That's pretty cool. I like how you do things. But the reason I emptied my accounts were to give me a little boost in that down time of roughly 3 weeks in my so called new life looking for a job and actually living. aka- eating and a roof over my head in something other than a crack house.
Archaeological philandering isn't something I've considered on a conscious level, however it's definitely worth looking into for those so inclined to do so professionally. I do keep my options open.:D
Just for fun and to prove one could do it for the long term. I only had a few thousand dollars in my account at the time and I was 18, so I went back to my parents place when I was 19 and started working / school again. That was around 1997-8 and I tell you it was a lot of fun.
Figuring everything out as if I was starting fresh, new everything and looking for legal jobs was a great experience. I made enough money to live, eat, enjoy some small entertainment and go about my business. Bought a car, did everything under that name essentially keeping "my self" off the grid and this new person on for just a year.
Actually with common names such as Brown, Johnson, Smith and Thompson I was easily noticed, but just as quickly dismissed. Just like that cherry red van you say just a minute ago driving down the street... or did you?
See what I mean. It's all about disguise. Sometimes you have to keep it all out in the open, and keep the secrets locked-in-tight and no one will notice you.
1) he used a manual, portable typewriter. 2) typed the article and submitted it using the USPS with no return address and a stamp a friend gave him 3) sent it to the editors (they publish anything...) 4) then a friend gives him a printout at -1 of everything people said.
win win situation...
how do you think I did this? Wait... I just exposed my time-mach^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H lie! Damnit!
I did this for a year. Except I went about it in a more extreme way.
Quit my job. Almost emptied my bank account (just enough to keep it open) and had the cash saved safely. Moved from my parents place to miscellaneous places under aliases and didn't use my real name. Never went near "public" cameras. Paid cash for everything. Never logged onto the internet and used "my" name or email account... ever. Didn't contact my family through means where they could trace me (unmarried, no holidays) Worked jobs where I was paid under the table with my alias.
I did this all half-way across the country. You don't have any clue how much I loved it. New name, new face, new style of living. Hell, even this slashdot subscription I have was paid for by someone I don't know who has never met me in real life or online (except through slashdot). This "alias" of zoloto isn't linked to my real name in any way, shape or form... and that's the way I like it. (someone guessed at my name once thinking he was "cool" but it never worked for him/her)
It's great. It's too bad we can't do this anymore with our real lives since people (companies/govt too) openly share our information and collect "assurances" that we're credit worthy and an assett to society.
Nokia, therefore, issues the legally binding Patent Statement, which has been posted on its website at www.nokia.com/iprstatements. The Patent Statement applies to Nokia's patents infringed by current official releases of the Linux Kernel and all future official releases of the Linux Kernel to the extent that Nokia has not declared new functionality embodied in such releases to be outside the scope of the Patent Statement. With respect to new functionality introduced into future Linux Kernel releases, Nokia reserves the right to declare that the Patent Statement shall not apply.
I'd like to be the first to applaud Nokia. This certainly will win many people over into development circles with their technology and without the fear of litigation that's obvious within OSS development, this will welcome innovation, change and support in ways that aren't available to the traditional software company.
The above statement made in bold is what worries me, however. What kind of allowance by way of announcement will be made for allowing certain new functionality? Is this a COA statement made so that they can keep their investors/company happy and alive or something else?
That's the thing. He didn't use cryptography to take photos of a nakid 9 year old. HE didn't use cryptography to lure them and solicit them. That was HIS own predatory behavior.
There was no obstruction of justice charge that we know of. And there certianly isn't a law against teh general use of cryptography, no matter the intent. Those are ALREADY COVERED UNDER EXZISTING LAW.:D Have a nice day.
I'm not so worried about the national ID card at the moment, maybe I see things differently, but I highly doubt it will actually come into play SOON. As in less than 10 years. Governments have a tendancy to move extremely slow. Much of what I understand in their intent on such an ID, would be standardization of certian things within the ID system so it would be technically simpler in terms of accessing data.
The system has been in place for decades to share information, but never in electronic form... yet. This would allow easier access, but they'd still have to go through the red tape to access such information. Maybe I'm too utopian about the idea of such. Let me know if you think I'm wrong.
Now back on topic.
I love my privacy. I seperate my online transactions with what I want to keep anonymous and what I don't mind being put in the public. Journals, Emails, whatever software I happen to be writing, business plans etc. No one has a right to see them. Encryption is merely a means to an end for me in privacy. I lock the bios, user authentication with linux or Windows (with the NSA's help), and GPG with WinPT
...Encryption tools have many uses, some of which are good...
