Well, i told you this would happen. Now you people that blew off what was happening here should care. Expect more of this in the real near future. Even worse when you start passing your own versions of these anti-piracy laws and it will work in both directions..
In 5-10 years i wouldn't be surprised if some international "IP Enforcement Agency" started running around arresting kids in their basement for downloading TOR, or FreeNet or attempting to access pirate bay, even tho it will be blocked. ( if we can even download "content" that are not safely tucked inside a controlled 'market' by then )
Lets watch the wack-a-mole game continue to intensify and get ugly.
Sort of like what happened when the RIAA attacked Napster, the resulting press opened up the entire p2p concept to the unwashed masses and 'piracy' blossomed. I have a feeling this game will end up driving people ( and tech ) more underground with more secure tactics to not be caught, AND generate lots of press to bring even more 'violators' to the scene.
While i applaud the attempts to get the word out to the general public the ONLY thing that will help the cause is money. The legislature must be offered more to can this than support support. Its really that simple. Sad, but simple.
Sounds like he's got the same problem most other giants have had at some point, just before they start gong down hill. They refuse to acknowledge the changing tide around them, and are unable ( unwilling ) to adapt.
Ultimately, FreeNet is more about publishing 'sites' than sharing files ( tho i agree it can do both ), and if we waned to help out our oppressed brothers, we would mirror 'outside' sites on FreeNet. Even setup auto run scripts to do it.
And while its not been done yet, i don't see a technical obstacle why a "gateway" couldn't be created that sucks in outside data and inserts it into FreeNet, on demand. I also don't see it compromising security, except for the guy(s) running the gateway, in a presumed free country. Once its inserted, its just as secure as any other traffic.
Even if they 'suck' compared to other brands, they are still an order of a magnitude more powerful than we had 10 years ago. And we got along just find back then.
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Well, i told you this would happen. Now you people that blew off what was happening here should care. Expect more of this in the real near future. Even worse when you start passing your own versions of these anti-piracy laws and it will work in both directions..
In 5-10 years i wouldn't be surprised if some international "IP Enforcement Agency" started running around arresting kids in their basement for downloading TOR, or FreeNet or attempting to access pirate bay, even tho it will be blocked. ( if we can even download "content" that are not safely tucked inside a controlled 'market' by then )
The problem with a lot of Microsoft stuff is that even with something like powershell, its still PITA to manage everything with out a GUI.
And besides, sometimes a GUI really is better. not always, but choose the correct tool for the job at hand.
A lot of these products will never go out into production soon, or will not be popular
Exactly why i wouldn't want to bother.
No seriously.. who really wants to go to a dog and pony show?
More like 'chance' funding.
Or why is there a network in the car in the first place. Or processors..
Because they own the patents and its standard practice to require license fees from people that infringe on them.
He may be long gone, but his legacy of paranoia has not.
Id rather pick battles i have a chance to win. I have a finite amount of energy so why waste it ?
And of course any files they happen to find along the way. "IP address x.x.x.x has a copy of the Communist Manifesto"
Might work, but if they are almost broke, how can they fund a long term fight with people that are HUGE and have deeper pockets?
Or... could they just be looking for a outright buy-out to get them to go away?
Lets watch the wack-a-mole game continue to intensify and get ugly.
Sort of like what happened when the RIAA attacked Napster, the resulting press opened up the entire p2p concept to the unwashed masses and 'piracy' blossomed. I have a feeling this game will end up driving people ( and tech ) more underground with more secure tactics to not be caught, AND generate lots of press to bring even more 'violators' to the scene.
While i applaud the attempts to get the word out to the general public the ONLY thing that will help the cause is money. The legislature must be offered more to can this than support support. Its really that simple. Sad, but simple.
Don't they already make ARM chips ? Or was the real story 'x86 Powered...'
Just make it more reasonable and not oppressive. The idea of getting credit isn't bad, its just morphed over the decades into something evil.
Don't forget email. Another staple of the enterprise, that is readily supported..
Not for us "users", who will expirence even more fragmentation of the market and incompatibilities/lock downs/etc.
And there was so much promise. Greed gets in the way again.
Sounds like he's got the same problem most other giants have had at some point, just before they start gong down hill. They refuse to acknowledge the changing tide around them, and are unable ( unwilling ) to adapt.
The first step is denial.
Ultimately, FreeNet is more about publishing 'sites' than sharing files ( tho i agree it can do both ), and if we waned to help out our oppressed brothers, we would mirror 'outside' sites on FreeNet. Even setup auto run scripts to do it.
And while its not been done yet, i don't see a technical obstacle why a "gateway" couldn't be created that sucks in outside data and inserts it into FreeNet, on demand. I also don't see it compromising security, except for the guy(s) running the gateway, in a presumed free country. Once its inserted, its just as secure as any other traffic.
FreeNet would have been a better choice i think. harder to track down who is running it. Tho not impossible.
And then terminate the offender in under an hour. ( and his family )
And yes, when not customized, it should just work
Which is 99.9% of any market.
Even if they 'suck' compared to other brands, they are still an order of a magnitude more powerful than we had 10 years ago. And we got along just find back then.
Its not 'the way things look', its really how things work now.
I would suggest something like layering it on top of a 'transparent distributed store' system like freenet.
That way the underlying 'network' will no longer really be a factor. As long as your packets can get there somehow, it still works.