I read a lot of discussion comments vilifying Democrat or Republican presidents, representatives and senators. People are slowly realizing that both parties are equally bad. I take this as given, and anticipated by the Founding Fathers.
The antidote is supposed to be the judiciary, from the bottom all the way up to the Supreme Court. However, the scales are now falling from my eyes. I a sadly conclude that judges are partisan, stupid, have not respect for the Constitution and the long-term consequences of their decisions. They are completely beholden to the executive and legislative branches and have abdicated their responsibilities. They have lost my respect.
My garbage is collected by a private company, not the government. And I have alternatives if they do not perform to my satisfaction. So no cameras for them. But if my local government wants to get into the garbage business, they wear cameras, sorry.
No time delay, no court. No exceptions - I'm looking at you, Mr. President, congressman, justice, TSA and NSA. And any tampering is evidence of malfeasance.
Every person whose salary I paid by the taxpayers must wear a camera while on duty, which shall stream in real-time to a publically-accessible internet site.
Thanks for this input. Do they not understand that this leads to high taxes on cigarettes, leading to smuggling, leading to a chokehold death of a guy trying to make a living by selling them?
Read Three Felonies a Day (http://www.threefeloniesaday.com/Youtoo/tabid/86/Default.aspx), then apply this type of technology.
The problem is not so much with facial recognition, it is that basically everything is, or can be construed as criminal. Up to now it has not been practical to catch everyone for everything, but the time is approaching. It used to be that DNA testing was only used for the most egregious murders and rapes, but now teenagers are given criminal records of their saliva is found on a beer can. Fooling with a flag on a New York bridge is no longer a source of amusement, it is a now considered a national catastrophe which justifies the cameras that follow us everywhere.
In addition, the consequences and punishments are so badly out of line with the "crime", that we have become a self-censoring, robotic nation.
It does not matter what the factors are, what matters is the result.
However, if you want my opinion, it is a result of the insane amount of meddling by the government in the healthcare industry. The result will be outsourcing as per this discussion, and medical tourism.
I support this. In my experience US primary care doctors are not very good. They rely too much on technology, lab tests, imaging, drugs and specialists, instead of using their skills for proper diagnosis. OTOH, non-American and non-European doctors are more self-sufficient.
Also, many doctors, nurses and pharmacists in the US are hopelessly overqualified for what they do, leading to additional costs.
Support you on this, except I think Shibby's Tomato firmware is the best.
I've had a number of WRT-54G's, some struck by lightning, some still working. They are great, but can no longer handle the 60 MB/s download I get from my ISP, and the gigabit connections all devices have.
Please avoid any brands that have the NSA/DHS taint, which is pretty much any US company.
This high death toll had a number of reasons. One was the excellent state of Dutch civil records: the Dutch state, before the war, had recorded substantial information on every Dutch national. This allowed the Nazi regime to determine easily who was Jewish (whether fully or partly of Jewish ancestry) simply by accessing the data.
This is why I refuse to provide racial or ethnic information whenever I am asked. Also for my children.
It will take more than one election cycle for the effects to fully play out. Any time someone makes a statement about economics, ask the question, short-term or long-term? Two completely opposing views can both be correct, but on different time scales.
Wake me up when women are required to register for Selective Service, and qualify to be shot or blown up against their will. https://www.sss.gov/fswho.htm
WHO MUST REGISTER
Almost all male U.S. citizens, and male immigrants living in the U.S., who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service.
This is a great ruling. Panamanian companies can release games with characters based on Jennifer Aniston, OJ Simpson, Barack Obama and Rush Limbaugh, without legal consequences.
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Come on people, I should not have to remind you.
I read a lot of discussion comments vilifying Democrat or Republican presidents, representatives and senators. People are slowly realizing that both parties are equally bad. I take this as given, and anticipated by the Founding Fathers.
