Re: [freenet-chat] Freedom of speech

2002-05-31 Thread Mr. Smith
AOL is well known for their censorship practices so I doubt that's going to be breaking news for anybody. In short, however, it is their message board and they are well within their rights to do whatever the hell they want with it. Friends don't let friends use AOL. --- Stephen Bennett <[EMAIL

[freenet-chat] DVD recording?

2002-02-09 Thread Mr. Smith
--- krepta at juno.com wrote: > Well, sounds to me like DVD is way better than DivX. > Why would anyone > want to make a CD-Movie recording out of a DVD? Well to some extent that's apples and oranges. DVD and CD are storage mediums, while DivX is a compression format. However, you are correct,

[freenet-chat] Does Content on Demand have a Future?

2002-01-19 Thread Mr. Smith
--- Kevin Atkinson wrote: > With the reality that copy protection is going to > fail and the fact that > once everyone gets high speed internet connections > entire movies will we > able to be swapped much like music is now, does > content on demand TV have > a future? My theory is that it might

[freenet-chat] self description

2002-01-15 Thread Mr. Smith
--- krepta at juno.com wrote: > Tell me, guys, be honest. Knowing all that you know > about me, if you > were employers, would you hire me? Say the job is > an office or > secretarial job. Forget the heavy lifting stuff, > that isn't even in the > picture. Concentrate now. Would you hire me?

[freenet-chat] self description

2002-01-14 Thread Mr. Smith
--- krepta at juno.com wrote: > I can't do that, that would be dishonest. Even if I > didn't tell them, my > work would be affected very badly by my condition > and they would > eventualy find out and fire me. I don't want to be > a dishonest person, > at least not when it affects other people.

[freenet-chat] The Coming Storm

2002-01-07 Thread Mr. Smith
I think you have a part in the next lord of the rings installment. --- Mark J Roberts wrote: __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ___ Chat mailing l

Re: [freenet-chat] Interesting post on /.

2001-09-17 Thread Mr. Smith
--- Stefan Reich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question: would you be willing > to trade your personal privacy for maybe some > further measure of security > from terrorists? Would you grant the people running > Carnivore greater rights > into your life in order to perhaps prevent more > events lik

Re: [freenet-chat] Re: p2p = child-endangerment

2001-07-31 Thread Mr. Smith
> Check your premises. *Why* is it a problem for kids > to have access to > porn? How do you know our society wouldn't be better > off if everybody grew > up watching porn instead of horror movies? Why do > assume parents should > "protect" their children from sex? I frequently wonder about this

Re: [freenet-chat] p2p = child-endangerment

2001-07-31 Thread Mr. Smith
--- Greg Wooledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lobbyist: "Hello, Senator. I'd like to talk about > piracy." > > Senator: "You mean people who copy music and movies > without paying for > them?" > > Lobbyist: "Yes, that's right. We can't prosecute > these people because > of loopholes in the c

Re: [freenet-chat] Porn on Freenet

2001-07-31 Thread Mr. Smith
--- Todd Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm still struggling to get my Freenet node up and > running, but now I'm > having second thoughts. I visited a Freenet node > last week via the web, and > I looked at some "keys" (I think) and a bunch of > porn was prominently > listed. > > I wou

Re: [freenet-chat] p2p = child-endangerment

2001-07-30 Thread Mr. Smith
--- Jeremy G Byrne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And that's the whole point of the report Mr. > Largent and I are > releasing today." He also said that in comparison, > the debate > over the V-Chip is "trivial." There are still v-chip debates? Sheesh, great to see my tax dollars at work. I w

Re: [freenet-chat] for the record

2001-07-30 Thread Mr. Smith
--- Tavin Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 03:35:37PM -0700, Josh > wrote: < Borg ramblings deleted > > > You need professional help. Nah, he'd be right at home at any Trek con :) __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international call

Re: [freenet-chat] Free Dmitry Sklyarov!

2001-07-22 Thread Mr. Smith
--- Roger Hayter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It may not be popular to say so, but I am sure that > America's > oppression, torture and murder of anyone who opposes > its political, > military and economic hegemony is unlikely to be > stopped except by the > united military force of the peoples

Re: [freenet-chat] Free Dmitry Sklyarov!

2001-07-20 Thread Mr. Smith
No, don't free him. Fight the legal battle instead, although letting him out on bail for the dubious crime of breaking some pretty basic encryption might be in order. Frankly I think this case is just crying out for some EFF legal battle. --- "Mr.Bad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dmitry Sklyaro

Re: [freenet-chat] sex

2001-06-07 Thread Mr. Smith
--- Madonna & Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like to fuckyou. > So does the government...Hey! you're not a fed are you? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Re: [freenet-chat] Do what you want

2001-04-20 Thread Mr. Smith
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, if you object to child porn, go somewhere else > because Freenet is > everything. If you're into child porn, go for it. If > you're not, spread > your own word and leave the child pornographers to > do their own. > Why should we try to keep them from this? The b