funny thing is, I totally agree, so I wonder what about my post makes you think I think cops should be special or are "bad in general"?
and what's so "outrageous" about my statement, anyway? what "statement" specificially, since I asked questions mostly? also, how seriously can I take this when you preface your post with "human beings, in general, suck", as if that was a.) true and b.) would mean or solve *anything*?
and hey, if cops can't be expected to be better than the rest of us (to which I agree), the rest of us has to improve as well, period.
What kind of fucktards do they allow into the police force, anyway? Doesn't that give you pause? And isn't that the real issue here? If those cops weren't scum, the case would not have come about. So why allow scum to police people, and how to change it? How would one make the police force (or the military for that matter) a no go area for character dwarfes, while attracting people where, uhm, you don't have to wash your soul after each time you had contact with them, or heard about them in the news? I wonder.
I guess it depends on what you consider "intrusive". To me, having a flatrate and being online anyway... why would I consider this even a minor annoyance?
require all bank clients to strip naked on entrance and have an ID card slapped on them at all times
That sounds kinda hot though... I don't think I'd ever use an ATM again if that became the law. It also would put a stop to bank robberies as a bonus.
But bank robberies are much, much less common than cracked software torrents... so what do you suggest the piggy in the straw hut should do? I'm honestly asking.
I'm not one; why should all of this be of my concern?"
Yay logic. You're not a bank robber, so why should YOU have to speak with the clerk through bullet proof glass?
when you deliberately go out of your way to annoy me as a gamer
You're trolling, right? I mean, you can't be that dense? Do you know what deliberate annoyance is....? Go watch some Jackass for example, then compare...
And then to bring up Valve, of all the greedy whores one could mention.. uhmm....
"politicians (and the police) would understand. Orwell's 1984 is a warning, not a "HOWTO manual"."
But a warning for whom? Certainly not for callous powermongers, because at least in that book, Big Brother wins. And runs (sick, sad, twisted) victory laps in eternity. At least that's how I read it.
One cannot buy into the premise that some people should decide what's good for all people, and accept a minority owning the majority figuratively and literally, and then expect any other outcome in the long run?
IMHO we shouldn't wish for politicians to understand anything, we should seek for the people to care for themselves and one another more than they do. To condemn Big Brother is like explaining cancer cells how they actually *ought* to behave... instead of explaining that to the immune system as long as there is still anything left of it.
I know this is off-topic and honestly, it just feels good to say it so I did =)
"The same people that make the surrender jokes will often make fun of their own nation just as quickly."
Bold claim, backed up by NOTHING, followed by insults. Anonymous, no less. Why does that not surprise?
But while we're at it: what is "just a joke"? What meanings and functions can a joke have, which do apply here? "It's just a joke, shut up now" is just a feeble attempt by weak intellects to shut down any pondering/discussion of that.
Specific members of the French military contributed specific code to Thunderbird -- what does FRANCE have to do with it? And no, I'm neither French nor would I care if be insulted and utterly outraged (LOL) if I was - I just think it's apeish and fucking lame, not to mention predictable and utterly boring to anyone except the "oooo-raaahhhh" crowd... which to me is the main function of such "mere jokes", they serve as a glue for people with common cognitive defects. It's not even dissing France or anything French, it's simply a signal flare saying "Idiot here, where are my idiots at?"
Someone pointing that out is doing you a favour actually. Do with it what you will.
And by the way, logic and arguments are by no means trivial. If I had my way, there would be some kind of "open your mouth" license and repeat offenders would be shot... I think a mere post is a good compromise, no?
if you find evidence that it is 100% money driven, then I'd love to hear about it with a link to the research you found.
Why would I, when you yourself supplied it:
Why the big panic for a flu that is no worse than average... the same reason why we should panic over everything else. It is because fear sells well, and drives ratings on news sites
So if I'm "repeating a lie", why are you repeating it, too? ^^
find out how much money is being made on vaccines
Why would I, when I never said it's the vaccines making the big chunks of money?
As a totally random example, I just recently saw an ad for Sagrotan, saying "kills 99.9% of all bacteria and the H1N1 virus"...
What kind of BS "research" is this? Why not simply test lots of, uhm, people... and *then* look if you can find any interesting correlations between sex, income, whatever?
If you think "males, contrary to women, keep secrets", you live in lala land.
The purpose seems to be the creation of a "sacred" status for copyright law, something that would cause anyone to think twice about creating anything that might have some indirect role in copyright infringement.
Like... HTTP? E-Mail? CD burners? Morse code? Having hands?
Either those judges are morons who have no idea about the glaring flaws that are easily pointed out, or the absurdity of this ruling is a deliberate component of the Machiavellian "make an example of them" style of authoritarian thinking that seems to be universally exhibited by pro-copyright interests.
scientists who are no doubt far more knowledgeable when it comes to (neuro-)biology than you
Haha... except the bit where they had wrong what I had right.
Guess what. If you seriously damage some part of your brain, it won't (significantly) recover. If that part of your brain was responsible for some function, you will either lose that function, or other areas of your brain will (partially) take over that function or compensate in some other way. If you damage your spinal cord you may never fully recover. Every day neurons die that don't get replaced.
Well...... duhhhhh?? What does that have to do with anything? Is that part just there to give some air of importance to the rest?
The idea that adult animals don't produce new neurons is NOT silly. For a long time there was no evidence that new neurons were being created and the creation of new neurons was not required to explain what we knew about the workings of the brain.
