Haven't seen follow-up, but no reason to believe they've done the right thing. Original author's site not available from here; here's the Google cache.
Except that would probably be a smoking gun. Remember that the BSA likely got the court order based on a deposition from a disgruntled employee--one of the ones the business pissed off before the raid.
I don't have a long historical essay to provide, and without living here, it's hard to describe. But here's a summary--we aren't legally required to carry or produce identification here (assuming we aren't operating a motor vehicle or, recently, riding in an airplane). Being asked to do so conjures up images of fascist states in which citizens were asked "Your papers!" (add "Mach Schnell!" for appropriate theatrical effect.
My geopolitical knowledge is weak, but wasn't Spain itself a fascist state under Franco?
Could someone please post the email addresses of the judge(s) responsible? I understand that there is a great untapped market among Dutch jurists for at-home college degrees and penis enlargment machines, and these would be helpful to mining that.
Grab your current machines, stock up on new motherboards, CDRW's, DVD-R's, emulators, and crypto tools while you still can.
The fact that we have the DMCA, that freedom is being eroded in the face of national ID cards and the loss of anonymity on the net indicate that the sky is falling.
it appears that the Italian police used the user's authentication credentials to alter the site. That's a computer crime, and the Italian police involved in the action should be immediately arrested if they set foot on U.S. soil. If it's good enough for Dmitri Sklyarov, it should be good enough for foreign law enforcement officials that steal computer access.
Check this out. It's a Java anonymizing proxy that should be more than adequate for casual browsing. It's not "terrorist grade" anonymity, but should keep all but the most dedicated network nazis out of your traffic.
There were people using that logic while eToys was still twitching, too, I imagine. Though why the heck not--maybe they can engineer a federal bailout--critical information infrastructure and all:).
And they know that even if they were to get caught, they don't go to the same kind of prisons that cop-killers, rapists, child-molesters, and copyright infringers go to. There's no 350 lb cell-mate at Club Fed.
Damn, that's not bad. I'd be a customer, provided I could afford it. (Price could be higher, but not by a factor of 10 or anything.) Imagine how unlikely they would be to cave to DMCA "take-down" notifications (at least they'd probably give you a chance to counter-notify before shutting you off) and questionable subpoenas:).
But these are times of national peril. Lincoln suspended the writ of habeus corpus during the civil war, and though he is well remembered, he is not remembered as a tyrant.
That's because the winners write the history books.
OTOH, this doesn't change the fact that patents of any kind on foodstuffs and the growing thereof are an evil indicating the degree of corruption in world governments.
best left as nature intended. Coffee is one of those things. During those times that I've had to give up caffeine, I switched to herbal teas. Almost as good, without having to worry about growing a third eye.
Of course, their entire business model is based on warez, porn, and mp3's being available with that bandwidth. Not that I have a problem with that, but it does make paying by the GB a bit more compelling than for, say, web surfing.
Don't forget that if the cable companies charged that way, after the customer gets done paying Giganews, he gets to pay his cable company, too.
Please find me a reference that claims that posts are rated ONLY by users.
Easy one. The FAQ prior to the recent admission to the existence of unlimited moderator points on 1/24/02 after the "First Slashdot Troll Post Investigation."
Please tell exactly why Taco et all shouldn't do as they "damn well please" . ..
They can whatever they "damn well please" with their own site; they're just hypocrites when they do that while pretending to be doing something altogether different.
Note quite as entertaining as "Heil Taco", but it's still pretty amusing watching how upset people get when Taco actually manages his own site.
HEIL TACO! (That one was free, more cost 50 pence each.)
Don't forget: most of those trolls used to be (heck, some still are) contributors. What do you think happened?
Ha ha. I didn't say anything about "rights." It's about being what you claim. And/. claims to be a site in which the rating of posts is done by users. I doubt you'd see the trolls "whining" if the editors just owned up to the fact that they do what they damn well please, ban users, down-mod posts, whatever. But they pretend that they tie their own hands.
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Haven't seen follow-up, but no reason to believe they've done the right thing. Original author's site not available from here; here's the Google cache.
If your wife won't let you keep that Omnimon, let me know, and I'll get you my address :).
Except that would probably be a smoking gun. Remember that the BSA likely got the court order based on a deposition from a disgruntled employee--one of the ones the business pissed off before the raid.
My geopolitical knowledge is weak, but wasn't Spain itself a fascist state under Franco?
Could someone please post the email addresses of the judge(s) responsible? I understand that there is a great untapped market among Dutch jurists for at-home college degrees and penis enlargment machines, and these would be helpful to mining that.
The fact that we have the DMCA, that freedom is being eroded in the face of national ID cards and the loss of anonymity on the net indicate that the sky is falling.
Next, get rid of your internet connection. It will have the effects you describe, ten-fold, for lots of people here :).
it appears that the Italian police used the user's authentication credentials to alter the site. That's a computer crime, and the Italian police involved in the action should be immediately arrested if they set foot on U.S. soil. If it's good enough for Dmitri Sklyarov, it should be good enough for foreign law enforcement officials that steal computer access.
Check this out. It's a Java anonymizing proxy that should be more than adequate for casual browsing. It's not "terrorist grade" anonymity, but should keep all but the most dedicated network nazis out of your traffic.
I could work just fine in that environment, so long as VMware was on the list of authorised applications :).
There were people using that logic while eToys was still twitching, too, I imagine. Though why the heck not--maybe they can engineer a federal bailout--critical information infrastructure and all :).
I believe you have my stapler.
And they know that even if they were to get caught, they don't go to the same kind of prisons that cop-killers, rapists, child-molesters, and copyright infringers go to. There's no 350 lb cell-mate at Club Fed.
So, Mr. Brilliant Moderator, how can a first post be "Redundant"?
Damn, that's not bad. I'd be a customer, provided I could afford it. (Price could be higher, but not by a factor of 10 or anything.) Imagine how unlikely they would be to cave to DMCA "take-down" notifications (at least they'd probably give you a chance to counter-notify before shutting you off) and questionable subpoenas :).
Uh, Beavith, AOL/TW owns cable companies.
It's sleeping.
Not a bad idea, but I wouldn't start with LNUX if I were you.
That's because the winners write the history books.
OTOH, this doesn't change the fact that patents of any kind on foodstuffs and the growing thereof are an evil indicating the degree of corruption in world governments.
best left as nature intended. Coffee is one of those things. During those times that I've had to give up caffeine, I switched to herbal teas. Almost as good, without having to worry about growing a third eye.
There's always hope. Are there still phreaks today, though?
Don't forget that if the cable companies charged that way, after the customer gets done paying Giganews, he gets to pay his cable company, too.
Easy one. The FAQ prior to the recent admission to the existence of unlimited moderator points on 1/24/02 after the "First Slashdot Troll Post Investigation."
Please tell exactly why Taco et all shouldn't do as they "damn well please" . . .
They can whatever they "damn well please" with their own site; they're just hypocrites when they do that while pretending to be doing something altogether different.
Note quite as entertaining as "Heil Taco", but it's still pretty amusing watching how upset people get when Taco actually manages his own site.
HEIL TACO! (That one was free, more cost 50 pence each.)
Don't forget: most of those trolls used to be (heck, some still are) contributors. What do you think happened?
Hope you find this entertaining.