Except that the US Government regulates interstate and international trade within the borders of the USA. So, an international mail fraud that takes place inside the USA (US businesses received fraudulent letters and withdrew money from their US banks to pay in US currency), the government will enforce as much of its law as possible. It will also probably attempt to have the perps in Canada extradited to be tried in the USA for fraud/etc.
"Long before Johnny decides he's had enough and he's gonna take what he deems to be appropriate action for his emotional state on the road, he's been yelling, swerving. .."
Right there it became invasion of everyone else's space and not sharing the road. Not when Johnny decided to take action. Johnny already took action.
Calibration in a movie studio is not important for matching the theaters. It is important for maintaining consistency throughout the project, which may be made and edited across many sites all over the world. You want to make sure your explosions match and that the lighting is the same from cut-to-cut. Hollywood knows that the specific color will be lost in theaters -- but *consistency* is key.
1. Ask to see their medical school diploma. Most will have it hanging in their office. As a general rule, you want a doctor who graduated from a United States medical school. There are a lot of med schools in the carribean for docs who can't hack the U.S. curriculum. There are also some good schools in England as well as a couple other places, so don't immediately discount them if they don't have a U.S. diploma -- but it is a possible warning flag that you need to research.
2. Ask to see their board certification (assuming you are talking to a specialist like an orthopedic surgeon, radiologist, ob/gyn, etc). If they don't have board certification, see if you can find a doctor in your health care's plan that is board certified. Board certification requires a doctor to take a rather grueling exam much akin to a lawyer's boards. If your doc did it, you know right off that they are likely higher-calibur.
3. Ask them if they have ever had their license involuntarily revoked in this or any other state. If so, find another doctor. **Caveat: Doctors have to pay dues to keep their license to practice in a state, so if they moved they might have it revoked for failure to pay dues. Obviously, that's not an issue.
Specialization has, for most professions, been a way for the industry to differentiate between its own members. It is not a government-recognized title. For example, a medical doctor can legally perform brain surgery without the 7 year neurosurgery residency. More than that, someone who has completed the 7-year training and *fails* the neurosurgery boards can legally perform brain surgery.
Many HMO clinics/etc, as a cost-cutting measure, will actually hire 'radiologists' and other specialists who have been unable to pass their boards. This is because, while they are legally allowed to practice whatever medicine they want (assuming they have their state license to practice medicine), they will work cheap 'cause anyone who checks their credentials will likely turn them away.
On another note, always check your physicians credentials:)
I'd like to see a statement by the judge or other qualified individuals detailing why they didn't get sanctioned for this (mostly for curiosity -- the legal process is obtuse and interesting). It seems like the RIAA lawyers took a big risk in submitting the same info to the same court.
It's your hardware, though. It isn't like your OS can disable it -- if you can't switch off your computer with the 15 second method, then you have a hardware-based failure (be it a bad rom chip or whatever).
It's akin to saying "my dvd burner won't burn because the software on the drive says not to" -- well, that's a problem with the burner, not the software, for all intents and purposes.
If you don't believe me, next time your system locks up, hold the power button for 15 seconds.
POOF! it's off. There is still an OS-independent power switch, but you have to purposefully use it because it is important to shut your computer down 'the right way.' Ditching the old insta-off buttons was good because ma and pa kent know farming, not computers, and so the computer needs to shut down properly when they hit the switch.
"happy successful people don't just off themselves for no reason and without any sort of note or indication that things were not going quite so peachy as believed"
Ok, some corrections here: 1. Happy people, successful or not, probably won't be committing suicide. Am I a happy person? As much as you might think you can deduce, no matter how well you know me, you cannot tell. So, the crux is that obviously, he wasn't happy and just put on a good show to make those around him comfortable.
2. The vast majority of suicides leave no note. Of those who do, a very large percentage of those notes are attack notes meant to hurt those around them. If you've ever read one, the last thing they do is bring closure.
3. If someone genuinely wants to die, they won't give a call for help. More likely, they'll just give it a go.
4. If someone is depressed, they do indeed off themselves for no reason -- that is unless you count, "I have enough energy today to actually do something about it" as a reason.
