Police target the hacker next door
Lee Glendinning
Wednesday April 18, 2007
The Guardian
They hunch over laptops in their cars on neighbourhood streets, tapping into other people's wireless broadband connections for some free time online, and are fast becoming criminals of the internet age.
Wi-Fi theft leaves no fingerprints and keeps its distance, but thousands are at risk because they don't adequately password protect their wireless accounts.
Using the strong broadband signal of the neighbours may seem relatively harmless but it can now result in a criminal record.
In the past month two people have been arrested for using other people's wireless connections without permission in Worcestershire, in what are believed to be among the first cases of their kind. A man was spotted by residents using a laptop while parked in his car outside a house in Redditch.
In an unconnected incident, a 29-year- old woman was arrested following a similar incident, also in Redditch, earlier in the month.
They received a caution for dishonestly obtaining electronic communication services with intent to avoid payment. . .
Full story at: Technology Guardian
Friday, April 20, 2007
The importance of being insured
Insurance has come to stay as a part of our daily life (and our daily expense).
Our house is insured, our car is insured, our dog is insured, our children are insured...why not us?
Why not protecting the one you love making sure that if something happens they will be able to go on living?
And if besides that you can find also a life insurance that gives you advantages when you live and insures you if you die, what could be a better investment for your money?
Many of us who have asked for a mortgage are obliged to have a life insurance to cover the risk of the mortgage and very often it looks like wasted money, one expense more for our restricted budget.
Why not making a good investment out of it?
Ever heard of Whole life insurance?
Whole life insurance policies offer features other than basic death benefits. Owning a policy is almost like owning a home. You can earn equity with your insurance policy. The longer you have it, the more equity you can earn. You can even use your whole life insurance policy to receive cash or to borrow money against it.
These whole life insurance policies provide owners with a permanency that is not available with most kinds of insurance. It can be very comforting to owners to know that their policies cannot be canceled as long as they pay their premiums.
Where to find it?
At Washington Life Insurance you can find all the details about it and also about Term life Insurance, you can get Life Insurance Quotes , know how much it is going to cost you, compare costs and decide.
All sitting in front of your computer and taking all the time you need to decide.
Why rushing and signing for the wrong Insurance when you have the chance to see what better suits you?
This is a sponsored post, please read disclosure policy.
Our house is insured, our car is insured, our dog is insured, our children are insured...why not us?
Why not protecting the one you love making sure that if something happens they will be able to go on living?
And if besides that you can find also a life insurance that gives you advantages when you live and insures you if you die, what could be a better investment for your money?
Many of us who have asked for a mortgage are obliged to have a life insurance to cover the risk of the mortgage and very often it looks like wasted money, one expense more for our restricted budget.
Why not making a good investment out of it?
Ever heard of Whole life insurance?
Whole life insurance policies offer features other than basic death benefits. Owning a policy is almost like owning a home. You can earn equity with your insurance policy. The longer you have it, the more equity you can earn. You can even use your whole life insurance policy to receive cash or to borrow money against it.
These whole life insurance policies provide owners with a permanency that is not available with most kinds of insurance. It can be very comforting to owners to know that their policies cannot be canceled as long as they pay their premiums.
Where to find it?
At Washington Life Insurance you can find all the details about it and also about Term life Insurance, you can get Life Insurance Quotes , know how much it is going to cost you, compare costs and decide.
All sitting in front of your computer and taking all the time you need to decide.
Why rushing and signing for the wrong Insurance when you have the chance to see what better suits you?
This is a sponsored post, please read disclosure policy.
Stopping the hypocrisy of advertising
We have finally come close to it: stopping the brainwashing.
But as we see this approaching we also see how the old world is struggling to die, it is a matter of too much money to just say: we are finished.
The new motto is: the old advertising is dead, let us find a new one.
Now they begin to talk about: Check out: The Path to One-to-One Marketing: The Evolution of Behavioral Targeting.
And the hypocrisy goes on: "Yahoo!'s mission is 'to connect people to their passions, their communities, and the world's knowledge.' If we succeed at this mission then everything we do improves the lives of consumers. We know we are getting it right when consumers come to Yahoo! and stay here in droves."
That is in poor words: let's forget the mass brainwashing, let's concentrate on the individuals.
Thanks to the Net we know everything of this guy, where he lives, what he likes, what he wants, how much he earns, how much he saves and how much he spends.
Let's brainwash him in the right and sophisticated way.
Let's create in him the need for what we sell, let him be one of our new clones.
