There is a possible linkage to the Red Worm that could be exploited to the advantage of the anti-DMCA movement.
Since 'hackers' have already received the blame for the Red Worm, and the real author is unlikely to reveal him self naturally. It would be easy for practically AnyBody to gain sufficient info from the Cert Advisory to convince the 'typical security expert' found on most News Channels. Some social engineering by Mr AnyBody, via a phreaked phone could, could well claim responsibility to the naive mainstream media for the Red Worm as a demonstration against DCMA & since the DMCA makes it illegal to reverse engineer the Worm.
Catch 22.
The beauty of this is that once this issue is on the agenda it could be easily disavowed by mainstream anti-DCMA protesters.
Why should a non citizen of the U.S. be afforded the same rights as a citizen.
Because Human rights are Universal, that is why they are called 'Human Rights' and not 'American rights'.
Article 11 of the UN Charter on Human Rights' says
(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
Actually [certainly in the UK] adverts breaks are already marked to allow local re-broadcasters to insert localised adverts and content in broadcasts. They are also syncronised [iirc] to 1/6th of a second. It's also possible to buy analog recorders off the shelf that recognise these and jump-cut adverts automatically.
OTIt annoys to hell out of me that subscription channels also carry adverts, usually more adverts than the terrestrial channels which [in the UK] have an hourly advert limit set my licence regulation.
To get real shelf life, focus on methods and techniques rather than specific examples of technologies. These are my choices, I own copies of all these and consult them regularly (some daily)
The Art of Computer Programming Volumes 1-3 By Donald E. Knuth
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.a sp ?theisbn=0201485419&vm=
Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing
By William H. Press,Brian P. Flannery,Saul A. Teukolsky,William T. Vetterling
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.a sp ?theisbn=0521431085&vm=
The Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual (UML)
By James Rumbaugh,Grady Booch,Ivar Jacobson
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.a sp ?theisbn=020130998X&vm=c
Applied Cryptography : Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Edition
By Bruce Schneier
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.a sp ?theisbn=0471117099&vm=c
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object Oriented Software
By Erich Gamma,John Vlissides,Ralph Johnson,Richard Helm,Foreword by Grady Booch
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.a sp ?theisbn=0201633612&vm=c
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
By Steve McConnell
Also 2 non-technical, but IMHO essential reading.
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
By Clayton M. Christensen
Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance
By Larry Downes,Chunka Mui
Alan Cox has legitmate concerns about his safety if he enters the USA. He is also pointing out to other software authors that they should be concerned. This isn't a political game... the USA is arresting people for giving lectures on software design and security!
Whilst your point is noted, this is certainly not a game. I take issue that this *IS* political.
Information Freedom is a Libertarian view point, indeed a defining difference between Libertarianism and nearly any other political position.
Dimitry has been jailed for exercising his political belief of Sharing information.
Sharing information is a crime in the US under the DMCA.
Therefore he is a political prisoner.
I always though freedom of politics was protected under the US constitution. Apparently not.
Whilst in the past I would have been v. *happy* to visit or work in the states. I don't believe I shall anytime soon.
Linux: Born Free; IE: No such thing as a free lunch.
Prima Donna's typically start out confident, they have inflating ego's and self worth because they have never been truly tested, they have yet to find their own boundaries, this becomes supreme confidence, which become arrogance. In general they believe they do NOT have boundaries, because they've coped with every thing they've been confronted with. They are ready for the 'the fall. The fall is what turns a Prima Donna's into a master.
The master programmer differs from the prima donna in one important aspect, they understand their own boundaries, the arrogance become confidence
I also don't think drugs are the answer to ADD. I've seen my nephew on anti-ADD drugs, and where he does better in school, he's also not NEARLY has happy a kid as when he's OFF the medication...
Drugs are CERTAINLY not the answer, checkout this link to the EVIL PRACTICE OF NARCOTHERAPY FOR ATTENTION DEFICIT by Dr. David Keirsey
Do you have some evidence to back up these claims ? Didn't think so, because they don't even maintain consistency, this reads more like the script to a bad TV film, than real life.
The Company railroad the shop steward and you blame the union.
The Company railroad the shop steward (or any employee) and you claim they are not evil or mean.
The shop steward is properly dealing with his responsibilities, and you claim they are still evil not or mean.
The union quickly appoint a replacement shop steward to protect their member rights and you claim this is a bad thing.
