Classical composers were paid for composing; as in "we need a new tune for next sunday's mass, and another completely different tune, which will likely never get played again in your lifetime, for the mass on sunday after that". Kinda like a carpenter gets paid to make a table, not every time someone uses that table. People back then did NOT listen to that music over and over and over again. It was written, it got played, something new was written. Totally different from today, and I'm pretty sure classical composers would be laughing at things like Mickey Mouse Copyright. Also, not few of that music was more or less dedicated to God, not to Mammon. Sure, they liked being well fed, who doesn't... but that's not why they wrote those pieces, that is simply not how they operated. It kinda shows in the music, too. The heart, it cannot be hidden.
There is no "anonymous" when it comes to search phrases and URL. the data in itself can be quite revealing. What's the reasoning behind keeping it around forever? Hubris? Not having anything *actually* interesting to do with HD space? Like, uhm, say, data about the content of public pages, instead of data about your users (talk about dropping the ball real hard). And hey, a simple algorithm to fix common stuff like htt:// or whatever, should be doable quite easily. So what does it need the Google servers for? To check against a list of known URL? Do you really think the benefits outweigh the "costs" of traffic and HD space, not to mention the privacy implications, or you having to basically lie to save face? You come out and call stuff FUD, then talk about opt-in features, which are actually opt-out. What gives? You think you can make up for that by volume of words and condescension? And you even have your astroturf mod posse with you, my oh my, haha.
The problem here is that we know so terribly little about the brain that the whole study of "brain pattern changes" smells of phrenology.
That is not a study. Indeed that rather sounds like something a prevert would say.
I wonder why nobody ever bothered to do a study where we take a few hundred/thousand kids, check their gaming habits and then check whether the "violent gamers" behave statistically relevantly differently from the control group.
What exactly do you think for example measuring brain patterns is? But sure, too look at those in isolation strikes me as silly as well. But why ignore them? Because "it smells of phrenology", while stating that, doesn't? Haha.
Yes, "throwing money" at things helps. it's just that you call it "things cost money" when you like it, and "throwing money at it", when you don't.
"For the children" is one of the basest forms of emotional appeal. The emotional satisfaction justifies it in many people's minds, and to argue against it makes one vulnerable to accusations of not caring about kids.
You and the tools who modded you are demonstrating the exact opposite though: "for the children" is used as a valid reason to mindlessly bash the proposal. I accuse you of being an idiot, but you knew that.
What's your point, if you even have one? Just pouting? If you wanna be all relativistic, faster computing doesn't really help with the heat death of the universe so it's an exercise in futility, as are "good thoughts" no matter how they're defined. My point is, we're already derping with our current "hardware", why would supercomputers be put to any better use?
Who gives a fuck that *you* haven't seen a good magazine since 1996? This is what it boils down to, your own cluelessness. Also, good magazines tend to have good websites, to, it's not either one or the other.
observe him maybe? I mean, think of it this way: if he becomes a terrorist, you'll have plenty early knowledge. if he changes his mind, you just shred the files and say yay.
maybe also send him pretty, smart, female undercover agents, to offer spiritual and intellectual and sexual guidance. why not? why not deal with the cause, you know? think out of the box ^^
I don't even recall all the kinds of things I found on textfiles.com when I was 20 or so and bored/curious, but I remember saving textfiles to my HD just because I thought they were interesting. even stuff about writing viruses, none of which I understood. I was simply curious how it works, you know? I'd still totally love to read, say, instructions mafia people give to each other. not because I wanna do that, but because it'd be fascinating, just like knowing intricate details of how the military or police does something would be. I mean,shit, the movies we're being fed are usually beyond stupid in that respect, without exception, and that IS how the world is ultimately run, so why blame people for being curious? that doesn't make them criminals anymore than the police having that knowledge makes them criminals. actually, less so: everything else being equal, they, contrary to the police, haven't yet demonstrated a lust for power and a tendency to be spineless little bitches, and utensil to dark deeds. so, do the math, and quick, before they make that illegal as well.
good thing I was young when it was still allowed to be curious, and that I don't have that stuff around anymore, huh? holy fucking crap! that man needs to be freed ASAP, and the people responsible for jailing him need to be punished as well as seriously educated, then removed from ANY position of authority. that's all. don't take this crap. if you live in or anywhere near that jurisdiction, shame 'em, and correct it. just call it out and follow the string of shills that come out in defense of this crying shame, and take 'em down one by one, making sure they're down every time. this guy is in prison under your authority ultimately, please do something about it if you can. organize, and don't shut up.
hmm, all of that is very reasonable, which is awkward, I was just spewing hate >:(
I have nothing to add to your points, which are all very good... I guess my only honest response to that would be what carlin said, about not even buying into most premises of the system. you're talking about the real world and how to make it work or gradually change it, I'm kicking and screaming obscenities. just so you know where I'm coming from:)
"IO'm fucking tired of people like you making up shit as justification over your hate."
oh yeah? have we met? from my end that looks like you making up stuff about me. you really think I hold a grudge against google for whatever reason (any ideas, sherlock?), and try real hard to "find justifications"?
you're not tired of that, you are the one imagining that's what I'm doing after all. needy fuck.
