maartenaElmo Premium Member join:2002-05-10 Orange, CA 1 edit |
maartena
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2009-Dec-15 10:05 am
Even the Great Firewall of China can be circumvented....Even the Chinese, or at least the more tech savvy ones, have figured out ways to pass the Great Firewall of China, with the only difference being that there you might be lifted off of your bed in the middle of the night for "reeducation" and you can't post the methods of circumvention anywhere, where in Australia that might not happen. Australia is however a FREE country, and ways to bypass the filters are posted everywhere on the net.
Talking about governments wasting money on IT related projects, this must have been the worst spending of tax dollars on an IT project I have seen in years. Globally. | |
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Gbcue
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2009-Dec-15 1:38 pm
Re: Even the Great Firewall of China can be circumvented....It was a "free" country... | |
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meh37II
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2009-Dec-15 10:28 am
Yep...I guess they want their kids to grow up to be just as ignorant as they are. | |
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2009-Dec-15 10:31 am
.Australians are as passive as the sheep they raise.
Why are they allowing this to happen? | |
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Re: .said by EdG :
Australians are as passive as the sheep they raise.
Why are they allowing this to happen? Scared of their own kind. Same as Britain. In america you have a closet full of guns, elsewhere the sheep bah for protection from the Shepard. | |
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Re: .Maybe now......but it used to be the Australians, and definitely the Brits, who were already in the thick of TWO World Wars long before the Americans decided to 'join in' | |
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Murdoc49 Premium Member join:2009-02-08 Manitowoc, WI |
Murdoc49
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2009-Dec-15 10:33 am
Why not get rid of the internet there then...Get rid of the internet in australia, its basically doing the same as "filtering" it. A watered down version of the internet? I will pass on that. | |
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Metatron2008You're it Premium Member join:2008-09-02 united state |
Government don't like their peons having access to real newsThey would rather you listen to their advertising on the sensationalist media. | |
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This will be...Foiled by one pimply faced Australian boy with some free proxy software. | |
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I can't even imagine the disasterthat would be if it were ever tried here.
Can you say....lawsuits? Not that the people suing would win but any sites blocked that people felt shouldn't be, etc....
What a headache | |
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affa
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2009-Dec-15 11:46 am
Re: I can't even imagine the disasterLAW suits??
This is a BIG 1st amendment case? so even if there is a law saying you can't by pass the lock down I don't think they will be able to sent you to prison for it. You may have to do some jail time waiting for count but I don't think a jury will let it stand much the supreme court. | |
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Re: I can't even imagine the disasterI don't think any of them would win nor would any of an actual case.
But they would do their damndest to get their page off a "block" and a suit would be their best option in many peoples eyes. | |
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nklb to affa
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2009-Dec-15 1:01 pm
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The first amendment deals with the length senators can stay in office. How is that in any way relevant to this? | |
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mole2
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2009-Dec-15 5:05 pm
Re: I can't even imagine the disastersaid by nklb:The first amendment deals with the length senators can stay in office. How is that in any way relevant to this? HuH? What Bill of Rights are you reading? I think he was talking about the US Bill of Rights. I don't know of any other. | |
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said by affa :
LAW suits??
This is a BIG 1st amendment case? so even if there is a law saying you can't by pass the lock down I don't think they will be able to sent you to prison for it. You may have to do some jail time waiting for count but I don't think a jury will let it stand much the supreme court. silly rabbit, Australia doesnt have a first amendment or bill of rights | |
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nklb
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2009-Dec-15 2:22 pm
Re: I can't even imagine the disastersaid by patcat88:silly rabbit, Australia doesnt have a first amendment or bill of rights While I don't know about the bill of rights, I do know that australia DOES have a first amendment. It deals with the term length of senators. | |
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Re: I can't even imagine the disastersaid by nklb:While I don't know about the bill of rights, I do know that australia DOES have a first amendment. It deals with the term length of senators. Although I am not from Missouri, and only spent a couple of days there in 1972 en route from Ft. Myer, Virginia, to San José, California, I will ask anyway: "Show me!" | |
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Re: I can't even imagine the disasterRight to freedom of religion â Section 116 creates a limited right to freedom of religion, by prohibiting the Commonwealth (but not the states) from "making any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion." This section is based on the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, but is weaker in operation. As the states retain all powers they had as colonies before federation, except for those explicitly given to the Commonwealth, this section does not affect the states' powers to legislate on religion, and, in accordance with High Court interpretations, no Federal legislation on religion, short of establishing an official religion of Australia, would be limited by it either. » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co ··· ustralia | |
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Re: I can't even imagine the disasterGranted, a foreign law may be based on some U.S. law; but it isn't U.S. law.
In any case, First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has what-all to do with the terms served by Senators? I was asking the guy who posted the claim, not you. | |
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Gbcue Premium Member join:2001-09-30 Santa Rosa, CA |
Gbcue
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2009-Dec-15 1:44 pm
They should spend their money elsewhere...like free healthcare for all Australian citizens!
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ztmikeMark for moderation Premium Member join:2001-08-02 La Porte, IN 1 edit |
ztmike
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2009-Dec-15 2:15 pm
Australia=Uncontrolling parentsAustralia is on a roll lately..they banned Left 4 Dead and Valve changed/removed some stuff in the game so it could be sold in the country.. NOW Australia is banning the upcoming game "Alien VS Predator" » www.news.com.au/technolo ··· 07850199And the game developer was quoted as saying it will not "sanitise" the game so Australia's lawmakers would be happy. And quoted quote: "We will not be releasing a sanitised or cut down version for territories where adults are not considered by their governments to be able to make their own entertainment choices,"
the game's maker, Rebellion Developments said. And I 100% agree with that saying, if parents can't control what their own kids do then they don't even deserve it themselves. If I was a citizen of Australia I would be writing to my lawmakers or boycotting or doing something. Like the saying goes..You let them walk over you once..and they'll keep doing it. They don't pull that shit here in the U.S because they know it wouldn't hold up. | |
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| C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And Police Premium Member join:2001-10-03 Tempe, AZ |
C0deZer0
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2009-Dec-15 9:52 pm
Re: Australia=Uncontrolling parentsAs Yahtzee said in his review of the (sanitized) L4D2, it's because all the old wrinkly senators think everyone under 30 will just turn into a serial felon/rapist or something, so they go bonkers with these retardo regulations on things they don't have the first quip of understanding about. | |
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Hpower
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2009-Dec-15 4:43 pm
Australia = on crackThey are definitely on something. That part about alien vs. prediator made me LOL. That is just so stupid. It is up to the parent to decide what game their children can play and what "entertainment" they have access to. Not the government.
They seriously have nothing better to do than spend $ on filters for ISP's? Wow....um how about spending it on education? Healthcare? Roads? So many things the government can spend money on. | |
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Bye bye free speechI think it's unbelievable that the Australians even allowed this to happen. The government maintaining a blacklist of websites and therefore deciding what Australians are allowed to read. Hello socialism!
The fact that someone can bypass the internet filter doesn't change the fact that a first world country has now decided to marginalise its own population. Zero freedom of speech. | |
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TomS_
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2009-Dec-16 4:49 am
Re: Bye bye free speechThere never was any free speech anyway, so we lost nothing. | |
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EGeezer Premium Member join:2002-08-04 Midwest 1 edit |
EGeezer
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2009-Dec-15 11:27 pm
An old solution, effective for a current problemI just don't understand why they don't simply implement RFC3514 compliant infrastructure! | |
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