Now I can set up a website so that it has 100's of one pixel images. I line of code will have Firefox reload the page after a certain interval of time. Since the page is most likely cached, files will not be loaded from my website while Firefox may very well dutifully ping the site of my choosing. I am an open source fan of the biggest sort, however I am not too fond of Forefox 1.5 and above. Firefox is becoming more and more like its rival.:-(
But hey, at least I can change it to do what I want and get rid of the undesirable "features" that were added.:-)
Rather than support the ACLU, the people would be much better off in supporting any organization which seeks to throw BOT the Democrats AND Republicans out of office. 99% of Congress (both House and Senate) need to be voted out as well as the President. The same thing also needs to happens to just about all state and most local governments. For decades we have been electing both Democrats and Republicans to office only to watch our taxes go higher and higher, be subjected to more and more rules and regulations, and watch our voices get weaker and weaker. I for one am tired of the endless crap being spewed out by the Democrats and Republicans. Isn't it time yet for alternative parties such as those listed below?
With the Democrats and Republicans in office, more and more people have quit registering to vote because they believe that it does not matter which one of these candidates get into office (People are going to be screwed each way). This is one reason I blog this message because I want people to spread the word that we actually do have a choice. I believe that throwing out the Republican-Democrats is a better way to obtain justice than what Marvin Heemeyer did in Granby, Colorado (although I do not frown on his efforts to punish local officials). Another way people can have influence in doing away with the oppressive governments in the P.S.A. (Police States of Amerika) is by excercising their powers to judge the law as well as the facts when serving on a jury. People should look at the Fully Informed Jurors Association. In the P.S.A. we will only gain ou freedom by TAKING IT BACK from those who have usurped the rightful power of citizens.
As a Founding Father of the United States, he recognized the need for a REASONABLE patent and copyright system in order to make sure that authors and product creators were able to recoup the costs of creating their works. The patent and copyright system today rewards mostly corporations. Individual creators are left out. As a Founding Father of the U.S. he also stood for for individual right. This is something tht very few mainstream party affiliated politicians think about today. If we want to try to restore the protections of our right by voting, then we need to vote for members of alternative political parties such as the ones listed alphabetically below:
Constitution Party http://www.constitutionparty.org/ [constitutionparty.org]
Green Party http://www.greenparty.org/ [greenparty.org]
Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/ [lp.org]
Reform Party http://www.reformparty.org/ [reformparty.org]
Socialist Party http://www.sp-usa.org/ [sp-usa.org]
Veteran's Party http://www.veteransparty.us/ [veteransparty.us]
Even though I am not a Christian, I prefer the Constitution Party. I can deal with looking at 10 Commandments posted in a court room, they will not jump out and shoot me. I can even stand still while leaders pray as long as I am not forced to join in. If you do not like the ideas put out by the Constitution Party, look at a party that fits what you believe in. Just don't fall for the bullshit spewed by the Democrat or Republican parties. We already know what they are about (taking bribes and serving their special interests). As another not, we can also judge the law as well as the facts. Visit http://www.fija.org/ .
The government has fired on protesters (Kent State is only one instance).
Both the Senate and House have been effectively dissolved by the corporate cartels and special interest groups. The weapons used were the bridled media, political action commitee campaign contributions (bribes), the Republicans, and the Democrats. We the people have NO representation!!!
The Republics back the overthrow of legitimate government, and so do the Democrats. Both parties are corrupt, lie spewing propaganda machines that most voters still stupidly believe in. Real change will come when people start voting for and backing the much, much less corrupt alternative parties.
Benjamin Franklin was an absolute genius. Not only was he responsible for the rediscovery of electricity. he was also responsible for many other scientific advances of historic proportions. Not only that, he was also partly responsible for drafting the founding document of one of the greatest nations in history.
Unfortunately he would mostly be fighting mad at how his genius has been misused by the main two political parties of today along with their corporate and special interest paymasters. These entities have distorted the intent to help pay for innovation with laws that has brought innovation to a standstill. Both Democrats and Republicans have destroyed the legal protections which the U.S. Constitution provided for the inhabitants of the U.S. In fact, the U.S.A. should be no longer known by that name. It is more appropriate to call it the "Police States of Amerika." With not only free speech stifled by the abuse of copyright and patents, property rights are now virtually unprotect as any major corporation can have a local government force people to give up their own land for a pittance.
