Internet Zen Master (profile), 30 Aug 2013 @ 9:40am
Re: Interests of Children
From what I understand, a lot of the child porn is created in the seedier places in the world where they don't tend to give a damn about the children.
So you could go to the UN and demand that they to do something about it. Of course, the best the UN can probably do is write a strongly worded letter of condemnation toward the host country, and that's on a good day.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 30 Aug 2013 @ 9:35am
The stupid! It burns!
It also stated that if it were to rule Nikki's site legal on the grounds that it hosts legal material, other child porn sites could also circumvent the legislation by adding non-child porn material to their sites.
The court seems to be forgetting the fact that, uh, Nikki's site doesn't host child porn in the first place, so I really, really find it hard to follow the leap in logic this Finnish Court is making.
Even better is that this site is STILL available to everyone who lives outside of Finland (or knows how to use a basic proxy). Seriously. If you're going to censor a site that's located within your borders, at least do it properly.
Don't just censor the site, shut the thing down completely! [sarcasm]It's endangering the children all over the world![/sarcasm]
Internet Zen Master (profile), 28 Aug 2013 @ 2:10pm
Re: Re: A lack of info
Hmm... the only possible excuse that could be made would have to over what the Age of Consent is in Montana, which a quick Internet search indicates that in Montana the AoC either 16 or 14.
Still, that excuse would be about as effective as trying to stop a bullet with unrolled paper towels.
But as far as viable reasons go, this guy has none, especially considering that the school district he worked for told in back in '04 not to be alone with female students. That was FOUR YEARS before he started having a relationship with the 14-year-old girl.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 28 Aug 2013 @ 1:03pm
Re: torrent freak CP lovers are here today
You, sir, are full of horse shit.
The article was about the Finnish Supreme Court censoring a Finnish site which criticized the government for having a secret block list used to censor sites that host CP. The owner of the site has the position that simply censoring the sites will only make it harder to actually catch the sick fucks making the child porn in the first place. The CP distributors will probably just burrow deep into the dark, seed(ier) parts of the web and become harder to find.
Oh, and there's the fact that the site wasn't hosting or linking to any illegal material it still had to be blocked because protecting the children apparently outweighs freedom of speech in Findland.
[For anyone who's wondering what this AC is babbling about, here's a link to the article in question so you can decide for yourselves]
Internet Zen Master (profile), 26 Aug 2013 @ 11:15am
Re: Re:
I second Mike on this. It's never a good idea to instantly jump to the worst possible conclusion for motivations when it comes to something like this.
What that phrase again? "Never confuse malice with what could be simple ignorance", or something along those lines?
That being said, it's becoming extremely hard for me not to demonize the NSA at this point, especially with each new damning leak about their actions. And it's a pretty safe bet that the worst has yet to come.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 26 Aug 2013 @ 10:59am
In a bubble
Wouldn't be too surprising, honestly. I mean, who wants to be the guy to deliver bad news to the boss? That goes for just about any kind of employment. Messengers with bad news have a high tendency to get shot (figuratively and sometimes literally). It's not a surprise that no one would want to be the messenger in the NSA.
This article pretty much sums up what I've been saying about the NSA recently: they're intentions might be good, but their actions are disturbingly efficient at paving the road to hell.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 23 Aug 2013 @ 10:52am
Correct me if I'm wrong
But isn't the Independent more of a tabloid than an actual newspaper in terms of journalistic integrity?
As for where they got the info from, sure, it could be the UK government, or (as an associate of mine suggested), the Guardian might have a mole being paid by the Independent in order to get access to the documents. Personally I'm leaning toward the UK government leaking it myself, but a leak at the Guardian is possible as well.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 21 Aug 2013 @ 2:00pm
Really hope a Justice retires soon
Then Obama could appoint a judge that actually understood 21st century technology to the court.
