Maybe I should be shamed for replying to myself, but I thought of another issue.

If I'm running some software to stress test a web server (such as jmeter) am I going to auto-blocked by the software? And if so, am I going to have a means to dispute the blockage?

Also, in reference to "when it does block" it could just block you leaving their network. That way they could point you toward antivirus software or other cleaning utilities hosted on their network.

I meant to add that one reason the ISP might not want to cut off DDoS senders is that they don't want to annoy their customers. Though you would think that they could call the customer at the same time alerting them to an infection, notifying that their internet will be down for 15 minutes (or whatever). Of course it's difficult for joe customer to try to remove the infection without an internet connection. Though it's possible that they're not even home at the time and wouldn't notice or care if it bumped off for a while.

What it sounds like you're saying is that ISP's could cut off individual customers who are sending DDoS traffic thereby killing the DDoS attack. If (I say that lightly) they are already monitoring our upstream traffic why couldn't they do that?

The answer lies in your earlier post, because they can make money selling mitigation to the attackee. When a place I worked was being attacked AT&T (their ISP) was completely disinterested in helping at all. It was even more sickening than them asking for money to help.

And you buy it to perform a certain function. If it didn't perform that function you wouldn't have bought it. 3 years later it will still perform that function just fine (unless you upgrade to iOS 8 - then it will be noticeably slower)

OK, that was a cheap dig - I have an ipad 3 and have refused to upgrade because of mixed reviews. But really, upgrading the OS may make a tablet/phone respond slower.

The same was true for the PC market. There was more of a driving force pushing to upgrade the OS on a PC (security, users at home using newer OSes, other software that depended on newer OSes, etc). But a tablet doesn't generally "need" to move to a newer OS. If it's used as a toy, a web browser, or a media consumption device there is little push to upgrade.

Since nobody else said it I call bullshit on this.
Apple needs to know where you bought it (store, and probably IP or equivalent identifier for the device the transaction came through)
Apple needs to know how much you paid if it's collecting a percentage.
Apple doesn't need to know what you bought.
The first two need to be stored if you have any kind of audit / discrepancy dispute resolution. If there's a time span on when you can file a dispute then they don't need to store anything beyond that.

The one with the bigger stick is right, of course.

Why was this posted as AC? I'm pretty impressed.

Other than the fact that Bilbo's sword did glow when the orcs arrived this is pretty spot-on.

My TWC reception is sometimes sketchy even though I pay over $100 a month for TV and internet. When "Under the Dome" and "The 100" decide that their respective channels are going to not come in during the broadcast so the DVR chokes on it then I go to TPB the next day and pull it down.

When the USB drive that I ripped my CD collection to decided to kick the bucket I went to TPB and downloaded the ones I cared about rather than repeating a long drawn out process.

Rather than ripping my wife's Little Mermaid DVD I went to TPB and downloaded it.

Did anybody get financially butt-hurt by my use of TPB, NO!

Have I ever downloaded something that I didn't have rights to - yes, but not enough for anybody to care. The equivalent of a kid sneaking into a movie theater to watch a movie once or twice.

Have I ever later bought something that I downloaded, absolutely.

Raiding and shutting down a site because there are a few bad apples is equivalent to taking away the 1st amendment. You need to fight for people's right to say stupid things or you will lose your right to say what you want.

Ahh. There's the reason it's not in the US.
Seriously though, our ability to screw up security is the other reason. It has led to distrust, which leads to low or slow adoption rates.

What phone OS and what do you use to police which apps get to use cellular data?

Not free as in "without ANY cost", you're being too idealistic.

The realist definition (if I can say that) is "free to download and use". That allows for ads.
In-app purchases are certainly not free, but are add-ons or unlock functionality not in the free version.

However I do sort of agree, when I hear or see that an app is free I always check to see if it has in-app purchases before I bother to download it. Because I don't have an unlimited data plan I also check screenshots for ads, because data isn't "free".

No, but it's pointless to suggest an eight topping pizza - a waste of my time. That's all I'm saying. Though I'd be willing to let it make a suggestion one time just for the novelty.

At least you're free to downgrade back to a prior version of android. That's my biggest pet peeve with iOS.

Yea, I was thinking I most often get the Pepperoni because I'm not willing to pay the extra for the multiple toppings I really want. So while it may give me a tasty pie I'm not willing to pay for it.

Definition of AD HOMINEM
1: appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect
2: marked by or being an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the contentions made

Origin of AD HOMINEM
New Latin, literally, to the person
First Known Use: 1598

So while it wouldn't meet the original definition. I do believe the definition has evolved enough that it works.
"Attacking the character of 60 minutes (the entity) rather than the story" is what the post was saying, which fits #2 above.