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Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators

From	Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators
Date	2011-11-16 17:02 -0800
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Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> Daniel Pitts wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> >> Why go to the hassle of changing your legal name? It's not like giving
> >> false information to large corporate marketing departments^W^W^W^Wweb
> >> forms is an offense under the law or anything. ;) At most it's a TOS
> >> violation and the account you create won't last long (cf. Facebook,
> >> Google Plus).
> >Because if I change my legal name, then I have legal recourse for them 
> >discriminating against me ;-).
> 
> 
> 
>      "Your Honour, we have documented proof in writing of the
> defendant's intent to commit computer hacking.  Exhibit A is a name
> change application that the defendant ..."
> 
> [snip]

Cute, but given that Daniel's approach involves no login to any computer systems, no coding, no scripting nor any other computer activity of his own, it would be very difficult indeed to make a case that he's engaging in computer hacking.  In fact, he would make such a change with no certain knowledge that computer systems have a weakness, much less any demonstrable attempt to exploit such weakness.

http://xkcd.com/327/

-- 
Lew

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toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-13 09:17 -0800
  Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-11-13 17:59 +0000
    Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-14 10:28 -0800
      Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-11-14 10:55 -0800
        Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-15 09:04 -0800
        Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators kensi <kensi_kensington@zoonoses.de> - 2011-11-16 12:50 -0500
          Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-11-16 13:47 -0800
            Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-16 16:09 -0800
              Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-16 17:02 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-16 17:31 -0800
              Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-11-17 22:51 +0000
            Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-17 02:43 -0800
              Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> - 2011-11-17 08:57 -0500
              Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-11-18 16:05 -0800
            Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators kensi <kensi_kensington@zoonoses.de> - 2011-11-17 21:21 -0500
            Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-20 13:29 +0100
              Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-20 08:23 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Brixomatic <wanja.gayk@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-21 04:39 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-11-21 11:25 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-25 21:44 -0500
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2011-11-26 15:34 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 14:20 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-11-21 19:22 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-21 22:45 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-10 12:15 +0100
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators ilAn <idonot@wantspam.net> - 2011-12-10 19:47 +0200
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-12-10 14:57 -0400
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators ilAn <nosuch@email.com> - 2011-12-11 10:46 +0200
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-12-12 07:42 -0400
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators ilAn <nosuch@email.com> - 2011-12-12 16:06 +0200
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2011-12-13 02:01 +1100
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-17 12:30 +0100
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-17 12:30 +0100
            Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-11-22 19:47 -0800
          Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-16 14:02 -0800
            Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-17 08:42 +0000
          Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Nigel Wade <nmw-news@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2011-11-17 15:09 +0000
            Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators kensi <kensi_kensington@zoonoses.de> - 2011-11-17 21:22 -0500
          Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators spk <jhic@speak.invalid> - 2011-11-17 13:40 -0400
            Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-17 09:56 -0800
              Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators spk <jhic@speak.invalid> - 2011-11-17 14:00 -0400
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-11-17 19:23 +0000
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators spk <jhic@speak.invalid> - 2011-11-17 16:35 -0400
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-17 13:50 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators spk <jhic@speak.invalid> - 2011-11-17 18:48 -0400
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators thoolen <tholen01@gmail.com> - 2011-11-17 18:33 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-17 13:48 -0800
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators "Joe Attardi" <jattard1@gmail.com> - 2011-11-18 12:20 +0100
                Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators thoolen <th00len@th0lenbot.thorium> - 2011-11-18 15:21 -0500
            Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators thoolen <tholen01@gmail.com> - 2011-11-17 18:31 -0800
    Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-20 13:14 +0100
      Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-11-20 08:29 -0800
        Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Brixomatic <wanja.gayk@googlemail.com> - 2011-11-21 04:03 -0800

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