I've just got this spooky feeling that we're going to hear Aerosmith as it fades into the closing credits. It wouldn't be so bad if it were Led Zeppelin's Ramble On
They are routinely tortured and killed for possessing encryption tools, or encrypted messages -- whether or not the encrypted messages are ever deciphered. The deciphered messages would only be of use if they contained strategic (read: premeditated destructive planning) information.
The purpose of these types of laws is not to prevent crimes directly, but to make more people into criminals. The rationale is that 'If Joe is (using encryption | driving too fast | carrying a gun) he may also be (planning to blow up a building | intoxicated | about to rob a convenience store) and the additional laws give the goverment leverage to prevent the potential secondary outcomes. And if they happen to (silence opposition | make a few bucks | other) then that's okay too. An innocent guy might have to put up with a bit of (harrasement | extortion | jail time), but its a fair compromise, don't you think?
The article mentions a rebel fighter in Kosovo who supposedly used PGP encryption. If this is the case, it is likely that the rebel fighter was a KLA terrorist. The KLA is a known terrorist group with direct ties to Osama Bin Laden's network. Their funding doesn't come from Albania (Albania doesn't like the "ethnic Albanian Kosovars" any more than Serbia does), it comes from the Middle East and oil rich former Soviet Republics -- around Afghanistan.
How do we feel about that? There is speculation that the terrorists who attacked us recently "may" have "had access to" PGP or some other form of encryption, but here is a case of a terrorist allegedly sending a thank you letter directly to Phil Zimmerman.
Is it a case of the lesser of two evils because our government didn't like Milosevich? Remember, though, that the Taliban was considered the lesser evil by our goverment at one time. Actually, as recently as this year, George Bush gave millions of dollars to the Taliban for verbally denouncing the opium trade, which he now says is their primary source of income. The KLA is a main European drug distributor, coincidentally.
Designed for the Earth's weather, the computer should be able to predict climate for the entire planet for thousands of years in a short amount of time." if they knew the algorithms that determine the weather (and if no unknown variables are introduced)
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I always wondered why those dudes with mohawks and spiked leather jackets who ran around shouting Oi! were called Hessians.
was barklay murdoch?
no one speaking arabic uses the word "jihad" to mean "struggle"
if piracy is listening to music
to try to steal trade secrets from France. What would be go after -- the designs for a Peugot? or the source code for Mandrake?
its a simple case of imainative French monomania.
I make my money from media whoring. I was bitchslapped but I'm better now and don't want to offend my pimp.
It either proves Star Trek jargon is real or that this report (along with most "science" on slashdot these days) is baloney)
so only criminals will be untrackable?
Mussolini made the trains run on time, hitler had nothing to do with it.
Our Interstates were half done by the time Hitler came to power
Mr. Anderso-- er Baggins
I've just got this spooky feeling that we're going to hear Aerosmith as it fades into the closing credits. It wouldn't be so bad if it were Led Zeppelin's Ramble On
They are routinely tortured and killed for possessing encryption tools, or encrypted messages -- whether or not the encrypted messages are ever deciphered. The deciphered messages would only be of use if they contained strategic (read: premeditated destructive planning) information.
If you can't get a retraction, you could always go to the competing news agency and expose the libelous journalist.
I'm joking -- competing, heh.
The purpose of these types of laws is not to prevent crimes directly, but to make more people into criminals. The rationale is that 'If Joe is (using encryption | driving too fast | carrying a gun) he may also be (planning to blow up a building | intoxicated | about to rob a convenience store) and the additional laws give the goverment leverage to prevent the potential secondary outcomes. And if they happen to (silence opposition | make a few bucks | other) then that's okay too. An innocent guy might have to put up with a bit of (harrasement | extortion | jail time), but its a fair compromise, don't you think?
In a related study, it was found that firemen wearing helmets were much likely to be hit by falling debris than those not wearing helmets.
Additives can be put into the fuel to make it put itself out.
There is a law. Ever heard of libel? But I think you mean a law to take one's person's property and give it to another, not compensation.
or break the implementation (like Network Associates did)
remember too, that the Taliban is a GOVERNMENT
This is kindof a flame, but...
The article mentions a rebel fighter in Kosovo who supposedly used PGP encryption. If this is the case, it is likely that the rebel fighter was a KLA terrorist. The KLA is a known terrorist group with direct ties to Osama Bin Laden's network. Their funding doesn't come from Albania (Albania doesn't like the "ethnic Albanian Kosovars" any more than Serbia does), it comes from the Middle East and oil rich former Soviet Republics -- around Afghanistan.
How do we feel about that? There is speculation that the terrorists who attacked us recently "may" have "had access to" PGP or some other form of encryption, but here is a case of a terrorist allegedly sending a thank you letter directly to Phil Zimmerman.
Is it a case of the lesser of two evils because our government didn't like Milosevich? Remember, though, that the Taliban was considered the lesser evil by our goverment at one time. Actually, as recently as this year, George Bush gave millions of dollars to the Taliban for verbally denouncing the opium trade, which he now says is their primary source of income. The KLA is a main European drug distributor, coincidentally.
Designed for the Earth's weather, the computer should be able to predict climate for the entire planet for thousands of years in a short amount of time." if they knew the algorithms that determine the weather (and if no unknown variables are introduced)
I think you just convinced me to try to overcome my indentation snobbery.
Doesn't the MAJC have quite a bit of java actually incorporated in the hardware?
good point. The margin Gore "won" the popular vote is smaller than the margin Bush "won" Florida