Comment Re:Sounds like a crime has taken place (Score 1) 292
Er, no. Why on Earth would they be?
Comment Re:Physicality Matters (Score 1) 292
FBI Agents in New Zealand are tourists subject to New Zealand law, not sworn officers of our law. They were told they couldn't have Dotcom's data until the judge had decided, so the difference here is that they are in contempt of court. The contents of that drive are Dotcoms personal data and while this may not mean much in the US it means a helluva lot more over here and foreigners aren't allowed to just run off with it.
Comment Irony alert (Score 1) 415
But, uh, didn't the US invade their old buddy Iraq for 2 reasons: their oil, and they wanted better access to the Gulf? Count the military bases in the area, and follow the oil money. Oh, and remember the WMDs that weren't.
Comment But for how long? (Score 1) 141
Give 'em a few years and they'll be out of China, looking for cheaper labour in Africa or somesuch.
Comment Re:Google.ir (Score 1, Insightful) 246
I think there are a lot of Americans wanting to overthrow an idiotic and oppressive regime with secret prisons and officially condoned torture. They won't have to go very far to do it.
Comment Commerce/Cybercrime integration (Score 1) 266
What? We don't keep criminals out of the internet. We make them CEOs, pay them huge salaries and bonuses, and put them in charge of the companies running our communications infrastructure.
Vik
Comment Re:Who's advanced? (Score 1) 235
Oh no, we chopped his bollocks off too.
Comment They know all the accounting tricks (Score 2) 178
They've managed to fiddle the figures to show virtually no taxable profit, so fiddling them to show zero carbon emissions should be a piece of well-iced cake.
Vik
Submission + - NZ Politician accused of hiding Kimdotcom's donations (nzherald.co.nz)
vik writes: "Kim Dotcom well remembers splitting an NZ$50,000 payment into two to help MP John Banks hide the money under the limit for anonymous donations. John Banks claims amnesia, and this is not the first bout of donation-induced memory loss he has suffered from. If convicted, he will lose his seat in NZ's Parliament. But NZ has recently been very flexible in changing its laws to suit big business, so the outcome is far from certain. Meanwhile, negotiations are beginning to free up the legitimate data trapped on Megaupload's site by the authorities."
Submission + - NZ Politicians accused of hiding Kimdotcom's donations (nzherald.co.nz)
vik writes: "Kimdotcom well remembers splitting an NZ$50,000 payment into two to help MP John Banks hide the money under the limit for anonymous donations. John Banks claims amnesia, and this is not the first bout of donation-induced memory loss he has suffered from. If convicted, he will lose his seat in NZ's Parliament. But NZ has recently been very flexible in changing its laws to suit big business, so the outcome is far from certain."
Submission + - Judge Say Kim Dotcom May Never Be Tried, Let Alone Extradited (nzherald.co.nz)
vik writes: "As Megaupload's Kim Dotcom's megafarce trial continues, the New Zealand Herald reports that his alleged offence not only falls below the threshold for extradition, but also the warrant may not be properly served. "My understanding as to why they haven't done that is because they can't. We don't believe Megaupload can be served in a criminal matter because it is not located within the jurisdiction of the United States," says Megaupload's lawyer Ira Rothken.
Not surprisingly, Kim Dotcom has a few choice words to say about having his business trashed this way, with 220 jobs lost, and millions left without access to their legitimate data."
Not surprisingly, Kim Dotcom has a few choice words to say about having his business trashed this way, with 220 jobs lost, and millions left without access to their legitimate data."
Submission + - Kimdotcom seizures illegal (nzherald.co.nz)
vik writes: "So Kimdotcom's goods were seized with a warrant that has been declared invalid by the court. Looks like Kiwis aren't very good at following instructions from the USA, eh?"
Comment Re:doh. (Score 2) 382
And strangely enough, who share the same planet with YOU.
Don't be silly. The experts in the field have found the problem. You're one of the people who denies the problem, and so are not actually in a position to even bother to understand what the problem is.
You too should be worried. Because something bigger than you feel comfortable thinking about may well be about to happen. I have given up trying to change people's minds, and I'm now putting my effort into being able to survive the consequences of the actions of people who think like you. Whatever the possibilities, I think mine is the more prudent course of action.
Comment Would you settle for assistance? (Score 1) 137
While it might not make these things, it can make the jigs or tools to do so if you really want to. My guess is you don't really want to that much
Comment So print one without DRM (Score 1) 137
The nice thing about 3D printing technology is that you can now build 3D printers with it. See reprap.org
