Then they should ban all cash register software running on windows, since win32 binaries include things like compile time, and two different compiles of the same source will poduce binaries with different checksums.
gl4ss wrote: "then you don't get a receipt."
Is getting a recepit common in shoarma/kebab restaurants in Norway? In The Netherlands I have gone to many, and almost none give receipts. They also have usually prices where you don't have to work with lots of change when you pay cash: most Dutch shops would charge 9,95, they just charge 10 Euro's. In one Chinese restaurant I frequently visit you couldn't pay by card until a few months ago. They would redirect you to the ATM just outside the restaurant.
The US seems to be going the Zimbabwian way, where they had to decrease the font used on banknotes to fit all the zeros on it...
Ask any Zimbabwian how well this has worked out.
Cisco already made backdoors in some products we know of (the recent hazzle about their IP-phones). And they won't even fix some of them.
Unless you're connected with the Dalai Lama I think you're much safer with Chinese hardware than with American. At least the Chinese don't give a damn if I download movies for free.
They don't (have to) store your mails, only who you send it to: the traffic data. That in itself is bad enough though, and one of the reasons I run my own mailserver on a provider subdomain. Them setting up reverse DNS incorrectly caused a lot of mail to bounce, but after they corrected it (9 minutes after I mailed them about it, they act very quick) I have not had those problems again.
Spam is on the groups I am on not much of a problem anymore: the marketeers seems to have forgotten the textgroups on usenet. Sometimes I do have problems with other kinds of spam, like the sci.physics.* groups being overrun by crackpots, but for that there are moderated groups like sci.physics.research.
The providers have one very big choice: move to a country with more freedom than the US, like Ukraine. Especially countries that are pissed off by the US and are more than happy to return the favor.
eDonkey had a single point of failure: the software was closed-source and maintained by a company that could be sued to bancrupcy. eMule, that was developed als an open eDonkey client, does not suffer from that problem. It is open source and several forks are in widespread use.
eMule is close enough. Each node is equivalent to another, and searches are done through the nodes, so there is no single website to block. Further, the software is open source so going after the maintainers (like they did with Limewire and edonkey) won't work too.
I'm still using usenet discusion (i.e. non-binary) groups. They have both advantages and disadvntages over webfora. One advantage is that you can really say what you like - no forum mailtainer that bitches about blocking XXX remarks or discussions about cracked software.
In the ongoing battle between artificial monopolies against free sharing all centralized single point of failures are under attack. Now they attack usenet by attacking the search engines. Decentralized systems with also decentralized search technology are the future - try shutting down something like the eMule KAD network. Combined with tools like PeerBlock to keep the spyfirms out this is still pretty secure.
Because the "intellectual property" nonsense wasn't so ridiculous back then. Fortunately, when the Chinese will gain more power, those notions will probably get weaker again.
When I see pictures of the storm damage, I notice most houses in the USA seems to be built of wood. No wonder they are not storm resistant, did they forgot the story of the 3 little pigs and the wolf? In the part of Europe I live almost all houses are built of stone, storms do cause damage but you never get complete villages completely crashed. Wood is used for garden small homes, not for the house you normally live in.
All of the disdvantages there don't apply to the books I download from various p2p networks. Rather, I can make backup copies easily, can copy them to anyone who likes then (no need for complicated lending constructions), my USB sticks pobably outlive the paper of the cheaper pockets (some paper books I bought in my youth are already seriously degrading). And, of course, I can carry an entire library on a small device.
The other one is mobile phone ads "Sent from my ___".
I accept those for their information value. If I get a short mail telling me "sent from a phone" (almost always from business-used iPhones) I know that the person in question has read my mail but I know I don't have to expect long replies. I'll get a better reply when he/she's back in office.
That will teach you NOT to buy such hardware, or pay for ebooks. Ebooks are much cheaper on your favorite p2p network anyway, and they come without DRM infections.
What makes you think they don't ignore it anyway? That is why I don't care that much about DNT and use AdBlock Plus and Ghostery. The later also blocking those ugly Javascripts.
Don't worry, this is only the penalty for the fools that actually pay for crippled content. Ebooks are much easier to crack than it is to scan and OCR paper books, and the resulting files are small. Distribution via torrent/usenet/sneakernet is efficient. I now carry a library on my phone.
The biggest advantage of eMule is that the search function is also completely decentralized if you're on the KAD network. So blocking central search engines like TPB, as they do in some countries, will be ineffective.
I don't care, I download my ebooks,music, films and series from torrents and eMule. This has the advantage that I can read the ebooks on both my phone and my tablet and share them with someone else without havving to deal with DRM, and watch my video without being pestered with unskippable commercials or warnings from foreign police organizations like the FBI. And The Pirate Bay does not do any geoblocking.
> So if you store information on your own computer and you get a warrant to search your data you have to show your data.
No, in most EU countries (except the UK AFAIK) we do have functional laws against self incrimination and you can tell the government to go find the data itself. If they can't find it or can't decrypt it they are out of luck.
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They do not even WANT to do business in the US. They even refuse to do business with other companies that are US based.
