So, what this seems like is it lets you connect to your stolen computer to retrieve the files. A sort of hidden, unprotected FTP server on your computer. Couldn't this possibly be used by a hacker to steal your files remotely? How does the computer know it has been stolen, and how does it identify the rightful user? And how can you ensure that someone doesn't get your files before you do?
Seems like a potentially dangerous utility, even worse than the Sony rootkit.
In response to the personal jab:
I brought up a possibly overlooked aspect of the software. I didn't say that it made MS or VMware better than the other. I just posed it for people to consider. In other words, I am MS's "poster child" because I actually THINK about things instead of blindly touting one side or the other. From the post: "This is not a criticism of VMware".
I post food for thought, and because I am not a fanboy, I am labeled as an overrated flamer who is the "poster child for the effects of Microsoft marketing spin". Remember, I did NOT say that VMware was bad, or even that MS was better than VMware. It was just a simple possibility to consider.
Now, for speaking my mind, I will be flamed out of existence. Thank you.
Although VMware appears to be better for now, will it have the same level of support and compatibility that Microsoft provides? And will it be able to continue inproving, or will MS overtake it in the near future? This is not a criticism of VMwaer, it is something to consider before completely favoring VMware.
A total of 502 randomly selected adults were interviewed Thursday night for this survey. Margin of sampling error is five percentage points for the overall results. The practical difficulties of doing a survey in a single night represents another potential source of error.
502 people is not representative of hundreds of millions of people, especially given the 'sources of error'. Also, the article said more than half of people polled supported Bush's handling of privacy matter. 51±5 = 46 = less than half.
Especially given that Bush's overall approval rate is approx 35%, according to CBS.
a lot of chickens. No one wants to buy the player until there are movies, and no one wants to make movies until people buy the player. Gentlemen, we have reached an impasse.
Many people claim to have found the "perfect business strategy", such as 'do what nobody else is doing' or 'sell to unlikely markets' or even 'make a company specifically to steal someone else's money by patenting anything and everything and then suing anyone who makes it'. Overall, it worked for some people, but others might fail completely at this.
However, a trend of young entrepeneurs is appearing. If you decide to "go where the market isn't", then you should not be a young entrepeneur. Overall, you should just do what you think will work.
Why would one need batch-sized automatic image editing? Although I can see one wanting to edit many pictures at a time, I think that you would still need to manually specify what you want done, and where. Unless you wanted to do almost identical edits to many different pictures (read: destalinization), then the application seems not to have much use.
On one hand, this may be an intro into a market in which Google will begin to destroy Microsoft's market share. On the other hand, this could be just the opportunity Microsoft needs to bring Google down. Google and Microsoft will now have products in the same category: Word Processors.
Many times peer review (or just review by someone else) can lend a lot of ideas and improve performance. Better performance --> Better Product -->(hopefully) Better Sales.
Sounds like a good incentive for a company to put ideas out there. It is kind of the same thing as beta testing, but beta reviewing instead.
However, it won't be nearly as fast as we hope, because the speed of a computer depends on all of the components. Until we have quantum motherboards, video cards, etc., computers will still be highly limited. However, it can still crack encryption better than the NSA's supercomputer (read Digital Fortress).
At that point, it wouldn't necessarily be discrimination. It is pretty much the same principle as a health care provider not accepting your request or raising your rates if you smoke. Smoking increases risks of cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses, so it makes sense that the health care provider denies your request or raises your rates. Now, refusal to hire someone based on genetic predispositions to something is an extreme example, and that is wrong. However, reduced benefits for extreme predispositions or other things (hidden genetic illnesses) might be justified.
It would be a good thing. Either Microsoft gets bitten by its own pro-patent policy, or it takes an anti-patent policy, benefitting Open Source. Unless software companies fail to grow a backbone and neither of the above happen.
On one hand, he could have used legitamite methods to verify the site. On the other hand, he didn't destroy any data, view private information, nor was it a malicious purpose (supposedly).
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So, what this seems like is it lets you connect to your stolen computer to retrieve the files. A sort of hidden, unprotected FTP server on your computer. Couldn't this possibly be used by a hacker to steal your files remotely? How does the computer know it has been stolen, and how does it identify the rightful user? And how can you ensure that someone doesn't get your files before you do?
Seems like a potentially dangerous utility, even worse than the Sony rootkit.
