They actually aren't "removing" anything. They simply aren't allowing others to sell access to it.
Yes, that is the first thing that will happen, with the new laws.
But do you seriously think they will stop there? That they will not take over the domain name if they find the site sufficiently annoying? That they will not confiscate your servers if the censorship is not efficient? Remember that these slime-balls does not need to break any laws in order to put you up against a wall and shoot you, if they so desire. They will just make it law.
It always starts with censorship - making content illegal to sell. Then illegal to possess. Then comes the times when they burn the books. And then, finally, when they burn the authors.
Unfortunately, we may end up with censorship that cuts off anything that may offend anyone.
So in 10 years time, you will again be able to carry the entire content of the "Internet" on a 3.5" floppy-disk.
Seriously - I will make my sites available as onion-sites before new-year.
However, the problem I see is that it's bad everywhere. Whenever politicians gets power, they abuse it. I see no justice anywhere on this cursed planet.
If enough users disable javascript, sites will be forced to provide a content generating back-end alternative. Js is becoming the new Flash. Opening wide up for vulnerabilities, and draining your laptops battery.
A residential service is meant for residential purposes. Your TOS explicitly states this. If you wish to use your internet service for commercial purposes then you pay for commercial service.
How is running my own, private mail-server or VoIP server a "commercial service"?
The issue here isn't exactly net neutrality, it's that Google has to have some way of stopping users from sucking up all the bandwidth.
On the opposite. I think Google want you to have all the bandwidth you could ever desire, so you can stream youtube-media, use their Cloud storage, and provide them with as much information about your life, family, friends, habits and thoughts as possible. That's how good "you-ar-the-product" net-citizens behave.
What they don't want is for you to run your own private cloud storage, mail server, media server or in any other way take care of your own and your family's privacy. From their perspective, that's unfair for their share-holders and advertisers!
Well, yeah, Facebook is just a slightly improved BBS and a browser is just a slightly improved ANSI terminal.
The BBS thing was interesting. You would meet new people, and new opinions. New thoughts. On Facebook, the best you can hope for is new ads. But Facebook is may be some weird, perverted "evolution" of the BBS concept.
I wrote my own BBS (CrCs) in C, and had it running on a 8086 based PC with QNX and 4 modems.
... Want a quick web server for xyz, that's like 3 lines of python.
I did exactly that on a build machine to share a 50 line text-document about the recent builds. When the build-machine is building, serving that 50 line text-file takes 1 minute or more. I don't really think I would deploy something like that on prod.
I believe it would be better to build a privacy-oriented free alternative to all the spy-on-me crapware. This year there are several new mobile OS'es up for release, but they all seem all to be designed for HTML5 or the "cloud", which in my book, are even more evil than Android or iOS. There was a time when I had hope for Nokia, but then Stephen Elop happened.
I want a phone that can run applications, on the device. I want to decide which applications. I want to be able to block any company or service I see as evil, or that may not respect my privacy. I don't want any backdoors or phone-home bs.
Basically, I want free software that behaves well. Designed by good people who focus on usability, security and privacy - rather than data gathering and me-as-a-product.
You know, what this is really about is not just protecting innocent children, - it's really about protecting our Freedom.
Freedom from the reds and the blacks and the criminals
Prostitutes, pansies and punks
Football hooligans, juvenile delinquents
Lesbians and left wing scum
Freedom from the niggers and the Pakis and the unions
Freedom from the gypsies and the Jews
Freedom from left wing layabouts and liberals
Freedom from the likes of you
Slashdot Mirror
linphone?
This is slashdot. Why dont somebody just write a browser plugin that enforces the "classic" site and nukes any threads about "beta"?
Can we stop using these ridiculous buzz words/phrases?
Internet of things? Really?
How else would you describe items that makes themself profitable by Facebook, Gooogle and the like? Would you call them people?
When people act like things, and becomes the very products sold by Big Corporations, I think the prase is accurate.
Oh.. I just realized that this tread is about the internet of crap!
They actually aren't "removing" anything. They simply aren't allowing others to sell access to it.
Yes, that is the first thing that will happen, with the new laws.
