ACTA treaty is evil
The ACTA or Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement must be defeated at all cost. Jason Mick on Daily Tech writes “Championed by both former President George W. Bush and current President Barack Obama, the proposal is the child of countless millions in international lobbying money from the media industry. It aims to enact constant monitoring of citizens’ online activities — even perfectly legitimate ones — and grants border agents in the U.S. and many member states the power of warrantless search and seizures — provisions that would grant them the power to destroy U.S. citizens’ laptops, iPods, or CDs, if the agents suspected that they might contain infringed content. And the best part? The cost of the bill will be footed by the taxpayers themselves — without even giving them a clue as to what’s happening.”
Honestly could this be any more sinister. Somehow we as citizens must make sure this evil treaty never gets signed. It’s one thing to want to protect your intellectual property but it’s another thing to destroy every thing the United States and other like minded countries have fought long and hard for. Are we willing to let our freedoms be dictated to us by the media industry. I for one am not, we must do what ever we can to expose this scandalous treaty and according to the United States Constitution illegal treaty.
Again from Jason Mick - ” The treaty and the recent information on how the U.S. fought to keep it secret raises alarming questions about politicians at the highest level on both sides of the political aisle. Why would our nation’s leaders plot and champion a treaty that would raise citizens’ taxes in order to violate their constitutional rights, as a favor for major corporations? And more importantly, why would these leaders fight to keep the treaty secret, when transparency and public participation form the foundation of our nation? “
If you want to educate yourself on this dastardly treaty the EFF ” Electronic Frontier Foundation ” has amassed a huge list of information on the subject of he ACTA click here to read all about it. If you want to help shine some light on this secret and underhanded treaty go here and tell your elected officials what you think.
Get your damn hands off my Internet!
I’m talking to you government, entertainment industry, and monopoly service providers. What happened to my really cool and interesting Internet. Well I tell you one thing that unless something is done it will be gone forever. Big business and the government (trust me net neutrality laws will just make it worst) are conspiring to make it nothing more than a revenue stream. It will be back to the bulletin board systems and dark nets for those of us that don’t want to be spied upon or sued. Let me get one thing straight this has nothing to do with illegal activity on the net. Laws in many countries are begin passed that have nothing to do with copyright infringement, laws that I swear it seams are being put in place just to make the internet not even worth the bother. Hey lets turn off all those really convenient hot spots A law in the UK called the Digital Economy Bill will do just that. We all know how evil it is to see naked people good thing the smart people from down under have it all figured out tiny tits may turn us all in to sex fiends. Well this is good news US government rescinds leave internet alone policy, funny like it ever did. How great is it that lobbyist from around the world have convenience governments that it’s just fine to have a 3 strikes rule. Oh you know do something wrong 3 times and you’re cut off for good. Forget that MAC addresses can be spoofed or there is no such thing as a false positive. Why even bother with the pesky Constitution or Bill of Rights (here in the US) , those don’t really count any more now do they.
It’s sad to me to see something that has such great potential being picked downed to irrelevance. At one point it really looked like the Internet was going to level the playing field but that’s precisely why governments and big business are doing what they are doing. They won’t stop till the Internet is fully within their control.
Windows 7 RC time is coming to an end.
The Windows 7 RC will fully expire on June 1, 2010. Your PC running the Windows 7 RC will continue shutting down every two hours and your files won’t be saved during shutdown. In addition, your wallpaper will change to a solid black background with a persistent message on your desktop. You’ll also get periodic notifications that Windows isn’t genuine. That means your PC may no longer be able to obtain optional updates or downloads requiring genuine Windows validation.
Testing for me is over time to go back to Linux