Things can be changed though. It has to be done by people not doing what they normally do. In order to make any significant change for the better and have laws passed that protect freedom to hack and free software, people will have to register to vote. Not only will have have to register, they will have to register under an ALTERNATIVE political party instead of the republicrats or demicans. There are many parties out there that fit the different agendas of many who are Slashdotters. These parties are listed below in alphabetical order:
Some of these parties I disagree with, however, I list them to give voice to diverse ideas. Isn't it time to register and vote for candidates based on their ideas and character instead of by which one will stand a chance of winning in order to keep out the "greater evil?" The corrupt, bullshit and lie spewing Democrats are just as bad as the corrupt bullshit and lie spewing Republicans. There are much better choices. Get behind them and support them while we have a few legal protections left.
This is one reason why people should be promoting alternative networks such as FreeWans, Muni-nets, mesh networks and so on. As the Internet continues to stomp the local telcos, post offices, media cartels, and the corporate stanglehold on information, the establishment corporate-government alliances are desparately trying to hold on to the control they have enjoyed in the past. Since they own or control most of the wires, fiber and airwaves on which this information travels, they have decided to control the information by charging excessive fees. Once this rip-off spreads, we can probably spell the end of the freedom that the Internet provides.
UNLESS that is, if people start promoting and experimenting with ways of passing information on conduits not controlled by big business or government. Many communities and organizations have started local networks that allow computers to communicate for free. Some of these network are even linked together. The main problem preventing the establishment of a global free network is the fact that no one has yet found an affordable way of transmitting large amounts of information over a long distance quickly without violating some government rule. Once a way of doing this is found, we can expect much, much lower Internet, phone, and cable TV bills. We will learn the true cost of providing these services, and people will see hoe much they have been ripped off by local monopolies.
"I want to run my business utilizing every right I was born with -- including speech. If you don't want my e-mails, you can run a white list and bounce everything not in it. Problem solved, by the free market."
Me too, I do not need new laws to protect the Internet. When some spammer connect to my server and send me crap that I have to pay to receive and store, I should be able to to the same to that person. When some spammer overloads my inbox with junk, then I have the same right to overload his/ her website with real looking but fake orders. I also have the right to have other join in and use code that I created to express the frustration most of use feel when spammed.
http://www.plaza1.net/SpamFryer.jarhttp://www.plaza1.net/spammerslammer.cgihttp://www.plaza1.net/SpammerSlapper
If a spammer does not like it then he or she can implement firewalls to block such things.
This is true for classified weapons systems, but it is not true for other items used as weapons. I consider anything that is used for waging war a weapon, and that includes, computers, airplanes cars, tructs, engines, boats, ships, and anything else that the military requires to fight. Just think what would happen to the military if most of the computers within the U.S. civilian polulation ceased to work.
It would not be long before the military would be unable to fight.
This is what I see as the biggest "security crisis" in the U.S. today, the fact that the U.S. produces very little in terms of goods and instead, it depends on foreign countries to supply it needs. What if these countries decided to add a bit of poison to the milk?
Since Russia decided to try to force a price increas of 400 percent, it is no wonder that nations are looking for alternatives. I wish their were alternatives instead of being proce gouged for gasoline (petrol) here in the U.S.A. I know Europeans pay much more for fuel, but Europe also has bullet trains and alternative means of transportation. In America, we are force to keep giving more and more of our income to the damned oil companies. Fuel supply is limited (and too expensive) only because it is controlled by a few government-protected monopolies. If there was such a thing as free enterprise in the United States, there would be competition, and the fuel prices will be no where near what they are today.
Where are many critical electronic parts for computers, automobiles, military weapontry, and other important devices for America manufactured? The simple answer is the "Peoples Republic" of China. How many of these devices have "trojans" or sabatage circuitry embedded in intergrated circuits themselves? We may never find out (Hopefully). I can picture the day when the world grows tired of accepting worthless paper (dollars or Federal Reserve Notes) as "payment" for tangible goods. I can also picture the day that the "People's Republic" of China decides to annex Tiawan by force. All they have to do is wait for or cause a certain condition to occur, such as a specific date, or a certain code to pass over wires, or even a specific signal to be transitted. The "trojan" circuitry picks up the signal and disables the device. A couple of lines of code or a few transistors can throw a real monky wrentch into the functionality of a device. How could the U.S. stop the invasion of Taiwan when its electronic infrastructure has been disabled?
