http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/internet/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:56:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415138/posts 25 December 2009 BROTHER: BEWARE OF WOMEN! INTERNET HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415138/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:56:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415126/posts Private Bergdahl - assuming he's still alive - is spending Christmas as a captive of the Taliban. His captors spent the last day or two uploading a video showing Private Bergdahl reading a statement. The video was divided into four segments and uploaded to YouTube on 25 December 2009. The YouTube account is: INTERNET HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415126/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:16:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413583/posts An escaped prisoner, Craig Lynch, has set up a Facebook page and is using it to taunt police by posting messages about his whereabouts.Craig "Lazie" Lynch vanished from Hollesley Bay Prison in Suffolk in September this year close to the end of a seven-year sentence for aggravated burglary. Instead of hiding away from police Lynch has set up a Facebook account complete with a photograph sticking his middle finger up and boasts about eating 12lb steaks and his home being so warm it feels like the Caribbean. Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413583/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:24:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413291/posts DO NOT click the link unless you are prepared for a grusome sight.   http://www.youtube.com/user/sahab928#p/u/6/lSjAcFGtC90   At 2:29 there is are assassinations of two people.  Point blank with a military rifle.  There is no doubt as to what you're seeing.  Yes this video has been flagged.  Yes it's still up.  At 2:57 there is a head that's been removed from it's body.  YouTube has been notified.  The video remains.  Yeah, sure, YouTube counts on the users to police the site.  What youTube fails to mention whenever the topic comes up is that they ignore the police.  This user, . Even... YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413291/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:40:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413280/posts Australians will soon find their internet access routed through a government-run filter designed to block access to a secret blacklist of sites, including those that disseminate child pornography. Google slammed the move as "heavy-handed" and one Australian politician called it a "move towards censorship". It is not, however, radically different from plans already in place elsewhere. Most of the UK's internet service providers already filter their content using an industry-run blacklist maintained by the Internet Watch Foundation. ISPs are not forced to comply, but they will be if European Union proposals announced this summer are enacted. There are plenty... New Scientist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413280/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:25:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413246/posts Hewlett-Packard is investigating a claim that Webcams built into its PCs are incapable of tracking the facial movements of black individuals and only function properly when Caucasians or people of other lighter-skinned races are in the frame. The probe was prompted by a YouTube video in which a black man named Desi demonstrates the problem. The camera, which is designed to follow individuals' head movements, fails to track Desi as he moves in and out of the picture. But when Desi's white co-worker, Wanda, enters the scene the camera follows her. "As soon as my blackness enters the frame, it... Information Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413246/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:25:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412907/posts Celebrities and everyday people are discovering social networking has its pros and cons, says entertainment reporter JESSICA LEO. SOCIAL networking has joined sex, drugs and alcohol as the latest addiction plaguing celebrities. With Australians spending a third of their time online perusing Facebook, however, it seems the everyday Aussie is not far behind in mirroring the trend. British pop singer Lily Allen has become the latest celebrity casualty of the affliction, announcing she is quitting social networking sites and declaring she will be a "neo-Luddite". Allen joins US pop sensation Miley Cyrus and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, who... Adelaide Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412907/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:51:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412768/posts SNIPPET: "If a major homegrown terrorist attack happens on U.S. soil in the coming years, 2009 will be looked at as the year when the warning signs were missed. According to the Rand Corporation, the U.S. has experienced 30 homegrown terrorism plots since 9/11. One-third of these occurred in 2009; a frightening spike that warrants more attention than it is currently being given by public officials. The Obama Administration began its term by refusing to include terms like “radical Islam” as part of its lexicon. The Global War on Terrorism was alternatively called an “overseas contingency operation” or “a campaign... FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412768/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:48:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412757/posts Yahoo.com is allegedly spying on its customers and acting as a proxy for U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies. According