Intimidate for profits! When people don't want to buy, we threaten to sue them for astronomical sums of money. We scare them into buying. The only difference between RIAA and La Cosa Nostra is that RIAA cannot kill you, although I am sure, given the opportunity, RIAA would love to try.
I've got a great new idea: it's called less police, not more. This would solve budget crises in multiple jurisdictions thereby lessening the need for revenue gethered from more odious methods. Before everyone gets whipped into a fear frenzy, consider this:
Contrary to what the politicans would have most of us believe, crime is not disporportionately on the rise when compared with population. You could even argue that crime is on the rise because there are more criminal laws now than ever before. Politicians use the get tough on crime line and fear tactics to get support. Most of this fear is unfounded and has virtually no basis in reality. These tactics work because voters do little to educate themselves beyond what their candidate espouses. A voter might cast his or her vote for their candidate based on something relatively insubstantial whilst the candidate may not have the voter's best interests in mind at all. This is probably why George W. Bush got not re-elected again in 2004. Finally, The actual reason for overcrowding in prisons is that the population has grown by a large margin and our society labels more and more activities as crimes that would not have been so 25 or 30 years ago.
Buy all sorts of iterations of Bluff City PD to make it veritably impossible to get their web presensce back. This is actually a funny, passive aggressive prank and it will teach the police a lesson about responsibility. Citizens still have some freedoms and Brian McCrary did absolutely nothing wrong!
We laugh at the ridiculous claims of the famous "pigmy" leader's regieme whilst falling victim to the same scam in our own backyard. Look at the weight loss scam products that are out there that have spawned almost a billion dollar industry. It would seem that these shady product vendors bring a product to market long enough to make a large sum of money before being discovered as, at best inefffective and at worst, outright fraud. I find it funny that we laugh at the "Super Drink" while we become easily duped by advertisements on TV that claim super weight loss.
Everyone knows TSA is a really big joke. Many of the TSA "officers" are really only one step above 711 clerks. If an 86 year old lady in a walker got around them, I feel more secure already.
Samba4 is still in alpha, yes. But, it is useable for the more basic elements of AD. And, I stand corrected... they are doing it more out of fear than altruism.
I wonder if the government lifted its restraining order on this software because they're using it, or a variation, themselves? Requiring encryption? Users can't disguise it, but what about government agencies? I may sound paranoid, but I don't care... I'm going to buy a tinfoil hat for my computer!
Switch to the most secure operating system in the world, OpenBSD. No tinfoil needed.
I believe we do have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Kind of shame those that are greedy and in power forget what it is like when the shoe is on the other food.
It's easy to extend your logic to the point where the company owns you, and I don't think we want to approach those times again. (Personally, I'd like to see the point where the workers own the company, not the other way around.)
I think we never left those times. There are still FEW laws that protect the employee and MANY that protect the employer.
That's a bit of a red herring. For example, a company that handles personal customer info has a duty to ensure that that information is handled properly, and closely monitoring employee's handling of that data is completely legitimate as is making sure that the employee isn't spending all day playing Farmville. This is a very poor slippery slope argument - it is NOT easy to extend that logic to to video surveillance of a bathroom stall.
If you were monitored while taking your daily constitution, and it somehow got back to you, you would have a hell of law suit against your employer.
I see you are successfully ignoring the stealth aspect. Or maybe you think an employer has the right to spy on employees? (note spy vs monitor)
I guess it depends upon your purview and political orientation. An employer does have certain rights to protect its company image but only while implied employee is on company time. I've heard about stories about Coors employees being fired for drinking Bud while on their own time! This kind of spying is wrong!
"Do the authorities care so little for the average citizen?"
Yes. This will last a while, til things get rotten enough, then the purge-and-replace cycle begins again. It was ever thus, and so it shall be.
Of course, don't you know government and industry are mostly in sleeping together? Why do you think BP got away with murder up until the point thhings quite literally exploded.
HTML5 is still a work in progress. They could have made a demo that only uses those features which are already widely supported, but it wouldn't have been as impressive. Or they could have made a demo that uses the latest bleeding-edge proposals for HTML5, and let it fail on most people's browsers - perhaps even worse.
Given that it's meant to be a showcase of things to come, it makes sense to require you to use the one browser that currently works with it. Even Mozilla sometimes releases demos that require the latest Firefox beta to test. Using browser sniffing to enforce it is certainly bad form, but they probably thought that otherwise people would just click through, see a broken demo, and not even realize they aren't seeing what they're meant to see. Hopefully they'll relax the restriction once (if) more browsers implement support for these proposed new features.
This person was not fairly modded. HTML5 is still a work in progress. However, if HTML5 is to be standard, it must be patent-unencumbered and free/open-source.