But do you seriously think they will stop there? That they will not take over the domain name if they find the site sufficiently annoying? That they will not confiscate your servers if the censorship is not efficient? Remember that these slime-balls does not need to break any laws in order to put you up against a wall and shoot you, if they so desire. They will just make it law.
It always starts with censorship - making content illegal to sell. Then illegal to possess. Then comes the times when they burn the books. And then, finally, when they burn the authors.
I'm an author. Therefore, I am concerned.
What they are doing is like removing your house if they don't like the banner you put there. On your house. On your property.
Censorship is always evil. There are no exceptions.
So in 10 years time, you will again be able to carry the entire content of the "Internet" on a 3.5" floppy-disk.
Seriously - I will make my sites available as onion-sites before new-year.
Technically it's tax avoidance, which is immoral but not illegal.
I would say that not paying taxes to /any/ government is the most moral thing a man can do.
However, the problem I see is that it's bad everywhere. Whenever politicians gets power, they abuse it. I see no justice anywhere on this cursed planet.
If enough users disable javascript, sites will be forced to provide a content generating back-end alternative. Js is becoming the new Flash. Opening wide up for vulnerabilities, and draining your laptops battery.
Tracking "stolen" phones not is it about.
Sure it is. And David Cameron want to protect children from porn!
A residential service is meant for residential purposes. Your TOS explicitly states this. If you wish to use your internet service for commercial purposes then you pay for commercial service.
How is running my own, private mail-server or VoIP server a "commercial service"?
The issue here isn't exactly net neutrality, it's that Google has to have some way of stopping users from sucking up all the bandwidth.
On the opposite. I think Google want you to have all the bandwidth you could ever desire, so you can stream youtube-media, use their Cloud storage, and provide them with as much information about your life, family, friends, habits and thoughts as possible. That's how good "you-ar-the-product" net-citizens behave.
What they don't want is for you to run your own private cloud storage, mail server, media server or in any other way take care of your own and your family's privacy. From their perspective, that's unfair for their share-holders and advertisers!
Well, yeah, Facebook is just a slightly improved BBS and a browser is just a slightly improved ANSI terminal.
The BBS thing was interesting. You would meet new people, and new opinions. New thoughts. On Facebook, the best you can hope for is new ads. But Facebook is may be some weird, perverted "evolution" of the BBS concept.
I wrote my own BBS (CrCs) in C, and had it running on a 8086 based PC with QNX and 4 modems.
... Want a quick web server for xyz, that's like 3 lines of python.
I did exactly that on a build machine to share a 50 line text-document about the recent builds. When the build-machine is building, serving that 50 line text-file takes 1 minute or more. I don't really think I would deploy something like that on prod.
I believe it would be better to build a privacy-oriented free alternative to all the spy-on-me crapware. This year there are several new mobile OS'es up for release, but they all seem all to be designed for HTML5 or the "cloud", which in my book, are even more evil than Android or iOS. There was a time when I had hope for Nokia, but then Stephen Elop happened.
I want a phone that can run applications, on the device. I want to decide which applications. I want to be able to block any company or service I see as evil, or that may not respect my privacy. I don't want any backdoors or phone-home bs.
Basically, I want free software that behaves well. Designed by good people who focus on usability, security and privacy - rather than data gathering and me-as-a-product.
make me want to vomit?
... You are probably a victim of uncensored information.
But now the nice nanny, called Government, is going to fix that for you. And then you will be safe from any disturbing matters, like reality.
.... that this Government are a bunch of complete fucking idiots.
Can you name one that is not?
And I definitely don't want my browser to spy on me. There are already too much of that going on.
You know, what this is really about is not just protecting innocent children, - it's really about protecting our Freedom.
Freedom from the reds and the blacks and the criminals
Prostitutes, pansies and punks
Football hooligans, juvenile delinquents
Lesbians and left wing scum
Freedom from the niggers and the Pakis and the unions
Freedom from the gypsies and the Jews
Freedom from left wing layabouts and liberals
Freedom from the likes of you
To quote an old British song
With something as important as the British populations Freedom at stake, no wonder they go for the best Freedom-enhancing technology in the World.