Although given how pro-NSA/NSA yes-man/the NSA's biatch[take your pick] Obama seems to be, appointing a technologically competent justice could be a bad thing, because they might side with the surveillance state Gen. Alexander-types on critical Constitutional issues.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 21 Aug 2013 @ 12:48pm
Re: Scouts -- I can see this one
Actually several of the guys I knew through high-school became Eagle Scouts.
While I do see your point about the negative connotation (incorrectly) associated with the term hackers (the bad ones are known as 'crackers' damn it!), it could potentially cause confusion.
However, this exemption is still far too broad to be reasonable, and the BSA should have it yanked out from underneath it(in my opinion, anyway). I'm sure that the Boy Scouts of America will be fine without it.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 21 Aug 2013 @ 12:20pm
Re: Re:
Indeed. I do believe most laws fall under the category of "protectionist", and have been encouraged/discouraged at various times in the US' history. But they're still constitutional.
However, the validity of this particular law granting the BSA special protection by Congressional Charter seems... questionable, to say the least.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 21 Aug 2013 @ 10:02am
Context context context
Very important, yet often ignored. Especially by overly paranoid law enforcement.
But for this one you don't even need context. I mean, he flat out says in the tumblr post "pass this around, see if I get arrested". That's probably a hint that he wasn't actually serious. I can understand the police showing up and questioning him at the very least (especially considering six months ago still had Sandy Hook fresh in everyone's minds. Situational context is also important), but locking him up for six months for "making terroristic threats via a computer" when there was absolutely zero evidence that he actually intended to carry out his statement, seems a bit extreme.
Clemmons should've gone with "it's part of a social experiment" instead of "experimental literary piece". Probably wouldn't have worked either, but it'd be more reasonable than Caleb's explanation.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 21 Aug 2013 @ 9:33am
Re: Re: IF you're not a pirate, it's a GOOD RULING!
They call up the NSA and ask them to help. Obviously.
As for finding out what's at the end of the links to RS (i.e. the material being downloaded), maybe they download the content and open it for themselves to check and see? (wouldn't put it past Rapidshare at this point.)
Internet Zen Master (profile), 19 Aug 2013 @ 8:02am
Re: Re: what?
But unless I'm wrong, doesn't the NSA collect 29.21 petabytes of data per day (or 1.6% of the entire internet)? So making 20 million queries to such a large amount of data kinda makes sense. That would be a lot data to sift through, theoretically speaking.
And when you consider that a lot of the NSA's workers might be compartmentalized into small individual groups, it could be a massive case of everyone "on the ground" not knowing that someone else has queried the same thing they are, and the guys who are supposed to be in charge of oversight are the only ones who actually know how much of a mess this actually is.
But still, "we didn't mean it"? Are you kidding me? That doesn't fly with the kid who accidentally breaks the window with a baseball, and it sure doesn't fly with a government organization full of supposedly competent adults.
Fucking hell NSA. You're worse at damage control than Microsoft.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 16 Aug 2013 @ 9:19am
More than 300? More like under a 1000.
Did I read Delong's statement correctly?
The way he phrased it as "more than 300" for the NSA's internal privacy compliance program makes it sound like there's under a thousand personnel for that particular program.
Remind me: how many people does the NSA employ again?
Internet Zen Master (profile), 16 Aug 2013 @ 9:10am
Re: Oh, but we can trust Google!
For the record ootb, on any given day the NSA will (on average) collect 9.21 petabytes more data than Google. (NSA=29.21 petabytes versus Google 20 petabytes)
Also unless Google is doing DPI to collect its data, it's nowhere near as invasive as the NSA.
And as many of the others have told you, if you're so paranoid about Google, don't use it.
Internet Zen Master (profile), 14 Aug 2013 @ 11:46am
Damn it Microsoft
Potential for spycam abuse of the Xbox One's Kinect aside (which in all honesty is kinda assuming the worst with [okay, circumstantial] evidence to back it up), the X1 Kinect increased the chances of motion sensor games actually extending beyond the fucking dance craze demographic. Now that the always-connected function for Kinect is no longer mandatory, there's less incentive for the industry to develop QUALITY kinetic-centric games, and not things like the unplayable pile of steaming shit Capcom made named Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor.
