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But, could you put it past the government? Ah there could be a system in place, such as the local police take in your hard drive(when you set off alarms at the filter), do a quick investigation etc.. Well, a variety of things can narrow this down. The number of people that use encryption, the number of people that use encryption in Australia, the number of people that continue to use encryption after the filter is introduced, and finally, the number of people that continue to use it after a government crackdown on it.

That encrypted data might be treated as suspicious after the filter is introduced. Ah, but you may(in the governments mind) be accessing illegal material(as it would be avoiding the filter), and justify an investigation from that.

Oh? But surely, at the isp level they'd have a lot of ways to find out if such a process is being used, encrypted traffic would show up as suspicious. But, after the initial slow-down of the filter, a proxy would slow that down ever further.

Not really possible at all, because the filter works at the ISP level & is applied every time you send or recieve data. You can't just make a client-side 'fix' for it. Even if they somehow managed to hack an ISP's main server and remove the filter, it would be back up in no time. What's more likely is that proxies will just become more common for torrent users etc. And then the government starts targeting proxies..

The is no true "opt out", only a porn enabled filter, and a porn blocked filter. You are being forced, you have no choice of using this filter or not. Ah, lets hope that the senate is not a bunch of old computer illiterates that don't understand the importance of the internet. ;) Sure, but what about your internet speed?

Sure, but whats to stop them from blocking those aswell? Porn is being blocked to protect children apparently. -being forced to use it -it's what the government deems to be illegal -our access to the internet being limited by the government. -(minor) slightly slower internet speed. -this is one step closer to "big brother".

This will filter all porn, not just the illegal kind. "blacklists which block content inappropriate for children, and a separate list which blocks illegal material." You are forced onto the first one, and if you need to, you can get switched to that second one. Those are the only options. I'm angry at the media for not reporting this correctly. Also, whats to stop this filter from stopping opinionated and political sites? What about legit sites that are accidentally blocked? WHAT ABOUT *CHANS?

I will personally develop/distribute a fix for this, as a big **** you. And thanks to Mage_Man0103 for finding this article:

Ya know, I think you'll fit right in here. The Catholic church has been accepting evolution for a few years now I think, great to finally see them catching up with society.

Yikes, get over 9/11 already. The rest of the world doesn't care/never cared. It was only 3000 people, nothing compared to the 2005 tsunami.

Doesn't mean it was their fault. So you suggest that nobody has sex, because that is the 100 percent protection that isn't surgery. http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=condomwj0.jpg Obligatory. (image tags wont work :cry:)

Obvious troll.

I've thought about this, my explanation can only be described as a honeycomb. Each of the hexagons of this honeycomb is the same universe. So if we (theoretically) hit the edge of the universe, we'd be at the opposite side of that universe.

Oh, if only. Quote from fstdt:(most recent fstdt at the time of this post) Wasn't it like 40% of north americans don't agree with evolution?

This got me thinking, if we DID manage to get an object up to 0.99c, and if it had a light on it, and we pointed that light forward, what would happen?

Catholics are Christian too. That statement sounded like they were different groups. I was forced to go to church as I went to a catholic school. I just made origami out of the pamphlets to pass the time lol.

It's a missile defense system, right? If so then that concern makes no sense and the Russians shouldn't have it. The US could shoot at the Russians, and they couldn't shoot back. The shield could stop Russian missiles, and allow the US' right through.

I honestly hope they nuke the U.S, would certainly make the world a more interesting place. On the contray, I hope they don't nuke Poland, they've never done anything seriously wrong. But based on the first article, just tells us who/where Russia would attack. Not necessarily threatening.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7555858.stm Russia 'ends Georgia operation' That was over much faster then most expected.

If youse were, you'd certainly know about it. Russia's firepower is notorious. Yeah, i'd rather be on Russia's side.

Way to understand climate shift. Infact, that snow is more evidence for global warming. I thought it was only the fundies and conspiracy theorists that didn't believe in global warming lol.

Mmm, compare Australia's crime rate with America's. Guns SHOULD be outlawed.

"If hes kissing that guy, that means the other guy is gay too!"

Anyone else use the WoW private servers?

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=2682730&page=2 1. The religious have been brainwashed into doing that. 2. That statistic is for the USA. 3. That survey is laughable at best too, for example. "And almost all of the people who gave to our bell ringers in San Francisco and Sioux Falls said they were religious or spiritual." Well, idk, maybe because your in a country where 90% are religious!