So what if he took credit? Even if he plaid guilty which is hardly the case as he didn't do it in front of a judge or court in a hearing (I am *not* defending the creep at all!) he has the right to a lawyer and be defended in a court of law in whatever jurisdiction, civil or military. He would be found guilty and killed? Very likely but what bothers me is this double standard. The USA likes to talk about due process and human rights but only when it's toward it's interests. Like it or not, no matter how horrible his crimes were, this this guy should be arrested and face a trial.
Ok, this guy deserved to die? Hell yeah but shouldn't he be captured and brought to justice to stand trial? I mean, the USA didn't even try to say "We tried to capture him but he was killed during the firefight". The idea was hunt and kill. Where is the famous due process?
That would impossible here in Brazil due to our consumer laws in two way I can think of: they can't limit the way I use the service (unless I'm doing something illegal) and they can't change a contract term or assign a paid service unilaterally.
Please, bare with me (no pun intended!) as I'm not from USA. a) If this is a blatant violation or your constitution as many of you say, why don't anyone takes this to the appropriate (supreme?) court that judges constitutional matters? b) This may be harder but, I doubt things will keep the same if there is a *very* sharp decrease on flights. If the airlines start to complain very loudly that would add a lot of pressure over the government.
I don't need to point that: a) DHCP is been defeated using hardware removers for a long time already b) Despite how some USA companies believe, DMCA is not valid worldwide and in many places rip a DVD or BluRay is perfectly legal as long it's for your personal use at least.
I know it's far from perfect and I think it's beyond me trying to argue with you but I rather see free software being largely distributed this way that not at all.
Ubuntu is bringing free software to the masses as noone else has done before. Nobody forces you to install proprietary software from the partner repository or anywhere else and when Ubuntu detects that a proprietary driver, for instance, is available for your hardware it tells you that it's not free software and you can choose to ignore and keep using the free one.
Just struck me that our consumer laws forbids that anything can lose resources like that without previous consent or proper compensation at consumer's decision. I bougth my PS3 in USA here so it does not apply to me but I wonder if one takes this to the proper authorities here, what would be the result? INAL but I think that Sony may be even prohibited to do this change here.
The problem is that we don't have clear laws regarding spamming. There has been some legal actions base on analogies with older things but it's not a clear shot. I rather take it to the technical level and block their traffic and/or see what can I do to add them into some RBL.
No, I'm not. I'm quite happy to pay more for quality. If you are willing to cope with this sort of crap, that's your choice but remember that the whole internet idea is about collaboration. If you put up too much crap, you will start to get blocked and your 19.95/month won't worth a dime.
By your logic, I could accept money from drug dealers as well, "cuz, ya know, without customers that pay money, companies go out of business" . If they accepting money from spammers and malware dealers, they are liable as well. I could press civil and criminal charges or I can just block their traffic completely (which I've done, BTW). Then I turn from a "whining bitch" to a royal PITA. Thankfully, the Internet is still free around here.
I do agree they are more targeted but that is a price they have to pay for their size and there are ways to investigate without snooping around one's servers. Also, what about the hundreds of complains I sent? I've never got one single reply.
Please. If you are a big company you need to be prepared to deal with larger portions of the same: good tools, good (and bigger) staff, a specialized security/response team. It's like any other company, One can't expect to run a large company with the same resources used in a small one.
One of the largest ISPs in Brazil, Locaweb, is the main source of spam and malware I get and it's not only about numbers. They just ignore every single complain I've done.
Don't buy ebooks that are DRM-crippled. As a matter of fact, I don't buy ebooks unless it's some reference material that needs to be consulted in a regular basis and a search function is a must. For my reading pleasure I aways carry real books albeit the extra volume.
You say "he's an expert on nothing" but one does not have to have a PHD to say meaningful things. If you disagree with his opinions, that's perfectly fine, I don't agree with many of them myself, but all you have done is to attack the guy (ad hominem). Instead, why don't you reply to his arguments and explain why "his grasp of law and legal history is laughable"?
There will always be places that will say "no thanks" to this kind of stupidity for several rerasons:
1) They have some sense (rare but possible) 2) They don't like US. 3) Their laws wouldn't allow 4) Their Constitution wouldn't allow. 5) They don't want outsiders telling them how to do things specially if they can't do themselves. 6) All of above?:)
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So what if he took credit? Even if he plaid guilty which is hardly the case as he didn't do it in front of a judge or court in a hearing (I am *not* defending the creep at all!) he has the right to a lawyer and be defended in a court of law in whatever jurisdiction, civil or military. He would be found guilty and killed? Very likely but what bothers me is this double standard. The USA likes to talk about due process and human rights but only when it's toward it's interests. Like it or not, no matter how horrible his crimes were, this this guy should be arrested and face a trial.
