Absolutely right. In the first place, there is no known reason that the FBI needs to place their black box on an ISP's network, since the ISP's themselves are quite capable of pulling copies of any and all e-mail traffic passing through their systems. Why does the FBI need to "do it themselves"? Don't they trust the ISP's?
Secondly, any box placed out on the net like that needs to be completely understood, simply in order to avoid having it be a huge security vulerability - security through obscurity being a really terrible idea. Not to mention being sure that it's only doing what it's supposed to.
Thirdly, the purpose of police is not "efficiency", but protection. The basic conflict between society's freedom and the police's efficency should be heavily weighted on the side of freedom and privacy. The cops job is not SUPPOSED to be easy. Tough shit, Janet.
(snip) Sure the RIAA is evil, Phil will loudly attest to that. However, it is looking out for the interests of its musicians no matter how little money the musicians actually realize. (/snip)
Ah,... It's the RECORDING INDUSTRY association, not the musicians' union. The only thing they're interested in protecting is their legal right (of long standing) to steal from the musicians' pockets. It's not a benevolent society - quite the opposite.
"Despite recent groundbreaking reports showing that minorities are far more likely to be targeted under harsh federal drug laws than whites accused of the same crimes, some members of Congress appear to be saying that no cost is too high when it comes to cultivating a tough on crime image," said Rachel King, an ACLU Legislative Counsel.
Nail on the head time. "Looking tough on crime" is de rigeur in an american election year, and no amount of logic or common sense can be allowed to stand in it's way.
Kind of pitiful, really. Maybe we should just make congress-critters get REAL jobs, or send them to shrinks on a regular basis or something. Maybe we should ship Barry "The General" McCaffrey off to Siberia for a nice, invigorating vacation cutting firewood.
Maybe I should shut up now, before the thought-police come knocking...
"The accursed has been advised of his lack of rights under the Uniform Code of Military Toughness, and will act accordingly!"
Art Battlegaming Bible Study Black Expressions (??!) Bridge Ceramics and Handicrafts Coin/Stamp Collecting Flying Gardening Golf Magic (!) Model Airplanes Photography Public Speaking ("no comment"...) Rifles and Pistols Shortwave Radio Sign Language Singing Skiing Spanish Sport Cars Traveling WIN (Women and Men in NSA) Yachting
Organized sports include:
Basketball, Golf, Soccer, Softball, and Tennis.
Other activites and services offered:
Dancing Library Facilities Emergency Loan Fund Recreation Equipment for Loan
NSA employees can also enjoy the use of the facilities of a 20-acre recreation site with ball fields, picnic tables and grills.
The entire Nazi angle is beside the point. Should France, and by extension every crackpot dictator on the planet, be allowed to say what thoughts and attitudes their citizens may hold, what words they may speak, what images they may view?
I don't think so, and I'm sure there are many who would agree. This smells nastily like the thin end of the thought-police wedge. Once you allow filtering based on political criteria, you've opened up a whole barrel of rabid monkeys. Next thing you know, you'll have carnivore-like monitors sifting the data streams for non-PC attitudes or unpopular opinions. Fuck that.
France certainly has the right to control what crosses their borders, and importing the auction pieces might be tough. Or maybe not. I don't really know. But that is France's problem, not Yahoo's. Or mine, for that matter.
Social engineering is almost always a bad idea. It can be so easily misused.
ZDnet News: (snip) The attorney for the movie industry called it a clash of cultures: the freewheeling hipsters of the Internet vs. the hard-working creative talents in the movie companies. "The plaintiffs have a right to protect their content," said Leon Gold, a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP and the lead attorney for the studios, in his opening remarks. "The hacker zealots are wrong." (/snip)
Oh, yeah, hard-working creative talents. Eisner and Valenti?
Neither of these guys has broken a sweat in 20 years. They live extremely well off the proceeds of their serfs.
Actually, it was a poor attempt to point out that the difference between art and pr0n is an aesthetic judgement that will probably remain forever beyond the capabilities of ANY computer.
"Commissioner Gregory L. Rohde asked Richard Schwartz if his image filter could tell the difference between art and pornography. Astoundingly, Schwartz replied that it could."
We collect the names and e-addy's of all the film boards that make ignorant, moronic, or just plain stupid decisions/pronouncements and put 'em up on one web page for easy access by anybody who gives a shit about their opinions.
Then the rest of us can more easily ignore them.
Ok, so it probably won't make me the next Bill Gates, but what the heck...
As for the vegan/omnivore deadlock (no pun intended), maybe we could have a "Nuke 'em/Kiss 'em" section with different methods of killing and eating your preferred food sources.
See Also: People for the Ethical Treatment of Insects, The Bacteria Preservation League, and "Screw the Goddam Kiddies!"
There is no substantial difference. The difference is that the states are making a huge bundle from lotteries (once known as "the numbers racket"), which they are not from E-gambling sites.
The Nevada/New Jersey "gaming" interests are pushing this in a big way, as it also cuts into their exorbitant profits.
Same-o, same-o - read ecclesiastes: "There is no new thing under the sun..."