"But those that definitely work to improve people's lives tend to make money more easily. When the money is the byproduct of the work and not the reason for it, it is easier to sustain one's career."
Let's explain what the RIGHT life should be, what he should eat and what he should do.
Then we supply all the information’s to be WHAT he is aiming to.
In principle we work to improve his life, to answer his needs.
Too bad he really wouldn't need what they want to sell, but he is PUSHED to need it...
And then:
"Old isn't always bad, but new isn't always good either. There's an element of destruction in much of the technology in terms of disintermediation of business models (which is potentially threatening to thousands of jobs and millions of dollars) and destruction of our social fabric as we know it (teens who only communicate in text, the breakdown of family time around the TV, and the pervasive role of new media in our lives)."
That is the point.
If advertisement goes back to be what the word means: "telling the others about one product" the loss of the need of the "Middlemen", means the loss of thousands of well paid jobs.
One can easily advertise oneself and more than anything the customer can "choose".
Even if this is in a limited way.
If we consider the power of Search Engines like Google we realize that there is no real freedom of information.
But we are on the way...
People of the World the time has come: no man is born a slave, let's keep our brain as clean from shit as possible.
But as we see this approaching we also see how the old world is struggling to die, it is a matter of too much money to just say: we are finished.
The new motto is: the old advertising is dead, let us find a new one.
Now they begin to talk about: Check out: The Path to One-to-One Marketing: The Evolution of Behavioral Targeting.
And the hypocrisy goes on: "Yahoo!'s mission is 'to connect people to their passions, their communities, and the world's knowledge.' If we succeed at this mission then everything we do improves the lives of consumers. We know we are getting it right when consumers come to Yahoo! and stay here in droves."
That is in poor words: let's forget the mass brainwashing, let's concentrate on the individuals.
Thanks to the Net we know everything of this guy, where he lives, what he likes, what he wants, how much he earns, how much he saves and how much he spends.
Let's brainwash him in the right and sophisticated way.
Let's create in him the need for what we sell, let him be one of our new clones.
"But those that definitely work to improve people's lives tend to make money more easily. When the money is the byproduct of the work and not the reason for it, it is easier to sustain one's career."
Let's explain what the RIGHT life should be, what he should eat and what he should do.
Then we supply all the information’s to be WHAT he is aiming to.
In principle we work to improve his life, to answer his needs.
Too bad he really wouldn't need what they want to sell, but he is PUSHED to need it...
And then:
"Old isn't always bad, but new isn't always good either. There's an element of destruction in much of the technology in terms of disintermediation of business models (which is potentially threatening to thousands of jobs and millions of dollars) and destruction of our social fabric as we know it (teens who only communicate in text, the breakdown of family time around the TV, and the pervasive role of new media in our lives)."
That is the point.
If advertisement goes back to be what the word means: "telling the others about one product" the loss of the need of the "Middlemen", means the loss of thousands of well paid jobs.
One can easily advertise oneself and more than anything the customer can "choose".
Even if this is in a limited way.
If we consider the power of Search Engines like Google we realize that there is no real freedom of information.
But we are on the way...
People of the World the time has come: no man is born a slave, let's keep our brain as clean from shit as possible.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Buy a piece of heaven with less than what it would cost a garage in London...
Yes, it is definitely right.
Not only that the price of a garage in London is outrageous, but that you can buy a piece of heaven with £30.000 and a bigger one with pool for less than £100.000.
Where? At North Cyprus Property you can find all the details and more.
For example you buy today and next week you can go and live there.(Yes you can also have a wonderful already furnished home)
On their website you can see 360 degrees rotating camera views, photographs and a plan of your dream house.
And the blue sky with sun most part of the year comes for FREE!
This is a sponsored post, please read disclosure policy.
Not only that the price of a garage in London is outrageous, but that you can buy a piece of heaven with £30.000 and a bigger one with pool for less than £100.000.
Where? At North Cyprus Property you can find all the details and more.
For example you buy today and next week you can go and live there.(Yes you can also have a wonderful already furnished home)
On their website you can see 360 degrees rotating camera views, photographs and a plan of your dream house.
And the blue sky with sun most part of the year comes for FREE!
This is a sponsored post, please read disclosure policy.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
About copyrights
I agree that copyright owners deserve fair compensation.
First, I believe that most copyright does not create new wealth as do inventions. Generally copyright only shifts wealth from one pocket to another.
