide the power to your VOIP phone handset.
I fail to see how taking a soldering iron to your X-Box can be interpreted as an illegal act.
I think the interpretation is fairly clear. Modding an xbox allows you to play copied games, thus making copyright infringement rampant. We all know why people mod Xboxs and the majority of the time is not to run imported foreign games.
There is logic behind the ruling. If you took a soldering iron to your favorite revolver and managed to turn it into a fully automatic weapon which shoots 200 rounds a seconds, I am sure that would be considered illegal as well. Just because you own hardware, does not give you the right to do with it as you please.
Modding a weapon to the point that it could potentially inflict a great deal of harm on those around you is illegal, whether or not you intend to use it in that way or not. Claiming you are modding your revolver so that you can cut down trees easier does not make it right. The same goes for the xbox. Modding it so that it has the potential to harm Microsoft's bottom line is illegal regardless of whether you just intended to run some home-brew software.
Isn't that what WMI and ADSI is for? So that you don't have to use TS and to support low-speed connection maintenance.
Or are you maintaining servers that are running operating systems more than 5 years old?
When you consider that Linux is using Unix code, and there are millions of linux users out there, SCO is really just being a kind big brother and helping out those millions of customers to grow their business everyday.
Good point, but I live in Sydney and I had to look up a map of Australia to know where it is. How can we expect those from the United States of America to know the location...
See, this I don't understand. Why bother removing the ad breaks? The only advantage I can see is to save all of a small percentage of space.
You would really need to transcode the video in order to remove the ad breaks - wouldn't it make more sense, be faster and less of a pain to program a button to skip 3 minutes in advance rather than removing each ad break set?
One of these two stations is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - they show The Bill and the likes.
Which is the other "government" station you are referring to?
The ABC rates a lot higher than your 10-15% mentioned, but that is the smallest of interest, considering that Australian content is the driving force of the Australian television industry.
In fact, out of the entire budgeting for advertisement, only 30% of it is spent on imported content, the majority (ie > 50%) is spent on local television content - 70% (http://www.afc.gov.au/gtp/wftvprogexpenditure.htm l)
I don't even want to start with what is wrong with your logic here. Perhaps the fact that not all - thats right, not all 419 scams are predicated on greed. There are plenty of other scams, such as fake charities, fake lotteries, illness / disease, revolutionary cures, Tsunami assistance crews - LOTS OF THEM.
You seem like an intelligent guy who could pick a scammer out of a lineup of cyber-perps, so why do you think all of their scams are targetted at greedy, stupid, racists people?
Server owner shmerver owner. I think you will find that the sites targetted by this application are the ones which are uncooperative. They have the right to support scammers, as jurisdiction usually doesnt extend to their profiteering so it leaves little alternatives.
Thousands of sites are shutdown by crews like www.419legal.org and www.aa419.org as the hosts co-operate under the weight of authority presented. These sites being drained are the ones who ignore the requests for shutdown / encourage scammers with "bulletproof" hosting.
It is a poor example of a domain jacking for emails.
Normally you would see a site like
www.somebank.com which is the legitimate site. A scammer comes along and registers www.somebank.org or www.somebank.co.uk or some other TLD. Then they point their domain straight at the real site.
This is where it gets useful. They send an email from accounts@somebank.org or whatever TLD they are using saying that your account was overdrawn etc and request you send the money back to account xyz before you get further penalised.
They sign the email, please log in to https://www.somebank.TLD and send it to a lot of emails. The users log in, realise the site is legit (or presume it is) and then follow the instructions.
In this case, ciribank.co.uk is a poor example as it is almost too obvious.
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I for one welcome our new patent-wielding overlords.
Does anyone know the legal/moral/constitutional requirement for the right to apeal? Why is the appeal Judge / Jury's virdict considered any more or less valid than the original?
The appeals process is there to give fair and equitable access to the legal system to those who can afford it. In NSW, the full bench of the Supreme court is the supreme rulers. There decision is final, and tough luck if you want that overthrown.
The only higher court in Australia, is the Australian High Court, which very rarely sits. It is hard enough to be granted a session in the High Court let alone afford the costs associated of taking a case to the High Court. Decisions in the High Court overthrow the Supreme court.
If a decision is handed down in the High Court, it is final, and there is no review process for it.
>>"that's the worst case senario, and it will just
>>take a few months to reverse engineer and
>>distribute apple's private key along with
>>pearpc"
Why would it be distributed with pearpc? Isn't the idea behind PearPC to emulate the Mac (PPC) Architecture so that we can run OS9/OSX on it?
If you are already running Intel hardware and intending to run an operating system designed for Intel, why would you go to the trouble of emulating current Mac Hardware (PPC) in order to run the software?
