Export of IP is a risk. Using personal devices introduces more risk too when standard baselines of security are not enforced.

I'm not saying that what they did is right, or warranted for the situation; they handled it very poorly. But in this day an age where lawsuits or fear of them restrict most into inaction when it comes to a gray area like this, you almost have to admire their gumption- that is if it was not instead complete stupidity.

Obligatory Leia quote: "I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain."

Yes, who would farm our WoW gold?

robocopy.exe if you want to sync/mirror on the command line. It's available in a separate, downloadable resource kit.

It definitely didn't hurt I'm sure he worked the system to fullest- doing things such as getting on every transplant waiting list he could.

This is patent trolling at the worst. While they may have a product that actually uses the technology covered by the patent, the patent will end up serving them more by allowing them to squeeze others for existing products. Patent_troll

Instead of redistributing our wealth in forms that those contributing will probably not benefit from, why not just reduce taxes for everyone?

I, for one, welcome our carbon-based overlords. Long live their integrated circuitry.

It's a shame that a handful of students can come up with a solution that the R&D departments of large corporations, until recently in light of the green movement, could not or would not develop or produce.

The majority of the country lives in mud huts with goats in their yards and are lucky to have elelectricity for even part day if at all. Those that happen to live in the city are a little luckier in that they have a few more amenities- possibly a phone, and even fewer a computer. What use is setting up an infrastructure if the population is unable to use it? Are we going to air-drop netbooks?

There's a special place in hell for people like that- on an IT help desk answering unlimited calls and emails, and resetting passwords for all eternity.

A copyright security company called MediaSentry downloaded those 24 files from her. She was sharing considerably more.

The recording companies accused Thomas-Rasset of offering 1,700 songs on Kazaa as of February 2005, before the company became a legal music subscription service following a settlement with entertainment companies. For simplicity's sake the music industry tried to prove only 24 infringements.

He said MediaSentry downloaded a sample of them from the shared directory on her computer. That's an important point, given Davis' new instructions to jurors.

IMO she was guilty- but still don't agree with how they categorized her infraction as "willful infringement". The punishment was ludicrously excessive and she probably will not be able to escape it through bankruptcy. Jury Rules Against Minn. Womain in Download Case