I'm sure that the U.S. government has investigated this option when it permitted American telephone equipment manufacturers to export equipment to Eastern Bloc countries before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now, the tables are turned, and America depends on foriegn counties and companies for its electronic infrastructure.
Unfortunately, fakes are the only way for a new business with limited sources of cash to break into an old product line. With all of the "parnerships" between advertisers, labor organizations, governments, and retail stores, a small company which produces a product that is also produced by the big players will have a hard time seeing their product appear on the shelves of stores like Wal-Mart and Target.
Because people are a lot like lemmings, they will spend vast amounts of money on a pair of shoes simply because they have a checkmark (Nike) on them while disregarding a brand that is cheaper and better quality. Rather than looking at the material and construction of a product, most people buy based on what people on TV or the magazines are wearing. If one can afford to buy a blessing from Madison Avenue, they do not need to conterfeit.
If they are doing nothing wrong, then they have nothing to worry about. Isn't that the tired old argument the governments give the people? It also applies to the police, politicians, judges, corporate officer, and any other official. I have long stated that every bit of information on these folks should be publically posted where anyone can have ready access to it. This information should incluse all licence numbers, SSN's, medical information, and so on. This is what they do to us so it should also be done to them.
I don't mean trust as in believing in someones goodness. I mean trust as in a business entity. I registered a consulting business simply for the purpose of obtaining privacy. This can be done in many states and localities for less than $100. I got my Cellphone and put it in the name of my business. No Tax ID or "Social Security" number was needed. Other ways include going prepaid or even putting out false information. Just make sure you write down whatever information you give just in case you have problems with your service.
When Internic was the monopoly over the registration of internet names, a group decided that they would want to set up their own Domain naming system. They urged people to change their computer's internet connection setting to use their nameservers. They also urged small ISP's to use their name service as well. Threats of people setting up their own domain naming systems is partly responsible for opening up domain registration to competition. May be this is what is needed again today. I also try to encourage people to experiment with off the shelf wireless equipment in order to create local networks such as FreeWans, Muninets, and so on. If the networks such as the Internet are to remain free, then we the people must take physical ownership of its infrastructure.
I've come up with a good way to fiol the mortgage spammers:
1. Set up a catch address to receive replies.
2. Go to Google and get an address and number. This can be done in the way similar to
phonebook: John Smith Arizona (That will pull in every listed number and address where there is a
John Smith in Arizona. An alternative is using the name and phone number of someone who hates spam
and has a lot of political clout
3. Visit the spamvertized mortgage site (using a proxy) and type in the info you obtained from google.
Use your catch address to receive replies.
4. Harvest any information provided (especially toll free numbers) and post it on antispammer websites.
These mortgage spammers make their moneyby selling leads to lenders. When these lenders reach a
bunch of pissed off consumers and get into trouble, they will quit using that particular lead
generator. Someone with political clout may also sue the calling person and cause even further
trouble.
I have received several spams advertising the following website http://www.homeadvantagefunding.com/ The address matches the registration info. However, I have a Toll free number to post on antispammer sites: 866-937-2646 ext 115
The ethical lows many multinational corporations will stoop to should not be surprising. These same companies that love to excercise "Free Trade" are the one who were bitching and moaning because poor old people in the united States were re-importing drugs that were sent overseas. These are the same companies that have worked to get the codex (google codex drugs to find out more). The companies are working to have the supplement companies put out of business so that they can force people who need medicine to consume their crap (the side effects are just about as bad as the disease the drug is supposed to cure). The companies see the Indians as well as us as mere merchandise or cash cows. The same goes for the politician, courts, and yes, also the President. The people of the Police States of America will be forced to pay for a prescription drug benefit that only saves about 1 out of every 14 people any real money. The people of the P.S.A. as well as (The many countries of) Europe and many other places think they are free but aren't. People will not be free until they put away their difference and stand together against the government-cartel alliances. The corporations and nearly all of the governments have learned to stand together in order to squeeze more wealth out of the masses. It is time for the masses to do the same and take back what rightfully belong to the masses. This is where people of all nationalities and religions need to come together.
