It's quite apparent that these companies don't want to be DDoSed yet anonymous don't respect those wishes. Anyone who knows the basics of the internet will tell you that you cannot block traffic on the internet, which is why DDoS is such a problem.
"Women enter supermarkets near where I live wearing niqabs all the time. Plenty of anti-scientology protests have involved people wearing masks."
and all of those people can be arrested for trespassing or committing any other crime. Wearing a mask doesn't remove your accountability.
Because the Supermarket can ask you to leave and you can be arrested and charged with a crime for failing to comply. Also you can't do it anonymously without consequence.
I know. I carry a small backpack with a laptop inside and on more than one occasion I've been unable to find a nearby locker to put it in because of asshole bringing suitcases into the cabin and filling all the locker space. Fortunately my bag can slip under the seat in front. If a bag takes up half a locker it's too big and shouldn't be allowed on the plane.
.com does not belong to the United States. The fact that Verisign was assigned control of the registry by ICANN does not change this. Similarly if ICANN gave the registry to an operator in France it would not mean that France now owns.com.
Since Verisign is a private company it is incorrect to say that the US Government controls.com. Sure they can (and do) abuse the unique position they are in by bullying the registry operator. But to conclude that they control.com is similar to concluding that they control Windows updates, since Microsoft also has its headquarters in the US.
I for one find it deeply concerning that the US is asserting jurisdiction over international domains. Many of which are registered outside of the US by foreign registrants and registrars.
Why would Sabu pass up the opportunity for a lighter sentence just to protect some strangers. Most of these guys only know each other via pseudonym and have never met. So there often isn't allot of loyalty to begin with.
Until recently the US did a good job with the internet. But now they have shown that they can't be trusted with the responsibility that is given to them. It's time to move the TLD registries out of the US.
It's also the nature of the communication. I hate phones because people just talk crap instead of just getting to the point. On a radio people get to the point a lot quicker without waffling on endlessly.
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I never made such an analogy.
I never said they were the same thing, only that the effect on me is the same.
Your straw-man failed.
Did you have to work overtime because of a DDoS attack or something?
Nope, but neither do I work overtime for the bank getting held up down the street.
People like Gandhi and Nelson Mandella and Martin Luther King who stood up for what they believe.
Anonymous are nothing more than criminals running from the law.
It's quite apparent that these companies don't want to be DDoSed yet anonymous don't respect those wishes. Anyone who knows the basics of the internet will tell you that you cannot block traffic on the internet, which is why DDoS is such a problem.
"Women enter supermarkets near where I live wearing niqabs all the time. Plenty of anti-scientology protests have involved people wearing masks."
and all of those people can be arrested for trespassing or committing any other crime. Wearing a mask doesn't remove your accountability.
Because the Supermarket can ask you to leave and you can be arrested and charged with a crime for failing to comply. Also you can't do it anonymously without consequence.
Anonymous is more of a extortionist outfit.
"Do what we want, or else...."
DDoS is a form of censorship.
Leaking someone's personal information does destroy businesses and careers. In some cases it can even lead to death.
Also Anonymous by its very definition is a cowards movement. These people have no intention of being caught and held to account.
Yes, attacking someone you don't like makes you a thug.
I know. I carry a small backpack with a laptop inside and on more than one occasion I've been unable to find a nearby locker to put it in because of asshole bringing suitcases into the cabin and filling all the locker space. Fortunately my bag can slip under the seat in front. If a bag takes up half a locker it's too big and shouldn't be allowed on the plane.
Yep, it's amazing what money can buy.
.com does not belong to the United States. The fact that Verisign was assigned control of the registry by ICANN does not change this. Similarly if ICANN gave the registry to an operator in France it would not mean that France now owns .com.
Since Verisign is a private company it is incorrect to say that the US Government controls .com. Sure they can (and do) abuse the unique position they are in by bullying the registry operator. But to conclude that they control .com is similar to concluding that they control Windows updates, since Microsoft also has its headquarters in the US.
I for one find it deeply concerning that the US is asserting jurisdiction over international domains. Many of which are registered outside of the US by foreign registrants and registrars.
Except I'm right.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1591 .com doesn't belong to the US any more than .uk or .au
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain#Types_of_TLDs
.gov .mil .edu and .us are the United States. .com .net and .org are international.
Losing to the US government. How does that make things better?
I call mine Skywalker, Vader and Yoda.
Why would Sabu pass up the opportunity for a lighter sentence just to protect some strangers. Most of these guys only know each other via pseudonym and have never met. So there often isn't allot of loyalty to begin with.
No they shouldn't. I'd rather have ambulance drivers with a clue.
People will just talk even louder "HELLO, HELLO...... CAN YOU HEAR ME......?"
(posting lower caps to bypass filter)
Until recently the US did a good job with the internet. But now they have shown that they can't be trusted with the responsibility that is given to them. It's time to move the TLD registries out of the US.
It's how I steer the car, with hotdog in one hand, beer in the other.
It's also the nature of the communication. I hate phones because people just talk crap instead of just getting to the point. On a radio people get to the point a lot quicker without waffling on endlessly.
A 3rd of Telecommuters can't even dress themselves in the morning as it's too strenuous.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/20/pjs_every_day/
But the user never sees the updates.
I once got a Windows 3.1 visitor to my blog, it was quite astonishing to see. Windows 98 is also seen sometimes.