The perspective of your whole post (and posting history) is anti-union, I believe you are probably the devious management who caused these problems in the first place and not an ex-teamster as you claim.
The give away of this fact is that employee's do have a choice, employee empowerment is the whole point of a union. It's the management that don't.
Because the French were spineless cowards that collaborated with the Nazis to save their own skins, and they're embarrassed by that fact. This is harsh, but entirely true.
Actually you seem to be talking about Petain the fascist collaborator who staged what amounted to a coup d'état following the fall of Paris, and appointed him self 'Marshal'.
At the beginning of the war, France had more planes, more tanks, more of just about everything than Germany
This is pretty much true, most of the French army was only just mobilised and intact following the fall of Paris.
and because they just outright surrendured (Vichy, etc.).
Vichy was even worse it was fascist collaboration government.
Am I the only one to appreciate the irony of this story, appearing on M$N ?
This seems to me as just the sort of Anti-Sony FUD I've been expected from arch-King of FUD; Micro$haft. Especially likely when you consider that very soon, Sony becomes Micro$haft latest competitor.
Just ask the question "Who do you trust to produce quality content of any type?" M$ or Sony, tough one that:)
If you fancy SlashDotting the Men Within the Hill, the domain of their firewall (appropriately called Hadrian)is ns1(dot)menwith(dot)army(dot)mil
There is some more info here
http://www.nukem.freeserve.co.uk/contents/localare a/menwith/
Hi-Spooks:)
I did think of posting anon, but it probably wouldn't make any difference so I may as well earn some karma for my crimes:)
This is a better link, than above
http://www.mcspotlight.org/case/trial/story.html
It covers the whole saga. Including the unhand way McD's PI worked (sleeping with the enemy, agent provocotors, breaking and entering)
McDonalds tried to squash some Green Peace protesters in London about 10 years ago by harasing them for libel in the British courts.
The only problem for McD's was despite their battery of highly paid lawyers, the protestors proved McDonalds "promote an unhealthy diet, ruin the environment, hostile to trade unions and exploited children and workers."
http://archive.nandotimes.com/newsroom/ntn/world/0 61597/world1_27636.html
The first sentence of the privacy policy on his Web page
Congressman Tauzin is a strong supporter of individual privacy on the Internet.
http://www.house.gov/tauzin/privacy_policy.htm
Hypocrite
BBC View on US Politics
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· Score: 5
This post touches on the bribes aspects of this story. Which was covered last night in the BBC's (www.bbc.co.uk) flagship current affair programme Newsnight (www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight/) in the UK.
Whilst I was aware that US Politians are regularly accused of accepting cash from companies for political 'favours', I always considered it to be an urban myth, however I found the reality of it shocking, VERY shocking.
The gist of the allergations is that Bush is completly corrupt. He received 50 Million dollars in bribes^H^H^H^H^H^H 'political donations' from US energy companies, and has just given them 5 Billion dollars of subsidy back.
There are also a host of other connected issues, which give a 10 fold return of investments for these companies. Through reduced liabilities, subsidies and law changes, etc, which quite frankly left me deeply disturbed.
This is the summary: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/events/newsnight/ newsid_1319000/1319141.stm
I agree. As I read the meta-post, It occured to me that this is how usenet started, Peer2Peer message exchange for academics and the first real hackers (probably best to call then Computer Scientists/Researchers in any legal brief). Usenet messages are propergated to/from peers only, between the various news groups, and certainly initial was only done on demand (subscription). They are stored as seperate files, seems to fit the criteria specified.
Indeed in many ways this is not dissimilar to the relationship between Telco-Carriers.
Slashdot Mirror
The whole three pages on Salon can be summerised as Lewis' Law on the probability of Dot-Com failure.
The probability of a Dot-Com failing is directly proportional to the ratio of Aerons Chairs:)
Now
There is a possible linkage to the Red Worm that could be exploited to the advantage of the anti-DMCA movement.
Since 'hackers' have already received the blame for the Red Worm, and the real author is unlikely to reveal him self naturally. It would be easy for practically AnyBody to gain sufficient info from the Cert Advisory to convince the 'typical security expert' found on most News Channels. Some social engineering by Mr AnyBody, via a phreaked phone could, could well claim responsibility to the naive mainstream media for the Red Worm as a demonstration against DCMA & since the DMCA makes it illegal to reverse engineer the Worm.
