This "danger" keeps violent crime at less than 1/7 the level of UK, comparing New York to London (similar population, similar percentage of "bad" minorities, etc).
Where did you get that BS from? Fox News?
Hint, I think that you have the ratio the wrong way round.
It doesn't help that most VPNs are so easy to detect and block at the IP header level. PPTP depends on the GRE IP protocol (47), and L2TP is usually tunneled over IPSec, which depends on the ESP IP protocol (50). By using different protocol numbers in the IP headers, the designers of these protocols made it mindlessly easy to block them, and made them harder to support, because routers have to explicitly know how to handle those nonstandard protocol numbers.
The last time that I was in China (a couple of years ago), OpenVPN using non-standard ports to my private server was blocked. In the end, I ran OpenVPN over tcp/22 (yes, ugly and slow, but it worked). I don't understand why VPN's were blocked but not SSH. OpenVPN uses UDP (by default), so no obvious protocol numbers to block.
Competition is great. For the customer. For awhile. Not so good for the businesses that are competing. Perhaps you've heard of the term "dumping"? That's when a "competitor" can afford to sell below cost just to drive his competition out of business. Great for the customer, until the competition goes away and prices go back up.
We used to have a great small local magazine shop in this town. Borders moved in. They had books and magazines and a coffee shop and... all in one place. The local shop was driven out of business. Bad for them. Then Borders lost the competition with B&N (and Amazon) and they have now gone away. It's an hour drive to the closest full-service shop. This competition turned out just great for the local shop, Borders, and the customers in this town, didn't it?
It wasn't competition from a direct competitor that drove Borders out of town, it was a technological revolution. Ask youself if you would be better off riding round in a horse-pulled buggy, or in a car. Your argument above applies directly.
But yeah, there are natural monopolies. That's why we have regulated utilities, such as PG&E.
The cable and phone companies benefitted from sweatheart deals to install their connections in cities, yet they would scream in outrage at the prospect of a new competitor getting a similar sweatheart deal to bring in service.
I used to use Kino, but this doesn't work on 64-bit. I believe the developer has transferred his efforts to Kdenlive. Kino worked well, but required format conversion in most cases.
All I want is an effective non-linear editor.
I have never managed to do anything with Cinelerra. Usually, it crashes within seconds of starting, but I haven't even figured out how to open a file containing video. The "documentation" (I use the word loosely) seems to assume that you have already opened the video.
Kdenlive seems to have possibility. Let's hope that it really progresses.
I think many of us could agree that the "opinion" of the Supreme Court needs to be "revisited" in a number of areas these days.....
I agree with your opinion of the opinion of the Supreme Court, but there is a long line of decisions that underpin the Fed's ability to regulate almost anything. Expecting the Supreme Court to change its opinion on this topic is wishful thinking. It isn't going to happen any time soon.
Hmmm.. So your argument is that because the internet crosses state and international boundaries the Fed is free to regulate it. The problem with this is that the commerce clause is about regulating TRADE as it crosses the boundaries between the states and other countries. The Fed can regulate, tax and otherwise control things that cross the state's border, but what happens within the state is the business of the state. The Fed has been justifying a LOT of things using the Commerce Clause, which are really pushing us into some very grey areas.
Please tell me why my interaction with my local phamacist is regulated by federal laws? Please tell me why I cannot grow marijuana for my personal consumption in my back yard? Both of these are because the Supreme Court does not agree with your interpretation of the Commerce Clause. Don't blame the Feds, blame the Supreme Court which has allowed the Fed to implement such laws and regulations.
So, my reading says that the Fed can regulate buying/selling (commerce) that crosses the state line over the internet, but if the state wants to regulate ISP's within it's borders, it is free to do so w/o Federal involvement as long as the state doesn't stray beyond it's constitutional power
Both your reading and my reading of the Commerce Clause carry zero weight. Only the opinion of the Supreme Court matters and it has made it quite clear that your reading does not agree with its view of the Commerce Clause.
