I'm disappointed to see some support expressed here for these drooling morons. This is the right wing base in all its hideous glory. These pickup drivers deserve nothing but our disgust and contempt, and maybe a week in jail with nothing to read but math and science text books.
"The 'smart' fabric could sense environmental changes, warn the wearer of various events, and/or respond to pressure and touch."
Subway pervert uses for such fabric would seem to be almost limitless. For less specialized porn applications, of course, one would remove "almost" from the previous sentence.
The underlying problem remains: average people in the US and China have been painstakingly prepared to accept as a given that their personal information has no real value. So when they learn about this kind of grotesque invasion of privacy, their usual response is to shrug and say something like, "Who cares? The government has better things to do than check out my porn collection". That's a dangerously naive view, but it is a popular one.
It means arguments about how one side's communications tech is just as invasive as the other side's really miss the point. We are being groomed to accept the idea that it's no big deal for those in positions of power to know virtually everything about everybody.
A good farmer keeps his sheep fat and happy right up to the moment they are rounded up and sent to be sheared or butchered...or both. And yes, there are far too many average folks...sheeple...who continue to be blissfully unaware that the unprecedented scale of data collection is going to make it more and more difficult to pry our rulers out of their seats when they rewrite laws and alter social norms to suit themselves.
Your sacrifice makes you a beacon of selflessness in these troubled times. I think I shall follow your example, but with Scotch. It is typically aged in barrels that have already been used.
America isn't much of a space power anymore. The rest of the world and the corporations it has surrendered its launch capacity to should tell Uncle Sam to just fuck off.
Russia, China and India are already eating America's lunch. No doubt Kim Jung Nukem will soon be putting up satellites whenever they like, and telling the US to take a long, hard suck on his Taepodong.
I don't completely agree with you, but it's good to have a reasoned conversation on the matter. And some of your points are either completely or partly valid.
My main disagreement is that I don't believe at this point there's any reason to waste valuable time and effort trying to persuade people who have proved pretty comprehensively there is absolutely nothing that will change their minds. It would probably be best to just ignore them, but I find from time to time I can't resist showering them with a little of the ridicule and contempt they so richly deserve.
It's sad to see Slashdot taken over by anti-science scumbags, posting as "Anonymous Cowards" and lying that Global Warming isn't happening even with evidence all over the place. And then there's the overwhelming support for GW in the scientific community. What do they know!
I have to admire the plucky band of billionaires, conspiracy nutbars and oil companies bravely fighting back against all that nasty, evil science. Of course, the downside is that their kids will line up to piss on their graves.
It looks like the recent kick in the teeth Republicans got at the polls wasn't enough to educate them about what happens when Americans get annoyed with their government. Perhaps in a couple of years another electoral kick, this time straight to the balls, will get through to them.
You prefer jizz from underage boys because you are a homosexual pedophile. Probably a priest. I don't imagine their skin colour makes a lot of difference to you. A lot of anonymous cowards are like you.
You: "The ocean is in exactly the same place it was when I moved here in 2009. Hmmmmm what could then be causing all that flooding?! It's not all the hurricanes and tropical storms, because those have actually gone down in number."
Reality: "In the North Atlantic Basin, the long-term (1966-2009) average number of tropical storms is about 11 annually, with about six becoming hurricanes. More recently (2000-2013), the average is about 16 tropical storms per year, including about eight hurricanes. This increase in frequency is correlated with the rise in North Atlantic sea surface temperatures, which could be partially related to global warming."
You've got to watch the five-minute video the designer has on YouTube. The best part of the whole thing is how clunky and "garage kiddies" the plane looks, and how they tested it in a local school gym. I couldn't care less whether or not it's practical at the moment. The first automobiles were sometimes followed around by farmers with horse-drawn wagons full of tires and tools, because they were so prone to breakdowns, flats and just plain uselessness.
Here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boB6qu5dcCw
This is like Kitty Hawk, which is how inventing things that could change the world should be done.
A couple of points: the cops aren't usually looking at the plates or the monitor when they're driving up and down. They're checking out the pretty girls, looking for somebody "suspicious"...all the usual cop stuff. And I can tell you that yes, in Canada parking lots are considered private property, and you're free to have a car parked there, with the owner's permission, that isn't licensed.
More and more, I'm starting to think that old hardware...the stuff that existed before they were building back doors right into the motherboards and CPU's...is going to start appreciating in value. At least make the bastards work for their money.
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I'm disappointed to see some support expressed here for these drooling morons. This is the right wing base in all its hideous glory. These pickup drivers deserve nothing but our disgust and contempt, and maybe a week in jail with nothing to read but math and science text books.
"The 'smart' fabric could sense environmental changes, warn the wearer of various events, and/or respond to pressure and touch."
Subway pervert uses for such fabric would seem to be almost limitless. For less specialized porn applications, of course, one would remove "almost" from the previous sentence.