Suicide isn't like some movie story. It isn't romantic at all -- there is often no cry for help, usually no note, and almost always no closure for the victims (those left behind).
The SR-71 blackbird which, coincidentally, doesn't kill people. In fact, once it was decommissioned, NASA got them for their own purposes completely outside military use.
I think a lot of people like seeing the technology and how it could make life better/more interesting/whatever when used outside of a military context.
So, the botnet people can issue out a new version that states that if the bots connect to the net but do not receive appropriate commands, then they wipe the machine. Different approach, same deal -- the machines get wiped, for better or worse, because the security researchers muck up the works.
If there is important enough data on one of those machines, or even if not and enough lawyers get involved, they'll be looking to make someone pay.
Ok, so here's a fun question: Lets say the botnet creators get pissed off and send out a code change that makes one of the standard commands change to be something like, oh, "wipe hard drive." The botnet creators then use different commands, but the researchers come along and issue the old command, thus wiping the users' hard drives.
Are the researchers liable since they technically issued the offending command while logged in as a remote user without the owner's permission?
You seem to be under the impression that they are referring to molten as in faucet hot metal.
My guess is that if you were hit by this stuff, you'd be dead almost before the nerves could send the signal to your brain telling you, "hey bub, I think you're about to die, so here's some pain for the road."
Here's the thing. The CA use tax isn't just for mail order items. It is for *any* item on which you did not pay sales tax that is for use in CA. So, if I am visiting family in Oregon, and I buy something there like a cashmere blanket, then come back down to CA, the state of CA wants 8.25% of that. Here is the line from the ca.gov website:
"What is taxable? Retail sales of tangible personal property in California are generally subject to sales tax. Examples of tangible personal property include such items as furniture, giftware, toys, antiques, clothing, and so forth. In addition, some service and labor costs are subject to sales tax if they result in the creation of tangible personal property.
In some instances, retailers must pay use tax, rather than sales tax, to the Board. The most common example of a purchase subject to the use tax is a purchase of an item for use in California from an out-of-state retailer. Out-of-state retailers who are engaged in business in this state are required to collect the use tax, whenever applicable, from the consumer at the time of making the sale.
The tax rate for sales and use taxes is the same.
Some sales and purchases are exempt from sales and use tax. Examples of exempt sales include, but not limited to, sales of certain food products for human consumption, sales to the U.S. Government, and sales of prescription medicine. For more information on exempt sales, please refer to Publication 61, Sales and Use Taxes: Exemptions and Exclusions."
I mean, use tax is just sales tax that hasn't been collected by anyone else. It's such a load of crock.
"Hi, my name is California. If you set foot in my state, then you must pay sal... er, 'use tax' on each and every item you used in california if you didn't already pay use... er, 'sales tax' on it in another state."
See, I think you were trying to be cute. However, fact of the matter is that covert foreign operations probably already utilize botnets and spam as a tool to gain untraceable entries into American systems. There is another reply to this story joking about "hello citizen, install this government stuff blah blah blah PS PPS PPPS PPPPS..." -- but people already got these emails. They just aren't from our government, and the people don't know they have them. Eventually, our cyber division will have to handle this issue.
Try modding your car's ECU software. Then, when you manage to blow a hole through your engine block because your badass turbo was pumping 20psi into your cylinders instead of 8, try having it covered under warranty.
Now, if someone pays or otherwise gets these drivers and something goes wrong and they nuke their computer, is it somehow Creative's fault that they didn't give you the performance you wanted and you looked outside the box? It's pretty obvious that a hardware vendor would not, under any circumstances, want a 3rd party writing drivers for their system. They want total control there, and that's what Creative is doing here. The fact that the guy fixed something is irrelevant -- creative doesn't want you fudging up your sound card's ecu and blowing a hole in your computer, then calling them up and costing them more money.
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In Soviet Russia, invasions flame PRIVACY! You stupid Americans!
So what if someone disagrees with you?
