I'm going to let you in on a deep, dark, dirty secret. They aren't really trying to solve the problem. Terrorism is a boon to the US and UK governments, because it gives them an excuse to push the respective nations closer to a police state.
A police state is not a consequence of misguided attempts at preventing terrorism, but is instead an end being achieved under the cover of fighting terrorism.
Remember, Terrorism is an end to a means for the terrorists, and the governments "fighting" it.
Think the war in Iraq was about Sept 11 or WMD? Think again. It was because defense contractors have well placed connections. For corporations, your life is only worth what they can get out of it. If they can sell military ordinance by getting your children killed in Iraq, so be it. Their gods are money and power, not the ones your Priest, Rabbi, Cleric, Circle Leader or anything else are telling you about. If you think I'm being paranoid, just look up corporate environmental management. Hell, just look up what Coca-Cola is doing in India.
Human life is just another natural resource for corporations. Nothing more.
Remember, you're guilty until proven innocent. If you have data files on your computer that look suspicious or the cops can't read, then you must be trying to hide something. Therefore, you're guilty of something.
What most people don't know is that there are several new features included in the software, as it came from a government project.
All data is regularly bundled up and sent to the Department of Homeland Security for safe keeping.
Profiling software is run against the data to find "Terrorist Red Flag" items, such as injuries consistent with "Terrorist Training Programs". Please note, the occasional false positive is likely but only against people who are in intensive "Assault combat" classes like Karate. Hardly, save, mainstream activities to begin with, at least not to Government thinking!
The license also requires these features be kept in place. Removing such valuable reporting and safety features is in and of itself a terrorist act. Aiding and abetting and all that.
Isn't in cool what they're doing to protect us? Who knew "Privacy" and "Due Process" were so dangerous? Think how much safer we'll be when the government can cut through all that civil liberties red tape.
How many of the people posting in this very thread are AT WORK right now, and wasting time that should be dedicated to actual work?
And no, I won;t call anyone on it. Pot, Kettle anyone?
Debunking the study. Sheesh. What are they going to do next? After arguing that web surfing isn't wasting vast amounts of US productivity, are they going to argue that the sky isn't blue?
"No, really, it's pink, all the time. Those clouds aren't really there!"
To quote a children's movie, "Who are you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?"
Up until now, it was Saint Peter for EVERYBODY. The growing population has necessitated some personnel changes. With more people being born all the time, there are also more people dying off. The work load is far too great for Saint Peter alone, so God has authorized some additional "Heavenly Greeters."
John Candy, for example, will be greeting Canadians. Initially, they weren't going to get their own greeter, but Candy was so persuasive that God decided to give him the job anyway.
James will of course, be in charge of greeting all the Sci-Fi fans and assorted geeks. Naturally, this will cheese off the die hard Star Wars fans. There was some concern about what to do with George Lucas when he arrived, until someone pointed out that after the prequel trilogy, George won't be approaching the pearly gates anyway.
I'm told James has already made a few changes. For example, die hard Trekkers will actually hear some transporter sound effects during the transition from a physical body to a divine existence. Die hard Trekkers who are virgins will actually hear "Beam me up Scotty" just before they get beamed up. Deforest will be doing the voice over for now. If Shatner makes it to heaven his voice will be used instead.
Saint Peter and James are reportedly getting along well, as they both have a fondness for good Scotch and Whiskey. James was quite relieved when he found out Saint Peter had set up a distillery in Heaven, and it was literally staffed by some of the best alcohol artisans on all time.
Of course the Prohibitionists were PISSEED when they found out about it, and even tried to shut it down. Of course, it's kind of hard to shut down the heavenly distillery and wine makers when God has a glass or two with dinner.
Anyway, there's no word yet on the other long term changes. For now, dead geeks will be greeted by James' warm and friendly demeanor. James is quoted as saying "When I was told I'd be Scotty long after I was dead, I didn't realize it was going to be quite so literal. I decided to go with the flow and enjoy it long ago, and now I get to welcome new souls into Heaven. I can't think of a better job than that.
