I know I have #Path before but for some reason I can no longer find it. So started a new one. – at Bangkal Village
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“Anonymous” File-Sharing Darknet Ruled Illegal by German Court
#RetroShare #TOR #I2P #Freenet #Darknet #AltDNS #Freedom #Internet
A court in Hamburg, Germany, has granted an injunction against a user of the anonymous and encrypted file-sharing network RetroShare . RetroShare users exchange data through encrypted transfers and the network setup ensures that the true sender of the file is always obfuscated. The court, however, has now ruled that RetroShare users who act as an exit node are liable for the encrypted traffic that’s sent by others.
Manila falls in love with Lee Min Ho ~ Latest K-pop News – K-pop News | Daily K Pop News
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According to Lee Min Ho’s management agency, the actor visited the Philippines from November 15th until 18th where he participated in various interviews with local media outlets before holding a large-scale event at the Araneta Coliseum in promotion for his endorsement of ‘Bench’.
Lee Min Ho also filmed the commercial and held a fan signing session at the ‘Bench’ store the next day. A great number of fans gathered to see Lee Min Ho, proving his amazing popularity in the region.
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PHANTOM ISLAND | Where'd it go? Sandy Isle exists on Google Maps, but not in real world – InterAksyon.com
A South Pacific island identified on Google Earth and world maps does not exist, according to Australian scientists who went searching for the mystery landmass during a geological expedition.
Ooooh!!
With new passport, China stamps claim over disputed territories; DFA protests – InterAksyon.com
And I’ve said it repeatedly, approach this issue as a UNITED ASEAN not as individual countries. China is playing the “divide-and-conquer” game. Talk (more like, challenge) each of us individually so our power remains small.
Just look at how they did not include in their new epassport the islands they’re in a row with Japan! Japan is on a different level and they’re approaching it differently – as a power to reckon with.
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The Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday issued a note verbale against China to protest this new development. “The Philippines does not accept the validity of the nine-dash lines that amount to an excessive declaration of maritime space in violation of international law,” DFA chief Albert del Rosario said in a press briefing.
“The Philippines demanded that China respect the territory and maritime domain of the Philippines,” the foreign chief stressed.
The new Chinese ePassport contained images of the nine-dash line which DFA officials say “covers an area that is clearly part of the Philippine territory and maritime domain”.
The nine-dash-line encompasses the Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands, Pratas Islands and Macclesfield Bank – all believed to hold vast resources of oil and mineral reserves.
Vietnam also made the same complaint against China, and said discussions between Hanoi and Beijing are under way.
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“I got into Vietnam after lots of twists and turns,” said one user of China’s hugely popular microblogging site Sina Weibo, saying an entry stamp was initially refused “because of the printed map of China’s sea boundaries – which Vietnam does not recognise”.
Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi told reporters Thursday that the Chinese documents amounted to a violation of Hanoi’s sovereignty and it had protested to the embassy.
Officials handed Chinese representatives “a diplomatic note opposing the move, asking China to abolish the wrongful contents printed in these electronic passports”, he said.
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In Tokyo, a foreign ministry official said: “We have confirmed that disputed islands in South China Sea appear in a map printed on new Chinese passports.
“On the other hand, Senkaku doesn’t. Therefore, we are not in a position to comment or complain.”
Show to the world that ASEAN works. Make all those disputed islands and waters under the ASEAN banner shared by all ASEAN members (not just those with claims), then dispute it as ONE-ASEAN.
If that is not possible (which probably isn’t, not with Myanmar and Cambodia having close ties with China), then all ASEAN members with disputes re: South China Sea, should unite as one and make these territories declared as an ASEAN territory. Guidelines can be discussed and created on how to manage this “ASEAN territory”, and how to manage it.
It is better that way than to let China do what they want: divide-and-conquer. It’s now or never.
I’ve been wondering if walking, or more exactly, running on
I’ve been wondering if walking, or more exactly, running on the water is doable for us human beings. I mean, if it is possible to do it with rocks, why not us?
I thought that because of our weight, it will never be doable without using some extra gear made for it. Until now…
Walk on water (Liquid Mountaineering) by TheUlfG on YouTube
They call it “Liquid Mountaineering”.
Amazing!
Megaupload Search Warrant Requests Ignored Massive Non-Infringing Use | TorrentFreak
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In another section the DoJ points out that Megaupload only deleted links to files when they received DMCA-notices, not the actual files themselves.
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What isn’t mentioned is that this is common practice. YouTube doesn’t delete all the same videos either when they get a DMCA notice. After all, the file may also be hosted by the person who actually owns the rights.
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“This case makes the DOJ look increasingly stupid and will become an embarrassment for the White House. If it wasn’t such a tragedy for our Megaupload staff and users as well as our families I would just be smiling. Brain deficiencies and lag of knowledge become increasingly obvious in DOJ court filings.”
“I can’t believe I’m in the middle of this tragic copyright comedy,” he says.
It’s true. Even Google YouTube doesn’t delete the actual files. I’ve seen videos disappeared and returning with the same, exact URL. We had our share, supposedly “deleted”, we contested it, and after 2 years, the videos were returned.
Probably it took them 2 years to manually confirm that our videos got victimized by these copyright trolls requesting blanket takedowns.
RIAA Hammers Google With DMCA Takedowns In Six Strikes Prelude | TorrentFreak
The RIAA maintained 200,000 to 230,000 steadily until the first week of November and then, pretty much out of nowhere, they massively turned up the heat.
In the week commencing November 5, the RIAA sent 463,000 URL takedown requests to Google, doubling their busiest week ever. Then the following week (last week), the recording industry group sent a mind-boggling 666,000 takedown requests to Google in just 7 days.
* my emphasis
Talk about the devil, someone inside the RIAA either loves Biblical numerology or actually is…
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