There are no laws governing DNS, just open standards. Media conglomerates have been trying to manipulate those for years. Time for the good guys to step in and do so as well and see how that plays out.
I doubt there is any filter anywhere that won't have an occasional false positive. I have had a couple. Also occasionally a spam will sneak through. That said, I use a catch-all on my domain so I get a huge amount of spam. I'm continuously impressed that it picks out my mere dozens of legit emails from the 5-10 thousand spams I get every month.
I have run my own mail server in the past. I doubt I could do any better.
Absolutely right. I use strong crypto routinely because I can, not because I really have anything to hide.
I would be happy if they waste time and CPU cycles on me. That in itself will help others. And if everybody did what I do, I don't think they could afford the cost of keeping up, though I'm sure that would not stop them from trying.
Further to this.....and not to minimize mass surveillance which I find repugnant.....for most people the countermeasures required to protect themselves from spying is just too inconvenient to make it worthwhile. Most people really don't have anything that important to hide. It will be a plus if developers make it easier for everyone to protect themselves going forward.
But what matters now is that the small percentage of people who really do need to keep secrets from government are now taking measures to do so. If that is the effect of Snowden's revelations then it has been worthwhile, but the metrics in the article will never show that. It's not like those people are going to tell you they have changed their behavior.
Government thinks that you should be able to keep secrets from anybody but them, but history shows it is the government people most need to be able to keep secrets from. It's good that people fully know what they are up against.
And for those who say "but what about the scary terrorists!?" - I say I would rather live in a free country with a risk of terrorism than an ostensibly "safe" police state.
I'm not American, but Benny had it right; "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Ben Franklin.
Change has always happened and money has always been spent dealing with it. It's not like we are starting from zero and OMG change is suddenly happening. You'd think the world was static before the 70s.......
Yes, it is warming. It's been warming for most of the historic record (short as that is http://woodfortrees.org/plot/h... ) . It is an interglacial so I'd bet on a long term warming trend too.
+ 0.02 ± 0.10 "records" just make it look desperate though. Sorry if I would never bet any actual money on any of their models.
An Australian-led analysis of satellite data has found the amount of carbon sequestered in plants has risen by almost four billion tonnes since 2003, reflecting a surge in the biomass of global flora — possibly the first such increase since the Industrial Revolution..........
Of course the oil is going to get to market. People are deluded if they think this is going to stop the oil sands.
CALGARY Shipments of oil by rail from Western Canada are expected to more than triple in the next two years, as the sector heads into a severe shortage of pipeline capacity by next year, according to a new forecast by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
At the right price point (admittedly not right now) even trucks may become economical. I'm betting they would find a way to ship it by carrier pigeon before they would leave it in the ground. Makes no difference to me so long as there is no shortage.
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^ should be modded up.
The shot only needs to have enough energy to get high enough for the rotors to hit it. They will take care of the rest.
I used Titanium Backup on my rooted phone to "freeze" Hangouts, since I can't uninstall it.
An out of court settlement is not the same as banning.
Hopefully many new numbered companies will jump in providing DNS services to ISPs worldwide. That seems to be their strategy.
https://www.bypass.net.nz/glob...
There are no laws governing DNS, just open standards. Media conglomerates have been trying to manipulate those for years. Time for the good guys to step in and do so as well and see how that plays out.
It's Australia, this will be made illegal in a couple of days time.
I was thinking weeks, but otherwise that was the first thing that came to my mind when I read the article.
Those IPs will get banned, while the released ones will not get unbanned.
Until they start blocking significant actual customers. That strategy will defeat itself eventually, with IPv4 anyway.
Joe Jobs can happen to anyone no matter who their provider or domain is.
I doubt there is any filter anywhere that won't have an occasional false positive. I have had a couple. Also occasionally a spam will sneak through. That said, I use a catch-all on my domain so I get a huge amount of spam. I'm continuously impressed that it picks out my mere dozens of legit emails from the 5-10 thousand spams I get every month.