Except that the US Government regulates interstate and international trade within the borders of the USA. So, an international mail fraud that takes place inside the USA (US businesses received fraudulent letters and withdrew money from their US banks to pay in US currency), the government will enforce as much of its law as possible. It will also probably attempt to have the perps in Canada extradited to be tried in the USA for fraud/etc.
"Long before Johnny decides he's had enough and he's gonna take what he deems to be appropriate action for his emotional state on the road, he's been yelling, swerving. . ."
Right there it became invasion of everyone else's space and not sharing the road. Not when Johnny decided to take action. Johnny already took action.
The US Court sure the hell has jurisdiction in the US, where the crimes took place.
Calibration in a movie studio is not important for matching the theaters. It is important for maintaining consistency throughout the project, which may be made and edited across many sites all over the world. You want to make sure your explosions match and that the lighting is the same from cut-to-cut. Hollywood knows that the specific color will be lost in theaters -- but *consistency* is key.
Here's the best ways to check their credentials:
1. Ask to see their medical school diploma. Most will have it hanging in their office. As a general rule, you want a doctor who graduated from a United States medical school. There are a lot of med schools in the carribean for docs who can't hack the U.S. curriculum. There are also some good schools in England as well as a couple other places, so don't immediately discount them if they don't have a U.S. diploma -- but it is a possible warning flag that you need to research.
2. Ask to see their board certification (assuming you are talking to a specialist like an orthopedic surgeon, radiologist, ob/gyn, etc). If they don't have board certification, see if you can find a doctor in your health care's plan that is board certified. Board certification requires a doctor to take a rather grueling exam much akin to a lawyer's boards. If your doc did it, you know right off that they are likely higher-calibur.
3. Ask them if they have ever had their license involuntarily revoked in this or any other state. If so, find another doctor. **Caveat: Doctors have to pay dues to keep their license to practice in a state, so if they moved they might have it revoked for failure to pay dues. Obviously, that's not an issue.
Specialization has, for most professions, been a way for the industry to differentiate between its own members. It is not a government-recognized title. For example, a medical doctor can legally perform brain surgery without the 7 year neurosurgery residency. More than that, someone who has completed the 7-year training and *fails* the neurosurgery boards can legally perform brain surgery.
:)
Many HMO clinics/etc, as a cost-cutting measure, will actually hire 'radiologists' and other specialists who have been unable to pass their boards. This is because, while they are legally allowed to practice whatever medicine they want (assuming they have their state license to practice medicine), they will work cheap 'cause anyone who checks their credentials will likely turn them away.
On another note, always check your physicians credentials
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I'd like to see a statement by the judge or other qualified individuals detailing why they didn't get sanctioned for this (mostly for curiosity -- the legal process is obtuse and interesting). It seems like the RIAA lawyers took a big risk in submitting the same info to the same court.
It's your hardware, though. It isn't like your OS can disable it -- if you can't switch off your computer with the 15 second method, then you have a hardware-based failure (be it a bad rom chip or whatever).
It's akin to saying "my dvd burner won't burn because the software on the drive says not to" -- well, that's a problem with the burner, not the software, for all intents and purposes.
If you don't believe me, next time your system locks up, hold the power button for 15 seconds.
POOF! it's off. There is still an OS-independent power switch, but you have to purposefully use it because it is important to shut your computer down 'the right way.' Ditching the old insta-off buttons was good because ma and pa kent know farming, not computers, and so the computer needs to shut down properly when they hit the switch.
"happy successful people don't just off themselves for no reason and without any sort of note or indication that things were not going quite so peachy as believed"
Ok, some corrections here:
1. Happy people, successful or not, probably won't be committing suicide. Am I a happy person? As much as you might think you can deduce, no matter how well you know me, you cannot tell. So, the crux is that obviously, he wasn't happy and just put on a good show to make those around him comfortable.
2. The vast majority of suicides leave no note. Of those who do, a very large percentage of those notes are attack notes meant to hurt those around them. If you've ever read one, the last thing they do is bring closure.
3. If someone genuinely wants to die, they won't give a call for help. More likely, they'll just give it a go.
4. If someone is depressed, they do indeed off themselves for no reason -- that is unless you count, "I have enough energy today to actually do something about it" as a reason.
