That is my favorite excuse for ignoring system security.
What most people fail to grasp is that their data is not the prize that most crackers would be interested in. The fruit of the evil-doer's labor is an 0wn3d box with free bandwith to either cloak his tracks or use in a DDoSnet, etc. With the proliferation of broadband to the masses, getting your computer hijacked to be used later as a tool to commit further atrocities is far more likely than someone breaking into a home network to steal pictures of your recent family reunion, your pr0n, or even your Quicken data.
The recording industry will not allow Apple, Napster, or anyone else to sell unrescricted, unencumbered digital music, so your argument is really moot.
So how does eMusic get away with selling songs with no DRM?
I have not and will not buy from any of the DRM encumbered stores.
> Apparently another policy is that Bust Buy doesn't ship items from store to store or order replacement items if they are out of stock.
That is simply untrue. Best Buy can ship items from their warehouses to their customers via Customer Fulfillment, and they can transfer stock between stores via a process they refer to as ORCA.
> people who don't have checking accounts With the plethora of free checking accounts with Visa debit cards and no minimum balance requirements, it is hard to feel sympathy for someone that cannot be bothered to get a bank account.
With regards to insulting your mother, that is uncalled for, and you should have addressed the associate's behavior with the store's GM and BBY Corporate via 1.888.BEST.BUY.
Best Buy's Reward Zone has done nothing but net me cash savings for items I would have been purchasing at Best Buy anyway. Best Buy is very generous with their Reward Zone program, even going so far as to allow you to call in or use their web site to get credit on transactions that you forgot to use your card on.
While the purchase of a service plan from Best Buy is seen by many as a scam, it is definitely in the purchaser's benefit on any large ticket item, such as a computer or major appliance. Frankly, consumers expect retail outlets to take ownership of far too many problems that are not the retailer's responsibility. I have no sympathy for the jackass that comes in to a store after fouling up his product (especially outside of the published return period) and expects the store to take action, when the idiot should really be contacting the product manufacturer directly for warranty service.
Being a smart consumer requires intelligence as well as dilligence.
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True dat.
Controversy != Satire
I don't know. He talked a good gaim.
I do love a good pun cascade!
A real security expert would feed the shredded bits to the red wigglers in his worm farm and then put the vermicompost in his garden.
That is my favorite excuse for ignoring system security.
What most people fail to grasp is that their data is not the prize that most crackers would be interested in. The fruit of the evil-doer's labor is an 0wn3d box with free bandwith to either cloak his tracks or use in a DDoSnet, etc. With the proliferation of broadband to the masses, getting your computer hijacked to be used later as a tool to commit further atrocities is far more likely than someone breaking into a home network to steal pictures of your recent family reunion, your pr0n, or even your Quicken data.
So how does eMusic get away with selling songs with no DRM?
I have not and will not buy from any of the DRM encumbered stores.
That is simply untrue. Best Buy can ship items from their warehouses to their customers via Customer Fulfillment, and they can transfer stock between stores via a process they refer to as ORCA.
> people who don't have checking accounts
With the plethora of free checking accounts with Visa debit cards and no minimum balance requirements, it is hard to feel sympathy for someone that cannot be bothered to get a bank account.
With regards to insulting your mother, that is uncalled for, and you should have addressed the associate's behavior with the store's GM and BBY Corporate via 1.888.BEST.BUY.
Best Buy's Reward Zone has done nothing but net me cash savings for items I would have been purchasing at Best Buy anyway. Best Buy is very generous with their Reward Zone program, even going so far as to allow you to call in or use their web site to get credit on transactions that you forgot to use your card on.
While the purchase of a service plan from Best Buy is seen by many as a scam, it is definitely in the purchaser's benefit on any large ticket item, such as a computer or major appliance. Frankly, consumers expect retail outlets to take ownership of far too many problems that are not the retailer's responsibility. I have no sympathy for the jackass that comes in to a store after fouling up his product (especially outside of the published return period) and expects the store to take action, when the idiot should really be contacting the product manufacturer directly for warranty service.
Being a smart consumer requires intelligence as well as dilligence.
Caveat Emptor