Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!198.186.194.249.MISMATCH!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: toward null-safe cookie cutter Comparators Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:02:34 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 32 Message-ID: <31377212.180.1321491754214.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prnv30> References: Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 2620:0:1000:2404:224:d7ff:fe69:5838 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1321492108 10856 127.0.0.1 (17 Nov 2011 01:08:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:08:28 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=2620:0:1000:2404:224:d7ff:fe69:5838; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:9990 Gene Wirchenko wrote: > Daniel Pitts wrote: > [snip] >=20 > >> 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= =20 > >discriminating against me ;-). >=20 >=20 >=20 > "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 ..." >=20 > [snip] Cute, but given that Daniel's approach involves no login to any computer sy= stems, 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 comp= uter hacking. In fact, he would make such a change with no certain knowled= ge that computer systems have a weakness, much less any demonstrable attemp= t to exploit such weakness. http://xkcd.com/327/ --=20 Lew