"The basic tool for manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you control the meaning of a word, you control the persons who have to use it" - Philip K. Dick
Not that I think there's some grand conspiracy here, but it's a good quote.
It's very easy to obtain an account anonymously. Posting as an AC isn't going to protect your IP or whatever it is you're paranoid about anymore than posting from an account you signed up for using a random hushmail address, and it's not like you have to name your account after your real name and include your social security number in your user bio.
AC's are people who worry about karma, or people who don't have the time or don't think it worthwhile to obtain an account, not people worried about privacy issues.
Yes, the PowerBook 100 was not the first 'portable Mac' -- but it
was the first to bear the name PowerBook.
In related news: It is today ten years ago Microsoft began surviving another ten years. Yes, they're not the most impressive company around -- but they're the most impressive company to bear the name Microsoft.
Hang on.. more breaking news coming in as we speak.. oh yes: the same goes for every other company in the world older or as old as ten years. Ain't this just amazing?
Acting with the genuine intention to save somebodys life is (under any legal system) is a legtimimate mitigation for any crime, up
to and including murder.
Oh is it really? I'm sure you, Mr Random Slashdotter, has examined all the laws of all the countries of the world very carefully before arriving at this conclusion? Let me name some countries where I believe what you're claiming to be the case is in fact not the case at all:
Only now when I have grown older do I realize that the media company that has provided me with most of my values and principles (yes, that sounds silly, but it's probably true about you as well) by careful indoctrination since childhood is actually the evil empire.
What freaks me out is that I can't tell whether they were spewing out propaganda back then too, or if they became the borg only in recent years. News like this make me suspect the world would benefit greatly if someone carefully analyzed Snow White, Fantasia, The Little Mermaid etc. I wouldn't be surprised if one were two find more than a couple of satanic messages when they are played backwards.
Because unlike Deutschland, Americans are supposed to be free,
not living in a police state where any petty official may demand "Zeigen Sie Ihre Papiere, Kameraden!".
WHAT?! I sincerely hope you can explain what you mean by saying that Germany is "not supposed to be free". Last time I checked, it was more free than DMCA-SSSCA-USAAct-land. It is also very poor taste to play on WWII and Stasi feelings with your choice of words.
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
And this quote is getting old already. Please note that it refers to essential liberty and temporary safety. I really think we've had enough of "two legs bad! Four legs good!" mentality, it's about time to make some arguments that are actually thought through.
The Taliban has said that they will declare a Jihad*
against the West if attacked. That mean that they've declared a war on YOU.
You're kidding, right? What you're saying is basically: "Let's declare war on them. If they then respond by declaring war on us, that means they're bad and that we are within our rights to destroy them".
I'm not saying the U.S should not declare war (although I do think that they shouldn't), but that your argument is insane. Cause and effect, you know..
Some schmuck who starts to copy right tone sequences is totally not getting the point.
Someone's not getting the point alright, but I don't think it's this guy. IT'S A FUCKING JOKE! How about reading the article next time before posting your +5 insightful (obviously modded by others who didn't read it either) comments?
Not really just straight-forward maps of the internet. On the authors web page, there's a bunch of others too, like kernel maps of linux and artistic interpretations of various networks. Some are pretty, go check it out.
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I fail to see how your post is related to mine. You fail to see how I fail to see this. However, no one can fail to see the ugly irony of an AC telling someone to "take it like a man".
Get yourself an account. Take a deep breath. Consider answering comments in a less offensive way.
This is probably the most insightful post (damn those moderators for marking this "interesting"!) I've seen regarding this whole media circus. I assume a number of books have inspired you to draw conclusions of this kind (if not, you are an orginial. Please go into politics), and I also assume that these books are the same that got me thinking, since a lot of these ideas sound stikingly similar.
Without rambling further, I will introduce all of you who found these ideas +5 interesting to the disturbing world of Noam Chomsky. Suggested reading here and here and here.
it's NOT teleporation. Teleportation involves taking an object from point A and moving it to point Z without crossing the in-between space, C through Y.
This is incorrect. Classical teleportation is defined as a scenario where the sender is given the classical description of an arbitrary quantum state while the receiver simulates any measurement on it. This is exactly what you argues it isn't. Besides, if the destinction you make is one worth making or not is an open philosophical question, i.e. one that is not resolved.
It's what I've always said: we should have a new moderation cathegory - "Incorrect".
This was not faked in the same studio as the "lunar landings."
Before you flame: yes, I know that was meant as a joke, and yes, this post is more than slightly off topic (but Slashback threads often are), but this is probably going to be discussed here sooner or later anyhow so I might as well take some preventative measures.
The lunar landings were not fake. The "evidence" is poor at best, and just blatantly stupid otherwise. I won't reiterate all arguments against this silly conspiracy theorys validity, as you can read all about it, for example,
here
or
here.
There are lots of nice conspiracy theories that really have some nice arguments that actually speak for them, but this is not one of those. This one should really die. Seriously, I'd go for Illuminati or Elvis any day of the week if this was my only alternative.
