Sadly it was probably the CRTC that made the ruling to have the smaller ISPs have the right to use the gigantic bandwidth from the mega-corporations.This would have been several years prior under a Liberal Party governmaent
So we fast forward to today. There is a difference in government. A much more corporation friendly Conservative Party government. This probably gave the CRTC the impetus that they ought to toe the party line and cut the mega-corps a break.
There are two main players here in Toronto that provide internet access Bell and Rogers and neither of them competes with the other except to the extent that they want to see the how badly they can gouge their customers.
What is funny is that they both complain about the massive amounts of usage they are forced to provide and therefor makes them sped billions on infrastructure.
Our national/local public broadcaster, the CBC had a crony from Bell's "legislation and regulation" team on the radio gloating about how proud he was that the CRTC had fought for the rights of all Canadians etc... when the CRTC was only doing exactly what the corporations wanted.
As an actual Canadian citizen I am fully proud that the nasty, corrupt CRTC, had their corporation loving decision overturned
What is strange is that the decision has been struct down by the even nastier, even more corporation loving Conservative government.
I smell two things: 1) election, 2) MASSIVE tax cuts to appease their corporate masters at Bell and Rogers
Ummmm - I think you are under the understanding that I meant those events (divorce, drunk driving, being fired) were somehow something that would be used against someone in a court of law
On the contrary; those are all events I was saying would be possible reasons a person would be in court.
I never said any of those activities offended me personally. Only that they risk other people making character judgments against them.
You seem an open minded sort - tell me this:
Is there anything someone could do (even though you've clearly seen/done it all) that would offend you? I doubt your answer is "no"
Given that you acknowledge you can be offended, who are you to say what will or will not offend someone else, say a jury member or a judge who has been put in a position to decide your fate based on the information they have seen about you?
For the same reason that taking stuff from your house is still illegal even if you leave your door unlocked.
Yes, people should be more careful, but that doesn't excuse such intrusions.
It's not an intrusion if its up there where any one of your 3000 "friends" can drop a dime on your activity - perfectly legally and without any repercussion.
It's the people who aren't weary of any concerns they should have that I am talking about - not the person who only has meatspace "friends" and has had their data maliciously intercepted by lawyers.
The crap people say about themselves online is ridiculous.
People without sense to moderate themselves will no doubt end up paying for it one way or the other. Talk about your hard partying lifestyle all the time and get a divorce, or charged with drunk driving, or dismissed from a job... good luck keeping that to yourself at that point
Exactly. Spam isn't down at all. It's just shifted over to something else. Something more akin to direct attacks on the infrastructure, as opposed to social engineering and user interaction that spam email requires.
Totally agree. The line between phishing and spamming may be blurred somewhat and the consequences or rate of apprehension is probably the same or similar.
If true, I doubt there is an incentive for people to sell the contraband enlargement pharmaceuticals when the payoff for a successful phishing attack would be much more lucrative
Women (or should i say a normal) wouldn't consent for casual sex and claim weeks later she was rapped in a threesome with a friend.
I don't think that's how it all happened, though I originally misread the report of his misdeeds the way you did. Apparently there was a gap in the time between his doing of the nasty with the two women; i.e. they weren't done simultaneously/in a threesome.
You are right there is no way to stop lunatics. Not Russian, Chechen, Canadian or Dutch. Lunatics are unstoppable because they lack the basic mental elements to tell them that what they are doing is futile. They also lack the higher functions of compassion and empathy for their intended victims.
Find a way to "fix" these individuals before they weaponize themselves and their "causes" will have to be solved through diplomacy or other higher forms of conflict resolution
This sounds like any number of hoaxes that have been perpetrated; be they related to cold fusion or perpetual motion machines.
The "inventor"/"discoverer" are the only ones who can repeat the process and always under their own conditions or in their own lab. On further inspection the man behind the curtain is always found instead of any real magic.
I like Keanu (in contrast to most posters so far) and love the 1st Matrix (like 99% of the posts on here).
But he offered up some of his own cash to help finance the series, which has made him very wealthy in the way of his returns on investment. To my thinking this makes him a producer which is as noble a profession as anything, but it has never qualified anyone for sainthood
Slashdot Mirror
I want to know what the mass of tweets in the upper right quadrant were regarding. It looked like it was the big bang in action!
I really love it when my, mom, doctor, boss, etc... calls a computer a CPU.
Good point.
Sadly it was probably the CRTC that made the ruling to have the smaller ISPs have the right to use the gigantic bandwidth from the mega-corporations.This would have been several years prior under a Liberal Party governmaent
So we fast forward to today. There is a difference in government. A much more corporation friendly Conservative Party government. This probably gave the CRTC the impetus that they ought to toe the party line and cut the mega-corps a break.
Following on the heels of Yahoo's great success - Microsoft has abandoned using their own search technology in favor of Google's.
