Using New Hampshire (the state I live in) as my basis here...
1. You want to drive. Though you don't need to have it with you to drive.
2. You want to travel on an airplane (and most inter-city bus systems say you have to show one when asked, though they don't usually check). Our great friend + activist Russel Kanning attempted to board a plane at Manchester international last year without ID, and was informed that he would be allowed if he submitted to the "selective screening" proceedures. He refused and there is a court case being organized.
3. You want to buy a firearm or ammunition (in most states). Not here.
4. You want to cash a check (read: get paid). I've never shown any. I usually do it at the convenience store though, they will cash checks up to $1000.
5. You want to pay for anything with a check or credit card (and places that sell expensive items don't always accept cash!). Is a credit card or a check an ID card, or an electronic money payment system?
6. You want to enroll in school. Didn't show one for college. Used a notarized statement instead, I didn't need ID to get it.
7. You want to buy cigarettes or alcohol. You got me. I have bought cigarettes ONCE, I used my birth certificate when asked for ID (had it printed in wallet size, easy to carry). Got a funny look but they sold them to me.
8. You want to get an ID (Yes, really, even if this isn't exactly what the law says. I've been through this). I guess I don't understand what you're saying here. I don't want an ID card!
If you could guess, I don't carry photo ID. I don't have a social security number either. I don't have a license but I still drive a car. I paid cash for the car. I carry my birth certificate sometimes, but not usually. I pay cash for nearly everything, but sometimes I do pay check. None of this has ever caused me a problem except once when I got pulled over and said I didn't have my license. I got a ticket and a court date, and if I showed a license I wouldn't be fined. I went to court and they dropped the charge, without investigating. I'm usually conscious when I'm driving, I speed but not to excess and don't really put myself at risk of being the cause of an accident, since I'm uninsured.
It doesn't jump over 20 computers, it jumps over 20 modems, or maybe just 20 routers. Definitely not average joe's computer down the street.
Your ISP generally owns the equipment it goes out on initially, but other ISPs or people might own equipment further down the line. (Just do a tracert... it will show you alot.)
It would be so easy to get 2 copies of the song, look at how each is different, there would be a volume jump at 1 point, different in each. Just edit it out.
For an image, again, just compare the two, and you will find the difference, the watermark. Edit it out.
The bigger problem is customers paying their ISPs, many of whom hold a local monopoly, and then the ISPs go around and turn their backs on the customers, leaving them without services like bittorrent that have a clear and growing legal use. Perhaps a boycott of ISPs that do that would be in order... except for that whole monopoly thing.
Hopefully not. Hopefully google will maintain that they are unbiased in their database, but those logs, their formatting, etc, contain valuable trade secrets AND private customer information. Hopefully they can fight it, either until Bush is out of office (which may come sooner than 3 years, it seems...), or until they give up.
Why not search google for child porn and bust the sites you can find? I doubt that anywhere near 10% of all child porn is on websites, indexed by google. And of that 10% of it, 9% is probably post-pubescents, so it's not even identifiable as child porn.
Digg is turning out to be more of a better version of del.icio.us/popular, as more and more users "digg" non-tech stories, basically anything that interests them. I love it, because Slashdot IS my tech news site. Science, tech, a smattering of politics, etc. Digg is turning into that, PLUS random flash games, rumors, etc. Better interface/format than delicious, yet not a clear competitor to Slashdot.
The tech stories tend to be more dumbed down, and the audience does seem to be a more immature crowd, but the early adopters are always the young ones. Generation Y (I can't believe I just said that) craves getting their voices heard, and social news is a way of doing that. "Majority rule," rather than a benevolent dictatorship, is what they prefer.
Register on hushmail.com They let you send PGP encrypted webmail. You can encrypt mails, send them to someone with a password on their server, and when they answer the question or insert the password, it is decrypted correctly, without them having a key. Less secure than PGP that way, but the transfer is still PGP encrypted.
May I reccommend a hush.ai address, as they're offshore.
It's generally accepted that to avoid warrants, they'd have a "we spy on you, you spy on us" thing, with the UK especially, where they spied on us, forked over the data, and we reciprocated, essentially getting the USA data for the NSA.
Not as if they've done anything besides sit on it for the last few years.
