At least their "update" isn't mandatory. And at least it actually tells you what its going to do.
Now, if the next firmware update that comes down the pipe says, "You can't install this update until you install the previous one," then I'd say we have a legitimate beef. Otherwise, just don't install it.
You now have carte-blanche to "examine" the ISP records of every single pubic official, without any oversight or them having any legal recourse. I also imagine that once the ISP's figure out what you're up to, you'll have their most eager and FULL cooperation.
They'll probably even give you a secure VPN tunnel to Wikileaks.
As for what happens to the law afterwards, don't worry? Once the people get done lynching all the thieves, rapists and pedophiles in the government, there won't BE a government and they'll have to start over.
It was several years ago, illustrated by Larry Gonick in his cartoon science series, "Light Elements". Same premise, same idea, but the biggest problem that was mentioned in the cartoon, has not been mentioned in this article?
You can start the compression in front of the ship, and also start the expansion behind the ship, which will get it moving.
However, once you've generated the compression/expansion wave, its self-sustaining. That brings up the problem, just how do you get the forward compression to stop??? What sort of "signal" do you send ahead of the compression wave to nullify it and allow you to stop? According to the Discover article, it "involved some sort of 'anti-gravity'.", which so far hasn't been invented yet.
So what you've got is a one-way, warp-speed trip around existence for all of eternity.
Imagine the humans of 1900 trying to pose a credible threat to or hide from the humans of 2009. Now imagine the same thing, but it's the Romans or Chinese or a few thousand years ago versus the humans of 2009.
You know? Some of my fellow gamers used to say similar things about kobolds? That changed when the kobolds started chucking a few dozen spears from the top of the cliff, or collapsing the cliff on their heads.
I've also heard RL examples of this? Allegedly, the Mujaheddin in Afghanistan used to fire from the tops of cliffs upon the Russian Hinds using old muskets. The lead musket balls would splatter on the blades and the lead would stick, throwing off the balance and shaking it out of the air. Urban legend? Probably. But the lesson remains.
Better tech does NOT equal greater tactical skill.
less healthy immune systems mean you underreact...
Hmmmm. So I guess we should weaken our immune systems then? Let's see...
Staying indoors? Check! Working God-awful hours? Check! Getting little sleep? Check! Eating lots of crappy food? Check! Never getting any fresh air, sunlight or anything even remotely healthy? Check-a-roony!
I'm a geek. My immune system could be knocked over by a fly with a hangover.
Late payments are one of the signs that a company is about to go under.
Not if lawyers are involved?
I'm seeing more and more of this in non-related businesses, but what it boils down to is this:
Customer finds a discrepancy and needs to get it worked out, so they call an audit and find a MAJOR snafu. To protect themselves, they bring in the lawyers.
All payments stop until the issue is resolved. Usually, the money is placed into an escrow during the legal proceedings, especially if the customer has the money to pay the bill.
Provider's lawyers work with the customer, but this takes time. Take too long, and the statute of limitations will run out.
More time passes. Customer has the money and can pay, but lawyers say no.
Provider sends a final notice: pay up.
Customer sends a letter: Our lawyers aren't done, and we can't send the money yet. Look! The money is right here in this account, just WAIT A FEW MORE DAYS!
Provider turns to their lawyer: If you wait one more day, the statute of limitations will expire and they could walk away scott free.
Now the provider has no choice? They MUST take action to protect their interests, so they seize the assets of the customer in some fashion. Most of the time this involves filing a lien on those assets, but in some cases-like this one-they can physically collect those assets.
And you need a complete step-by-step photo walkthru down every residential side street?
You've obviously never driven in England.
Unlike the US where things were planned out from the start, and the rest of Europe that got roto-tilled in two major wars, England's urban roadways are still pretty much designed like someone tossed a bunch of sticks into the air and used the resulting jumble as a map plan.
Rural roadways are even worse, and the older towns still tend to be quite bendy-twisty. If you're a resident, you call it "charm", but if you're a visitor or a delivery person, you call it bloody infuriating.
