"Will you walk in to my Parlour, Said the Spider to the Fly..."
Tis the prettiest little parlor That ever you did spy. The way into my parlor Is up a winding stair, And I have many pretty things To show when you are there." "Oh, no, no!" said the little fly, "To ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair Can ne'er come down again."
"I'm sure you must be weary With soaring up so high; Will you rest upon my little bed?" Said the spider to the fly. "There are pretty curtains drawn around, The sheets are fine and thin; And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in." "Oh, no, no!" said the little fly, "For I've often heard it said, They never, never wake again Who sleep upon your bed."
Fair enough. Definitely enough to get one thinking!
Which I believe, ought to be the point of this. Discarding face-value acceptance of statements about military denials, blogger observations, etc.
It is important to fully understand that every piece of received information - not directly witnessed - is presented through one or more intermediaries. Each of these MEDIAtors comes with a certain bias: conscious, unconscious, benign or malevolent, veracious or mendacious.
Often enough, we reach for the answer that confirms our own bias - without questioning the nature of our biases. This is when I really begin to suspect invocation of "reasonable" explanation or Occam's Razor. These are, too often, means to discard point-of-view that challenge assumptions of bias.
My basic assumption is that the military and intelligence communities in the US are not interested in my understanding of the "truth" as they see it. That they omit and lie as institutional modus operandi, and work at cross purposes to the people of the nation that they are instituted to defend. That has not been effectively countered in this discussion - were there a rocket or just an airliner.
A study, written for U.S. Special Operations Command, suggested "clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers."
Since the start of the Iraq war, there's been a raucous debate in military circles over how to handle blogs -- and the servicemembers who want to keep them. One faction sees blogs as security risks, and a collective waste of troops' time. The other (which includes top officers, like Gen. David Petraeus and Lt. Gen. William Caldwell) considers blogs to be a valuable source of information, and a way for ordinary troops to shape opinions, both at home and abroad.
This 2006 report for the Joint Special Operations University, "Blogs and Military Information Strategy," offers a third approach -- co-opting bloggers, or even putting them on the payroll. "Hiring a block of bloggers to verbally attack a specific person or promote a specific message may be worth considering," write the report's co-authors, James Kinniburgh and Dororthy Denning.
Slashdot Mirror
Embed this supplement in pizza, and you'll have a slashdot army!
Then, short circuit their "fear center" and we'll be sending muscle-bound, super-geeks on one-way-trips to Mars, by the thousands!
The hell with your exotic threat scenarios!
If they are planning to hunt for Martian life with drones? Then as a Martian I'd be very cautious about holding any wedding parties...
That YouTube clip is interesting. It sounds almost like music - but made by white people, instead.
"Will you walk in to my Parlour, Said the Spider to the Fly..."
Tis the prettiest little parlor
That ever you did spy.
The way into my parlor
Is up a winding stair,
And I have many pretty things
To show when you are there."
"Oh, no, no!" said the little fly,
"To ask me is in vain;
For who goes up your winding stair
Can ne'er come down again."
"I'm sure you must be weary
With soaring up so high;
Will you rest upon my little bed?"
Said the spider to the fly.
"There are pretty curtains drawn around,
The sheets are fine and thin;
And if you like to rest awhile,
I'll snugly tuck you in."
"Oh, no, no!" said the little fly,
"For I've often heard it said,
They never, never wake again
Who sleep upon your bed."
Do "Virtual Girlfriend" simulators have G-Spots?
or
"You had me at 'Electric Sheep'..."
I'd forgotten!
I used to buy their premium XServer for Matrox cards...
You are posting outside of a JE? I think it's been YEARS!
I LOVE Lawyers!
They stay crunchy in milk!
Me too.
Common to Sun and HP. :-)
I guess Ultrix, too.
Regarding this development - it's really what NeXT and later Mac OSX packages do. In the Windows world they have Thinapp and MS's App-V.
Bigger than 'Er arse? My arse? Yer arse?
'Er arse ain't 'alf bad, as 'tis!
Sorak is a Vulcan name - but backwards it's Klingon...
I'm worried more about nano-slicing through the micro capillaries in oxygen-absorbing pulmonary alveoli...
Look,
They just want raw, killer soldiers - who won't come back with either PTSD or a human soul.
This is the kind of research that begins looking lie rational inquiry into the determining mechanisms of everyday psychology, and ends in horrors.
Extrapolate beyond reason - if it pleases you.
I ordered a pulled pork sandwich, and got the same thing as my girlfriend - who'd ordered a hotdog.
This gave me some serious second-thoughts.
You are a very naughty person, and are thusly encouraged to join our club.
Fair enough. Definitely enough to get one thinking!
Which I believe, ought to be the point of this. Discarding face-value acceptance of statements about military denials, blogger observations, etc.
It is important to fully understand that every piece of received information - not directly witnessed - is presented through one or more intermediaries. Each of these MEDIAtors comes with a certain bias: conscious, unconscious, benign or malevolent, veracious or mendacious.
Often enough, we reach for the answer that confirms our own bias - without questioning the nature of our biases. This is when I really begin to suspect invocation of "reasonable" explanation or Occam's Razor. These are, too often, means to discard point-of-view that challenge assumptions of bias.
My basic assumption is that the military and intelligence communities in the US are not interested in my understanding of the "truth" as they see it. That they omit and lie as institutional modus operandi, and work at cross purposes to the people of the nation that they are instituted to defend. That has not been effectively countered in this discussion - were there a rocket or just an airliner.
A study, written for U.S. Special Operations Command, suggested "clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers."
Since the start of the Iraq war, there's been a raucous debate in military circles over how to handle blogs -- and the servicemembers who want to keep them. One faction sees blogs as security risks, and a collective waste of troops' time. The other (which includes top officers, like Gen. David Petraeus and Lt. Gen. William Caldwell) considers blogs to be a valuable source of information, and a way for ordinary troops to shape opinions, both at home and abroad.
This 2006 report for the Joint Special Operations University, "Blogs and Military Information Strategy," offers a third approach -- co-opting bloggers, or even putting them on the payroll. "Hiring a block of bloggers to verbally attack a specific person or promote a specific message may be worth considering," write the report's co-authors, James Kinniburgh and Dororthy Denning.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/03/report-recruit/
Occam cannot apply, without a full accounting for all data. You don't use the razor when data may be unavailable due to concealment by an actor.
You got a Lizard on the Menu? I had a fly in the soup!
No tip from me, that's for sure. And I'm telling all my friends about this!
Doug Richardson, the editor of Jane's Missiles and Rockets, examined the video for the Times of London and said he was left with little doubt.
"It's a solid propellant missile," he told the Times. "You can tell from the efflux [smoke]."
Yeah, I heard your NF bullshite back in the '70's, too - before you went all BNP on us.
Go watch "My Beautiful Laundrette" as punishment for your shame.
This was in England. Thus the proper rendering of the expression is: "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
What is left unambiguous in the British version? The goose is cooked.
Congressvermin
Yes. And piss all over, inside you pants.
Say "Sorry! I can't help it! You're EXCITING me!"