This is one eason why FreeWan Cells and like types of local networks are needed. Information sharing will continue, and it will be done regardless of the wishes of the media, communications, or utility cartels. Hackers are working on wireless mesh type networks at this very moment. DVD's can hold plenty of data and have great bandidth capability - Especially when shipped acrossed the country in packages of a 100. The genie is out of the bottle and filtering the "pipe" will only cause people to use the river. The local college in my aread has a vibrant filesharing network where thousands of multimedia are traded each day. The network consists of about 4 wireless routers and about 200 computers. The network was put together by students and is run by students. It is separate from the Internet, cheaper, and faster. More of these will pop up and compete with local ISP's and telco's should this tiered Internet crap be imposed on people.
Now, I can see "Abba Dabba" carrying his triacetone-triperoxide bombs as well as his portable DVD player playing protected content onto New York's subway system. Now the international newspeakers flash scenes of the devastation. The FBI shows a picture of "This content is copyright protected: Duplication prohibited." to the entire world. The reward for the capture of "This content is copyright protected: Duplication prohibited." is now set at $80 million dollars. The national economy is bankrupted because everybody is bringing in their recordings of "This content is copyright protected: Duplication prohibited." "Abba Dabba" wins the terror war.
This bill will do a lot for people if it passes. For once, people can walk down a major steet without feeling spied upon. How? People will need to carry their portable DVD player and have it play protected content, or they will need to generate the copy protection signal with some other small device. In order to stay within the law, surveilance cameras will block any content that carries the signal, and I will make sure that I am generating this signal in order to protect my privacy.
As far as flesharers go, this will be defeated technologically in a few short days, so we all benefit.
All one has to do is generate a VEIL signal, and they can become invisible to surveillance cameras. I wonder if playing a protected DVD on a portable player will disable a surveillance camera or will one be better served by building a standalone veil signal generator. I am willing to bet that the Department of Homeland "Security" will have something to say about this law helping terrorists. We live in interesting times;-)
I use a Linux machine for a firewall. It monitors and filters all incoming and outgoing IP packets. If I deliberately infect a windows machine, I can tell what packets are going to where. I can even redirect some of these packets to a computer I control. That way. I can control malware and what actions it takes.
Once this is done, I can block, unblock, or redirect ip packets as I see fit. I run a network which has about 20 Windows based computers, and only one computer on the network has antivirus protection, yet there has been no malware infections. The reasons for this is simple.
1. I set firewall policies that blocks idiot users from all outside sites and unblock sites only for specifically requested site (if appropriate).
2. My email filter defangs all attachments unless the file extension is specifically exempted from the policy.
3. I also have disabled the Windows Autorun feature, and I have also restricted privileges on Win XP and 2k computers so that people on my network also do not have admin access to their computers by default.
4. I give each user an instruction manual on computer security and why they should follow certain security practices. I assume that people will read this manual and follow absolutely none of the instructions. In other words, I assume that every user is a clueby until proven otherwise. I have been known to send people fake mail in order to get them to attempt to do things that go against the instructions in tha manual. If users fall for the s.e. and do these things, they remain in the idiots catagory until I have the inclination to test them again.
5. Software applications that are not specifically needed on each computer are removed.
6. Firefox is used as the default browser and Thunderbird is used as the default email client. The Outlook Express email client is removed from any computer that contains it.
7. The Internet zone setting in Internet Explorer is set to the highest level with just about everything forbidden.
8 Internet Explorer may only be used to display essential work related websites that will not run under any other browser.
Slashdot Mirror
MS security promises sounds like the same promises of "ethics reform" promised by the Democratic-Republican Party
Now I can set up a website so that it has 100's of one pixel images. I line of code will have Firefox reload the page after a certain interval of time. Since the page is most likely cached, files will not be loaded from my website while Firefox may very well dutifully ping the site of my choosing. I am an open source fan of the biggest sort, however I am not too fond of Forefox 1.5 and above. Firefox is becoming more and more like its rival. :-(
:-)
But hey, at least I can change it to do what I want and get rid of the undesirable "features" that were added.
