Actually Mussolini was very much liked in the US until they had no other choice but to drop him upon the plate called "enemy". Well known, and most familiar.
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sorry, the metaphor is more like shooting a cannon ball at a basketball in which a mosquito happens to be sitting there.... the mosquito being legit file sharing, the basketball being illegal.
besides, the article says that the FBI is going to MONITOR file sharing, meaning they're not gonna do anything to anyone doing legit sharing.
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OK fair enough but is that a good use of resources and is it the FBIs function in the first place. I think both are nos. National security? Nah. Corportate rule enforcement? Yes. Perhaps their business plans should be modernised instead.
More and more countries, like mine (the Netherlands) are allowing the FBI and/or NDA to do undercover operations inside their country without any review of evidence or wheter or not it was provoked, and they happily let their citizens be shipped to the USA for trial while assuming that US trial fairness and defendant's rights are automatically being taken care of properly by the US.
Mostly drugs (XTC) related so far but the stick can hit any dog and also, or perhaps even most likely, the bystander.
Very very bad and I loathe my clueless or moralless or backboneless govt for it.
I don't say anyone has the right to illegally download copyrighted material. In fact I try to discourage people from doing that as it hurts both legitimate file sharing and artists who want to cheaply publish to anyone interested, as well as open source software.
Those people will be targeted as well. Shooting a cannon against a mosquito. Or, if you like, from the POV of the offenders, mobilising the whole city police squad for getting someone who stole an apple.
All the while real big crime, human abuse and terrorism (don't confuse that with proclaimed vision or opinion, people who steep so low are either desperate or for sale for anything or both) can flourish because the FBI has Stasi ambitions.
Now think about how money flows in spending and revenue. Upwards when, downwards when? Someone must benifit. Someone runs the show. There you have corporatism.
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Front button: V5/PC switch button, Two Channels indicator, Volume Control Knob, Mic mute Button Status Indicator: V5 channel (Blue); PC channel (Orange)
So you're just going to ignore the whole lop.com thing? Wonderful sysadmin. I mean, obviously that should be your starting point. It was there outright and I (as AC) and others have pointed it out. Heck perhaps your ISP uses Win2k or XP for DNS? Also check what dns name is on your 127.0.0.1.
There could have been a much better response from you had you taken the blatently clear observations about C2 Media critterware seriously.
After the eagerly awaited replacement of Ms Rosen by Ms Bono there will be Sonny & Cher songs in every bogus.mp3 file put into file sharing systems and RIAA expects many music pirates to be totally demoralized and overwhelmed.
An anonymous spokesperson said it would be "Total shock and awe" and that "their moral will be crushed". She added that "they will be slaughtered".
Lack of interest, lack of specific knowledge, lack of time, lack of income, lack of users, lack of specific hardware, lack of testers, lack of bugreports, lack of sleep....
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Actually Mussolini was very much liked in the US until they had no other choice but to drop him upon the plate called "enemy". Well known, and most familiar.
OK fair enough but is that a good use of resources and is it the FBIs function in the first place. I think both are nos. National security? Nah. Corportate rule enforcement? Yes. Perhaps their business plans should be modernised instead.
More and more countries, like mine (the Netherlands) are allowing the FBI and/or NDA to do undercover operations inside their country without any review of evidence or wheter or not it was provoked, and they happily let their citizens be shipped to the USA for trial while assuming that US trial fairness and defendant's rights are automatically being taken care of properly by the US.
Mostly drugs (XTC) related so far but the stick can hit any dog and also, or perhaps even most likely, the bystander.
Very very bad and I loathe my clueless or moralless or backboneless govt for it.
I don't say anyone has the right to illegally download copyrighted material. In fact I try to discourage people from doing that as it hurts both legitimate file sharing and artists who want to cheaply publish to anyone interested, as well as open source software.
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Those people will be targeted as well. Shooting a cannon against a mosquito. Or, if you like, from the POV of the offenders, mobilising the whole city police squad for getting someone who stole an apple
All the while real big crime, human abuse and terrorism (don't confuse that with proclaimed vision or opinion, people who steep so low are either desperate or for sale for anything or both) can flourish because the FBI has Stasi ambitions.
Now think about how money flows in spending and revenue. Upwards when, downwards when? Someone must benifit. Someone runs the show. There you have corporatism.
Apparently you are assuming or accusing me of things? Could you specify or put up?
I don't see what your comment has to do with mine.
It's called corporatism and was very aptly described and put into context by Mussolini. No troll, no joke.
It will be permanently ./'ed by lop.com within weeks
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Audio: AC 97 compatible, Built-in Microphone, 3W
Amplifier, 4Ohm speaker, 3.5mm stereo jack x 2 (Ear/Mic Jack)
Front button: V5/PC switch button, Two Channels indicator, Volume Control Knob, Mic mute Button
Status Indicator: V5 channel (Blue); PC channel (Orange)
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Looks interesting for someone who likes to carry her PC with her and her monitor on his back
So you're just going to ignore the whole lop.com thing? Wonderful sysadmin. I mean, obviously that should be your starting point. It was there outright and I (as AC) and others have pointed it out. Heck perhaps your ISP uses Win2k or XP for DNS? Also check what dns name is on your 127.0.0.1.
There could have been a much better response from you had you taken the blatently clear observations about C2 Media critterware seriously.
There's some good news though!
.mp3 file put into file sharing systems and RIAA expects many music pirates to be totally demoralized and overwhelmed.
After the eagerly awaited replacement of Ms Rosen by Ms Bono there will be Sonny & Cher songs in every bogus
An anonymous spokesperson said it would be "Total shock and awe" and that "their moral will be crushed". She added that "they will be slaughtered".
People who use OSS extensively also tend to have bigger penises.
Please don't tell me SCO is after my penis now.
"Then explain these open source FAILURES"
Lack of interest, lack of specific knowledge, lack of time, lack of income, lack of users, lack of specific hardware, lack of testers, lack of bugreports, lack of sleep....
They're just like humans you know.