"If someone takes this extremely well written post, edits it a bit, and prints it in their magazine, with no credit to Anonymous Cowards everywhere, I don't care. I don't care if it took me years of research to generate this post."
That's one poster's opinion. Another opinion might be that I have spent years article writing, I am a professional writer, and I make my living writing, and that it should be my choice as to whether or not an article I wrote appear on a website. I may freely give that article to do with as you wish, but I don't believe you should simply take it, give me no credit for it, and mock me when I call you on it.
You have several interesting & valid points, the plain fact of the matter is that in between the market manipulation and the anti-trust issues there is some genuine innovation that happens at Microsoft; Surface and the F# language are two examples. But when you come from a Unix/Linux background to the Microsoft world, and examine Windows and the like under the covers, some very strange architectural choices come to light, and many of those strange choices are in the security layer of the file system, as a negative example. NTFS has a very complicated and cryptic file protection scheme compared to permissions on a Unix file system. They've made some pretty frankly strange decisions in that arena and that cuts right to the heart of the matter. Also, in making their systems easy to use the decision default " on " all services and subsystems was a pretty bad one. Each and every service on a windows PC is a possible attack vector for malicious 'sploiter to 'sploit. Linux certainly has its own share of problems, the X display system is full of security concerns, for their bad example. But basic security is part of the Unix family, not an afterthought or a "feature".
Yes, I read the article. The guy was stupid. It doesn't change the fact that I was raised one way, and you were obviously raised another. The vic has obviously been raised in a somewhat sheltered life. Another thing; this is probably not much of a hit to him. He'll still be rich after this, and hopefully a little wiser. But deserved to be conned? Then lets all just run side businesses as pimps prostituting 9 year old girls and assembly lines of children putting together cheap consumer crap for .12 cents an hour, I mean, what's the difference? If its ok to con stupid people, shit. Lets get down to some real business.
"...we as a warrior society..."
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"...I have never lived in a time of peace."
Join the club, and the united states doesn't have a copyright on war. Do you know how many days of peace the world has experienced since the birth of Christ? None. ZERO. The US has only been around for a little over 3% of that time.
"We always act so surprised when we are attacked. Yet we always have an enemy. If you have enemies you get attacked. Duh!"
Right or wrong we have had a dominant place in the world for the last 60 years, and the top dog is always seen as the "problem". I'm curious to know how the world would be vastly improved by a change in that status, which is coming. The rise of China shall surely change the balance of power. This is a government that killed over 2000 of its young people over opposition to its internal policies a little over 20 years ago. Would the world be vastly improved with a dominant China?
@imafool: "Anyone who manages to scam 6 million bucks for a computer repair deserves to keep whatever he got."
Why? So plain honesty has no place in your world view? The guy deserves to be ripped-off because he hasn't taken the time to learn about crap he really doesn't give a shit about to begin with? The victim here contracted a service from a con artist. Maybe he should have vetted the business. Maybe he shouldn't have been so trusting. I suspect the guy is not in IT. This is why people hire people, isn't it? To get things done for us that we don't know how to do for ourselves. And for that the guy deserves to get conned?
Forget the coffee, and the knives. Anyone with a gun permit should be allowed to carry a gun, and gun permits should be easier to get than they currently are. I'd be curious to see the stats on hijackings and school shootings if law abiding citizens were allowed to carry guns and not be legally hassled if they had to use them during an emergency. We currently for all practical purposes deny citizens the 2nd amendment and treat people who use guns to defend themselves as criminals, and that seems to really be working; maybe its time for an about-face.
Oh, and by the way, shooting hole in a pressurized plane does not result in catastrophic depressurization.
"If they are told that they dislike a certain person with "politician x disgraced for previous indiscretions, polls expected to take a dip", then people will follow like sheep."
Also incorrect and easily shown by the outcome of the November midterms. If people simply voted the way the media told them the democrats would have been blown in to office with no effort.
"I never suggested it should be used to downplay or up the severity of the crime."
No, but you implied it by mentioning a measuring stick at all. See, already my point is illustrated. Best to remove all doubt and not allow such a measure, since its not in the laws anyway.
"Cyber-crime is just another definition to limit the type of crime that is being talked about."
Why does it have to be limited? Limited in what way?
"That doesn't however mean that the term shouldn't exist."
I completely disagree. Crime is crime in a blind justice world, categorizing it gives politicians and others with any kind of agenda the ability either downplay or up the severity of the crime to fit their needs. Completely against the moires of a blind justice system. There's no legitimate reason to second-guess or distort what the people, the real writers of statutes and penal codes, are trying to convey. If you want a society based on laws that bend and fold with the times and the "feelings" of the masses I highly recommend you buy one of these islands in the pacific and start your own society because I want none of it here.
"I'm pretty sure it's illegal to flip off or otherwise disrespect the police in the UK."
And what exactly what would be the reasoning behind such a law? Respect for the color of authority or some other nebulous nonsense? I'm frequently amazed by the number of comments I see online from Europeans who openly mock the US tradition & constitutionality of our 1st amendment, as if its some anachronistic bit of uselessness. Its clear to me that such people don't "get it", and how blind acceptance of whatever authorities dictate is such a mistake. Yet this seems to be the norm over there.
