In other news, the Onion Router Network website has gone offline after 1 billion hits from Indian IP addresses!!!
Seriously though this is bad news. Government's trampling on people's feet like that. I hope that my government never has the balls to try this one! Hell I wouldn't mind if they censored piracy (it is at the end of the day illegal, although very common)... but censoring what is basically free speech... Government's shouldn't even think about this sort of thing.
A government should be afraid of its people, not the people afraid of the government.
I think the point is the Telco's want to charge Google (or whoever) for bandwidth to deliver content to their users. But then - what is their user paying for in the first place? They are paying to be able to access Google etc. It is fairly obvious that Telcos will start a two-tier service when Google inevitably refuse to pay. Rate 1 (cheaper) will give you slow access to non-paying sites. Rate 2 (more expensive) will give you access to paying sites. Effectively in the UK the broadband providers solved the problem of congested networks from heavy traffic by giving bandwidth allowances, and people pay more for an 'unlimited' connection. The result of this is that users who use more, pay more. Google would suffer from the proposed changes in the U.S. due to the vast amount of content they deliver (albeit in small doses). Sites which deliver video-over-broadband would suffer for delivering large amounts of content in small doses. God-only-knows what'll happen to the binary newsgroup providers. The point though is that the users of the system are paying for the service they receive. Why should they have to pay more to access certain websites? They are paying for a connection to the internet, why should the Telco decide who they can or can't communicate with?
So if they want to charge Disney for me travelling there from my house, what about if I first visit about three other houses - one of which does not fall under their charging umbrella? Like if I went via Europe? That would take a long time for a road visit, but over the internet this is exactly what the Onion Router network can do!!!!
If this bill comes into force I can see Onion Router style networks becoming very popular.
Researcher: Hello Mr. Student, would you like an iPod or a pint of beer?
Student: I'll take the iPod, sell it and buy 100 beers!!!
Thus most students chose an iPod over a pint of beer.
I thought that the current biggest problem was political. ITER is being built in the south of France, at a site with nuclear licenses etc., but just happens to be in middle of the mountains. The Japanese are building the parts, so ITER will be manufactured in Japan then transported in pieces to France. The french have to build a six-lane motorway through the Alps to transport the electromagnetic coils on lorries which use all six lanes all around the mountains to the site. So before ITER can be built, Japan has to build a factory and some boats to carry the parts to France while France has to build a motorway and some lorries to carry the parts to the site. And they have to build the machinery required to put the whole thing together (although due to political and funding reasons that may be built elsewhere and transported to the site).
So, politics rather than brains is dictating the speed of advance in this field.
Oh and by the way, Windows has a "safe"(well, safer) operating mode in the form of a user account, but nobody uses it because it's a PITA, so everybody stays in supervisor mode and bad things happen.
Yes its a shame. I even know some Linux admins who use root a lot more than they should because 'it is easier'. Windows admins and home users should get into the habit of using Run as when necessary and taking charge of their own security a bit more.
Also MS should make XP create two accounts - the Admin and a normal user account by default.
Instead of attacking our web sites Muslim countries could have a trade embargo with Denmark...
Actually seeing as the main exports are Danish Bacon and Lager I guess it wouldn't have that much impact.
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In other news, the Onion Router Network website has gone offline after 1 billion hits from Indian IP addresses!!! ... but censoring what is basically free speech ... Government's shouldn't even think about this sort of thing.
Seriously though this is bad news. Government's trampling on people's feet like that. I hope that my government never has the balls to try this one! Hell I wouldn't mind if they censored piracy (it is at the end of the day illegal, although very common)
A government should be afraid of its people, not the people afraid of the government.
GAIM for Mac OS X http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/gaim
Damn computer! It gave me a cold when I tried to use it!
Just don't run a virus scan on your laptop power supply.
I think the point is the Telco's want to charge Google (or whoever) for bandwidth to deliver content to their users. But then - what is their user paying for in the first place? They are paying to be able to access Google etc.
It is fairly obvious that Telcos will start a two-tier service when Google inevitably refuse to pay. Rate 1 (cheaper) will give you slow access to non-paying sites. Rate 2 (more expensive) will give you access to paying sites. Effectively in the UK the broadband providers solved the problem of congested networks from heavy traffic by giving bandwidth allowances, and people pay more for an 'unlimited' connection. The result of this is that users who use more, pay more.
Google would suffer from the proposed changes in the U.S. due to the vast amount of content they deliver (albeit in small doses). Sites which deliver video-over-broadband would suffer for delivering large amounts of content in small doses. God-only-knows what'll happen to the binary newsgroup providers.
The point though is that the users of the system are paying for the service they receive. Why should they have to pay more to access certain websites? They are paying for a connection to the internet, why should the Telco decide who they can or can't communicate with?
So if they want to charge Disney for me travelling there from my house, what about if I first visit about three other houses - one of which does not fall under their charging umbrella? Like if I went via Europe? That would take a long time for a road visit, but over the internet this is exactly what the Onion Router network can do!!!! If this bill comes into force I can see Onion Router style networks becoming very popular.
Researcher: Hello Mr. Student, would you like an iPod or a pint of beer? Student: I'll take the iPod, sell it and buy 100 beers!!! Thus most students chose an iPod over a pint of beer.
I thought that the current biggest problem was political. ITER is being built in the south of France, at a site with nuclear licenses etc., but just happens to be in middle of the mountains. The Japanese are building the parts, so ITER will be manufactured in Japan then transported in pieces to France. The french have to build a six-lane motorway through the Alps to transport the electromagnetic coils on lorries which use all six lanes all around the mountains to the site. So before ITER can be built, Japan has to build a factory and some boats to carry the parts to France while France has to build a motorway and some lorries to carry the parts to the site. And they have to build the machinery required to put the whole thing together (although due to political and funding reasons that may be built elsewhere and transported to the site).
So, politics rather than brains is dictating the speed of advance in this field.
If my ISP started enforcing this start of thing, I would start using the onion router network to bypass their stupid bandwidth limits.
I could even see a Google Onion Router application if ISP's started bringing in these charges.
Yes its a shame. I even know some Linux admins who use root a lot more than they should because 'it is easier'. Windows admins and home users should get into the habit of using Run as when necessary and taking charge of their own security a bit more.
Also MS should make XP create two accounts - the Admin and a normal user account by default.
Instead of attacking our web sites Muslim countries could have a trade embargo with Denmark ...
Actually seeing as the main exports are Danish Bacon and Lager I guess it wouldn't have that much impact.
and when palm has gone down the drain, how would you like you nice shiny new (and white) iPilot