Or are you just talking shite as you have no idea what this is all about?
How will reverse engineering "unlock" a private key? I am no cryptological expert, but if it was as simple as a bit of reverse engineering, wouldn't the XBOX be cracked now, and all the homebrew software be distributing their software, with the signed Microsoft "Private Key".
Funny that, because from what I understand, they are not actually cloning anything for the FreeDOS machines, it is "in the box, ready to install", not preinstalled. So somehow, a HDD with Windows XP preinstalled is cheaper than a HDD with nothing on it.
That is the way it is with most Digital PABXs anyway. They need to be on a UPS to provide your handset with power. In this case, the Switches will be on the UPS (which they should already be on) and will provide the power to your VOIP phone handset.
I fail to see how taking a soldering iron to your X-Box can be interpreted as an illegal act.
I think the interpretation is fairly clear. Modding an xbox allows you to play copied games, thus making copyright infringement rampant. We all know why people mod Xboxs and the majority of the time is not to run imported foreign games.
There is logic behind the ruling. If you took a soldering iron to your favorite revolver and managed to turn it into a fully automatic weapon which shoots 200 rounds a seconds, I am sure that would be considered illegal as well. Just because you own hardware, does not give you the right to do with it as you please.
Modding a weapon to the point that it could potentially inflict a great deal of harm on those around you is illegal, whether or not you intend to use it in that way or not. Claiming you are modding your revolver so that you can cut down trees easier does not make it right. The same goes for the xbox. Modding it so that it has the potential to harm Microsoft's bottom line is illegal regardless of whether you just intended to run some home-brew software.
Isn't that what WMI and ADSI is for? So that you don't have to use TS and to support low-speed connection maintenance. Or are you maintaining servers that are running operating systems more than 5 years old?
When you consider that Linux is using Unix code, and there are millions of linux users out there, SCO is really just being a kind big brother and helping out those millions of customers to grow their business everyday.
Absolutely - it has completely destroyed the part of your brain which enables speeling.
Yes .. we have been foiled again!
If you want the information to be shared, take out an advertisement. Otherwise STFU and get a life.
Good point, but I live in Sydney and I had to look up a map of Australia to know where it is. How can we expect those from the United States of America to know the location...
See, this I don't understand. Why bother removing the ad breaks? The only advantage I can see is to save all of a small percentage of space. You would really need to transcode the video in order to remove the ad breaks - wouldn't it make more sense, be faster and less of a pain to program a button to skip 3 minutes in advance rather than removing each ad break set?
One of these two stations is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - they show The Bill and the likes.
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Which is the other "government" station you are referring to?
The ABC rates a lot higher than your 10-15% mentioned, but that is the smallest of interest, considering that Australian content is the driving force of the Australian television industry.
In fact, out of the entire budgeting for advertisement, only 30% of it is spent on imported content, the majority (ie > 50%) is spent on local television content - 70% (http://www.afc.gov.au/gtp/wftvprogexpenditure.ht
Sense of proportion - Copyright infringement: Max 3 years, Murder - 25 to Life. I see a sense of proportion
Few surprises here.
As a PowerBook G4 user, I am most pleased to be able to find this book on Google.
I don't even want to start with what is wrong with your logic here. Perhaps the fact that not all - thats right, not all 419 scams are predicated on greed. There are plenty of other scams, such as fake charities, fake lotteries, illness / disease, revolutionary cures, Tsunami assistance crews - LOTS OF THEM.
You seem like an intelligent guy who could pick a scammer out of a lineup of cyber-perps, so why do you think all of their scams are targetted at greedy, stupid, racists people?
Server owner shmerver owner. I think you will find that the sites targetted by this application are the ones which are uncooperative. They have the right to support scammers, as jurisdiction usually doesnt extend to their profiteering so it leaves little alternatives. Thousands of sites are shutdown by crews like www.419legal.org and www.aa419.org as the hosts co-operate under the weight of authority presented. These sites being drained are the ones who ignore the requests for shutdown / encourage scammers with "bulletproof" hosting.
It is a poor example of a domain jacking for emails.
Normally you would see a site like www.somebank.com which is the legitimate site. A scammer comes along and registers www.somebank.org or www.somebank.co.uk or some other TLD. Then they point their domain straight at the real site.
This is where it gets useful. They send an email from accounts@somebank.org or whatever TLD they are using saying that your account was overdrawn etc and request you send the money back to account xyz before you get further penalised.
They sign the email, please log in to https://www.somebank.TLD and send it to a lot of emails. The users log in, realise the site is legit (or presume it is) and then follow the instructions.
In this case, ciribank.co.uk is a poor example as it is almost too obvious.
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