I propose a buycott!
This is where we send letters to targeted companies, stating why we are going to single them out to purchase, not avoid, their products. In this case it is because they voted down CPRM.
DO IT, folks! There is more to be gained from honey and sugar than vim and vigor.
The companies on my Buycott list:
Apple, Adaptec, ST Micro, Western Digital, Maxtor, LSI Logic and Hale Landis (who is this??). ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
I've already donated to the EFF. I shall get that book tomorrow.:) ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
I'll say this until I'm blue in the face.
Why hasn't anyone tried putting up anonymous p2p proxies yet? It would make it impossible for these snoop programs to find your IP address.
End of problem! ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
until the MPAA perfects their copy control enhancements for the human optical nerve.
Movies watermarked for joe blow (SSN 101-69-1984) will not appear as black blobs in the eyes of jane doe.
Fortunately, I already patented this technology.:) ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
How about an anonymous proxy for Napster/Opennap/Gnutella. You log into the proxy, the RIAA only gets the proxy's IP address in a trace, and they have no idea who to go after.
The added latency of the proxy is a problem, but the security and privacy inherent in the architecture is outstanding!!
The final solution to this RIAA crap is so dead simple. ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
Ever try wearing a skirt?
They'll come by the millions!
(Especially the sexy muscular dudes) ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
Now there's a master plan for laizzes-faire if I ever saw one! ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
FORGET THE ANTI ALIASING in games, okay?
Give me a deep story line with complex NPC interaction and conversations, and I won't care if the graphics are blocky, 320x200, and super aliased.
Ultima, Star Control II, System Shock 1/2, and Deus Ex rock the universe.
Why is everyone so obsessed with the latest game graphics, when the story lines suck eggs (or don't even exist)? ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
You could put up proxy servers through which people can log into a napster/opennap server, and the only IP address you'd get to report is the proxy's IP.
The additional latency would be a problem, especially if you do the whole chain proxies thing, but it would make tracking a user impossible.
So why hasn't anyone tried it yet? ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
They're hidden using free encryption Internet programs set up by privacy advocacy groups. The programs scramble the messages or pictures into existing images. The images can only be unlocked using a "private key," or code, selected by the recipient, experts add. Otherwise, they're impossible to see or read.
Privacy advocacy groups are to blame for terrorist activity. Get 'em! Get 'em all! Let's wage a media war on privacy advocacy!!
Lord, I love this weak minded electorate and the media that caters to them...... ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
if the supreme court re-confirms that reverse engineering is legal, and the distribution of circumvention code is legal under the fair use doctrine...
wouldn't that basically nuke the RIAA and MPAA back to the stone age??? ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
When you go on to other consulting projects and they ask for references, the guy who didn't screw his client over will be the one more likely to get the job. Word of mouth does work. Ask Microsoft. ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
and I'll risk my karma and sign this un-anonymously.
I very strongly disagree with cje's post, but it is not something I would say is intended just to rile people up.
One point he made, All right, let's say we all chip in $10/month to read Slashdot. Still want to get rid of those ads? I didn't think so is actually quite on the mark.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
In the US, that'll stop spam dead in its tracks. Allow the user to sue and the ISP to sue. If the ISP shows complacency then sue/fine them too. LOL.
And that is how you turn 10 billion dollars' worth of network abuse into zilch in 2 months flat. ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
What ya shoulda said is:
"How long until some script kiddiez breaks all security and causes havoc and goes all willy nilly all over the internet?"
(Can anyone guess which free dialup company's ad that this was ripped off of? heheh.)
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
Free DSL services will be even worse
on
Juno And Privacy
·
· Score: 2
Cross Juno with any Free DSL service and you get a privacy invasion racket that will have all the bandwidth they need to send them all the data they want concerning you, without your average user ever really noticing it.
If enough clueless users sign up, and these free DSL services can survive on selling personal data, this could knock a lot of other for-pay DSL services out of business. You can then view a microcosm of hell itself when certain cities are only serviced by Juno-like free DSL providers, and the only way some people can get online, is through these people.
