What an overly complex bogus system. It will require tons of ISP's to cooperate to get this to work. We might as well install an SSL proxy at the border and tell the Chinese the whole world is reachable over the proxy IP only. Take it or leave it.
Year after year we see all these awesome developments which probably cost a ton but I've never heard of one really taking off. Meanwhile the Chinese are simply using commercial VPN providers or brewing their own on $3/month VPS servers.
Just like the DNS filter being a bogus thing, so are many of the other anti-CP efforts, including actual laws. E.g. in Japan CP is banned since 1999 but only because of international pressure. Not because Japanese society was ready to ban it. The law is just theater. There are other cultures as well where CP, while illegal, is still accepted or at least tolerated to a point where Interpol's clout becomes meaningless.
Get a better filter. I use the same e-mail since 1998, it receives tons of spam daily, but I very rarely (like less than once a month) see any of it in my inbox. No false positives either. Seriously, this discussion is a waste of time. Get a better e-mail host, kick your sysadmin in the butt or stop trying to fiddle around yourself.
Weird. When I share something on Google+ it asks me permission to e-mail all the non-Google+ member that I added to my circles. These people then all are able to login. (Provided they have a US IP address.)
Using OpenDNS or Google DNS messes with content distribution networks. I don't recommend using them.
There's many reasons to run your own DNS: * Improved performance, even if small. * Avoid ISP incompetence (plenty ISP's don't honor refresh/expiry times or otherwise deliver a sub-optimal DNS service.) * Ability to include alternative TLD's. * To apply your own filtering (for everyone in the home). * Use DNSSEC if your ISP doesn't. * Run your own internal domain (e.g. for development purposes.) * Hosting your own DNS and website from your home server.
etc. I'm sure others could come up with much more.
The "viewers" don't even need to change their DNS. The webmaster can simply register another domain or use the IP address in his links. If the aussie viewers are sufficient for him to create content (which is what we're really fighting here - supposedly), then they're also sufficient for him to take these simple and cheap measures.
Really, this filter is totally bogus. The only thing it will filter is joe blow visiting wikileaks.ch or whatever else accidentally ends up in the filter.
I once quadrupled the pricing of one of our services. Yes we lost more than half of our customers, but were making more money while doing less work. It's not unlike Apple's strategy.
When doing consultancy a lot of people told me flat out they didn't care about security. Quotes like "Anyone can walk in here during lunch and steal whatever they like; why would I (as the IT director) spend $$$ on computer security when management doesn't even care to lock the door." were very common. While the logic is obviously flawed it does illustrate that it simply wasn't a priority - which is not the same as living in ignorant bliss.
When someone doesn't deliver you cancel the contract according to whatever the terms agreed were. This happens all the time. Many people learn from their boss only to open shop themselves as soon as they can. I think that's quite common too.
The Winkeldudes not handling these two very common issues well really just show their lack of experience. I don't like Suckingberg one bit, but I don't see why he owes them anything.
Exactly. Not to mention that (albeit not very scientific) programs like "What would you do" clearly show southern whites stand up for their black neighbors more than those in the north.
Really? Because I can't do jack with my Blackberry without signing up for a BIS or installing a BES. It seems to be MY phone only as long as I pay my RIM taxes.
Exactly. Besides, didn't Creative just uses someone innovation called "MP3" and made it portable? That in itself isn't innovative per se. Or better said: there's innovation in many parts of the chain, but the one that matters is the one that sells.
Torrentfreak is there to facilitate piracy as much as most mainstream media is their to aid their corporate owners. That may make their stories biased but it doesn't mean there's not a point to them that needs to be taken seriously.
Exactly. This is what most Chinese people will tell you. (I live there.) They very well know what they want to are pushing things in the right direction. What they don't appreciate however is foreign interference. They're rather nationalistic in this regard. They'll defend their government before they'll agree with you, even if they really do.
In terms of pure censorship you're absolutely right. It's a package deal though. E.g. the US has far superior propaganda system. Corporate funded politicians, Hollywood, the "free press and the glue we call PR agencies are unparalleled in their joint effectiveness. It will be another 100 years before the Chinese reach that level of sophisticated control.
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Chinese websites don't support Firefox, so that's where it ends. E.g. to make payments with Alipay/Taobao you need IE specific ActiveX plugins.
(Actually they will have unofficial firefox and even linux plugins, but it's hard to find and troublesome to install.)
What an overly complex bogus system. It will require tons of ISP's to cooperate to get this to work. We might as well install an SSL proxy at the border and tell the Chinese the whole world is reachable over the proxy IP only. Take it or leave it.
Year after year we see all these awesome developments which probably cost a ton but I've never heard of one really taking off. Meanwhile the Chinese are simply using commercial VPN providers or brewing their own on $3/month VPS servers.
