I hadn't thought of that, a pirate search engine that scans watermarked files.
I didn't RTFA (so sue me) but from what I -HAVE- read here, I'm assuming that the watermarks are distinguishable between tracks? I mean to say, can you identify the piece of media by the watermark?
That would be excellent, and a handy way of organizing your media collection.
Not at all, and I'm not being a grammar nazi, but the difference in concept is important here.
Dependent implies that the exploit will only be able to effect some machines, no matter how it's written. Specific implies that code would have to be changed from one platform to the other, but could be made to work.
Just what about Atheism makes it not a religion? The have their God too, they just don't personify it.
Math, science, logic, whatever you call it is the supreme being of Atheism. And when pursued with such fervor, I'd call that Radical Atheism.
In fact, I think you've cited a perfect example of religion doing exactly what this thread is accusing it of.
I get tired of hearing about godless communists when we're really talking about Radical Atheist Fundamentalism run amok.
Being a person of faith myself (Christian even), I must say that religion (including but not limited to the 3 major Abraham inspired religions) HAS been used as a blunt instrument of subjugation, but that's not the fault of Jesus (or Buddha, the others I don't know enough about to say) it's the fault of plain ole' greedy bastards who always have and always will do or say ANYTHING to get your money.
BTW, offtopic, but the biggest reason I have for being what alot of you view as superstitionist is that chemistry has never been able to explain consciousness sufficiently for me. Here I am, I know I'm here, cause I must be here to know I'm here, etc.. I can see chemistry being responsible for everything but that, even my whole personality, just not that part of me that is here listening to my thoughts and seeing through my eyes. The neutral observer.
If the U.S. keeps up it's military spending like it has been we're gonna see a capitalist system find out why communism failed.
And just what about China makes you think that capitalism is really on top of things anyways. The mightiest capitalist machine in the world is running purely on the charity of a communist economy. Isn't that cute?
Just to let you know, hacking (cracking actually, but I'm playing to a demographic) doesn't always have to involve flying through spirally fractal-ish datastructures looking for files that might have something to do with a virus that floods supertankers while singing "Row-Row-Row Your Boat".
If you've been following along with the comments at all you'd realize that being able to read certain files (depending on OS and security implemented) will make an attempted intrusion much easier, for a slew of reasons.
In some (hopefully rare) cases you'll be able to get a list of encrypted passwords attached to their usernames. Run your preferred cracking program, on your own home computer, on your own time and after a while you'll be able to walk in the front door using the house keys.
Okay, what if you can't get passwords, because they've denied you that (shadowing), you might still be able to get a list of logins that WILL work if the box is bruteforced (like trying every combination on a lock, starting with the common ones first) by seeing which users can SSH in. Even better would be someone getting ahold of your private encryption keys.
Don't get me started on what fun files you could grab in Windows, running as Admin... Hell, even running limited, wouldn't it suck to have someone grab your quickbooks data file?
In the GP's defense, he DID include losses all the way from the station to the wheels, and the efficiency stats you mentioned have nothing to do with how much energy is spent getting it to the car, just from tank to wheels.
This might seem trivial, but it's not by a long shot, not only are there fuel transport costs involved, but a whole laundry list of other side costs to our oil based economy that are overlooked... It seems to me that fleets of trucks carrying flammable liquids would add a significant cost to the system.
I'd like to see an efficiency breakdown from average raw fuel (coal/nuke/crude/gas/whatever percentages and efficiencies for the electric vs. crude) to the wheels for gas vs. electric. I mean the whole cycle, infrastructure costs included.
I think electric might just emerge the clear winner after all.
The point is this: if we're using comparison with other countries as argument for the validation of certain policies and phenomena in our society, we shouldn't be checking that we're like the countries that collapse walls on people. I just thought that that should be repeated.
What could then be done is have the client (ie, the TV) have preconfigured settings based on the above ratings. Similar to G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, etc. However, the user would also be able to customize the settings to however they wish. That's the important difference. Ie, if they believe that "nuditysexualacts" and is fine for their 13 year old but not "violencerape", they could configure it that way. That is an excellent idea. I'm very liberal in my politics, but I'm a parent too, and tend to run my own household in a more conservative manner. I think half the crap rated Y7 is way to full of 'attitude' (I think they think it's a good thing) and consequently get barred from my living room. Also note, the kids have no TV in the bedroom, I take my job of raising my own kids seriously.
