A man driving a lorry in the UK who was sending a test message to his girlfriend and killed another driver received 5 years in prison back in 2001. Not paying due care and attention to the road has long been a crime in the UK and more recently this has been extended to no use of mobile phones unless you make use of a hands-free kit.
I don't even understand how you could ask yourself the question. Of course it isn't.
As someone who spends a lot of time online, I'm usually the one pointing out that despite the fact a conversation takes place over the internet, human emotion is still involed. One shouldn't assume that their actions have no social consequences.
However, in the realms of RPG, one should come to expect that there are people who seek to disrupt the experience for everyone else and move on.
I also disagree with the suggestion that threats are unjustly illegal.
I'm one of the users affected by this. My customised home page changed without any interaction from me to include Sports and Top Stories in place of ITV F1 News and Tom's Hardware News. Other widgets remained such as Slashdot and BBC News. GMail and Search History are also still present. I've made use of the aforementioned themes either..
That's what I meant to say. To think I sat here refreshing waiting for the minimum time between clicking reply and submitting the form to elapse when I knew I should have checked my post for obvious errors.:(
It's because of people like you that we have WGA and other such anti-piracy features. I'm still puzzled as to why people who are too damn cheap to pay companies their dues think that they're superior than us honest consumers.
Depending on how high Microsoft rates a malware threat, affected files sometimes bypass quarantine and are seemingly permanently (save recovery tools) deleted.
Quite why he's worried about being served malware when in the very same sentence he said he doesn't use an OS capable of running the program in question is anybody's guess, but my main point is that the Slashdot story he links to states that the banner ads pointed to malware, not that Windows Live Messeneger permitted a third party install any unwanted software. Does anyone (technically aware) really click these types of advertisements? I sure don't.
This proof of concept didn't work for me since although I run as an administrator user, my browsers/email clients are launched using a neat little tool from Microsoft called DropMyRights.
Of course, we're still able to use our @gmail.com addresses. All this means is that users in the EU who didn't sign up before 2005 (and are therefore much less likely to care) missed the boat. Nobody really loses. European techies will continue to call it GMail.
Worst case scenario if Google censors their index so the Chinese public have access to it: Information (that an arbitrary entity deems acceptable) is more accesible Worst case scenario if Iran has nuclear arms: millions of people die
Of course you're only making a point, but the first situation is arguably the right thing to do; they are in no way making things worse. Your example can have devastation consequences and so can be considered Bad Thing(TM).
Google have made it easier for Chinese users to find uncensored content and clearly labels pages where results have been censored. Since they would not be allowed to conduct business if they didn't allow this, I can't really see how what they did can be considered morally wrong.
Whole article:
DURHAM. N.C. (AP) -- That cup of coffee just not getting it done anymore? How about a Buzz Donut or a Buzzed Bagel? That's what Doctor Robert Bohannon, a Durham, North Carolina, molecular scientist, has come up with. Bohannon says he's developed a way to add caffeine to baked goods, without the bitter taste of caffeine. Each piece of pastry is the equivalent of about two cups of coffee.
While the product is not on the market yet, Bohannon has approached some heavyweight companies, including Krispy Kreme, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks about carrying it. Not much of an article.. No substantial information regarding caffeine content. I was looking forward to comparing this to Sky Rockets and Bawlz.:(
25% does seem a little high, but then again it's not hard to imagine that people who this affects don't talk with too many people online who they haven't met in person. Just today I was playing Counter-Strike (1.6 of course) and a fellow player revealed the reason for them not moving or shooting; a pop-up. This is hardly a rare occurrence. I can't empathise in any way with those who are perfectly content to accept their computer is infected with some sort of adware and believe there is nothing they can do to prevent the infection of such malware.
Being an ex-Neopets player, that is nothing new. eBay doesn't permit anything that copyright holders can rightfully object to and has routinely removed auctions selling Neopoints for years.
eBay policy: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/vero/ Neopets ToS: http://neopets.com/terms.phtml
#5 * requests for money by using your Neopets, Neopoints or any other Neopets property on third party sites or your personal websites (including Ebay) In my opinion, all this really means is that more will be sold on less well-known sites with an arguably higher proliferation of fraud.
Slashdot Mirror
I have nothing to say and I'm saying it.
..because you'd never be able to change gear.
A man driving a lorry in the UK who was sending a test message to his girlfriend and killed another driver received 5 years in prison back in 2001. Not paying due care and attention to the road has long been a crime in the UK and more recently this has been extended to no use of mobile phones unless you make use of a hands-free kit.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1166267.stm
I'm not so sure about that..