So many here are arguing legality, right, wrong, weather or not it'll fly in court...
It. Doesn't. MATTER.
The **AA can serve me with a lawsuit for raping the corpse of Pope John Paul II while wearing nothing but a purple party hat and pink woad.
It'd make a judge pop a vein from laughing so hard, but if I don't have a lawyer or can't afford one...
Then I'm shit outta luck and lose the lawsuit.
Remember, it's not how much justice you can get, it's how much justice you can afford. Or in the case of the **AA, it's how long you can hold out under sustained bombardment.
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At least their "update" isn't mandatory. And at least it actually tells you what its going to do.
Now, if the next firmware update that comes down the pipe says, "You can't install this update until you install the previous one," then I'd say we have a legitimate beef. Otherwise, just don't install it.
See? Nobody here has any sense of VISION!
Don't protest this? PROMOTE IT!
Then apply to be a police officer.
You'll get in, don't worry. Its very easy!
You now have carte-blanche to "examine" the ISP records of every single pubic official, without any oversight or them having any legal recourse. I also imagine that once the ISP's figure out what you're up to, you'll have their most eager and FULL cooperation.
They'll probably even give you a secure VPN tunnel to Wikileaks.
As for what happens to the law afterwards, don't worry? Once the people get done lynching all the thieves, rapists and pedophiles in the government, there won't BE a government and they'll have to start over.
That episode is also the only cartoon where I was both laughing hysterically and trying not to hurl my Cherrios.
It was several years ago, illustrated by Larry Gonick in his cartoon science series, "Light Elements". Same premise, same idea, but the biggest problem that was mentioned in the cartoon, has not been mentioned in this article?
You can start the compression in front of the ship, and also start the expansion behind the ship, which will get it moving.
However, once you've generated the compression/expansion wave, its self-sustaining. That brings up the problem, just how do you get the forward compression to stop??? What sort of "signal" do you send ahead of the compression wave to nullify it and allow you to stop? According to the Discover article, it "involved some sort of 'anti-gravity'.", which so far hasn't been invented yet.
So what you've got is a one-way, warp-speed trip around existence for all of eternity.
Imagine the humans of 1900 trying to pose a credible threat to or hide from the humans of 2009. Now imagine the same thing, but it's the Romans or Chinese or a few thousand years ago versus the humans of 2009.
You know? Some of my fellow gamers used to say similar things about kobolds? That changed when the kobolds started chucking a few dozen spears from the top of the cliff, or collapsing the cliff on their heads.
I've also heard RL examples of this? Allegedly, the Mujaheddin in Afghanistan used to fire from the tops of cliffs upon the Russian Hinds using old muskets. The lead musket balls would splatter on the blades and the lead would stick, throwing off the balance and shaking it out of the air. Urban legend? Probably. But the lesson remains.
Better tech does NOT equal greater tactical skill.
Now's my chance to call all those phone-sex lines I've always been curious about!
Sir, you owe $15,239 and 33 cents.
"But I never made those calls!?! You people got hacked last month, didn't you? They must have stolen my info!"
Oh, that's right. Alright sir, we'll take care of it. Uhmmm...by the way, sir? I can barely hear you. Why do you sound so far away?
"Oh, I can't hold my phone. I uhhh...I sprained my wrists."
Maybe they'll start using H3s as a aphrodisiac instead of rhino horn and tiger penis? Oh, wait, they'll want something that actually works...
"Russian components...American components...ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!" -Lev Andropov, from Armageddon
Checking Slashdot and finding this article at the top?
Right next to the poll, "How long do you expect to live?"
less healthy immune systems mean you underreact...
Hmmmm. So I guess we should weaken our immune systems then? Let's see...
Staying indoors? Check!
Working God-awful hours? Check!
Getting little sleep? Check!
Eating lots of crappy food? Check!
Never getting any fresh air, sunlight or anything even remotely healthy? Check-a-roony!
