I agree that ads, animated GIFs, Flash content, etc. are a bigger problem than anything these guys were doing. Fortunately, especially with open source software, we can circumvent this advertising crapware. If I didn’t use ad blockers, I wouldn’t look at half the sites I do.
On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > 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 ============================================================ 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
