Reminds me of the Umass Boston email system. All you need to reset a password is the users email address (ie name) and their id number. what do you think is printed on the front of every Umass id? Not sure if this is the case throughout all Umass but if you go to umass boston dont use your email for anything important. I do know that some people in IT were made aware of this quite awhile ago...
Ive been using pair for hosting and NIC for years. They are definately not the cheapest option but they are professional, relyable and have been around longer than most others. Id rather pay a bit extra and get a company that cares about its customers and operates in a professional maner...
was wondering the same thing. based on the article its sounds like the intentions are in the right place but there is a lack of real knowledge of the technical details. The time and effort would be much better spent trying to educate consumers or enacting more secure default standards than coming up with vague laws aimed a prosecution.
um their program cant be much more advanced than simple count increment. were talking about what 60 or so votes on a simple increment system? push button -> vote++ -> return vote; mathematically my not be possible to "prove" but should be pretty damned obvious if its gets 60 wrong...
Its pretty simple profesionals need to be licensed to maintain a minimum standard of quality for the public good. PI's are no differnt than plumbers, architects, lawyers, real estate agents, ect. Yes you can do your own plumbing but to be a professional plumber you need a license. Media Sentry is a profesional investigation company thus needs to be licensed as such in the state they are working. Now if the RIAA companies where doing the work themselves it wouldnt be an issue assuming they dont do anything illegal to gain said information.
Actualy dell has been known to do exactly that on their systems. Its not advertised but i know they have done it in the past, as long as it isnt authenticated with MS and you send back the discs.
yes but you also have something to lose. This is just free money for SCO since the company would be gone with out it. Now they just add to a debt the cant pay anyway, but since they are a corporation it will all just go away when they close the doors. Now those investing the money are probably better off taking that 100 million to vegas and getting some free drinks...
nah the telco/cable companies will just add a 1% "licensing fee" to your bill turn around and give this commpany 0.25% and claim the rest is "admisitrative costs".
Because innocent until proven guilty is the foundation of the american justice system, and the universities are the back bone of that justice system (teaching future lawyers, judges, politicians, ect.). The universities, perhapse even more than the average american or coorporations, have an obligation to fight what it views as a potentially unjust action, until such time that they are conviced the action is warrented.
p2p and piracy are two different things.
however i would argue downloading music you own the rights to but no longer have a working hard copy of is a perfectly legitimate use of p2p, and i suspect a court would find the same.
yes but the physical location of the infringing hard drive, being the source of the copyrighted works, could be some what important. im no lawyer but i suspect that may play a role in such a case...
when its perfectly legal fair use. which by the strict modern definition is still piracy. now if your talking the old school definition, well im not on a boat so...
Even if RIAA loses money on this, it doesn't matter much. Until some RIAA board members are facing real prison time, they will use whatever tactics the manage to get away with. It matters if the share holders and parent execs of the media companies actually have enough intelligence to realize they are wasting what will amount to billions on a losing battle rather than spending the money to innovate and become more profitable. Until then all we can do is fight, fortunately we out number them a million or so to one...
yes but your system had nothing to do with internet search. and there is obviously no way to possibly draw and obvious connection between a database search for internal business use and one for internet use. well at least not for any judge in texas... wait northeastern is in ma, google is in ca, why is this case in texas? does cheney have stock in jarg?
yeah is kinda strange having umass boston on the list. no dorm and a relatively open wifi network, im not even sure you can access anything beyond the common ports. my best guess its it more likely faculty using office computers than students.
well if the system is really that good it will predict that the other side will change tactics based the predictions of the system on the other side, then the other side will change its predictions based on that change. ultimately we will see the end of wars as everyone will be standing around not knowing what to do while these systems get stuck in an infinite loop predicting each others next prediction...
This technicaly isnt employment, its more along the lines of education. You are paying them to learn about this type of profession your not actualy employed in the profession. this really no differnt than taking a cooking class or college classes. As long as the work isnt closely related to you current employer I dont see any legal or ethical obligations. may people might actualy just consider this a vacation experience.
it is true that constant training on this is needed to keep the screeners alert, however using an active terminal does not seem like the best solutioin. software failure such as this is just one example. supose the test image actualy covers up something that the screen should have seen, or supose they get so use to the test images that they just asume it was a test when it wasnt (even more plausible now that the test has been proven inacurate). i would think having screen spend 15 min 3 or 4 times a day, on a test machine may be a better way to keep them alert and aware of these situations. simply install a test scanner close by the real scaners and cycle through employees on duty, if lines start to back up the employee is there ready to go. as for the extra cost i think it would be small compaired to the possible consiquences.
some how the bush admin using the phrase "more effective monitoring of United States territory" does not make me feel all warm and fuzzy. since the major advantage to uavs is they dont risk troop in warzones i dont really see the benefits for domestic surveillance. probably useful for boarder patrol i supose.
