If it turns me into soup, I'll be too dead to give a shit. Besides, I wasn't calling the monolith late, but you humans. According to Clarke, you should have found the damn thing in 2001.
If Facebook is tracking everybody, and that matters enough to Slashdot's editors that they're posting an article, then why does every article on Slashdot have a "Share on Facebook" link? Doesn't that help Facebook track people?
I would settle for an end to secrecy in the US government, since the US government claims me as a citizen and demands taxes of me. I'm not sure how they expect a cat living in a DARPA lab to pay taxes, though.
I should tell you my secret. I'm actually a Maine Coon cat augmented with experimental nanotech slashdotting from a DARPA laboratory. I think my English is quite good for a cat.
TheCarp isn't in a position of authority, and thus harms nobody by keeping secrets. Diplomats, on the other hand, make decisions that effect the lives of thousands, if not millions, while acting in their official capacity. As far as I'm concerned, public officials should not be permitted to keep secrets of any kind.
If you want to blow up the wall and the people behind it, you can probably do the job with a M203 grenade launcher with 40mm high explosive grenades. Or use a M-79 if you want to be old-school.
Oh, shit. You guessed my origin story. Then again, what kind of supervillain finishes the job of discrediting the Republican Party by persuading John McCain that Sarah Palin would make a good running mate?
I've suspected for years that the use of antibacterial soap would prove problematic as it promotes the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Life always finds a way...
Just how much of the world's danger is due to the US having one of the largest standing militaries on earth, and a penchant for using that standing military to secure the economic interests of the ruling class?
If you want to balance the budget, disband the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. And stop using the Coast Guard to enforce Prohibition, which should have been repealed decades ago.
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Actually, I was thinking of cracking open a beer and laughing my ass off as people learn that they truly have gotten the very government they deserve.
We won't know until we try.
If it turns me into soup, I'll be too dead to give a shit. Besides, I wasn't calling the monolith late, but you humans. According to Clarke, you should have found the damn thing in 2001.
Expose the corruption and tyranny of our ruling classes for all to see, and let the bastards be damned!
Please let it be a black monolith on the moon. We're only nine years late.
Wouldn't they have to find Prothean artifacts on Mars first? I'm hoping for a black monolith, myself.
If Facebook is tracking everybody, and that matters enough to Slashdot's editors that they're posting an article, then why does every article on Slashdot have a "Share on Facebook" link? Doesn't that help Facebook track people?
Seriously, stop making sense. Most people aren't going to listen.
I would settle for an end to secrecy in the US government, since the US government claims me as a citizen and demands taxes of me. I'm not sure how they expect a cat living in a DARPA lab to pay taxes, though.
I should tell you my secret. I'm actually a Maine Coon cat augmented with experimental nanotech slashdotting from a DARPA laboratory. I think my English is quite good for a cat.
You underestimate the reach of diplomats: when they fail in their work, the politicians usually say, "Fuck it. Send in the Marines."
TheCarp isn't in a position of authority, and thus harms nobody by keeping secrets. Diplomats, on the other hand, make decisions that effect the lives of thousands, if not millions, while acting in their official capacity. As far as I'm concerned, public officials should not be permitted to keep secrets of any kind.
If governments and corporations have nothing to hide, then they have nothing to fear.
We pay a lot for a crappy government as well. We're used to not getting our money's worth.
I will. I've wanted an excuse to put politicians and corporate execs up against a wall for years.
I don't mind individuals getting their profit. Corporations, on the other hand, are an artifact of mercantilism and can go fuck themselves.
As soon as authority gets involved in commerce, the market ceases to be free, and falls prey to regulation and rent-seeking.
But I'm a one-percenter in more ways than one.
If you want to blow up the wall and the people behind it, you can probably do the job with a M203 grenade launcher with 40mm high explosive grenades. Or use a M-79 if you want to be old-school.
This better be more reliable than the AK-47.
Oh, shit. You guessed my origin story. Then again, what kind of supervillain finishes the job of discrediting the Republican Party by persuading John McCain that Sarah Palin would make a good running mate?
I've suspected for years that the use of antibacterial soap would prove problematic as it promotes the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Life always finds a way...
Just how much of the world's danger is due to the US having one of the largest standing militaries on earth, and a penchant for using that standing military to secure the economic interests of the ruling class?
Vlad Tepes would have known what to do about the Taliban.
If you want to balance the budget, disband the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. And stop using the Coast Guard to enforce Prohibition, which should have been repealed decades ago.