"So your argument is "They are big, therefore they are bad."
^ no, that's just your strawman. see how that works? you babble about shit I didn't even say, then moan and roll your eyes. toy.
yeah! when I was a kid I had a book from 1970 or so, describing how the year 2000 will be like. I don't remember most of it, but certainly people living in underwater cities of 70's design. you know, kinda like the the world we live in today, yes?
oh, and it had those robocars, too. I still remember the pic of a family playing cards while "being driven" along the highway. I also recall huge, efficient farms... but what I don't recall is the book going a whole lot into politics, the gap between rich and poor, or making people obsolete, which also is accurately like the world we live in today. that's just not as fascinating, it doesn't capture the imagination quite as nicely.
Unfortunately our system isn't predicated on "a jury of our peers, but only those whose wisdom, intelligence, and judgement we respect".
but of course it is. I just have to think of george carlin's tips on how to get out of jury duty.. "tell the judge you can spot a criminal *snaps fingers* just like that, he'll be impressed; tell him it's in the distance between the eyes".
or any other such extreme example we could make up. if it's stupid and insane enough, and in a way differently enough from the establishment, no jury duty for you. there goes your precious argument and passive-aggressive fart of an attack.
it's not like it can't be objectively shown that depending on facebook is fucking stupid and basically amounts to walking around in traffic (you're using the internet, but you don't really know what it is and that it amounts to more than icons on your retina). just not to people who are just as stupid.
also, it's only the system of those who accept it, just like the british king was no longer the american king when they thought "nah, that was fun but let's try something different now". but once people did that, they forget. until it happens again, to them this time.
with facebook that's a bit like saying 'don't answer the telephone' - a lot of peoples lives are connected via facebook messages rather than e-mail or the like.
oh, boo-hoo.... dunno, I personally find the idea that such tools would sit jury over the fate of another human being fucking disgusting, anyway.
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name the features.
thanks, every little bit helps.
Classical composers were paid for composing; as in "we need a new tune for next sunday's mass, and another completely different tune, which will likely never get played again in your lifetime, for the mass on sunday after that". Kinda like a carpenter gets paid to make a table, not every time someone uses that table. People back then did NOT listen to that music over and over and over again. It was written, it got played, something new was written. Totally different from today, and I'm pretty sure classical composers would be laughing at things like Mickey Mouse Copyright. Also, not few of that music was more or less dedicated to God, not to Mammon. Sure, they liked being well fed, who doesn't... but that's not why they wrote those pieces, that is simply not how they operated. It kinda shows in the music, too. The heart, it cannot be hidden.
There is no "anonymous" when it comes to search phrases and URL. the data in itself can be quite revealing. What's the reasoning behind keeping it around forever? Hubris? Not having anything *actually* interesting to do with HD space? Like, uhm, say, data about the content of public pages, instead of data about your users (talk about dropping the ball real hard). And hey, a simple algorithm to fix common stuff like htt:// or whatever, should be doable quite easily. So what does it need the Google servers for? To check against a list of known URL? Do you really think the benefits outweigh the "costs" of traffic and HD space, not to mention the privacy implications, or you having to basically lie to save face? You come out and call stuff FUD, then talk about opt-in features, which are actually opt-out. What gives? You think you can make up for that by volume of words and condescension? And you even have your astroturf mod posse with you, my oh my, haha.
haha, kudos.
Yes, please.
That is not a study. Indeed that rather sounds like something a prevert would say.
What exactly do you think for example measuring brain patterns is? But sure, too look at those in isolation strikes me as silly as well. But why ignore them? Because "it smells of phrenology", while stating that, doesn't? Haha.
Yes, "throwing money" at things helps. it's just that you call it "things cost money" when you like it, and "throwing money at it", when you don't.
You and the tools who modded you are demonstrating the exact opposite though: "for the children" is used as a valid reason to mindlessly bash the proposal. I accuse you of being an idiot, but you knew that.
What's your point, if you even have one? Just pouting? If you wanna be all relativistic, faster computing doesn't really help with the heat death of the universe so it's an exercise in futility, as are "good thoughts" no matter how they're defined. My point is, we're already derping with our current "hardware", why would supercomputers be put to any better use?
what makes a brain "better"? thinking faster, or thinking better thoughts?