The 2 big barriers, of course, are
1) consumer awareness of the dangers of a Juno-like service (which is actually pretty high);
2) the danger that the free DSL/dialup services will collapse because they cannot meet operating costs with the income they're getting from advertising / personal information trafficking.
The advantage the Juno type provider has, of course, is that they are free. They can also make deals with e-tailers (like Amazon) to get their customers lower prices, etc.
Suddenly, all that Biblical talk about the mark of the beast, is starting to make sense... ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
My mother lead a union at a hospital and she never endorsed this crap.
I for one would agree to all five conditions. Plus let me add:
6) My union would not stand for people habitually coming in late or not at all.
7) My union would not get involved in issues like abortion or military action in Bosnia, etc.
However, what my union would do, is follow in the tradition of union forefathers/mothers who made the workplace a safer place, outlawed child labor, and established the 8 hour work day/40 hour work week.
My union will be the one that saves your tail from being fired and blacklisted for not putting in 80 hours constantly, against your will.
And if you think you can just LEAVE for another job, think again. The dotcoms have fallen. The party is over.
Oh and I also predicted unions would get a big boost in the IT industry if the dotcoms happened to fall and an employer's market situation came about. Well, that time is coming. We'll soon see. ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
it will also jack up the price of televisions by $200 to $300 per unit. Ouch! ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
is a cuecat-like device that will run over your hand and read your DNA. ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
These so-called "do not call" lists are just more means of registering people. ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
The reason we don't see quad density CD-ROMs is because the RIAA/MPAA doesn't have extortionist racketeering jurisdiction over it yet. ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
They should moderate you way, way up!
The lame brained windows users who are warned and still allow everything to autoload, condemn themselves. However, I like the idea of being able to protect myself. I don't care what the spammers do with the sheep. There'll always be sheep. ========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
Slashdot Mirror
I propose a buycott!
This is where we send letters to targeted companies, stating why we are going to single them out to purchase, not avoid, their products. In this case it is because they voted down CPRM.
DO IT, folks! There is more to be gained from honey and sugar than vim and vigor.
The companies on my Buycott list:
Apple, Adaptec, ST Micro, Western Digital, Maxtor, LSI Logic and Hale Landis (who is this??).
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
hehe
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
I've already donated to the EFF. I shall get that book tomorrow. :)
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
I'll say this until I'm blue in the face.
Why hasn't anyone tried putting up anonymous p2p proxies yet? It would make it impossible for these snoop programs to find your IP address.
End of problem!
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
until the MPAA perfects their copy control enhancements for the human optical nerve.
:)
Movies watermarked for joe blow (SSN 101-69-1984) will not appear as black blobs in the eyes of jane doe.
Fortunately, I already patented this technology.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
to DCS101 :)
(DMCA Copy Stopper or something like that)
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
How about an anonymous proxy for Napster/Opennap/Gnutella. You log into the proxy, the RIAA only gets the proxy's IP address in a trace, and they have no idea who to go after.
The added latency of the proxy is a problem, but the security and privacy inherent in the architecture is outstanding!!
The final solution to this RIAA crap is so dead simple.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
Ever try wearing a skirt?
They'll come by the millions!
(Especially the sexy muscular dudes)
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
Very, very heavily regulate the customer!
Now there's a master plan for laizzes-faire if I ever saw one!
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
FORGET THE ANTI ALIASING in games, okay?
Give me a deep story line with complex NPC interaction and conversations, and I won't care if the graphics are blocky, 320x200, and super aliased.
Ultima, Star Control II, System Shock 1/2, and Deus Ex rock the universe.
Why is everyone so obsessed with the latest game graphics, when the story lines suck eggs (or don't even exist)?
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
You could put up proxy servers through which people can log into a napster/opennap server, and the only IP address you'd get to report is the proxy's IP.
The additional latency would be a problem, especially if you do the whole chain proxies thing, but it would make tracking a user impossible.
