How the hell would a sales force successfully deliver info. to the customers by email if the whole problem was that their network connections were down?
..how I wrote a breakout-type game on a 80286-12 (I think) and a Hercules graphics adapter in Grade 9 computer class. It's been a long time. Too bad to see Hercules go. *sniff*
A lot of the packet kiddies are working off of systems that the have BO'ed in the past. Tracing things back often only goes as far as the compromised system, where the ping flooding program or whatever is, and is pretty untraceable beyond that due to lack of logs of people clueless about security.
Every few years a company gets it for putting single user license programs across their company. I've seen a few here in Canada, and seen on CNN a few in the states.
Of course, a company can afford big lawyers. A college pirate can't.
Sooner or later possession of pirated software is going to be treated like narcotics possession, if the SPA gets their way. Then we'll see what you have to say.
Stealing a car does directly impact someone. The owner of the car will no longer have use of it, it may be an insurance writeoff (if the thief, who is usually a kid, busts it up). In the best case, the owner still goes through a big hassle to get the car back.
Stealing software is more indirect. It affects the bottom line of the software companies and to some extent indirectly the salaries of the programmers (although the programmers' salaries/wages aren't going to go up necessarily if more copies are sold).
Both are wrong, but calling theft of software the same as car theft is, in my opinion, a bad comparison.
With laws like this is they assume damages to the company that the software is from in the amount of the retail value of the software, when in fact most of the people receiving it wouldn't buy it anyways if it weren't available through piracy.
I'm not saying that piracy is good, it's bad, but perhaps they should calculate 10% of retail value for the damage to the software and movie companies, since no actual physical property was removed.
I bet they claimed the production cost of the movies/software * the number of times pirated to calculate damage done. At least that's the kind of thing they did with Mitnick, don't see why they wouldn't do it here, considering according to this article, they pushed this mostly to make an example out of the guy. To quote: " Mr. Levy's case should serve as a notice that the Justice Department has made prosecution of Internet piracy one of its priorities".
Does anyone else think that a legal system where cases are prosecuted to different extents depending on whether or not the case is needed to make an example (i.e. in a first case) is absurdly injust?
I'm really tempted to be at a sporting goods/hardware store that sells GPS receivers, and be "looking at buying" a couple at 6 PM MDT tomorrow night (MDT = GMT -0600).
Take a look at the countries which have outlawed/have severe restriction on owning guns. With the exception of a few anarchistic countries, those that outlaw or severely restrict guns seem to be less likely to consider the implications of laws that inhibit freedoms.
Example: UK. Owning guns is pretty illegal, with some exceptions. Many cities have surveilance cameras capable of viewing large areas. This isn't the case in the US. Perhaps it's because shooting these cameras is a pastime. Or perhaps it's because a citizenry with guns is more likely to be more vocal and active in pushing for personal freedoms, with less fear of governmental or police relatiation, and in addition, less likely to accept such 1984-ish measures. And corrupt governments and police forces may think twice before enacting draconian measures under the premise of fighting crime.
If he can show that he has a legitimate job with computers, I'm sure his parole officer will let him (that's the terms after all). I'm sure they want to seem SOME of that $4 M. McDonald's isn't going to cut it... Hmmm...I wonder if he can sue for royalties on the movie being made about the case.
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"and the toy-OS BSD ran great on the game machine".
Or they could just push a one line alt="" field down to you... "Shop at amazon.com. Click here" in your text whois output. (just kidding, btw).
How the hell would a sales force successfully deliver info. to the customers by email if the whole problem was that their network connections were down?
..how I wrote a breakout-type game on a 80286-12 (I think) and a Hercules graphics adapter in Grade 9 computer class. It's been a long time. Too bad to see Hercules go. *sniff*
A lot of the packet kiddies are working off of systems that the have BO'ed in the past. Tracing things back often only goes as far as the compromised system, where the ping flooding program or whatever is, and is pretty untraceable beyond that due to lack of logs of people clueless about security.
Every few years a company gets it for putting single user license programs across their company. I've seen a few here in Canada, and seen on CNN a few in the states.