The antidote is supposed to be the judiciary, from the bottom all the way up to the Supreme Court. However, the scales are now falling from my eyes. I a sadly conclude that judges are partisan, stupid, have not respect for the Constitution and the long-term consequences of their decisions. They are completely beholden to the executive and legislative branches and have abdicated their responsibilities. They have lost my respect.
My garbage is collected by a private company, not the government. And I have alternatives if they do not perform to my satisfaction. So no cameras for them. But if my local government wants to get into the garbage business, they wear cameras, sorry.
No time delay, no court. No exceptions - I'm looking at you, Mr. President, congressman, justice, TSA and NSA. And any tampering is evidence of malfeasance.
Every person whose salary I paid by the taxpayers must wear a camera while on duty, which shall stream in real-time to a publically-accessible internet site.
Thanks for this input. Do they not understand that this leads to high taxes on cigarettes, leading to smuggling, leading to a chokehold death of a guy trying to make a living by selling them?
Nevermind Ulbricht.
A drive-by Dropbox installation turned me off.
http://youtu.be/ga3BQWoNPq0
Is it just me, or is everyone against the War on Drugs at the same time opposed to the tobacco industry?
Read Three Felonies a Day (http://www.threefeloniesaday.com/Youtoo/tabid/86/Default.aspx), then apply this type of technology.
The problem is not so much with facial recognition, it is that basically everything is, or can be construed as criminal. Up to now it has not been practical to catch everyone for everything, but the time is approaching. It used to be that DNA testing was only used for the most egregious murders and rapes, but now teenagers are given criminal records of their saliva is found on a beer can. Fooling with a flag on a New York bridge is no longer a source of amusement, it is a now considered a national catastrophe which justifies the cameras that follow us everywhere.
In addition, the consequences and punishments are so badly out of line with the "crime", that we have become a self-censoring, robotic nation.
You can have it, but with your download limit of 250GB, you will be throttled after 0.004 seconds.
It does not matter what the factors are, what matters is the result.
However, if you want my opinion, it is a result of the insane amount of meddling by the government in the healthcare industry. The result will be outsourcing as per this discussion, and medical tourism.
I support this. In my experience US primary care doctors are not very good. They rely too much on technology, lab tests, imaging, drugs and specialists, instead of using their skills for proper diagnosis. OTOH, non-American and non-European doctors are more self-sufficient.
Also, many doctors, nurses and pharmacists in the US are hopelessly overqualified for what they do, leading to additional costs.
Support you on this, except I think Shibby's Tomato firmware is the best.
I've had a number of WRT-54G's, some struck by lightning, some still working. They are great, but can no longer handle the 60 MB/s download I get from my ISP, and the gigabit connections all devices have.
Please avoid any brands that have the NSA/DHS taint, which is pretty much any US company.
Mr. Snowden begs to differ. Yet another benefit the NSA/Microsoft conjoined twins have fucked up.
My satoshi on this.
Let's reconvene at an appropriate time to proclaim winners.
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This high death toll had a number of reasons. One was the excellent state of Dutch civil records: the Dutch state, before the war, had recorded substantial information on every Dutch national. This allowed the Nazi regime to determine easily who was Jewish (whether fully or partly of Jewish ancestry) simply by accessing the data.
This is why I refuse to provide racial or ethnic information whenever I am asked. Also for my children.
How do we know that the board members have not been served with national security letter gag orders?
It will take more than one election cycle for the effects to fully play out. Any time someone makes a statement about economics, ask the question, short-term or long-term? Two completely opposing views can both be correct, but on different time scales.
Wake me up when women are required to register for Selective Service, and qualify to be shot or blown up against their will.
https://www.sss.gov/fswho.htm
WHO MUST REGISTER
Almost all male U.S. citizens, and male immigrants living in the U.S., who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service.
I found this interesting: http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
This is a great ruling. Panamanian companies can release games with characters based on Jennifer Aniston, OJ Simpson, Barack Obama and Rush Limbaugh, without legal consequences.
Whoosh!