I would like to believe that MOST of the reasons for encryption use is good. Let's not outweigh the frequency of "wrong" uses with the actual numbers of good reasons.
Real national security issues. Business uses. Classified government files (fbi, cia, nsa etc) Personal uses that are not illegal
From what I read, the man has already been convicted:
Ari David Levie, who was convicted of photographing a nude 9-year-old girl, argued on appeal that the PGP encryption utility on his computer was irrelevant and should not have been admitted as evidence during his trial.
Why should having encryption be a basis of arguing his sentancing. There are no laws against it, his crimes have already been exposed and been convicted. LEt the punishment fit the CRIME.
There is no crime in encryption and encrypting. Only one's intent. I coudln't find it, but there wasn't an obstruction of justice charge in there
"We find that evidence of appellant's Internet use and the existence of an encryption program on his computer was at least somewhat relevant to the state's case against him," Judge R.A. Randall wrote in an opinion dated May 3.
I find this very disturbing based on the attitude people have regarding encryption. It's seen in such a negative way as if everyone who uses encryption as evil. Let me put it this way:
ENCRYPTION != EVIL
I use this for my day to day communications. Either over IM, E-Mail or moving things from server to server (GPG, then sending the file via FTP etc.). How do we help the public to understand that just because someone wants to keep something secret, even under a mass of public scrutiny, it does not constitute someone breaking the law! I have a TON of letters to and from my girlfriend that are encrypted, that she herself does as well!
I'm not saying the guy accused of the crime shouldn't produce keys, he obviously was doing something totally heinous by photographing a 9 year old in sexual position, and then those pictures destroyed. Predators of this nature are f-ing sick creatures that need some bad rehabilitation.
My point is the attitude of the people. Admission of the fact that he had PGP on his computer shouldn't be a condemning factor of his behavior and should be based on his crimes. NOT THE FACILITATOR, MEANS, TOOL (Physical or otherwise) OR SOFTWARE to commit such crimes. He was using perfectly legal encryption utilities and software.
Just because they were for hiding his crimes/pictures should NOT be a factor in his punishment. What kind of precedent would the judge be inadvertently (or purposely??) placing on the use and ownership of encryption and the tools to do such?
This is a USA centric userbase of readership. I failed to realize certian laws in countries of which are being dealt with. Knee-Jerk reaction on my part, I suppose, because I thought "at-will" was a universal thing.
That's not true. Employers can release you from your employment as you can walk off the job if they or you are so inclined. There doesn't have to be a reason. Unless you're under contract, then it's legally binding but the general worker can be let go at any time and you can quit at any time.
don't start that bs again. Just because it's the only recent example of one people taking over a land that was inhabited by another people means nothing. It's the only one in recent history that people can, for some reason, blame the USA for and get away with it.
If we had examples of other countries like the people of britian BEFORE the "britians" formed a country people would decry them as well, but since it's so long ago no one even cares. And that's my attitude about the natives... myself haveing a LOT of my own ancestory with them.
The fact of the matter is, every people before the land they occupied became a country/territory as we see it today, was simply "owned" by someone else before them. Wars, countries uniting and dissolving were and will always be a fact of history.
Now quit the rant about the Native Americans. They had their chance and time to rule over this continent... now it is ours for the next thousand years or so.
based on the lack of responces to your comments I bet there is no one who would consider themselves a match for you and whatever rebuttal you would give, most likely to end them in flames of glory for yourself.
I certianly don't think I can. But I do have my own opinions and admittedly knee-jerk comments; one of which has already been marked as flamebait, as the moderator didn't understand my perspective.
At any rate I admit I'm surprised you were modded insightful with what seems like a smug attitude you display in your post as if you were more intellectual than most of us.
Intelligence isn't linear by any stretch of the imagination.
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ah... gotcha.
That's pretty cool. I like how you do things. But the reason I emptied my accounts were to give me a little boost in that down time of roughly 3 weeks in my so called new life looking for a job and actually living. aka- eating and a roof over my head in something other than a crack house.
:D
Archaeological philandering isn't something I've considered on a conscious level, however it's definitely worth looking into for those so inclined to do so professionally. I do keep my options open.
the mormon pioneer trek? this seems to be a niche within a "bubble" of living... the mormon utah culture so to speak.
