In the past there was always products sold by amazon, and then a link to 'used & new' which I never touched because when I go to amazon, I'm looking specifically to by a NEW item from amazon themselves, and for amazon to take direct responsibility if there are any fuck ups.
Now they are trying really hard to blur the lines between their own products and those of other vendors. I only noticed this after I bought an item which I had no reason to believe was *not* coming from amazon, when I got an email saying:
Would you like to leave RIP_U_OFF_4_THE_LULZ feedback on your recent purchase?
This is not a good direction, but hey, they practically have a monopoly on cheap online books so what am I gonna do.
Yes, I like the sound of that system. Of course, I wouldn't self-report for $5 just as I won't use a supermarket loyalty card for 5000 "points", but you'd get 99% i'm sure.
Virtual apps, streamed or live on the cloud. Unplugged. Mesh. The summary was full of buzz words so I had to RTFA...which was also full of buzzwords
What I don't get is why basic office application are not better off on your local machine, or even OO.org on a flashdisk along with your documents, than on google's or microsofts server being analysed every which way.
They don't think that their media is at all biased. They believe "western" media is biased and has an anti-Chinese agenda. Too much fucking national pride is what it is. When I talk to Chinese people, in China, I often get this weird apologetic "our country is crappy in a socio-economic way", but "our morals and cultural values are superior to your hedonistic, non-family oriented foreign ways".
It's creepy. Take a look at the China-daily forum if you have morbid interest. It's full of the craziest ranting racists I have ever seen...and I visited 4chan once.
Bottom line is, I don't think the government oppressing the people with censorship should be looked at in such a simplistic way. There seems to be a need for the censorship for many people on some level. Like they can't take a single bit of criticism of their precious middle kingdom and it's 5000 (actually 50) year great history.
Governments don't have rights, people have rights. Governments have a monopoly on the legitimate use of force and coercion, by popular support or not.
Blocking access to Al Qaeda stuff...Not OK. No censorship is OK in a mature society (Pre-emptively punches slashdoter droning on about shouting fire in a crowded place. Not the same thing K)...it's a slippery slope
Now censorship works in that it raises the bar high enough so that Joe 6-pack is too lazy to go hunting for the information. There are many Chinese people who honestly have no idea what happened in Tian an men square, or recently Tibet, thanks to this principle.
On the other hand, between a motivated seeker of information, and a cooperative source, censorship can't win. The laws of mathematics (encryption) in this case, is stronger than the law of man.
Are you the chief buyer of walmart? How much say do you really have in where you buy products.
Here is a one way ticket to north Korea, now GTFO.
Srizbi is the largest contributor at 39% I believe this figure could be much larger if the Trojan.Srizbi client was ported to Mac and linux Anyone know what licence it's distributed under?
Shanghai metro for one has an oyster type card that is anonymous. To top it up you pay cash at the ticket office.
There are logs, and you can check them yourself by inserting the card into a reader; same for your wife who took your card to see where you've been. It is anonymous in that your personal details are not tied to the card ID, so no fishing expeditions by the authorities.
Nice devils advocate, but no, there are no pros. Maybe that trains will run on time, or some other pet-project of big brother. Thankfully the trend is that totalitarianism causes a long term loss of competitiveness, and eventual collapse, or stagnation to the point of having to rely on food aid.
Although Orwell introduces certain plot devices that stop this being the case (stop the pendulum swinging for the last time) for his fictional world, I personally doubt to what extent they would work in reality. Maybe someone could list the key devices because its been a while since I read it.
I wouldn't put it past the Japanese however, upon reaching the technical prerequisites for a massively collective race of cybernetically enhanced individuals, to implement it. Reason I say this is because I watched this interview where a a group of Japanese people explained how they distrusted foreigners, and drew comfort that they could be pretty sure all the [Japanese] people around them were thinking the same as they were.
Ah hasn't the world changed. I'm quite sentimental for the 80s where terrorists drove around in VW buses, spoke broken English and were bumbling and incompetent. I hate these 21st century terrorists always hiding in my internet pipe trying turn my computer into a bomb and what have you.
It seems that Microsoft has allowed large OEMs like ASUS to ship their products with a pre-installed version of XP that doesn't require product activation -- apparently because end users would find using Vista too inconvenient.
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Running time: 194 min.
If only it had gone down faster.
What is up with Amazons latest strategy?
In the past there was always products sold by amazon, and then a link to 'used & new' which I never touched because when I go to amazon, I'm looking specifically to by a NEW item from amazon themselves, and for amazon to take direct responsibility if there are any fuck ups.
Now they are trying really hard to blur the lines between their own products and those of other vendors.
I only noticed this after I bought an item which I had no reason to believe was *not* coming from amazon, when I got an email saying:
Would you like to leave RIP_U_OFF_4_THE_LULZ feedback on your recent purchase?
This is not a good direction, but hey, they practically have a monopoly on cheap online books so what am I gonna do.
I hate this logically fallacious special pleading argument. Hate it you hear!
How can the chinese communist party be so completely corrupt and evil? It work's in mysterious ways, you just can't understand it.
