Yep and it comes from some unique sources, one being the new COD Black Ops 2 has a focus of 'cyber security' basically talking about how terrorists are going to take over all our unmanned drones and use them to kill people and such. Plus good old Activision got war criminal Oliver North to do some good old fear mongering for them, something he basically has made a career ever since the Iran-Contra Affair back in the day.
I expect this is more than anything for the share holders/soon to be share holders. They have to actually you know generate revenue and continue to find new ways to generating it etc. It will only get worse from here, I promise you. Facebook might not of once been a soulless corporation but it is now.
Ya but getting senators, and representatives to put fourth such bills and then keeping them intact and getting them approved is impossible given how consolidated and powerful the corporations have become with regards to their control over elections.
,p>While I don't really disagree with the last statement you make to assert that America's don't have live music or don't prefer it to CDs by some pop artist is silly.
What you're seeing here really is more of a disconnect between the Government and the people it is suppose to represent. The american government at this point is pretty much entirely owned by various corporations and private interests that don't represent the thoughts and will of the american people.
I'm pretty fed up with it and I want things to change but I really don't see what I can do, the FBI is busy trying to turn people into terrorists who are unhappy with the way the government is representing them. It doesn't matter if I vote for the right or left any politician I vote for is owned by someone, and most if not all the third party candidates are dubious or likely to be subverted the moment they become any more than 'third party' and or get seen as a threat to the status quo.
Dunno about your Smartphone data plan but I live in Texas and have DSL from consolidated communications, they are pretty good. They certainly don't offer the fastest connection out there but they've never once throttled me or complained about my constant torrenting.
Ya I was curious what these illegal and black market items you could buy online with bit coins sadly he didn't even say. Other than that they were illegal and black market... So ya seems kind of lame.
What does this matter now at all? CISPA is going to get passed into law at this point. I could care less about Google being a bit sleazy with regards to user privacy at this point.
Considering that Senate and house members from my own state, which is like hugely republican (hint it ends in exas) pretty much were the front runners on the SOPA crap then ya I'd say they are. That isn't to say only republicans are in their pockets they have plenty of democrats too. I love our two party system...
If they seriously went after this guy it would be such an awful PR nightmare that even owning the media and news corporations wouldn't help them. Even the Republicans would turn on them.
Even if the actual making from the book isn't the bulk of the cost, an actual book has the same associated costs for editorial, typesetting, proof-ready and any other costs as an Ebook would. There is no excuse for them being priced more expensive than the actual paper copy of the book when they cost less to produce.
Okay now lets do something about the price. I'm so tired of seeing ebooks that are as expensive as regular books or more expensive. There is no reason for it other than 'I want to' or 'I'm afraid of cannibalizing my own paper back sales'. They really should do some experiments lke Valve did with Steam so they can determine the proper pricing for an Ebook. As it is I don't buy stuff for my nook simple touch I got for Christmas simply because any book I want to buy it cheaper than the Ebook version 99% of the time. This is because I tend to buy used over new when I buy a book. The publishers pricing of their Ebooks isn't protecting their profits it's negating them yet no one seems to get it.
Yep any essay should come back with feed back written on it in the margins/space between lines. Plus I doubt auto graders will mean anything except for kids learning to write a specific way that the auto grader is programmed to grade well.
Reading stuff like this makes me wish I'd taken more a lot more science in college, maybe went for an entirely different degree. Because honestly I've no idea what they are talking about. If anyone could possibly explain this a bit more I'd be really very happy.
Didn't they learn anything from the Prophets of Old? Now if this doesn't happen then the people who made this prophecy will be beheaded and their other work entirely discredited. Here let me fix this for them.
I predict Global economics collapse by 2113
Now in a century or so there will be crazies doing all sorts of nuts stuff based upon my ancient and wise prediction. Now just imagine if I made a calendar system and decided to stop at the year 2113 instead.
To be the fair the one time I was involved in identifying a suspect the police handed me a huge book with a bunch of pictures and to select the two guys I saw. I selected one correctly, and I didn't select the other suspect they had. It was enough how ever to put the one of the pair in the area and they managed to get him to cave on his buddy. I was in no way coached though and the detective was very professional about it.
Yep if she had a lawyer present when they initial questioned her with regards to the crime in question she wouldn't of been arrested. They wanted to do a 'peace bond' which means they wanted her to get worried and nervous and cave. It didn't matter if she did it or not, so long as they could show a 'case closed' and solve on their records. It is all a numbers and percentage game for them.
Look I'm not against nuclear power or anything myself but I can understand why people are always making a fuss about it. Sure our other power sources kill more people per year but it does so in ways that normal people can prevent and don't feel powerless against. I can do something to prevent myself from falling off a roof, or any other of mundane ways shit can go wrong with other power generation methods. I can't how ever do anything with regards to radiation once the shit hits the fan, other than hope I wasn't exposed to too much radiation and get as far away from the hotzone as possible and into quarantine and decon. Radiation is scary even if it is -safe-. My first reaction is always to 'scoff' at people who are antinuclear power too but there are some good reasons for their fears.
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Yep and it comes from some unique sources, one being the new COD Black Ops 2 has a focus of 'cyber security' basically talking about how terrorists are going to take over all our unmanned drones and use them to kill people and such. Plus good old Activision got war criminal Oliver North to do some good old fear mongering for them, something he basically has made a career ever since the Iran-Contra Affair back in the day.