I'm told most musicians make most of their money through touring anyway. CD and radio sales are, as far as the musician's finances are concerned, advertising.
Giving it away means you get more free advertising, and doing it right now means you get a lot of good will from fans that you wouldn't be getting if you were one of 200 bands doing the same thing.
Wilco credits music "piracy" for revitalizing their careers.
I would rather have an awesome story and so-so graphics than a bad story and million dollar graphics.
Have you SEEN a US Made movie lately?
I mean, PIXAR is good for that sort of thing, but really, you can only expect so much.
If we're lucky, they'll just lift the script from the first few seasons of the 80's cartoon with editing. that's the best case scenario, and we all know it.
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Well, all but three of my AIM contacts are people I know in real life.
Nope, it's because of endorsements like this from the CEOs of many top corporations.
dir c:\windows\system32d ll
wininparse.dll
TWAINhpUBET.
msls400.dll
Kinda look like OS files, don't they?
And they will, until the get flagged by the forensic software that compares the directory listings for a regular windows install to yours.
Then they become red flags, screaming for attention.
Better to make your computer look like it's infected with a known virus, and you aren't updating your definition files.
Actually, it makes perfect sense.
The goal isn't to end terrorism, but to convert the democracies into police states.
I'm going to let you in on a deep, dark, dirty secret. They aren't really trying to solve the problem. Terrorism is a boon to the US and UK governments, because it gives them an excuse to push the respective nations closer to a police state.
A police state is not a consequence of misguided attempts at preventing terrorism, but is instead an end being achieved under the cover of fighting terrorism.
Remember, Terrorism is an end to a means for the terrorists, and the governments "fighting" it.
Think the war in Iraq was about Sept 11 or WMD? Think again. It was because defense contractors have well placed connections. For corporations, your life is only worth what they can get out of it. If they can sell military ordinance by getting your children killed in Iraq, so be it. Their gods are money and power, not the ones your Priest, Rabbi, Cleric, Circle Leader or anything else are telling you about. If you think I'm being paranoid, just look up corporate environmental management. Hell, just look up what Coca-Cola is doing in India.
Human life is just another natural resource for corporations. Nothing more.
Oh that's easy.
You're screwed.
Remember, you're guilty until proven innocent. If you have data files on your computer that look suspicious or the cops can't read, then you must be trying to hide something. Therefore, you're guilty of something.
I guess those high school bullies really did peak in high school.
I'm incredibly popular by this measure, and one of the jerks who tormented me is a virtual unknown!
Karma, it can be a bitch.
Well, whe you throw real numbers into the mix...
I hear it was 94%...
They're still making a lot of sales, but the BAS has made it clear that they should be getting a LOT more money!
If the increase is 8% of previous sales, think of what it would be if they were getting paid for 100% of new installs instead of just 2%!
I've been reading the BSA web site. They told me all about it.
Software users are all evil. The BSA told me so.
For MS it's 8% of a MUCH larger sales number.
If I had the choice of having 8% of the MS net sales or 75% of the Apple net sales, I'd got for the 8%. It should be a MUCH larger number.
98% of all installs are pirated.
What most people don't know is that there are several new features included in the software, as it came from a government project.
All data is regularly bundled up and sent to the Department of Homeland Security for safe keeping.
Profiling software is run against the data to find "Terrorist Red Flag" items, such as injuries consistent with "Terrorist Training Programs". Please note, the occasional false positive is likely but only against people who are in intensive "Assault combat" classes like Karate. Hardly, save, mainstream activities to begin with, at least not to Government thinking!
The license also requires these features be kept in place. Removing such valuable reporting and safety features is in and of itself a terrorist act. Aiding and abetting and all that.
Isn't in cool what they're doing to protect us? Who knew "Privacy" and "Due Process" were so dangerous? Think how much safer we'll be when the government can cut through all that civil liberties red tape.