Rather than support the ACLU, the people would be much better off in supporting any organization which seeks to throw BOT the Democrats AND Republicans out of office. 99% of Congress (both House and Senate) need to be voted out as well as the President. The same thing also needs to happens to just about all state and most local governments. For decades we have been electing both Democrats and Republicans to office only to watch our taxes go higher and higher, be subjected to more and more rules and regulations, and watch our voices get weaker and weaker. I for one am tired of the endless crap being spewed out by the Democrats and Republicans. Isn't it time yet for alternative parties such as those listed below?
Constitution Party http://www.constitutionparty.org/
Green Party http://www.greenparty.org/
Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/
Reform Party http://www.reformparty.org/
Socialist Party http://www.sp-usa.org/
Veteran's Party http://www.veteransparty.us/
With the Democrats and Republicans in office, more and more people have quit registering to vote because they believe that it does not matter which one of these candidates get into office (People are going to be screwed each way). This is one reason I blog this message because I want people to spread the word that we actually do have a choice. I believe that throwing out the Republican-Democrats is a better way to obtain justice than what Marvin Heemeyer did in Granby, Colorado (although I do not frown on his efforts to punish local officials). Another way people can have influence in doing away with the oppressive governments in the P.S.A. (Police States of Amerika) is by excercising their powers to judge the law as well as the facts when serving on a jury. People should look at the Fully Informed Jurors Association . In the P.S.A. we will only gain ou freedom by TAKING IT BACK from those who have usurped the rightful power of citizens.
As a Founding Father of the United States, he recognized the need for a REASONABLE patent and copyright system in order to make sure that authors and product creators were able to recoup the costs of creating their works. The patent and copyright system today rewards mostly corporations. Individual creators are left out. As a Founding Father of the U.S. he also stood for for individual right. This is something tht very few mainstream party affiliated politicians think about today. If we want to try to restore the protections of our right by voting, then we need to vote for members of alternative political parties such as the ones listed alphabetically below: Constitution Party http://www.constitutionparty.org/ [constitutionparty.org] Green Party http://www.greenparty.org/ [greenparty.org] Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/ [lp.org] Reform Party http://www.reformparty.org/ [reformparty.org] Socialist Party http://www.sp-usa.org/ [sp-usa.org] Veteran's Party http://www.veteransparty.us/ [veteransparty.us] Even though I am not a Christian, I prefer the Constitution Party. I can deal with looking at 10 Commandments posted in a court room, they will not jump out and shoot me. I can even stand still while leaders pray as long as I am not forced to join in. If you do not like the ideas put out by the Constitution Party, look at a party that fits what you believe in. Just don't fall for the bullshit spewed by the Democrat or Republican parties. We already know what they are about (taking bribes and serving their special interests). As another not, we can also judge the law as well as the facts. Visit http://www.fija.org/ .
The government has fired on protesters (Kent State is only one instance). Both the Senate and House have been effectively dissolved by the corporate cartels and special interest groups. The weapons used were the bridled media, political action commitee campaign contributions (bribes), the Republicans, and the Democrats. We the people have NO representation!!!
The Republics back the overthrow of legitimate government, and so do the Democrats. Both parties are corrupt, lie spewing propaganda machines that most voters still stupidly believe in. Real change will come when people start voting for and backing the much, much less corrupt alternative parties.
