The US owns the hardware, has all the control, and is expected not to abuse the power. And there's no one that's more powerful that can tell them what to do.
Only 7% of accidents have anything at all to do with speeding.
No, in only 7% of accidents did the police note "speeding" as the primary cause. In most cases they said made more general remarks, which doesn't mean that speeding wasn't a factor, or even the main factor, in the accident.
If you think that the roads are safer when you drive faster, you're an idiot.
They might be right now, but who's to say that bad guys won't start using something like this when we're fighting them?
Of course that's the reason that we won't see any of the source code getting released...
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What if I've just bought something electronic? Sending a large EMP through my nice new hi-fi strikes me as a really bad idea!
Fine, stop making CDs and allow people to download them cheaply and burn them themselves. Word of mouth is better than marketing, and there aren't any printing costs or sales employees.
The point is we don't need this system any more, the internet has the potential to do everything much more efficiently and the RIAA just want to maintain the status quo for their own benefit
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No, in only 7% of accidents did the police note "speeding" as the primary cause. In most cases they said made more general remarks, which doesn't mean that speeding wasn't a factor, or even the main factor, in the accident.
If you think that the roads are safer when you drive faster, you're an idiot.
You're right, government would never spend obscene amounts of money of simple tasks, justified by "national security".
They might be right now, but who's to say that bad guys won't start using something like this when we're fighting them?
Of course that's the reason that we won't see any of the source code getting released...
What if I've just bought something electronic? Sending a large EMP through my nice new hi-fi strikes me as a really bad idea!
... but this page seems to have source code for download... I thought it would only be free as in *beer*
And how many slashdotters do you think will click on adverts on that site?
Fine, stop making CDs and allow people to download them cheaply and burn them themselves. Word of mouth is better than marketing, and there aren't any printing costs or sales employees. The point is we don't need this system any more, the internet has the potential to do everything much more efficiently and the RIAA just want to maintain the status quo for their own benefit
ISTR reading that they found a flaw in her encryption, then she went on to university somewhere. That one wasn't actually a hoax. Unlike this one.