Catch 22.
The beauty of this is that once this issue is on the agenda it could be easily disavowed by mainstream anti-DCMA protesters.
Because Human rights are Universal, that is why they are called 'Human Rights' and not 'American rights'.
Article 11 of the UN Charter on Human Rights' says
(1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
(2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
Actually [certainly in the UK] adverts breaks are already marked to allow local re-broadcasters to insert localised adverts and content in broadcasts. They are also syncronised [iirc] to 1/6th of a second. It's also possible to buy analog recorders off the shelf that recognise these and jump-cut adverts automatically.
OTIt annoys to hell out of me that subscription channels also carry adverts, usually more adverts than the terrestrial channels which [in the UK] have an hourly advert limit set my licence regulation.
To get real shelf life, focus on methods and techniques rather than specific examples of technologies. These are my choices, I own copies of all these and consult them regularly (some daily)
The Art of Computer Programming Volumes 1-3a sp ?theisbn=0201485419&vm=
By Donald E. Knuth
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.
Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computinga sp ?theisbn=0521431085&vm=
By William H. Press,Brian P. Flannery,Saul A. Teukolsky,William T. Vetterling
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.
The Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual (UML)a sp ?theisbn=020130998X&vm=c
By James Rumbaugh,Grady Booch,Ivar Jacobson
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.
Applied Cryptography : Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Editiona sp ?theisbn=0471117099&vm=c
By Bruce Schneier
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object Oriented Softwarea sp ?theisbn=0201633612&vm=c
By Erich Gamma,John Vlissides,Ralph Johnson,Richard Helm,Foreword by Grady Booch
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
By Steve McConnell Also 2 non-technical, but IMHO essential reading.
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
By Clayton M. Christensen
Unleashing the Killer App: Digital Strategies for Market Dominance
By Larry Downes,Chunka Mui
Actually this idea is flawed, and easily challenged.
Stanley sell crowbar's, Colt Sell gun's, Coates sell beer and Ford sell Car's.
So are the US authorities going to arrest everybody who produces and sell a product that can be miss-used ?
Whilst your point is noted, this is certainly not a game. I take issue that this *IS* political.
Information Freedom is a Libertarian view point, indeed a defining difference between Libertarianism and nearly any other political position.
Dimitry has been jailed for exercising his political belief of Sharing information.
Sharing information is a crime in the US under the DMCA.
Therefore he is a political prisoner.
I always though freedom of politics was protected under the US constitution. Apparently not.
Whilst in the past I would have been v. *happy* to visit or work in the states. I don't believe I shall anytime soon.
Linux: Born Free; IE: No such thing as a free lunch.
Prima Donna's typically start out confident, they have inflating ego's and self worth because they have never been truly tested, they have yet to find their own boundaries, this becomes supreme confidence, which become arrogance. In general they believe they do NOT have boundaries, because they've coped with every thing they've been confronted with. They are ready for the 'the fall. The fall is what turns a Prima Donna's into a master.
The master programmer differs from the prima donna in one important aspect, they understand their own boundaries, the arrogance become confidence
IMHO there is little to be concerned about in practice, all the offenders are doing is making life difficult for themselves.
As each new 'legit' release is made, the piractes will have to retro-fit their own custom changes again, and again and again...
This will leave those that break the licence terms increasingly behind those that play by the rules of the game.
I also don't think drugs are the answer to ADD. I've seen my nephew on anti-ADD drugs, and where he does better in school, he's also not NEARLY has happy a kid as when he's OFF the medication...
Drugs are CERTAINLY not the answer, checkout this link to the EVIL PRACTICE OF NARCOTHERAPY FOR ATTENTION DEFICIT by Dr. David Keirsey
http://keirsey.com/evil.html
...I know this looks like an offtopic troll, but society throws around the term ADD yet doesn't respect the condition...
...It's exactly why I've had mature, well-respected, well-educated adults scowl in my face when I simply mention my condition as a fact...
This is probably because ADD has been exposed as just the latest excuse for poor performance in middle class kids.
http://keirsey.com/addhoax.html
Religious belief is the antonym of scientific rigor. They are diameterically opposed.
Those who claim to be christian scientists are by definition not scientific.
The Company railroad the shop steward and you blame the union.
The Company railroad the shop steward (or any employee) and you claim they are not evil or mean.
The shop steward is properly dealing with his responsibilities, and you claim they are still evil not or mean.