"If I ever switch to console gaming, instead of PC gaming - Windows won't even be on my PC."
Yes, that was my philosophy until I found out that Napolean Total War, a title I have been waiting for since I first heard about it, would only be available for the PC. So I STILL have a pc I use occasionally for games hanging around. Sucks.
"The US is a pure capitalist country, simple as that."
No, not really. But its still possible for anyone with the go-getit attitude to be successful. I thank my lucky stars I was born in a country where I can make money if I wish.
See, choice is a wonderful thing. If I so chose, I could live in poverty and whine about how great it would be if the US was just another whiny-assed European broke socialist system where everyone shares in the failure equally. I am thankful everyday that I live in country where I can choose to do that, or press on and make a good living.
Americans do drive me nuts. If they aren't used to it, its new, or something, they freak. Its been well over 150 years since the world agreed that the metric system was superior and here we are still stuck with the English system. I'm so sick of pennies I simply toss them to the ground or dump them all in the penny bowl after I complete a retail transaction. I get being thrifty but there's no point to counting every penny. I really could do without the damn things.
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That's one poster's opinion. Another opinion might be that I have spent years article writing, I am a professional writer, and I make my living writing, and that it should be my choice as to whether or not an article I wrote appear on a website. I may freely give that article to do with as you wish, but I don't believe you should simply take it, give me no credit for it, and mock me when I call you on it.
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Re: I'm lost...
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Well, it is the Korean Penninsula...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death
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and
"...I have never lived in a time of peace."
Join the club, and the united states doesn't have a copyright on war. Do you know how many days of peace the world has experienced since the birth of Christ? None. ZERO. The US has only been around for a little over 3% of that time.
"We always act so surprised when we are attacked. Yet we always have an enemy. If you have enemies you get attacked. Duh!"
Right or wrong we have had a dominant place in the world for the last 60 years, and the top dog is always seen as the "problem". I'm curious to know how the world would be vastly improved by a change in that status, which is coming. The rise of China shall surely change the balance of power. This is a government that killed over 2000 of its young people over opposition to its internal policies a little over 20 years ago. Would the world be vastly improved with a dominant China?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Oh for crying out loud.
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Why? So plain honesty has no place in your world view? The guy deserves to be ripped-off because he hasn't taken the time to learn about crap he really doesn't give a shit about to begin with? The victim here contracted a service from a con artist. Maybe he should have vetted the business. Maybe he shouldn't have been so trusting. I suspect the guy is not in IT. This is why people hire people, isn't it? To get things done for us that we don't know how to do for ourselves. And for that the guy deserves to get conned?
Come on.
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Re: Re: Re: Oh for crying out loud.
Oh, and by the way, shooting hole in a pressurized plane does not result in catastrophic depressurization.
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Also incorrect and easily shown by the outcome of the November midterms. If people simply voted the way the media told them the democrats would have been blown in to office with no effort.
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No, but you implied it by mentioning a measuring stick at all. See, already my point is illustrated. Best to remove all doubt and not allow such a measure, since its not in the laws anyway.
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So the recent midterm elections mean...?
I wish more people would think about what they're going to say rather than blindly type it in.
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Re: Depends on how you use it.
Why does it have to be limited? Limited in what way?
"That doesn't however mean that the term shouldn't exist."
I completely disagree. Crime is crime in a blind justice world, categorizing it gives politicians and others with any kind of agenda the ability either downplay or up the severity of the crime to fit their needs. Completely against the moires of a blind justice system. There's no legitimate reason to second-guess or distort what the people, the real writers of statutes and penal codes, are trying to convey. If you want a society based on laws that bend and fold with the times and the "feelings" of the masses I highly recommend you buy one of these islands in the pacific and start your own society because I want none of it here.
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Re: Simple Definitions
"Tea Pooper"??
Assuming your besmirching the tea party movement, what in THE HELL do they have to do with this?
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And what exactly what would be the reasoning behind such a law? Respect for the color of authority or some other nebulous nonsense? I'm frequently amazed by the number of comments I see online from Europeans who openly mock the US tradition & constitutionality of our 1st amendment, as if its some anachronistic bit of uselessness. Its clear to me that such people don't "get it", and how blind acceptance of whatever authorities dictate is such a mistake. Yet this seems to be the norm over there.
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Yes, that was my philosophy until I found out that Napolean Total War, a title I have been waiting for since I first heard about it, would only be available for the PC. So I STILL have a pc I use occasionally for games hanging around. Sucks.
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Re: Money, money, money
No, not really. But its still possible for anyone with the go-getit attitude to be successful. I thank my lucky stars I was born in a country where I can make money if I wish.
See, choice is a wonderful thing. If I so chose, I could live in poverty and whine about how great it would be if the US was just another whiny-assed European broke socialist system where everyone shares in the failure equally. I am thankful everyday that I live in country where I can choose to do that, or press on and make a good living.
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Re: either or...
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Friggin' rediculous indeed
ABOLISH THE PENNY NOW.
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Closely followed by Nancy Pelosi.
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