Of course, a company can afford big lawyers. A college pirate can't.
Sooner or later possession of pirated software is going to be treated like narcotics possession, if the SPA gets their way. Then we'll see what you have to say.
Or they pirate it because mommy and daddy won't buy it for them.
There are literally millions of cars stolen per year. And they cost $20000, when the average software (single user) license costs much less.
Don't compare ONE car to ALL software stolen per year.
Stealing a car does directly impact someone. The owner of the car will no longer have use of it, it may be an insurance writeoff (if the thief, who is usually a kid, busts it up). In the best case, the owner still goes through a big hassle to get the car back.
Stealing software is more indirect. It affects the bottom line of the software companies and to some extent indirectly the salaries of the programmers (although the programmers' salaries/wages aren't going to go up necessarily if more copies are sold).
Both are wrong, but calling theft of software the same as car theft is, in my opinion, a bad comparison.
I'm not saying that piracy is good, it's bad, but perhaps they should calculate 10% of retail value for the damage to the software and movie companies, since no actual physical property was removed.
I bet they claimed the production cost of the movies/software * the number of times pirated to calculate damage done. At least that's the kind of thing they did with Mitnick, don't see why they wouldn't do it here, considering according to this article, they pushed this mostly to make an example out of the guy. To quote: " Mr. Levy's case should serve as a notice that the Justice Department has made prosecution of Internet piracy one of its priorities".
Does anyone else think that a legal system where cases are prosecuted to different extents depending on whether or not the case is needed to make an example (i.e. in a first case) is absurdly injust?
First, as some people noted, it's Saturday night.
I'm really tempted to be at a sporting goods/hardware store that sells GPS receivers, and be "looking at buying" a couple at 6 PM MDT tomorrow night (MDT = GMT -0600).
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Would be to put in the whois response:
"Repeated use of the whois query service is subject to terms and conditions"
And provide a link to a web page with those terms on it.
Why not use RTG's? Plutonium dioxide cells will generate much more power and won't dissapate as they move away from the sun.
Or then again, just use RTG's and ion engines.
You can sucessfully run windows Directx glide games? Any in particular?
He's probably also counting cells, not batteries.
9V batteries have 6 1.5 V cells
6V batteries have 4 1.5 V cells
Car batteries have a bunch of cells, 6 or 8 I think
He's probably also counting rechargeable cells, per charge.
But it still doesn't make sense. Not at all.
I believe it was Tennessee where at one time in the early 20th century the State government enacted a law wherein PI was declared to be 3.
In the bible, Solomon in his temple builds a round basin, 10 "cubits" across and 30 around. Therefore,
PI = circum/2r = 30/10 = 3
If it's the law, that's too bad if you disagree.
Take a look at the countries which have outlawed/have severe restriction on owning guns. With the exception of a few anarchistic countries, those that outlaw or severely restrict guns seem to be less likely to consider the implications of laws that inhibit freedoms.
Example: UK. Owning guns is pretty illegal, with some exceptions. Many cities have surveilance cameras capable of viewing large areas. This isn't the case in the US. Perhaps it's because shooting these cameras is a pastime. Or perhaps it's because a citizenry with guns is more likely to be more vocal and active in pushing for personal freedoms, with less fear of governmental or police relatiation, and in addition, less likely to accept such 1984-ish measures. And corrupt governments and police forces may think twice before enacting draconian measures under the premise of fighting crime.
If he can show that he has a legitimate job with computers, I'm sure his parole officer will let him (that's the terms after all). I'm sure they want to seem SOME of that $4 M. McDonald's isn't going to cut it... Hmmm...I wonder if he can sue for royalties on the movie being made about the case.
I can't believe that. Not with my experience with Outlook/MSEXCH.
...considering it's a place where you can be shot for theft. I wonder what happens to pirates?
All the moons of Jupiter and Saturn are likely quite warm a few miles down due to intense gravitational tidal forces from their host planets.
Remember that on earth we got bacteria in deep wells that live off hydrocarbons.
Especially if it's in a corporate environment. And do NOT try to get 25000 email users on one box with MSEXCH.