Seeing as how espionage and subterfuge in general are an integral part of war, I think the laws of war need to be amended to recognize spies as soldiers that just happen to be unarmed.
Which were likely set up for the express purpose of giving "the man" the excuse they needed to jail them in the first place.
And don't get me started on the laws broken by the guys now in power.
By all rights they should be in jail for rigging the election.
But as has been proven throughout history, when push comes to shove all that ever matters is who is stronger and be damned with morals.
The journalists are not imprisoned BECAUSE they broke the law, they are imprisoned because the regime wants them gone, and any laws that happen to support that position are there purely for convenience.
Seeing as how it was based on common law it may trace its ancestry back to Britain and might well be relevent in Canada, seeing as it's part of the empire.
I recently had to deal with a firewall that just flat out BLOCKS outbound DNS. You HAVE to use the network's DNS, which of course is site-filter enforcing.
I think the only reason the US ever broke away from "big evil england" and lived to tell the tail is because we were too far away from the motherland for them to squash us like bugs.
In iran, things are far more topheavy and anyone who gets out of line can be whacked very easily and without a trace.
The folks at the top of the totem pole don't want any competition.
That's the way it's been since the days of cave-men, to the indians, to the times of lords and kings and peasants, even to this day, and probably will continue on when George Jetson is still kissing Spacely's butt.
Here's a few good reasons that "nothing to hide" is a crock of crap:
1. The government is run by humans, which almost by the definition of the word are inherently fallible. 2. The government, also by definition, has the power to disrupt your life/put you in jail/confiscate your goods, 3. The above two combine to form a chilling effect upon your rights being exercised as you see fit. 4. Just as with quantum mechanics, the government cannot snoop without causing side effects in what they're snooping on.
So plenty of people have a darn good reason to not want government nosiness even IF they are not breaking the law.
Jesus said that because evil is a pervasive influence that will not rest until it succeeds in getting as many people damned as possible.
Apparently all the devil needs is just one loophole.
Personally I think misappropriating it to apply it to terrorism is just plain wrong.
1. Forces people into a false dichotomy, which sorta becomes true when everyone else goes lemming and takes offense (or worse) if you don't fall in line. 2. Who are they to judge what is or is not equal to evil?
Remember that when you have a trial by jury you're trusting your fate to 12 people who were too stupid to get out of it. Not to mention that anjy geniuses that WOULD be left are going to be knocked out of the pool by the prosecutor during voir dire.
Not only are stupid people the only ones left in the jury pool, they're also the only ones that the state will LET you be tried by.
Perverse incentive, if you want someone's copyright to go PD just kill them.
Copyrights and patents have one rightful purpose only: To permit the inventor/artisan to recoup capital expenditures in production that the free market would otherwise rob them of. Letting them simply sit on their duffs and let the money roll in without earning it is NOT the meaning of "promote the arts and sciences". And, btw, neither is letting them hunker down with a legal bazooka and shoot down the competition. Corporations with patent portfolios behave really no better than nations with nukes during a cold war.
Accordingly, any meaningful patent or copyright reform needs to take this into account.
First off, ANY DNS server will be getting your IP address. After all, that's how the hell it knows where to send the fracking reply.
Secondly, logging of IPs is a basic step in holding your clients accountable to make sure you aren't being abused. If some fucktard uses a hole to hack into your system, having a log of where he came from will help nail him.
Google doesn't really have a choice but to have your data. We should judge them based on what they DO with that data.
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You would think that smart juries would be a good thing.
Yet for some reason BOTH sides want them dumb.
Which just goes to show you the courtroom is just a dignified arena.
Seeing as how espionage and subterfuge in general are an integral part of war, I think the laws of war need to be amended to recognize spies as soldiers that just happen to be unarmed.
Which were likely set up for the express purpose of giving "the man" the excuse they needed to jail them in the first place.
And don't get me started on the laws broken by the guys now in power.
By all rights they should be in jail for rigging the election.
But as has been proven throughout history, when push comes to shove all that ever matters is who is stronger and be damned with morals.
The journalists are not imprisoned BECAUSE they broke the law, they are imprisoned because the regime wants them gone, and any laws that happen to support that position are there purely for convenience.
Or even grants special privilege.
