Ok, how about the Chief of US Central Command calling for more restrictions on internet access? Would that get your attention?
## article ## A top US general called on Friday for bolder international action to stop the "spread of Muslim extremism", suggesting curbs were needed to prevent the Internet and other media from being used by groups like Al Qaeda.
"Why is it that people have the right to get on the Internet and spread this hatred and insanity without there being some curb, some law?" said Gen John Abizaid, the chief of the US Central Command.
"To me if we think this is some kind of freedom of speech to put on a picture of someone getting their head chopped off on the Internet and people have the right to purvey that, that's not the world I want to live in, and it just encourages this kind of behavior," he said.
Personally I think Tenet is floating a ballon for the current administration and the General is more or less speaking his mind(but is aware of an idea/thought/plan to restrict 'net access). That the two individuals would come out publicly with similar seniments the same week isn't a particularly good sign of what's brewing in the back office.
RTFA! The FBI has already successfully pleaded that a hardware keylogger is *not* a wiretap. They use a keylogger to get a mafia's pgp passphrase. They did this *without* a warrant. The judge in that ruled it be "ok'.
The judge in this case is simply using the precedent of the previous case to basis his decision.
Yes, it is very bad to allow keylogger to be installed without warrants. The *only* way to make this a crime is to convince Congress to write a law making it legal and get the President to sign off on it.
Physical security is the most important layer. If the "bad guys" have physical access to your machine, you're fucked.
If you drive, you already have a state issued ID card(aka driver's license). If you have traveled outside of the USA, you probably have a Federally issused ID(aka passport). If you have an above-board(legit) job, you have a federal tag in the form of a social security number. And are you ready for this? The social security number comes on a... card. Ooooo lookie there its a federal id card.
So, really you are already tagged by both the state & federal governments.
When you go to vote, you have to sign off next your name in the registar.
So, why does swipin your driver's license get your undies in a bunch?
Form a union! Collective bargining does have a puprose. Remember it was the union(organized labor) that first bought us the weekend. And it really is the best bet. Management can't legally fire anyone for forming a union and they sure as hell can't fire the entire team working on a project.
Best bet is to talk to a local teamster rep. If you can't find one, head to a local UPS. They are there.
Be careful tho. Management hates Unions and will likely dick over anyone they think has bought unions in or is thinking of it.
Might also consider filing complaints with the local OHSA board. For they too have rules covering how hard employers can drive their slaves.
YOU DO NOT DESERVE THE FRUIT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S LABOR.
Ahhh, but we do deserve the fruit of other people's creative work. "We the people" aka US Gov't are the ones that grant copyrights(within the USA) and enforce them.
Copyright was established to promote the Arts&Sciences.(Notice I didn't say to make a profit off of creative endeavors) The idea was to give the author/inventor a limited monopoly for a limit time period, after which the work(e.g. play) would enter the PUBLIC DOMAIN. I believe the original copyright term was 7 years with an option to renew for another 7 years, after that it was in the public domain.
Once in the public domain everyone could freely enjoy the work(and build upon it).
So it boils down to copyright is a social contract between artist/scientists and the general public. We the people are saying to encourge the creation of new works we'll let you control the publishing of said work for a limited time, after which it is free for us to do with as we please. i.e. it becomes part of our shared culture.
The problem is Congress has taken the phrase "for a limited time" to mean author's lifetime plus 75 years(and I think 125 years if the work "belongs" to a corporation). Which means currently for example music from the 60s won't start entering the public domain until 2085. This is preverse and does nothing to promote the Arts&Sciences!
Basically what you and Congress are saying it is that improving culture,arts & science(aka giving back to society) isn't as important as making a buck.
What a wonderfully selfish, love-less world you are building for future generations. My hat's off to ya.
"The Union of Concerned Scientists contended in a report that "the scope and scale of the manipulation, suppression and misrepresentation of science by the Bush administration is unprecedented.
Among the examples cited in the union's report:
A 2003 report that the administration sought changes in an Environmental Protection Agency climate study, including deletion of a 1,000-year temperature record and removal of reference to a study that attributed some of global warming to human activity.
A delay in an EPA report on mercury pollution from some power plants.
A charge that the administration pressed the Centers for Disease Control to end a project called "Programs that Work," which found sex education programs that did not insist only on abstinence were still effective. "
Ok, "anti-science" might the wrong word. Bush just simply ignores the science when it doesn't help his position. Dozens of Nobel Prizer winners have made this statement; even sent a petition to the white house on it.
Ok, maybe I'm missing something.....but what jurisdiction does a US Federal court have over a Canadian company? Did the US anex Canada while I was sleeping? Why would ICrave executives even bother to show up?
I think the following quote sums up MPAA's small mindness and ego-cenetric thinking.
"this kind of cyberspace stealing must be stopped, wherever it occurs, because it violates the principles of US copyright law." said Jack Valenti, president and chief executive office of the Motion Picture Association of America in a statement.
Maybe someone should show Jack a map of the USA and then show him a globe.
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Ok, how about the Chief of US Central Command calling for more restrictions on internet access? Would that get your attention?