Just like the DNS filter being a bogus thing, so are many of the other anti-CP efforts, including actual laws. E.g. in Japan CP is banned since 1999 but only because of international pressure. Not because Japanese society was ready to ban it. The law is just theater. There are other cultures as well where CP, while illegal, is still accepted or at least tolerated to a point where Interpol's clout becomes meaningless.
Just publish the list and let societies extremists do their job. They'll accomplish what authorities can't - one way or the other.
Get a better filter. I use the same e-mail since 1998, it receives tons of spam daily, but I very rarely (like less than once a month) see any of it in my inbox. No false positives either. Seriously, this discussion is a waste of time. Get a better e-mail host, kick your sysadmin in the butt or stop trying to fiddle around yourself.
Weird. When I share something on Google+ it asks me permission to e-mail all the non-Google+ member that I added to my circles. These people then all are able to login. (Provided they have a US IP address.)
If you're born outside the US, you're a foreigner to US citizens. Naturalization doesn't change where you were born.
Or so says dictionary.com:
1. A person born in or coming from a country other than one's own.
2. A stranger or outsider.
Using OpenDNS or Google DNS messes with content distribution networks. I don't recommend using them.
There's many reasons to run your own DNS:
* Improved performance, even if small.
* Avoid ISP incompetence (plenty ISP's don't honor refresh/expiry times or otherwise deliver a sub-optimal DNS service.)
* Ability to include alternative TLD's.
* To apply your own filtering (for everyone in the home).
* Use DNSSEC if your ISP doesn't.
* Run your own internal domain (e.g. for development purposes.)
* Hosting your own DNS and website from your home server.
etc. I'm sure others could come up with much more.
The "viewers" don't even need to change their DNS. The webmaster can simply register another domain or use the IP address in his links. If the aussie viewers are sufficient for him to create content (which is what we're really fighting here - supposedly), then they're also sufficient for him to take these simple and cheap measures.
Really, this filter is totally bogus. The only thing it will filter is joe blow visiting wikileaks.ch or whatever else accidentally ends up in the filter.
Yeah, the most frightening to me is that even the Slashdot crowed misses the obvious. Connect the dots guys, please.
Not just that, depending on your firewall situation your chats will use the supernode as well.
I once quadrupled the pricing of one of our services. Yes we lost more than half of our customers, but were making more money while doing less work. It's not unlike Apple's strategy.
Lose who? Why are people who don't upgrade for years still considered customers?
When doing consultancy a lot of people told me flat out they didn't care about security. Quotes like "Anyone can walk in here during lunch and steal whatever they like; why would I (as the IT director) spend $$$ on computer security when management doesn't even care to lock the door." were very common. While the logic is obviously flawed it does illustrate that it simply wasn't a priority - which is not the same as living in ignorant bliss.
When someone doesn't deliver you cancel the contract according to whatever the terms agreed were. This happens all the time. Many people learn from their boss only to open shop themselves as soon as they can. I think that's quite common too.
The Winkeldudes not handling these two very common issues well really just show their lack of experience. I don't like Suckingberg one bit, but I don't see why he owes them anything.
Exactly. Not to mention that (albeit not very scientific) programs like "What would you do" clearly show southern whites stand up for their black neighbors more than those in the north.
Really? Because I can't do jack with my Blackberry without signing up for a BIS or installing a BES. It seems to be MY phone only as long as I pay my RIM taxes.
Exactly. Besides, didn't Creative just uses someone innovation called "MP3" and made it portable? That in itself isn't innovative per se. Or better said: there's innovation in many parts of the chain, but the one that matters is the one that sells.
Huh. OS/X runs fine in VirtualBox on my Ubuntu box (which is a custom assembled i5). Or did I misunderstand your argument?
It's not like there aren't any other programs that can be used instead. At least on Linux there are plenty which will access and manage your iPod.
They can answer with hard cash, half-assed finished work, cute prostitutes or a combination of the three. It's China.
If you're non-Asian, all you have to do is show up.
Torrentfreak is there to facilitate piracy as much as most mainstream media is their to aid their corporate owners. That may make their stories biased but it doesn't mean there's not a point to them that needs to be taken seriously.
Exactly. This is what most Chinese people will tell you. (I live there.) They very well know what they want to are pushing things in the right direction. What they don't appreciate however is foreign interference. They're rather nationalistic in this regard. They'll defend their government before they'll agree with you, even if they really do.
In terms of pure censorship you're absolutely right. It's a package deal though. E.g. the US has far superior propaganda system. Corporate funded politicians, Hollywood, the "free press and the glue we call PR agencies are unparalleled in their joint effectiveness. It will be another 100 years before the Chinese reach that level of sophisticated control.