The union quickly appoint a replacement shop steward to protect their member rights and you claim this is a bad thing.
The perspective of your whole post (and posting history) is anti-union, I believe you are probably the devious management who caused these problems in the first place and not an ex-teamster as you claim.
The give away of this fact is that employee's do have a choice, employee empowerment is the whole point of a union. It's the management that don't.
And finally you history of anti-union rant't.
+5 insightfull, overated, vastly over rated!
If you had read the story you would know the DA is almost certainly a Clam and the Judge is a suspected Clam.
Because the French were spineless cowards that collaborated with the Nazis to save their own skins, and they're embarrassed by that fact. This is harsh, but entirely true. Actually you seem to be talking about Petain the fascist collaborator who staged what amounted to a coup d'état following the fall of Paris, and appointed him self 'Marshal'. At the beginning of the war, France had more planes, more tanks, more of just about everything than Germany This is pretty much true, most of the French army was only just mobilised and intact following the fall of Paris. and because they just outright surrendured (Vichy, etc.). Vichy was even worse it was fascist collaboration government.
Am I the only one to appreciate the irony of this story, appearing on M$N ?
This seems to me as just the sort of Anti-Sony FUD I've been expected from arch-King of FUD; Micro$haft. Especially likely when you consider that very soon, Sony becomes Micro$haft latest competitor.
Just ask the question "Who do you trust to produce quality content of any type?" M$ or Sony, tough one that :)
If you fancy SlashDotting the Men Within the Hill, the domain of their firewall (appropriately called Hadrian)is ns1(dot)menwith(dot)army(dot)mil There is some more info here http://www.nukem.freeserve.co.uk/contents/localare a/menwith/
Hi-Spooks:)
I did think of posting anon, but it probably wouldn't make any difference so I may as well earn some karma for my crimes :)
This is a better link, than above http://www.mcspotlight.org/case/trial/story.html It covers the whole saga. Including the unhand way McD's PI worked (sleeping with the enemy, agent provocotors, breaking and entering)
McDonalds tried to squash some Green Peace protesters in London about 10 years ago by harasing them for libel in the British courts. The only problem for McD's was despite their battery of highly paid lawyers, the protestors proved McDonalds "promote an unhealthy diet, ruin the environment, hostile to trade unions and exploited children and workers." http://archive.nandotimes.com/newsroom/ntn/world/0 61597/world1_27636.html
The first sentence of the privacy policy on his Web page
Congressman Tauzin is a strong supporter of individual privacy on the Internet. http://www.house.gov/tauzin/privacy_policy.htm Hypocrite
This post touches on the bribes aspects of this story. Which was covered last night in the BBC's (www.bbc.co.uk) flagship current affair programme Newsnight (www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight/) in the UK.
Whilst I was aware that US Politians are regularly accused of accepting cash from companies for political 'favours', I always considered it to be an urban myth, however I found the reality of it shocking, VERY shocking.
The gist of the allergations is that Bush is completly corrupt. He received 50 Million dollars in bribes^H^H^H^H^H^H 'political donations' from US energy companies, and has just given them 5 Billion dollars of subsidy back.
There are also a host of other connected issues, which give a 10 fold return of investments for these companies. Through reduced liabilities, subsidies and law changes, etc, which quite frankly left me deeply disturbed.
This is the summary: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/events/newsnight/ newsid_1319000/1319141.stm
Transcript http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/events/newsnight/ newsid_1338000/1338493.stm
Streaming Media http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1315000/video/_13191 41_payback_vi.ram
A few posts in here suggest we need a new moderation option for these Cultist ?
-2 Clam (:)
I agree. As I read the meta-post, It occured to me that this is how usenet started, Peer2Peer message exchange for academics and the first real hackers (probably best to call then Computer Scientists/Researchers in any legal brief). Usenet messages are propergated to/from peers only, between the various news groups, and certainly initial was only done on demand (subscription). They are stored as seperate files, seems to fit the criteria specified.
Indeed in many ways this is not dissimilar to the relationship between Telco-Carriers.
I think I need my eyes testing, I must be going blind; because I read this as ....
... to curb hacking and proliferation of Pornographic Email ' they are going to introduce 1D [Graphics] cards
This is not a morality issue, this worm ( and idea) is now in the wild, worring about the morality of it is pointless waste of energy.
We need to harness this idea to the benefit of all.