Well, I guess as long as the Kinect is included as part of the Xbox One 'bundle', there will still be some incentive.
Seriously though, why can't Microsoft stick to its fucking guns on this? Listening to your customers is good and all, but they shouldn't be bending over backwards to appease the most vocal critics on the Internet. You can't please everyone, so stop trying. [Though I'm not too upset about the always-online requirement getting removed. Sad that the sharing-with-friends feature had to go with it.]
On the post: Finnish Court OKs Censorship Of Anti-Censorship Site
Re: Interests of Children
So you could go to the UN and demand that they to do something about it. Of course, the best the UN can probably do is write a strongly worded letter of condemnation toward the host country, and that's on a good day.
On the post: Finnish Court OKs Censorship Of Anti-Censorship Site
The stupid! It burns!
The court seems to be forgetting the fact that, uh, Nikki's site doesn't host child porn in the first place, so I really, really find it hard to follow the leap in logic this Finnish Court is making.
Even better is that this site is STILL available to everyone who lives outside of Finland (or knows how to use a basic proxy). Seriously. If you're going to censor a site that's located within your borders, at least do it properly.
Don't just censor the site, shut the thing down completely! [sarcasm]It's endangering the children all over the world![/sarcasm]
On the post: Man Who Raped 14-Year-Old Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail Because Girl Looked Kinda Old And The Internet Is Mean
Re: Re: A lack of info
Still, that excuse would be about as effective as trying to stop a bullet with unrolled paper towels.
But as far as viable reasons go, this guy has none, especially considering that the school district he worked for told in back in '04 not to be alone with female students. That was FOUR YEARS before he started having a relationship with the 14-year-old girl.
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Wait, he vetoed a veto-proof bill?
I don't live anywhere near New York City (or even on the same coast for that matter), but I can't wait for that guy to be out of office.
Hopefully the next mayor is a touch more sane their the current one.
As the Zen Master says, "We'll see."
On the post: Man Who Raped 14-Year-Old Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail Because Girl Looked Kinda Old And The Internet Is Mean
Re: torrent freak CP lovers are here today
The article was about the Finnish Supreme Court censoring a Finnish site which criticized the government for having a secret block list used to censor sites that host CP. The owner of the site has the position that simply censoring the sites will only make it harder to actually catch the sick fucks making the child porn in the first place. The CP distributors will probably just burrow deep into the dark, seed(ier) parts of the web and become harder to find.
Oh, and there's the fact that the site wasn't hosting or linking to any illegal material it still had to be blocked because protecting the children apparently outweighs freedom of speech in Findland.
[For anyone who's wondering what this AC is babbling about, here's a link to the article in question so you can decide for yourselves]
http://torrentfreak.com/finnish-court-censors-website-that-criticizes-censorship-1308 26/
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Re: Re:
What that phrase again? "Never confuse malice with what could be simple ignorance", or something along those lines?
That being said, it's becoming extremely hard for me not to demonize the NSA at this point, especially with each new damning leak about their actions. And it's a pretty safe bet that the worst has yet to come.
As the Zen Master says, "We'll see."
On the post: Why NSA Boss Believes His Agency Is All Good: Intentions vs. Actions
In a bubble
This article pretty much sums up what I've been saying about the NSA recently: they're intentions might be good, but their actions are disturbingly efficient at paving the road to hell.
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Re: Re:
On the post: Snowden Accuses UK Gov't Of Leaking Documents He Never Leaked To Make Him Look Bad
Correct me if I'm wrong
As for where they got the info from, sure, it could be the UK government, or (as an associate of mine suggested), the Guardian might have a mole being paid by the Independent in order to get access to the documents. Personally I'm leaning toward the UK government leaking it myself, but a leak at the Guardian is possible as well.
As the Zen Master says, "We'll see."