Just for fun and to prove one could do it for the long term. I only had a few thousand dollars in my account at the time and I was 18, so I went back to my parents place when I was 19 and started working / school again. That was around 1997-8 and I tell you it was a lot of fun.
Figuring everything out as if I was starting fresh, new everything and looking for legal jobs was a great experience. I made enough money to live, eat, enjoy some small entertainment and go about my business. Bought a car, did everything under that name essentially keeping "my self" off the grid and this new person on for just a year.
Actually with common names such as Brown, Johnson, Smith and Thompson I was easily noticed, but just as quickly dismissed. Just like that cherry red van you say just a minute ago driving down the street... or did you?
See what I mean. It's all about disguise. Sometimes you have to keep it all out in the open, and keep the secrets locked-in-tight and no one will notice you.
1) he used a manual, portable typewriter.
2) typed the article and submitted it using the USPS with no return address and a stamp a friend gave him
3) sent it to the editors (they publish anything...)
4) then a friend gives him a printout at -1 of everything people said.
win win situation...
how do you think I did this? Wait... I just exposed my time-mach^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H lie! Damnit!
I did this for a year. Except I went about it in a more extreme way.
Quit my job.
Almost emptied my bank account (just enough to keep it open) and had the cash saved safely.
Moved from my parents place to miscellaneous places under aliases and didn't use my real name.
Never went near "public" cameras.
Paid cash for everything.
Never logged onto the internet and used "my" name or email account... ever.
Didn't contact my family through means where they could trace me (unmarried, no holidays)
Worked jobs where I was paid under the table with my alias.
I did this all half-way across the country. You don't have any clue how much I loved it. New name, new face, new style of living. Hell, even this slashdot subscription I have was paid for by someone I don't know who has never met me in real life or online (except through slashdot). This "alias" of zoloto isn't linked to my real name in any way, shape or form... and that's the way I like it. (someone guessed at my name once thinking he was "cool" but it never worked for him/her)
It's great. It's too bad we can't do this anymore with our real lives since people (companies/govt too) openly share our information and collect "assurances" that we're credit worthy and an assett to society.
wow. good game indeed.
good minds think alike?
~z
Nokia, therefore, issues the legally binding Patent Statement, which has been posted on its website at www.nokia.com/iprstatements. The Patent Statement applies to Nokia's patents infringed by current official releases of the Linux Kernel and all future official releases of the Linux Kernel to the extent that Nokia has not declared new functionality embodied in such releases to be outside the scope of the Patent Statement. With respect to new functionality introduced into future Linux Kernel releases, Nokia reserves the right to declare that the Patent Statement shall not apply.
I'd like to be the first to applaud Nokia. This certainly will win many people over into development circles with their technology and without the fear of litigation that's obvious within OSS development, this will welcome innovation, change and support in ways that aren't available to the traditional software company.
The above statement made in bold is what worries me, however. What kind of allowance by way of announcement will be made for allowing certain new functionality? Is this a COA statement made so that they can keep their investors/company happy and alive or something else?
That's the thing. He didn't use cryptography to take photos of a nakid 9 year old. HE didn't use cryptography to lure them and solicit them. That was HIS own predatory behavior.
:D Have a nice day.
There was no obstruction of justice charge that we know of. And there certianly isn't a law against teh general use of cryptography, no matter the intent. Those are ALREADY COVERED UNDER EXZISTING LAW.
NEXT!
"Friend added"
I'm not so worried about the national ID card at the moment, maybe I see things differently, but I highly doubt it will actually come into play SOON. As in less than 10 years. Governments have a tendancy to move extremely slow. Much of what I understand in their intent on such an ID, would be standardization of certian things within the ID system so it would be technically simpler in terms of accessing data.
The system has been in place for decades to share information, but never in electronic form... yet. This would allow easier access, but they'd still have to go through the red tape to access such information. Maybe I'm too utopian about the idea of such. Let me know if you think I'm wrong.
Now back on topic.
I love my privacy. I seperate my online transactions with what I want to keep anonymous and what I don't mind being put in the public. Journals, Emails, whatever software I happen to be writing, business plans etc. No one has a right to see them. Encryption is merely a means to an end for me in privacy. I lock the bios, user authentication with linux or Windows (with the NSA's help), and GPG with WinPT
This is the dangerous precident I mentioned above. (here). I really hope other investigations don't use this as such to set a precident.
What a terrible price the public would pay. Where is my government, and who put this one in it's place?
Beuller... Beuller... ?
I also mentioned that. I coudln't find any information regarding obstruction of justice as mentioned here
...Encryption tools have many uses, some of which are good...
