While frustrating for him, from the outside looking in, it's kinda funny. No matter what he does to assert his innocence, it will appear as lies to the owner of the missing phone...
Why does everyone else seem to think they've got to the bottom of it in five minutes?
I'm sorry, are you new to Slashdot?
Typically you're lucky if commenters even read the entire clip provided at the top of the story, let alone the linked-to article. ANd additional/background research to form an opinon, that's nearly unheard of here!;^)
He broke into the MIT wring closet, installed his own computer, programed his computer to download files at a rate sometimes 100x the normal load for every legitimate user at MIT, hid his face from security cameras, and generally gave off every indication that he fully understood what he did was wrong/illegal, yet continued. Plain and simple, you don't have to work in the Ethics department to understand he comitted crimes.
Maybe, if anything, the letter that "chided" the defendant's FIFTH attempt to supress evidence cause the kid to realize that as smart, special, and wonderful as he and his friends thought he was, he was not above the law, and he was not able to outsmart/out manuver the federal prosecutors.
I suspect he realized he stood a very, very good chance of going to federal "pound you in the a _ _" prison, and while his first mistake was breaking the law to further his cause, right behind that was his second mistake - failing to try and plead the case down to avoid prison time (if that was an option).
I simply pointed out that his political motives may have driven him to break the law - he had 13 federal charges against him for his misguided steps attempting to "liberate" scientific journals.
I went on to explain that being a brilliant and passionate 26 year-old does not make him immune to all the other reasons 5-6,000 people in his age group successfully take their own lives each year.
Stating the obvious (without a note we won't know why he did what he did) makes me a "hater"? Puh-leeze...
The indictment is the legal document that says what he was charged with, no more, no less. I don't understand why you would have an issue with a review of the actual charges against him, since many here (and elsewhere) are trying to portray this as a Turing-like harassment by the government (which it is not).
He (allegedly) installed his own computer into an MIT wiring closet, took repeated steps to overcome MIT's efforts to stop him, hid from security cameras, and violated the terms of use for accessing the computer system. Since you prefer journalisim, take a look at this Wired article - it details the charges against him.
I read a bit of the indictment and I find it hard to believe the charges are 'trumped up' because they are so easy to disprove.
Did he or did he not buy the laptop?
Did he or did he not access an MIT wiring closet?
Did he or did he not program the above purchased laptop to retrieve a massive number of documents in a manner inconsistent with their terms of use?
Personally I think his passion for his political/legal positions drove him to commit crimes, crimes for which the penalty was so great it may have driven him to suicide, but as the previous poster mentioned - we don't know why he did it. (was there a note?)
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among his age group (after accidental death), there are likely causes outside his achievements that drove him to take his own life, like the other 5-6,000 suicide victims in his age group each year.
Most applications (especially the internal apps that drive a workplace) are going to be running on Linux and served up through a web interface.
Put down the crack pipe, it's warping your mind.
Corporate America runs on Windows desktops and laptops, and the vast majority of servers on the WAN are Windows. Webservers and other public-facing servers are a hodge-podge of various OS.
The proof would be in the job postings on sites like dice.com, monster.com, etc. - I invite you to compare the number of Windows admin and programming opportunities vs. Linux...
Apparently nearly every poor, minority, elderly or young person in the United States has no state-issued ID - at least that is what one political party would have you believe.
Joe Stalker sits in a car, watches student walk by, and notes the RFID that shows up on his scanner. From that point on the student is trackable by RFID.
Of course, Joe Stalker has covered the city with his own private RFID readers, all networked into own datacenter where he downloads all the tracking information and is now able to track the student by RFID, right?
Well sure, but they'd need a computer with the bomb to make it work - hey, they could use one of those ever-so-inexpensive Raspberry Pi computers... We need embedded computer control laws (like Pseudophed control laws) to try and stop such harmful devices!
And your child will be booted out of the school for failiing to attend (the ID takes the place of attendence.
Explain that you damaged school property, and you'll likely be booted out of the school.
This is a charter/magnet school - there is typically a long list of applicants willing to wear the "mark of the beast" if it means getting a better education.