I am starting to agree. Microsoft is looking less evil now. In fact, they provided some generous assistance last summer to Samba 4 developement. They helped the Samba 4 developers figure out why DRS (Directory Replication Services) was not working.
From reading TFA, this is about the government needing the power to take over critical infrastructure in the advent of a threat to Americas national security. So for example this allows them to take over control of (and security of) electronic control networks running things like the electricity grid if the spooks get wind of an immanent cyber attack.
Just like the feds used their power to shut down US airspace after 9/11, the feds need the power to take over, disconnect, shut down, secure or control computer systems and networks controlling critical infrastructure in the advent of a "Cyber 9/11" attack (a threat that is not just the stuff of movies like Die Hard 4.0)
Per the proposal, "Critical Infrastructure" does NOT mean Google or Facebook or Slashdot or whatever, it means things like power grids, gas plants, water systems, hospitals, emergency services, oil refineries etc.
Critical infrastructure is a vague, nebulous term which can be expanded to just about anything a government wants, especially when it has the power of the Patriot Act to bolster any other law.
I applaud the efforts of Terry Childs and, yes, he did stop the authorities. It cost him his freedom but he sent a clear message. A law can only be enforced when it is feasible to do so. If everyone en masse stopped paying taxes, the government would be absolutely hamstrung so they count on their populace being divided and thus easily conquered. You cannot have 3/4 of the population in prison! If everyone united against the government in civil (as in non-violent) protest, stopped paying taxes, stopped going to work you would have your force for change. The government is just good at instilling fear in weaker minds. If everyone stopped paying taxes and peacefully demanded the repeal of the Patriot Act, the government would have no choice but to do so like a whipped puppy. India gained independence from Britain because its populace was united. We may never see this again. It is unfortunate because it is non-violent and extremely effective. By being non-violent, Indians gained the support of the world at large making the pressure so intense the British government had no choice but to relinquish a piece of its empire. A scenario like this is terrifying to the US Government.
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Other than breaking the law and opening himself up to a whole host of potential issues with ICANN?
Citation needed. What criminal laws did he break?
Oh goody, target practice!!
Intimidate for profits! When people don't want to buy, we threaten to sue them for astronomical sums of money. We scare them into buying. The only difference between RIAA and La Cosa Nostra is that RIAA cannot kill you, although I am sure, given the opportunity, RIAA would love to try.
I've got a great new idea: it's called less police, not more. This would solve budget crises in multiple jurisdictions thereby lessening the need for revenue gethered from more odious methods. Before everyone gets whipped into a fear frenzy, consider this: Contrary to what the politicans would have most of us believe, crime is not disporportionately on the rise when compared with population. You could even argue that crime is on the rise because there are more criminal laws now than ever before. Politicians use the get tough on crime line and fear tactics to get support. Most of this fear is unfounded and has virtually no basis in reality. These tactics work because voters do little to educate themselves beyond what their candidate espouses. A voter might cast his or her vote for their candidate based on something relatively insubstantial whilst the candidate may not have the voter's best interests in mind at all. This is probably why George W. Bush got not re-elected again in 2004. Finally, The actual reason for overcrowding in prisons is that the population has grown by a large margin and our society labels more and more activities as crimes that would not have been so 25 or 30 years ago.
Buy all sorts of iterations of Bluff City PD to make it veritably impossible to get their web presensce back. This is actually a funny, passive aggressive prank and it will teach the police a lesson about responsibility. Citizens still have some freedoms and Brian McCrary did absolutely nothing wrong!
Can you say, "Proctologist, please!"?
I hope that was sarcasm. The FDA is a fucking joke!
We laugh at the ridiculous claims of the famous "pigmy" leader's regieme whilst falling victim to the same scam in our own backyard. Look at the weight loss scam products that are out there that have spawned almost a billion dollar industry. It would seem that these shady product vendors bring a product to market long enough to make a large sum of money before being discovered as, at best inefffective and at worst, outright fraud. I find it funny that we laugh at the "Super Drink" while we become easily duped by advertisements on TV that claim super weight loss.
Everyone knows TSA is a really big joke. Many of the TSA "officers" are really only one step above 711 clerks. If an 86 year old lady in a walker got around them, I feel more secure already.
Pfffffttt, Judges are above the law. I hate that!
What I meant was, that the underlying codecs which handle the video must be patent-unencumbered and free/open source. It must not be MPEG4!
Samba4 is still in alpha, yes. But, it is useable for the more basic elements of AD. And, I stand corrected ... they are doing it more out of fear than altruism.
Yes, it does run on Linux.
I wonder if the government lifted its restraining order on this software because they're using it, or a variation, themselves? Requiring encryption? Users can't disguise it, but what about government agencies? I may sound paranoid, but I don't care ... I'm going to buy a tinfoil hat for my computer!