I like that 'badexample' tag, and would use it. I'd like to see it expanded actually, as there are many different types of bad example being presented for consumption. The running insults that are present on SO many of today's kids shows really piss me off. These kids are seeing role-models engage in completely sociopathic behavior and it's presented at the preferred behavior... You know, "cool".
My kids watch exactly NO cartoon network, NO Disney, and not too much of anything besides PBS. Hell, not everything on PBS meets my standard, so it gets no play. I take my job raising my kids seriously, like I said before.
That being said, I've always thought that television censorship on the national level is degrading. I, unlike my children, am a full formed and functional adult, perfectly capable of making my own decisions. If someone else feels the need for censorship, perhaps because they do not feel capable of making their own decisions, well, they should probably just have someone make a program schedule for them and lock out all the other options. And for those who don't feel the need to take enough of an active part in their kid's lives to regulate their television watching habits, tough. You've had the orgasm, now take some responsibility for what you've done.
Sorry "Shawn is an Asshole" for turning my reply to you into a general rant, but hey, it happens.
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I don't see tor creating any problems, maybe making them a bit difficult to solve, but not creating them.
Child pornography is not caused by tor, nor is it caused by the internet, though I think a better case could be made for that than tor. The problem is a social one, without a technological solution. The whole point here seems to be that somehow because it allows anonymity tor is responsible for child pornography. This is utterly absurd, at least when viewed from the context of a free society.
As to your point about not knowing what tor is used for, the burden of proof is not on me here. People accusing tor of being mainly used for illegal purposes are the ones who need some evidence. In fact, SOME evidence wouldn't be enough, I think a claim like 'product x is used mainly for child pornography' would need some SERIOUS backing, don't you?
As much as child molestation bothers me, I will never surrender my freedom, even if it because I've been promised it'll stop child molestation cold. In my opinion doing so would be trading significant pain for a fat dose of doom. Freedom DOES mean my ability to do things without your knowledge or consent by the way.
That's all I have to say about that for now, but one last nugget I'd like to toss out is a practical solution to child pornography. Legalize cyber-vigilantism in this particular area. In fact, offer a $25,000 reward for the arrest of one of these individuals, topped off with immunity for the crimes you broke in this specific instance of network security violation. No getting away with botnetting everyone to search or anything, but if you sucker some pervert in a chatroom, own his network and call the fuzz, you get a check without worries. What's that? Said pervert isn't really a pervert at all, just some dude from work you wanted harassed for awhile? Welp, it's off to the jailhouse for you my friend, already plenty of laws to take care of that kind of behavior.
Just a thought, might be a bad idea, but WAY better than banning tor at any rate.
Just so you know, the spelling of Jem (Gem) is the part of the post I struggled with the longest... I had a feeling it was with a J, but that was so long ago, and so edge-of-experience for me that I went with my first impulse, and left it as I first typed it.
I think you've proved the GP's (maybe GGP's) point. You have one viable (for your needs) option for your internet service, and if they decide to drop your service because somebody says you're infringing on a copyright (hope they actually check first, it's not the standard behavior though) well then, it's off to another of those services that you dismissed so quickly before. After all, 4kBps is better than snail mail.
"Stuck with cable" is not a comment on cable's quality, it's a comment on the monopoly of usable internet.
Are you shitting me? So by that logic everyone in Florida who's paid any taxes, or even anyone who's bought anything IN Florida and paid state sales tax on it was funding ole' cyber-fondle Foley's (attempted?, completed?) trysts with underage boys?
Or even better, everyone in the U.S. who has in any way paid for any road construction, well they've supported every criminal who tried to get away by car.
C'mon now, who's next in line for trying to tell me that the desire of privacy is indicative of criminal behavior.
I have had tor installed for many moons now, and have a severe reaction to child porn (or any type of sexual abuse, especially of children) due to the fact that an overwhelming majority of women I've gotten close enough to to talk about such things have been molested at some point in their life.
How about people who use it just because the country they are in has an abusive civil rights regime, or because they don't trust their ISP to keep their browsing habits secret? (Maybe they REALLY like the old cartoon Gem and are embarrassed about it) Maybe, just maybe, the person thinks that they are under surveillance for legal activities (like planning anti-war demonstrations).
Forget all that, the only thing you need know about it is that it's none of your fucking business what these people are doing. The old "they wouldn't care if they aren't doing anything wrong" bit is so played out, so proven stupid, and so indicative of 'fucktardation' that if you hadn't sent a damn shiver down my spine by calling me a supporter of child porn I'd have completely ignored you.
I couldn't though. Idiots are only dangerous when allowed to say such misinformed and ignorant things and are not called on it.