I expect this is more than anything for the share holders/soon to be share holders. They have to actually you know generate revenue and continue to find new ways to generating it etc. It will only get worse from here, I promise you. Facebook might not of once been a soulless corporation but it is now.
They should just rename it "Department of lets see if we can get more funding" Because in reality that is all they are trying to do. DOLSIWCGMF
Ya but getting senators, and representatives to put fourth such bills and then keeping them intact and getting them approved is impossible given how consolidated and powerful the corporations have become with regards to their control over elections.
What you're seeing here really is more of a disconnect between the Government and the people it is suppose to represent. The american government at this point is pretty much entirely owned by various corporations and private interests that don't represent the thoughts and will of the american people.
I'm pretty fed up with it and I want things to change but I really don't see what I can do, the FBI is busy trying to turn people into terrorists who are unhappy with the way the government is representing them. It doesn't matter if I vote for the right or left any politician I vote for is owned by someone, and most if not all the third party candidates are dubious or likely to be subverted the moment they become any more than 'third party' and or get seen as a threat to the status quo.
Dunno about your Smartphone data plan but I live in Texas and have DSL from consolidated communications, they are pretty good. They certainly don't offer the fastest connection out there but they've never once throttled me or complained about my constant torrenting.
Ya I was curious what these illegal and black market items you could buy online with bit coins sadly he didn't even say. Other than that they were illegal and black market... So ya seems kind of lame.
What does this matter now at all? CISPA is going to get passed into law at this point. I could care less about Google being a bit sleazy with regards to user privacy at this point.
Considering that Senate and house members from my own state, which is like hugely republican (hint it ends in exas) pretty much were the front runners on the SOPA crap then ya I'd say they are. That isn't to say only republicans are in their pockets they have plenty of democrats too. I love our two party system...
If they seriously went after this guy it would be such an awful PR nightmare that even owning the media and news corporations wouldn't help them. Even the Republicans would turn on them.
Even if the actual making from the book isn't the bulk of the cost, an actual book has the same associated costs for editorial, typesetting, proof-ready and any other costs as an Ebook would. There is no excuse for them being priced more expensive than the actual paper copy of the book when they cost less to produce.
Okay now lets do something about the price. I'm so tired of seeing ebooks that are as expensive as regular books or more expensive. There is no reason for it other than 'I want to' or 'I'm afraid of cannibalizing my own paper back sales'. They really should do some experiments lke Valve did with Steam so they can determine the proper pricing for an Ebook. As it is I don't buy stuff for my nook simple touch I got for Christmas simply because any book I want to buy it cheaper than the Ebook version 99% of the time. This is because I tend to buy used over new when I buy a book. The publishers pricing of their Ebooks isn't protecting their profits it's negating them yet no one seems to get it.
Yep any essay should come back with feed back written on it in the margins/space between lines. Plus I doubt auto graders will mean anything except for kids learning to write a specific way that the auto grader is programmed to grade well.
Literacy is on the wane? I'm sorry but more people read now than ever. The only significant factor is deciding what and when we read.
Why? So US Tax Payers can pay for something that was entirely pushed into motion by large media corporations?
I can't watch the big bang theory. If Sheldon was so smart there is no way he could be a proponent of string theory.
Reading stuff like this makes me wish I'd taken more a lot more science in college, maybe went for an entirely different degree. Because honestly I've no idea what they are talking about. If anyone could possibly explain this a bit more I'd be really very happy.
Now you won't be able to deny that rich people get better health care. Us mere mortals won't have gold plated blood.
Hey guys I heard the ministry of love in 1984 had some pretty sweet ideas on interrogation. Perhaps you guys can take a look at those for inspiration.
I have no idea what any of that means! or what it's ultimate implications are technologically speaking but it sounds awesome!
Anyone care to enlighten me on the subject?
Ya how the hell did this garbage make it onto slashdot, it's sexist and misleading.
Didn't they learn anything from the Prophets of Old? Now if this doesn't happen then the people who made this prophecy will be beheaded and their other work entirely discredited. Here let me fix this for them.
I predict Global economics collapse by 2113
Now in a century or so there will be crazies doing all sorts of nuts stuff based upon my ancient and wise prediction. Now just imagine if I made a calendar system and decided to stop at the year 2113 instead.
To be the fair the one time I was involved in identifying a suspect the police handed me a huge book with a bunch of pictures and to select the two guys I saw. I selected one correctly, and I didn't select the other suspect they had. It was enough how ever to put the one of the pair in the area and they managed to get him to cave on his buddy. I was in no way coached though and the detective was very professional about it.
Yep if she had a lawyer present when they initial questioned her with regards to the crime in question she wouldn't of been arrested. They wanted to do a 'peace bond' which means they wanted her to get worried and nervous and cave. It didn't matter if she did it or not, so long as they could show a 'case closed' and solve on their records. It is all a numbers and percentage game for them.
Look I'm not against nuclear power or anything myself but I can understand why people are always making a fuss about it. Sure our other power sources kill more people per year but it does so in ways that normal people can prevent and don't feel powerless against. I can do something to prevent myself from falling off a roof, or any other of mundane ways shit can go wrong with other power generation methods. I can't how ever do anything with regards to radiation once the shit hits the fan, other than hope I wasn't exposed to too much radiation and get as far away from the hotzone as possible and into quarantine and decon. Radiation is scary even if it is -safe-. My first reaction is always to 'scoff' at people who are antinuclear power too but there are some good reasons for their fears.