In the US we will be seen as having free market capitalism where businesses can compete with little restriction to get customers, by setting lower prices, offering more perks, or selling premium quality internet, similar to what we have today.
Europe will be seen as a socialists wasteland, where most people, except the ultrarich, settled for free government subsidized internet, while spouting about their taxes being too high.
That's all I can guess. Pampered welfare babies don't have any "right" to post political banter online for free. They have a right to look for work, to get money and actually DO something in exchange for internet service, a costly service to provide.
With the right to bear arms, I can, individually or as a part of a group (known as all the gun owners in america), defend every other right on the list.
I know it sounds crazy but if the police started spraying innocent protestors with tear gas, as long as they had the right to bear arms, they could fire back and defend their right to peaceable assemble. Granted they would probably be killed or imprisoned for years, it still ethically qualifies as self-defense.
Yes but when 10,000 slashdotters tune into the number as well, it gets a bit harder to tell who it was originally intended for.
There have been two such numbers found, both using the same catchy song (anybody know what that tune is? I like it). Thus, each number would have to be dialed by at least a few hundred people for the caller to really gain security through obscurity.
I am not going to sign this petition. I don't want governments to force more regulations on privately owned telecoms. And the LAST, the very last thing I want to see, is an "international government" doing anything except ceasing to exist. Not proposing treaties, not controlling guns, not levying international taxes, not taking 50 fucking billion dollars a year from US Taxpayers and then attempting to claim control over our nation.
I meant employing Americans illegally by not documenting them by this system.
I don't want to be a part of it, and I do mind them verifying my DNA to make sure that I am "eligible" to work in the US. I am eligible to work by virtue of the fact that I can do work.
And when America is called on its debts, perhaps we will just have to declare those to whom we are debtors "not free enough" or "communist"... or "terrorist" and introduce them to "democracy" (aka removing current government and putting in one whose first act is to relieve our debt).
The good ol democrat^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H republican^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Government manifesto.
If the ISPs can't afford the disc space, then we'll provide it for them for free!
Then we can even spin it on them -
"We'll give you FREE hard drives if you'll just do us ONE little favor and record the data of all your customers. Simple stuff, email, transfer data, what percent was encrypted, destination IPs, peak activity times... 2 years later: Also if you want to keep those hard drives coming, we want chat logs, email logs, and you need to start blocking encrypted traffic.
RFID chips are so cheap these days, a little implant wouldn't hurt.
Just let Doctor Mommy Daddy Nanny Officer Government inject this tiny little seed, and you will be able to transfer money and goods in the US.
Oh look! Other countries are lagging behind in the amount of freedom that we have given our people through this mandatory system! Let's enter into unions with the willing, and impose embargos on the unwilling, and introduce this technology to the entire world!
The silver lining to this is that this is proof that the government doesn't really have the capability to decrypt encrypted email in a timely manner, even with all their supercomputing power.
Which means that those in Britain willing to break their retarded laws, and us here in the US where encryption isn't illegal, are, by using encryption, successfully sending TRULY private emails.
It's great to see another person who phones his reps and senators about issues. I must spend 2 hours a week on the phone with various state and federal reps.
Care to share any of your favorite news sites for politics?
Police aren't elected yet they enforce laws. Judges judge laws, and sometimes judge them as invalid. We don't elect them because they are not deciding what is enforced, the legislative branch is ELECTED to do that.
"Sir, this router was open and accessible for all to see, and that man stole your credit card number. I am going to have to fine you $500 for this offense."
"But officer, I had changed the SSID! It was "lynksys" now it is "my house.""
"Oh, I see. This isn't such a terrible crime after all, well, go along then."
Slashdot Mirror
Personal privacy versus Daddy government
As it becomes easier and easier to track and monitor, it becomes easier and cheaper to detect and avoid it.
I love it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_festival
The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was a rock festival held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre (2.4 km) dairy farm in Bethel, New York
In the US we will be seen as having free market capitalism where businesses can compete with little restriction to get customers, by setting lower prices, offering more perks, or selling premium quality internet, similar to what we have today.
Europe will be seen as a socialists wasteland, where most people, except the ultrarich, settled for free government subsidized internet, while spouting about their taxes being too high.
