...what if the anonymizer computer is owned by the US Government, or the RIAA.
Firstly, that's why the PP suggested the use of multiple anonymizers, at least one of which should be outside US control. Secondly, if an anonymizer is set up by the US govt in another country with the aim of attracting illegal activity by participating in it (i.e. supporting filesharing protocols without filtering illegal content, posing as a file-sharer who shares illegal content, etc.), this may be deemed entrapment, which can either be illegal by itself or may render the evidence obtained using that particular anonymizer inadmissible, breaking the chain of evidence between sender and receiver.
I remember one ISP which required every ADSL connection to be installed by a technician. The tech also would only sign the activation form if he had personally done and verified the configuration of a Windows PC. (This was well before the current malware flood.) One of my friends had to dig up a spare PC running Windows just for this purpose.
Who is to prevent someone from getting those images the 'usual' way, geocoding them and making them available on a decentralised P2P GIS? NASA World Wind rigged to download its stuff from Freenet, anyone? It is about time that people stop thinking like we're still living in the 19th century where books could be hidden, archives contained lots of paper documents that could be guarded etcetera. Welcome to the 21st Century...
Then you really should get out more. No offence. Chances are you might run into (not literally, I hope) a laser printer, a robot, or a webcam running NetBSD.
If only hardware vendors like BroadCom would realize there are more kinds of animals in the world than just penguins, I'd love to get NetBSD running on my Asus wireless router someday...
Abstinence, geez, why always the extremes? There's not much fun using a computer when you pull the plug on your Internet connection. I hope it's not the result of an indoctrination campaign by the anti-contraceptive lobby or something...
There is a whole lot between overindulgence and abstinence, like moderation for example. Not the thing that Slashdotters can do to each others' comments when they have points, but simply doing something within reasonable limits.
Surf the web, don't click on just everything you fancy, tame excessive ads, javascript and flash with...well, Firefox, Adblock, NoScript and Flashblock ofcourse:-)
I like the idea of just sending the essential information and constructing copies of people in place.
Fascinating idea, unless you mean sending (dead-listings of) human DNA into space, because some paranoid will protest saying it is just as bad as releasing the source code of some critical piece of software onto an untrusted network: "Just wait a while and the vulnerability exploits will come flying right back at you."
Easy way: Use a screen capture tool that (my guess) doesn't care about DRM like FRAPS Hard(er) way, but usable for all DRM stuff whichever way: Open the DRMed file with its associated app in your favorite Virtual PC software, then take a snapshot of the window it runs in.
In other news, all screenshot tools and all photo and video equipment used to capture self-destructing masseges deemed to be "copyright circumvention devices".
Please go one better than that, use proxy-hopping point-to-point encrypted tunnels between all hosts that trust each other. Basically route an alternative Internet over the old one, leave the rest to the spooks, who will never be able to figure out who's talking to who unless they are able to map all internet traffic in real time. Key-exchange and detection of MITM attacks remain problems but these can be solved, perhaps using some information theory from quantum cryptography.
You really think that they don't have keyloggers that record every keystroke / CCTV recording all activities at public terminals? Think again, before that black van pulls up your driveway...
Forgot to add: "Critically low" in this context means "able to hold the contents of RAM for 72 more hours", part of a design rule implemented in WM 2003.
On all the forums I visit I hear people whining about mobile devices having weak specs like insufficient RAM and slow processors.
The answer that comes up eventually is this: - RAM, CPU and video chips eat power, raw. - People don't want bulky batteries in their mobile gadgets.
These two are at constant odds with each other, so unless someone comes up with more energy-efficient alternatives for all the above-mentioned, I'm afraid we'll be stuck with things the way they are for a while.
A typical battery holds 1000mAh of charge. 128M of RAM takes about 500mAh to stay resident for 72 hours. 64M takes about 250. This is why you never saw a 256M WM 2003 device. It would have run for a minute then decided its batteries were critically low.
So there you have it. If you don't trust the numbers (why should you, even if the article is quite recent?), look them up, then do the math.
Since plurals of words seem to be permitted in a solution, all you have to do is find a 5 letter solution in a language that can form plurals by repeating a word. Malay or Japanese will do nicely. Problem solved.
Well, some of us could care less if the root servers serving the.xxx TLD go down under stress. Men all over the world would just look up from their screens a little annoyed, zip up their fly and get some actual work done before the servers reload.
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...what if the anonymizer computer is owned by the US Government, or the RIAA.
Firstly, that's why the PP suggested the use of multiple anonymizers, at least one of which should be outside US control.
Secondly, if an anonymizer is set up by the US govt in another country with the aim of attracting illegal activity by participating in it (i.e. supporting filesharing protocols without filtering illegal content, posing as a file-sharer who shares illegal content, etc.), this may be deemed entrapment, which can either be illegal by itself or may render the evidence obtained using that particular anonymizer inadmissible, breaking the chain of evidence between sender and receiver.