Benjamin Franklin was an absolute genius. Not only was he responsible for the rediscovery of electricity. he was also responsible for many other scientific advances of historic proportions. Not only that, he was also partly responsible for drafting the founding document of one of the greatest nations in history. Unfortunately he would mostly be fighting mad at how his genius has been misused by the main two political parties of today along with their corporate and special interest paymasters. These entities have distorted the intent to help pay for innovation with laws that has brought innovation to a standstill. Both Democrats and Republicans have destroyed the legal protections which the U.S. Constitution provided for the inhabitants of the U.S. In fact, the U.S.A. should be no longer known by that name. It is more appropriate to call it the "Police States of Amerika." With not only free speech stifled by the abuse of copyright and patents, property rights are now virtually unprotect as any major corporation can have a local government force people to give up their own land for a pittance. Things can be changed though. It has to be done by people not doing what they normally do. In order to make any significant change for the better and have laws passed that protect freedom to hack and free software, people will have to register to vote. Not only will have have to register, they will have to register under an ALTERNATIVE political party instead of the republicrats or demicans. There are many parties out there that fit the different agendas of many who are Slashdotters. These parties are listed below in alphabetical order:
Constitution Party http://www.constitutionparty.org/
Green Party http://www.greenparty.org/
Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/
Reform Party http://www.reformparty.org/
Socialist Party http://www.sp-usa.org/
Veteran's Party http://www.veteransparty.us/
Some of these parties I disagree with, however, I list them to give voice to diverse ideas. Isn't it time to register and vote for candidates based on their ideas and character instead of by which one will stand a chance of winning in order to keep out the "greater evil?" The corrupt, bullshit and lie spewing Democrats are just as bad as the corrupt bullshit and lie spewing Republicans. There are much better choices. Get behind them and support them while we have a few legal protections left.
This is one reason why people should be promoting alternative networks such as FreeWans, Muni-nets, mesh networks and so on. As the Internet continues to stomp the local telcos, post offices, media cartels, and the corporate stanglehold on information, the establishment corporate-government alliances are desparately trying to hold on to the control they have enjoyed in the past. Since they own or control most of the wires, fiber and airwaves on which this information travels, they have decided to control the information by charging excessive fees. Once this rip-off spreads, we can probably spell the end of the freedom that the Internet provides.
UNLESS that is, if people start promoting and experimenting with ways of passing information on conduits not controlled by big business or government. Many communities and organizations have started local networks that allow computers to communicate for free. Some of these network are even linked together.
The main problem preventing the establishment of a global free network is the fact that no one has yet found an affordable way of transmitting large amounts of information over a long distance quickly without violating some government rule. Once a way of doing this is found, we can expect much, much lower Internet, phone, and cable TV bills. We will learn the true cost of providing these services, and
people will see hoe much they have been ripped off by local monopolies.
"I want to run my business utilizing every right I was born with -- including speech. If you don't want my e-mails, you can run a white list and bounce everything not in it. Problem solved, by the free market." Me too, I do not need new laws to protect the Internet. When some spammer connect to my server and send me crap that I have to pay to receive and store, I should be able to to the same to that person. When some spammer overloads my inbox with junk, then I have the same right to overload his/ her website with real looking but fake orders. I also have the right to have other join in and use code that I created to express the frustration most of use feel when spammed. http://www.plaza1.net/SpamFryer.jar http://www.plaza1.net/spammerslammer.cgi http://www.plaza1.net/SpammerSlapper If a spammer does not like it then he or she can implement firewalls to block such things.
This is true for classified weapons systems, but it is not true for other items used as weapons. I consider anything that is used for waging war a weapon, and that includes, computers, airplanes cars, tructs, engines, boats, ships, and anything else that the military requires to fight. Just think what would happen to the military if most of the computers within the U.S. civilian polulation ceased to work. It would not be long before the military would be unable to fight. This is what I see as the biggest "security crisis" in the U.S. today, the fact that the U.S. produces very little in terms of goods and instead, it depends on foreign countries to supply it needs. What if these countries decided to add a bit of poison to the milk?
Since Russia decided to try to force a price increas of 400 percent, it is no wonder that nations are looking for alternatives. I wish their were alternatives instead of being proce gouged for gasoline (petrol) here in the U.S.A. I know Europeans pay much more for fuel, but Europe also has bullet trains and alternative means of transportation. In America, we are force to keep giving more and more of our income to the damned oil companies. Fuel supply is limited (and too expensive) only because it is controlled by a few government-protected monopolies. If there was such a thing as free enterprise in the United States, there would be competition, and the fuel prices will be no where near what they are today.