Hopefully. I love del.icio.us but I am betting they are going to...
1: inject delicious with banner/image/animated/otherwise intrusive advertising 2: overbrand it against the original (ie the Y! logo on each page...) 3: start tracking and analyzing people's bookmarks more for their search 4: enforce limits on the number of bookmarks that people can have, or charge for "premium" services (del.icio.us right now is unlimited bookmarks, free.) 5: and worst of all, make us merge our yahoo and del.icio.us accounts.
At least if Google comes out with bookmarks, they're sure to do a better job;-)
"if you believe beyond a reasonable doubt the defendent downloaded these songs.... you must find her guilty otherwise you must find her innocent."
of course the judge conveniently forgets to mention that the jury is also allowed to declare that while guilty, the law she is being charged with is rubbish and effectively sets a precedent of the law being null.
To verify, I asked my law student friend and yes, it is indeed true that the jury is allowed to judge not only the crime, but the law. A jury must not rule that "well she broke the law but she can go free because we like her," but can rule that "The law was rubbish and we are refusing to acknowledge that any setence should be issued."
This is very useful because just like when a judge nullifies a law, setting a precedent, a jury nullification is just as powerful and this would set an incredible precendent for the future of p2p and legality.
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Using New Hampshire (the state I live in) as my basis here...
1. You want to drive.
Though you don't need to have it with you to drive.
2. You want to travel on an airplane (and most inter-city bus systems say you have to show one when asked, though they don't usually check).
Our great friend + activist Russel Kanning attempted to board a plane at Manchester international last year without ID, and was informed that he would be allowed if he submitted to the "selective screening" proceedures. He refused and there is a court case being organized.
3. You want to buy a firearm or ammunition (in most states).
Not here.
4. You want to cash a check (read: get paid).
I've never shown any. I usually do it at the convenience store though, they will cash checks up to $1000.
5. You want to pay for anything with a check or credit card (and places that sell expensive items don't always accept cash!).
Is a credit card or a check an ID card, or an electronic money payment system?
6. You want to enroll in school.
Didn't show one for college. Used a notarized statement instead, I didn't need ID to get it.
7. You want to buy cigarettes or alcohol.
You got me. I have bought cigarettes ONCE, I used my birth certificate when asked for ID (had it printed in wallet size, easy to carry). Got a funny look but they sold them to me.
8. You want to get an ID (Yes, really, even if this isn't exactly what the law says. I've been through this).
I guess I don't understand what you're saying here. I don't want an ID card!
If you could guess, I don't carry photo ID. I don't have a social security number either. I don't have a license but I still drive a car. I paid cash for the car. I carry my birth certificate sometimes, but not usually. I pay cash for nearly everything, but sometimes I do pay check. None of this has ever caused me a problem except once when I got pulled over and said I didn't have my license. I got a ticket and a court date, and if I showed a license I wouldn't be fined. I went to court and they dropped the charge, without investigating. I'm usually conscious when I'm driving, I speed but not to excess and don't really put myself at risk of being the cause of an accident, since I'm uninsured.
I love living here.
It doesn't jump over 20 computers, it jumps over 20 modems, or maybe just 20 routers. Definitely not average joe's computer down the street.
Your ISP generally owns the equipment it goes out on initially, but other ISPs or people might own equipment further down the line. (Just do a tracert... it will show you alot.)
It would be so easy to get 2 copies of the song, look at how each is different, there would be a volume jump at 1 point, different in each. Just edit it out.
For an image, again, just compare the two, and you will find the difference, the watermark. Edit it out.
Democrats/republicans
They are split 50/50 in this country.
I don't think that there's one damn state without a secessionist movement.
I only wish they'd work!
I've got nothing to hide... from google >:)
I keep my sensetive email, which is rare these days, encrypted and I send it through my ISPs mail server.
What state is this? That is totally unconsitutional, and especially in contempt of democracy and could be challenged in court.
The bigger problem is customers paying their ISPs, many of whom hold a local monopoly, and then the ISPs go around and turn their backs on the customers, leaving them without services like bittorrent that have a clear and growing legal use. Perhaps a boycott of ISPs that do that would be in order... except for that whole monopoly thing.
