100%: it looks like random noise. Well, of course nobody would go around with a 16GB encrypted partition in order to store just 2 MP3s but, after you comply with their demands, there's not much more they can ask you to do.
That's more like it... I have ADSL at 6, soon switching over to 12 Mbps at 30 euros/mo. Unfortunately upload speed is quite limited - I think I'm running at 512 kbps, but that's not really a problem for me, I'm not running servers under my desk. Just some online gaming with friends over my VPN:)
You might say you are unethical if you think so, but I don't see any hypocrisy on your part. Quite the opposite, in fact, it looks like you're very honest about what you do.
I share your view that "if you're going to steal at least admit it to yourself": too many people around here seem to be uneasy about stealing stuff because they want to feel ethical, yet they pirate like crazy (like you and I apparently do). I have no qualms whatsoever about it, I pirate lots of software and steal (oh yeah, *steal*) countless videogames, anime, movies, and music. It's what most people out there do, but they won't admit it and will try to rationalize their actions. What's my problem with this? The *dilution* of important values and ideals for the sake of... pirating, of all things, irks me. Every time I see someone talk about freedom, knowledge, pursuit of happiness, that stuff, and it comes out they're just defending their very personal position, I cringe. That's why I like a sig I see here that reads "Information wants to be free. You just weant to be cheap".
Agreed, and that's exactly the reason why RMS is pushing GPL v. 3. If these guys used existing GPL software and are restricting its use beyond what's permitted by v. 2, they show they understand nothing of the GNU license itself.
As far as your idealistic POV is concerned, let me paraphrase:
First they came for DRM, but I said nothing because I am no DRM lover.
Then they came for the military, but I said nothing because I am no soldier...
Oh come on, why do you have the spoil the fun. Let them live in their little world and make their statement, fight t3h man! It makes them happy and costs you nothing:)
Uhm... I would say that the weak point is the guy who writes this kind of stuff in the first place? No matter how unsecure an OS is, or how guilt-free the (supposedly) illegal usage of IRC servers get, still the blame lies with the malware writer.
You're kinda saying that strong encryption is responsible for its illegal usage by criminals, or that the "easily exploitable" p2p networks are responsible for IP infringment: but the technology has no responsibility, it's always a human being who actually *breaks* stuff.
Responsibility for this piece of malware lies not with IRC or Windows but with the author.
Aw shucks, I won't be rich anytime soon, then. But I'm still waiting for you to tell me what religion you are. I promise I won't go all holocausty on you.
OMG did I just offend your delicate sensitivity? Maybe we should make a law against this. Maybe we could do one better and curb the problem at the source: yeah let's just introduce thought crime and be done with it.
He never said anything about applying for a job. Besides, let's say I run a one-man company. What religion are you? Please *do* sue me! This has gotta be the best get-rich-quick scheme ever...
In EU, a private company can not ask which religion a person has.
Bullshit. Kindly produce evidence and point at the law preventing me or any other private party from asking you what your religion is.
BTW: What religion are you? Now go sue me!
In the TCP/IP properties of the netowkr adapter they use, select Advanced -> Options -> TCP/IP filter. "Allow only" the IP addresses you want. Maybe it's not a flexible solution (OK... without "maybe") but it's a simplistic IP filter that will get your particular job done. HTH
Yes, and it also prevents lots of well intentioned companies from writing a damn driver for their hardware. If you switch around the API with every point release, your kernel becomes high maintainance and not many (especially small) companies are able to put with that.
Think about this the next time you complain about the lack of drivers for Linux. Sure, some of have are proprietary. Some are never going to be developed because the company couldn't care less. But many other would be developed if only binary compatibility were somewhat guaranteed.
"Sabayon" is an English-looking transliteration of the way you would pronounce "zabaglione", which indeed is an Italian word. It's a yellow sauce, you can drink it or put it on top of cakes etc.
Do not underestimate the power of the Dark Spammer! First, I am not a criminal, so if even I can come up with such a scheme, I am sure they can do better. Second, how do you think they pay for their botnets, receive payments for their sponsors, and in general run their business? I suspect that the majority of spammers (just like the majority of muggers and burglars) is made up of clueless guys who get caught at the first opportunity, yet the minority made up by smart ones is not as small as you seem to think.
Oh no, you are mistaken. First of all the gov't of Vanuatu disregards any communication which doesn't become bothersome enough (1st level). If and when the gov't decides to actually read the documents they have been sent, they simply hide behind their secrecy laws (2nd level). If the case is big (as in, "plot for world domination" big, not a spammer running loose) they might force the local bank or corporation to spit out the names of the real owners - unfortunately they happen to be Ben Dover and Mike Hunt (3rd level, and the economy of Vanuatu collapses as a result, so they won't reach this stage easily). Should they decide to follow the money, it would lead them to an E-Gold funded account, which is accessed via Tor & co. The trail is lost.
