Unless we can take back the Net from the libertarians
Libertarians? That's almost as absurd as saying we have to take the Net back from the communists.
An important factor in Europe's favour is that we retain a belief that governments are a good thing, that political control is both necessary and desirable
Data flows into and out of Europe would be properly regulated and controlled to ensure that neither spam nor viruses came in, and that no personal data went out without explicit consent.
So basically he wants to trust the government to look at all outbound and inbound packets, presumably looking for spam, viruses or personal data? And he thinks this power won't be abused? What European wants to sign up for this Orwellian scheme? Just because he dressed it up in an anti-American screed doesn't make it a good idea.
Not to mention the "Could this movie be a violation of the DMCA" strawman. Yeah, I'm sure the Nazi leaders are going to rise from the grave, have any living members of the Enigma decoding team arrested and convicted using an ex post facto reading of the DMCA.
Of course it's orchestrated. Faux News and the NY Post are both owned by News Corporation. Maestro Rupert Murdoch is definitely using multimedia synergies to flame AOL/TW, depress the stock price more and further weaken one of his greatest rivals.
...is the electronic medium that slashdot is published on and everyone is using to read my blathering. Remember, the Internet got its start as a little known US Defense department research project.
Vandalism costs money. In the case of grafitti, it's the cost of painting the wall. In the case of websites, it's having the sysadmin shoring up the server and making a check to make sure he didn't leave any other goodies besides troop.cgi. And sysadmins don't come cheap, even MCSEs. What's the practical difference between having to pay to replace stolen property and having to pay to repair vandalized property? None, in my opinion.
And if I was a cop raiding the house of a guy with detailed bombing instructions and who advocated the violent overthrow of the government, you're damn right I'd call in the SWAT team. You don't know what's on the other side of that door, and you have clear evidence of both the technical know-how and the motivation to do violence against people of authority displayed on his website.
Yeah, the right of the People. Speaking as one of the "people," this guy's not my representative. His rights stop at other people's property, which he appropriated for his own ends at the expense of THEIR rights.
I'm all for free expression, but if you steal my car so you can go march on Washington I'm going to want the book thrown at you. I think if you told the People what he did to spread his message, a vast majority of the People would advocate throwing the book at this vandalizing little schmuck.
The US Post Office is a semi-private agency. It's entirely self funded, but there is congressional oversight.
The Post Office, due to poor management, is running a _BILLION_ dollar deficit right now. So it's no surprise to me that the USPS is looking for other sources of funding. Basically, it's either this, raise the price of stamps (something they proposed to Congress and they got slapped down for), or a hefty government bailout at taxpayer expense.
And thank you for proving my point. You guys like to jump on the US on any perceived violation of "international law", but when the country in question violates a treaty signed and good faith, and the US tries to call them on it, the US is STILL the bad guy.
All very well and good, except *GASP* Ukraine signed the WIPO treaty. I thought you "why we hate the US" guys were all about holding countries to international treaties and what not, no matter how inane, unworkable, or unpopular they may be.
Slashdot Mirror
Most of the paswords are simple, such as "1-2-3-4-5"
That's the same combination I have on my luggage!
I'd really hate to see ICANN become indifferent to ordinary users...
Too late.
Uh, the Supremes just started their new session this week. For the last few months, they were on vacation.
You're likely to see the transcripts in a couple weeks.
He learned all he needed to know about cryptography from his Afghan hacker buddy, Junis.
Unless we can take back the Net from the libertarians
Libertarians? That's almost as absurd as saying we have to take the Net back from the communists.
An important factor in Europe's favour is that we retain a belief that governments are a good thing, that political control is both necessary and desirable
Data flows into and out of Europe would be properly regulated and controlled to ensure that neither spam nor viruses came in, and that no personal data went out without explicit consent.
So basically he wants to trust the government to look at all outbound and inbound packets, presumably looking for spam, viruses or personal data? And he thinks this power won't be abused? What European wants to sign up for this Orwellian scheme? Just because he dressed it up in an anti-American screed doesn't make it a good idea.
turtle turtle!!!
Have you seen all the crap on TV these days?
Not to mention the "Could this movie be a violation of the DMCA" strawman. Yeah, I'm sure the Nazi leaders are going to rise from the grave, have any living members of the Enigma decoding team arrested and convicted using an ex post facto reading of the DMCA.
I'm betting that the story submitter is the original "I heard some sad news on the radio today. $CELEBRITY is dead" troll.
Of course it's orchestrated. Faux News and the NY Post are both owned by News Corporation. Maestro Rupert Murdoch is definitely using multimedia synergies to flame AOL/TW, depress the stock price more and further weaken one of his greatest rivals.
Never! CmdrTaco would never sellout like Yahoo!
Don't be silly. CmdrTaco clearly states only Yahoo! posts ads as news.
If this was even remotely, it would have happened long before today. Slashdot: News For Nerds, Idle Threats That Don't Matter.
If i subscribe, do i get a tickbox to disable april first crap ?
You can always save some money and just not visit slashdot 1 day out of the year.
That probably won't be enough. You saw the havoc he unleashed on the poor unsuspecting Trade Federation droid army.
...is the electronic medium that slashdot is published on and everyone is using to read my blathering. Remember, the Internet got its start as a little known US Defense department research project.
Little Timmy, no.
Vandalism costs money. In the case of grafitti, it's the cost of painting the wall. In the case of websites, it's having the sysadmin shoring up the server and making a check to make sure he didn't leave any other goodies besides troop.cgi. And sysadmins don't come cheap, even MCSEs. What's the practical difference between having to pay to replace stolen property and having to pay to repair vandalized property? None, in my opinion.
And if I was a cop raiding the house of a guy with detailed bombing instructions and who advocated the violent overthrow of the government, you're damn right I'd call in the SWAT team. You don't know what's on the other side of that door, and you have clear evidence of both the technical know-how and the motivation to do violence against people of authority displayed on his website.
Yeah, the right of the People. Speaking as one of the "people," this guy's not my representative. His rights stop at other people's property, which he appropriated for his own ends at the expense of THEIR rights.
I'm all for free expression, but if you steal my car so you can go march on Washington I'm going to want the book thrown at you. I think if you told the People what he did to spread his message, a vast majority of the People would advocate throwing the book at this vandalizing little schmuck.
The US Post Office is a semi-private agency. It's entirely self funded, but there is congressional oversight.
The Post Office, due to poor management, is running a _BILLION_ dollar deficit right now. So it's no surprise to me that the USPS is looking for other sources of funding. Basically, it's either this, raise the price of stamps (something they proposed to Congress and they got slapped down for), or a hefty government bailout at taxpayer expense.
And thank you for proving my point. You guys like to jump on the US on any perceived violation of "international law", but when the country in question violates a treaty signed and good faith, and the US tries to call them on it, the US is STILL the bad guy.
All very well and good, except *GASP* Ukraine signed the WIPO treaty. I thought you "why we hate the US" guys were all about holding countries to international treaties and what not, no matter how inane, unworkable, or unpopular they may be.