I've never understood why Apple doesn't simply use a ratings system like movies or TV programs. They can have "inapproriate" content disabled by default and subject to age verification, while still profiting from the "perverts" who enable it.
Which part of Guy A forgets to take it so Guy B walks away with it is not fair?
I forgot to renew a domain name myself, now some other guy owns it. It sucks balls and I wish I had the resources to get it back, but sure it's entirely my own fault.
Nothing stop you from dividing the root..COM can be with ICANN,.SOMETHINGELSE can be with SUNDE. As long as name servers are aware of both root systems, there's no problem.
Wikileaks is a government operation. China is well aware of that. Just like (if you did read Wikileaks) the US was well aware of China's attack on Google but chose not to tell anyone. China and US are on much better foot that you think, the theater is just for the populace.
BGP knows filters and communities. It's just that those need to be setup by admins, which often don't feel like doing the work and will tell you it's too complex to deal with such a large dynamic network as their.
Nice idea, but this doesn't help one bit if the censorship is done close to home. E.g. on "my" network I intercept DNS and have my name server send the reply. It doesn't matter if the users are talking to Google DNS, OpenDNS or some other service, it's always my DNS server that replies. DNS is extremely easy to intercept and spoof.
De-root is a useless measure. You don't trust China, someone else doesn't trust some other country hosting a root. DNSSec is the only acceptable solution currently available.
Also it's a little naive to think that Chinese cyberspace ends at it's physical borders. China's telco's have controlling stakes in many foreign communications companies as well. Not to mention lots of western ISP's are installing Huawai equipment, etc, etc.
Thanks to the American people for allowing their government and corporations to participate in these deals. Did you call your ISP and complain about their use of a company that actively participates in subjecting over a billion people to heavy censorship? I didn't think so.
Since when are you obligated to use the Chinese root servers? And have you heard of DNSSEC? This is really just an issue of lazy admins. Same story with the root SSL certificates browsers ship with that include a lot of questionable organizations and governments. You are free to remove them, and no, it's not hard. The BGP hijack was no different. Carriers that have their shit organized have their filters configured and would not participate in the hijack.
Why would the CIA want to neutralize Assange? He obviously works for them. Did you forget the changes Obama made? Putting the CIA in the back seat and the military in the front? This is all just the result of some internal power struggle.
Why would "evil US" put him in a "shallow unmarked grave", when it has a large amount of ignorant citizens defending it's actions and bashing the few people who did wake up?
I've been living in Beijing for a number of years now. The embassy started measuring the air pollution when the Olympics became a topic. At that time the air quality had already been improved dramatically compared to what it was before. Although the 500+ now is the worst they ever measured, and certainly worse than what we had during the Olympics, it's still relatively clean to what it used to be a in the pre-Olympic decade.
You already assume that having your cash stolen is more likely than having your bank account emptied. Is there any evidence of that? And if there is, are the cumulative cash thefts worth more than that one time your bank account gets emptied?
I got robbed just once, in 33 years, and that cost me less than $10. I'm pretty sure the banks have taken a lot more from me in yearly fees alone. All that needs to happen now is for someone to skim my bank card or otherwise compromise my identity and my bank accounts are empty.
Yeah, I hear Americans have to pay income tax, even when they emigrate to another country and strictly receive income from non-US companies only. Poor buggers.
Because the government whipped up some new policies to fight illegal file sharing. The University is pretty much forced to either police their students or block P2P. IMHO, a straight-forward block is both preferable ethically as well as simpler to enforce. If students are unhappy about this they should take that up with the government, not the University.
Sorry, but I still don't see why it's the university's responsibility to provision you with WoW updates or to make it cheaper for 3rd parties to do so. Living in a dorm is a personal choice that comes with a set of features as well as limitations. Having torrents blocked would be just 1 of many limitations.
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I've never understood why Apple doesn't simply use a ratings system like movies or TV programs. They can have "inapproriate" content disabled by default and subject to age verification, while still profiting from the "perverts" who enable it.
Better would be to say road operators had to remove reckless drivers. Which is arguable more sensible.
Which part of Guy A forgets to take it so Guy B walks away with it is not fair?
