I'm finding it hard to believe that MS brought down the behemoth by secretly bringing down those domain names.
On the other hand, maybe the little miscreants that created this botnet actually made the assumption that the domains couldn't be suspended. That still brings up the question, how long can this court-ordered suspension really last? Indefinitely is not a definite answer.
Going to go check my spam folder now... maybe it's got less crap in it now.
I'm actually curious how log this has been going on. It seems like the corporations, and legal bodies could find more creative ways to spend the money. I would think paying more money to lawyers would be an obvious negative by now.
The comedians of this world have already written hundreds of jokes about lawyers and their self-serving nature. Maybe these litigious companies will realize, one day, there's a reason why.
One of the challenges of being a CTO is finding quality people for your development team. When the search began for employees for our new venture, the pickings were slim. What we needed was a star. We also needed someone that would trust us, and not be argumentative about new concepts. It's pretty easy to pick out the "bad eggs."
Try Eraser
Works fine for removing data. Might not work if advanced forensic techniques are used.
Most thieves don't have access to those forensic tools. And I'm assuming you don't need this level of protection. I'm assuming you're not trying to obfuscate your illegal Tracy Lord mpegs.
A lot of people misinterpret what "freedom of expression" means.
People believe they have the write to "express" themselves as they please in the workplace. That simply isn't the case. Our rights -- our freedoms -- are protected against government interference not private interference. Your employer -- even a government office -- can silence you. There are laws for the workplace that take precedence over your rights. The law protects employees against being discriminated against or being harassed because of their ethnicity, religious beliefs, disabilities, sexual orientation, and gender. Those aren't rights, however. You don't have a right not to be harassed. You are protected by laws.
Quite simply, these officers are out of line, and have broken laws. They don't have a choice but to change their behavior. If they want to frequent this site from home in their private time that is when their right to express themselves is enforceable. However, we all know there are consequences to actions in our private lives as well. But trying to make people behave to serve their best-interest is just a futile effort at protecting "stupid."
The comments about this story are already ridiculous (search news.google.com, and blogs.google.com). Everyone thinks they know their rights, but I can tell by the comments none really know what their rights are, or what a right is.
Good catch there.
When I wrote that I didn't stop to think about the difference between the S&P 500 and NYSE.
I was actually curious about McGraw-Hill, not the S&P 500 as an entity. It's moot now since we'll likely be moderated down anyway.
I seem to recall that NYSE does. Then again, I'm old.
They may have switched to Linux at some point.
I think too much significance is being given to this announcement. Linux has already been quite dominant on the web for some time now. But most people couldn't care less about what delivered their content. How would you even know? Aside from server side errors.
RedHat's best contribution is Tom Lane to PostgreSQL.
Just over one year ago the adventure began. We set out to create a new way to connect with others on the internet. There were a lot of blogs, and social networks to choose from. Then there were the less often used hosting companies where you could set up a very personalized presence on the web.
Right up until you brought up Richard Stallman.
That guy would protest clean underwear, not just RFID tagged underwear.
Next.
The system was down for backups from 5am to 10am last Saturday.