P.S.
Fuck you once more for implying that I'm some type of child molester (even a passive one) you freedom hating punk.
Whoa! I knew there were flying penises involved, but actual penetration?!? She had as many cocks in her as a typical slashdot discussion mentioning Bush anywhere in the article.
You seem to think that slums are places where criminals live. That's just not true, slums are places where POOR people live. I've lived in slums, cause I've been poor. I'm not a criminal. In fact, if you wanna do a 'cost of criminal behavior (in dollars) per capita' I'd be willing to bet real money (even though I'm not TOO far above poor now, and don't gamble) that slums are on the lower end of the scale and that rich neighborhoods within commute distance of New York and Washington are the real winners.
Controlled easier? Because they live in a certain neighborhood? Are you fucking kidding me? Just because you've accepted that you are willing to trade your own personal responsibility for Big Macs and American Idol doesn't give you any kind of right to assign control over anyone else, especially control by baton (or pistol as is so often the case).
In fact, now I'm just guessing, but I'd guess you at one of those fake patriot flag wavers that only cares about freedom when it's your OWN 'freedom' to suppress someone else. God Bless America, Land of the Free, but fuck those fags, niggers, jews, whoever else my pundit masters wanna tell me is to blame for my fucked up empty life... You make me sick, I wish you and all your friends who hate freedom so much would just move to Saudi Arabia or something where you can live under a dictator like the sheep you are. At least you wouldn't have to worry about all those uncontrolled free people.
Some people are too scared to live in a democracy, and that's fine, they have other options. Use them.
It's cheap and easy to do right now, and the content providers are still raking in record profits. And speaking of VCRs, did they kill the entertainment industry? Lower their profits any? Of course not, just like MP3s and broadband haven't done anything but made even more money for the RIAA's members.
BTW, why are we being forced to spend OUR money and OUR resources protecting someone else's rights, even at the expense of our own (fair use). You do know that you pay for the DRM hardware along with the rest of the machine... And that every transistor switch in the box uses the electricity you're paying for. Not much mind you, but more than none. I'm not paying so that my rights can be abridged, or so some stuffed suit can feel better about dirty little consumer me having access to his precious boy band song.
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I hadn't thought of that, a pirate search engine that scans watermarked files.
I didn't RTFA (so sue me) but from what I -HAVE- read here, I'm assuming that the watermarks are distinguishable between tracks? I mean to say, can you identify the piece of media by the watermark?
That would be excellent, and a handy way of organizing your media collection.
Spoken like the Anonymous Coward you are.
Not at all, and I'm not being a grammar nazi, but the difference in concept is important here.
Dependent implies that the exploit will only be able to effect some machines, no matter how it's written.
Specific implies that code would have to be changed from one platform to the other, but could be made to work.
That's it, but it's a world of difference.
Just what about Atheism makes it not a religion? The have their God too, they just don't personify it.
Math, science, logic, whatever you call it is the supreme being of Atheism. And when pursued with such fervor, I'd call that Radical Atheism.
In fact, I think you've cited a perfect example of religion doing exactly what this thread is accusing it of.
I get tired of hearing about godless communists when we're really talking about Radical Atheist Fundamentalism run amok.
Being a person of faith myself (Christian even), I must say that religion (including but not limited to the 3 major Abraham inspired religions) HAS been used as a blunt instrument of subjugation, but that's not the fault of Jesus (or Buddha, the others I don't know enough about to say) it's the fault of plain ole' greedy bastards who always have and always will do or say ANYTHING to get your money.
BTW, offtopic, but the biggest reason I have for being what alot of you view as superstitionist is that chemistry has never been able to explain consciousness sufficiently for me. Here I am, I know I'm here, cause I must be here to know I'm here, etc.. I can see chemistry being responsible for everything but that, even my whole personality, just not that part of me that is here listening to my thoughts and seeing through my eyes. The neutral observer.
Nationalism?
The State as God?
If the U.S. keeps up it's military spending like it has been we're gonna see a capitalist system find out why communism failed.
And just what about China makes you think that capitalism is really on top of things anyways. The mightiest capitalist machine in the world is running purely on the charity of a communist economy. Isn't that cute?
Actually, what you described is locale SPECIFIC, not locale dependent. There's a difference, and it applies here.
Just to let you know, hacking (cracking actually, but I'm playing to a demographic) doesn't always have to involve flying through spirally fractal-ish datastructures looking for files that might have something to do with a virus that floods supertankers while singing "Row-Row-Row Your Boat".