What you say applies to most 1st world countries but there are some, around, that depend on this kind of services and a subpoena won't bother them in the slightest.
How about we behave sensibly for a change? Scneario: the pr0n guys don't spam children with nekkid b00bi3z (wake up pr0n guy, children have no credit cards and probably no interest in pr0n yet); and the gov't does not pass laws restricting said b00bi3z.
Hey, I can dream...
I'm sure that if you start hitting these companies with $10,000 fines per violation that they would pay attention to the list.
Good luck fining and/or shutting down a fly-by-night company registered in Vanuatu using an anonimous credit card founded via E-Gold.
Unless you barricade yourself behind a US-only barrier of SMTP servers, required by law to apply certain filtering criteria to email *or else* (China, anyone?), you're not going to stop them. And I think the remedy would be far worse than the illness, to be frank.
Uh? My Thunderbird holds about 1000 emails, yet the realtime search function (as in "filter while I type") is very realtime indeed. Maybe you're right, saying search time takes 10x as long as when I had 100: 10 x 0 sec = 0 sec.
Like I ever said I want them in jail... way to misunderstand! The ideal situation is one where the junkies use all the drug they want, buying it on a free market, and are *responsible* for what they do as a consequence, as in *I'm not paying for the problems you caused*. Show me where jailtime on the basis of mere drug usage comes into play in the scenario I suggested and you win a cookie.
Besides, we don't jail weed smokers in my country. I never said I'm from the USA.
As a libertarian, I'm sure you can see how people who use drugs responsibly don't like to be punished for the actions of a small minority.
Definitely. That's why I put the disclaimer on top of my post. But, again, you don't need to *convince* me that drugs are good and therefore should be allowed. It doesn't matter. They should be allowed because people should be free to use them if they want. But please spare me the propaganda, weed makes you sleepy and mentally slow, as well as unable to concentrate clearly. Well, that's what my... friend... told me, of course.
Let me ask you a question: if a very dangerous drug appeared on the market (there are already many but let's pretend a terrible one appears), would you be in favor of its restriction? Because, with all your "drugs are not dangerous" theme, you make me think you're basing your idea of legalisation on the premise that drugs have (vs do not have) a certain effect on man, instead of the premise that people should be free to do as they like with their life. I'm beginning to wonder what kind of libertarian you are.
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100%: it looks like random noise. Well, of course nobody would go around with a 16GB encrypted partition in order to store just 2 MP3s but, after you comply with their demands, there's not much more they can ask you to do.
That's more like it... I have ADSL at 6, soon switching over to 12 Mbps at 30 euros/mo. Unfortunately upload speed is quite limited - I think I'm running at 512 kbps, but that's not really a problem for me, I'm not running servers under my desk. Just some online gaming with friends over my VPN :)
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The hell they don't...
100 Mbit/s at 10 /mo is sweet but it's not exactly *common* in Europe. Are you located in East Asia by any chance?
You might say you are unethical if you think so, but I don't see any hypocrisy on your part. Quite the opposite, in fact, it looks like you're very honest about what you do.
I share your view that "if you're going to steal at least admit it to yourself": too many people around here seem to be uneasy about stealing stuff because they want to feel ethical, yet they pirate like crazy (like you and I apparently do). I have no qualms whatsoever about it, I pirate lots of software and steal (oh yeah, *steal*) countless videogames, anime, movies, and music. It's what most people out there do, but they won't admit it and will try to rationalize their actions. What's my problem with this? The *dilution* of important values and ideals for the sake of... pirating, of all things, irks me. Every time I see someone talk about freedom, knowledge, pursuit of happiness, that stuff, and it comes out they're just defending their very personal position, I cringe. That's why I like a sig I see here that reads "Information wants to be free. You just weant to be cheap".
Agreed, and that's exactly the reason why RMS is pushing GPL v. 3. If these guys used existing GPL software and are restricting its use beyond what's permitted by v. 2, they show they understand nothing of the GNU license itself.
As far as your idealistic POV is concerned, let me paraphrase:
First they came for DRM, but I said nothing because I am no DRM lover.
Then they came for the military, but I said nothing because I am no soldier...
Oh come on, why do you have the spoil the fun. Let them live in their little world and make their statement, fight t3h man! It makes them happy and costs you nothing :)
Uhm... I would say that the weak point is the guy who writes this kind of stuff in the first place? No matter how unsecure an OS is, or how guilt-free the (supposedly) illegal usage of IRC servers get, still the blame lies with the malware writer.
You're kinda saying that strong encryption is responsible for its illegal usage by criminals, or that the "easily exploitable" p2p networks are responsible for IP infringment: but the technology has no responsibility, it's always a human being who actually *breaks* stuff.
Responsibility for this piece of malware lies not with IRC or Windows but with the author.
Aw shucks, I won't be rich anytime soon, then. But I'm still waiting for you to tell me what religion you are. I promise I won't go all holocausty on you.