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## article ##
A top US general called on Friday for bolder international action to stop the "spread of Muslim extremism", suggesting curbs were needed to prevent the Internet and other media from being used by groups like Al Qaeda.
"Why is it that people have the right to get on the Internet and spread this hatred and insanity without there being some curb, some law?" said Gen John Abizaid, the chief of the US Central Command.
"To me if we think this is some kind of freedom of speech to put on a picture of someone getting their head chopped off on the Internet and people have the right to purvey that, that's not the world I want to live in, and it just encourages this kind of behavior," he said.
The above article is dated 11/29/2004 and can be found at: http://prisonplanet.com/articles/november2004/291
Personally I think Tenet is floating a ballon for the current administration and the General is more or less speaking his mind(but is aware of an idea/thought/plan to restrict 'net access). That the two individuals would come out publicly with similar seniments the same week isn't a particularly good sign of what's brewing in the back office.
Fourth possibility: It is easier for spy agencies to re-program the chip, then print a new passport.
RTFA! The FBI has already successfully pleaded that a hardware keylogger is *not* a wiretap. They use a keylogger to get a mafia's pgp passphrase. They did this *without* a warrant. The judge in that ruled it be "ok'.
The judge in this case is simply using the precedent of the previous case to basis his decision.
Yes, it is very bad to allow keylogger to be installed without warrants. The *only* way to make this a crime is to convince Congress to write a law making it legal and get the President to sign off on it.
Physical security is the most important layer. If the "bad guys" have physical access to your machine, you're fucked.
What don't you like?
If you drive, you already have a state issued ID card(aka driver's license). If you have traveled outside of the USA, you probably have a Federally issused ID(aka passport). If you have an above-board(legit) job, you have a federal tag in the form of a social security number. And are you ready for this? The social security number comes on a... card. Ooooo lookie there its a federal id card.
So, really you are already tagged by both the state & federal governments.
When you go to vote, you have to sign off next your name in the registar.
So, why does swipin your driver's license get your undies in a bunch?
Form a union! Collective bargining does have a puprose. Remember it was the union(organized labor) that first bought us the weekend. And it really is the best bet. Management can't legally fire anyone for forming a union and they sure as hell can't fire the entire team working on a project.
Best bet is to talk to a local teamster rep. If you can't find one, head to a local UPS. They are there.
Be careful tho. Management hates Unions and will likely dick over anyone they think has bought unions in or is thinking of it.
Might also consider filing complaints with the local OHSA board. For they too have rules covering how hard employers can drive their slaves.
Ahhh, but we do deserve the fruit of other people's creative work. "We the people" aka US Gov't are the ones that grant copyrights(within the USA) and enforce them.
Copyright was established to promote the Arts&Sciences.(Notice I didn't say to make a profit off of creative endeavors) The idea was to give the author/inventor a limited monopoly for a limit time period, after which the work(e.g. play) would enter the PUBLIC DOMAIN. I believe the original copyright term was 7 years with an option to renew for another 7 years, after that it was in the public domain.
Once in the public domain everyone could freely enjoy the work(and build upon it).
So it boils down to copyright is a social contract between artist/scientists and the general public. We the people are saying to encourge the creation of new works we'll let you control the publishing of said work for a limited time, after which it is free for us to do with as we please. i.e. it becomes part of our shared culture.
The problem is Congress has taken the phrase "for a limited time" to mean author's lifetime plus 75 years(and I think 125 years if the work "belongs" to a corporation). Which means currently for example music from the 60s won't start entering the public domain until 2085. This is preverse and does nothing to promote the Arts&Sciences!
Basically what you and Congress are saying it is that improving culture,arts & science(aka giving back to society) isn't as important as making a buck.
What a wonderfully selfish, love-less world you are building for future generations. My hat's off to ya.
From a CNN article
"The Union of Concerned Scientists contended in a report that "the scope and scale of the manipulation, suppression and misrepresentation of science by the Bush administration is unprecedented.
Among the examples cited in the union's report:
A 2003 report that the administration sought changes in an Environmental Protection Agency climate study, including deletion of a 1,000-year temperature record and removal of reference to a study that attributed some of global warming to human activity.
A delay in an EPA report on mercury pollution from some power plants.
A charge that the administration pressed the Centers for Disease Control to end a project called "Programs that Work," which found sex education programs that did not insist only on abstinence were still effective. "
Ok, "anti-science" might the wrong word. Bush just simply ignores the science when it doesn't help his position. Dozens of Nobel Prizer winners have made this statement; even sent a petition to the white house on it.
According to this article at The Register, Southern Electric is offering BPL in the UK for 19.95 pounds per month.
Ok, maybe I'm missing something.....but what jurisdiction does a US Federal court have over a Canadian company?
Did the US anex Canada while I was sleeping?
Why would ICrave executives even bother to show up?
I think the following quote sums up MPAA's small mindness and ego-cenetric thinking.
"this kind of cyberspace stealing must be stopped, wherever it occurs, because it violates the principles of US copyright law." said Jack Valenti, president and chief executive office of the Motion Picture Association of America in a statement.
Maybe someone should show Jack a map of the USA and then show him a globe.