They'll still need the EULA to say that you have no right to expect the software to do anything but trash your system -- not even to perform as advertised.
I have an HTC phone, and the battery doesn't last 24 hours. That's with it set to check my exchange account manually only and my pop account once every half an hour. If I actually take a call on the thing, battery life can be as short as 12 hours.
Of course, this is a totally different model. I'm just sayin'...
That doesn't sound at all like a Nigerian scam to me. It sounds like good, old-fashioned white collar fraud.
The story is horrible. The Ohio insurance firm case apparently has nothing to do with the story. There's no explanation why the university's "IT people should have known better". What did the IT people have to do with it?
I love the suggestion that people should immediately be suspicious of those with "names of African origin or connections to that continent".
And let's see who we're looking for. A guy with a Minnesota driver's license. A truck driver -- but not a Minnesota license? Narrowing it down here...
In Japan it's marketed as a feature. You can stalk your kids as they walk from school to home (with various detours into convenience stores to read the manga, etc.). There's an ad with some kid walking home and everywhere he goes there are black hats videoing him and speaking into lapel microphones.
The system restart is a bitch, and it happens with the server versions, too. Which is why I set my machines to download the updates and notify me. Then I can apply the patches at my leisure. Another alternative is to simply have the machine notify you when updates are available.
The only surprise to me is the preference for metal. I'd have guessed hip-hop (probably represented by the 18% 'R&B' in TFA) to be tops with today's teens, followed by techno.
I've been buying Dell for the three-year warranty, and they will not sell me a naked PC with that warranty. I have to buy one with Windows installed, and pay for the license, despite having a site license.
I was able to save a few bucks buying Dells with Windows Home Edition, then replacing that with my site license for pro. But about a year ago my sales agent told me that was no longer an option. If I wanted a three-year warranty, I had to buy a machine with XP Pro installed.
(He didn't go the extra millimeter and tell me they won't support machines if I replace the OS... yet!)
I'm a sysadmin responsible for about 200 Windows machines of varying pedigree. We have a site license for Windows XP and most of the machines have that installed and give us no trouble. When new machines come in the door they get a fresh install from the site licensed disks.
I've had trouble in the case of older machines (installed by my predecessor), and particularly with OEM installs. In the latter case, I've seen the failure rate of WGA approach 100%.
So, overall, of the 22%, I'd attribute most of it to failure. Particularly given that Windows and IE appear to use multiple different bits of code to accomplish the same thing (one of the first steps of an IE7 installation is validation). This means multiple avenues of failure, but only one chance to get it right.
No mention in the article of any attempt to account for failures.
Specifically, it seems a growing number of people are retaining the behaviors and attitudes associated with youth.
It seems? This is followed by lots of material from the prof, but nothing is given to back up this statement. At least as far as what's available in the Discovery article, it's all hand-waving and hot air.
We'll have to wait for publication of the good Doc's paper to make any judgement of this claim. Or even to see if he is in fact claiming it.
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No, someone only has to compromise one of the thousands (?) of libraries that are compiled verbatim into most versions.
They'll still need the EULA to say that you have no right to expect the software to do anything but trash your system -- not even to perform as advertised.
I have an HTC phone, and the battery doesn't last 24 hours. That's with it set to check my exchange account manually only and my pop account once every half an hour. If I actually take a call on the thing, battery life can be as short as 12 hours. Of course, this is a totally different model. I'm just sayin' ...
"The story is horribl[y written]." Just to make it clear ...
That doesn't sound at all like a Nigerian scam to me. It sounds like good, old-fashioned white collar fraud. The story is horrible. The Ohio insurance firm case apparently has nothing to do with the story. There's no explanation why the university's "IT people should have known better". What did the IT people have to do with it? I love the suggestion that people should immediately be suspicious of those with "names of African origin or connections to that continent". And let's see who we're looking for. A guy with a Minnesota driver's license. A truck driver -- but not a Minnesota license? Narrowing it down here ...
Unless your wife (who gets your entire paycheck) expects you to pay the internet fee out of your own pocket.
The certification program is not a barrier to entry -- no certificate is required to become an Exchange admin.
Seriously, if they caught the guy in 2004, why do we need to put up with all the headaches of WGA now?
When you're doing it for Homeland Security, you get the taxpayers to cover the cost of tissues!
Hmm. I read it on Slashdot and BoingBoing -- how mainstream do you want?
In Japan it's marketed as a feature. You can stalk your kids as they walk from school to home (with various detours into convenience stores to read the manga, etc.). There's an ad with some kid walking home and everywhere he goes there are black hats videoing him and speaking into lapel microphones.
The system restart is a bitch, and it happens with the server versions, too. Which is why I set my machines to download the updates and notify me. Then I can apply the patches at my leisure. Another alternative is to simply have the machine notify you when updates are available.
Talented teens have trouble fitting in?
Troubled teens turn to music for comfort?
The only surprise to me is the preference for metal. I'd have guessed hip-hop (probably represented by the 18% 'R&B' in TFA) to be tops with today's teens, followed by techno.
I've been buying Dell for the three-year warranty, and they will not sell me a naked PC with that warranty. I have to buy one with Windows installed, and pay for the license, despite having a site license.
... yet!)
I was able to save a few bucks buying Dells with Windows Home Edition, then replacing that with my site license for pro. But about a year ago my sales agent told me that was no longer an option. If I wanted a three-year warranty, I had to buy a machine with XP Pro installed.
(He didn't go the extra millimeter and tell me they won't support machines if I replace the OS
If you're lucky and it's not a proprietary part that you'd end up having to buy from Dell!
I'm a sysadmin responsible for about 200 Windows machines of varying pedigree. We have a site license for Windows XP and most of the machines have that installed and give us no trouble. When new machines come in the door they get a fresh install from the site licensed disks.
I've had trouble in the case of older machines (installed by my predecessor), and particularly with OEM installs. In the latter case, I've seen the failure rate of WGA approach 100%.
So, overall, of the 22%, I'd attribute most of it to failure. Particularly given that Windows and IE appear to use multiple different bits of code to accomplish the same thing (one of the first steps of an IE7 installation is validation). This means multiple avenues of failure, but only one chance to get it right.
No mention in the article of any attempt to account for failures.
We'll have to wait for publication of the good Doc's paper to make any judgement of this claim. Or even to see if he is in fact claiming it.