http://lmgtfy.com/?q=summary+of+wikileaks+cables+news

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_cables

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange#Swedish_arrest_warrant_for_alleged_sex_offenses

as Steven Colbert would say.....

Jailbreak.... or...... Freedom Patch?

Breaking something out of jail is known to be bad... setting something free is much better....

It doesn't matter who is in power in the US as your rights will be eroded over time anyway. The Tea Partiers will erode your rights more quickly.

This used to be the worst thing about America. Now it's probably the least worst thing.

One word: Truecrypt

encrypt the blob before it is stored in the cloud. Use a keyfile

You could take on board what this guy is saying.

Specifically this essay

I've seen a young couple get engaged in outback steakhouse. Poor girl.

that was my point (wifi but NOT connected to the internet) The GP said:

Which still makes it marginally less useful than say, an online file repository which lets you upload and share links for free

, which i took to mean on-line, and thus suggested a wireless spot NOT connected to the internet is less likely to be subject to a DCMA takedown.

Doesn't connecting it to the net make if far more liable for a DMCA takedown?

win an online repository there will be an ISP who likely has the billing information from the addressee. With a location based wifi, unless you discovered its exact location and the owner of the power source etc, it would be difficult to determine the 'owner'.

The sole purpose of all the slashdot polls is to determine YOUR identity Mr Grapplebeam. They've been trying to statistically narrow you down by trying to get you to answer the polls. They knowing some answers will not be truthful, and some questions are there just to seem innocent.. but now they know how many LED's are in your room when you sleep..... along with:

How often do you Google yourself.
Excitement about U.S. mid-term elections:
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How Long Until We Commonly Use Flying Cars?
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Luckily my previous doctor just retired, and thankfully I haven't got to that point yet. He has fingers the size of baseball bats.

so RFID under the skin it is then....

I have not RTFA however i can tell you that my organisation pays a 'per installation fee' to MS even if we install Linux.

I recently proposed through our company 'innovation scheme' that we install Ubuntu or RedHat on some of our non-critical machines. THe idea being to 'free up licences' to use in another area in which we are purchasing new desktops.

The answer from our IT people was 'it doesnt matter which OS we install, we pay MS $xxx.xx per installation anyway - its in the contract"

I'm thinking of submitting an 'innovation' that we shoot the contracts division*

* with paintball of course.

The manufacturer will be working fairly hard to meet their contracted reliability quota, so will do as much as they can to say the item still works.

Unfortunately things like this often come down to a poorly written Contract.