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Are “CRTP” and “TOPSTN” legal in USA?

Hi:

I'm currently daydreaming about a hypothetical telecommunication device that looks like a desktop PC but is text-only. Lets call this device =93CRTP=94 [Chat Room Text Phone]. The CRTP is eco-friendly and does not need any 110/220 VAC sockets. Instead it receives its power from the line it is connected to. This line electrically and physically resembles that of a telephone line but is not connected to the currently-existing POTS/PSTN. Instead it is connected to a hypothetical network. Let=92s call this theoretical network =93TOPSTN=94 -- Text-Only Public-Switched Telephone Network.

The TOPSTN [using CRTP] is similar to the PSTN but is text-only and is separate from the currently existing PSTN/POTS.

The display device of CRTP consists of inorganic LEDs that are as small as possible given the state of today's technology with any many LEDs per area as possible. This monitor is monochrome and the LEDs emit 555 nm light only. This wavelength of light is the wavelength that is most easily detected by the human eye. Other wavelengths of visible light require highest intensities for the same visibility. 555 nm light has the highest optical efficacy of all visible wavelengths. This monochrome display is 1-bit for each LED [either the LED is on or off]. When on, the LED emits the minimum intensity of light required for the human eye to detect in a dark room. The display is just big enough to display the largest meaningful two sentences of any human language. The font is fixed and is just big enough NOT to strain the readers' eyes. This screen is divided into two parts. Part A display what you type as you type it while Part B displays text that has been posted into the chat room =96 by you or someone else. Press "enter" or left-click the "post" button to post your message into the chat room.

TOPSTN consists of live chat rooms that are pure-text only. Nothing other than text. No file-transfer either. There is no IM/PM capability. When you post text into a room, everyone sees it.

Unlike the PSTN/POTS system, TOPSTN does not have any centralized system. Each user has his/her own device for chatting.

TOPSTN is a completely anonymous network in which there are no such things as telephone numbers, caller-IDs, IP addresses, MAC addresses, ANIs, DNISs, or any other codes to identify users.

Neither the CRTP nor the TOPSTN store any files. They don=92t log any information either.

In the chat rooms used by CRTP and TOPSTN, there are no such things as administrators, ISPs, operators, passwords, or moderators. To prevent impersonation of real people, users are not allowed to make usernames. To further increase anonymity, no user will be assigned a username. This truly makes it impossible to identify any user. No registration is required to chat.

CRTP and TOPSTN are nightmares to the sadists who want to interfere with free speech. Sadly, CRTP & TOPSTN and only hypothetical.

Let=92s say CRTP and TOPSTN were to exist. Would they be legal in USA? If not, why?

There is nothing illegal that could possibly be done with CRTP/TOPSTN. Right?

Thanks,

GX

Reply to
GreenXenon
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You are an idiot. This USENET IS a text only medium, and yet binary files are still able to be passed over it.

So, yes, it is 100% vulnerable to abuse.

Reply to
Hellequin

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Note that file-transfer is not possible with CRTP and TOPSTN.

Reply to
GreenXenon

Note that the "transfer" I refer to is by the use of TEXT characters, and invisible to the system.

Try again, idiot.

Reply to
Hellequin

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nary

File transfer using only plain text messages was cracked long ago. Connect a more able machine to the network and you'll have users exchanging files.

Lots of speech is illegal in pretty well every country on earth.

Any chat network without admins of some sort is rapidly swamped with junk. So almost noone will want to use it for chatting.

A 2 line display is nowhere near big enough to cope with the average chatroom.

All chat networks have T&Cs partly to protect the network owner against prosecution. Operating without those looks risky.

Network and user stations need power. Users like simple plug & play, so including a psu in the machine seems sensible. Spare capacity might possibly permit some unplugged machines to work too, but might be a problem in practice. Why? You're talkign about long distance copper links running at low v, thus providing only millipower, for want of a better term.

And finally there is no existing network to hook them up to without cost. The ones that do cost you can do way more with using a pc.

Other than that, great idea.

NT

Reply to
NT

The CRTP doesn't need anymore power than most corded telephones. The TOPSTN doesn't need anymore power than the current PSTN.

The hardware of CRTP and TOPSTN is such that it is impossible to transfer files.

The CRTP and TOPSTN are PnP, just plug the CRTP in, switch it on, and voila, you're connected to TOPSTN and ready to chat.

Because CRTP/TOPSTN don't connect to the conventional internet or the existing PSTN/POTS system, it's very difficult to fill the chat room with bots. In addition, the CRTP/TOPSTN only work with raw text, it doesn't have the functionality to allow chatterbots to work.

Other than "criminal threats" and defamation, there isn't any text- only speech that violates any USA law.

AFAIK, the only impediment to constructing CRTP and TOPSTN is the cost.

Reply to
GreenXenon

You are an idiot. Go back to the kook group.

Reply to
Hellequin

ever hear of OCR, how do you plan to make file-transfer impossible?

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Reply to
Jasen Betts

if the display can be read files can be transferred. 0000000 1f 8b 08 00 75 71 26 4f 00 03 8b cc 2f 55 48 2c 0000020 4a 55 48 54 48 2b 4d ce ce cc 4b 57 c8 4c c9 cc 0000040 2f 51 e4 02 00 ca d0 e8 3b 19 00 00 00

see also: Pianola. If it has a keyboard it can be abused.

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Jasen Betts

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