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  • On the post: DailyDirt: Everyone Knows The Moon Is Made Of Cheese…

    A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 01:33pm

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    Just a guess, but magma flows maybe?

    The moon wasn't always completely solid.

  • On the post: Sandia National Labs: DNS Filtering In SOPA/PIPA Won't Stop Piracy, But Will Hurt Online Security

    A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 12:07pm

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    DNS blocking doesn't remove a site from the internet. That is your first mistake. That is also why DNS blocking will never work.

    I don't know what they do with child porn sites but I assume it involves getting local authorities involved to remove the content from the servers and track down the perpetrators.

    You see, other countries will track down citizens whom engage in the vile and disgusting act of abusing children and spreading that abuse around the internet for fun and profit.

    On the other hand, governments of other countries care a lot less that some guy in Hollywood or an already rich artist claims they aren't making enough money off their population.

    You see, any reasonable person sees that these two things are nothing alike and anyone that compares the sexual exploitation of defenseless children to not making enough money can probably go fuck themselves.

  • On the post: Sandia National Labs: DNS Filtering In SOPA/PIPA Won't Stop Piracy, But Will Hurt Online Security

    A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 11:00am

    I am still trying to figure out who sold them on the idea of DNS censoring to begin with. Seriously, someone had to understand it well enough to tell them what it is but not well enough to understand how it works.

    It baffles me. What kind of engineers do they work with? Which incompetent consultants told them this would work?

    Oh well, their entire internet campaign has been riddled with incompetence so it's not that surprising.

  • On the post: Microsoft 'Anti-Piracy' Campaign Explains Why It's Bad For Businesses To Pay For Microsoft Software

    A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 10:04am

    I think it's a move to get regulators to ban imports from the offending companies.

  • On the post: Learning From Beethoven: Speeding Up The Exchange Of Scientific Knowledge

    A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 07:37am

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    I stand corrected. I was assuming you started after you developed a reputation in your chosen field.

  • On the post: For VPN Provider HideMyNet DMCA's ABC's Not As Easy As 123

    A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 07:36am

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    I will admit that some of these services clearly advertise to those whom want to infringe, however that isn't the primary use of a VPN.

  • On the post: For VPN Provider HideMyNet DMCA's ABC's Not As Easy As 123

    A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 07:11am

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    Enlighten us...

    In your foggy mind, what is the difference between privacy and anonymity?

    I'll give you a hint. There is none.

    To answer your questions:
    "Why would someone need a VPN connection?"

    There are several reasons. To prevent snooping and dpi by unwanted parties like private investigators or to protect trade secrets, military secrets, or any other legitimate secret from prying eyes. VPNs are used in nearly all corporate, military, and governmental infrastructure to keep out prying eyes.

    Why would you want to be anonymous?

    Maybe you want to communicate with loved one serving over seas without prying eyes getting ideas about troop movements or locations. Maybe you want to communicate with your employer without being known to everyone on the network. Maybe you want to communicate with a private investigator without your spouse knowing. Maybe you want to cheat on your wife.

    Throughout history, there have been many, many reasons to want to be anonymous.

  • On the post: Learning From Beethoven: Speeding Up The Exchange Of Scientific Knowledge

    A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 01:31am

    It's not a bad idea, but I don't think a lot of people realize how research works here.

    It used to be get a grant, do some research, get a result, publish.

    Now it's do some do some research, get a result, get a grant to retroactively pay yourself, then publish.

    If they published results before the grant money came in, who would pay them?

  • On the post: For VPN Provider HideMyNet DMCA's ABC's Not As Easy As 123

    A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 01:15am

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    I've also noticed that politicians view the people who voted them into office as potential barriers. And, instead of trying to take the high road, they try to tunnel to to the bottom.

  • On the post: For VPN Provider HideMyNet DMCA's ABC's Not As Easy As 123

    A Guy ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2011 @ 12:01am

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    Me too

    You don't actually care about these things until they're about to affect you negatively.

    It is possible to bring that smile back. I got a dog. If you treat a dog right, they are friendly, loyal, hard working, and willing to give of themselves for their clan.

