"An exact copy of all Internet traffic that flowed through critical AT&T cables -- e-mails, documents, pictures, Web browsing, voice-over-Internet phone conversations, everything -- was being diverted to equipment inside the secret room," he said. The words "exact", "copy", "all", "traffic", and "flowed" are open to interpretation.
The article reeks of sensationalistic journalism with an agenda.
Pure FUD. Need more information - unbiased, technical information.
Feldman said Tetley's Web site - www.gisdwatch.com - contained the most "personal, libelous invective directed toward a school administrator" he's seen in his 31-year career.
http://www.textfiles.com/bbs/arubin.txt
I had two goals when I started spies: Re-kindle the spirit of hobbyist computing, which was destroyed by profit-minded individuals. Let's hope the hobbyist in him hasn't been snuffed by gMoney.
From Wikipedia: Robert Scott Lazar (January 26, 1959), or Bob Lazar, worked from 1988 until 1989 as a physicist at an area called S-4 (Sector Four), located near Groom Lake, Nevada, situated next to Area 51. According to Lazar, S-4 was a hidden military location for the study of extraterrestrial vehicles.
From C2CAM: Bob Lazar is the President of United Nuclear. They specialize in research & development of cutting edge technologies, design and manufacture of radiation detection equipment for the nuclear weapons industry, and the retail of scientific equipment & supplies. He was formerly senior staff physicist for the U.S. Department of Naval Intelligence at the Nevada Test Site and a nuclear physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he was involved in advanced nuclear weapon design and development.
Put on a mop wig, give yourself a bad makeup job, record yourself making the speech - with lots of emotion, and post it on youtube. Then it may work. No promises, tho.:)
The retraction came about when, on a whim, Dr. Jacobson ran a search for his name on Google.
That's vanity? No, the only thing he's missing is a bottle of Jack Daniels & that's how I spend my Friday nights!
Just set up a Google alert for your name! It saves you from having to search manually. Works great for keeping tabs on other people, too!
Project Gutenberg - the first and largest single collection of free electronic books - has volunteered to host IMSLP's (International Music Score Library Project) collection of scores.
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws." - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
I'm not endorsing porn, but the principle involved matters.
By signing up for and/or using the service, you agree to Comcast's AUP. According to Comcast's AUP, they can "terminate or suspend" your account if you fail to comply with the terms.
Instead of suspending or terminating the account, Comcast - recognizing the importance of the net and being connected - simply restricts / blocks / slows down the traffic associated with the excessive usage.
It is still possible to use BT, it will merely take longer.
Since the ports and protocol aren't vital to most people and the ways in which most people use the service (web, email, im), these actions only effect a minority of abusers who degrade the service for the majority.
I'm not sure how a class action lawsuit works (notice the "IANAL" at the start of this post? good), but if a jury is involved... the case faces an additional burden. Attempting to explain to the average person that BT traffic isn't just used to swap copyrighted material, but is also used to distribute Linux ISOs and WoW patches will only confirm in his mind that this is "geek shit" that he doesn't use and probably never will - and it may be responsible for his own slow connection at home.
viii. restrict, inhibit, interfere with, or otherwise disrupt or cause a performance degradation, regardless of intent, purpose or knowledge, to the Service or any Comcast (or Comcast supplier) host, server, backbone network, node or service, or otherwise cause a performance degradation to any Comcast (or Comcast supplier) facilities used to deliver the Service;
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Network, Bandwidth, Data Storage and Other Limitations
Comcast may provide versions of the Service with different speeds and bandwidth usage limitations, among other characteristics, subject to applicable Service plans. You shall ensure that your use of the Service does not restrict, inhibit, interfere with, or degrade any other user's use of the Service, nor represent (in the sole judgment of Comcast) an overly large burden on the network. In addition, you shall ensure that your use of the Service does not restrict, inhibit, interfere with, disrupt, degrade, or impede Comcast's ability to deliver and provide the Service and monitor the Service, backbone, network nodes, and/or other network services.
You further agree to comply with all Comcast network, bandwidth, and data storage and usage limitations. You shall ensure that your bandwidth consumption using the Service does not exceed the limitations that are now in effect or may be established in the future. If your use of the Service results in the consumption of bandwidth in excess of the applicable limitations, that is a violation of this Policy. In such cases, Comcast may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend your Service account or request that you subscribe to a version of the Service with higher bandwidth usage limitations if you wish to continue to use the Service at higher bandwidth consumption levels.
Local law enforcement is far removed from the latter. While there is some truth to the common perception of local (eg, Middle-of-Nowhereville, MT) law enforcement having more in common with the Keystone Kops than the Feds, the majority of urban police departments are quite professional and will continue to evolve.
They still haven't changed thier undocumented policies related to bandwidth limitations on "unlimited bandwidth" accounts. As someone who lives in fear of the dreaded call, the policies and procedures described in the handbook didn't even raise an eyebrow. It all seemed rather, well, mundane. The frontpage of/. elicited more of a reponse, for me.
btw - How would we know if they changed their usage policy if it's undocumented?;)
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The article reeks of sensationalistic journalism with an agenda.