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Really hope a Justice retires soon
Although given how pro-NSA/NSA yes-man/the NSA's biatch[take your pick] Obama seems to be, appointing a technologically competent justice could be a bad thing, because they might side with the surveillance state Gen. Alexander-types on critical Constitutional issues.
As the Zen Master says, "We'll see."
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Re: Scouts -- I can see this one
While I do see your point about the negative connotation (incorrectly) associated with the term hackers (the bad ones are known as 'crackers' damn it!), it could potentially cause confusion.
However, this exemption is still far too broad to be reasonable, and the BSA should have it yanked out from underneath it(in my opinion, anyway). I'm sure that the Boy Scouts of America will be fine without it.
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On the post: Congress Gave Boy Scouts Special Law To Let Them Be Obnoxious Trademark Bullies
Wait a second.
Why hasn't BSA been going after the Girl Scouts of America for trademark infringement?
On the post: Congress Gave Boy Scouts Special Law To Let Them Be Obnoxious Trademark Bullies
Re: Re:
However, the validity of this particular law granting the BSA special protection by Congressional Charter seems... questionable, to say the least.
On the post: Another 'Internet Threat' Results In Six Months In Jail And A Five-Year Ban From Social Media
Context context context
But for this one you don't even need context. I mean, he flat out says in the tumblr post "pass this around, see if I get arrested". That's probably a hint that he wasn't actually serious. I can understand the police showing up and questioning him at the very least (especially considering six months ago still had Sandy Hook fresh in everyone's minds. Situational context is also important), but locking him up for six months for "making terroristic threats via a computer" when there was absolutely zero evidence that he actually intended to carry out his statement, seems a bit extreme.
Clemmons should've gone with "it's part of a social experiment" instead of "experimental literary piece". Probably wouldn't have worked either, but it'd be more reasonable than Caleb's explanation.
On the post: German Supreme Court Confirms RapidShare Must Police The Internet And Restrict Anonymous Use
Re: Re: IF you're not a pirate, it's a GOOD RULING!
As for finding out what's at the end of the links to RS (i.e. the material being downloaded), maybe they download the content and open it for themselves to check and see? (wouldn't put it past Rapidshare at this point.)
On the post: NSA Defenders Insist Their Lawbreaking Should Be Ignored Because They 'Didn't Mean It'
Re: Re: what?
And when you consider that a lot of the NSA's workers might be compartmentalized into small individual groups, it could be a massive case of everyone "on the ground" not knowing that someone else has queried the same thing they are, and the guys who are supposed to be in charge of oversight are the only ones who actually know how much of a mess this actually is.
But still, "we didn't mean it"? Are you kidding me? That doesn't fly with the kid who accidentally breaks the window with a baseball, and it sure doesn't fly with a government organization full of supposedly competent adults.
Fucking hell NSA. You're worse at damage control than Microsoft.
On the post: White House Tried To Interfere With Washington Post's Report, And To Change Quotes From NSA
More than 300? More like under a 1000.
The way he phrased it as "more than 300" for the NSA's internal privacy compliance program makes it sound like there's under a thousand personnel for that particular program.
Remind me: how many people does the NSA employ again?
On the post: Latest Leak: NSA Abused Rules To Spy On Americans 'Thousands Of Times Each Year'
Re: Oh, but we can trust Google!
Also unless Google is doing DPI to collect its data, it's nowhere near as invasive as the NSA.
And as many of the others have told you, if you're so paranoid about Google, don't use it.
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Damn it Microsoft
Well, I guess as long as the Kinect is included as part of the Xbox One 'bundle', there will still be some incentive.
Seriously though, why can't Microsoft stick to its fucking guns on this? Listening to your customers is good and all, but they shouldn't be bending over backwards to appease the most vocal critics on the Internet. You can't please everyone, so stop trying. [Though I'm not too upset about the always-online requirement getting removed. Sad that the sharing-with-friends feature had to go with it.]
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