I remember one ISP which required every ADSL connection to be installed by a technician. The tech also would only sign the activation form if he had personally done and verified the configuration of a Windows PC. (This was well before the current malware flood.)
One of my friends had to dig up a spare PC running Windows just for this purpose.
Who is to prevent someone from getting those images the 'usual' way, geocoding them and making them available on a decentralised P2P GIS?
NASA World Wind rigged to download its stuff from Freenet, anyone?
It is about time that people stop thinking like we're still living in the 19th century where books could be hidden, archives contained lots of paper documents that could be guarded etcetera.
Welcome to the 21st Century...
I've never seen netbsd in the wild...
Then you really should get out more. No offence.
Chances are you might run into (not literally, I hope) a laser printer, a robot, or a webcam running NetBSD.
If only hardware vendors like BroadCom would realize there are more kinds of animals in the world than just penguins, I'd love to get NetBSD running on my Asus wireless router someday...
Abstinence, geez, why always the extremes? There's not much fun using a computer when you pull the plug on your Internet connection. I hope it's not the result of an indoctrination campaign by the anti-contraceptive lobby or something...
:-)
There is a whole lot between overindulgence and abstinence, like moderation for example. Not the thing that Slashdotters can do to each others' comments when they have points, but simply doing something within reasonable limits.
Surf the web, don't click on just everything you fancy, tame excessive ads, javascript and flash with...well, Firefox, Adblock, NoScript and Flashblock ofcourse
Yeah, but who would play The Matrix for 20 days straight?
We all do. In fact we play it until we die or until we're freed, whichever happens first.
I like the idea of just sending the essential information and constructing copies of people in place.
Fascinating idea, unless you mean sending (dead-listings of) human DNA into space, because some paranoid will protest saying it is just as bad as releasing the source code of some critical piece of software onto an untrusted network: "Just wait a while and the vulnerability exploits will come flying right back at you."
In the end, you can always take a picture of the screen with a camera. Resolution and quality depends on your setup and the quality of your gear.
Easy way:
Use a screen capture tool that (my guess) doesn't care about DRM like FRAPS
Hard(er) way, but usable for all DRM stuff whichever way:
Open the DRMed file with its associated app in your favorite Virtual PC software, then take a snapshot of the window it runs in.
In other news, all screenshot tools and all photo and video equipment used to capture self-destructing masseges deemed to be "copyright circumvention devices".
Please go one better than that, use proxy-hopping point-to-point encrypted tunnels between all hosts that trust each other. Basically route an alternative Internet over the old one, leave the rest to the spooks, who will never be able to figure out who's talking to who unless they are able to map all internet traffic in real time.
Key-exchange and detection of MITM attacks remain problems but these can be solved, perhaps using some information theory from quantum cryptography.
The article of "Trias politica" on wikipedia is very US-centric IMHO, but the article on the man who coined the phrase is more balanced.
See sibling post, and Apple went Intel for its processors months ago.
You really think that they don't have keyloggers that record every keystroke / CCTV recording all activities at public terminals?
Think again, before that black van pulls up your driveway...
Forgot to add: "Critically low" in this context means "able to hold the contents of RAM for 72 more hours", part of a design rule implemented in WM 2003.
..., start designing.
On all the forums I visit I hear people whining about mobile devices having weak specs like insufficient RAM and slow processors.
The answer that comes up eventually is this:
- RAM, CPU and video chips eat power, raw.
- People don't want bulky batteries in their mobile gadgets.
These two are at constant odds with each other, so unless someone comes up with more energy-efficient alternatives for all the above-mentioned, I'm afraid we'll be stuck with things the way they are for a while.
Quote from an interesting blog posting on MSDN (about the virtues of Persistent Storage on Pocket-PC's):
A typical battery holds 1000mAh of charge. 128M of RAM takes about 500mAh to stay resident for 72 hours. 64M takes about 250. This is why you never saw a 256M WM 2003 device. It would have run for a minute then decided its batteries were critically low.
So there you have it. If you don't trust the numbers (why should you, even if the article is quite recent?), look them up, then do the math.
The Coral Cache seems to be working okay.
Pssst, don't tell anyone, but try this. Only for Firefox tho'. Bye!
Just add this and you're all set.
You overslept once:
"GET UR ASS OVER HERE ASAP!"
You overslept once more:
"U R F1R3D!"
Lost it in the vacuum cleaner? That sucks.
The Radio Shack's TRS-80 Model 100.
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Just knowing the definitions for some computer jargon doesn't magically teach you how to use one.
Just knowing the names for all the parts that make up a bicycle doesn't magically teach you how to ride (or fix) one.
Since plurals of words seem to be permitted in a solution, all you have to do is find a 5 letter solution in a language that can form plurals by repeating a word. Malay or Japanese will do nicely.
Problem solved.
Well, some of us could care less if the root servers serving the .xxx TLD go down under stress. Men all over the world would just look up from their screens a little annoyed, zip up their fly and get some actual work done before the servers reload.
I'll raise (or should that be 'lower') you four-and-a-half years. Introducing Touchy-Feely Tech.