Then they should ban all cash register software running on windows, since win32 binaries include things like compile time, and two different compiles of the same source will poduce binaries with different checksums.
gl4ss wrote: "then you don't get a receipt." Is getting a recepit common in shoarma/kebab restaurants in Norway? In The Netherlands I have gone to many, and almost none give receipts. They also have usually prices where you don't have to work with lots of change when you pay cash: most Dutch shops would charge 9,95, they just charge 10 Euro's. In one Chinese restaurant I frequently visit you couldn't pay by card until a few months ago. They would redirect you to the ATM just outside the restaurant.
The US seems to be going the Zimbabwian way, where they had to decrease the font used on banknotes to fit all the zeros on it... Ask any Zimbabwian how well this has worked out.
Cisco already made backdoors in some products we know of (the recent hazzle about their IP-phones). And they won't even fix some of them. Unless you're connected with the Dalai Lama I think you're much safer with Chinese hardware than with American. At least the Chinese don't give a damn if I download movies for free.
They don't (have to) store your mails, only who you send it to: the traffic data. That in itself is bad enough though, and one of the reasons I run my own mailserver on a provider subdomain. Them setting up reverse DNS incorrectly caused a lot of mail to bounce, but after they corrected it (9 minutes after I mailed them about it, they act very quick) I have not had those problems again.
Spam is on the groups I am on not much of a problem anymore: the marketeers seems to have forgotten the textgroups on usenet. Sometimes I do have problems with other kinds of spam, like the sci.physics.* groups being overrun by crackpots, but for that there are moderated groups like sci.physics.research.
The providers have one very big choice: move to a country with more freedom than the US, like Ukraine. Especially countries that are pissed off by the US and are more than happy to return the favor.
eDonkey had a single point of failure: the software was closed-source and maintained by a company that could be sued to bancrupcy. eMule, that was developed als an open eDonkey client, does not suffer from that problem. It is open source and several forks are in widespread use.
eMule is close enough. Each node is equivalent to another, and searches are done through the nodes, so there is no single website to block. Further, the software is open source so going after the maintainers (like they did with Limewire and edonkey) won't work too.
I'm still using usenet discusion (i.e. non-binary) groups. They have both advantages and disadvntages over webfora. One advantage is that you can really say what you like - no forum mailtainer that bitches about blocking XXX remarks or discussions about cracked software.
In the ongoing battle between artificial monopolies against free sharing all centralized single point of failures are under attack. Now they attack usenet by attacking the search engines. Decentralized systems with also decentralized search technology are the future - try shutting down something like the eMule KAD network. Combined with tools like PeerBlock to keep the spyfirms out this is still pretty secure.
and they'd start showing adverts for divorce lawyers to me soon to be ex wife
Use decent adblock software.
Because the "intellectual property" nonsense wasn't so ridiculous back then. Fortunately, when the Chinese will gain more power, those notions will probably get weaker again.
When I see pictures of the storm damage, I notice most houses in the USA seems to be built of wood. No wonder they are not storm resistant, did they forgot the story of the 3 little pigs and the wolf? In the part of Europe I live almost all houses are built of stone, storms do cause damage but you never get complete villages completely crashed. Wood is used for garden small homes, not for the house you normally live in.
All of the disdvantages there don't apply to the books I download from various p2p networks. Rather, I can make backup copies easily, can copy them to anyone who likes then (no need for complicated lending constructions), my USB sticks pobably outlive the paper of the cheaper pockets (some paper books I bought in my youth are already seriously degrading). And, of course, I can carry an entire library on a small device.
So they want more reasons for people to pirate ebooks than DRM and expensive prices?
The other one is mobile phone ads "Sent from my ___".
I accept those for their information value. If I get a short mail telling me "sent from a phone" (almost always from business-used iPhones) I know that the person in question has read my mail but I know I don't have to expect long replies. I'll get a better reply when he/she's back in office.
That will teach you NOT to buy such hardware, or pay for ebooks. Ebooks are much cheaper on your favorite p2p network anyway, and they come without DRM infections.
What makes you think they don't ignore it anyway? That is why I don't care that much about DNT and use AdBlock Plus and Ghostery. The later also blocking those ugly Javascripts.
The Pirate Bay's ebook section is much better. And much cheaper too.
Don't worry, this is only the penalty for the fools that actually pay for crippled content. Ebooks are much easier to crack than it is to scan and OCR paper books, and the resulting files are small. Distribution via torrent/usenet/sneakernet is efficient. I now carry a library on my phone.
The biggest advantage of eMule is that the search function is also completely decentralized if you're on the KAD network. So blocking central search engines like TPB, as they do in some countries, will be ineffective.
I don't care, I download my ebooks,music, films and series from torrents and eMule. This has the advantage that I can read the ebooks on both my phone and my tablet and share them with someone else without havving to deal with DRM, and watch my video without being pestered with unskippable commercials or warnings from foreign police organizations like the FBI. And The Pirate Bay does not do any geoblocking.
> So if you store information on your own computer and you get a warrant to search your data you have to show your data. No, in most EU countries (except the UK AFAIK) we do have functional laws against self incrimination and you can tell the government to go find the data itself. If they can't find it or can't decrypt it they are out of luck.