And how much of the routing problems stem from backbone ISPs (Comcast, Verizon, etc.; see recent/.) wanting to fiddle with packets instead of simply routing them?
To the extent Stallman has succeeded, it has been through his anti-success view of the world. He could not have achieved what he did had he been less absolutist about his approach to the world.
It is counter - intuitive, but it works for him.
You don't get immunity just because you ask for it.
Besides, I posted too soon. You cannot get immunity for your business records. If congress insists, they will have to turnover their records. The key is, will Congress insist?
But there are also laws against frivolous lawsuits, SLAPP, and such. Seems to me that threatening IP action without specifics, without opportunity to mitigate, especially when the threatenee has been asking for those specifics, ought to go a long way to landing the threatener in that "bad lawsuit" camp.
I am not a lawyer, even less an FTC or anti-trust lawyer, but the whole thing reeks of restraint of trade.
Eternal audits don't sound like a very good idea.
Windows survives, at least in part, because the aggravation of migrating to something else is just too great. The more Microsoft raises the aggravation factor, the greater the incentive to migrate to another system.
Would that argument still hold if you wanted to advertise proxies to people in China and Iran?
Just getting email like that could get the recepients thrown in jail. Want to help people in countries like that? Read up on their INTERNAL human rights movements and work in solidarity. Give them credit for being able to lead their own struggles.
Nobody likes an interfering nosy parker.
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I'm left wondering how you can file a series of lawsuits inadvertently. I wondered the same thing.
For reference: Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, House Judiciary Committee
My mother used to say that by the time your kids are old enough not to embarrass you, you embarrass them.
And how much of the routing problems stem from backbone ISPs (Comcast, Verizon, etc.; see recent /.) wanting to fiddle with packets instead of simply routing them?
To the extent Stallman has succeeded, it has been through his anti-success view of the world. He could not have achieved what he did had he been less absolutist about his approach to the world. It is counter - intuitive, but it works for him.
I had the same reaction.
I was speaking of Verizon's records. But yeah, NSA would have electronic copies of whatever they requested.
You don't get immunity just because you ask for it. Besides, I posted too soon. You cannot get immunity for your business records. If congress insists, they will have to turnover their records. The key is, will Congress insist?
let's see if Congress is willing to enforce their subpoenas. If they are the telco execs will almost certainly take the fifth amendment.
But there are also laws against frivolous lawsuits, SLAPP, and such. Seems to me that threatening IP action without specifics, without opportunity to mitigate, especially when the threatenee has been asking for those specifics, ought to go a long way to landing the threatener in that "bad lawsuit" camp. I am not a lawyer, even less an FTC or anti-trust lawyer, but the whole thing reeks of restraint of trade.
Eternal audits don't sound like a very good idea. Windows survives, at least in part, because the aggravation of migrating to something else is just too great. The more Microsoft raises the aggravation factor, the greater the incentive to migrate to another system.
Finland is that last place I would have thought that Microsoft would have such power.
A company spokesman said it's not a big deal because they have no intent to censor criticism. well all right then /sarcasm
and the telecoms wonder why we call for net neutrality.
Whatever happened to the customer is always right?
I thought the Chinese already owned Cisco, or am I misinformed?
If the people of China wanted to be free, the 1.3bn of them would rise up and free themselves. Where were you in June of 1989?
Would that argument still hold if you wanted to advertise proxies to people in China and Iran? Just getting email like that could get the recepients thrown in jail. Want to help people in countries like that? Read up on their INTERNAL human rights movements and work in solidarity. Give them credit for being able to lead their own struggles. Nobody likes an interfering nosy parker.
Why am I not surprised?
that is a polite way of saying that Apple has not been responsive. Any other network having this problem?
you don't see any terrorism in Suadi Arabia, oh wait ...
It accomplishes even less than that. All the 9/11 terrorists had valid ID and weren't on watch lists.
Really, how many international assocications are holding their meetings anywhere but the US precisely because of this nonsense?
Three cheers for the USPTO for coming up with the idea.
that was truly funny and dead on