True. With people being polarizing like crazy by more and more movies, watching people lose their shit when talking about those "controversial" movies has been way more entertaining than any of the movies themselves.
And I didn't have to sit in a movie theater for any of that entertainment!
This is pretty much why I can't help but snicker every time someone says "But the Russians...". The harm "the Russians" can do to you are minimal compared to what your very own government can.
Everyone is his own critic now. With previews, "leaked" trailers and whatnot, and on top of that a load of YouTubers who make movie critics in between their other stuff, who gives a shit about "professional" critics anymore? If anything, they're seen as paid shills that will like whatever movie has the biggest marketing budget to pay them off.
Also "good" movies are not necessarily what will be a box office hit. What is a good movie? Well, take, say, 6th sense. Was a great movie. Great actors. Great acting. And a really awesome surprise at the end. But are you going to buy a second ticket to see it again? Hell no. You already know the plot twist and seeing it again... well, no.
Now compare to Transformers... hell, any of them. All of them combined don't make enough of a script to last one single cartoon TV show of the series, the acting is rotten, the dialogue is... umm... there is dialogue? Oh, you mean the quiet part between the explosions with the noise that sounds like humans. Yeah, maybe. But the FX! Wow! Blows your mind! Let's go see it right again, and you gotta see it on the big screen, it just ain't the same at home on TV.
And this is why critics' opinion is worth jack shit when it comes to box office revenue. There are awesome movies out there, but many of them are just as awesome at home on TV.
Then paper ballots are the best thing since sliced bread! Some count faster, some count slower, you can do coverage round the clock, from the first early counts to statisticians blowing it out of proportion and predicting the outcome from the voting result of some backwater county with a handful of votes that could easily be counted in a few minutes while we're waiting for the results from NY and LA.
You can make that show last through the night. Hell, with recounts you can make it last days!
So it would take someone who has long term access to the voting machines. Like, say, a representative of a party sitting there to make sure nobody dares to mess with the voting process?
WTF is the US' problem with paper ballots? Are you too stupid to count the votes or too lazy to carry the ballot to the voting committees?
I mean, for real, folks, why the hell is it that it works in third world countries in Africa (provided the local warlord doesn't stop it at gunpoint) but it's completely impossible for the country that pretty much invented process management?
Government and private businesses have two fundamentally different goals when providing goods or services. A private business has the product as the necessary evil to generate revenue while with governments, the product itself is usually the goal.
How? Over here, "food stamps" are basically a cash card where those in need can use it to pay their stuff for, where the stores participating agree to forward the purchase information to the social services. It solves so many things at once. It gives the needy some dignity, because it looks like they're just paying cashless instead of paying with food stamps, it ensures they don't get money back to spend on booze and it ensures that you can't buy lobster and caviar on it because social services know exactly what you buy.
Yes, that means that they pretty much have to "publish" their spending habits, at least with their social service worker. But I guess if you spend my money, I at least deserve to have someone check that you spend it because you really need it, not because you want me to pay for your next Ferrari.
So instead of every https-page I visit coming up with red URI bar and "this connection is not secure" warning, I will get a red URI-bar on every https-page I visit and "these connections are not secure" warnings?
Chrome is trying to find a way to make red alert redder?
There is a difference between accepting a risk and ignoring a risk. The former is a way to deal with risks, the latter isn't.
If you make a conscious decision to accept a risk after knowing it, weighing it against the alternatives and eventually coming to the conclusion that accepting the risk is the best way to deal with it, great.
You want to store personally identifiable information of ANY kind? No problem. We'll create security guidelines that you have to implement, you get audited once a year (at your expense) and if you fail, you pay 1% of your annual gross revenue per day in fines until your security is up to par.
Don't like it? Don't store the information. Easy solution.
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So? Nothing a few nukes can't fix.
And the fun part about the US' nukes is that the average person has no control over them. That's what you still need your army for.
Unlikely. He doesn't like faggy fawning of people over him.
Like it would be any different for the average person if the other branch of The Party ruled.
True. With people being polarizing like crazy by more and more movies, watching people lose their shit when talking about those "controversial" movies has been way more entertaining than any of the movies themselves.
And I didn't have to sit in a movie theater for any of that entertainment!
This is pretty much why I can't help but snicker every time someone says "But the Russians...". The harm "the Russians" can do to you are minimal compared to what your very own government can.
