No. That's what they want you to believe. Just like they want you to believe that copying and sharing software is a crime, when there is no actual victim.
France: 300FF/month ($50 to $60) for 512kb/s download, 128kb/s upload, no volume cap. 900FF ($160) setup fee (includes modem). Quality of service is pretty good as of late, IE you can expect to hit the download max speed pretty regularly even at rush hours.
You can bet that the music monopoly will now concentrate its lobbying effort to bribing congressmen into softening antitrust laws to fit their needs.
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Have the Jim Henson's company send their corporate lawyers at Al Qaeda for Copyright Infringement (Pat. PEnd), with support from the RIAA... Hell if the RIAA can take down 200 years of human rights and freedom of speech, they could as well be able to lobby the shit out of the talibans.
"That isn't religions fault if it has been abused."
Early christians started it. Don't believe the propaganda -- christianity didn't just have a few bad historical episodes such as the inquisition. It started right after it began to spread to the roman empire. Before Xtians, Rome enjoyed a relative freedom of religion. Then came the Xtians, and they began forcing people to convertion, and generally just killing so called "pagans" anyway.
"If people will ever accept peace they need to find a way of dealing with eachother other than through violence. I will pray for peace, just as I will pray for an end to the violence that is going on right now."
It's religion that caused all that shit, let's not forget this, it's RELIGIOUS NUTS who are responsible.
"Huh? This is like banning hammers just because people have been known to hit their thumbs with them. "
Hmm. No. Java strings, Perl strings, C++ strings are absolutely *immune* to buffer overflows. That's because they're dynamically allocated and managed with a higher level interface. C strings are vulnerable, and the programmer has to waste a lot of effort to ensure safety and enforce bounds manually.
"But if you do know strings, and are aware of the tarpits, then every one on your list is perfectly fine. "
Don't you ever make mistakes? The standard C string handling mechanism is prone to mistakes.
"The number one security problem in C is not strings, but the lack of unit and system testing. Do you unit test every one of your functions? Does someone other than you or your end user perform system testing? Do you even have a test plan?"
Testing? Testing is a part of the solution, it's not the end-all be all. It's easy to let a nasty buffer overflow slip through a thorough testing.
Let's face it, C's string handling is the biggest cause of security problems on the Internet. Static strings are evil. Too bad there is no standard way to handle them in C.
Hmm, no. There has been 30+ executions in Texas alone since the beginning of the year. That's a lot.
" The US also regularly tries to use the best forensic technology around to help prove that guilt. The difficulty to actual execute someone within the US is staggering. "
It's *beginning* to. To start with, why aren't poor defendants given decently paid lawyers? See Texas again (drunk attorneys, sleeping attorneys...)
"There is a significant distance between us and them. I dunno the last time we drug a bunch of people into an arena and shot them in the back of the head for drug trafficking. "
Ahem. What about the electric chair. Oh! It's not quite fried yet, it's still moving. Give it some more juice George.
1. I *think* that, while what you're referring to still existed long after the death penalty was abolished for "common" crimes, it has however been changed a few years ago.
2. I disagree with your restrictive interpretation.
Hmm, I'm not assuming anything about your opinions. Just pointing the single most important detail about key escrow: that it's useless as far as wiretapping is concerned.
"Once there is reason to check on someone, the police can check email logs and collect on-going communication. If it is tunneled through legal encryption, they can get the escrowed key and discover any hidden illegal encryption. "
And... ? What? Then they have to go to Mr Terrorist and ask him to hand in the keys. Mmmm'kay. "Well excuse me officer, I can't give you the keys because I'm fucking dead in the plane crash". Doh!
Key escrow won't do anything against terrorists who have nothing to lose. It will most likely be used against drug dealers... the war on drugs! Let people harm themselves if they want to, for fuck's sake.
I was browsing the FBI's top 10 most wanted, and what do I see?
Ok cocain is baaaaad, well it's certainly not as cancerogenous (sp?) as your average fat-free grease at your average grocery shop, nor is it as bad for your heart as your average fat-filled junk food at said shop, but it's baaaad.
As for marijuana, well there's no definitive scientific data proving any kind of harmfulness, except maybe the fact that antisocial individuals such as poets, writers or musicians have been abusing it.
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No. That's what they want you to believe. Just like they want you to believe that copying and sharing software is a crime, when there is no actual victim.
What are you implying? That they sniffed the powder thinking it was a free sample of coke?
France: 300FF/month ($50 to $60) for 512kb/s download, 128kb/s upload, no volume cap. 900FF ($160) setup fee (includes modem). Quality of service is pretty good as of late, IE you can expect to hit the download max speed pretty regularly even at rush hours.
Definitely not dead here.
Just out of curiosity, what's the reasoning for blocking .jp site? Doesn't make any sense.
You can bet that the music monopoly will now concentrate its lobbying effort to bribing congressmen into softening antitrust laws to fit their needs.
Have the Jim Henson's company send their corporate lawyers at Al Qaeda for Copyright Infringement (Pat. PEnd), with support from the RIAA ... Hell if the RIAA can take down 200 years of human rights and freedom of speech, they could as well be able to lobby the shit out of the talibans.
"That isn't religions fault if it has been abused."
