Do not forget the difference between hacker and cracker. The news would have us all think that all hackers==crackers but that simply is not true. The term Hacker first meant a person to did there own computer work (more or less but absolutely with no crime) and crackers were hackers who also did criminal acts. Pirates are of a totally different breed then hackers or crackers. They are thief plain and simple. I agree that the current media distribution model/method is very outdated, that does not mean taking something that you did not pay for is not theft. Same goes for a individual that phishes you and you hand over you CC. They are a Phisher, they might be a hacker (no crime related to hacking) and most likely a cracker (cloning that CC# onto a existing card). The EFF will uphold the rights of the `net so long as the net HAS those rights. If your ISP changed its business model to one like that of the power or water companies (base bill of $19 for my commercial building, .0859/KwH) then you have to pay it or stop being there customer. Is your town like a lot of America with just 1 DSL and 1 Cable provider? Dialup is not even a option really as it would go purely by hourly use as it has been trying for years . Satellite? 3000ms latency will sure let you do VoIP and Gaming. Lets not forget they are already use based and drop your speeds to 28.8 up and down after you pass your allotment. Fixed terrestrial wireless is the only option that is cheap and fast enough to deploy. Fiber is nice but is going to be owned 99% by the larger Telco's. It is becoming easier and easier for companies to steal others intellectual property. I think that companies should get rights to there IP for 10 years then it becomes public domain. This would keep people thinking of new ideas and let the mass market production machine kick in with real products instead of fakes (this also means we have stiff penalties for those making fakes). Its like the EPA laws, a company can dump waste and save $5,000,000 and gets fined $25,000 for doing it! The companies who do this need to have 100% of there income removed, all debts paid and all management put out on the street with not a penny.
Jeromie Reeves Evergreen Solutions wrote: >I just wanted to chime in very quickly about the hacker mentality and ethic. > >In theory, hackers hack to make things better. Security, speed, >effeciency, clock cycles, whatever. > >I just heard a story on NPR tonight about "prius hackers" who have >doubled the effeciency of their Prius's by adding additional batteries >and a plug-in. I'm digressing.. > >Red boxes, blue boxes, tron boxes...home cable descramblers...it's a rocky >path. > >I used to use a red box while I was away at college to call my >friends, still have about 6 of them, haha. When radio shack stopped >selling tone dialers I bought all their remaining stock. I did it >because I was poor, and stealing from "the man" seemed legitimate. >"The man" had lots of money, and was so automated he couldn't tell the >difference between a quarter and the tone I generated. We experimented >with one of the boxes that prevents the line voltage from dropping >when you pick up a call too, although our use was to prevent >telemarketers from being able to hang up. > >I've recently done a lot of thinking about how FEW people do the >thinking for SO MANY. From law makers to engineers, whatever. However, >with people like the EFF (electronic frontier foundation) floating >around, I don't believe that we're in true danger of losing our >"internet", per se. > >If anything, I see it becoming LESS centralized, and LESS controlled. >The MPAA/RIAA are fighting a losing battle against a community that's >consistently outpacing them in terms of privacy and anonymity. To a >google search on Tor, I use it personally. > >The main point for me I guess is that the fattest pipes out there are >NOT on american soil, and the technology is NOT american. > >I don't doubt anyone's desire to inflict greater control or profit >margin on American internet access, I just don't see it happening any >time soon. True privacy on the internet is a fallacy anyway, but not >even Google will listen to the government telling it not to put >satellite imagery of bases, etc, up free on googleearth. Pakistan and >India are suing....but...who? > >It takes about 6 months for a pharmacy lab to learn to copy someone else's >drug. >It took 72 hours to break the DRM on iTunes. >It took 24 hours to break the "ultimately encrypted" dvd encryption. >It took 12 hours to break Arista's new CD protection scheme. >It took 6 hours to break sony's illegal DRM. > >Fear not fellow subverts, the underground will keep us safe. Sort of. > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