Where are many critical electronic parts for computers, automobiles, military weapontry, and other important devices for America manufactured? The simple answer is the "Peoples Republic" of China. How many of these devices have "trojans" or sabatage circuitry embedded in intergrated circuits themselves? We may never find out (Hopefully). I can picture the day when the world grows tired of accepting worthless paper (dollars or Federal Reserve Notes) as "payment" for tangible goods. I can also picture the day that the "People's Republic" of China decides to annex Tiawan by force. All they have to do is wait for or cause a certain condition to occur, such as a specific date, or a certain code to pass over wires, or even a specific signal to be transitted. The "trojan" circuitry picks up the signal and disables the device. A couple of lines of code or a few transistors can throw a real monky wrentch into the functionality of a device. How could the U.S. stop the invasion of Taiwan when its electronic infrastructure has been disabled? I'm sure that the U.S. government has investigated this option when it permitted American telephone equipment manufacturers to export equipment to Eastern Bloc countries before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now, the tables are turned, and America depends on foriegn counties and companies for its electronic infrastructure.
Unfortunately, fakes are the only way for a new business with limited sources of cash to break into an old product line. With all of the "parnerships" between advertisers, labor organizations, governments, and retail stores, a small company which produces a product that is also produced by the big players will have a hard time seeing their product appear on the shelves of stores like Wal-Mart and Target.
Because people are a lot like lemmings, they will spend vast amounts of money on a pair of shoes simply because they have a checkmark (Nike) on them while disregarding a brand that is cheaper and better quality. Rather than looking at the material and construction of a product, most people buy based on what people on TV or the magazines are wearing. If one can afford to buy a blessing from Madison Avenue, they do not need to conterfeit.
Put the prepaid phone up for sale. Let the marketeers try to figure out who made what calls
The snooper will just then pay anothe $150 to get all the numbers which called the proxy.
If they are doing nothing wrong, then they have nothing to worry about. Isn't that the tired old argument the governments give the people? It also applies to the police, politicians, judges, corporate officer, and any other official. I have long stated that every bit of information on these folks should be publically posted where anyone can have ready access to it. This information should incluse all licence numbers, SSN's, medical information, and so on. This is what they do to us so it should also be done to them.
I don't mean trust as in believing in someones goodness. I mean trust as in a business entity. I registered a consulting business simply for the purpose of obtaining privacy. This can be done in many states and localities for less than $100. I got my Cellphone and put it in the name of my business. No Tax ID or "Social Security" number was needed. Other ways include going prepaid or even putting out false information. Just make sure you write down whatever information you give just in case you have problems with your service.
When Internic was the monopoly over the registration of internet names, a group decided that they would want to set up their own Domain naming system. They urged people to change their computer's internet connection setting to use their nameservers. They also urged small ISP's to use their name service as well. Threats of people setting up their own domain naming systems is partly responsible for opening up domain registration to competition. May be this is what is needed again today. I also try to encourage people to experiment with off the shelf wireless equipment in order to create local networks such as FreeWans, Muninets, and so on. If the networks such as the Internet are to remain free, then we the people must take physical ownership of its infrastructure.
I've come up with a good way to fiol the mortgage spammers:
1. Set up a catch address to receive replies.
2. Go to Google and get an address and number. This can be done in the way similar to
phonebook: John Smith Arizona (That will pull in every listed number and address where there is a
John Smith in Arizona. An alternative is using the name and phone number of someone who hates spam
and has a lot of political clout
3. Visit the spamvertized mortgage site (using a proxy) and type in the info you obtained from google.
Use your catch address to receive replies.
4. Harvest any information provided (especially toll free numbers) and post it on antispammer websites.
These mortgage spammers make their moneyby selling leads to lenders. When these lenders reach a
bunch of pissed off consumers and get into trouble, they will quit using that particular lead
generator. Someone with political clout may also sue the calling person and cause even further
trouble.