If you've been following along with the comments at all you'd realize that being able to read certain files (depending on OS and security implemented) will make an attempted intrusion much easier, for a slew of reasons.
In some (hopefully rare) cases you'll be able to get a list of encrypted passwords attached to their usernames. Run your preferred cracking program, on your own home computer, on your own time and after a while you'll be able to walk in the front door using the house keys.
Okay, what if you can't get passwords, because they've denied you that (shadowing), you might still be able to get a list of logins that WILL work if the box is bruteforced (like trying every combination on a lock, starting with the common ones first) by seeing which users can SSH in. Even better would be someone getting ahold of your private encryption keys.
Don't get me started on what fun files you could grab in Windows, running as Admin... Hell, even running limited, wouldn't it suck to have someone grab your quickbooks data file?
What you just described is the short definition of RTOS, Real Time Operating System.
AFAIK, most RTOSs do exactly what you just said, every thread gets one tick, then off to the next one.
Actually I'm pretty sure it's more complicated than that, but I think that's the laymen's breakdown of it.
I thought that was funny myself.
Offtopic seems a bit harsh.
... or the fuel filter, oil filter, air filter, engine oil, transmission fluid, coolant....
In the GP's defense, he DID include losses all the way from the station to the wheels, and the efficiency stats you mentioned have nothing to do with how much energy is spent getting it to the car, just from tank to wheels.
This might seem trivial, but it's not by a long shot, not only are there fuel transport costs involved, but a whole laundry list of other side costs to our oil based economy that are overlooked... It seems to me that fleets of trucks carrying flammable liquids would add a significant cost to the system.
I'd like to see an efficiency breakdown from average raw fuel (coal/nuke/crude/gas/whatever percentages and efficiencies for the electric vs. crude) to the wheels for gas vs. electric. I mean the whole cycle, infrastructure costs included.
I think electric might just emerge the clear winner after all.
Mod parent up.
I like that 'badexample' tag, and would use it. I'd like to see it expanded actually, as there are many different types of bad example being presented for consumption. The running insults that are present on SO many of today's kids shows really piss me off. These kids are seeing role-models engage in completely sociopathic behavior and it's presented at the preferred behavior... You know, "cool".
My kids watch exactly NO cartoon network, NO Disney, and not too much of anything besides PBS. Hell, not everything on PBS meets my standard, so it gets no play. I take my job raising my kids seriously, like I said before.
That being said, I've always thought that television censorship on the national level is degrading. I, unlike my children, am a full formed and functional adult, perfectly capable of making my own decisions. If someone else feels the need for censorship, perhaps because they do not feel capable of making their own decisions, well, they should probably just have someone make a program schedule for them and lock out all the other options. And for those who don't feel the need to take enough of an active part in their kid's lives to regulate their television watching habits, tough. You've had the orgasm, now take some responsibility for what you've done.
Sorry "Shawn is an Asshole" for turning my reply to you into a general rant, but hey, it happens.
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We could do like Waterworld and start tattooing the location on children.
I don't see tor creating any problems, maybe making them a bit difficult to solve, but not creating them.
Child pornography is not caused by tor, nor is it caused by the internet, though I think a better case could be made for that than tor. The problem is a social one, without a technological solution. The whole point here seems to be that somehow because it allows anonymity tor is responsible for child pornography. This is utterly absurd, at least when viewed from the context of a free society.
As to your point about not knowing what tor is used for, the burden of proof is not on me here. People accusing tor of being mainly used for illegal purposes are the ones who need some evidence. In fact, SOME evidence wouldn't be enough, I think a claim like 'product x is used mainly for child pornography' would need some SERIOUS backing, don't you?
As much as child molestation bothers me, I will never surrender my freedom, even if it because I've been promised it'll stop child molestation cold. In my opinion doing so would be trading significant pain for a fat dose of doom. Freedom DOES mean my ability to do things without your knowledge or consent by the way.
That's all I have to say about that for now, but one last nugget I'd like to toss out is a practical solution to child pornography. Legalize cyber-vigilantism in this particular area. In fact, offer a $25,000 reward for the arrest of one of these individuals, topped off with immunity for the crimes you broke in this specific instance of network security violation. No getting away with botnetting everyone to search or anything, but if you sucker some pervert in a chatroom, own his network and call the fuzz, you get a check without worries.
What's that? Said pervert isn't really a pervert at all, just some dude from work you wanted harassed for awhile? Welp, it's off to the jailhouse for you my friend, already plenty of laws to take care of that kind of behavior.
Just a thought, might be a bad idea, but WAY better than banning tor at any rate.