Move to New Hampshire, if this passes: http://generalcourt.org/bills/2006/HB1582
And if you're up for it, join the Free State Project.
I'm so glad I live here... and so glad that that bill is on the table, and has a lot of support.
This is the first thing that came to my mind as well... it's like the John Titor of Google!
This is NOT going to degrade into a digg argument.
We can peacefully coexist. 2 types of news for two crowds.
Hopefully not. Hopefully google will maintain that they are unbiased in their database, but those logs, their formatting, etc, contain valuable trade secrets AND private customer information. Hopefully they can fight it, either until Bush is out of office (which may come sooner than 3 years, it seems...), or until they give up.
Why not search google for child porn and bust the sites you can find? I doubt that anywhere near 10% of all child porn is on websites, indexed by google. And of that 10% of it, 9% is probably post-pubescents, so it's not even identifiable as child porn.
Digg is turning out to be more of a better version of del.icio.us/popular, as more and more users "digg" non-tech stories, basically anything that interests them. I love it, because Slashdot IS my tech news site. Science, tech, a smattering of politics, etc. Digg is turning into that, PLUS random flash games, rumors, etc. Better interface/format than delicious, yet not a clear competitor to Slashdot.
The tech stories tend to be more dumbed down, and the audience does seem to be a more immature crowd, but the early adopters are always the young ones. Generation Y (I can't believe I just said that) craves getting their voices heard, and social news is a way of doing that. "Majority rule," rather than a benevolent dictatorship, is what they prefer.
Register on hushmail.com
They let you send PGP encrypted webmail. You can encrypt mails, send them to someone with a password on their server, and when they answer the question or insert the password, it is decrypted correctly, without them having a key. Less secure than PGP that way, but the transfer is still PGP encrypted.
May I reccommend a hush.ai address, as they're offshore.
It's generally accepted that to avoid warrants, they'd have a "we spy on you, you spy on us" thing, with the UK especially, where they spied on us, forked over the data, and we reciprocated, essentially getting the USA data for the NSA.
Not as if they've done anything besides sit on it for the last few years.
Hooray, we're not conspiracy theorists anymore!
It's a shame that it takes a mainstream media outlet to expose 5+ year old tech.
I didn't think that it was like Microsoft follow John Dvorak on every crazy opinion he had!
Agreed! I did the first CD in the learn Chinese series (and then got bored of it)
I still remember everything almost word for word, and how to manipulate sentences and everything.
It's kinda cool that it stuck so well.
They don't need them... nobody knows that van is filled with bombs until it stops in front of pariament.
It's all about total control, total knowledge of where the people are. Big Brother wants to be God... or Santa if you prefer.
he was trying to trick you. slashdot doesnt filter any words.
there's not even a $ filter on microsoft.
seems like a new brand of socialism... Corporate Socialism
A google search for the term shows that people have been noticing this...
Get my taxes off those damn corporations!
I've got no problems with big companies, but the legal definition of a corporation as a person is dangerous.
That's what I was guessing.
Hopefully. I love del.icio.us but I am betting they are going to...
;-)
1: inject delicious with banner/image/animated/otherwise intrusive advertising
2: overbrand it against the original (ie the Y! logo on each page...)
3: start tracking and analyzing people's bookmarks more for their search
4: enforce limits on the number of bookmarks that people can have, or charge for "premium" services (del.icio.us right now is unlimited bookmarks, free.)
5: and worst of all, make us merge our yahoo and del.icio.us accounts.
At least if Google comes out with bookmarks, they're sure to do a better job
"if you believe beyond a reasonable doubt the defendent downloaded these songs .... you must find her guilty otherwise you must find her innocent."
of course the judge conveniently forgets to mention that the jury is also allowed to declare that while guilty, the law she is being charged with is rubbish and effectively sets a precedent of the law being null.
To verify, I asked my law student friend and yes, it is indeed true that the jury is allowed to judge not only the crime, but the law. A jury must not rule that "well she broke the law but she can go free because we like her," but can rule that "The law was rubbish and we are refusing to acknowledge that any setence should be issued."
This is very useful because just like when a judge nullifies a law, setting a precedent, a jury nullification is just as powerful and this would set an incredible precendent for the future of p2p and legality.