The underlying problem remains: average people in the US and China have been painstakingly prepared to accept as a given that their personal information has no real value. So when they learn about this kind of grotesque invasion of privacy, their usual response is to shrug and say something like, "Who cares? The government has better things to do than check out my porn collection". That's a dangerously naive view, but it is a popular one.
It means arguments about how one side's communications tech is just as invasive as the other side's really miss the point. We are being groomed to accept the idea that it's no big deal for those in positions of power to know virtually everything about everybody.
A good farmer keeps his sheep fat and happy right up to the moment they are rounded up and sent to be sheared or butchered...or both. And yes, there are far too many average folks...sheeple...who continue to be blissfully unaware that the unprecedented scale of data collection is going to make it more and more difficult to pry our rulers out of their seats when they rewrite laws and alter social norms to suit themselves.
Your sacrifice makes you a beacon of selflessness in these troubled times. I think I shall follow your example, but with Scotch. It is typically aged in barrels that have already been used.
Well, yeah. OK. I maybe have some slight clue where I am. But my Heisenberg Drive still works well enough.
"Abdul...this is a wonderful advance on SCUD missile technology. Now we can target individual houses rather than just random neighbourhoods."
"God is great."
If they'd paid the appropriate bribes, none of this would have happened.
America isn't much of a space power anymore. The rest of the world and the corporations it has surrendered its launch capacity to should tell Uncle Sam to just fuck off.
Russia, China and India are already eating America's lunch. No doubt Kim Jung Nukem will soon be putting up satellites whenever they like, and telling the US to take a long, hard suck on his Taepodong.
Well said.
I don't completely agree with you, but it's good to have a reasoned conversation on the matter. And some of your points are either completely or partly valid.
My main disagreement is that I don't believe at this point there's any reason to waste valuable time and effort trying to persuade people who have proved pretty comprehensively there is absolutely nothing that will change their minds. It would probably be best to just ignore them, but I find from time to time I can't resist showering them with a little of the ridicule and contempt they so richly deserve.
You shouldn't make judgments before knowing the facts. My carbon footprint is actually 'way below average.
So yes, like many people who object to wrecking the planet in the name of rampant consumerism, I walk the walk.
It's sad to see Slashdot taken over by anti-science scumbags, posting as "Anonymous Cowards" and lying that Global Warming isn't happening even with evidence all over the place. And then there's the overwhelming support for GW in the scientific community. What do they know!
I have to admire the plucky band of billionaires, conspiracy nutbars and oil companies bravely fighting back against all that nasty, evil science. Of course, the downside is that their kids will line up to piss on their graves.
It looks like the recent kick in the teeth Republicans got at the polls wasn't enough to educate them about what happens when Americans get annoyed with their government. Perhaps in a couple of years another electoral kick, this time straight to the balls, will get through to them.
Excellent point, my friend!
Don't be silly. Corporations in America are never held to account for screwing people over.
You prefer jizz from underage boys because you are a homosexual pedophile. Probably a priest. I don't imagine their skin colour makes a lot of difference to you. A lot of anonymous cowards are like you.
It's a verb, you stupid ass pirate. But thanks for letting everybody know about your preferred diet.
"Well, 'til January, at least.
I would upgrade the importance of the picture.
Call me shallow. I won't disagree.
I'll be a lot more interested if they manage to locate genes connected with nymphomania...and a simple, anonymous test to find out who has them.
The kidnapped wife and kiddy script pretty much writes itself.
You: "The ocean is in exactly the same place it was when I moved here in 2009. Hmmmmm what could then be causing all that flooding?! It's not all the hurricanes and tropical storms, because those have actually gone down in number."
Reality: "In the North Atlantic Basin, the long-term (1966-2009) average number of tropical storms is about 11 annually, with about six becoming hurricanes. More recently (2000-2013), the average is about 16 tropical storms per year, including about eight hurricanes. This increase in frequency is correlated with the rise in North Atlantic sea surface temperatures, which could be partially related to global warming."
https://www.c2es.org/content/hurricanes-and-climate-change/
Is there anything else I can help you with?
You've got to watch the five-minute video the designer has on YouTube. The best part of the whole thing is how clunky and "garage kiddies" the plane looks, and how they tested it in a local school gym. I couldn't care less whether or not it's practical at the moment. The first automobiles were sometimes followed around by farmers with horse-drawn wagons full of tires and tools, because they were so prone to breakdowns, flats and just plain uselessness.
Here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boB6qu5dcCw
This is like Kitty Hawk, which is how inventing things that could change the world should be done.
A couple of points: the cops aren't usually looking at the plates or the monitor when they're driving up and down. They're checking out the pretty girls, looking for somebody "suspicious"...all the usual cop stuff. And I can tell you that yes, in Canada parking lots are considered private property, and you're free to have a car parked there, with the owner's permission, that isn't licensed.
More and more, I'm starting to think that old hardware...the stuff that existed before they were building back doors right into the motherboards and CPU's...is going to start appreciating in value. At least make the bastards work for their money.