I have received several spams advertising the following website http://www.homeadvantagefunding.com/
The address matches the registration info. However, I have a Toll free number to post on antispammer sites: 866-937-2646 ext 115
The ethical lows many multinational corporations will stoop to should not be surprising. These same companies that love to excercise "Free Trade" are the one who were bitching and moaning because poor old people in the united States were re-importing drugs that were sent overseas. These are the same companies that have worked to get the codex (google codex drugs to find out more). The companies are working to have the supplement companies put out of business so that they can force people who need medicine to consume their crap (the side effects are just about as bad as the disease the drug is supposed to cure). The companies see the Indians as well as us as mere merchandise or cash cows. The same goes for the politician, courts, and yes, also the President. The people of the Police States of America will be forced to pay for a prescription drug benefit that only saves about 1 out of every 14 people any real money. The people of the P.S.A. as well as (The many countries of) Europe and many other places think they are free but aren't. People will not be free until they put away their difference and stand together against the government-cartel alliances. The corporations and nearly all of the governments have learned to stand together in order to squeeze more wealth out of the masses. It is time for the masses to do the same and take back what rightfully belong to the masses. This is where people of all nationalities and religions need to come together.
This is one eason why FreeWan Cells and like types of local networks are needed. Information sharing will continue, and it will be done regardless of the wishes of the media, communications, or utility cartels. Hackers are working on wireless mesh type networks at this very moment. DVD's can hold plenty of data and have great bandidth capability - Especially when shipped acrossed the country in packages of a 100. The genie is out of the bottle and filtering the "pipe" will only cause people to use the river. The local college in my aread has a vibrant filesharing network where thousands of multimedia are traded each day. The network consists of about 4 wireless routers and about 200 computers. The network was put together by students and is run by students. It is separate from the Internet, cheaper, and faster. More of these will pop up and compete with local ISP's and telco's should this tiered Internet crap be imposed on people.
Now, I can see "Abba Dabba" carrying his triacetone-triperoxide bombs as well as his portable DVD player playing protected content onto New York's subway system. Now the international newspeakers flash scenes of the devastation. The FBI shows a picture of "This content is copyright protected: Duplication prohibited." to the entire world. The reward for the capture of "This content is copyright protected: Duplication prohibited." is now set at $80 million dollars. The national economy is bankrupted because everybody is bringing in their recordings of "This content is copyright protected: Duplication prohibited." "Abba Dabba" wins the terror war.
This bill will do a lot for people if it passes. For once, people can walk down a major steet without feeling spied upon. How? People will need to carry their portable DVD player and have it play protected content, or they will need to generate the copy protection signal with some other small device. In order to stay within the law, surveilance cameras will block any content that carries the signal, and I will make sure that I am generating this signal in order to protect my privacy.
As far as flesharers go, this will be defeated technologically in a few short days, so we all benefit.
All one has to do is generate a VEIL signal, and they can become invisible to surveillance cameras. I wonder if playing a protected DVD on a portable player will disable a surveillance camera or will one be better served by building a standalone veil signal generator. I am willing to bet that the Department of Homeland "Security" will have something to say about this law helping terrorists. We live in interesting times ;-)
I use a Linux machine for a firewall. It monitors and filters all incoming and outgoing IP packets. If I deliberately infect a windows machine, I can tell what packets are going to where. I can even redirect some of these packets to a computer I control. That way. I can control malware and what actions it takes.
Once this is done, I can block, unblock, or redirect ip packets as I see fit. I run a network which has about 20 Windows based computers, and only one computer on the network has antivirus protection, yet there has been no malware infections. The reasons for this is simple.
1. I set firewall policies that blocks idiot users from all outside sites and unblock sites only for specifically requested site (if appropriate).
2. My email filter defangs all attachments unless the file extension is specifically exempted from the policy.
3. I also have disabled the Windows Autorun feature, and I have also restricted privileges on Win XP and 2k computers so that people on my network also do not have admin access to their computers by default.
4. I give each user an instruction manual on computer security and why they should follow certain security practices. I assume that people will read this manual and follow absolutely none of the instructions. In other words, I assume that every user is a clueby until proven otherwise. I have been known to send people fake mail in order to get them to attempt to do things that go against the instructions in tha manual. If users fall for the s.e. and do these things, they remain in the idiots catagory until I have the inclination to test them again.
5. Software applications that are not specifically needed on each computer are removed.
6. Firefox is used as the default browser and Thunderbird is used as the default email client. The Outlook Express email client is removed from any computer that contains it.
7. The Internet zone setting in Internet Explorer is set to the highest level with just about everything forbidden.
8 Internet Explorer may only be used to display essential work related websites that will not run under any other browser.
These rules keep my network at work secure.