Actually DPR's purpose was to MAKE MONEY by avoiding law enforcement entanglements.... He knew what was being sold and where the money he was making came from.

Running TOR nodes falls eerily close to this, and I would imagine that doing this would put you at risk of criminal charges. Personally, I'd not risk it.

There are MANY avenues for appeal in this case... But that doesn't change the fact that he's going to jail, likely for a long time. After all, he made a boatload of cash from the illegal trade he made possible. Remember it was his INTENT to allow people to engage in illegal activities, it was the sole purpose of the website he ran, he knew what was going on and even made money from the illegal activities and encouraged such activities. Henry Ford built cars which may have had the potential for being used for illegal purposes, but cars are mostly used for legal purposes and are purchased for legal reasons. I'd further bet that if you told Ford that you intended to use your car to commit a crime, they would be inclined to at least report you.

No the Henry Ford analogy just doesn't work here...

According to the news reports I've read, and assume are accurate...

He was 14, not 18, the issue was reported (albeit not to the right authority) and the young man was sent to "treatment" for his issues by his parents and as far as we know it didn't happen again. I haven't heard any of the victims complaining that something else needs to be done, or that his behavior didn't stop. It was also 13+ years ago and the statute of limitations happened to be 3 years. It's old news and there is nothing of value we can accomplish by discussing it now, unless of course you WANT him to loose his job and be publicly disgraced for what he freely admits where vile and evil actions that he highly regrets having done.

But feel free to invent any new facts you want, because as you point out, there are no records... But there never where any in the version of events I've been reading.

Well That and given the number of transactions they can prove he was involved in... I'm sure it is thousands...

The problem with that little tidbit is that he's not been convicted of doing it... Until he is convicted of the crime (or admits to it as factual), it cannot affect the sentence handed down. So you cannot use that as justification for the sentence.

No, but it's Slashdot worthy apparently... News and News for Nerds are not congruent sets.

But not all shills are professionals.. Some just do it for giggles...

No, no, no.. Word Perfect and Borland C.... Unless Windows 3.1 is more your style..

GPS Jamming doesn't work as you seem to think. Your receiver would still see quite a few signals, they'd just be lying about the position. Or, if you go with the cheaper model jammer, the receiver wouldn't see anything because the noise floor would be too high.

Switching to alternate navigation modes is indeed possible, but as I've stated in other posts, I'm suggesting that there be physical obstacles added using largely invisible structures to force the drone to fly a complex route to get where it wants, then concentrating the detection capacity along the forced route. In other words, force the bad guys to do specific things that make them more easily detected.

No system is perfect...You do what you can within the resource constraints you have and consign yourself to living with the risks that are left.

It's called "logrotate" and shame on you if you stared the logger and didn't configure it first.

Ok. but I can't reach the power switch....