Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 22:15:09 12/21/97
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You keep bringing up the analogy of "the back door being unlocked". The analogy does not hold for a couple of reasons. This was a program that Ed gave out for free before XMAS to celebrate the history of AEGON and to help Rebel sales by giving users more of a taste of things to come if they bought Rebel 9 which by the way is a very very good program. Noone is sure what those extra engines are to this day except Ed. For all we knew at the time they were extra engines that were disabled somehow to play weaker. It seems that is the case after much testing by some users. Rebel Decade has 40 fewer features than Rebel 9. Even so I did attempt to contact Ed, believing that maybe He had made a mistake. As it turns out he had already removed the program from his site. I didn't discover the workaround. It had been discovered by at least 2 others. I was simply the first and only one to publish the exact procedure. If I wouldn't have done it, others would surely have done so very quickly. I knew this and decided since the cat was out of the bag anyway, I went ahead and published. At the same time I sent emails to Ed and Rob to warn them and even attempted to telephone ED at home. I fulfilled my responsibilities both as a journalist and as a friend. Unfortunately the journalist in me came first. I rationalized that since it was public knowledge, publishing was fair game. Okay I lost a friend . I accept that. But I do not accept that you accuse me of dishonesty or of lacking integrity. On December 22, 1997 at 00:35:03, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On December 21, 1997 at 23:52:14, Komputer Korner wrote: > >>Are you suggesting that I should not act like a journalist when I >>receive a tip that had already been published? What am I supposed to >>do, pretend that the workaround didn't exist when I knew that others had >> discovered it? > >I am not a journalist, I have not taken journalism classes. If anyone >out there knows more and wants to respond to this and set either or both >of us straight, please do. > >The impression I have is that a journalist reports news. And the fact >that someone has left their back door unlocked does not seem to me to be >news. Reporting this information simply provides an invitation to >steal, it is very likely that no good use will be made of the >information. > >Regardless of the legality of reporting such information, the ethics of >reporting it seem clear, don't they? > >bruce
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