Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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They could potentially monitor individual user's downloading, but they wouldn't be able to tell if any one person was downloading anything illegal using this technology, unlessy they knew for sure that the site hosting the file hosted illegal material?

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Originally posted by ||bass

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PS: Stop imming me. I know that my analogy is totally different than how the technology works and that's because most of you are too damn stupid to understand the process anyway.

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Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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Originally posted by windwaker

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Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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They could potentially monitor individual user's downloading, but they wouldn't be able to tell if any one person was downloading anything illegal using this technology, unlessy they knew for sure that the site hosting the file hosted illegal material?

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No, the site sends files which contain part useless bytes, and part bytes from the pirated file. It's basically like smuggling little tiny pieces of a stolen (music/movie piracy is not stealing!) statue through a few bags of gravel. You take the pieces of the statue out and reassemble it at the end, discarding the gravel.

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That doesn't answer my question... I understood what you said already.

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Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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Don't take ||bass' comments so personally.

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Originally posted by ||bass

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Originally posted by windwaker

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What the hell are you talking about? I haven't IM'd you, ever. I don't appreciate you insulting the userbase of this board, if you don't like it, GTFO.

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One. I wasn't talking to you for one thing, I was talking to people who were already starting to bug me about 'omg that isn't how it works'. Second, I made the stupidity comment not for you but because 3/4 of the people in this thread seem to totally not understand how the technology works.

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Originally posted by ||bass

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Next order of buisness:

Originally posted by windwaker

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No, the site sends files which contain part useless bytes, and part bytes from the pirated file. It's basically like smuggling little tiny pieces of a stolen (music/movie piracy is not stealing!) statue through a few bags of gravel. You take the pieces of the statue out and reassemble it at the end, discarding the gravel.

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This is not what the abstract says the technology does. What you are describing is steganography (disguising diamonds within gravel), this technology is NOT steganographic in nature. On the other hand, what whiteasprinwow said IS correct. They could not tell what the information you send is because the blocks sent are generic, they are basic building blocks of files that do not represent any specific completed work until specific blocks are assembled in a specific order. This is NOT steganography or information hiding.

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Originally posted by Sexy Emperor Colin

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If it was poisonous, odds are you'd be feeling it before you got onto the plane. And if someone hesitates just for a few seconds, then that might be grounds to test the drink.

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Originally posted by Plus Sign Abomination

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I think that the REAL threat these days is snakes. If snakes get on a plane there is no telling how much motherfuckin' may occur.

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Originally posted by sandrocklq

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Not getting a raise after being with one company for a full year is not a good sign.

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Originally posted by ||bass

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As a side note, 3 years for bringing Sprite on an airplane seems totally fair to me if the security officers told you not to. Airports and airplanes aren't the places to bend the rules or to make political statements. The rules are there for a reason, they are also there to be followed.

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Originally posted by witeasprinwow

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Originally posted by windwaker

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So you're saying we should do whatever someone in an airport tells us, even if we are positive that it's harmless? "The rules are there for a reason" sure, but you have obviously missed the reason if you think it's dangerous to bring Sprite on a plane.

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Civil disobedience is very effective at reversing laws that are widely seen as cruel and unnecessary, because there will be a large amount of people willing to fill up the jails for the cause. I don't think many people are willing to do time for Sprite freedoms. So let's not go down that path.

Originally posted by windwaker

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You know who else imprisons people for bringing Sprite on a plane? Al Qaeda.

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Logical fallacy. Just because a bad group forbids it doesn't mean it shouldn't be forbidden.

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Originally posted by ||bass

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Actually it is strictly a logical fallacy, or at least it WOULD be if you attempted to actually use it as part of an arguement.

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Originally posted by ||bass

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On that note, I've been wondering. If I got a Mac and wanted to do a serious upgrade of my video or sound card, do I just buy some propriatary card to fit into the micro-cramped casing, or do I just have to buy a whole new mac?

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Originally posted by X Marks the Spot

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Originally posted by ||bass

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Actually if you spent half a nanosecond in any kind of logic course you would know that comments and opinions not relating to the topic at hand have no bearing whatsoever on credibility with regard to on-topic dicsussion. That's actually common sense if you think about it but that's apperantly too much to ask for.

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