to Wired.com, Yahoo also charges the agencies for the information. That means U.S. citizens' tax dollars are being used by federal agencies to pay for information gathered in Yahoo's spying. A Yahoo customer who asked not to be identified became suspicious of Yahoo's operations when the image below appeared on his screen while downloading his e-mail. WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412757/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:07:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412097/posts “Arrested Americans show no remorse about their terror plans” PTI Monday, December 21, 2009 14:44 IST SNIPPET: “Lahore: Five American Muslim youth arrested by Pakistani authorities on suspicion of terror links have shown no remorse about their plans to commit terrorist acts and one has even said they should be hanged so that they could become martyrs, a senior police official said today.” SNIPPET: “Zamzam, Waqar Hussain Khan, 22, Ahmed Abdullah Minni, 20, Iman Hasan Yemer, 17 and Omar Farooq, 24, were arrested in Sargodha, located 200km from Islamabad, on charges of planning terror attacks in Pakistan and abroad.” SNIPPET:... (PTI) via DNAINDIA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412097/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:08:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411759/posts It's possible to legislate so that Web Browsers have to use an IMG/EMBED/OBJECT attribute that defines the promiscuity or Content Filter level of each image or video, between 1 and 10 or a similar rating, in the HTML code of each website. Websites which don't include this attribute for each image/video would be blocked by gateway internet filters - similar to what Squidguard or IPCop-URLfilter do, or the Australian filter, and the filters can limit the level of promiscuous images for selected domains. Child porn, violence, beastiality, etc can then be most readily filtered out, particularly for children. If websites... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411759/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:37:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411544/posts Iran's president says he will soon write to the UN Secretary-General asking for his country to be compensated for World War II damages. "We will seek compensation for World War II damages. I have assigned a team to calculate the costs," Ahmadinejad said. "I will write a letter to the UN Secretary-General [Ban Ki-moon] asking for Iran to be compensated for the damages," he added, pointing out that such a move was necessary to ensure that justice was served. "During this period, the Iranian people were subjected to a great deal of pressure and the country suffered a great deal... Press TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411544/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:21:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411394/posts SNIPPET: "Security sources said concerns had been raised by "chatter" on a prominent jihadist website two weeks ago." (David Leppard for THE SUNDAY TIMES, December 20, 2009) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411394/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:51:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411296/posts Here's a fairy tale that could only happen in the movies. Man makes YouTube video. Goes to Hollywood. Gets pots of money and a movie deal. Except this story is true. An unknown producer from Uruguay, Fede Alvarez, shelled out about $300 to create a cool video of a robot invasion in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. The four-minute short, "Ataque de Panico!" (Panic Attack) features ginormous (but slow-moving) weapon-wielding robots that blow stuff up. We have to admit, it has pretty amazing production values. The Playlist gushed that the director may be the next Neill Blomkamp, who made the... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411296/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:12:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts <p>"NatWest handed Al Qaeda terrorist 100% mortgage to buy £93,000 home he turned into a bomb factory"</p> <p>SNIPPET: "A bank has sparked outrage by handing over a 100 per cent mortgage to an Al Qaeda terrorist who smuggled himself into Britain.</p> DAILY MAIL.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410721/posts StopeTaxes.com wishes the Internet a very happy 40th birthday! What started in a lab in UCLA in 1969 has transformed human civilization. The internet has changed the way we work, learn, communicate, conduct commerce, and live. One of the most significant developments in human history, it has facilitated tremondous prosperity, innovation, and is bringing change to even the most closed, cruel, and opaque regimes in the world. StopeTaxes.com is committed to preserving liberty online. Indeed, the internet is the last best example of a truly free market. However, efforts are afoot that will hinder all that has made the internet... Stop E-Taxes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410721/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:24:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409970/posts The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed a formal complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission over Facebook's recent changes to user privacy settings, claiming the changes are in violation of consumer-protection law. ... Most notably, a user's name, city, gender, photograph, selected "fan pages," and friends list - yes, friends list - can now be viewed by anyone on the web. Whether you like it or not. The Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409970/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:38:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408373/posts SNIPPET: "A King County jury this morning found Naveed Haq guilty of eight counts, including aggravated first-degree murder, in the 2006 shootings at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle." SNIPPET: "Haq opened fire in the federation offices on July 28, 2006, killing employee Pamela Waechter, 58, and wounding Cheryl Stumbo, Carol Goldman, Dayna Klein, Christina Rexroad and Layla Bush..." (SEATTLE TIMES) via JIHAD WATCH.