The irony! He could have stuck with filesharing and useful (albeit controversial) technology, but he had to chase after pure hype companies aimed at internet noobs, like Facebook. As any resectable geek knows, FB…
You seem to be making some assumptions. 1. You assume the story will go "cold" if he's living in another country. Why? How do you know this? 2. You assume he is seeking "protection". The reports say he sought none in…
They could have done what they thought was right in the interests of the Internet as a free, unregulated medium and by extension their business which depends on the Internet, even if that course of action (or inaction)…
Amen. Especially when the system is itself nuts and many of those who prop it up are nuts. "Freedom", by my definition, is thinking from a place of 1. personal responsibility and 2. let's fix the problem, not from one…
Because its government thinks having an enemy or several is the way to mobilize the population. It unifies people toward a common aim: e.g., beating the "evil empire" (to steal Reagan's label for the Soviet Union),…
It's disappointing to see you write this, codex. I thought you were a pretty smart guy. You seem sure that a trial in the US would be a mega-press event. You mean, like the Manning military trial? Are you reading the…
The only way to know if a law is "constitutional" or not is to subject it to challenge it in the (non-secret) court system. If a law cannot be challenged because either its existence is secret or the process of its…
The irony! He could have stuck with filesharing and useful (albeit controversial) technology, but he had to chase after pure hype companies aimed at internet noobs, like Facebook. As any resectable geek knows, FB…
You seem to be making some assumptions. 1. You assume the story will go "cold" if he's living in another country. Why? How do you know this? 2. You assume he is seeking "protection". The reports say he sought none in…
They could have done what they thought was right in the interests of the Internet as a free, unregulated medium and by extension their business which depends on the Internet, even if that course of action (or inaction)…
Amen. Especially when the system is itself nuts and many of those who prop it up are nuts. "Freedom", by my definition, is thinking from a place of 1. personal responsibility and 2. let's fix the problem, not from one…
Because its government thinks having an enemy or several is the way to mobilize the population. It unifies people toward a common aim: e.g., beating the "evil empire" (to steal Reagan's label for the Soviet Union),…
It's disappointing to see you write this, codex. I thought you were a pretty smart guy. You seem sure that a trial in the US would be a mega-press event. You mean, like the Manning military trial? Are you reading the…
The only way to know if a law is "constitutional" or not is to subject it to challenge it in the (non-secret) court system. If a law cannot be challenged because either its existence is secret or the process of its…