What's next, only blacks can call each other niggers?
I'd call that racism as well, having expressions privileged to specific races.
Which works just fine up until the point that everyone is bribed to say something.
Or maybe Bob just did something so apparently horrible that everyone decides to lynch him by refusing to vouch for him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_estoppel
Seeing as how it was based on common law it may trace its ancestry back to Britain and might well be relevent in Canada, seeing as it's part of the empire.
Mandatory and competently implemented are not mutually inclusive.
Blocked DNS though does pass the threshold of "too much of a PITA to bother with"
Well if the ISP can't tamper with it then they may as well block outbound DNS and FORCE you to use their own servers.
I found out because I had installed BIND and was using that...and it did not work.
I recently had to deal with a firewall that just flat out BLOCKS outbound DNS. You HAVE to use the network's DNS, which of course is site-filter enforcing.
Mandatory censorship.
Terrorist! ...works the same way really when you question the government's right to snoop around.
I think the only reason the US ever broke away from "big evil england" and lived to tell the tail is because we were too far away from the motherland for them to squash us like bugs.
In iran, things are far more topheavy and anyone who gets out of line can be whacked very easily and without a trace.
That's easy to explain.
The folks at the top of the totem pole don't want any competition.
That's the way it's been since the days of cave-men, to the indians, to the times of lords and kings and peasants, even to this day, and probably will continue on when George Jetson is still kissing Spacely's butt.
DRM's usefulness is there all right, it just doesn't have anything to do with quality, but everything to do with protecting profits.
So I think of DRM more like poison than I do mere cruft.
Here's a few good reasons that "nothing to hide" is a crock of crap:
1. The government is run by humans, which almost by the definition of the word are inherently fallible.
2. The government, also by definition, has the power to disrupt your life/put you in jail/confiscate your goods,
3. The above two combine to form a chilling effect upon your rights being exercised as you see fit.
4. Just as with quantum mechanics, the government cannot snoop without causing side effects in what they're snooping on.
So plenty of people have a darn good reason to not want government nosiness even IF they are not breaking the law.
If there are search warrants/subpoenas involved then why does Yahoo get to bill the government anyway?
Isn't it contempt of court to refuse to hand it over in the first place?
"...and should only be handled by professionals."
I for one think that the government does NOT qualify.
Hey, if it helps us poor nerds out, let's have at it.
Better than staring at a screen all day.
Jesus said that because evil is a pervasive influence that will not rest until it succeeds in getting as many people damned as possible.
Apparently all the devil needs is just one loophole.
Personally I think misappropriating it to apply it to terrorism is just plain wrong.
1. Forces people into a false dichotomy, which sorta becomes true when everyone else goes lemming and takes offense (or worse) if you don't fall in line.
2. Who are they to judge what is or is not equal to evil?
Kinda like how the Black Plague was a blessing in disguise for the peasantry because it broke their yokes?
Fat lot of luck.
Remember that when you have a trial by jury you're trusting your fate to 12 people who were too stupid to get out of it. Not to mention that anjy geniuses that WOULD be left are going to be knocked out of the pool by the prosecutor during voir dire.
Not only are stupid people the only ones left in the jury pool, they're also the only ones that the state will LET you be tried by.
Perverse incentive, if you want someone's copyright to go PD just kill them.
Copyrights and patents have one rightful purpose only: To permit the inventor/artisan to recoup capital expenditures in production that the free market would otherwise rob them of. Letting them simply sit on their duffs and let the money roll in without earning it is NOT the meaning of "promote the arts and sciences". And, btw, neither is letting them hunker down with a legal bazooka and shoot down the competition. Corporations with patent portfolios behave really no better than nations with nukes during a cold war.
Accordingly, any meaningful patent or copyright reform needs to take this into account.
Dammit you made me lose!
You do realize the inherent conflict of interest in criticism from a competitor right?
Do remember that at least and load up on grains of salt.
First off, ANY DNS server will be getting your IP address. After all, that's how the hell it knows where to send the fracking reply.
Secondly, logging of IPs is a basic step in holding your clients accountable to make sure you aren't being abused. If some fucktard uses a hole to hack into your system, having a log of where he came from will help nail him.
Google doesn't really have a choice but to have your data. We should judge them based on what they DO with that data.
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