“Facebook [or Google or Twitter] should obey American laws. We know what happens to countries that don’t limit extremist activity online—that’s the ‘Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.’…America doesn’t need that.”
Me: Hey, server, can I have page $GETURL? Server: Here, have some HTML Me: [looking over HTML] Hey, it looks like I need these images, could I get those too? Server: Sure, here you go. Me: uh, you want me to use my bandwidth to include images off some remote server? I think I'll pass. It also looks like you want me to request some JavaScript. I'll take the ones you've got. Server: Sure, here you go Me: Hmm...looks like you want me to load some 3rd-party scripts. And some Flash objects. Seriously? No thank you.
It's perfectly within my rights to refrain from requesting things that I don't want (which ABP/NoScript/etc facilitate), no matter how strongly the server might want me to download them.
“Our competitors are using this new-fangled Internet thing to grant customers free access to manage their accounts. That's an unfair advantage over those of us who require all services to be performed over the phone or via mail!” —the old-guard a decade or two ago
But hey, at least it was just the abuse of power, sexual assault a minor and destruction of evidence. Imagine, he could have infringed the copyright of others…that's a capital offense carrying massive fines and prison-terms!
New ̶t̶e̶r̶r̶o̶r̶i̶s̶t̶ ̶s̶c̶h̶e̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶r̶u̶p̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶i̶r̶l̶i̶n̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶t̶w̶o̶r̶k̶s̶ art installation
· get a small wifi enabled computer (such as a RaspPi with a USB wifi dongle) past security · configure it to bring up the wireless as an access-point with some random "terroristic-to-idiots-but-clearly-not-actually-terroristic" SSID for 5-10 mins, then shut down for some random 30-90 minute interval, optionally randomizing the MAC for additional fun. Maybe also delay for a couple hours after powering up to give some getaway time. · set it up in some out-of-the-way location where it won't be disturbed (or disguise it as some official-ish looking object, perhaps labeled as "Passenger Safety Enforcement Device: Do Not Tamper"). Maybe even set it up with a directional antenna on the public side of the TSA checkpoint so you don't have to concern yourself with getting it through security or paying for a ticket. · watch as flight after flight get disrupted
So havoc can be yours for ~$50(USD) per installation. Yeah, this sounds like setting a good precedent for terrorists to use.
The 2nd amendment guarantees the right to bear arms, but not to wear body-armor. Subsequent legislation will require that all s̶u̶b̶j̶e̶c̶t̶s citizens walk around mostly naked.
And in other news, rebellious factions start screen-printing poetry on body-armor and then claiming violation of first-amendment rights when charged under these proposed laws…
Legislating under the influence should be a crime, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it would incarcerate a rather large swath of legislators if successfully prosecuted.
Lionsgate accidentally released Expendables 1 & 2, divulging that, despite another all-star cast, Expendables 3 would end up just as much a stinker as its predecessors. News at 11.
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Being quiet and obeying laws
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HTTP, a dialog.
It's perfectly within my rights to refrain from requesting things that I don't want (which ABP/NoScript/etc facilitate), no matter how strongly the server might want me to download them.
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Unfair services offered for free
—the old-guard a decade or two ago
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Re: Re: Conservative Here
On the post: Ted Cruz Doubles Down On Misunderstanding The Internet & Net Neutrality, As Republican Engineers Call Him Out For Ignorance
Re: Re: Conservative Here
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Re: Touche
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At least…
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SNL?
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Re: We need TLS everywhere
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Re: Carrying microphones and cameras…
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New ̶t̶e̶r̶r̶o̶r̶i̶s̶t̶ ̶s̶c̶h̶e̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶r̶u̶p̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶i̶r̶l̶i̶n̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶t̶w̶o̶r̶k̶s̶ art installation
· configure it to bring up the wireless as an access-point with some random "terroristic-to-idiots-but-clearly-not-actually-terroristic" SSID for 5-10 mins, then shut down for some random 30-90 minute interval, optionally randomizing the MAC for additional fun. Maybe also delay for a couple hours after powering up to give some getaway time.
· set it up in some out-of-the-way location where it won't be disturbed (or disguise it as some official-ish looking object, perhaps labeled as "Passenger Safety Enforcement Device: Do Not Tamper"). Maybe even set it up with a directional antenna on the public side of the TSA checkpoint so you don't have to concern yourself with getting it through security or paying for a ticket.
· watch as flight after flight get disrupted
So havoc can be yours for ~$50(USD) per installation. Yeah, this sounds like setting a good precedent for terrorists to use.
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Re: This is a thing that happened
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Re: Flying death robots
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If only...
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If only someone had scraped down a historical archive…
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Just walkin' through the loophole…
And in other news, rebellious factions start screen-printing poetry on body-armor and then claiming violation of first-amendment rights when charged under these proposed laws…
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Well, duh...
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I mean, come on…
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Legistlating under the influence
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Lionsgate leaks Expendables
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