I'm nearly sure it's Ohio.
I think I've passed BGSU on I-75.
An hour south of Toledo, maybe?
Just so you know, the spelling of Jem (Gem) is the part of the post I struggled with the longest... I had a feeling it was with a J, but that was so long ago, and so edge-of-experience for me that I went with my first impulse, and left it as I first typed it.
I think you've proved the GP's (maybe GGP's) point. You have one viable (for your needs) option for your internet service, and if they decide to drop your service because somebody says you're infringing on a copyright (hope they actually check first, it's not the standard behavior though) well then, it's off to another of those services that you dismissed so quickly before. After all, 4kBps is better than snail mail.
"Stuck with cable" is not a comment on cable's quality, it's a comment on the monopoly of usable internet.
Are you shitting me? So by that logic everyone in Florida who's paid any taxes, or even anyone who's bought anything IN Florida and paid state sales tax on it was funding ole' cyber-fondle Foley's (attempted?, completed?) trysts with underage boys?
Or even better, everyone in the U.S. who has in any way paid for any road construction, well they've supported every criminal who tried to get away by car.
C'mon now, who's next in line for trying to tell me that the desire of privacy is indicative of criminal behavior.
Child porn like everybody else?
Fuck you.
I have had tor installed for many moons now, and have a severe reaction to child porn (or any type of sexual abuse, especially of children) due to the fact that an overwhelming majority of women I've gotten close enough to to talk about such things have been molested at some point in their life.
How about people who use it just because the country they are in has an abusive civil rights regime, or because they don't trust their ISP to keep their browsing habits secret? (Maybe they REALLY like the old cartoon Gem and are embarrassed about it) Maybe, just maybe, the person thinks that they are under surveillance for legal activities (like planning anti-war demonstrations).
Forget all that, the only thing you need know about it is that it's none of your fucking business what these people are doing. The old "they wouldn't care if they aren't doing anything wrong" bit is so played out, so proven stupid, and so indicative of 'fucktardation' that if you hadn't sent a damn shiver down my spine by calling me a supporter of child porn I'd have completely ignored you.
I couldn't though. Idiots are only dangerous when allowed to say such misinformed and ignorant things and are not called on it.
P.S.
Fuck you once more for implying that I'm some type of child molester (even a passive one) you freedom hating punk.
*applauds and wipes a single tear from his eye*
That was beautiful. Horrid yet banal, wow.
Seriously, one of my favorite slashdot rants.
Whoa! I knew there were flying penises involved, but actual penetration?!? She had as many cocks in her as a typical slashdot discussion mentioning Bush anywhere in the article.
You seem to think that slums are places where criminals live. That's just not true, slums are places where POOR people live. I've lived in slums, cause I've been poor. I'm not a criminal. In fact, if you wanna do a 'cost of criminal behavior (in dollars) per capita' I'd be willing to bet real money (even though I'm not TOO far above poor now, and don't gamble) that slums are on the lower end of the scale and that rich neighborhoods within commute distance of New York and Washington are the real winners.
Controlled easier? Because they live in a certain neighborhood? Are you fucking kidding me? Just because you've accepted that you are willing to trade your own personal responsibility for Big Macs and American Idol doesn't give you any kind of right to assign control over anyone else, especially control by baton (or pistol as is so often the case).
In fact, now I'm just guessing, but I'd guess you at one of those fake patriot flag wavers that only cares about freedom when it's your OWN 'freedom' to suppress someone else. God Bless America, Land of the Free, but fuck those fags, niggers, jews, whoever else my pundit masters wanna tell me is to blame for my fucked up empty life... You make me sick, I wish you and all your friends who hate freedom so much would just move to Saudi Arabia or something where you can live under a dictator like the sheep you are. At least you wouldn't have to worry about all those uncontrolled free people.
Some people are too scared to live in a democracy, and that's fine, they have other options. Use them.
It's cheap and easy to do right now, and the content providers are still raking in record profits. And speaking of VCRs, did they kill the entertainment industry? Lower their profits any? Of course not, just like MP3s and broadband haven't done anything but made even more money for the RIAA's members.
BTW, why are we being forced to spend OUR money and OUR resources protecting someone else's rights, even at the expense of our own (fair use). You do know that you pay for the DRM hardware along with the rest of the machine... And that every transistor switch in the box uses the electricity you're paying for. Not much mind you, but more than none. I'm not paying so that my rights can be abridged, or so some stuffed suit can feel better about dirty little consumer me having access to his precious boy band song.