While he is cleared currently the prosecution clearly misunderstood what he did. The fact that the foss files were not Goldman Sachs property nor would GS files be useful in the new company (different structures, different machines, different - aka, not the same) was ignored - or more likely not understood by the legal sides.
According to wikipedia a new law was added to make his actions illegal, even if they still do not understand what happened. Trade secrets cannot involve foss. And they simply cannot understand that.
The current mindset of our government is punish any that they want to. Regardless of the facts.
Add to that the basis of his work is/was math which cannot be protected.
A man in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation feels it is duty to convince everyone else to make his job easier because he doesn't really get security. An agency that entraps citizens because it cannot find terrorists, what better way to spend time than convincing Americans to act against the country so they can arrest them, thus proving that they are protecting America.
Actively doing good is significantly better than passively not doing evil. One day Larry and Sergey might actually learn that.
They have always seemed (in my view) to believe that their code is better than any person. Sadly, removing people from the decision path is not always the right thing to do.
At the top of the form are several latino versions, which look amazingly like legitimate theaters or sellers.
We need a fine for each failure. Make it the gross profit of the instigating firm (WB in this case). Then WB would be fined its GP for the year, paid into a low-income broadband support fund.
Stop on the brakes. Stay on the brakes. Steer away from danger.
Trolley problem is an issue when none of the above are done. Add to that the level of awareness the automated car has over the mediocre driver. They are seconds ahead of the driver in recognition of potential problems.
Are you aware of anti-lock brakes or auto-correcting a slide? Both of those already exist in manually driven cars. There is less requirements today to do that in software as the vehicle already does it.
Thinking is a great idea, but I'll bet ya you aren't doing it.
So far, every voting machine that has been 'accessed' by other means have had two choices for operating systems, MSDOS or Windows. While there might be a Linux/BSD option I have yet to hear/read about one.
Both MSDOS and W* are so hackable as to not having any protection at all. Paper trail audits could at least warn about a problem, or attempt to back out the hack.
But, you would have to acknowledge that it is a possibility first. That isn't going to happen.
They have already failed as an innovative corp that has devolved to a cash grabbing copyright troll.
Oracle isn't failing in the we are running out of cash option. The business side is still cranking the cash machine.
If you have any SFWO (Sad Friends With Oracle) you will without a doubt be able to listen to horror stories about Oracle's licensing police and their friendly audits that cost their customers millions. They have been know to watch for announcements of IT improvement projects that increase the number of cores and virtual systems which all need a separate license for their products.
Even better, IMO, are the ones regarding trying to get out of a contract with Oracle. Those efforts are much like this trail.
I used paypal for a little while. But stopped when they withheld $300k from Notch because nobody could make a game, publish on the internet, advertise it by word of mouth and game press then accept payment by paypal. How unbelievable was that? So they kept the money.
Notch finally got paid, but it looks like let's make a little cash on the side scam by paypal - to me.
To make it even more bizarre remember that Minecraft was coded in Java.
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Sergey Aleynikov, case in point.
According to wikipedia a new law was added to make his actions illegal, even if they still do not understand what happened. Trade secrets cannot involve foss. And they simply cannot understand that.
The current mindset of our government is punish any that they want to. Regardless of the facts.
Add to that the basis of his work is/was math which cannot be protected.
On the post: Traffic Is Fake, Audience Numbers Are Garbage, And Nobody Knows How Many People See Anything
Happily included at Techdirt.com
On the post: DHS Offers Its Unsolicited 'Help' In Securing The Internet Of Things
The public wants to know.
On the post: FBI Director: Our Electronic Voting System Is Such A Complete Mess, It Would Be Difficult To Hack
So, the FBI is secure because ...
A man in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation feels it is duty to convince everyone else to make his job easier because he doesn't really get security. An agency that entraps citizens because it cannot find terrorists, what better way to spend time than convincing Americans to act against the country so they can arrest them, thus proving that they are protecting America.
Yeah, right.
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Do no evil, how about just doing the job.
They have always seemed (in my view) to believe that their code is better than any person. Sadly, removing people from the decision path is not always the right thing to do.
The white monolith indeed.
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Spanish listings as well.
We need a fine for each failure. Make it the gross profit of the instigating firm (WB in this case). Then WB would be fined its GP for the year, paid into a low-income broadband support fund.
On the post: Australian Government Using Data Retention Law To Seek Out Journalists' Sources, Hunt Down Whistleblowers
Welcome to Australia.
Come join the fun, please email first.
On the post: Nice: NASA Opens Up Its Research Online For Free
Why the link to the an article?
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-unveils-new-public-web-portal-for-research-results/
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Re: Trolley problem eclipsed by modern cars.
s/Stop/Stomp/
On the post: Engineers Say If Automated Cars Experience 'The Trolley Problem,' They've Already Screwed Up
Trolley problem eclipsed by modern cars.
Stop on the brakes.
Stay on the brakes.
Steer away from danger.
Trolley problem is an issue when none of the above are done. Add to that the level of awareness the automated car has over the mediocre driver. They are seconds ahead of the driver in recognition of potential problems.
On the post: Engineers Say If Automated Cars Experience 'The Trolley Problem,' They've Already Screwed Up
Re: Dumb question.
Thinking is a great idea, but I'll bet ya you aren't doing it.
On the post: Apple Updates iOS To Close Three Separate 0days That Were Being Exploited
Please use Zero-day or Zday
On the post: Tempting Fate: Pittsburgh Election Officials Insist Their E-Voting Machines Can't Be Hacked
And it runs on DOS!
Both MSDOS and W* are so hackable as to not having any protection at all. Paper trail audits could at least warn about a problem, or attempt to back out the hack.
But, you would have to acknowledge that it is a possibility first. That isn't going to happen.
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Honesty?
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Re: Oracle Gave Google A License for Java SE
Now, being the cynic that I am we have two possible reasons. A: this stupid case, B: Nobody cared about it anyway as JavaSE is still a piece of crap.
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Re: The Neverending Story
Oracle isn't failing in the we are running out of cash option. The business side is still cranking the cash machine.
If you have any SFWO (Sad Friends With Oracle) you will without a doubt be able to listen to horror stories about Oracle's licensing police and their friendly audits that cost their customers millions. They have been know to watch for announcements of IT improvement projects that increase the number of cores and virtual systems which all need a separate license for their products.
Even better, IMO, are the ones regarding trying to get out of a contract with Oracle. Those efforts are much like this trail.
On the post: Why The NSA's Vulnerability Equities Process Is A Joke (And Why It's Unlikely To Ever Get Better)
A better relationship
Sounds like an abusive relationship to me.
Maybe they think a exploiting SV that they get their back doors because they were nice?
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But millennials aren't having sex.
Maybe, the millennials are have sex but are lying in surveys. That would be just like them.
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Welcome to Minecraft
Notch finally got paid, but it looks like let's make a little cash on the side scam by paypal - to me.
To make it even more bizarre remember that Minecraft was coded in Java.
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Wow!
What can I say, when Comcast provides such fodder the comedians will take to their keyboards.
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