Government to censor the Internet

[The_Damned]

can anyone recommend a vpn?

[AJ_Prime]

This article seems to give some good information about VPNs. The one's I researched that looked good (when the Dallas Buyers Club thing first started in the media) seemed to be PIA (Private Internet Access) and Torguard.

[kup]

You've gone off on a total tangent, who said anything about working 'for the man'. Why didn't you become a creative type? No don't answer that. Lets get back to the topic before I write something that gets me banned.

I think you took it too personally. We all work 'for the man' dude including me.

I think a lot of the time people end up complaining for the sake of it. I know personally i think 'oh i want more time to play games' etc, then i get time and can't be bothered anyway. It's all just adjusting and balancing; you do something so long that when circumstances change, it's always going to be jarring initially. We had a baby recently and while i can feel my gaming time slipping away (and being somewhat depressed at the thought), as time goes on and you start to weigh up the alternative scenario you find yourself in, you realise it's just different, not necessarily better or worse inherently. As long as you try and make the best of your situation, that's all you can really do.

I agree completely on your stance on work though. For me, personally my job started out as something i loved doing, and if i was doing it in my free time i'm sure i'd still love doing it. There are hints of love still, but most of it has been sucked dry by the very nature of it being a job. I'm a website designer (my post has some relevance to the thread see!) yet i feel my ability to be creative has also diminished - from years of torture doing the same basic websites for pretty much noone but deadbeat clients.

Then again it's just a job and i don't want to be in a heavy stress, truly creative environment either - it's bad enough as it is! You can't think too much about hating your job though. Probably all of us spend more time with work colleagues than loved ones...how messed up is that! But there's little you can do about it till much later in life. The only thing that drives me to work, is that the more i earn now, the sooner i can stop earning and just relax!

Yep, you understand. It's not about not being creative, it's about work and mandatory routines that society imposes that limits what we really want to do and fulfilling all we can be.

can anyone recommend a vpn?

Not sure if it would work for masking you for torrenting but it certainly works for making Netflix (Hulu, etc) think you are located in the US so you get superior content:

https://tvunblock.com/

[Skullcruncher]

I think you took it too personally. We all work 'for the man' dude including me.

No I don't work for 'the man' at all. If you are going on about general governance Australia really has it pretty sweet, unless you have an overt sense of entitlement - which many kids seem to have these days.

Yep, you understand. It's not about not being creative, it's about work and mandatory routines that society imposes that limits what we really want to do and fulfilling all we can be.

A thats your problem, society is not limiting you or your expression, you are limiting yourself.

[Trent]

A thats your problem, society is not limiting you or your expression, you are limiting yourself.

QFT!

[Raider]

This article seems to give some good information about VPNs. The one's I researched that looked good (when the Dallas Buyers Club thing first started in the media) seemed to be PIA (Private Internet Access) and Torguard.

I've heard good things about PIA before. I've been using FrootVPN as it was free but they are charging a nominal amount now. I have no complaints yet about FrootVPN. They were backed by TPB at one stage (not sure of the exact affiliation other than they were promoted by TPB) and everything was really easy and simple to set up.

Now to consider changing to PIA or staying with Froot... I'll prob stick with Froot just given that they have given me 6 months of VPN for free and they had really great connection speeds.

Back on the main topic... all I can say is that the current major political parties have me completely disenchanted with Australian politics to the point that I now have to consider which is the worse of the two to vote for instead of which is the best. Politics is meant to be about elected officials representing the people who have elected them on the basis that they will do both what they promise and act in the best interests of their constitutes. This does not happen at all anymore and every politician appears to look out for themselves and ensuring they keep hold of power. I don't remember the last time I heard a politician speak and I honestly believed what they said.

This whole argument about internet censorship (I'm using the term broadly), appears to be nothing more than politicians seeking to appease those who financially back them. I am yet to read anything that indicates that the current stance by both parties is honestly in the best interests of Australia as a nation and its citizens.

tl:dr... both major policitcal parties suck

[Trent]

I've heard good things about PIA before. I've been using FrootVPN as it was free but they are charging a nominal amount now. I have no complaints yet about FrootVPN. They were backed by TPB at one stage (not sure of the exact affiliation other than they were promoted by TPB) and everything was really easy and simple to set up.

Now to consider changing to PIA or staying with Froot... I'll prob stick with Froot just given that they have given me 6 months of VPN for free and they had really great connection speeds.

Back on the main topic... all I can say is that the current major political parties have me completely disenchanted with Australian politics to the point that I now have to consider which is the worse of the two to vote for instead of which is the best. Politics is meant to be about elected officials representing the people who have elected them on the basis that they will do both what they promise and act in the best interests of their constitutes. This does not happen at all anymore and every politician appears to look out for themselves and ensuring they keep hold of power. I don't remember the last time I heard a politician speak and I honestly believed what they said.

This whole argument about internet censorship (I'm using the term broadly), appears to be nothing more than politicians seeking to appease those who financially back them. I am yet to read anything that indicates that the current stance by both parties is honestly in the best interests of Australia as a nation and its citizens.

tl:dr... both major policitcal parties suck

Instead of voting for whichever of the 2 parties you dislike the least, how about voting for another party/independent entirely? Nothing will ever change if people only ever vote for the major 2. Give someone else a go. They can't do any worse.

[Raider]

Instead of voting for whichever of the 2 parties you dislike the least, how about voting for another party/independent entirely? Nothing will ever change if people only ever vote for the major 2. Give someone else a go. They can't do any worse.

Problem is that I am in a heavily Liberal area which will never change (well certainly not in the near future) and quite frankly most independents who run in my area have nothing substantial to add based upon what I've read about them prior to each election.

Australia is entrenched as a 2 party political system. Sure every now and again another party might hold a little power (Democrats back in the day and now Greens with a few independents) but realistically its the 2 majors that control everything.

Sorry don;t want to derail this thread into a rant about the state of Aussie politics, it's about internet censorship

[kup]

Instead of voting for whichever of the 2 parties you dislike the least, how about voting for another party/independent entirely? Nothing will ever change if people only ever vote for the major 2. Give someone else a go. They can't do any worse.

In a two party system, that has very little impact.

I don't like Liberals or Labour but if I vote for an independent party (which I actually do), then my vote goes on to preference one of the bigger parties or has no impact as Raider mentioned.

It's not about being proactive, it's being aware that the system gives people an illusion of choice when there actually isn't any.

[llamatron]

But you can make a difference in the senate, very much so.