I forgot to renew a domain name myself, now some other guy owns it. It sucks balls and I wish I had the resources to get it back, but sure it's entirely my own fault.
Nothing stop you from dividing the root. .COM can be with ICANN, .SOMETHINGELSE can be with SUNDE. As long as name servers are aware of both root systems, there's no problem.
It wouldn't net a China-cutoff. It would be a net-split.
Because your ISP hired a lazy ass admin, that's why. Run your own DNS, remove the Chinese root servers from it. Problem solved.
Eh. Many porn sites were unblocked months ago and still are. I don't notice any blurring here.
Wikileaks is a government operation. China is well aware of that. Just like (if you did read Wikileaks) the US was well aware of China's attack on Google but chose not to tell anyone. China and US are on much better foot that you think, the theater is just for the populace.
BGP knows filters and communities. It's just that those need to be setup by admins, which often don't feel like doing the work and will tell you it's too complex to deal with such a large dynamic network as their.
Nice idea, but this doesn't help one bit if the censorship is done close to home. E.g. on "my" network I intercept DNS and have my name server send the reply. It doesn't matter if the users are talking to Google DNS, OpenDNS or some other service, it's always my DNS server that replies. DNS is extremely easy to intercept and spoof.
De-root is a useless measure. You don't trust China, someone else doesn't trust some other country hosting a root. DNSSec is the only acceptable solution currently available.
Also it's a little naive to think that Chinese cyberspace ends at it's physical borders. China's telco's have controlling stakes in many foreign communications companies as well. Not to mention lots of western ISP's are installing Huawai equipment, etc, etc.
Thanks to the American people for allowing their government and corporations to participate in these deals. Did you call your ISP and complain about their use of a company that actively participates in subjecting over a billion people to heavy censorship? I didn't think so.
Since when are you obligated to use the Chinese root servers? And have you heard of DNSSEC? This is really just an issue of lazy admins. Same story with the root SSL certificates browsers ship with that include a lot of questionable organizations and governments. You are free to remove them, and no, it's not hard. The BGP hijack was no different. Carriers that have their shit organized have their filters configured and would not participate in the hijack.
How's that an accident? Buffy == porn.
Why would the CIA want to neutralize Assange? He obviously works for them. Did you forget the changes Obama made? Putting the CIA in the back seat and the military in the front? This is all just the result of some internal power struggle.
Why would "evil US" put him in a "shallow unmarked grave", when it has a large amount of ignorant citizens defending it's actions and bashing the few people who did wake up?
I've been living in Beijing for a number of years now. The embassy started measuring the air pollution when the Olympics became a topic. At that time the air quality had already been improved dramatically compared to what it was before. Although the 500+ now is the worst they ever measured, and certainly worse than what we had during the Olympics, it's still relatively clean to what it used to be a in the pre-Olympic decade.
You already assume that having your cash stolen is more likely than having your bank account emptied. Is there any evidence of that? And if there is, are the cumulative cash thefts worth more than that one time your bank account gets emptied?
I got robbed just once, in 33 years, and that cost me less than $10. I'm pretty sure the banks have taken a lot more from me in yearly fees alone. All that needs to happen now is for someone to skim my bank card or otherwise compromise my identity and my bank accounts are empty.
Yeah, I hear Americans have to pay income tax, even when they emigrate to another country and strictly receive income from non-US companies only. Poor buggers.
The new policy to actively fight "illegal file sharing" comes from the government, not the RIAA (at least not directly).
Right. The issue is, they don't have that option. They have to either police their students, or just block P2P. The latter seems more ethical to me.
"Many universities" implies "not all universities". Again a personal choice.
Because the government whipped up some new policies to fight illegal file sharing. The University is pretty much forced to either police their students or block P2P. IMHO, a straight-forward block is both preferable ethically as well as simpler to enforce. If students are unhappy about this they should take that up with the government, not the University.
Sorry, but I still don't see why it's the university's responsibility to provision you with WoW updates or to make it cheaper for 3rd parties to do so. Living in a dorm is a personal choice that comes with a set of features as well as limitations. Having torrents blocked would be just 1 of many limitations.
I'm not disputing that torrents are useful. But do you need to get your WoW updates at school?