Everyone is his own critic now. With previews, "leaked" trailers and whatnot, and on top of that a load of YouTubers who make movie critics in between their other stuff, who gives a shit about "professional" critics anymore? If anything, they're seen as paid shills that will like whatever movie has the biggest marketing budget to pay them off.
Also "good" movies are not necessarily what will be a box office hit. What is a good movie? Well, take, say, 6th sense. Was a great movie. Great actors. Great acting. And a really awesome surprise at the end. But are you going to buy a second ticket to see it again? Hell no. You already know the plot twist and seeing it again... well, no.
Now compare to Transformers... hell, any of them. All of them combined don't make enough of a script to last one single cartoon TV show of the series, the acting is rotten, the dialogue is ... umm... there is dialogue? Oh, you mean the quiet part between the explosions with the noise that sounds like humans. Yeah, maybe. But the FX! Wow! Blows your mind! Let's go see it right again, and you gotta see it on the big screen, it just ain't the same at home on TV.
And this is why critics' opinion is worth jack shit when it comes to box office revenue. There are awesome movies out there, but many of them are just as awesome at home on TV.
Intelligent and thoughtful films? For boomers?
If you're right and boomers make up the majority of people watching movies, my money would be on Michael Bay.
You don't say...
Do you want the Diebold executives to starve after all the bribes (sorry "lobbying") they've spread around?
Is that a rhetoric question?
Then paper ballots are the best thing since sliced bread! Some count faster, some count slower, you can do coverage round the clock, from the first early counts to statisticians blowing it out of proportion and predicting the outcome from the voting result of some backwater county with a handful of votes that could easily be counted in a few minutes while we're waiting for the results from NY and LA.
You can make that show last through the night. Hell, with recounts you can make it last days!
Then I guess we should fire a few of them.
Preferably out of a cannon.
So it would take someone who has long term access to the voting machines. Like, say, a representative of a party sitting there to make sure nobody dares to mess with the voting process?
It's possible to print a lot of paper ballots in that time frame and I think training the user to use a pencil should be doable in a month.
WTF is the US' problem with paper ballots? Are you too stupid to count the votes or too lazy to carry the ballot to the voting committees?
I mean, for real, folks, why the hell is it that it works in third world countries in Africa (provided the local warlord doesn't stop it at gunpoint) but it's completely impossible for the country that pretty much invented process management?
We entrust our parties and politicians to them, why does it bother you that the way to choose between the whores is in their hands, too?
Government and private businesses have two fundamentally different goals when providing goods or services. A private business has the product as the necessary evil to generate revenue while with governments, the product itself is usually the goal.
How? Over here, "food stamps" are basically a cash card where those in need can use it to pay their stuff for, where the stores participating agree to forward the purchase information to the social services. It solves so many things at once. It gives the needy some dignity, because it looks like they're just paying cashless instead of paying with food stamps, it ensures they don't get money back to spend on booze and it ensures that you can't buy lobster and caviar on it because social services know exactly what you buy.
Yes, that means that they pretty much have to "publish" their spending habits, at least with their social service worker. But I guess if you spend my money, I at least deserve to have someone check that you spend it because you really need it, not because you want me to pay for your next Ferrari.
Because they shouldn't have similar goals, maybe.
I'm pretty sure there have. Why else should there be an investigation?
If it was at least a slap. Usually what they get is a pat on the hand and a "there, there..."
Some politicians just found out that their personal information was used to steal their ID. Why should they get active any sooner?
It finally hit home and some congresscritters were affected by the fallout.
Good.
So instead of every https-page I visit coming up with red URI bar and "this connection is not secure" warning, I will get a red URI-bar on every https-page I visit and "these connections are not secure" warnings?
Chrome is trying to find a way to make red alert redder?
There is a difference between accepting a risk and ignoring a risk. The former is a way to deal with risks, the latter isn't.
If you make a conscious decision to accept a risk after knowing it, weighing it against the alternatives and eventually coming to the conclusion that accepting the risk is the best way to deal with it, great.
The problem is that most people don't do that.
You want to store personally identifiable information of ANY kind? No problem. We'll create security guidelines that you have to implement, you get audited once a year (at your expense) and if you fail, you pay 1% of your annual gross revenue per day in fines until your security is up to par.
Don't like it? Don't store the information. Easy solution.