I have known many top inventors. Dr. Damadian (MRI), Wilson Greatbatch (Pacemaker), Gordon Gould (Laser), Gertrude Elion (Leukemia treatment and other inventions), and Jim Fergason (LCD) to name a few. The value of those inventions are incalculable. What is a movie or song worth to society? Is there any comparison?
Second, I think that the priorities are backwards. Copyrights have very robust protections, protections which have steadily increased while the ability to protect patents is much more limited.
Third, I think that the term of protection for copyright is far too long.
Most certainly copyrights deserve protection for a long enough period to give a reasonable return. How about twenty years or the life of the author, which ever is greater? The Mickey Mouse bill really was outrageous. DRM is outrageous.
Forth, I believe in fair use for both patents and copyright (i.e. research).
The problem is that the copyright interests are attempting to force people to pay again and again for the same work. They are trying to kill all fair use.
Fifth, copyright interests are impeding innovation, not based on the merits but with abusive litigation. And many of the bigger copyright interests are campaigning to weaken inventor's rights while at the same time overreaching with their own rights. Copyright owners should be chasing infringers not crippling new technology. As an inventor I had to punish those whole steal, not those who licensed. I expect copyright holders to live by the same standards. Just as we do not punish people for what they might do, we should not punish the public at large for what a few do.
I am deeply disturbed by the actions of companies like Apple and their iPod.
The truth of the matter is Apple is not a great innovator today. They did a good job of packaging others inventions and of marketing, but they really did nothing to advance the collective arts.
I also do not understand why anyone would by music which is locked in a propriety format. I sure will not. When I pay for a product I do not expect to be forced to watch commercials as is the case with DVD. I rarely go to theaters anymore because they force me to listen to deathening commercials.
I can and will do without products like these. Besides, most of movies are drivel.
I do not mind paying for rights, but I will only do so once for any given work. I will not purchase products which unreasonably restrict my ability to use those products. I will not purchase software with copy protection.
I have a right to make backups and if I cannot backup one product I look for an alternative. I will not pay for subscription software unless there is valuable and constantly updated data which merits ongoing payments.
Ronald J Riley, Exec. Dir. Ronald J Riley, President
InventorEd, Inc. Professional Inventors Alliance
First, I believe that most copyright does not create new wealth as do inventions. Generally copyright only shifts wealth from one pocket to another.
I have known many top inventors. Dr. Damadian (MRI), Wilson Greatbatch (Pacemaker), Gordon Gould (Laser), Gertrude Elion (Leukemia treatment and other inventions), and Jim Fergason (LCD) to name a few. The value of those inventions are incalculable. What is a movie or song worth to society? Is there any comparison?
Second, I think that the priorities are backwards. Copyrights have very robust protections, protections which have steadily increased while the ability to protect patents is much more limited.
Third, I think that the term of protection for copyright is far too long.
Most certainly copyrights deserve protection for a long enough period to give a reasonable return. How about twenty years or the life of the author, which ever is greater? The Mickey Mouse bill really was outrageous. DRM is outrageous.
Forth, I believe in fair use for both patents and copyright (i.e. research).
The problem is that the copyright interests are attempting to force people to pay again and again for the same work. They are trying to kill all fair use.
Fifth, copyright interests are impeding innovation, not based on the merits but with abusive litigation. And many of the bigger copyright interests are campaigning to weaken inventor's rights while at the same time overreaching with their own rights. Copyright owners should be chasing infringers not crippling new technology. As an inventor I had to punish those whole steal, not those who licensed. I expect copyright holders to live by the same standards. Just as we do not punish people for what they might do, we should not punish the public at large for what a few do.
I am deeply disturbed by the actions of companies like Apple and their iPod.
The truth of the matter is Apple is not a great innovator today. They did a good job of packaging others inventions and of marketing, but they really did nothing to advance the collective arts.
I also do not understand why anyone would by music which is locked in a propriety format. I sure will not. When I pay for a product I do not expect to be forced to watch commercials as is the case with DVD. I rarely go to theaters anymore because they force me to listen to deathening commercials.
I can and will do without products like these. Besides, most of movies are drivel.
I do not mind paying for rights, but I will only do so once for any given work. I will not purchase products which unreasonably restrict my ability to use those products. I will not purchase software with copy protection.
I have a right to make backups and if I cannot backup one product I look for an alternative. I will not pay for subscription software unless there is valuable and constantly updated data which merits ongoing payments.
Ronald J Riley, Exec. Dir. Ronald J Riley, President
InventorEd, Inc. Professional Inventors Alliance
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