Completely different issue. There aren't any laws against WTC memorabilia-- any auction sites which choose not to deal in it are acting on their own behalf, not due to government legislation.
The situation involving Yahoo selling Nazi memorabilia is an example of the French court system attempting to restrict the information available to French people on the internet.
The government of the USA is the largest organization in the world, and you want to give it access to all information about you, on the basis that *some* of the employees of the government are responsible enough not to abuse their priveliges?
TYPE II ERROR! Corrupt officials now have access to all of your information!
A significant fraction of the government is most assuredly not trustworthy. Just because they're government doesn't mean they're good, or even that they have good intentions. Ask most of Central/South America what the US has done for their social stability... say for example, Chile under Allende.
Government should *never* be trusted simply because it has power. In fact, a wise man would argue that no power should be trusted.
After all, that's the way "national security" works. Why not use their logic against them?
Encrypt the message into a 20kbit sample porn jpeg, and spam it to 100,000 e-mail addresses... including the small group whom you actually wish to send the information.
Add a "visit www.hotsluts4u.com for the hottest sluts" message, and nobody looking for hidden information will even give it a second glance.
Unless you're using a really *BIG* nuke, you'll blow out windows for several miles plus a few and wipe out unreinforced structures for several minus a few miles.
Against hardened targets, you'll need to be close even using a low-midrange nuke like the WWII-tech ones. The shock wave is only really effective against wood-frame structures, windows, and unshielded personell.
Think of it this way-- if you want to immediately kill the personnel in a tank, you'd better hit them pretty much pinpoint.
There's the fact that the safety systems at Three Mile Island worked as designed, resulting in there being NO radioactive materials released during the incident at TMI. That's right, *none*.
Yeah. That's sure scary there...
Of course, if you really wanted to be scared, we could contrast the risks of radiation exposure from commercial radiation accidents in the western world versus your chances of dying in an automobile collision.
...hiring ex-skr1pt k1ddiez to remove your name from corporate databases.
And the best thing is, the skr1pt kiddiez have to do all the hacking before they get your credit card number out!
In fact, I can almost see them doing this en-masse-- haX0r in, delete everything, and charge every credit card number they find $3 for the service.
I wonder how much the skr1pt kiddie lobby is paying the FTC to come up with these rulings.:)
I wonder if the RIAA will end up hosting their MP3-streaming services out of nations that don't conform to US copyright laws? Could be a good backup in case this blows up in their face.
It'd be nicely ironic, too.:)
Wow! Not only does their page look horrible, they also created a whole NEW web design sin just for their page:
Giving their real names *and* listing that their interests include pot smoking, sex, and underage drinking. Man, that has to be the easiest "computer crime" search warrant those cops have ever gotten!
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Completely different issue. There aren't any laws against WTC memorabilia-- any auction sites which choose not to deal in it are acting on their own behalf, not due to government legislation.
The situation involving Yahoo selling Nazi memorabilia is an example of the French court system attempting to restrict the information available to French people on the internet.
The government of the USA is the largest organization in the world, and you want to give it access to all information about you, on the basis that *some* of the employees of the government are responsible enough not to abuse their priveliges?
TYPE II ERROR! Corrupt officials now have access to all of your information!
A significant fraction of the government is most assuredly not trustworthy. Just because they're government doesn't mean they're good, or even that they have good intentions. Ask most of Central/South America what the US has done for their social stability... say for example, Chile under Allende.
Government should *never* be trusted simply because it has power. In fact, a wise man would argue that no power should be trusted.
After all, that's the way "national security" works. Why not use their logic against them?
But I thought it was a news site... now I'm confused! ACK!
Encrypt the message into a 20kbit sample porn jpeg, and spam it to 100,000 e-mail addresses... including the small group whom you actually wish to send the information.
Add a "visit www.hotsluts4u.com for the hottest sluts" message, and nobody looking for hidden information will even give it a second glance.
Without "pure" science, you end up with a lot fewer practical applications appearing.
If you'd like to criticize mis-allocated resources, I strongly recommend that you examine the cosmetics industry.
Unless you're using a really *BIG* nuke, you'll blow out windows for several miles plus a few and wipe out unreinforced structures for several minus a few miles.
Against hardened targets, you'll need to be close even using a low-midrange nuke like the WWII-tech ones. The shock wave is only really effective against wood-frame structures, windows, and unshielded personell.
Think of it this way-- if you want to immediately kill the personnel in a tank, you'd better hit them pretty much pinpoint.
There's the fact that the safety systems at Three Mile Island worked as designed, resulting in there being NO radioactive materials released during the incident at TMI. That's right, *none*.
Yeah. That's sure scary there...
Of course, if you really wanted to be scared, we could contrast the risks of radiation exposure from commercial radiation accidents in the western world versus your chances of dying in an automobile collision.
...hiring ex-skr1pt k1ddiez to remove your name from corporate databases. And the best thing is, the skr1pt kiddiez have to do all the hacking before they get your credit card number out! In fact, I can almost see them doing this en-masse-- haX0r in, delete everything, and charge every credit card number they find $3 for the service. I wonder how much the skr1pt kiddie lobby is paying the FTC to come up with these rulings. :)
I wonder if the RIAA will end up hosting their MP3-streaming services out of nations that don't conform to US copyright laws? Could be a good backup in case this blows up in their face. It'd be nicely ironic, too. :)
Wow! Not only does their page look horrible, they also created a whole NEW web design sin just for their page:
Giving their real names *and* listing that their interests include pot smoking, sex, and underage drinking.
Man, that has to be the easiest "computer crime" search warrant those cops have ever gotten!
BfD member page (with self-incriminating statements)