LOL! Clicking on the "President Bill Clinton" tab yields the result "We didn't find any results for 'Bill Clinton'." Looks like they've got a little way to go before they're even close to being a Google *competitor*, much less Google killer.
And this is the agency that's going to put a man on Mars? Considering they can't even plan for such obvious contingencies as clumpy soil, wouldn't you just LOVE to be the guy having to rely on them for life-support for 2 years?
Yeah, but remember what happened when he left before? They ended up losing a huge amount of market share and got their asses handed to them by MS. Certainly Apple would survive, but would it ever again be the same kind of force that it was under Jobs' charismatic leadership? He's not just a CEO, he's a symbol. And much as I personally despise his smug attitude and heavy-handed leadership, it has given him a certain cache among Apple users that can't be replaced with just any old CEO in a business suit.
Don't be silly, we're not going to arrest you. We're throwing a party for you! There will be cake and you will be the guest of honor. Now, just stay there and a party associate will arrive shortly to collect you for your party.
Anything with DRM on it is just a rental. You don't own it, you're just renting it until the company you downloaded it from goes out of business or stops supporting it.
I hear people saying today that physical media is dead and that everything is going to be downloaded in the future. Much as I love the convenience of being able to download stuff, it's stories like this that remind me why I still get off the couch and go down to Best Buy for most of my movies and music. Say what you will about physical media, but nothing beats the reassurance that it's MINE and can't be turned off by a second party on some arbitrary whim. I will not download anything that's got DRM on it unless it's a rental (because that's always what it is anyway).
In most of the U.S., you have a grand total of one or two broadband providers in any given area. Mine are Time Warner (for cable) and AT&T (for DSL). It's not like there are a lot of Mom & Pop broadband ISP's out there to turn to (not in the U.S. anyway).
He's got a two day head start on them, which is more than he needs. Davidson's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's already spamming again.
It's only a matter of time before typing www.piratebay.org into your URL bar produces "Sorry, this site is blocked for content infringement" on ALL of our browsers (since we all ultimately answer to our ISP's).
The issue isn't that he took the passwords with him, it's that he refused to give them to their new legitimate owners--knowing damn well that the network would soon fail without them (as that's the way he had set it up).
Come on. Don't be such a drama queen. If one of your work colleagues came along one day while you were out to lunch and wiped every work file on your computer, wiped all your backups, and deleted your OS and all your programs--I'm pretty sure you wouldn't accept "Hey, they never existed" as an excuse. Just because something doesn't have a three-dimensional representation doesn't mean it doesn't "exist."
This man stole the only keys to the network that he KNEW would soon fail without those keys (since he even went so far as to set up his routers so that they required a manual reboot at a power failure), then refused to turn them over when asked. That's AT LEAST theft, and probably extortion as well. And, even so, I'm sure he was given plenty of chance to turn those passwords over before they slapped the cuffs on him.
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LOL! Clicking on the "President Bill Clinton" tab yields the result "We didn't find any results for 'Bill Clinton'." Looks like they've got a little way to go before they're even close to being a Google *competitor*, much less Google killer.
How about an "OMG Ponies!" motif? It'll be a big hit with the tweeners.
Sony marches boldly into the 1970's! Maybe next we can get Zork.
And this is the agency that's going to put a man on Mars? Considering they can't even plan for such obvious contingencies as clumpy soil, wouldn't you just LOVE to be the guy having to rely on them for life-support for 2 years?
Well, if we would put more money into the proper design of our vibrators, instead of being so prudish about it, this would never have happened.
When they tell you that the sky isn't blue, they may not be consciously lying. Have you seen the pollution in Beijing?
Yeah, but remember what happened when he left before? They ended up losing a huge amount of market share and got their asses handed to them by MS. Certainly Apple would survive, but would it ever again be the same kind of force that it was under Jobs' charismatic leadership? He's not just a CEO, he's a symbol. And much as I personally despise his smug attitude and heavy-handed leadership, it has given him a certain cache among Apple users that can't be replaced with just any old CEO in a business suit.
Surely there must be an unemployed cult leader out there capable of taking over. Maybe Warren Jeffs could do some kind of work release program.
Don't be silly, we're not going to arrest you. We're throwing a party for you! There will be cake and you will be the guest of honor. Now, just stay there and a party associate will arrive shortly to collect you for your party.
Anything with DRM on it is just a rental. You don't own it, you're just renting it until the company you downloaded it from goes out of business or stops supporting it.
I hear people saying today that physical media is dead and that everything is going to be downloaded in the future. Much as I love the convenience of being able to download stuff, it's stories like this that remind me why I still get off the couch and go down to Best Buy for most of my movies and music. Say what you will about physical media, but nothing beats the reassurance that it's MINE and can't be turned off by a second party on some arbitrary whim. I will not download anything that's got DRM on it unless it's a rental (because that's always what it is anyway).
Truly, this guy was a EPIC level scumbag.
And how does this SSH tunnel work when the ip address of your host on the other end is blocked?
Gabe and Tycho, beware the dark side. Once you go down the path to Sony, forever will it dominate your destiny. Consume you it will!
Science is great--just as long as you're using it to look for oil.
The aliens use them for fuel.
In most of the U.S., you have a grand total of one or two broadband providers in any given area. Mine are Time Warner (for cable) and AT&T (for DSL). It's not like there are a lot of Mom & Pop broadband ISP's out there to turn to (not in the U.S. anyway).
What's to stop ISP's from blocking all proxies too? If websense can do it, so can any ISP.
He's got a two day head start on them, which is more than he needs. Davidson's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's already spamming again.
In the case of my ex-wife, a Gorgon is an excellent analogy.
Of course we should jail them. According to the Bush administration, science is a major threat to our country!
Patriotic? Are you kidding?!? My shit is red, white, and blue; it smells like apple pie; and mom wipes my ass!
It's only a matter of time before typing www.piratebay.org into your URL bar produces "Sorry, this site is blocked for content infringement" on ALL of our browsers (since we all ultimately answer to our ISP's).
The issue isn't that he took the passwords with him, it's that he refused to give them to their new legitimate owners--knowing damn well that the network would soon fail without them (as that's the way he had set it up).
Come on. Don't be such a drama queen. If one of your work colleagues came along one day while you were out to lunch and wiped every work file on your computer, wiped all your backups, and deleted your OS and all your programs--I'm pretty sure you wouldn't accept "Hey, they never existed" as an excuse. Just because something doesn't have a three-dimensional representation doesn't mean it doesn't "exist."
This man stole the only keys to the network that he KNEW would soon fail without those keys (since he even went so far as to set up his routers so that they required a manual reboot at a power failure), then refused to turn them over when asked. That's AT LEAST theft, and probably extortion as well. And, even so, I'm sure he was given plenty of chance to turn those passwords over before they slapped the cuffs on him.