F@#$&^$ S!@%H%$#+!!!!!!!!! (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/klnie2.gif)-4wd (December 15, 2009, 03:43 AM)
Australia, Britain, and China: three countries that are hard on netizens. Whenever a government wants to take away a liberty, they usually reach for the "child porn" card. Meanwhile, in the US and Britain, we're holding "piracy summits" to help corporations enact ACTA legislation. All this bodes ill for economic leadership to say the least.Oh don't you worry, Australia is in on ACTA just as much as the rest of them. I wonder how long it will br before someone suggests the Great Firewall be used to assist Big Media.-zridling (December 15, 2009, 02:54 AM)
BTW Ehtyar, where'd you dig up that picture of the Chairman?Sorry 4wd, that was the largest I could find. Seems to only come in roughtly 300x300.
I need one that's 1680x1050 :(-4wd (December 15, 2009, 05:41 PM)
I wonder how long it will br before someone suggests the Great Firewall be used to assist Big Media.-Ehtyar (December 16, 2009, 03:35 PM)
Sorry 4wd, that was the largest I could find. Seems to only come in roughtly 300x300.
Yay for DHT!!I wonder how long it will br before someone suggests the Great Firewall be used to assist Big Media.-Ehtyar (December 16, 2009, 03:35 PM)
I believe that was one of it's functions in the initial proposal, (can't find a link right now), so it's already primed for BM use. I'm sure quite a few torrent search/tracker sites are already on the blacklist.-4wd (December 16, 2009, 07:27 PM)
Yay for DHT!!-Ehtyar (December 16, 2009, 08:22 PM)
I was under the impression that the scope of the Great Aussie Firewall included simply blocking specific domains/IPs. Am I mistaken? :O-Ehtyar (December 17, 2009, 10:22 AM)
Innuendo[/b]: you haven't had a forced-seatbelt-use law until a couple of years ago? O_oHere either, unless Innudeo lives in Florida also (I do). We just got the pull-over-for-seatbelts thing here. But that's not the weird part ... Helmets are required for bicyclists here, but not for motorcycles.-f0dder (December 17, 2009, 11:09 AM)
Helmets are required for bicyclists here, but not for motorcycles.That sounds pretty insane :-s-Stoic Joker (December 17, 2009, 05:25 PM)
My guess is they're working off the assumption that if one's tender pink body bounces off a Buick at 85mph their probably better off dead.Helmets are required for bicyclists here, but not for motorcycles.That sounds pretty insane :-s-Stoic Joker (December 17, 2009, 05:25 PM)-f0dder (December 17, 2009, 06:05 PM)
Of course it matters what it includes. Until they get around to including SPI in the firewall laws (a lot more work/cost for ISPs, and much more invasive for consumers - very doubtful it would get passed) I can DHT as much as I like.I was under the impression that the scope of the Great Aussie Firewall included simply blocking specific domains/IPs. Am I mistaken? :O-Ehtyar (December 17, 2009, 10:22 AM)
Doesn't matter what it includes, Ehtyar. The standard operating procedure of politicians is to get something implemented ASAP that will offend the least amount of citizens. Then, once it is in place, they're free to make as many additions as they want later.-Innuendo (December 17, 2009, 10:57 AM)
you haven't had a forced-seatbelt-use law until a couple of years ago? O_o-f0dder (December 17, 2009, 11:09 AM)
Still, while I do find that seatbelt use should be mandatory, whether you're just doing a 1km trip to shop groceries (in which case you really shouldn't be taking the car anyway, but I digress), I'm not a big fan of the way politicians always sneak stuff in through the back door; it's despicable :mad:
Here either, unless Innudeo lives in Florida also (I do). We just got the pull-over-for-seatbelts thing here.-Stoic Joker (December 17, 2009, 05:25 PM)
Of course it matters what it includes. Until they get around to including SPI in the firewall laws (a lot more work/cost for ISPs, and much more invasive for consumers - very doubtful it would get passed) I can DHT as much as I like.
Yes, I agree seatbelt use should be mandatory, but I really didn't care for the promises of how there'd be no pull-overs for only that violation and then they went back on their word.Exactly.-Innuendo (December 18, 2009, 10:08 AM)
BitTorrent (I assume that is why you mention DHT) is a rather unsafe way to traffick in data, especially if it is anything less than 100% legal. It's something akin to pulling your car up in front of a busy shopping mall & then proceeding to load stolen goods into your trunk. There are better, more subtle ways, to do what BitTorrent does, but would keep you under the radar & probably would never trigger The Man's Firewall Of Death.With forced Protocol Encryption, they can't see what's being transferred - add DHT and it becomes really hard to prove anything but "there's a lot of data flowing through a truckload of connections". Once that is enough to get somebody convicted, I'm all for grabbing firearms and overthrowing the guv'ments.-Innuendo (December 18, 2009, 10:08 AM)
With forced Protocol Encryption, they can't see what's being transferred - add DHT and it becomes really hard to prove anything but "there's a lot of data flowing through a truckload of connections". Once that is enough to get somebody convicted, I'm all for grabbing firearms and overthrowing the guv'ments.HAH, nice :)-f0dder (December 18, 2009, 10:50 AM)