Exactly.
Ken sent me.
Who gives a fuck that *you* haven't seen a good magazine since 1996? This is what it boils down to, your own cluelessness. Also, good magazines tend to have good websites, to, it's not either one or the other.
nu-uh, I was agreeing with what you said. humour has nothing to do with it, but hey.
kudos for pointing out basic sophistry. I'd suggest wearing the downmod as a badge of honor.
observe him maybe? I mean, think of it this way: if he becomes a terrorist, you'll have plenty early knowledge. if he changes his mind, you just shred the files and say yay.
maybe also send him pretty, smart, female undercover agents, to offer spiritual and intellectual and sexual guidance. why not? why not deal with the cause, you know? think out of the box ^^
then again, I didn't read the TFA, and now I feel mighty stupid. let's say, just seeing the summary,that'd be my reaction :P
so instead, I'd like to turn my indignation on sloppy summaries, they're what's wrong with the world.
I don't even recall all the kinds of things I found on textfiles.com when I was 20 or so and bored/curious, but I remember saving textfiles to my HD just because I thought they were interesting. even stuff about writing viruses, none of which I understood. I was simply curious how it works, you know? I'd still totally love to read, say, instructions mafia people give to each other. not because I wanna do that, but because it'd be fascinating, just like knowing intricate details of how the military or police does something would be. I mean,shit, the movies we're being fed are usually beyond stupid in that respect, without exception, and that IS how the world is ultimately run, so why blame people for being curious? that doesn't make them criminals anymore than the police having that knowledge makes them criminals. actually, less so: everything else being equal, they, contrary to the police, haven't yet demonstrated a lust for power and a tendency to be spineless little bitches, and utensil to dark deeds. so, do the math, and quick, before they make that illegal as well.
good thing I was young when it was still allowed to be curious, and that I don't have that stuff around anymore, huh? holy fucking crap! that man needs to be freed ASAP, and the people responsible for jailing him need to be punished as well as seriously educated, then removed from ANY position of authority. that's all. don't take this crap. if you live in or anywhere near that jurisdiction, shame 'em, and correct it. just call it out and follow the string of shills that come out in defense of this crying shame, and take 'em down one by one, making sure they're down every time. this guy is in prison under your authority ultimately, please do something about it if you can. organize, and don't shut up.
right. while zynga would have no reason to rip off, since there is no money in that.
hmm, all of that is very reasonable, which is awkward, I was just spewing hate >:(
I have nothing to add to your points, which are all very good... I guess my only honest response to that would be what carlin said, about not even buying into most premises of the system. you're talking about the real world and how to make it work or gradually change it, I'm kicking and screaming obscenities. just so you know where I'm coming from :)
oh yeah? have we met? from my end that looks like you making up stuff about me. you really think I hold a grudge against google for whatever reason (any ideas, sherlock?), and try real hard to "find justifications"?
you're not tired of that, you are the one imagining that's what I'm doing after all. needy fuck.
^ no, that's just your strawman. see how that works? you babble about shit I didn't even say, then moan and roll your eyes. toy.
yup. and *how* to do it is not a question, either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG4INDu9kNs
send a cryptographically signed security API command, of course! what could possibly go wrong?
yeah! when I was a kid I had a book from 1970 or so, describing how the year 2000 will be like. I don't remember most of it, but certainly people living in underwater cities of 70's design. you know, kinda like the the world we live in today, yes?
oh, and it had those robocars, too. I still remember the pic of a family playing cards while "being driven" along the highway. I also recall huge, efficient farms... but what I don't recall is the book going a whole lot into politics, the gap between rich and poor, or making people obsolete, which also is accurately like the world we live in today. that's just not as fascinating, it doesn't capture the imagination quite as nicely.
but of course it is. I just have to think of george carlin's tips on how to get out of jury duty.. "tell the judge you can spot a criminal *snaps fingers* just like that, he'll be impressed; tell him it's in the distance between the eyes".
or any other such extreme example we could make up. if it's stupid and insane enough, and in a way differently enough from the establishment, no jury duty for you. there goes your precious argument and passive-aggressive fart of an attack.
it's not like it can't be objectively shown that depending on facebook is fucking stupid and basically amounts to walking around in traffic (you're using the internet, but you don't really know what it is and that it amounts to more than icons on your retina). just not to people who are just as stupid.
also, it's only the system of those who accept it, just like the british king was no longer the american king when they thought "nah, that was fun but let's try something different now". but once people did that, they forget. until it happens again, to them this time.
cheers.
oh, boo-hoo.... dunno, I personally find the idea that such tools would sit jury over the fate of another human being fucking disgusting, anyway.