Suicide isn't like some movie story. It isn't romantic at all -- there is often no cry for help, usually no note, and almost always no closure for the victims (those left behind).
The SR-71 blackbird which, coincidentally, doesn't kill people. In fact, once it was decommissioned, NASA got them for their own purposes completely outside military use.
I think a lot of people like seeing the technology and how it could make life better/more interesting/whatever when used outside of a military context.
So, the botnet people can issue out a new version that states that if the bots connect to the net but do not receive appropriate commands, then they wipe the machine. Different approach, same deal -- the machines get wiped, for better or worse, because the security researchers muck up the works.
If there is important enough data on one of those machines, or even if not and enough lawyers get involved, they'll be looking to make someone pay.
Ok, so here's a fun question: Lets say the botnet creators get pissed off and send out a code change that makes one of the standard commands change to be something like, oh, "wipe hard drive." The botnet creators then use different commands, but the researchers come along and issue the old command, thus wiping the users' hard drives.
Are the researchers liable since they technically issued the offending command while logged in as a remote user without the owner's permission?
You seem to be under the impression that they are referring to molten as in faucet hot metal.
My guess is that if you were hit by this stuff, you'd be dead almost before the nerves could send the signal to your brain telling you, "hey bub, I think you're about to die, so here's some pain for the road."
Here's the thing. The CA use tax isn't just for mail order items. It is for *any* item on which you did not pay sales tax that is for use in CA. So, if I am visiting family in Oregon, and I buy something there like a cashmere blanket, then come back down to CA, the state of CA wants 8.25% of that. Here is the line from the ca.gov website:
http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/faqpurch.htm
"What is taxable?
Retail sales of tangible personal property in California are generally subject to sales tax. Examples of tangible personal property include such items as furniture, giftware, toys, antiques, clothing, and so forth. In addition, some service and labor costs are subject to sales tax if they result in the creation of tangible personal property.
In some instances, retailers must pay use tax, rather than sales tax, to the Board. The most common example of a purchase subject to the use tax is a purchase of an item for use in California from an out-of-state retailer. Out-of-state retailers who are engaged in business in this state are required to collect the use tax, whenever applicable, from the consumer at the time of making the sale.
The tax rate for sales and use taxes is the same.
Some sales and purchases are exempt from sales and use tax. Examples of exempt sales include, but not limited to, sales of certain food products for human consumption, sales to the U.S. Government, and sales of prescription medicine. For more information on exempt sales, please refer to Publication 61, Sales and Use Taxes: Exemptions and Exclusions."
I mean, use tax is just sales tax that hasn't been collected by anyone else. It's such a load of crock.
"Hi, my name is California. If you set foot in my state, then you must pay sal... er, 'use tax' on each and every item you used in california if you didn't already pay use... er, 'sales tax' on it in another state."
They use gravity to make the satellite go . . . UP! HOLY SHIZAM!
"Can support Vista" and "Can support Vista for 5 minutes" are the same!
You can boot from a cd/dvd as well as a floppy.
No.
See, I think you were trying to be cute. However, fact of the matter is that covert foreign operations probably already utilize botnets and spam as a tool to gain untraceable entries into American systems. There is another reply to this story joking about "hello citizen, install this government stuff blah blah blah PS PPS PPPS PPPPS..." -- but people already got these emails. They just aren't from our government, and the people don't know they have them. Eventually, our cyber division will have to handle this issue.
Try modding your car's ECU software. Then, when you manage to blow a hole through your engine block because your badass turbo was pumping 20psi into your cylinders instead of 8, try having it covered under warranty.
Now, if someone pays or otherwise gets these drivers and something goes wrong and they nuke their computer, is it somehow Creative's fault that they didn't give you the performance you wanted and you looked outside the box? It's pretty obvious that a hardware vendor would not, under any circumstances, want a 3rd party writing drivers for their system. They want total control there, and that's what Creative is doing here. The fact that the guy fixed something is irrelevant -- creative doesn't want you fudging up your sound card's ecu and blowing a hole in your computer, then calling them up and costing them more money.