Once booted, the child will simply go to their neighborhood school, just like before.
Sure they will - the next crop of kids at this magnet'charter school will appreciate their sacrifice and happily wear the badges and get a (most likely) superior education. Children apply to be accepted into this school, they can easily be kicked out and replace no problem.
When you went to school, teachers knew how to get kids to come into class - now teachers lack that basic skill. These ID badges are to help the district get it's full funding from the state.
If the teachers today could do what your teachers were able to do "back in the day" there would be no need for this.
Remember why schools have metal detectors, guards, gates and practice lockdowns - to protect the children from, among other things, other students. Maybe we need to consider how we are raising our kids?
They aren't used to unlock doors, they are used to keep an accurate inventory of the students, for state funding purposes.
Apparently teachers at this charter/magnet school have a hard time getting the kids out of the hall and into their first class, and it is that first class that determines state funding for the day. See, the school gets it's funding based on the number of students in the building EACH DAY - on senior skip day (for example) the school gets 1/4th the state funding it normally gets, since 1/4th of the students are out of the building.
If you have access to the database that correlates RFID badge numbers to student records, why would you go through the trouble of installing RFID readers all over town? You have the student's home address, their bus route (if any), their class schedule, etc.
Every major US news organization ran every OBL video they could get their hands on, as did MOST foreign news outlets. None of them were whisked off to Git'mo.
Witholding OBL videos from the public/intelligence agencies would have been more likely to earn them an all-expense paid vacation, that puts AJZ on the side of the terrorists, not the US Gov't/Coalition forces.
Remember, the interview was done AFTER the attacks, with the full knowledge of the attacks - if they were afraid of being seen as supporting OBL, they would have never scheduled the interview in the ifrst place.
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While frustrating for him, from the outside looking in, it's kinda funny. No matter what he does to assert his innocence, it will appear as lies to the owner of the missing phone...
I'm sorry, are you new to Slashdot?
Typically you're lucky if commenters even read the entire clip provided at the top of the story, let alone the linked-to article. ANd additional/background research to form an opinon, that's nearly unheard of here! ;^)
He broke into the MIT wring closet, installed his own computer, programed his computer to download files at a rate sometimes 100x the normal load for every legitimate user at MIT, hid his face from security cameras, and generally gave off every indication that he fully understood what he did was wrong/illegal, yet continued. Plain and simple, you don't have to work in the Ethics department to understand he comitted crimes.
Maybe, if anything, the letter that "chided" the defendant's FIFTH attempt to supress evidence cause the kid to realize that as smart, special, and wonderful as he and his friends thought he was, he was not above the law, and he was not able to outsmart/out manuver the federal prosecutors.
I suspect he realized he stood a very, very good chance of going to federal "pound you in the a _ _" prison, and while his first mistake was breaking the law to further his cause, right behind that was his second mistake - failing to try and plead the case down to avoid prison time (if that was an option).
What are you talking about?
I simply pointed out that his political motives may have driven him to break the law - he had 13 federal charges against him for his misguided steps attempting to "liberate" scientific journals.
I went on to explain that being a brilliant and passionate 26 year-old does not make him immune to all the other reasons 5-6,000 people in his age group successfully take their own lives each year.
Stating the obvious (without a note we won't know why he did what he did) makes me a "hater"? Puh-leeze...
The indictment is the legal document that says what he was charged with, no more, no less. I don't understand why you would have an issue with a review of the actual charges against him, since many here (and elsewhere) are trying to portray this as a Turing-like harassment by the government (which it is not).
He (allegedly) installed his own computer into an MIT wiring closet, took repeated steps to overcome MIT's efforts to stop him, hid from security cameras, and violated the terms of use for accessing the computer system. Since you prefer journalisim, take a look at this Wired article - it details the charges against him.
"Intent to piracy" is not in the indictment, his intentions aren't at issue, it was his actions.
I read a bit of the indictment and I find it hard to believe the charges are 'trumped up' because they are so easy to disprove.
Did he or did he not buy the laptop?
Did he or did he not access an MIT wiring closet?
Did he or did he not program the above purchased laptop to retrieve a massive number of documents in a manner inconsistent with their terms of use?