In response to the personal jab: I brought up a possibly overlooked aspect of the software. I didn't say that it made MS or VMware better than the other. I just posed it for people to consider. In other words, I am MS's "poster child" because I actually THINK about things instead of blindly touting one side or the other. From the post: "This is not a criticism of VMware". I post food for thought, and because I am not a fanboy, I am labeled as an overrated flamer who is the "poster child for the effects of Microsoft marketing spin". Remember, I did NOT say that VMware was bad, or even that MS was better than VMware. It was just a simple possibility to consider. Now, for speaking my mind, I will be flamed out of existence. Thank you.
Although VMware appears to be better for now, will it have the same level of support and compatibility that Microsoft provides? And will it be able to continue inproving, or will MS overtake it in the near future? This is not a criticism of VMwaer, it is something to consider before completely favoring VMware.
A total of 502 randomly selected adults were interviewed Thursday night for this survey. Margin of sampling error is five percentage points for the overall results. The practical difficulties of doing a survey in a single night represents another potential source of error.
502 people is not representative of hundreds of millions of people, especially given the 'sources of error'. Also, the article said more than half of people polled supported Bush's handling of privacy matter.
51±5 = 46 = less than half.
Especially given that Bush's overall approval rate is approx 35%, according to CBS.
You mean VHS vs. BetaMax... Oh no...
a lot of chickens. No one wants to buy the player until there are movies, and no one wants to make movies until people buy the player. Gentlemen, we have reached an impasse.
If you trust your employees, you might find a lot less security breaches. Many breaches are only due to an employee with an axe to grind.
Many people claim to have found the "perfect business strategy", such as 'do what nobody else is doing' or 'sell to unlikely markets' or even 'make a company specifically to steal someone else's money by patenting anything and everything and then suing anyone who makes it'. Overall, it worked for some people, but others might fail completely at this. However, a trend of young entrepeneurs is appearing. If you decide to "go where the market isn't", then you should not be a young entrepeneur. Overall, you should just do what you think will work.
With our nation and our economy in such delicate balance, do we really want to disrupt things?
Why would one need batch-sized automatic image editing? Although I can see one wanting to edit many pictures at a time, I think that you would still need to manually specify what you want done, and where. Unless you wanted to do almost identical edits to many different pictures (read: destalinization), then the application seems not to have much use.
On one hand, this may be an intro into a market in which Google will begin to destroy Microsoft's market share. On the other hand, this could be just the opportunity Microsoft needs to bring Google down. Google and Microsoft will now have products in the same category: Word Processors.
Many times peer review (or just review by someone else) can lend a lot of ideas and improve performance. Better performance --> Better Product -->(hopefully) Better Sales. Sounds like a good incentive for a company to put ideas out there. It is kind of the same thing as beta testing, but beta reviewing instead.
However, it won't be nearly as fast as we hope, because the speed of a computer depends on all of the components. Until we have quantum motherboards, video cards, etc., computers will still be highly limited. However, it can still crack encryption better than the NSA's supercomputer (read Digital Fortress).
Nvm... there is no article... i wrote this so I kind of expected everyone to have seen the reuters article... my bad
If you RTFA, you see that you can rate podcasts for other users. I'm signing up now... once I get an iPod :P
At that point, it wouldn't necessarily be discrimination. It is pretty much the same principle as a health care provider not accepting your request or raising your rates if you smoke. Smoking increases risks of cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses, so it makes sense that the health care provider denies your request or raises your rates. Now, refusal to hire someone based on genetic predispositions to something is an extreme example, and that is wrong. However, reduced benefits for extreme predispositions or other things (hidden genetic illnesses) might be justified.
How would someone be discriminated against based on Genetic Material?
Sorry, but you have a AGGTAGTGCACA sequence. We can't hire you.
Not much of an incentive for others to continue, but that is how testing works : )
See the earlier article Oracle To Buy Siebel
It would be a good thing. Either Microsoft gets bitten by its own pro-patent policy, or it takes an anti-patent policy, benefitting Open Source. Unless software companies fail to grow a backbone and neither of the above happen.
could have used legitimate methods
Maybe by crosschecking a list of valid donation sites?
On one hand, he could have used legitamite methods to verify the site. On the other hand, he didn't destroy any data, view private information, nor was it a malicious purpose (supposedly).
Another site never heard from. Wait...
Something that increases freedom of use will stifle innovation? Someone help me out here.
It would be great for Japan to start making desktops for Linux... Linux is getting a well earned boost.