That's all I can guess. Pampered welfare babies don't have any "right" to post political banter online for free. They have a right to look for work, to get money and actually DO something in exchange for internet service, a costly service to provide.
Know-it-all ./ers are a bit more dangerous.
What have you got to say about satellite internet? No lines on public property.
And in America, the citizens can mount machine guns right back at them.
This is why 75% of my vote is conservative.
With the right to bear arms, I can, individually or as a part of a group (known as all the gun owners in america), defend every other right on the list.
I know it sounds crazy but if the police started spraying innocent protestors with tear gas, as long as they had the right to bear arms, they could fire back and defend their right to peaceable assemble. Granted they would probably be killed or imprisoned for years, it still ethically qualifies as self-defense.
Yes but when 10,000 slashdotters tune into the number as well, it gets a bit harder to tell who it was originally intended for.
There have been two such numbers found, both using the same catchy song (anybody know what that tune is? I like it). Thus, each number would have to be dialed by at least a few hundred people for the caller to really gain security through obscurity.
I agree 100%.
I am not going to sign this petition. I don't want governments to force more regulations on privately owned telecoms. And the LAST, the very last thing I want to see, is an "international government" doing anything except ceasing to exist. Not proposing treaties, not controlling guns, not levying international taxes, not taking 50 fucking billion dollars a year from US Taxpayers and then attempting to claim control over our nation.
I meant employing Americans illegally by not documenting them by this system.
I don't want to be a part of it, and I do mind them verifying my DNA to make sure that I am "eligible" to work in the US. I am eligible to work by virtue of the fact that I can do work.
I stand corrected.
... or "terrorist" and introduce them to "democracy" (aka removing current government and putting in one whose first act is to relieve our debt).
And when America is called on its debts, perhaps we will just have to declare those to whom we are debtors "not free enough" or "communist"
The good ol democrat^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H republican^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Government manifesto.
If the ISPs can't afford the disc space, then we'll provide it for them for free!
Then we can even spin it on them -
"We'll give you FREE hard drives if you'll just do us ONE little favor and record the data of all your customers. Simple stuff, email, transfer data, what percent was encrypted, destination IPs, peak activity times... 2 years later: Also if you want to keep those hard drives coming, we want chat logs, email logs, and you need to start blocking encrypted traffic.
RFID chips are so cheap these days, a little implant wouldn't hurt.
Just let Doctor Mommy Daddy Nanny Officer Government inject this tiny little seed, and you will be able to transfer money and goods in the US.
Oh look! Other countries are lagging behind in the amount of freedom that we have given our people through this mandatory system! Let's enter into unions with the willing, and impose embargos on the unwilling, and introduce this technology to the entire world!
The power lies with employers who refuse to comply with such a system, and employ employees illegaly by these proposed future standards.
The power of resistance is massive.
Well, if they can crack it then it would be hard to target individual mail
I forgot as well, this is somewhat conclusive that there are no backdoors, as the UK government would know about them just as the US government would.
The silver lining to this is that this is proof that the government doesn't really have the capability to decrypt encrypted email in a timely manner, even with all their supercomputing power.
Which means that those in Britain willing to break their retarded laws, and us here in the US where encryption isn't illegal, are, by using encryption, successfully sending TRULY private emails.
Agreed...
I'm really sick of seeing the first post being a "nothing to see here please move along" joke, then get modded up insightful/interesting...
Hey, agreed!
It's great to see another person who phones his reps and senators about issues. I must spend 2 hours a week on the phone with various state and federal reps.
Care to share any of your favorite news sites for politics?
http://www.legaltorrents.com/index.htm
They don't have the authority to create laws.
Police aren't elected yet they enforce laws. Judges judge laws, and sometimes judge them as invalid. We don't elect them because they are not deciding what is enforced, the legislative branch is ELECTED to do that.
Companies can't distort a free market, only a government can.
:)
Prove me wrong.
New Hampshire has rejected Real ID and residents need not obtain one.
I remember when a plain cheeseburger was 40 cents :(
"Sir, this router was open and accessible for all to see, and that man stole your credit card number. I am going to have to fine you $500 for this offense."
"But officer, I had changed the SSID! It was "lynksys" now it is "my house.""
"Oh, I see. This isn't such a terrible crime after all, well, go along then."
They do, but this only applies to encrypted packets.