I have run my own mail server in the past. I doubt I could do any better.
I use both Gmail and Google Apps for my own domain email and their spam filtering is very good.
I see no reason to believe the US military is telling the truth about anything, ever.
Can't think of many entities I would trust less.
......has already been "corrected" multiple times by multiple people. Many of them continue to be "corrected" regularly.
The only logical assumption is that most, if not all measurements continue to be wrong.
My mod points just expired, but this^
9/11 was not Bin Laden's greatest success, the Patriot Act (and similar laws in other western countries) was.
He scared people into gladly giving up their own freedom. How brilliant, and disturbingly easy, was that!
Absolutely right. I use strong crypto routinely because I can, not because I really have anything to hide.
I would be happy if they waste time and CPU cycles on me. That in itself will help others. And if everybody did what I do, I don't think they could afford the cost of keeping up, though I'm sure that would not stop them from trying.
Further to this.....and not to minimize mass surveillance which I find repugnant.....for most people the countermeasures required to protect themselves from spying is just too inconvenient to make it worthwhile. Most people really don't have anything that important to hide. It will be a plus if developers make it easier for everyone to protect themselves going forward.
But what matters now is that the small percentage of people who really do need to keep secrets from government are now taking measures to do so. If that is the effect of Snowden's revelations then it has been worthwhile, but the metrics in the article will never show that. It's not like those people are going to tell you they have changed their behavior.
Government thinks that you should be able to keep secrets from anybody but them, but history shows it is the government people most need to be able to keep secrets from. It's good that people fully know what they are up against.
And for those who say "but what about the scary terrorists!?" - I say I would rather live in a free country with a risk of terrorism than an ostensibly "safe" police state.
I'm not American, but Benny had it right; "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Ben Franklin.
Doesn't matter.
All climate data is corrected.
Multiple times.
Change has always happened and money has always been spent dealing with it. It's not like we are starting from zero and OMG change is suddenly happening. You'd think the world was static before the 70s.......
Yes, it is warming. It's been warming for most of the historic record (short as that is http://woodfortrees.org/plot/h... ) . It is an interglacial so I'd bet on a long term warming trend too.
+ 0.02 ± 0.10 "records" just make it look desperate though. Sorry if I would never bet any actual money on any of their models.
Just another arbitrary number
He's never really tested any of his theories on real equipment
That you know of. Looks like they don't want him testing anything in the real world or not..
Never worked for Boeing, Airbus or any avionics manufacturer.
They appear to not want anyone looking for vulnerabilities in their systems either.
Has never demonstrated any successful attack
I'm guessing the first person who does will not do so in a friendly way. And everyone will pretend to be surprised.
of what Bruce Schneier would call "security theater".
Yes, fuck them.
"being part of the team helping keep people safe, which is really what people at the agency think they are doing"
Surprise assholes. We need people to keep us safe from YOU.
An Australian-led analysis of satellite data has found the amount of carbon sequestered in plants has risen by almost four billion tonnes since 2003, reflecting a surge in the biomass of global flora — possibly the first such increase since the Industrial Revolution..........
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com....
No pun intended.
California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say....
http://www.mercurynews.com/sci...
Different scientists, different answers. There is something for everyone.
Convenient for him that his graph started in 1970, but that's a subtle form of dishonesty since it's been warming since at least 1890.
http://www.woodfortrees.org/pl...
Oh I don't disagree at all. But the oil will still be there when prices rise again.
I'm not complaining about the current plentiful cheap oil myself.
Of course the oil is going to get to market. People are deluded if they think this is going to stop the oil sands.
CALGARY Shipments of oil by rail from Western Canada are expected to more than triple in the next two years, as the sector heads into a severe shortage of pipeline capacity by next year, according to a new forecast by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.
http://business.financialpost....
At the right price point (admittedly not right now) even trucks may become economical. I'm betting they would find a way to ship it by carrier pigeon before they would leave it in the ground. Makes no difference to me so long as there is no shortage.