(Usually used in the context of god)
Yes, I like the sound of that system. Of course, I wouldn't self-report for $5 just as I won't use a supermarket loyalty card for 5000 "points", but you'd get 99% i'm sure.
Virtual apps, streamed or live on the cloud. Unplugged. Mesh.
The summary was full of buzz words so I had to RTFA...which was also full of buzzwords
What I don't get is why basic office application are not better off on your local machine, or even OO.org on a flashdisk along with your documents, than on google's or microsofts server being analysed every which way.
Read the comments by Chinese net users
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7313998.stm
They don't think that their media is at all biased. They believe "western" media is biased and has an anti-Chinese agenda.
Too much fucking national pride is what it is. When I talk to Chinese people, in China, I often get this weird apologetic "our country is crappy in a socio-economic way", but "our morals and cultural values are superior to your hedonistic, non-family oriented foreign ways".
It's creepy. Take a look at the China-daily forum if you have morbid interest. It's full of the craziest ranting racists I have ever seen...and I visited 4chan once.
Bottom line is, I don't think the government oppressing the people with censorship should be looked at in such a simplistic way. There seems to be a need for the censorship for many people on some level. Like they can't take a single bit of criticism of their precious middle kingdom and it's 5000 (actually 50) year great history.
Looking at it from our individualistic perspective, it seems like abused.
On the other hand, from a Chinese collectivist, 'end's justify the means' perspective, why does it matter if 1.5 million drones are relocated?
Sooner or later someone will mention phone jammers, and a few posts later someone will counter with the fact that it might block a doctors phone.
This is the Godwin of mobile phone topics. Ok wait for it...
With those electrical fuses plus "a bunch of other stuff" they could build a nucklar bomba!
Dugg for education and healthcare policy.
Burried for tax hike
Yes, I'm looking forward to digital democracy.
Exactly. What we need is computers that are powered by the users self-satisfaction.
Come to think of it, this will probably be more practical for mac users, and not because they use less energy.
Upon first witnessing the glory and splendour of unfiltered media, they casually, whimsically, decided to destroy it, remarking, "It'll have to go".
Is that the recommended or minimum requirement?
*DEEP BREATH*
...it's a slippery slope
Governments don't have rights, people have rights. Governments have a monopoly on the legitimate use of force and coercion, by popular support or not.
Blocking access to Al Qaeda stuff...Not OK. No censorship is OK in a mature society (Pre-emptively punches slashdoter droning on about shouting fire in a crowded place. Not the same thing K)
Now censorship works in that it raises the bar high enough so that Joe 6-pack is too lazy to go hunting for the information. There are many Chinese people who honestly have no idea what happened in Tian an men square, or recently Tibet, thanks to this principle.
On the other hand, between a motivated seeker of information, and a cooperative source, censorship can't win. The laws of mathematics (encryption) in this case, is stronger than the law of man.
Are you the chief buyer of walmart? How much say do you really have in where you buy products.
Here is a one way ticket to north Korea, now GTFO.
Click here to offset your carbon emissions.
Srizbi is the largest contributor at 39%
I believe this figure could be much larger if the Trojan.Srizbi client was ported to Mac and linux
Anyone know what licence it's distributed under?
Shanghai metro for one has an oyster type card that is anonymous. To top it up you pay cash at the ticket office.
There are logs, and you can check them yourself by inserting the card into a reader; same for your wife who took your card to see where you've been. It is anonymous in that your personal details are not tied to the card ID, so no fishing expeditions by the authorities.
With any registrar worthy of existence, transfer is a really simple click button process. No "escape" is necessary.
Nice devils advocate, but no, there are no pros. Maybe that trains will run on time, or some other pet-project of big brother.
Thankfully the trend is that totalitarianism causes a long term loss of competitiveness, and eventual collapse, or stagnation to the point of having to rely on food aid.
Although Orwell introduces certain plot devices that stop this being the case (stop the pendulum swinging for the last time) for his fictional world, I personally doubt to what extent they would work in reality. Maybe someone could list the key devices because its been a while since I read it.
I wouldn't put it past the Japanese however, upon reaching the technical prerequisites for a massively collective race of cybernetically enhanced individuals, to implement it. Reason I say this is because I watched this interview where a a group of Japanese people explained how they distrusted foreigners, and drew comfort that they could be pretty sure all the [Japanese] people around them were thinking the same as they were.
We are Japanese. Lower your shields...
Ah hasn't the world changed. I'm quite sentimental for the 80s where terrorists drove around in VW buses, spoke broken English and were bumbling and incompetent. I hate these 21st century terrorists always hiding in my internet pipe trying turn my computer into a bomb and what have you.
what type of porn am I looking at now?
Yeah well the remaining 40% can always buy a carbon offset.
Everyone gets the government they deserve.
It seems that Microsoft has allowed large OEMs like ASUS to ship their products with a pre-installed version of XP that doesn't require product activation -- apparently because end users would find using Vista too inconvenient.
Can anyone remind me why pornography needs to be "fought"?