On a more serious note, what better use could those idle clock cycles be used on? Disease research sounds perfect. And if a few free cycles can keep their costs down I might be able to aford it when it is available.
I'm afraid you miss the finer points here. Europeans can buy in US markets if the FCC starts filtering. People here won't be able to buy things from over there. This would quickly cause the e-buisnesses outside the US to demand that their ISP get FCC compliant. This would start closing off servers to FreeNet, and more.
I personally do not underestimate the economic importance of the rest of the world out there. I also do not underestimate how big a bully my government can be once it feels it has the moral ground.
Could you name me one way in which a person could totally shut down the concept of freenet. Assuming it gets off the ground to the extent you describe how would you be able to actually shut it down. Anonymous RSA say 60,000 bit+ keys, and untraceable in any way? Explain this to me because I would really like to know.
Easy, the U$ Gov already has the mechanism in place, they just need to expand the authority. The FCC could be tasked with content control, as it is for other information mediums. Can you say "Liscensed Server"?
Don't think the FCC can control servers in Europe and elsewhere? Wrong. They would block any and all that don't comply. The FCC can be quite brutal. And how many wouldn't tow the line in order to get access to the U$ markets?
Give the U$ Gov enough ammo and you WILL see the Internet as you have known it squashed like a bug.
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On a more serious note, what better use could those idle clock cycles be used on? Disease research sounds perfect. And if a few free cycles can keep their costs down I might be able to aford it when it is available.
In this part of the USA you don't just take someone's property and auction it off. You need a court order before you can repo something.
This would make it simple theft here, could be interesting to see.
I'm afraid you miss the finer points here. Europeans can buy in US markets if the FCC starts filtering. People here won't be able to buy things from over there. This would quickly cause the e-buisnesses outside the US to demand that their ISP get FCC compliant. This would start closing off servers to FreeNet, and more.
I personally do not underestimate the economic importance of the rest of the world out there. I also do not underestimate how big a bully my government can be once it feels it has the moral ground.
Easy, the U$ Gov already has the mechanism in place, they just need to expand the authority. The FCC could be tasked with content control, as it is for other information mediums. Can you say "Liscensed Server"?
Don't think the FCC can control servers in Europe and elsewhere? Wrong. They would block any and all that don't comply. The FCC can be quite brutal. And how many wouldn't tow the line in order to get access to the U$ markets?
Give the U$ Gov enough ammo and you WILL see the Internet as you have known it squashed like a bug.
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