Does this mean that they'd have to limit who they 'hack'?
If they can't attack citizens of countries that the amendment does not have juristiction over does that mean they'd have to check into where they come from?
What about if I use a system in America to do my downloading? I'm in Australia, but the system is in America... how would that play out?
on a side note, because of the prices of cable/adsl here not many people can download vast amounts. Maybe if I sell that spare kidney I have I might be able to get adsl.
If these stupid laws were passed, what would stop government agencies from just randomly entering your house to search for just about anything they thought you might have in there?
Nothing would displease me more than waking up at 4am to discuss with a fireman who has a key to my frontdoor, the dangers of not having a smoke alarm.
Seems more and more, you're guilty until you've been proved innocent.
RIAA or MPAA come a knockin on my machine with the 'l33t0 toolz' they have, i'm perfectly within my rights to retaliate... afterall I dont live in the US of A.
living in australia myself, i see alot of these things pop up, have a bit of media coverage then go away.
This will probably go into the same bucket as the "internet censorship" bill that went into action earlier this year. I've heard only a couple of cases of it actually being enforced but nothing that was verified. So much for all the screams of using proxies to bypass the censorship.
Its just not needed, i doubt anyone remembers the law even exists.
Most stuff like this in australia goes away after a while, hopefully this law will too;)
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just turn off the computer and lock it in the cupboard ;)
It'd make for an interesting conversation peice.
"so.. um what's with the large bulge moving around your torso?"
I guess i'll have to get rid of my ringworm farm.
Intestinal worms make the best of friends...
just dont do what I did, turned up to the wrong march and ended up marching for gay rights (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Its hard to get across the message of open source when you're wearing drag....
I can finally play 'baby elephant walk' on my linux box with a samba beat in the background.
oh joy...
They still havent invented things that *I* really need to change my life... for example :-
* Bottomless coffee cups
* A video card that will hug me back.
* A cigarette that's healthy and takes the place of food and sunlight (and leaves me smelling like a new car).
Until they're available on thinkgeek.com, I'll continue living with the pain.
It's all fun and games till someone looses an eye.
(Even then you point and laugh)
Does this mean that they'd have to limit who they 'hack'?
If they can't attack citizens of countries that the amendment does not have juristiction over does that mean they'd have to check into where they come from?
What about if I use a system in America to do my downloading? I'm in Australia, but the system is in America... how would that play out?
on a side note, because of the prices of cable/adsl here not many people can download vast amounts. Maybe if I sell that spare kidney I have I might be able to get adsl.
If these stupid laws were passed, what would stop government agencies from just randomly entering your house to search for just about anything they thought you might have in there?
Nothing would displease me more than waking up at 4am to discuss with a fireman who has a key to my frontdoor, the dangers of not having a smoke alarm.
Seems more and more, you're guilty until you've been proved innocent.
RIAA or MPAA come a knockin on my machine with the 'l33t0 toolz' they have, i'm perfectly within my rights to retaliate... afterall I dont live in the US of A.
i'm sure they can do their own dirty work.
i'm still yet to see a starving major artist on the street.
the way riaa makes things out, its like metallica have to line up for soup everyday at the local ymca.
and no i dont have a fetish about linus holding a whip ;p
who gets to be the judge?
;)
how about linus?
If i was gonna get 40 lashes in a public square for using napster i'd rather have the ruling made by someone i can respect
living in australia myself, i see alot of these things pop up, have a bit of media coverage then go away.
;)
This will probably go into the same bucket as the "internet censorship" bill that went into action earlier this year. I've heard only a couple of cases of it actually being enforced but nothing that was verified. So much for all the screams of using proxies to bypass the censorship.
Its just not needed, i doubt anyone remembers the law even exists.
Most stuff like this in australia goes away after a while, hopefully this law will too
where's good old lynx? ;)
why that can only mean one thing...
at last i can view my pr0n in absolute crispness!
you mean other peoples emails?
oh *that* sensitive data...
does that mean that bill gates has been telling me naughty lies? i thought windows 2000 was the most secure...
oh i feel so used now...
*burns all his clothes and jumps into the shower sobbing*
taking pictures of a historically important event in human history or playing doom?
tough choice...
now where are those plasma cells?
we are the aol, lower your firewalls and prepare to install. we will add *our* technological distictivness to your own. Uninstallation is futile!
what i wanna know is, how long does it take to boot up quake 3? ;)
perhaps it could get that all elusive 'perfect framerate'.
i wonder if agent mulder would have suspected that the government is using double click banners for "alternative" uses???
Now could you tie this in with area 51 and aliens? most likely not, but dammit! mulder would find a way.
thankgod that the calendar is still up, i was planning my wedding around that.
that means when i buy one of these suckers i can run seti@home and watch a dvd at the same time.
lucky i stashed all ram into my y2k bunker...
i knew it would come in handy sooner or later.
does that mean i have to pay each time i want to practice my habit of sniffing my front lawn each time i mow it?