The reason people here are so hard-core about free speech is that it's explicitly protected by the Constitution, which abortion is NOT (though it has been found to be protected implicitly through an understood right to privacy), and it continues to be eroded by a wide array of opponents. There is no equivalent text in the constitution that protects abortion to the same degree.
That said, explicit threats are wrong and illegal. The court ruled that the authors of this web site did not cross the line from harassment to an illegal, specific threat on an individual's life:
If defendants threatened to commit violent acts, by working alone or with others, then
their [works] could properly support the verdict," Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski wrote. "But
if their [works] merely encouraged unrelated terrorists, then their words are protected
by the First Amendment."
On the merits, anyway, this case is not about abortion at all - it's about death threats, for which the perpetrator is liable in a wrongful-death lawsuit. This web site did not constitute an illegal death threat. End of story.
Yes, but the Sherman Act prohibits agreements, combinations, and conspiracies in restraint of trade. RIAA is a combination of companies looking to restrain trade. 'Nuff said.
If the RIAA wants to block sharing of everything except - what? approved non RIAA music? this sounds to me like illegal restraint of trade. Where's the Antitrust Division when we need it?
I agree. MLB sells the rights to baseball games to broadcasters, who either telecast for pay (on cable) or for free (on the air). So they have come up with a way to offer internet rights to another "network" (Real).
Try installing something from Intuit, Apple, or MSFT... these things always show you a series of ads while running the installer. (Usually "Please! Register!! Please... register!!!)
Which is why pen computers have failed, failed, failed in the marketplace. Pen organizers (e.g. Palm) are different because they are designed to be useful despite the much slower input method - you're using them while walking about, so it's not such a big deal. Pen computers are just too cumbersome to use effectively, except for special applications.
Remember Go, Eo, General Magic, Grid, Windows for Pens / Winpad, Compaq Concerto, and various WinCE flavors? All crashed and burned. I don't see why this will be any different.
Have as many people as possible use your grocery card, TiVO, pet club card, and whatnot. Give them such a random sampling of as many people as
possible, give them fake info when you sign up for thier incentives. It may not do much, but tell your friends, have them tell thier friends.
Eventually they will be getting so much bad data, they may just quit.
But these aren't bad data! You are simply aggregating the information for the service provider. Tivo can use 10 people's usage patterns just as well as they can use one - now it looks like the customer is a really frequent viewer, but Tivo still knows that (for example) people skip all the ads on ER but they don't on the football game.
You will reduce the utility of the data to track you individually... but since Tivo isn't doing that, they won't care. Sorry!
If people are downloading games (120MB) in 20-30 seconds, isn't that going to help the backbone a bit?
Only if the backbone is big enough, and the server at the other end has enough capacity, and your access router has enough processing capacity.. Otherwise the increased demand on the backbone will reduce service quality for everyone else.
Remember that you're asking for a certain number of bits, not bits per second, if you're downloading something. If the backbone, not your connection, is the bottleneck, you could easily overwhelm the router used to connect you to it - unless traffic shaping is used to limit your bandwidth, in which case you won't get your full 100Mbps.
SF Telecommunications Commission is useless. Good thing we don't look to them to provide anything except torn-up streets from all the fiber being laid...
Would using DHCP and then setting the router to not allow those IPs to use the VPN be a safe way to do it?
Maybe. If you have a PC originated vpn (ipsec client) you shouldn't have trouble, because the other IPs won't ever get into it. If you have a hardware based vpn, on the other hand, just permitting/denying access by IP is probably dangerous, because the k14413$ would figure out what the other IPs on your subnet are and try them too.
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Unless, for example, the theater is on fire. In which case you would be stupid not to.
That's in the Declaration of Independence
That said, explicit threats are wrong and illegal. The court ruled that the authors of this web site did not cross the line from harassment to an illegal, specific threat on an individual's life:
If defendants threatened to commit violent acts, by working alone or with others, then their [works] could properly support the verdict," Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski wrote. "But if their [works] merely encouraged unrelated terrorists, then their words are protected by the First Amendment."
On the merits, anyway, this case is not about abortion at all - it's about death threats, for which the perpetrator is liable in a wrongful-death lawsuit. This web site did not constitute an illegal death threat. End of story.
I think you can order a fountain from your local bottler...
Milky carbonated drinks have been around for years in Japan. Calpis Soda is yummy, for example.
and just as obnoxious as the N-files themselves.
Yes, but the Sherman Act prohibits agreements, combinations, and conspiracies in restraint of trade. RIAA is a combination of companies looking to restrain trade. 'Nuff said.
Which is why this can't be allowed to stand. This is a naked extension of their monopoly.
If the RIAA wants to block sharing of everything except - what? approved non RIAA music? this sounds to me like illegal restraint of trade. Where's the Antitrust Division when we need it?
- Restaurants Charge For Food, Require Additional Charge for Coffee and Alcoholic Beverages
- Money-Grubbing ISPs Charge More for High-Bandwidth Lines, Even Though They're Used for Napster, Gnutella, and Freenet
- ThinkGeek Charges Hundreds for MP3 Players, which are Critical to Your Rights Online
I know, it's shocking. But it's true!
Sounds perfectly normal to me!
All of it. MSNBC is the worst. That's why I always provide "printable" links on stories I refer to (or submit for immediate rejection).
Try installing something from Intuit, Apple, or MSFT ... these things always show you a series of ads while running the installer. (Usually "Please! Register!! Please... register!!! )
If I see an interstitial ad, I click on the Close Box. Probably not the best way to get people to participate in your game show.
I agree. Compared with the crap answers we have gotten from some other interviewees, Boucher had a lot of useful stuff to say.
Remember Go, Eo, General Magic, Grid, Windows for Pens / Winpad, Compaq Concerto, and various WinCE flavors? All crashed and burned. I don't see why this will be any different.
unless they use this always-on LAN to invade privacy, report piracy, etc.
But these aren't bad data! You are simply aggregating the information for the service provider. Tivo can use 10 people's usage patterns just as well as they can use one - now it looks like the customer is a really frequent viewer, but Tivo still knows that (for example) people skip all the ads on ER but they don't on the football game.
You will reduce the utility of the data to track you individually... but since Tivo isn't doing that, they won't care. Sorry!
Well, I'm not buying that.
Only if the backbone is big enough, and the server at the other end has enough capacity, and your access router has enough processing capacity.. Otherwise the increased demand on the backbone will reduce service quality for everyone else.
Remember that you're asking for a certain number of bits, not bits per second, if you're downloading something. If the backbone, not your connection, is the bottleneck, you could easily overwhelm the router used to connect you to it - unless traffic shaping is used to limit your bandwidth, in which case you won't get your full 100Mbps.
No
Too bad there isn't a Fucked category...
Why not just automatically get Google to cache the site, then link to the Google cache? I smell a business opportunity here.
SF Telecommunications Commission is useless. Good thing we don't look to them to provide anything except torn-up streets from all the fiber being laid...
Maybe. If you have a PC originated vpn (ipsec client) you shouldn't have trouble, because the other IPs won't ever get into it. If you have a hardware based vpn, on the other hand, just permitting/denying access by IP is probably dangerous, because the k14413$ would figure out what the other IPs on your subnet are and try them too.