So instead of saying "we haven't seen new neurons been produced" they said "new neurons are not produced"? Yep, that is silly, and my original point still stands. Save your ad-hominens for someone dumb enough to fall for them ^^
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funny thing is, I totally agree, so I wonder what about my post makes you think I think cops should be special or are "bad in general"?
and what's so "outrageous" about my statement, anyway? what "statement" specificially, since I asked questions mostly? also, how seriously can I take this when you preface your post with "human beings, in general, suck", as if that was a.) true and b.) would mean or solve *anything*?
and hey, if cops can't be expected to be better than the rest of us (to which I agree), the rest of us has to improve as well, period.
So? There is not really a difference between "disabling code" and "disabling a call to code".
What kind of fucktards do they allow into the police force, anyway? Doesn't that give you pause? And isn't that the real issue here? If those cops weren't scum, the case would not have come about. So why allow scum to police people, and how to change it? How would one make the police force (or the military for that matter) a no go area for character dwarfes, while attracting people where, uhm, you don't have to wash your soul after each time you had contact with them, or heard about them in the news? I wonder.
ORLY?
In the words of Bill Hicks: "shut the fuck up and go wait in a ditch until we need you to kill somebody"
Soldiers, in general and as a whole, cause much more trauma than they suffer... and that's something to be stopped, not respected.
"bulldozering our house"
sometimes happens.
"buying us a mansion"
never happens.
"WHO WILL WIN!?!"
bulldozering our house.
I guess it depends on what you consider "intrusive". To me, having a flatrate and being online anyway... why would I consider this even a minor annoyance?
That sounds kinda hot though... I don't think I'd ever use an ATM again if that became the law. It also would put a stop to bank robberies as a bonus.
But bank robberies are much, much less common than cracked software torrents... so what do you suggest the piggy in the straw hut should do? I'm honestly asking.
Huh? They're not vague at all.
Yay logic. You're not a bank robber, so why should YOU have to speak with the clerk through bullet proof glass?
You're trolling, right? I mean, you can't be that dense? Do you know what deliberate annoyance is....? Go watch some Jackass for example, then compare...
And then to bring up Valve, of all the greedy whores one could mention.. uhmm....
But a warning for whom? Certainly not for callous powermongers, because at least in that book, Big Brother wins. And runs (sick, sad, twisted) victory laps in eternity. At least that's how I read it.
One cannot buy into the premise that some people should decide what's good for all people, and accept a minority owning the majority figuratively and literally, and then expect any other outcome in the long run?
IMHO we shouldn't wish for politicians to understand anything, we should seek for the people to care for themselves and one another more than they do. To condemn Big Brother is like explaining cancer cells how they actually *ought* to behave... instead of explaining that to the immune system as long as there is still anything left of it.
I know this is off-topic and honestly, it just feels good to say it so I did =)
"The same people that make the surrender jokes will often make fun of their own nation just as quickly."
Bold claim, backed up by NOTHING, followed by insults. Anonymous, no less. Why does that not surprise?
But while we're at it: what is "just a joke"? What meanings and functions can a joke have, which do apply here? "It's just a joke, shut up now" is just a feeble attempt by weak intellects to shut down any pondering/discussion of that.
Specific members of the French military contributed specific code to Thunderbird -- what does FRANCE have to do with it? And no, I'm neither French nor would I care if be insulted and utterly outraged (LOL) if I was - I just think it's apeish and fucking lame, not to mention predictable and utterly boring to anyone except the "oooo-raaahhhh" crowd... which to me is the main function of such "mere jokes", they serve as a glue for people with common cognitive defects. It's not even dissing France or anything French, it's simply a signal flare saying "Idiot here, where are my idiots at?"
Someone pointing that out is doing you a favour actually. Do with it what you will.
Dude... now they know which website you're using, and therefore they know you!
Who "they" are? ALL OF THEM.
And by the way, logic and arguments are by no means trivial. If I had my way, there would be some kind of "open your mouth" license and repeat offenders would be shot... I think a mere post is a good compromise, no?
Awww...
and hey, logging out / ticking the coward box would require extra effort, so *blrpbmbpbpbr* to you ^^
Then it surely needs false counterarguments even less.
If what he interpolated is wrong and that bugs you so much, just point it out.
Why would I, when you yourself supplied it:
So if I'm "repeating a lie", why are you repeating it, too? ^^
Why would I, when I never said it's the vaccines making the big chunks of money?
As a totally random example, I just recently saw an ad for Sagrotan, saying "kills 99.9% of all bacteria and the H1N1 virus"...
If you don't have any counterguments just don't reply hahaha.... why detail that simple fact with so much blah-di-blah?
If there's something wrong with what the poster said, point it out.
There is NOTHING more idiotic than an anonymous coward making an ad-hominem argument because they can't make an actual one.
Oh noes, the troll mods are all over this discussion... just repeating this because it's true:
Case. Fucking. Closed.
What kind of BS "research" is this? Why not simply test lots of, uhm, people... and *then* look if you can find any interesting correlations between sex, income, whatever?
If you think "males, contrary to women, keep secrets", you live in lala land.
Oh yay, I wonder that would react to my new hobby... or to me in general =/
It's not only fair, it's also quite hilarious.
Like... HTTP? E-Mail? CD burners? Morse code? Having hands?
Not a matter of either-or - I think it's both!
Ignorance is peace. Freedom is hell. Control is love.
Haha... except the bit where they had wrong what I had right.
Well...... duhhhhh?? What does that have to do with anything? Is that part just there to give some air of importance to the rest?
So instead of saying "we haven't seen new neurons been produced" they said "new neurons are not produced"? Yep, that is silly, and my original point still stands. Save your ad-hominens for someone dumb enough to fall for them ^^