Ok, this guy deserved to die? Hell yeah but shouldn't he be captured and brought to justice to stand trial? I mean, the USA didn't even try to say "We tried to capture him but he was killed during the firefight". The idea was hunt and kill. Where is the famous due process?
That would impossible here in Brazil due to our consumer laws in two way I can think of: they can't limit the way I use the service (unless I'm doing something illegal) and they can't change a contract term or assign a paid service unilaterally.
Please, bare with me (no pun intended!) as I'm not from USA.
a) If this is a blatant violation or your constitution as many of you say, why don't anyone takes this to the appropriate (supreme?) court that judges constitutional matters?
b) This may be harder but, I doubt things will keep the same if there is a *very* sharp decrease on flights. If the airlines start to complain very loudly that would add a lot of pressure over the government.
The original post comes from a humor blog and some news outlets, specially abroad, picked up as real.
I don't need to point that:
a) DHCP is been defeated using hardware removers for a long time already
b) Despite how some USA companies believe, DMCA is not valid worldwide and in many places rip a DVD or BluRay is perfectly legal as long it's for your personal use at least.
I know it's far from perfect and I think it's beyond me trying to argue with you but I rather see free software being largely distributed this way that not at all.
Ubuntu is bringing free software to the masses as noone else has done before. Nobody forces you to install proprietary software from the partner repository or anywhere else and when Ubuntu detects that a proprietary driver, for instance, is available for your hardware it tells you that it's not free software and you can choose to ignore and keep using the free one.
Dude, I won't turn this into a flamefest ok? I tried to be sarcastic, that's all. No more from me.
... then we found the reason behind the war.
Canonical started this a few months ago.
I work for Canonical (not in this project tough) and follow it with a personal interest.
If they can't figure that out themselves, they are in the wrong business.
Just struck me that our consumer laws forbids that anything can lose resources like that without previous consent or proper compensation at consumer's decision. I bougth my PS3 in USA here so it does not apply to me but I wonder if one takes this to the proper authorities here, what would be the result? INAL but I think that Sony may be even prohibited to do this change here.
The problem is that we don't have clear laws regarding spamming. There has been some legal actions base on analogies with older things but it's not a clear shot. I rather take it to the technical level and block their traffic and/or see what can I do to add them into some RBL.
No, I'm not. I'm quite happy to pay more for quality. If you are willing to cope with this sort of crap, that's your choice but remember that the whole internet idea is about collaboration. If you put up too much crap, you will start to get blocked and your 19.95/month won't worth a dime.
Because if they do, we would have a lot less of malware and spam therefore more resources available. Isn't that obvious?
By your logic, I could accept money from drug dealers as well, "cuz, ya know, without customers that pay money, companies go out of business" . If they accepting money from spammers and malware dealers, they are liable as well. I could press civil and criminal charges or I can just block their traffic completely (which I've done, BTW). Then I turn from a "whining bitch" to a royal PITA. Thankfully, the Internet is still free around here.
I do agree they are more targeted but that is a price they have to pay for their size and there are ways to investigate without snooping around one's servers. Also, what about the hundreds of complains I sent? I've never got one single reply.
Please. If you are a big company you need to be prepared to deal with larger portions of the same: good tools, good (and bigger) staff, a specialized security/response team. It's like any other company, One can't expect to run a large company with the same resources used in a small one.
They should have entered RTBLs long ago. Maybe this should scare them enough so they start to pay attention to the complains they certainly get.
One of the largest ISPs in Brazil, Locaweb, is the main source of spam and malware I get and it's not only about numbers. They just ignore every single complain I've done.
No. That means a new egg on their faces :)
Don't buy ebooks that are DRM-crippled. As a matter of fact, I don't buy ebooks unless it's some reference material that needs to be consulted in a regular basis and a search function is a must. For my reading pleasure I aways carry real books albeit the extra volume.
You say "he's an expert on nothing" but one does not have to have a PHD to say meaningful things. If you disagree with his opinions, that's perfectly fine, I don't agree with many of them myself, but all you have done is to attack the guy (ad hominem). Instead, why don't you reply to his arguments and explain why "his grasp of law and legal history is laughable"?
There will always be places that will say "no thanks" to this kind of stupidity for several rerasons:
1) They have some sense (rare but possible) :)
2) They don't like US.
3) Their laws wouldn't allow
4) Their Constitution wouldn't allow.
5) They don't want outsiders telling them how to do things specially if they can't do themselves.
6) All of above?