Early christians started it. Don't believe the propaganda -- christianity didn't just have a few bad historical episodes such as the inquisition. It started right after it began to spread to the roman empire. Before Xtians, Rome enjoyed a relative freedom of religion. Then came the Xtians, and they began forcing people to convertion, and generally just killing so called "pagans" anyway.
"If people will ever accept peace they need to find a way of dealing with eachother other than through violence. I will pray for peace, just as I will pray for an end to the violence that is going on right now."
It's religion that caused all that shit, let's not forget this, it's RELIGIOUS NUTS who are responsible.
Holy shit, this "christian" website is disgusting. An order of magnitude more sickening that goatse.cx.
The proper, non vulnerable form is snprintf(buf,len,"%s",user_input).
"Is your solution then to abandon C? "
Wait wait wait. Did I write anything like this? No I did'nt.
The solution is to use a dynamic string handling library. For example, DJB's. But there ought to be a standard alternative.
"Of course. But it's a basic tool. Not testing your code is much worse than using string functions. I mean BOTH unit tests and system tests."
Hey, it's YOU who implied that testing removed the need for dynamic strings.
"Huh? This is like banning hammers just because people have been known to hit their thumbs with them. "
Hmm. No. Java strings, Perl strings, C++ strings are absolutely *immune* to buffer overflows. That's because they're dynamically allocated and managed with a higher level interface. C strings are vulnerable, and the programmer has to waste a lot of effort to ensure safety and enforce bounds manually.
"But if you do know strings, and are aware of the tarpits, then every one on your list is perfectly fine. "
Don't you ever make mistakes? The standard C string handling mechanism is prone to mistakes.
"The number one security problem in C is not strings, but the lack of unit and system testing. Do you unit test every one of your functions? Does someone other than you or your end user perform system testing? Do you even have a test plan?"
Testing? Testing is a part of the solution, it's not the end-all be all. It's easy to let a nasty buffer overflow slip through a thorough testing.
I meant: too bad there is no standard way to handle dynamically allocated strings in C.
... in programs (setting aside administration issues such as passwords)
1. string.h
2. sprintf
3. system
4. char buff[255];
5. snprintf(buf,len,user_input);
Let's face it, C's string handling is the biggest cause of security problems on the Internet. Static strings are evil. Too bad there is no standard way to handle them in C.
Knowing that there might be weapons, the attacker is more likely to shoot first, check out the weapons later.
"I hear that in great britain, houses get robbed in broad daylight, with the people there, cause crooks don't have to worry about getting shot. "
...
I don't know about you, I'd rather surrender my VCR than get shot down.
But to each his own priorities in life (or death)
"Conviction rates with executions are not high. "
Hmm, no. There has been 30+ executions in Texas alone since the beginning of the year. That's a lot.
" The US also regularly tries to use the best forensic technology around to help prove that guilt. The difficulty to actual execute someone within the US is staggering. "
It's *beginning* to. To start with, why aren't poor defendants given decently paid lawyers? See Texas again (drunk attorneys, sleeping attorneys
"We don't give them the chair for drug trafficking either. "
Drug trafficking or something else, it does'nt make a difference.
"There is a significant distance between us and them. I dunno the last time we drug a bunch of people into an arena and shot them in the back of the head for drug trafficking. "
Ahem. What about the electric chair. Oh! It's not quite fried yet, it's still moving. Give it some more juice George.
1. I *think* that, while what you're referring to still existed long after the death penalty was abolished for "common" crimes, it has however been changed a few years ago.
2. I disagree with your restrictive interpretation.
"If you kill someone, you deserve to die."
Eh, probably. Are all those who are sentenced to death actually guilty of murder? Like those who, in Texas, had their lawyer sleep during their trial.
"whether mentally retarded persons may be subject to capital punishment"
108 countries in the world have abandoned capital punishment, including all of western europe countries.
Among countries still doing it:
Afghanistan
USA
China
Iran
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
...
See something wrong with that list?
nt
Wait, they do it themselves.
Hmm, I'm not assuming anything about your opinions. Just pointing the single most important detail about key escrow: that it's useless as far as wiretapping is concerned.
... ? What? Then they have to go to Mr Terrorist and ask him to hand in the keys. Mmmm'kay. "Well excuse me officer, I can't give you the keys because I'm fucking dead in the plane crash". Doh!
... the war on drugs! Let people harm themselves if they want to, for fuck's sake.
:P who apparently did'nt kill anyone, but provided consumers with cocain and marijuana.
"Once there is reason to check on someone, the police can check email logs and collect on-going communication. If it is tunneled through legal encryption, they can get the escrowed key and discover any hidden illegal encryption. "
And
Key escrow won't do anything against terrorists who have nothing to lose. It will most likely be used against drug dealers
I was browsing the FBI's top 10 most wanted, and what do I see?
A guy who killed thousands of innocents, and businessman
Ok cocain is baaaaad, well it's certainly not as cancerogenous (sp?) as your average fat-free grease at your average grocery shop, nor is it as bad for your heart as your average fat-filled junk food at said shop, but it's baaaad.
As for marijuana, well there's no definitive scientific data proving any kind of harmfulness, except maybe the fact that antisocial individuals such as poets, writers or musicians have been abusing it.
Have I lost you yet?