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Reminds me of the Umass Boston email system. All you need to reset a password is the users email address (ie name) and their id number. what do you think is printed on the front of every Umass id? Not sure if this is the case throughout all Umass but if you go to umass boston dont use your email for anything important. I do know that some people in IT were made aware of this quite awhile ago...
comcast and at&t get a hold of this and we are routed through china to get our email...
I have a strange suspicion that a standard decided upon by Sony and the cable companies will be good for no one...
might also catch googles attention, who happens to have a market cap 400% greater the gdp of paraguay...
Ive been using pair for hosting and NIC for years. They are definately not the cheapest option but they are professional, relyable and have been around longer than most others. Id rather pay a bit extra and get a company that cares about its customers and operates in a professional maner...
was wondering the same thing. based on the article its sounds like the intentions are in the right place but there is a lack of real knowledge of the technical details. The time and effort would be much better spent trying to educate consumers or enacting more secure default standards than coming up with vague laws aimed a prosecution.
um their program cant be much more advanced than simple count increment. were talking about what 60 or so votes on a simple increment system? push button -> vote++ -> return vote; mathematically my not be possible to "prove" but should be pretty damned obvious if its gets 60 wrong...
Its pretty simple profesionals need to be licensed to maintain a minimum standard of quality for the public good. PI's are no differnt than plumbers, architects, lawyers, real estate agents, ect. Yes you can do your own plumbing but to be a professional plumber you need a license. Media Sentry is a profesional investigation company thus needs to be licensed as such in the state they are working. Now if the RIAA companies where doing the work themselves it wouldnt be an issue assuming they dont do anything illegal to gain said information.
Actualy dell has been known to do exactly that on their systems. Its not advertised but i know they have done it in the past, as long as it isnt authenticated with MS and you send back the discs.
yes but you also have something to lose. This is just free money for SCO since the company would be gone with out it. Now they just add to a debt the cant pay anyway, but since they are a corporation it will all just go away when they close the doors. Now those investing the money are probably better off taking that 100 million to vegas and getting some free drinks...
so at what point do we stop letting english and business majors decide what science teacher should be able to teach?
nah the telco/cable companies will just add a 1% "licensing fee" to your bill turn around and give this commpany 0.25% and claim the rest is "admisitrative costs".
Judge: so the jurry has decided on $12 per infringement... that is... $132 to the defendant.
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Because innocent until proven guilty is the foundation of the american justice system, and the universities are the back bone of that justice system (teaching future lawyers, judges, politicians, ect.). The universities, perhapse even more than the average american or coorporations, have an obligation to fight what it views as a potentially unjust action, until such time that they are conviced the action is warrented.
p2p and piracy are two different things. however i would argue downloading music you own the rights to but no longer have a working hard copy of is a perfectly legitimate use of p2p, and i suspect a court would find the same.
yes but the physical location of the infringing hard drive, being the source of the copyrighted works, could be some what important. im no lawyer but i suspect that may play a role in such a case...
when its perfectly legal fair use. which by the strict modern definition is still piracy. now if your talking the old school definition, well im not on a boat so...
yes but your system had nothing to do with internet search. and there is obviously no way to possibly draw and obvious connection between a database search for internal business use and one for internet use. well at least not for any judge in texas... wait northeastern is in ma, google is in ca, why is this case in texas? does cheney have stock in jarg?
yeah is kinda strange having umass boston on the list. no dorm and a relatively open wifi network, im not even sure you can access anything beyond the common ports. my best guess its it more likely faculty using office computers than students.
well if the system is really that good it will predict that the other side will change tactics based the predictions of the system on the other side, then the other side will change its predictions based on that change. ultimately we will see the end of wars as everyone will be standing around not knowing what to do while these systems get stuck in an infinite loop predicting each others next prediction...
This technicaly isnt employment, its more along the lines of education. You are paying them to learn about this type of profession your not actualy employed in the profession. this really no differnt than taking a cooking class or college classes. As long as the work isnt closely related to you current employer I dont see any legal or ethical obligations. may people might actualy just consider this a vacation experience.
it is true that constant training on this is needed to keep the screeners alert, however using an active terminal does not seem like the best solutioin. software failure such as this is just one example. supose the test image actualy covers up something that the screen should have seen, or supose they get so use to the test images that they just asume it was a test when it wasnt (even more plausible now that the test has been proven inacurate). i would think having screen spend 15 min 3 or 4 times a day, on a test machine may be a better way to keep them alert and aware of these situations. simply install a test scanner close by the real scaners and cycle through employees on duty, if lines start to back up the employee is there ready to go. as for the extra cost i think it would be small compaired to the possible consiquences.
some how the bush admin using the phrase "more effective monitoring of United States territory" does not make me feel all warm and fuzzy. since the major advantage to uavs is they dont risk troop in warzones i dont really see the benefits for domestic surveillance. probably useful for boarder patrol i supose.