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January 18: Internet-Wide Protests Against the Blacklist Legislation

nospam@example.com (christian) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Whooha, auch der CCC macht mit!

Update: theoatmeal.com had a good explanation why SOPA/PIPA is not a good idea:

The Holiday Rapist

nospam@example.com (christian) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:43:29 +0000

Wow! This is video! Get it right, folks:

Oh, yeah...it's all ™ and © by FOX and its related entities, of course.

Just like gambling

nospam@example.com (christian) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:38:32 +0000

Ah yes, that's the stuff:

 > We are Wall Street. It's our job to make money. Whether it's a commodity, 
 > stock, bond, or some hypothetical piece of fake paper, it doesn't matter. We
 > would trade baseball cards if it were profitable. I didn’t hear America 
 > complaining when the market was roaring to 14,000 and everyone’s 401k 
 > doubled every 3 years. Just like gambling, it’s not a problem until you lose.
 > I've never heard of anyone going to Gamblers Anonymous because they 
 > won too much in Vegas.

...and so the leaflet from the financial traders goes on to explain why everything is just OK the way it is. Oh well, that's a relief. I was kinda worried, but not anymore...

Yo dawg, I herd you like bittorrent...

nospam@example.com (christian) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:54:17 +0000

so I put a bundesregierung.de in your peerlist so you can leech while you seed:

wikileaks.hopyard.dyndns.org

nospam@example.com (christian) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:01:27 +0000

Another mirror just went online :-)

Evolution FTW!

nospam@example.com (christian) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:13:00 +0000

Wow! This is video Finally found a simple-enough video player, yay! :-)

Oh, yeah...it's all ™ and © by FOX and its related entities, of course.

Copyright Infringement & Tor

nospam@example.com (christian) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:38:00 +0000

Yes, I've blogged about this earlier. And now, almost a year after setting up a Tor exit-node, I've got my 5th Copyright infringement notice. Apparently I have infringed(?) upon:

2010-03-16 - Harry Potter audio books
2010-05-16 - Iron Man 2
2010-09-29 - Eureka
2010-12-24 - Despicable Me
2011-01-03 - Naruto
2011-01-05 - House MD

...to be continued?

Again, for the record: half of the stuff up there I didn't even know (and, in retrospect, I would've been happier to not have looked them up). Also, with the configured exit policy in place, BitTorrent downloads are not even possible. But how to explain this to a lawyer?

Update: OK, I'm giving in. After another notice only 2 days after the last one and only two weeks after the 4th notice, I've decided to run a bridge node. As I cannot use any of those good hints for running an exit node, I see no other choice than running a bridge. It's better than nothing, I guess :-\

$ diff torrc{.exit,}
19c19
< SocksListenAddress 192.168.0.106:9050
---
> SocksPort 0
24,25c24,25
< SocksPolicy accept 192.168.0.0/24
< SocksPolicy reject 
---
> # SocksPolicy accept 192.168.0.0/24
> # SocksPolicy reject 
168,169c168,169
< #BridgeRelay 1
< #ExitPolicy reject :
---
> BridgeRelay 1
> ExitPolicy reject :

We come in peace

nospam@example.com (christian) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:36:39 +0000

Popcorn!

nospam@example.com (christian) — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:49:00 +0000

A bit late in the game, but here's a linkdump covering the recent Wikileaks Cablegate events - don't forget your popcorn!

Guardian: The US Embassy Cables

Update:

Arianna Huffington: The Media Gets It Wrong on WikiLeaks
Larry Flynt: Why I Am Donating $50,000 to WikiLeaks' Defense Fund (wow! Larry Flynt!)
WikiLeaks: the emperor wears no clothes (guardian.co.uk)
Support Wikileaks

Our Talosian overlords, where are ye?

nospam@example.com (christian) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:32:13 +0000

OK, so today I stumbled across this. Some German politician cannot read a number with 7 digits. This so reminds me of all this Everybody can be president talk and why this is in fact should not happen at all, m'kay? (skip to 07:36 if you want):

What's this all about?

nospam@example.com (christian) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:41:30 +0000

Apparently Anonymous has released a press release but the author "forgot" to remove his/her name from the .pdf? Obfuscation? PEBKAC?

The Daily Show does Wikileaks

nospam@example.com (christian) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:58:20 +0000

What happend from this (July 2010) to this (December 2010)? A slightly different take, methinks. Somehow I don't know if they're really getting what this is all about. But then again, it's a comedy show (and a great one too!), no more and no less :-)

Our shared knowledge, our shared treasure.

nospam@example.com (christian) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:49:23 +0000

Balsamic vinegar, unleaded please!

nospam@example.com (christian) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:32:41 +0000

Today I came across the following sign while shopping for aceto balsamico:

   CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING
   The red wine vinegars and balsamic vinegars on these shelves contain lead,
   a chemical known to the state of California to cause birth defects or other
   reproductive harm.

Wait, what? Of course, by now I've searched the tubes and these signs have been there for quite a while. And it's widely discussed too, and people go on raving about these bad vinegars and if there are good vinegars and so on - but I did not find the answer to the question: why? Why would anyone still buy lead-containing vinegar, when it's clearly stated that it's harmful to the (human) body. Well, for Californian bodies, that is. As if lead was not toxic in other states :-)

I don't get it. At all.

San Francisco Fleet Week

nospam@example.com (christian) — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:36:51 +0000

So, it's Fleet Week in San Francisco: a bunch of military jets roaring over the city (srsly?). Annoying, and a complete waste of resources - or how is this not similar to any other military show off?