They can only bar a physical presence. They cannot bar the info that comes down the wire, not without a glorious firewall, and we can get around that without really trying.
'Privacy rights' don't give you the right to censor the internet. And there is no 'right' to be forgotten. The concept is indeed insane. Nobody has a right to erase a memory. I hope any and all circumvention efforts succeed in telling all the governments to blow it out their ass. An indelible, universally accessible internet is a worthy goal.
Yes, they could hurt domestic business, but Europe doesn't have that kind of clout outside its borders. I mean, yeah, Google will cave, but that's only because they have a physical presence they don't want to give up. Doesn't really matter, we won't get unfiltered searches without a distributed search engine anyway. There's no other way around arbitrary and capricious law written by feudal bureaucrats.
The tactics being used today to disrupt the Executive Branch will be finely honed and implemented with a vengeance on whoever becomes the next President.
Yes, they weren't as finely honed when implemented with a vengeance on the previous president. Eh, whatever, it's simple see-saw role reversal now. Just another war without a good guy.
But I don't agree everyone should have the right to respond to it. Why would anyone expect that ?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
They run the power lines and even the phone lines. They can do the same for coax or fiber. Fiber should be cheaper than copper anyway. And I'm not against wireless. I'm only against the corruptly granted monopolies. The market should be wide open to everybody, including the state.
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They can only bar a physical presence. They cannot bar the info that comes down the wire, not without a glorious firewall, and we can get around that without really trying.
'Privacy rights' don't give you the right to censor the internet. And there is no 'right' to be forgotten. The concept is indeed insane. Nobody has a right to erase a memory. I hope any and all circumvention efforts succeed in telling all the governments to blow it out their ass. An indelible, universally accessible internet is a worthy goal.
making decisions for citizens outside of their borders
Europe has been doing that for over 500 years. I guess old habits really do die hard
Yes, they could hurt domestic business, but Europe doesn't have that kind of clout outside its borders. I mean, yeah, Google will cave, but that's only because they have a physical presence they don't want to give up. Doesn't really matter, we won't get unfiltered searches without a distributed search engine anyway. There's no other way around arbitrary and capricious law written by feudal bureaucrats.
How can the EU court rule on anything outside of Europe?
If there is surplus power, then throw in an air conditioner and a refrigerator or two
Just watch your network traffic, right? And those with really fancy tools can measure all the pin outs?
A pox on unicode!
The dream, is over...
The industry wants a trillion
Time to nationalize Visa/Mastercard?
Not necessarily. The government should just set up a competing banking service, through the post office perhaps.
Yeah yeah, and you complete the circle with your usual projection again. Some other time...
But it will not solve the underlying problem of encryption technology being widely available.
Unauthorized encryption can be trivially blocked by your ISP.
Which also answers the question of "Why is Donald Trump president?"
your off topic axe grinding...
My off topic axe grinding (and shtick)... fascinating... But hey, it's your internet.. You define the words
Sorry, you're just babbling nonsense. Where do I get all 'twitchy'? And why do you single out the Americans?
Gee, you don't think being programmed by humans has anything to do with it, do ya?
You're just paranoid. It's all in your head. And your post doesn't make sense. But nice deflection anyway.
Trump is president for lack of credible opposition.
The tactics being used today to disrupt the Executive Branch will be finely honed and implemented with a vengeance on whoever becomes the next President.
Yes, they weren't as finely honed when implemented with a vengeance on the previous president. Eh, whatever, it's simple see-saw role reversal now. Just another war without a good guy.
But I don't agree everyone should have the right to respond to it. Why would anyone expect that ?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Not only can you view source (in living color), you can make source...
We just don't have priority...
Bad intentions and broken promises are worse than none at all. In no way does it "fall on the right side of things". It's exactly the opposite.
They run the power lines and even the phone lines. They can do the same for coax or fiber. Fiber should be cheaper than copper anyway. And I'm not against wireless. I'm only against the corruptly granted monopolies. The market should be wide open to everybody, including the state.
They're both bullshit, but at least you can verify one of them.