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EJ Tower wrote in after hearing audio of Cory’s PWNED seminars @ USC (ongoing).

> I’ll try to keep this quick. Been enjoying your pwned lectures a lot.
> Just got a Java update today for my computer and decided to give the
> ULA a read through and found these interesting:
>
> “You acknowledge that Licensed Software is not designed or intended
> for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any
> nuclear facility. Sun Microsystems, Inc. disclaims any express or
> implied warranty of fitness for such uses.”
>
> ” This Agreement is the entire agreement between you and Sun relating
> to its subject matter. It supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
> oral or written communications, proposals, representations and
> warranties and prevails over any conflicting or additional terms of
> any quote, order, acknowledgment, or other communication between the
> parties relating to its subject matter during the term of this
> Agreement. No modification of this Agreement will be binding, unless
> in writing and signed by an authorized representative of each party.”
>
> with that last part, any agreement you had with sun is changed when
> you click accept to update Java.
>
> “G. Installation and Auto-Update. The Software’s installation and
> auto-update processes transmit a limited amount of data to Sun (or its
> service provider) about those specific processes to help Sun
> understand and optimize them. Sun does not associate the data with
> personally identifiable information. You can find more information
> about the data Sun collects at http://java.com/data/. “
>
> good to know i am telling them things.

The alternative, of course, being Adobe Flash?!?

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