I'm a lead dev on a similar project called Anomos, which provides anonymous and encrypted BitTorrent without requiring the slow Friend To Friend system that this uses. OneSwarm is a cool project, but we have some advantages over this (although I'm sure they have advantages over us as well.) We're a funded project as well.
If you're interested in this type of thing, you might wanna take a look at our project as well. (Also check out i2pSnark!) Ultimately (perhaps by the end of this summer), I'd like to see all of these approaches under a single roof.
I'm really interested in why you say "grey goo" could never really happen. I don't know much/anything about nanoengineering, but I'm aware of "grey goo" and I'd like to know why you said that. Is it an energy issue?
I am, but I think it should be absolutely fucking illegal for anybody from DARPA to go anywhere near AI implementations.
Making minds to kill? Despicable.
And I hate it when those damn non-native speakers confuse "chips" and "fries", drive on the wrong side of the road and pronounce things the way that they're spelled.
I'm one of the few people who switched from Opera to Firefox. The reason was AdBlock. Why doesn't Opera have a rightclick-blockad feature? Is this simply just a case of the absence of a feature, or rather an expression of your company's policy on internet advertising?
I wouldn't have a problem with this. Being an intelligent person, I can bypass those encryptions. It's a company's own responsibility to protect it's content. If they make encryptions we can't break, they win. If they can't, they lose and should try again. Either way, no government is needed.
WHY is the government involved in this? I honestly can't think of a single reason why government intervention is better than letting the market sort all this out.
I hate seeing a sore loser with deep pockets trying to buy legislation that infringes on my rights just because it isn't dynamic enough to deal with a 'new' problem. It's clearly time for the MPAA and the RIAA to change their buisness models and stop suing their customers.
Hopefully the ISPs will have more influence than the MP/RIAA here. Some ISPs are spineless and cave in demands for personal information, but some (IIRC, Comcast) have actually taken a stand. Hats off to them, at least.
The file size of 128kbsMP3s has become standard in the typical user's mind (because it is a very practical size).
FLAC files are a fair bit larger. Aaaand, they can't be played on your iPod.
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It really is.
Encrypted != Anon. See above.
I'm a lead dev on a similar project called Anomos, which provides anonymous and encrypted BitTorrent without requiring the slow Friend To Friend system that this uses. OneSwarm is a cool project, but we have some advantages over this (although I'm sure they have advantages over us as well.) We're a funded project as well. If you're interested in this type of thing, you might wanna take a look at our project as well. (Also check out i2pSnark!) Ultimately (perhaps by the end of this summer), I'd like to see all of these approaches under a single roof.
What if I write a comment posting program called SlashBot, then sit on the computer running it?
I'm really interested in why you say "grey goo" could never really happen. I don't know much/anything about nanoengineering, but I'm aware of "grey goo" and I'd like to know why you said that. Is it an energy issue?
I am, but I think it should be absolutely fucking illegal for anybody from DARPA to go anywhere near AI implementations. Making minds to kill? Despicable.
Give me a tube, and I'll show you how to shove pornography and MP3s down it. Bring it on!
Great comment, bet that argument could be used to win some opposition in England! "Your Granddad fought Nazis..for this?"
And I hate it when those damn non-native speakers confuse "chips" and "fries", drive on the wrong side of the road and pronounce things the way that they're spelled.
Let's just sidestep the killer robot problem entirely by not building killer robots. Tada.
I'm one of the few people who switched from Opera to Firefox. The reason was AdBlock. Why doesn't Opera have a rightclick-blockad feature? Is this simply just a case of the absence of a feature, or rather an expression of your company's policy on internet advertising?
This isn't your little brother's website. This is Google we're talking about here.
Are you kidding?
Look at the map! Every single square has '(C) 2005 Google' watermarked on it.
But can they control the weather or blow up the earth with it?
/HAARP
I wouldn't have a problem with this. Being an intelligent person, I can bypass those encryptions. It's a company's own responsibility to protect it's content. If they make encryptions we can't break, they win. If they can't, they lose and should try again. Either way, no government is needed.
WHY is the government involved in this? I honestly can't think of a single reason why government intervention is better than letting the market sort all this out.
Look at your keyboard, it makes sense.
You think people either exclusively buy CDs or exclusively pirate them?
I hate seeing a sore loser with deep pockets trying to buy legislation that infringes on my rights just because it isn't dynamic enough to deal with a 'new' problem. It's clearly time for the MPAA and the RIAA to change their buisness models and stop suing their customers.
Hopefully the ISPs will have more influence than the MP/RIAA here. Some ISPs are spineless and cave in demands for personal information, but some (IIRC, Comcast) have actually taken a stand. Hats off to them, at least.
Hey, that's not too shabby. Do you know where I can get some more on Zigbee?
This is one of the greatest moments in 0wn4ge history.
There's already a HerdofNerds!
It's the indie slashdot for the right brained types.
Rollercoaster Tycoon logic.
They only have so much space, so they add very small, very intense rides instead of grand staple rides.
The file size of 128kbsMP3s has become standard in the typical user's mind (because it is a very practical size). FLAC files are a fair bit larger. Aaaand, they can't be played on your iPod.