Switch to the most secure operating system in the world, OpenBSD. No tinfoil needed.
I believe we do have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Kind of shame those that are greedy and in power forget what it is like when the shoe is on the other food.
It's easy to extend your logic to the point where the company owns you, and I don't think we want to approach those times again. (Personally, I'd like to see the point where the workers own the company, not the other way around.)
I think we never left those times. There are still FEW laws that protect the employee and MANY that protect the employer.
That's a bit of a red herring. For example, a company that handles personal customer info has a duty to ensure that that information is handled properly, and closely monitoring employee's handling of that data is completely legitimate as is making sure that the employee isn't spending all day playing Farmville. This is a very poor slippery slope argument - it is NOT easy to extend that logic to to video surveillance of a bathroom stall.
If you were monitored while taking your daily constitution, and it somehow got back to you, you would have a hell of law suit against your employer.
I see you are successfully ignoring the stealth aspect. Or maybe you think an employer has the right to spy on employees? (note spy vs monitor)
I guess it depends upon your purview and political orientation. An employer does have certain rights to protect its company image but only while implied employee is on company time. I've heard about stories about Coors employees being fired for drinking Bud while on their own time! This kind of spying is wrong!
"Do the authorities care so little for the average citizen?"
Yes. This will last a while, til things get rotten enough, then the purge-and-replace cycle begins again. It was ever thus, and so it shall be.
Of course, don't you know government and industry are mostly in sleeping together? Why do you think BP got away with murder up until the point thhings quite literally exploded.
The final Order bars the defendants from providing purchasers with the means to disguise the product as an innocent file or e-mail attachment.
I'll do it for them: 1. rename 'malicious_software.exe' 'unicorns_with_flowers.jpg.exe' 2. attach to email
Even easier fix .... use something other than Windows/Mac OS for your operating system.
HTML5 is still a work in progress. They could have made a demo that only uses those features which are already widely supported, but it wouldn't have been as impressive. Or they could have made a demo that uses the latest bleeding-edge proposals for HTML5, and let it fail on most people's browsers - perhaps even worse. Given that it's meant to be a showcase of things to come, it makes sense to require you to use the one browser that currently works with it. Even Mozilla sometimes releases demos that require the latest Firefox beta to test. Using browser sniffing to enforce it is certainly bad form, but they probably thought that otherwise people would just click through, see a broken demo, and not even realize they aren't seeing what they're meant to see. Hopefully they'll relax the restriction once (if) more browsers implement support for these proposed new features.
This person was not fairly modded. HTML5 is still a work in progress. However, if HTML5 is to be standard, it must be patent-unencumbered and free/open-source.
I am starting to agree. Microsoft is looking less evil now. In fact, they provided some generous assistance last summer to Samba 4 developement. They helped the Samba 4 developers figure out why DRS (Directory Replication Services) was not working.
Tough shit on the casino, pay them! Don't operate a casino and the scream robbery when someone eventually wins! There ain't no bug!
From reading TFA, this is about the government needing the power to take over critical infrastructure in the advent of a threat to Americas national security. So for example this allows them to take over control of (and security of) electronic control networks running things like the electricity grid if the spooks get wind of an immanent cyber attack.
Just like the feds used their power to shut down US airspace after 9/11, the feds need the power to take over, disconnect, shut down, secure or control computer systems and networks controlling critical infrastructure in the advent of a "Cyber 9/11" attack (a threat that is not just the stuff of movies like Die Hard 4.0)
Per the proposal, "Critical Infrastructure" does NOT mean Google or Facebook or Slashdot or whatever, it means things like power grids, gas plants, water systems, hospitals, emergency services, oil refineries etc.
Critical infrastructure is a vague, nebulous term which can be expanded to just about anything a government wants, especially when it has the power of the Patriot Act to bolster any other law.
I applaud the efforts of Terry Childs and, yes, he did stop the authorities. It cost him his freedom but he sent a clear message. A law can only be enforced when it is feasible to do so. If everyone en masse stopped paying taxes, the government would be absolutely hamstrung so they count on their populace being divided and thus easily conquered. You cannot have 3/4 of the population in prison! If everyone united against the government in civil (as in non-violent) protest, stopped paying taxes, stopped going to work you would have your force for change. The government is just good at instilling fear in weaker minds. If everyone stopped paying taxes and peacefully demanded the repeal of the Patriot Act, the government would have no choice but to do so like a whipped puppy. India gained independence from Britain because its populace was united. We may never see this again. It is unfortunate because it is non-violent and extremely effective. By being non-violent, Indians gained the support of the world at large making the pressure so intense the British government had no choice but to relinquish a piece of its empire. A scenario like this is terrifying to the US Government.