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Crawling Across Chaos and Time Without End
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Crawling Across Chaos and Time Without End
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Aug
20
2008
Google Security to Crawling Chaos and Morals Posted on 14:45, August 20th, 2008 by Strangely
Google Security Spotlight: July Virus AttacksMy last few posts discussing the recent viral and trojan email spam that I’ve been receiving co-inside neatly with the latest post on the Google Enterprise Blog.
However, my experience of warnings and security alerts from Secunia and ESET shows how fluid the virus maker’s “selling” activity is, and how we must keep on constant alert to keep the bad guys at bay, even though it’s been quite a while since a really decent threat appeared. So what am I trying to say here?
For instance, Secunia has for months now reported only green/yellow/orange mail alerts to me for everything with the sole exception of the odd red alert for Microsoft vulnerabilities in it’s core operating systems and software – i.e. windows and office. These I update immediately. Similarly for ESET and their NOD32 product, except that there has not been a real nasty devilish threat for ages….
What this means is that because of the lax way that Microsoft has built and marketed their products to become the statistical mode OS on the world, that is,
… the world is awash with flaky software, so that even though all machines should, by now, be updated, it simply isn’t being done. That’s the only reason that 4-year old threats are still top of the list. Peer to Peer (p2p)Interestingly, a prime method of distribution of most of these old dodgy viruses/Trojans/worms is p2p software. This demonstrates the low skill set and/or morals of a large portion of the computer-using public. They spend their lives cracking and downloading and thus spreading the malware to an ever increasing low skill user base. There’s so much downloaded that surely, there isn’t the actual time in their lives to actually watch/listen/use the stuff (John Hall – please note!). So therefore, it’s a business. This point was again brought home to me recently in a conversation I had with a blogger who posts links of cracked and copyright material on his website under the guise of “spreading the message of good music”. This related to stuff from Crawling Chaos here, http://crawlingchaos.co.uk/discography/gas-chair-clown-aka-the-gas-chair So it’s starts off with lofty Microsoft and their low business morals and finishes with lowly Jim et al and their low personal morals. Amazon Related:
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I laughed hard when you compared file-sharing with “couch-sharing.”
The analogy was all kinds of non-nonsensical.
For one, with file sharing, the original is NEVER removed. The equivalent in the couch world would be for what’s-his-name-evil-blogger-guy to buy a couch, duplicate the couch, and then distribute the duplicated couches at no expense. He’s not going into the couch store and stealing multiple couches to distribute, he is making them himself and distributing them without earning a dime.
So, please, if you’re going to complain about people sharing music, at least give valid reasons instead of making up some half-baked analogy aimed at demonizing/criminalizing some po’ lil’ boi.
P.S. Your music’s rather good and Lovecraft is amazing, though if he were alive I’m sure your relationship would mirror that of Steely Dan and William S. Burroughs.
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Glad to spread a little joy.
The analogy was of course a simple physical real-world analogy c.f. something that appears ephemeral and worthless to most people i.e. ones and zeroes in the digital domain. This is the difficulty in doing comparisons and analogies. It’s hard to make simple folk realise that it’s not like with like.
On the other hand and as a simpler comparison, try justifying someone copying JK Rowling’s works (at no expense) and distributing the free-to-read copies on the internet (at no expense). Remember, they don’t “make a dime” from the process but do it from the goodness of their heart to “spread the word” or some such self congratulatory phrase.
Okay, now do it yourself and see how far you get.
An action is an action is an action. It’s the same action, no matter what the wealth or status of the individuals involved or the perceived value of an object or service.
Thanks for your kind comment about our music. Apart from that, I feel like a clueless cunt because my illiteracy leads me to completely miss your last point.
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