    They're about the polar opposite of a politician.

  • On the post: For VPN Provider HideMyNet DMCA's ABC's Not As Easy As 123

    A Guy ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 11:07pm

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    I have a background in engineering with strong interests in politics and physics.

    Storage is cheap. It doesn't take much imagination to see there are only a few internet backbones that are controlled by the government whom are seizing "business records." (ie data traveling over the backbone and security certificates issued within the United States)

    That combined with the great breakthroughs in quantum computing means that factoring in polynomial time is just around the corner, if not already here. Meaning all common encryption schemes will soon be, or already have been broken.

    Once you understand what the government is technically capable of and legally allowed to do, the fact that you can just buy these congressmen becomes really scary.

  • On the post: DailyDirt: Everyone Knows The Moon Is Made Of Cheese…

    A Guy ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 10:11pm

    Why is NASA so obsessed with retaining its moon rocks? It seems odd to me.

  • On the post: For VPN Provider HideMyNet DMCA's ABC's Not As Easy As 123

    A Guy ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 10:08pm

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    It may be my tinfoil hat, but I bet all American based VPNs are monitored.

    A quick application to the FISA court to "find the terrorists" followed by a secret court order to the VPN providers to retain records would do it.

    That combined with the ability to collect "business records" in secret vis a vi the patriot act and the government has all the records it wants.

  • On the post: NY Times Discovers The Coming Legal Battle Over 3D Printing

    A Guy ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 05:13am

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    I agree, it should be fine.

    However, I predict patent trolls descending on this technology in the not too distant future.

    I hope you're right though.

  • On the post: NY Times Discovers The Coming Legal Battle Over 3D Printing

    A Guy ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 04:52am

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    Copyright and patent issues exist also. What happens when you no longer have to buy that $50, cheap piece of plastic, replacement part for an appliance?

    How about a $30 knob for the heat in your car? (I know, 30 bucks is ridiculous, but that is what they wanted. It's a cheap piece of plastic that cost less than a dollar to manufacture. Bastards. But I digress.)

    If the part is patented, someone will eventually try to sue as the technology becomes more popular.

  • On the post: NY Times Discovers The Coming Legal Battle Over 3D Printing

    A Guy ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 04:23am

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    There have already been court orders to remove designs from thingverse and other repositories.

    If you don't think that there already is a legal battle over 3d printing, you are mistaken.

  • On the post: New Head Of UK's Newspaper Regulators Thinks Bloggers Are A Bigger Problem Than Phone Hacking Tabloids?

    A Guy ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 04:14am

    I can see why he feels that way.

    If bloggers take over the news industry, then whom will he regulate?

    Also, in Britain they have more restrictions on the press. A lot more. Rich people have been known to go to court to prevent traditional outlets from reporting true news. Bloggers cannot be censored in the same way because if the list of things you cannot report goes to everyone anyway, the court order isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

  • On the post: NY Times Discovers The Coming Legal Battle Over 3D Printing

    A Guy ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 02:21am

    Re: The key to answer the question...

    I expect that as the technology progresses and the community grows these issues will be addressed.

    Material 1 might be good for certain products because of its tensile strength.

    Material 2 might be best for lightweight decorative objects.

    ect...

    Anything that reduces our trade deficit will be great.

  • On the post: NY Times Discovers The Coming Legal Battle Over 3D Printing

    A Guy ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 02:10am

    This seems like it will be a much easier fight. It will be hard to argue we need to import more cheap plastic crap from over seas to the American people.

    Then again, I thought it would be hard to argue that we needed to give up our free speech rights for the entertainment industry.

    Fuck, next we will be reading about the iparasite act (i=industrial) because some foreign manufacturing firm bought off a group of congressmen (again).

  • On the post: Randazza Seeking Sanctions Against Righthaven Lawyer For Going Through Charade Yet Again

    A Guy ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2011 @ 11:54pm

    It's just kind of sad at this point. Except for the fact that they should have just moved to dismiss all the cases and declared bankruptcy to save costs already, I'd feel bad for them.

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