I would like to believe that MOST of the reasons for encryption use is good. Let's not outweigh the frequency of "wrong" uses with the actual numbers of good reasons.
Real national security issues.
Business uses.
Classified government files (fbi, cia, nsa etc)
Personal uses that are not illegal
vs. covering up crimes or crimes in progress
That's my arguement anyhow.
Ari David Levie, who was convicted of photographing a nude 9-year-old girl, argued on appeal that the PGP encryption utility on his computer was irrelevant and should not have been admitted as evidence during his trial.
Why should having encryption be a basis of arguing his sentancing. There are no laws against it, his crimes have already been exposed and been convicted. LEt the punishment fit the CRIME.
"We find that evidence of appellant's Internet use and the existence of an encryption program on his computer was at least somewhat relevant to the state's case against him," Judge R.A. Randall wrote in an opinion dated May 3.
I find this very disturbing based on the attitude people have regarding encryption. It's seen in such a negative way as if everyone who uses encryption as evil. Let me put it this way:
ENCRYPTION != EVIL
I use this for my day to day communications. Either over IM, E-Mail or moving things from server to server (GPG, then sending the file via FTP etc.). How do we help the public to understand that just because someone wants to keep something secret, even under a mass of public scrutiny, it does not constitute someone breaking the law! I have a TON of letters to and from my girlfriend that are encrypted, that she herself does as well!
I'm not saying the guy accused of the crime shouldn't produce keys, he obviously was doing something totally heinous by photographing a 9 year old in sexual position, and then those pictures destroyed. Predators of this nature are f-ing sick creatures that need some bad rehabilitation.
My point is the attitude of the people. Admission of the fact that he had PGP on his computer shouldn't be a condemning factor of his behavior and should be based on his crimes. NOT THE FACILITATOR, MEANS, TOOL (Physical or otherwise) OR SOFTWARE to commit such crimes. He was using perfectly legal encryption utilities and software.
Just because they were for hiding his crimes/pictures should NOT be a factor in his punishment. What kind of precedent would the judge be inadvertently (or purposely??) placing on the use and ownership of encryption and the tools to do such?
~zoloto
Right there are signs of a good parent. You're actually parenting! OMFG! You're not even letting school, the TV or Pop Crapture do it for you!
It looks like there actually ARE some good parents left in the world. I was getting nervous! I'm completely serious too. Kudo's to you!
That's "Gate Keeper" and "Key Master"
something to do with "gozer" from the first GhostBusters movie
:D
This is a USA centric userbase of readership. I failed to realize certian laws in countries of which are being dealt with. Knee-Jerk reaction on my part, I suppose, because I thought "at-will" was a universal thing.
That's not true. Employers can release you from your employment as you can walk off the job if they or you are so inclined. There doesn't have to be a reason. Unless you're under contract, then it's legally binding but the general worker can be let go at any time and you can quit at any time.
Nuff said.
wait... Paulie Shore is dead?
Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, UT
or
Syracuse, ITaly?
don't start that bs again.
Just because it's the only recent example of one people taking over a land that was inhabited by another people means nothing. It's the only one in recent history that people can, for some reason, blame the USA for and get away with it.
If we had examples of other countries like the people of britian BEFORE the "britians" formed a country people would decry them as well, but since it's so long ago no one even cares. And that's my attitude about the natives... myself haveing a LOT of my own ancestory with them.
The fact of the matter is, every people before the land they occupied became a country/territory as we see it today, was simply "owned" by someone else before them. Wars, countries uniting and dissolving were and will always be a fact of history.
Now quit the rant about the Native Americans. They had their chance and time to rule over this continent... now it is ours for the next thousand years or so.
exactly. This is how the internet was founded. It started by the Department of Defence
based on the lack of responces to your comments I bet there is no one who would consider themselves a match for you and whatever rebuttal you would give, most likely to end them in flames of glory for yourself.
I certianly don't think I can. But I do have my own opinions and admittedly knee-jerk comments; one of which has already been marked as flamebait, as the moderator didn't understand my perspective.
At any rate I admit I'm surprised you were modded insightful with what seems like a smug attitude you display in your post as if you were more intellectual than most of us.
Intelligence isn't linear by any stretch of the imagination.
So by this logic, wouldn't that conclude that they might be worried about the possiblities of war with the United States of America?
Just knowing about certian leaders, theirs and ours (being myself an American), it really scares me significantly.
Time to move to Colorado.