Gary writes: "[..] the bigger issue is whether running my software on a users’ computer, for my benefit, and without that user’s knowledge and consent, amounts to stealing. "
Advertisements waste bandwidth, and JavaScript in advertisements or animated GIFs are in some sense stealing CPU cycles. This was supposed to be alternative to advertisements. I can understand why it would infuriate MIT, given these kids hacked out this impressive capability in 2 days, and their reward for their efforts is to get this incoherent subpoena. In the URL below, they don't exactly strike me as hardened criminals.. http://nodeknockout.com/teams/shoop-team Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