Pure FUD. Need more information - unbiased, technical information.
Why don't you RTFA, you dumbass luser?
Feldman said Tetley's Web site - www.gisdwatch.com - contained the most "personal, libelous invective directed toward a school administrator" he's seen in his 31-year career.No.
http://www.gnupg.org/
Mr. President, we must not allow a cheese mine gap!
Child's Play 2007!
Even worse: they let teenage girls drive.
Until the pirate community has made a decision, I'm waiting before I commit.
For those who don't listen to Coast to Coast AM or are UFOphiles, the "Bob" bitrex is referring to is Bob Lazar (wikipedia, C2CAM). Bob is the president of United Nuclear.
From Wikipedia: Robert Scott Lazar (January 26, 1959), or Bob Lazar, worked from 1988 until 1989 as a physicist at an area called S-4 (Sector Four), located near Groom Lake, Nevada, situated next to Area 51. According to Lazar, S-4 was a hidden military location for the study of extraterrestrial vehicles.
From C2CAM: Bob Lazar is the President of United Nuclear. They specialize in research & development of cutting edge technologies, design and manufacture of radiation detection equipment for the nuclear weapons industry, and the retail of scientific equipment & supplies. He was formerly senior staff physicist for the U.S. Department of Naval Intelligence at the Nevada Test Site and a nuclear physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he was involved in advanced nuclear weapon design and development.
The BT users in Indiana at 3 AM.
Doesn't work in vanilla text.
:)
Put on a mop wig, give yourself a bad makeup job, record yourself making the speech - with lots of emotion, and post it on youtube. Then it may work. No promises, tho.
That's why they're poor.
Yeah, it only conquered the world. :)
Russia isn't part of Europe.
Unless I've slipped into a parallel universe where the Reds won the Cold War?
Just set up a Google alert for your name! It saves you from having to search manually. Works great for keeping tabs on other people, too!
Stalk... automatically!
Project Gutenberg - the first and largest single collection of free electronic books - has volunteered to host IMSLP's (International Music Score Library Project) collection of scores.
Related story: Provider of Free Public Domain Music Shuts Down
Props to Gutenberg. Donate if you can spare a few bucks.
If it weren't for Al Gore - an AMERICAN, you wouldn't be using our tubes!
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws." - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
I'm not endorsing porn, but the principle involved matters.
"Supreme Factory"? Did the HK police have to fight the "Final Boss", too?!
IANAL. Playing Devil's Advocate. :)
By signing up for and/or using the service, you agree to Comcast's AUP. According to Comcast's AUP, they can "terminate or suspend" your account if you fail to comply with the terms.
Instead of suspending or terminating the account, Comcast - recognizing the importance of the net and being connected - simply restricts / blocks / slows down the traffic associated with the excessive usage.
It is still possible to use BT, it will merely take longer.
Since the ports and protocol aren't vital to most people and the ways in which most people use the service (web, email, im), these actions only effect a minority of abusers who degrade the service for the majority.
I'm not sure how a class action lawsuit works (notice the "IANAL" at the start of this post? good), but if a jury is involved... the case faces an additional burden. Attempting to explain to the average person that BT traffic isn't just used to swap copyrighted material, but is also used to distribute Linux ISOs and WoW patches will only confirm in his mind that this is "geek shit" that he doesn't use and probably never will - and it may be responsible for his own slow connection at home.
From Comcast's AUP:
Prohibited Uses and Activitiesviii. restrict, inhibit, interfere with, or otherwise disrupt or cause a performance degradation, regardless of intent, purpose or knowledge, to the Service or any Comcast (or Comcast supplier) host, server, backbone network, node or service, or otherwise cause a performance degradation to any Comcast (or Comcast supplier) facilities used to deliver the Service;
-snip-
Network, Bandwidth, Data Storage and Other LimitationsComcast may provide versions of the Service with different speeds and bandwidth usage limitations, among other characteristics, subject to applicable Service plans. You shall ensure that your use of the Service does not restrict, inhibit, interfere with, or degrade any other user's use of the Service, nor represent (in the sole judgment of Comcast) an overly large burden on the network. In addition, you shall ensure that your use of the Service does not restrict, inhibit, interfere with, disrupt, degrade, or impede Comcast's ability to deliver and provide the Service and monitor the Service, backbone, network nodes, and/or other network services.
You further agree to comply with all Comcast network, bandwidth, and data storage and usage limitations. You shall ensure that your bandwidth consumption using the Service does not exceed the limitations that are now in effect or may be established in the future. If your use of the Service results in the consumption of bandwidth in excess of the applicable limitations, that is a violation of this Policy. In such cases, Comcast may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend your Service account or request that you subscribe to a version of the Service with higher bandwidth usage limitations if you wish to continue to use the Service at higher bandwidth consumption levels.
to tomacco!
Since people couldn't follow the First Rule, the Second Rule will be kept secret.
Can't talk about it if you don't know it!
btw - How would we know if they changed their usage policy if it's undocumented?