Look, folks, this stuff is only a problem because people don't routinely encrypt e-mails. Tha stuff is transmitted "en clair", and is therefore fair game for the dinks down at the Ministry of Love.
Encrypt your e-mail. Encrypt your hard drives. Encrypt anything else you can think of.
And send random encrypted e-mail to totally bogus destinations, just to keep things interesting...
"...it is clear in the DMCA that circumventing an effective copy control mechanism (which this can be construed to be) is illegal."
How does CSS prevent copying? Bit-for-bit copies have *always* been possible, CSS does absolutely nothing to prevent it. Therefore, CSS is *not* an "effective copy-control mechanism". QED.
CSS is an Access Control system, it prevents access to content by unauthorized parties (supposedly - hah!). But apparently the MPAA is too embarassed to admit that copying DVD's is easy, if expensive. The Studios that pay the MPAA's bills might be quite upset by that little gem...
C'mon, folks. It's obvious that if you ever did anything or hosted anyone or offered any "service" that the G8 seriously dislike, it'd take them almost 10 minutes to turn your "principality" into smoking rubble slowly sinking into the North Sea.
I'd suggest buying a surplus russian nuke and putting it on a dead-man switch. And even that might not do it.
Slashdot Mirror
Absolutely right. In the first place, there is no known reason that the FBI needs to place their black box on an ISP's network, since the ISP's themselves are quite capable of pulling copies of any and all e-mail traffic passing through their systems. Why does the FBI need to "do it themselves"? Don't they trust the ISP's?
Secondly, any box placed out on the net like that needs to be completely understood, simply in order to avoid having it be a huge security vulerability - security through obscurity being a really terrible idea. Not to mention being sure that it's only doing what it's supposed to.
Thirdly, the purpose of police is not "efficiency", but protection. The basic conflict between society's freedom and the police's efficency should be heavily weighted on the side of freedom and privacy. The cops job is not SUPPOSED to be easy. Tough shit, Janet.
Further deponent sayeth not...
- Dr. S
(snip)
Sure the RIAA is evil, Phil will loudly attest to that. However, it is looking out for the interests of its musicians no matter how little money the musicians actually realize.
(/snip)
Ah,... It's the RECORDING INDUSTRY association, not the musicians' union. The only thing they're interested in protecting is their legal right (of long standing) to steal from the musicians' pockets. It's not a benevolent society - quite the opposite.
And besides, punk rock usually sucks.
From the ACLU website -
"Despite recent groundbreaking reports showing that minorities are far more likely to be targeted under harsh federal drug laws than whites accused of the same crimes, some members of Congress appear to be saying that no cost is too high when it comes to cultivating a tough on crime image," said Rachel King, an ACLU Legislative Counsel.
Nail on the head time. "Looking tough on crime" is de rigeur in an american election year, and no amount of logic or common sense can be allowed to stand in it's way.
Kind of pitiful, really. Maybe we should just make congress-critters get REAL jobs, or send them to shrinks on a regular basis or something. Maybe we should ship Barry "The General" McCaffrey off to Siberia for a nice, invigorating vacation cutting firewood.
Maybe I should shut up now, before the thought-police come knocking...
"The accursed has been advised of his lack of rights under the Uniform Code of Military Toughness,
and will act accordingly!"
Bummer, man...
So who owns participles? "a.com" would be nice...
From "Top Ten Reasons to Work for the NSA" -
(yes, there is a page like that..)
Recreation Programs
-------------------------------------------
NSA has clubs available to people interested in:
Art
Battlegaming
Bible Study
Black Expressions (??!)
Bridge
Ceramics and Handicrafts
Coin/Stamp Collecting
Flying
Gardening
Golf
Magic (!)
Model Airplanes
Photography
Public Speaking ("no comment"...)
Rifles and Pistols
Shortwave Radio
Sign Language
Singing
Skiing
Spanish
Sport Cars
Traveling
WIN (Women and Men in NSA)
Yachting
Organized sports include:
Basketball, Golf, Soccer, Softball, and Tennis.
Other activites and services offered:
Dancing
Library Facilities
Emergency Loan Fund
Recreation Equipment for Loan
NSA employees can also enjoy the use of the facilities of a 20-acre
recreation site with ball fields, picnic tables and grills.
But will it get along with my Trouser Snake? I'd hate to have a problem along those lines.
Inquiring minds, etc...
Well, gosh!
What's the going rate? Should we ask Sig11, or Enoch?
On second thought, never mind...
Once is initiative, twice is copy-cat.
The entire Nazi angle is beside the point. Should France, and by extension every crackpot dictator on the planet, be allowed to say what thoughts and attitudes their citizens may hold, what words they may speak, what images they may view?
I don't think so, and I'm sure there are many who would agree. This smells nastily like the thin end of the thought-police wedge. Once you allow filtering based on political criteria, you've opened up a whole barrel of rabid monkeys. Next thing you know, you'll have carnivore-like monitors sifting the data streams for non-PC attitudes or unpopular opinions. Fuck that.
