All that infrastructure wasn't paid for by BT or McD or Coke or the IOC, it was all the local municipalities or provinces or federal government. It took Montreal 30 years to pay off their Olympic debt, British Columbia is four billion in the hole after 2010, and the same will happen to London in two weeks.
Hear, hear! In it's current form, the IOC needs to re-classified as a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
I think the safe (and honest) assumption should be that anything coming out of a shipping container that can rub two chips together is a possible attack vector of the PRC. They are the ultimate and most effective sleeper agents ever created.
NBC's coverage has ALWAYS been bad. The worst part is that they smother everything with "human interest" stories to the point where you're not sure if you're watching the Olympics or some daytime talk show.
After a brief exposure to this dreck by the pro-Olympics missus, I'm still recovering from RyanSecrestitis (the main symptom is projectile vomiting).
Here's a good reason nothing will come of this: Jan Brewer. Here's another: Joe Arpaio. Adding in that this state actively resisted a Federal holiday for Martin Luther King, it becomes clear Arizona is merely 19th century Alabama with cactii.
Two years, tops before all the 3D printer companies are sued into oblivion by IP trolls and greedy corporations. Even open source projects in this relm will have to hosted in more elightened countries (if any still exist by then).
How do these little wonders not end up in all our Western World intestinal pouches and stay there permanently? Or for that matter, take a right at the appendix?
We all know the old adage about a civilised society being just three missed meals away from barbarism. In the modern world, I wonder whether something similar could be said for the power supply.
Given that a third of Indian homes have zero electricity (and I bet Pakistan is even higher), you might be over-egging the pudding here.
Imagine you are the government of Iran. Putting religious and cultural issues aside for a moment, you have seen two of your neighbors occupied by a superpower - and in the case of Iraq, done on the backs of blatant lies that nearly everyone now acknowledges.
Wouldn't *you* want the ultimate defensive weapon (nukes) to keep the crazy Westerners from invading, ala North Korea? Put in that light, the choice appears rather rational.
Be cautious, be vigilant. But as I have said before, the mistake is believing that because there are some examples of abuse or mistakes â" and there are plenty â" that EVERY activity is intentional, systematic government abuse.
Pray tell; how is an ordinary US citizen supposed to be vigilant against those that hold all the cards and wield that power with absolutely no verifiable checks in place?
I imagine patrol cops go where they expect some action may occur
Provided it occurs in the richer enclaves where the Officer Bob bully routine is easily done, yes. But I suspect even in moderately-sized urban areas, there are implicit no-go zones for beat cops, lest they get got.
If you can cheaply replace the shingles on your house with cheap solar cells I'd call it a win even if you have to cover the whole roof instead of one part.
I'm always amazed how many pro-gun nerds there are on Slashdot. When I read their postings coming to the defense of the 2nd amendment, I have this chilling image of a thirty-something programmer polishing his Glock and recalling the memory of an atomic wedgie whilst staring at the heavily circled calendar date of his high school reunion.
If consumers didn't want big phones they wouldn't buy them.
You're missing the real reason: phone companies want as many people as possible forced into buying a monthly data plan (and most won't use much data at all = pure profit). Hence: more and more (and bigger) smart phones, while the feature phones are de-feautred to the point where even senior citizens are turned off by them. I have a mid-level 'multimedia' phone that didn't have a $40 a month data charge (though it still has a $15 one, IIRC). I haven't looked, but I wouldn't be surpised if that range of phones has been phased out for more $mart phones. Real consumer 'choice' is wildly over-estimated.
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Build your own Internet. Then turn total control over it to power-mad dictators like Putin and the PRC, as is your wont...
And proudly wearing a hairshirt can drive beaucoup page views...
Hear, hear! In it's current form, the IOC needs to re-classified as a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
6. Our justification was being delivered by courier, but he burst into flames passing thru a TSA scanner.
an OS that won't run on any hardware it was developed for! The programmatic equivalent of locking your keys in your car.
aka the Apple Ministry of Propaganda. #ZeroImpartiality
I think the safe (and honest) assumption should be that anything coming out of a shipping container that can rub two chips together is a possible attack vector of the PRC. They are the ultimate and most effective sleeper agents ever created.
I think I've just had an idea for Kickstarter.
After a brief exposure to this dreck by the pro-Olympics missus, I'm still recovering from RyanSecrestitis (the main symptom is projectile vomiting).
Here's a good reason nothing will come of this: Jan Brewer. Here's another: Joe Arpaio.
Adding in that this state actively resisted a Federal holiday for Martin Luther King, it becomes clear Arizona is merely 19th century Alabama with cactii.
A pick of the app looked a lot like a Jack Daniels label, intimating we'll all be drinking heavily if he wins.
Take enough of these, and we finally will be susceptable to Wi-Fi fields!
Two years, tops before all the 3D printer companies are sued into oblivion by IP trolls and greedy corporations. Even open source projects in this relm will have to hosted in more elightened countries (if any still exist by then).
How do these little wonders not end up in all our Western World intestinal pouches and stay there permanently? Or for that matter, take a right at the appendix?
"Your honor, we are charging the defendant with Felony Butthurt."
Given that a third of Indian homes have zero electricity (and I bet Pakistan is even higher), you might be over-egging the pudding here.
Imagine you are the government of Iran. Putting religious and cultural issues aside for a moment, you have seen two of your neighbors occupied by a superpower - and in the case of Iraq, done on the backs of blatant lies that nearly everyone now acknowledges.
Wouldn't *you* want the ultimate defensive weapon (nukes) to keep the crazy Westerners from invading, ala North Korea? Put in that light, the choice appears rather rational.
Pray tell; how is an ordinary US citizen supposed to be vigilant against those that hold all the cards and wield that power with absolutely no verifiable checks in place?
Provided it occurs in the richer enclaves where the Officer Bob bully routine is easily done, yes. But I suspect even in moderately-sized urban areas, there are implicit no-go zones for beat cops, lest they get got.
Hail decides who wins.
I'm always amazed how many pro-gun nerds there are on Slashdot. When I read their postings coming to the defense of the 2nd amendment, I have this chilling image of a thirty-something programmer polishing his Glock and recalling the memory of an atomic wedgie whilst staring at the heavily circled calendar date of his high school reunion.
Might be time to require any USB stick used by government officials to be permanently attached to a large iron ball.
You're missing the real reason: phone companies want as many people as possible forced into buying a monthly data plan (and most won't use much data at all = pure profit). Hence: more and more (and bigger) smart phones, while the feature phones are de-feautred to the point where even senior citizens are turned off by them. I have a mid-level 'multimedia' phone that didn't have a $40 a month data charge (though it still has a $15 one, IIRC). I haven't looked, but I wouldn't be surpised if that range of phones has been phased out for more $mart phones. Real consumer 'choice' is wildly over-estimated.
Don't get your hopes up, given that the Aussie government has been active in helping the Assange* persecution.
Though as a USian, I have to point out I don't think they've yet joined in our extra-judicial citizen-killing.
* - Yes, he's kind of a dick; doesn't justify meddling in the rights and justice systems of three sovereign countries.
They are doing you a favor with all the excess packaging, given they didn't bother tightening the screws holding the screens in place. http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/18/3168065/nexus-7-suffering-screen-separation-untightened-screws