OMG did I just offend your delicate sensitivity? Maybe we should make a law against this. Maybe we could do one better and curb the problem at the source: yeah let's just introduce thought crime and be done with it.
He never said anything about applying for a job. Besides, let's say I run a one-man company. What religion are you? Please *do* sue me! This has gotta be the best get-rich-quick scheme ever...
You sure must be assuming I'm not from the European Union. Will you now please answer the question, oh Clever One?
In EU, a private company can not ask which religion a person has.
Bullshit. Kindly produce evidence and point at the law preventing me or any other private party from asking you what your religion is.
BTW: What religion are you? Now go sue me!
Why yes, yes you can. It's a matter of using ROUTE ADD etc commands.
In the TCP/IP properties of the netowkr adapter they use, select Advanced -> Options -> TCP/IP filter. "Allow only" the IP addresses you want. Maybe it's not a flexible solution (OK... without "maybe") but it's a simplistic IP filter that will get your particular job done. HTH
You, sir, are in idiot.
Yes, and it also prevents lots of well intentioned companies from writing a damn driver for their hardware. If you switch around the API with every point release, your kernel becomes high maintainance and not many (especially small) companies are able to put with that.
Think about this the next time you complain about the lack of drivers for Linux. Sure, some of have are proprietary. Some are never going to be developed because the company couldn't care less. But many other would be developed if only binary compatibility were somewhat guaranteed.
"Sabayon" is an English-looking transliteration of the way you would pronounce "zabaglione", which indeed is an Italian word. It's a yellow sauce, you can drink it or put it on top of cakes etc.
Do not underestimate the power of the Dark Spammer! First, I am not a criminal, so if even I can come up with such a scheme, I am sure they can do better. Second, how do you think they pay for their botnets, receive payments for their sponsors, and in general run their business? I suspect that the majority of spammers (just like the majority of muggers and burglars) is made up of clueless guys who get caught at the first opportunity, yet the minority made up by smart ones is not as small as you seem to think.
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Oh no, you are mistaken. First of all the gov't of Vanuatu disregards any communication which doesn't become bothersome enough (1st level). If and when the gov't decides to actually read the documents they have been sent, they simply hide behind their secrecy laws (2nd level). If the case is big (as in, "plot for world domination" big, not a spammer running loose) they might force the local bank or corporation to spit out the names of the real owners - unfortunately they happen to be Ben Dover and Mike Hunt (3rd level, and the economy of Vanuatu collapses as a result, so they won't reach this stage easily). Should they decide to follow the money, it would lead them to an E-Gold funded account, which is accessed via Tor & co. The trail is lost.
What you say applies to most 1st world countries but there are some, around, that depend on this kind of services and a subpoena won't bother them in the slightest.
How about we behave sensibly for a change? Scneario: the pr0n guys don't spam children with nekkid b00bi3z (wake up pr0n guy, children have no credit cards and probably no interest in pr0n yet); and the gov't does not pass laws restricting said b00bi3z.
Hey, I can dream...
I'm sure that if you start hitting these companies with $10,000 fines per violation that they would pay attention to the list.
Good luck fining and/or shutting down a fly-by-night company registered in Vanuatu using an anonimous credit card founded via E-Gold.
Unless you barricade yourself behind a US-only barrier of SMTP servers, required by law to apply certain filtering criteria to email *or else* (China, anyone?), you're not going to stop them. And I think the remedy would be far worse than the illness, to be frank.
Uh? My Thunderbird holds about 1000 emails, yet the realtime search function (as in "filter while I type") is very realtime indeed. Maybe you're right, saying search time takes 10x as long as when I had 100: 10 x 0 sec = 0 sec.
Like I ever said I want them in jail... way to misunderstand! The ideal situation is one where the junkies use all the drug they want, buying it on a free market, and are *responsible* for what they do as a consequence, as in *I'm not paying for the problems you caused*. Show me where jailtime on the basis of mere drug usage comes into play in the scenario I suggested and you win a cookie.
Besides, we don't jail weed smokers in my country. I never said I'm from the USA.
As a libertarian, I'm sure you can see how people who use drugs responsibly don't like to be punished for the actions of a small minority.
Definitely. That's why I put the disclaimer on top of my post. But, again, you don't need to *convince* me that drugs are good and therefore should be allowed. It doesn't matter. They should be allowed because people should be free to use them if they want. But please spare me the propaganda, weed makes you sleepy and mentally slow, as well as unable to concentrate clearly. Well, that's what my... friend... told me, of course.
Let me ask you a question: if a very dangerous drug appeared on the market (there are already many but let's pretend a terrible one appears), would you be in favor of its restriction? Because, with all your "drugs are not dangerous" theme, you make me think you're basing your idea of legalisation on the premise that drugs have (vs do not have) a certain effect on man, instead of the premise that people should be free to do as they like with their life. I'm beginning to wonder what kind of libertarian you are.