As another (wow, at my count up to four of us) Kiwi, i say go for it. It is really an extension of what most local authorities aka councils already prohibit. Mass distribution of advertising media is a contravention of many bylaws around Nz. You aren't supposed to pile my letterbox with random mail if i clearly display a no junk mail sticker. (If my local postie wasn't a stoner it might work.) It's like those flyers you get on your car windshied. You cannot legally do that either under my local council bylaws, and if you get caught, then you get a NZ$150 fine. Not much, but a deterrant nonetheless.
I also enjoy our attitude toward justice. Rather than suing an individual, a local is more likely to turn up on thier doorstep and ask politeley that they refrain from sending them spam. With a big dog.. just out for a walk of course...
Our governemtn seems pretty switched on when it comes to cyber 'crime' (be spam a crime or not).. yet they let our local telco's charge unbelieveable amounts of money for what hardly constitues as boradband. 256kb anyone? NZ$39.90 a month? awesome. perhaps i dont as much spam here because i simply cannot download it all?
will they film this in australia? im thinking someone's going to get paid a pretty penny for a v8 falcon interceptor...as the origional is a rusted shell in someones backyard these days..
it's a pity those 3km (in my city of auckland) are only safe for geeks with laptops during business hours.. i pity the fool who sits down on a fridays night on queen st with a laptop and expects to be carrying it home in the morning.
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aussie spam bill? wrong coutry. though we do let some of them in from time to time..
As another (wow, at my count up to four of us) Kiwi, i say go for it. It is really an extension of what most local authorities aka councils already prohibit. Mass distribution of advertising media is a contravention of many bylaws around Nz. You aren't supposed to pile my letterbox with random mail if i clearly display a no junk mail sticker. (If my local postie wasn't a stoner it might work.) It's like those flyers you get on your car windshied. You cannot legally do that either under my local council bylaws, and if you get caught, then you get a NZ$150 fine. Not much, but a deterrant nonetheless. I also enjoy our attitude toward justice. Rather than suing an individual, a local is more likely to turn up on thier doorstep and ask politeley that they refrain from sending them spam. With a big dog.. just out for a walk of course... Our governemtn seems pretty switched on when it comes to cyber 'crime' (be spam a crime or not).. yet they let our local telco's charge unbelieveable amounts of money for what hardly constitues as boradband. 256kb anyone? NZ$39.90 a month? awesome. perhaps i dont as much spam here because i simply cannot download it all?
will they film this in australia? im thinking someone's going to get paid a pretty penny for a v8 falcon interceptor...as the origional is a rusted shell in someones backyard these days..
it's a pity those 3km (in my city of auckland) are only safe for geeks with laptops during business hours.. i pity the fool who sits down on a fridays night on queen st with a laptop and expects to be carrying it home in the morning.
Security is always relative. All the networking software and firewalls in the world won't stop me simply walking off with the whole box :)