The Republicans that are concerned about civil liberties (ie, those who didn't think about civil liberties when the patriot act was first signed, but have regretted it) will support this move.
Unfortunately, those Republicans don't exist. Well, to be more accurate, they exist, but not in any elected office.
Another person suggested creating a user that does backups, all it does is backups, and that user is the only one who has write access to the backup drive. That seems like a reasonable solution as well.
One could have a directory in the hierarchy above the backups that can only be executed by the root user. In this case, the backup directories and files below it can have normal user permissions, but the backup will not be accessible with normal user credentials.
Then they run that test as part of their automated "Test Windows" run (which probably takes hours to do)
I am going to nitpick on your analysis, but I have zero sympathy for Microsoft having (hypothetically) a test system that takes hours to provide a result. This is a company with billions of dollars available to it. Invest in more test hardware if the test systems take too long to run.
Euh locks on doors don't stop burglars. They stop kids from doing petty vandalism. Burglars can easily pick your door locks, or will simply break a window to enter.
In the UK at least, door locks have an important function. They turn entering your house from traspass (NOT a criminal offense) into breaking and entering (a criminal offense).
In the USA they invoke a requirement to get a warrant for LEO to enter the house.
How about, instead of playing war games, you use the same resources to actually secure the vital infrastructure that we get regular scare stories about,
You assume that the cyber war games are about preparedness. In reality, these events are about creating headlines that can be used to justify more intrusion into people's private lives.
Let me first express my sympathy for your personal tragedy.
And now respond:
1. The drugs taken were already illegal. Your personal experience shows that the laws against such drugs don't work.
2. You ignored my point that we have historical data that banning personal vices leads to more hardship, not less.
The standard Uber defence of "he's a contractor" will last about 2 second before being torn to shreds by the dumbest of Australian judges (who will be quite intelligent in their own right mind you), Uber facilitated the transaction, Uber takes the money from the client and gives the money to the driver
In just about any jurisdiction, I think that the fact that Uber takes the money puts Uber on the hook for damages. If the passenger pays Uber, then the contract is between the passenger and Uber.
Uber is following the Paypal playbook. Steadfastly deny the obvious ("we are not a bank") until they are established enough to go legit.
Doesn't seem fair to me, but then the constitution is probably written in some strange dialect of English where the meaning is something different to a lawyer.
Substitute Supreme Court for Humpty Dumpty:
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'
I imagine that the Prime Minister thinks that he can force Google and other emails providers to hand over emails to GCHQ and, crucially, the Prime Minister cannot comprehend the idea that people can set up their own email server.
The same argument goes for other protocols.
Probably, no one, other than politicians and Dail Mail readers, takes this seriously. It will be forgotten about after the next election.
Or you mean an industry wanting a new entrant in to that industry to be subject to the same regulations the rest of the industry is forced to follow, right?
You fail at reading comprehension. In this case, it is the car dealers who are trying to introduce new regulations that would disadvantage Tesla.
Even if legally in the clear, just dealing with an LEA when someone uses your machine as a child porn host is going to be unpleasant.
Imagine this in the UK:
Police:"We think you have kiddy porn on your computer, what are the contents of these encrypted files?"
You: "I don't know"
Police: "Tell us the password"
You: "I don't know it"
Judge: "Go to jail until you tell us the password!"
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Where did you get that BS from? Fox News?
Hint, I think that you have the ratio the wrong way round.
The last time that I was in China (a couple of years ago), OpenVPN using non-standard ports to my private server was blocked. In the end, I ran OpenVPN over tcp/22 (yes, ugly and slow, but it worked). I don't understand why VPN's were blocked but not SSH. OpenVPN uses UDP (by default), so no obvious protocol numbers to block.
It wasn't competition from a direct competitor that drove Borders out of town, it was a technological revolution. Ask youself if you would be better off riding round in a horse-pulled buggy, or in a car. Your argument above applies directly.
But yeah, there are natural monopolies. That's why we have regulated utilities, such as PG&E.
The cable and phone companies benefitted from sweatheart deals to install their connections in cities, yet they would scream in outrage at the prospect of a new competitor getting a similar sweatheart deal to bring in service.