Wait, wait, you're saying Microsoft's Vista is written in a limited, line oriented language?
No WONDER it keeps getting delayed!
Are iPod batteries more valued than safety?
Yes, in America, they are.
Liberty? Dude, for most of America, that ranks below a hamburger.
Cool idea, but that would still leave it without a decent text editor.
Trust me, this is one movie that's worth the hype.
:)
I haven't watched the trailers, but if the scene is the one I'm remembering from the movie, the ones getting it in the throat are bad guys.
And that's all I'll say.
That was cold man, really cold.
How many of the people posting in this very thread are AT WORK right now, and wasting time that should be dedicated to actual work?
And no, I won;t call anyone on it. Pot, Kettle anyone?
Debunking the study. Sheesh. What are they going to do next? After arguing that web surfing isn't wasting vast amounts of US productivity, are they going to argue that the sky isn't blue?
"No, really, it's pink, all the time. Those clouds aren't really there!"
To quote a children's movie, "Who are you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?"
Up until now, it was Saint Peter for EVERYBODY. The growing population has necessitated some personnel changes. With more people being born all the time, there are also more people dying off. The work load is far too great for Saint Peter alone, so God has authorized some additional "Heavenly Greeters."
John Candy, for example, will be greeting Canadians. Initially, they weren't going to get their own greeter, but Candy was so persuasive that God decided to give him the job anyway.
James will of course, be in charge of greeting all the Sci-Fi fans and assorted geeks. Naturally, this will cheese off the die hard Star Wars fans. There was some concern about what to do with George Lucas when he arrived, until someone pointed out that after the prequel trilogy, George won't be approaching the pearly gates anyway.
I'm told James has already made a few changes. For example, die hard Trekkers will actually hear some transporter sound effects during the transition from a physical body to a divine existence. Die hard Trekkers who are virgins will actually hear "Beam me up Scotty" just before they get beamed up. Deforest will be doing the voice over for now. If Shatner makes it to heaven his voice will be used instead.
Saint Peter and James are reportedly getting along well, as they both have a fondness for good Scotch and Whiskey. James was quite relieved when he found out Saint Peter had set up a distillery in Heaven, and it was literally staffed by some of the best alcohol artisans on all time.
Of course the Prohibitionists were PISSEED when they found out about it, and even tried to shut it down. Of course, it's kind of hard to shut down the heavenly distillery and wine makers when God has a glass or two with dinner.
Anyway, there's no word yet on the other long term changes. For now, dead geeks will be greeted by James' warm and friendly demeanor. James is quoted as saying "When I was told I'd be Scotty long after I was dead, I didn't realize it was going to be quite so literal. I decided to go with the flow and enjoy it long ago, and now I get to welcome new souls into Heaven. I can't think of a better job than that.
I'm told most musicians make most of their money through touring anyway. CD and radio sales are, as far as the musician's finances are concerned, advertising.
Giving it away means you get more free advertising, and doing it right now means you get a lot of good will from fans that you wouldn't be getting if you were one of 200 bands doing the same thing.
Wilco credits music "piracy" for revitalizing their careers.
Only as Porn
And it's been done, a LOT
Well, there can BE only one.
I would rather have an awesome story and so-so graphics than a bad story and million dollar graphics.
Have you SEEN a US Made movie lately?
I mean, PIXAR is good for that sort of thing, but really, you can only expect so much.
If we're lucky, they'll just lift the script from the first few seasons of the 80's cartoon with editing. that's the best case scenario, and we all know it.
Thank you for playing today's game of "Being teased by a Troll"
You've been a wonderful sport, demonstrating the ability to use logic against a troll, a rare skill on slashdot.org
You did lose some points for some of the name calling, the "Full deck" comment and generally losing your temper.
Your final score was 9.2 out of a possible 10.
Congratulations, it's our highest score yet!
The grand prize is a chance to get a free iPod or iTunes gift certificate. Just go to this address and follow the directions, and you too, might receive an iPod.