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Google search for "extradited from the US": http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22extradited+fr
US-UK extradition treaty: http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/USExtradition_2
I don't even understand how you could ask yourself the question. Of course it isn't.
As someone who spends a lot of time online, I'm usually the one pointing out that despite the fact a conversation takes place over the internet, human emotion is still involed. One shouldn't assume that their actions have no social consequences.
However, in the realms of RPG, one should come to expect that there are people who seek to disrupt the experience for everyone else and move on.
I also disagree with the suggestion that threats are unjustly illegal.
I'm one of the users affected by this. My customised home page changed without any interaction from me to include Sports and Top Stories in place of ITV F1 News and Tom's Hardware News. Other widgets remained such as Slashdot and BBC News. GMail and Search History are also still present. I've made use of the aforementioned themes either..
What do they actually hope to achieve by filing these lawsuits? Is it profit? I just don't understand.
That's what I meant to say. To think I sat here refreshing waiting for the minimum time between clicking reply and submitting the form to elapse when I knew I should have checked my post for obvious errors. :(
You hope this is the start?
That's a simile; not a metaphor. ;)
Every PC I've ever bought was free of any OS.
It's because of people like you that we have WGA and other such anti-piracy features. I'm still puzzled as to why people who are too damn cheap to pay companies their dues think that they're superior than us honest consumers.
Five minutes? What endurance pills are you taking?
Depending on how high Microsoft rates a malware threat, affected files sometimes bypass quarantine and are seemingly permanently (save recovery tools) deleted.
Quite why he's worried about being served malware when in the very same sentence he said he doesn't use an OS capable of running the program in question is anybody's guess, but my main point is that the Slashdot story he links to states that the banner ads pointed to malware, not that Windows Live Messeneger permitted a third party install any unwanted software. Does anyone (technically aware) really click these types of advertisements? I sure don't.
This proof of concept didn't work for me since although I run as an administrator user, my browsers/email clients are launched using a neat little tool from Microsoft called DropMyRights.
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Read more: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972827
£500.000 is five hundred pounds. Don't correct (what you believe to be) people's ignorance with an example you know nothing about.
5th Gear isn't even in the same league as Top Gear.
"Will result in" or "can result in"? A maximum sentence isn't always passed - and is in fact probably the exception rather than the norm.
Of course, we're still able to use our @gmail.com addresses. All this means is that users in the EU who didn't sign up before 2005 (and are therefore much less likely to care) missed the boat. Nobody really loses. European techies will continue to call it GMail.
All in all, a non-issue.
You're missing the point.
Worst case scenario if Google censors their index so the Chinese public have access to it: Information (that an arbitrary entity deems acceptable) is more accesible
Worst case scenario if Iran has nuclear arms: millions of people die
Of course you're only making a point, but the first situation is arguably the right thing to do; they are in no way making things worse. Your example can have devastation consequences and so can be considered Bad Thing(TM).
Google have made it easier for Chinese users to find uncensored content and clearly labels pages where results have been censored. Since they would not be allowed to conduct business if they didn't allow this, I can't really see how what they did can be considered morally wrong.
DURHAM. N.C. (AP) -- That cup of coffee just not getting it done anymore? How about a Buzz Donut or a Buzzed Bagel? That's what Doctor Robert Bohannon, a Durham, North Carolina, molecular scientist, has come up with. Bohannon says he's developed a way to add caffeine to baked goods, without the bitter taste of caffeine. Each piece of pastry is the equivalent of about two cups of coffee.
While the product is not on the market yet, Bohannon has approached some heavyweight companies, including Krispy Kreme, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks about carrying it. Not much of an article.. No substantial information regarding caffeine content. I was looking forward to comparing this to Sky Rockets and Bawlz.
25% does seem a little high, but then again it's not hard to imagine that people who this affects don't talk with too many people online who they haven't met in person. Just today I was playing Counter-Strike (1.6 of course) and a fellow player revealed the reason for them not moving or shooting; a pop-up. This is hardly a rare occurrence. I can't empathise in any way with those who are perfectly content to accept their computer is infected with some sort of adware and believe there is nothing they can do to prevent the infection of such malware.
eBay policy: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/vero/
Neopets ToS: http://neopets.com/terms.phtml #5
* requests for money by using your Neopets, Neopoints or any other Neopets property on third party sites or your personal websites (including Ebay) In my opinion, all this really means is that more will be sold on less well-known sites with an arguably higher proliferation of fraud.