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408373/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:52:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408245/posts Note: Telephone transcript and web posts included. 15 December 2009 "AMF X 2" SNIPPET: "Ehsanul Islam Sadequee and Syed Haris Ahmed were sentenced to prison yesterday in US District Court in Atlanta, Georgia. Sadequee got 17 years, and Ahmed 13 - both are subject to 30 years court supervision upon release. (Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the second link and read some of Judge Duffy's remarks to Sadequee). • Terrorism Defendants Sentenced • Federal Judge Sentences 2 Muslim Americans for Conspiring to Aid Terror Groups Sadequee and Ahmed were part of the global network of jihadis that... INTERNET HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408245/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:30:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408064/posts The Illinois Policy Institute has launched a new great spending transparency resource for the State of Illinois. IllinoisOpenGov.org is modeled after the the successful template developed by the Maine Heritage Policy Center and features a wealth of information. While the Illinois state government's spending transparency portal ITAP (which stands for Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal) created earlier this year provides access to state employee salary information, as well as agency expenditure and contract information and information relating to corporate accountability and professional licenses, IPI's website goes further. In IPI's own words, IllinoisOpenGov.org does the following: * Makes the details of... Center for Fiscal Accountability http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408064/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407779/posts Note: Videos included at link. “Out With Brother Yousef, in with Abdullah as-Sayf Jones” JARRET BRACHMAN - blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407779/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:41:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407765/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/December/09-nsd-1338.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 14, 2009 Terrorism Defendants Sentenced in Atlanta Ehsanul Islam Sadequee Receives 17 Years in Prison; Co-defendant Syed Haris Ahmed Receives 13 Years Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, 23, of Roswell, Ga., and Syed Haris Ahmed, 25, of Atlanta, were sentenced today in federal court following their convictions earlier this year in separate but related criminal trials, the Justice Department announced. "With their words and their actions, these defendants supported the wrongheaded but very dangerous idea that armed violence aimed at American interests will force our Government and our people... US DOJ.gov - Justice.gov/opa - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407765/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:14:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406634/posts June 28, 2006 was quite a day for anti-Semitism, wasn’t it? Surely, you remember how an intoxicated Mel Gibson was pulled over by a Malibu cop, only for Gibson to tell the officer, “Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.” That, of course, was just after Gibson’s movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” led to nationwide headlines, such as the one in The Jewish Week, “Jews Horrified By Gibson’s Jesus Film.” Countless Jewish organizations, rabbis and executive directors told us to be afraid, very afraid, of what that movie might unleash in unsophisticated American Christians. Even this... The Jewish Week via Tikkun.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406634/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406815/posts SNIPPET: "It remains unclear whether as-Sahab is really on the skids, but signs increasingly point to yes. Meanwhile, I'd like to point out that the files as-Sahab uploaded include a .pdf statement. The file is called "azzam to pakistan november 09.pdf" while the document properties identify it as "SH AIMAN TO PAKISTAN RAHE HALAKAT JULY 2009.INP". I think it is in Urdu - my version of Adobe Acrobat claims it can't render the font correctly. As for the name mismatch, I'm not sure what to make of that. Did they actually upload the wrong file?! The document is hosted by... INTERNET HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406815/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:38:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406625/posts SNIPPET: "Well, the English-language Voice of Jihad site seems to be down at this address – I’ll share the new one once I find it. In my hunt, though, I ran across this version of the Voice of Jihad page, in Arabic (GoogleEnglish translation here, PDF at non-terrorist site here) with only a slight difference in the address (alemrah.info, instead of alemarah.info – note the extra “a” in the second version, which brings you to the Arabic news site). The fundraising site URL seems to be registered with a company in Westchester, California (WHOIS results – PDF of results here).... MILNEWSca - blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406625/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:02:20 GMT