I'm a geek. My immune system could be knocked over by a fly with a hangover.
Pass the pizza.
I hit 2 G easy every month which is 24 G per year for a VERY light user.
That's easy to fix? Disable images, add FlashBlock, NoScript, AdBlock and Filter.G Updater to Firefox.
In your email client, change and select to read all standard mail in plain text.
This is wrong and should never be tolerated.
Try saying that with a taser in your back.
Heck, you don't even have to say anything at all? Just be minding your own business.
Its not how much justice you can get, its how much justice you can afford. (Paraphrased from here.)
And apparently, the bad guys could afford more than the folks at the Pirate Bay.
Remember those Slashdot articles a few years ago about Google buying up dark fiber?
And more recently, building massive data centers near power stations?
I wonder if they might be waiting for something like this to open up their ISP division and bury Comcast and TWC by offering unmetered service?
(Instant communication + no perspective + mob mentality) / (common sense) = CONTROL
If nothing else, it's a major wake-up call as to just how much power Amazon has amassed over the media as we know it.
No, this was a major wake-up call as to just how much havoc less than 140 characters can wreak upon a keystone business in less than 24 hours.
Late payments are one of the signs that a company is about to go under.
Not if lawyers are involved?
I'm seeing more and more of this in non-related businesses, but what it boils down to is this:
Customer finds a discrepancy and needs to get it worked out, so they call an audit and find a MAJOR snafu. To protect themselves, they bring in the lawyers.
All payments stop until the issue is resolved. Usually, the money is placed into an escrow during the legal proceedings, especially if the customer has the money to pay the bill.
Provider's lawyers work with the customer, but this takes time. Take too long, and the statute of limitations will run out.
More time passes. Customer has the money and can pay, but lawyers say no.
Provider sends a final notice: pay up.
Customer sends a letter: Our lawyers aren't done, and we can't send the money yet. Look! The money is right here in this account, just WAIT A FEW MORE DAYS!
Provider turns to their lawyer: If you wait one more day, the statute of limitations will expire and they could walk away scott free.
Now the provider has no choice? They MUST take action to protect their interests, so they seize the assets of the customer in some fashion. Most of the time this involves filing a lien on those assets, but in some cases-like this one-they can physically collect those assets.
And you need a complete step-by-step photo walkthru down every residential side street?
You've obviously never driven in England.
Unlike the US where things were planned out from the start, and the rest of Europe that got roto-tilled in two major wars, England's urban roadways are still pretty much designed like someone tossed a bunch of sticks into the air and used the resulting jumble as a map plan.
Rural roadways are even worse, and the older towns still tend to be quite bendy-twisty. If you're a resident, you call it "charm", but if you're a visitor or a delivery person, you call it bloody infuriating.
So many here are arguing legality, right, wrong, weather or not it'll fly in court...
It. Doesn't. MATTER.
The **AA can serve me with a lawsuit for raping the corpse of Pope John Paul II while wearing nothing but a purple party hat and pink woad.
It'd make a judge pop a vein from laughing so hard, but if I don't have a lawyer or can't afford one...
Then I'm shit outta luck and lose the lawsuit.
Remember, it's not how much justice you can get, it's how much justice you can afford. Or in the case of the **AA, it's how long you can hold out under sustained bombardment.
Just search for "Discovery Channel - Solar Storm - pt 1", on YouTube and follow the rest of them.
Fish! Plankton! Sea greens! Protein from the sea!
"The world would be no poorer if there were no more killergames."
Perhaps not, but I know your re-election fund will be short a few deutschmarks?
Okay, now this is scary.
Folks having OpenWRT/DD-WRT are usually a bit more savvy that the average user, so to see something specifically targeting such users is surprising.
And the fact it's gone this long without being noticed is even MORE frightening.
No you can't. Not unless you have:
1. A region-free DVD player
2. A player that can handle PAL.
Usually the two are combined, but #1 is a bit hard to come by, and illegal in some places.
Hah-hah!