So why hasn't anyone tried it yet?
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
They're hidden using free encryption Internet programs set up by privacy advocacy groups. The programs scramble the messages or pictures into existing images. The images can only be unlocked using a "private key," or code, selected by the recipient, experts add. Otherwise, they're impossible to see or read.
Privacy advocacy groups are to blame for terrorist activity. Get 'em! Get 'em all! Let's wage a media war on privacy advocacy!!
Lord, I love this weak minded electorate and the media that caters to them......
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
if the supreme court re-confirms that reverse engineering is legal, and the distribution of circumvention code is legal under the fair use doctrine...
wouldn't that basically nuke the RIAA and MPAA back to the stone age???
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
When you go on to other consulting projects and they ask for references, the guy who didn't screw his client over will be the one more likely to get the job. Word of mouth does work. Ask Microsoft.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
and I'll risk my karma and sign this un-anonymously.
I very strongly disagree with cje's post, but it is not something I would say is intended just to rile people up.
One point he made, All right, let's say we all chip in $10/month to read Slashdot. Still want to get rid of those ads? I didn't think so is actually quite on the mark.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
In the US, that'll stop spam dead in its tracks. Allow the user to sue and the ISP to sue. If the ISP shows complacency then sue/fine them too. LOL.
And that is how you turn 10 billion dollars' worth of network abuse into zilch in 2 months flat.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
What ya shoulda said is:
"How long until some script kiddiez breaks all security and causes havoc and goes all willy nilly all over the internet?"
(Can anyone guess which free dialup company's ad that this was ripped off of? heheh.)
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
Cross Juno with any Free DSL service and you get a privacy invasion racket that will have all the bandwidth they need to send them all the data they want concerning you, without your average user ever really noticing it.
If enough clueless users sign up, and these free DSL services can survive on selling personal data, this could knock a lot of other for-pay DSL services out of business. You can then view a microcosm of hell itself when certain cities are only serviced by Juno-like free DSL providers, and the only way some people can get online, is through these people.
The 2 big barriers, of course, are
1) consumer awareness of the dangers of a Juno-like service (which is actually pretty high);
2) the danger that the free DSL/dialup services will collapse because they cannot meet operating costs with the income they're getting from advertising / personal information trafficking.
The advantage the Juno type provider has, of course, is that they are free. They can also make deals with e-tailers (like Amazon) to get their customers lower prices, etc.
Suddenly, all that Biblical talk about the mark of the beast, is starting to make sense...
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
My mother lead a union at a hospital and she never endorsed this crap.
I for one would agree to all five conditions. Plus let me add:
6) My union would not stand for people habitually coming in late or not at all.
7) My union would not get involved in issues like abortion or military action in Bosnia, etc.
However, what my union would do, is follow in the tradition of union forefathers/mothers who made the workplace a safer place, outlawed child labor, and established the 8 hour work day/40 hour work week.
My union will be the one that saves your tail from being fired and blacklisted for not putting in 80 hours constantly, against your will.
And if you think you can just LEAVE for another job, think again. The dotcoms have fallen. The party is over.
Oh and I also predicted unions would get a big boost in the IT industry if the dotcoms happened to fall and an employer's market situation came about. Well, that time is coming. We'll soon see.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
it will also jack up the price of televisions by $200 to $300 per unit. Ouch!
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
is a cuecat-like device that will run over your hand and read your DNA.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
These so-called "do not call" lists are just more means of registering people.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
http://www.safeweb.com (an anonymizer proxy).
They have no idea where you're really from, when you use safeweb.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
The reason we don't see quad density CD-ROMs is because the RIAA/MPAA doesn't have extortionist racketeering jurisdiction over it yet.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,
They should moderate you way, way up!
The lame brained windows users who are warned and still allow everything to autoload, condemn themselves. However, I like the idea of being able to protect myself. I don't care what the spammers do with the sheep. There'll always be sheep.
========================
63,000 bugs in the code, 63,000 bugs,
ya get 1 whacked with a service pack,