For one, the weight a CMS adds is compensated by all of the code that is already present, all of the plugins that can be added without any trouble, the possibility for non-coders to easily modify website content ...
Especially for large websites, this can dramatically improve how fast you can update and improve your site.
Also, if you don't want to use a CMS, a framework like Django or Ruby on Rails is the way to go. These allow you to program everything yourself, but already have a lot of functionality built-in, to avoid reinventing the wheel.

Ignore the above. It was due to a bad copypaste, apparently (linefeed missing).

Yes, it affects Vista (just tested it here). The example exploit contains a bug though. You need to add an import line 'from socket import socket'.

Here you go :-)

And yes, you are absolutely right. I couldn't entirely understand the article either.

It would still be an Iran-only network, unless there are unfiltered gateways, but it would at least allow internal communication.

Indeed, with rapidshare, you can still easily be 'sold out' when the French government requests IPs from the rapidshare hosts.

By the way, we're already noticing the effect on I2P. The new router count is getting a huge boost today.

Unlike with Tor, each user is a router (especially true for high-bandwidth users). Obviously people are not a router to the regular net (as that could get people in trouble), but all users route data through the I2P network itself.
In other words, if you want high-bandwidth bittorrenting, it helps a lot to contribute bandwidth yourself (makes you well-integrated). This keeps leechers to a slightly lower level.
Secondly, as torrents consume a lot of bandwidth, they also provide cover traffic for other people who might not more anonymity.

Yes, it would make a useful addition (lots of things would :P). We just need someone to set it up and it'll be there.

The fail is in fact on nobodies end. The reason https is 'not supported' is simply because nobody has set up an outproxy for it. If somebody does set up one, you will be able to use https.

It's the Anonymous network dance!

You can share if you want to
You can slow down to a crawl
But at least you will be safe
Sixty-five kay in a cave
But detection chance is small!

http://torproject.org/
http://www.i2p2.de/
http://gnunet.org/
http://freenetproject.org/

CLI: Command-Line Interface That includes CLUI's ;-)