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Mystery Company Recruiting Talent With a Puzzle
An anonymous reader writes "Google has previously used coding competitions to locate top talent. In a new twist on the idea, an anonymous tech company is posting a help-wanted ad that challenges developers to find out who the company is. A little digging and text mashing reveals a website containing a Web 2.0 puzzle that makes notpron look like child's play. So, fellow developers, who is this company, and, well, what is the significance of the date '01-18-08?'" Update: 12/12 20:20 GMT by KD : Replaced link to a removed Craigslist ad with a mirror.
In other words, we've been giving people the freedom to disagree with you, and do things that you wouldn't have done had you been in their place which, in your mind, makes them "morons." So, unless people do and think the things you believe are correct and right, then they are morons. OK, that's perfectly fine - I happen to think that people who believe that they know what other people *ought* to do and think are morons.
and then dismantling the government agencies that would have allowed them not to be
Here's where your train derails: Government doesn't "allow" anything - it forces people to *not* do things, through imprisonment, fines, and violence. So, let me restate your assertion:
"We've been giving people the the freedom to disagree with me and do things that I don't want them to do, and then dismantling the government agencies that would have forced them to think the things that I think are right, and do the things that I want them to do."
Gee - that actually sounds like a good idea! I don't want Government telling me what to do, even if you personally think it's moronic.
I'm sure there are a lot of things in your life that you do that I would think were stupid, and I'm sure you wouldn't like it if I tried to legislate and regulate my way of thinking and acting onto you.
So why do you think it's OK to legislate and regulate your way of thinking and acting onto me (and everyone else)?