But I think phone calls should be private, and the only way for a police department or FBI to wiretap should be with a court order. There should be hoops to jump through, and it should not be easy to do.
But maybe there is more to it?
Congress gave telephone companies $500 million to buy new equipment to comply with CALEA. Why should Internet companies not receive the same treatment? Is it because Verizon, SBC and the other former Bells have well-connected lobbying outposts in Washington, D.C.--but Vonage, 8x8 and other VoIP start-ups do not?
According to the article, congress gave telcom companies $500,000,000 to enforce the laws they passed? Why doesn't the government give me money to enforce their pollution laws, so I can get my car fixed up. Instead I have to pay to comply with the law.
People must be aware they are giving something up here. They are giving away freedom. What if some day comes, when a David Duke wins the white house? Congress is filled with people who vote along lobbyist lines. And we end up with laws that remove our consitutional rights- like having police wiretap without a warrent or snoop around the library to see what we are reading. What if they take away our 2nd amendment rights, first by requiring registration, than banning assult style wepons, then slowly, state by state, taking away wepons you already own. What if the states decide to put up a camera on every street corner.... then one day in your house.
The point is the founding fathers did not add the Bill or Rights because it sounded like a nice set of rights. They added those Rights so the people could fight an overbearing government if the need ever came. What if England had decided the colony could not have any guns, and decided that neighbors must report what other neighbors say. We would not be a country today, we would be English. The founding fathers gave people certain Rights to make sure we stay free.
Those that give away those Rights are comminting suicide for the rest of us. They are chaining us all. Rossoue was right "Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains". People, don't give you your rights!
Copyleft is a general method for making a program or other work free, and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program to be free as well.
Mainly a work of Richard Stallman and the Free Software Movement
I love RSS feeds, got about 20 of them on my Google Personalized Home.
Maybe I should go pick up a PSP now, hmm.
RSS is one of the cooler "web content" things I have seen in quite a while.
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But I think phone calls should be private, and the only way for a police department or FBI to wiretap should be with a court order. There should be hoops to jump through, and it should not be easy to do. But maybe there is more to it? Congress gave telephone companies $500 million to buy new equipment to comply with CALEA. Why should Internet companies not receive the same treatment? Is it because Verizon, SBC and the other former Bells have well-connected lobbying outposts in Washington, D.C.--but Vonage, 8x8 and other VoIP start-ups do not? According to the article, congress gave telcom companies $500,000,000 to enforce the laws they passed? Why doesn't the government give me money to enforce their pollution laws, so I can get my car fixed up. Instead I have to pay to comply with the law. People must be aware they are giving something up here. They are giving away freedom. What if some day comes, when a David Duke wins the white house? Congress is filled with people who vote along lobbyist lines. And we end up with laws that remove our consitutional rights- like having police wiretap without a warrent or snoop around the library to see what we are reading. What if they take away our 2nd amendment rights, first by requiring registration, than banning assult style wepons, then slowly, state by state, taking away wepons you already own. What if the states decide to put up a camera on every street corner.... then one day in your house. The point is the founding fathers did not add the Bill or Rights because it sounded like a nice set of rights. They added those Rights so the people could fight an overbearing government if the need ever came. What if England had decided the colony could not have any guns, and decided that neighbors must report what other neighbors say. We would not be a country today, we would be English. The founding fathers gave people certain Rights to make sure we stay free. Those that give away those Rights are comminting suicide for the rest of us. They are chaining us all. Rossoue was right "Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains". People, don't give you your rights!
Copyleft is a general method for making a program or other work free, and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program to be free as well. Mainly a work of Richard Stallman and the Free Software Movement
Who here has heard of copyleft?
I love RSS feeds, got about 20 of them on my Google Personalized Home. Maybe I should go pick up a PSP now, hmm. RSS is one of the cooler "web content" things I have seen in quite a while.
What is one to expect from microsoft, just go 100% opensource now?
I have been running RC3 for quite a while, very nice indeed
i didnt wait for one, though even though it would be cool to hack
Well, i think its a necessity in today's world.
That's right, because we are smarter
FIRST POST yay
everything will be wireless one day