Personally I think his passion for his political/legal positions drove him to commit crimes, crimes for which the penalty was so great it may have driven him to suicide, but as the previous poster mentioned - we don't know why he did it. (was there a note?)
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among his age group (after accidental death), there are likely causes outside his achievements that drove him to take his own life, like the other 5-6,000 suicide victims in his age group each year.
Put down the crack pipe, it's warping your mind.
Corporate America runs on Windows desktops and laptops, and the vast majority of servers on the WAN are Windows. Webservers and other public-facing servers are a hodge-podge of various OS.
The proof would be in the job postings on sites like dice.com, monster.com, etc. - I invite you to compare the number of Windows admin and programming opportunities vs. Linux...
Texas shooting stopped by an off-duty policewoman - this occurred nearly one month ago:
http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/12-17-12-texas-movie-theater-shooting-creates-chaos-and-fear-but-quick-thinking-security-guard-steps-in/
It could just as easily have been a regular citizen with a CCW permit...
Except for buying her own healthcare coverage and paying for other people's contraceptives.
Sorry - forgot my link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/voter-id-laws-minorities_n_1878893.html
Apparently nearly every poor, minority, elderly or young person in the United States has no state-issued ID - at least that is what one political party would have you believe.
Birth Certificate
Social Security Card
You had "identification papers," you just didn't use them.
It's a charter/magnet school - just kick the offenders back to the "regular" public schools and backfill with a student from the waiting list.
Of course, Joe Stalker has covered the city with his own private RFID readers, all networked into own datacenter where he downloads all the tracking information and is now able to track the student by RFID, right?
Do you know how asinine that sounds? It's Dr. Evil "Sharks with frickin' lasers on their heads" stupid.
It didn't work.
Well sure, but they'd need a computer with the bomb to make it work - hey, they could use one of those ever-so-inexpensive Raspberry Pi computers... We need embedded computer control laws (like Pseudophed control laws) to try and stop such harmful devices!
Play up the religious angle - Moses had "tablets"... Of course, he smashed them when he saw his people worshiping a false idol...
And your child will be booted out of the school for failiing to attend (the ID takes the place of attendence.
Explain that you damaged school property, and you'll likely be booted out of the school.
This is a charter/magnet school - there is typically a long list of applicants willing to wear the "mark of the beast" if it means getting a better education.
Once booted, the child will simply go to their neighborhood school, just like before.
Sure they will - the next crop of kids at this magnet'charter school will appreciate their sacrifice and happily wear the badges and get a (most likely) superior education. Children apply to be accepted into this school, they can easily be kicked out and replace no problem.
When you went to school, teachers knew how to get kids to come into class - now teachers lack that basic skill. These ID badges are to help the district get it's full funding from the state.
If the teachers today could do what your teachers were able to do "back in the day" there would be no need for this.
Remember why schools have metal detectors, guards, gates and practice lockdowns - to protect the children from, among other things, other students. Maybe we need to consider how we are raising our kids?
They aren't used to unlock doors, they are used to keep an accurate inventory of the students, for state funding purposes.
Apparently teachers at this charter/magnet school have a hard time getting the kids out of the hall and into their first class, and it is that first class that determines state funding for the day. See, the school gets it's funding based on the number of students in the building EACH DAY - on senior skip day (for example) the school gets 1/4th the state funding it normally gets, since 1/4th of the students are out of the building.
If you have access to the database that correlates RFID badge numbers to student records, why would you go through the trouble of installing RFID readers all over town? You have the student's home address, their bus route (if any), their class schedule, etc.
Unless it involves fracking...
Every major US news organization ran every OBL video they could get their hands on, as did MOST foreign news outlets. None of them were whisked off to Git'mo.
Witholding OBL videos from the public/intelligence agencies would have been more likely to earn them an all-expense paid vacation, that puts AJZ on the side of the terrorists, not the US Gov't/Coalition forces.
Remember, the interview was done AFTER the attacks, with the full knowledge of the attacks - if they were afraid of being seen as supporting OBL, they would have never scheduled the interview in the ifrst place.