Exactly, your kids are probably reconsidering their use of Facebook and are transitioning to other venues.
This.
I used to use Kino, but this doesn't work on 64-bit. I believe the developer has transferred his efforts to Kdenlive. Kino worked well, but required format conversion in most cases.
All I want is an effective non-linear editor.
I have never managed to do anything with Cinelerra. Usually, it crashes within seconds of starting, but I haven't even figured out how to open a file containing video. The "documentation" (I use the word loosely) seems to assume that you have already opened the video.
Kdenlive seems to have possibility. Let's hope that it really progresses.
I agree with your opinion of the opinion of the Supreme Court, but there is a long line of decisions that underpin the Fed's ability to regulate almost anything. Expecting the Supreme Court to change its opinion on this topic is wishful thinking. It isn't going to happen any time soon.
Please tell me why my interaction with my local phamacist is regulated by federal laws? Please tell me why I cannot grow marijuana for my personal consumption in my back yard? Both of these are because the Supreme Court does not agree with your interpretation of the Commerce Clause. Don't blame the Feds, blame the Supreme Court which has allowed the Fed to implement such laws and regulations.
Both your reading and my reading of the Commerce Clause carry zero weight. Only the opinion of the Supreme Court matters and it has made it quite clear that your reading does not agree with its view of the Commerce Clause.
A traditional that has long been utilized by western economies.
Unfortunately, those Republicans don't exist. Well, to be more accurate, they exist, but not in any elected office.
Hold them until until the owner/driver of the car has been successfully prosecuted and then sieze them.
One could have a directory in the hierarchy above the backups that can only be executed by the root user. In this case, the backup directories and files below it can have normal user permissions, but the backup will not be accessible with normal user credentials.
I am going to nitpick on your analysis, but I have zero sympathy for Microsoft having (hypothetically) a test system that takes hours to provide a result. This is a company with billions of dollars available to it. Invest in more test hardware if the test systems take too long to run.
[ -z "$STEAMROOT" ] && echo "stop right now!" # no need for if ..then.
In the UK at least, door locks have an important function. They turn entering your house from traspass (NOT a criminal offense) into breaking and entering (a criminal offense).
In the USA they invoke a requirement to get a warrant for LEO to enter the house.
You assume that the cyber war games are about preparedness. In reality, these events are about creating headlines that can be used to justify more intrusion into people's private lives.
Let me first express my sympathy for your personal tragedy.
And now respond:
1. The drugs taken were already illegal. Your personal experience shows that the laws against such drugs don't work.
2. You ignored my point that we have historical data that banning personal vices leads to more hardship, not less.
In just about any jurisdiction, I think that the fact that Uber takes the money puts Uber on the hook for damages. If the passenger pays Uber, then the contract is between the passenger and Uber.
Uber is following the Paypal playbook. Steadfastly deny the obvious ("we are not a bank") until they are established enough to go legit.
Substitute Supreme Court for Humpty Dumpty:
Yes, but whose lives are ruined? The lives of the people who choose to take such drugs.
Plenty of people's lives are runing by gambling and alcohol, yet we know that banning these vices leads to worse problems than regulating them.
And if the orchestra includes a Theremin?
I imagine that the Prime Minister thinks that he can force Google and other emails providers to hand over emails to GCHQ and, crucially, the Prime Minister cannot comprehend the idea that people can set up their own email server.
The same argument goes for other protocols.
Probably, no one, other than politicians and Dail Mail readers, takes this seriously. It will be forgotten about after the next election.
Why did GM not do this in its recent bankruptcy in every state that allows direct sales?
You fail at reading comprehension. In this case, it is the car dealers who are trying to introduce new regulations that would disadvantage Tesla.
Imagine this in the UK:
Police:"We think you have kiddy porn on your computer, what are the contents of these encrypted files?"
You: "I don't know"
Police: "Tell us the password"
You: "I don't know it"
Judge: "Go to jail until you tell us the password!"