There are two main players here in Toronto that provide internet access Bell and Rogers and neither of them competes with the other except to the extent that they want to see the how badly they can gouge their customers.
What is funny is that they both complain about the massive amounts of usage they are forced to provide and therefor makes them sped billions on infrastructure.
Our national/local public broadcaster, the CBC had a crony from Bell's "legislation and regulation" team on the radio gloating about how proud he was that the CRTC had fought for the rights of all Canadians etc... when the CRTC was only doing exactly what the corporations wanted.
As an actual Canadian citizen I am fully proud that the nasty, corrupt CRTC, had their corporation loving decision overturned
What is strange is that the decision has been struct down by the even nastier, even more corporation loving Conservative government.
I smell two things: 1) election, 2) MASSIVE tax cuts to appease their corporate masters at Bell and Rogers
Ummmm - I think you are under the understanding that I meant those events (divorce, drunk driving, being fired) were somehow something that would be used against someone in a court of law
On the contrary; those are all events I was saying would be possible reasons a person would be in court.
I.e. A divorce trial
I.e. A drunk driving trial
I.e. A wrongful dismissal trial
Or, are you with him (or her), anonymously?
I never said any of those activities offended me personally. Only that they risk other people making character judgments against them.
You seem an open minded sort - tell me this:
Is there anything someone could do (even though you've clearly seen/done it all) that would offend you? I doubt your answer is "no"
Given that you acknowledge you can be offended, who are you to say what will or will not offend someone else, say a jury member or a judge who has been put in a position to decide your fate based on the information they have seen about you?
Why shouldn't it?
For the same reason that taking stuff from your house is still illegal even if you leave your door unlocked.
Yes, people should be more careful, but that doesn't excuse such intrusions.
It's not an intrusion if its up there where any one of your 3000 "friends" can drop a dime on your activity - perfectly legally and without any repercussion.
It's the people who aren't weary of any concerns they should have that I am talking about - not the person who only has meatspace "friends" and has had their data maliciously intercepted by lawyers.
The first time was funny - but the second was brilliant.
The crap people say about themselves online is ridiculous.
People without sense to moderate themselves will no doubt end up paying for it one way or the other. Talk about your hard partying lifestyle all the time and get a divorce, or charged with drunk driving, or dismissed from a job... good luck keeping that to yourself at that point
Exactly. Spam isn't down at all. It's just shifted over to something else. Something more akin to direct attacks on the infrastructure, as opposed to social engineering and user interaction that spam email requires.
Totally agree. The line between phishing and spamming may be blurred somewhat and the consequences or rate of apprehension is probably the same or similar.
If true, I doubt there is an incentive for people to sell the contraband enlargement pharmaceuticals when the payoff for a successful phishing attack would be much more lucrative
Great idea you gave me there.
I'm off to pitch the Cheezeburger Network on a new app for the DHS
http://icanhascheezburger.com
Everything in the article points to a responsible DHS and not a power hungry paranoia machine.
What gives?
Shows how much people value Facebook. It's sad really that they are willing to have their privacy abused and then go back to the abuser for more.
Thanks for sticking to the important stuff!
I don't know, if you read the article with the voice of J. Peterman (Elaine's boss from Seinfeld) it sounds vitally important!
Women (or should i say a normal) wouldn't consent for casual sex and claim weeks later she was rapped in a threesome with a friend.
I don't think that's how it all happened, though I originally misread the report of his misdeeds the way you did. Apparently there was a gap in the time between his doing of the nasty with the two women; i.e. they weren't done simultaneously/in a threesome.
For that price I hope he at least gets a crown and a scepter to go along with the wicked-ass title
Imagine all the frowns you could trash your opponents with!!!
I get spammed by those "Causes" people all the time!
I don't think you are required to have a login to use demonoid anymore. Though you won't get a membership without an invite.
You are right there is no way to stop lunatics. Not Russian, Chechen, Canadian or Dutch. Lunatics are unstoppable because they lack the basic mental elements to tell them that what they are doing is futile. They also lack the higher functions of compassion and empathy for their intended victims.
Find a way to "fix" these individuals before they weaponize themselves and their "causes" will have to be solved through diplomacy or other higher forms of conflict resolution
This sounds like any number of hoaxes that have been perpetrated; be they related to cold fusion or perpetual motion machines.
The "inventor"/"discoverer" are the only ones who can repeat the process and always under their own conditions or in their own lab. On further inspection the man behind the curtain is always found instead of any real magic.
Sure but first I have to go out and buy the latest Sugar Ray CD.
I like Keanu (in contrast to most posters so far) and love the 1st Matrix (like 99% of the posts on here).
But he offered up some of his own cash to help finance the series, which has made him very wealthy in the way of his returns on investment. To my thinking this makes him a producer which is as noble a profession as anything, but it has never qualified anyone for sainthood