This has been said a number of times in this discussion, and while I don't really disagree, I think the reasoning is somewhat flawed.
It is true that we think different on a number of issues, but on the important ones, we most of the time sing in unison. I'd like to see Slashdot polls on how many people think Dmitri should be set free, whether the DMCA is just, whether PGP should have backdoors etc. I'm sure there would be as much, and probably more, agreement than in any single political party. Not everyone always agrees on everything, but that's life. It does not necessarily imply that we can't make a difference that most Slashdotters would consider good.
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Not that I think there's some grand conspiracy here, but it's a good quote.
AC's are people who worry about karma, or people who don't have the time or don't think it worthwhile to obtain an account, not people worried about privacy issues.
In related news: It is today ten years ago Microsoft began surviving another ten years. Yes, they're not the most impressive company around -- but they're the most impressive company to bear the name Microsoft. Hang on.. more breaking news coming in as we speak.. oh yes: the same goes for every other company in the world older or as old as ten years. Ain't this just amazing?
Oh is it really? I'm sure you, Mr Random Slashdotter, has examined all the laws of all the countries of the world very carefully before arriving at this conclusion? Let me name some countries where I believe what you're claiming to be the case is in fact not the case at all:
Afghanistan
Pakistan
India
Saudi Arabia
Russia
Ghana
South Africa
Brazil
Mexico
...
China
Madagaskar
USA
You're just full of shit.
yup!
What freaks me out is that I can't tell whether they were spewing out propaganda back then too, or if they became the borg only in recent years. News like this make me suspect the world would benefit greatly if someone carefully analyzed Snow White, Fantasia, The Little Mermaid etc. I wouldn't be surprised if one were two find more than a couple of satanic messages when they are played backwards.
Such as the lack of peripherals. But as noted by at least one person before me, the killer port for Xbox isn't linux, it's Apache.
Correction: Germany is "supposed" to be free. Germany is not a police state.
Thankyouverymuch.
WHAT?! I sincerely hope you can explain what you mean by saying that Germany is "not supposed to be free". Last time I checked, it was more free than DMCA-SSSCA-USAAct-land. It is also very poor taste to play on WWII and Stasi feelings with your choice of words.
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
And this quote is getting old already. Please note that it refers to essential liberty and temporary safety. I really think we've had enough of "two legs bad! Four legs good!" mentality, it's about time to make some arguments that are actually thought through.
I instantaniously thought of Silicon Valley upon reading that. If that doesn't prove I need a vacation I don't know what will ever.
holy crap! You guys must be really fucking bored!
This is simply not a flamebait. End of story.
You're kidding, right? What you're saying is basically: "Let's declare war on them. If they then respond by declaring war on us, that means they're bad and that we are within our rights to destroy them".
I'm not saying the U.S should not declare war (although I do think that they shouldn't), but that your argument is insane. Cause and effect, you know..
Someone's not getting the point alright, but I don't think it's this guy. IT'S A FUCKING JOKE! How about reading the article next time before posting your +5 insightful (obviously modded by others who didn't read it either) comments?
How the hell is this +4, FUNNY? I obviously missed something.
Not really just straight-forward maps of the internet. On the authors web page, there's a bunch of others too, like kernel maps of linux and artistic interpretations of various networks. Some are pretty, go check it out.
I believe it's spelled provocative.
Get yourself an account. Take a deep breath. Consider answering comments in a less offensive way.
I fail to see how your comment is even remotely related to mine.
Without rambling further, I will introduce all of you who found these ideas +5 interesting to the disturbing world of Noam Chomsky. Suggested reading here and here and here.
well said.
This is incorrect. Classical teleportation is defined as a scenario where the sender is given the classical description of an arbitrary quantum state while the receiver simulates any measurement on it. This is exactly what you argues it isn't. Besides, if the destinction you make is one worth making or not is an open philosophical question, i.e. one that is not resolved.
It's what I've always said: we should have a new moderation cathegory - "Incorrect".
pw: testtest
'Nuff said.
Before you flame: yes, I know that was meant as a joke, and yes, this post is more than slightly off topic (but Slashback threads often are), but this is probably going to be discussed here sooner or later anyhow so I might as well take some preventative measures.
The lunar landings were not fake. The "evidence" is poor at best, and just blatantly stupid otherwise. I won't reiterate all arguments against this silly conspiracy theorys validity, as you can read all about it, for example, here or here.
There are lots of nice conspiracy theories that really have some nice arguments that actually speak for them, but this is not one of those. This one should really die. Seriously, I'd go for Illuminati or Elvis any day of the week if this was my only alternative.
It is true that we think different on a number of issues, but on the important ones, we most of the time sing in unison. I'd like to see Slashdot polls on how many people think Dmitri should be set free, whether the DMCA is just, whether PGP should have backdoors etc. I'm sure there would be as much, and probably more, agreement than in any single political party. Not everyone always agrees on everything, but that's life. It does not necessarily imply that we can't make a difference that most Slashdotters would consider good.