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UK to lnstall Wireless Mics on London Streets
johnthorensen writes "Looks like parts of London may be seeing wireless microphones on the street sometime soon. At this point, they're looking to use them to monitor noise ordinance violations - if you call about a repeated disturbance, they'll mount one by your place to monitor noise levels for the next several days. The article also notes that they intend to locate them more permanently outside bars and nightclubs. The microphones apparently communicate via wireless Internet connection, although no real details are given as to the nature of said connection. Are London residents getting the boiled frog treatment?"
the majority of the slashdot crowd over react say how bad this could be. "Oh no my rights"! Then click refresh.
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And one more thing:
THe Constitution that Madison and his fellow elites wrote did indeed have a system of checks and balances that so many brainwashed Americans are so proud to tell you about. But what they don't know is that this system of checks and balances (wherein you get a sort of gridlock between the different branches of gov't) was specifically designed to thwart the will of the people and maintain the status quo. Remember at the time that the status quo was that the VAST majority of wealth in the colonies was held by just a few people, who for the most part earned fabulous amounts of money by enslaving other human beings (both black and white) all the while drinking, feasting and partying their asses off.
So, the system of checks and balances worked very well to keep the rich rich and the poor poor, and dependent on whatever crumbs the rich might throw them. The middle class of colonial America did however expand, and the standard of living did improve, mostly thanks to the ever-growing accumulation of written scientific knowledge (which has little to do with maintaing the status quo).
So, I always find it sadly ironic that so many working class Americans are constantly prattling on about our vaunted system of checks and balances, when all along it was meant to keep down those same working class Americans. It's kinda like the cattle bragging about how swiftly the hammers are swung on the slaughterhouse killing floors.
And we now see some results of this vaunted system of Constitutional checks and balances: while western European nations have stronger welfare states, universal healthcare, longer life expectancy, taller children, work about 20% fewer hours per year, America is falling behind. All because our government was constructed via the Constitution to preserve the status quo of a slave nation ruled by cruel, predatory and parasitic elites....
eat shiat and bark at the moon
Either that, or someone's finger slipped when they were aiming for Troll or Flamebait. (Not that I'm saying that this was either)
Other than that, I agree - many aspects of slashdot are broken imho, especially the whole friends/foes thing and the ability to effectively ignore foes and give strong preference to friends. Talk about encouraging group think.
It's official. Most of you are morons.