France certainly has the right to control what crosses their borders, and importing the auction pieces might be tough. Or maybe not. I don't really know. But that is France's problem, not Yahoo's. Or mine, for that matter.
Social engineering is almost always a bad idea. It can be so easily misused.
Get a grip, pal. It's just slashdot, not the fucking UN.
;), it just shows initative and imagination. Pretty funny, in fact.
As far as I am concerned (if anyone cares
Anybody wanna sell me their +300 account?...
Montreal for the Montrealians!!
Viva Montreal Libre!!!
(Where will it end?)
I love this -
ZDnet News:
(snip)
The attorney for the movie industry called it a clash of cultures: the freewheeling hipsters of the Internet vs. the hard-working creative talents in the movie companies. "The plaintiffs have a right to protect their content," said Leon Gold, a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP and the lead attorney for the studios, in his opening remarks. "The hacker zealots are wrong."
(/snip)
Oh, yeah, hard-working creative talents. Eisner and Valenti?
Neither of these guys has broken a sweat in 20 years. They live extremely well off the proceeds of their serfs.
Go, Go, Goldstein!
"I dissapprove of any conspiracy of which I am not a part."
-- Ben Franklin, I think...
or someone as clever with words
Actually, it was a poor attempt to point out that the difference between art and pr0n is an aesthetic judgement that will probably remain forever beyond the capabilities of ANY computer.
One hopes, at any rate.
A poor attempt at a troll looks like this:
"Fuck you, asshole!"
See?
difference between art and pornography. Astoundingly, Schwartz replied that it could."
Amazing! Awesome! Unbelieveable!!
Rudy Guliani can't even do that!
Now, *here's* a freakin' buisness plan, guys -
We collect the names and e-addy's of all the film boards that make ignorant, moronic, or just plain stupid decisions/pronouncements and put 'em up on one web page for easy access by anybody who gives a shit about their opinions.
Then the rest of us can more easily ignore them.
Ok, so it probably won't make me the next Bill Gates, but what the heck...
As for the vegan/omnivore deadlock (no pun intended), maybe we could have a "Nuke 'em/Kiss 'em" section with different methods of killing and eating your preferred food sources.
See Also: People for the Ethical Treatment of Insects, The Bacteria Preservation League, and "Screw the Goddam Kiddies!"
Thank you for your support...
Wow! First Post!! (neener, neener...)
There is no substantial difference. The difference is that the states are making a huge bundle from lotteries (once known as "the numbers racket"), which they are not from E-gambling sites.
The Nevada/New Jersey "gaming" interests are pushing this in a big way, as it also cuts into their exorbitant profits.
Same-o, same-o - read ecclesiastes:
"There is no new thing under the sun..."
Look, folks, this stuff is only a problem because people don't routinely encrypt e-mails. Tha stuff is transmitted "en clair", and is therefore fair game for the dinks down at the Ministry of Love.
Encrypt your e-mail. Encrypt your hard drives. Encrypt anything else you can think of.
And send random encrypted e-mail to totally bogus destinations, just to keep things interesting...
So, how do you say "fuck off, Quebec" if frog-talk, or whatever?
Ok, Jon, calm down.
1)So now we know the *order* of the pairs in the human geneset. Maybe. With over 4 billion base pairs, there might have been a few errors, eh?
2)The order isn't everything, it's barely a beginning. Ever heard of introns? Inactive dna from previous species in the evolutionary tree.
3)The SHAPE of the DNA string also has an effect on expression of genes.
4)Bill Clinton doesn't gush. He smarms...
El desdén del vecino formidable, que no la conoce, es el peligro mayor de nuestra América. - José Martí
Spata me luci, e hace ma goo, tu picolo mierda. -- Uncle Vito
Damn, Che! We all thought ya was dead, boy!
Wasssup?
See also:
l:cypherpunks p:cypherpunks
8)
"We will be inviting ISP's in the U.S. to licence that technology from us."
Better wait till they stop laughing, boys.
8)
"...it is clear in the DMCA that circumventing an effective copy control mechanism (which this can be construed to be) is illegal."
How does CSS prevent copying? Bit-for-bit copies have *always* been possible, CSS does absolutely nothing to prevent it. Therefore, CSS is *not* an "effective copy-control mechanism". QED.
CSS is an Access Control system, it prevents access to content by unauthorized parties (supposedly - hah!). But apparently the MPAA is too embarassed to admit that copying DVD's is easy, if expensive. The Studios that pay the MPAA's bills might be quite upset by that little gem...
One Good Thing (TM) about "Battlefield Earth" -
It is almost certain that the other 9 volumes of ElRon's Magnum Opus will never get to the screen.
Even Travolta's not *that* twisted...
C'mon, folks. It's obvious that if you ever did anything or hosted anyone or offered any "service" that the G8 seriously dislike, it'd take them almost 10 minutes to turn your "principality" into smoking rubble slowly sinking into the North Sea.
I'd suggest buying a surplus russian nuke and putting it on a dead-man switch. And even that might not do it.
Any defense plans at all?...