Eh, mostly ceremonial at this point... a service in exchange for another. And Trump will succeed in getting many republicans to vote for Clinton. Surely it was all an accident.
That's funny as hell. Look at what you left yourselves after generations of picking the "Lesser of two evils". Who ever dreamed that Bush could make the suit look good?
"Bad guys using encryption" is irrelevant. A straw man. Some of us don't believe the state or anybody else has any right to regulate its use. The adversarial nature of authority and the corruption it breeds precludes giving it any advantage. Your subservience is nothing but an appeal to supremacy, like cooperating with the prison guards so they don't beat you until last.
The one good thing coming out of the Snowden story is the increased public awareness. It won't effect the election, but it still diffuses the power a tiny bit. The "frustration" expressed by the cops only adds to the joy, and probably a false sense of security.
Yes, and people are stabbed with pencils. You are so hysterical, like a bad 50s TV series... hinder law enforcement.. You're a real Walter Winchell there...
And the swamp coolers keep it pretty nice inside. I wasn't impressed with 114 either. Yeah, it's hot as hell, but it's nothing a little beer can't remedy. And with all that sunlight, they can power up enough air conditioners and desalinators to stay comfortable. It's not like the old days, except for the political bullshit, the region could be made into a real paradise.
Oh dear! Talk about your straw man! And dead horse... not that it will stop the flogging. And "complicated"?* Please. You're such a silly goose... I hope the Emperor's trinkets truly keep you happy.
*No, it is not. I see no reason to grant the state any advantage. In fact, the schadenfreude is great with the small dispersion of power, and in seeing you fret over it.
Well, one point to be made is that it is too easy to block the ability to communicate on the internet. Domestic or otherwise, I am very interested in rendering the state, or anybody else, absolutely powerless in that regard, and in seeing the discussion revolve around how to do it, instead of whether we should. Start with overcoming the greatest single point of failure we are all under, the Internet Service Provider. Once we are past that obstacle, the state will lose a great deal of its advantage.
Not the blocking per se, but the lack of active circumvention. On the other hand, maybe the press isn't covering that. I would hope that word gets around that there are various other services besides WhatsApp.
And by the way, Brazil is under a coup right now with this phony "impeachment" thing going on. Just look at the accusers' own yellow sheets. This is what the block is about. They make our politicians look saintly by comparison. Anyway, somebody is trying to sabotage BRIC. Who could it possibly be?
Browse through the archives. There's 17 years worth. Very interesting stuff that reveals how little anything has changed.. In fact old fires are rekindled... Here's hoping they remain intact, and accessible for many more years, and that they are backed up! Being a text forum, without that silly unicode nonsense, It shouldn't occupy that much space
Think of it as having to renew your marriage vows every 20-25 years or so.
And international borders, they are prison walls, they should have been abolished with the end of World War 2. They only serve the stratification interests of business. All the nationalist/religious ideology is to motivate your army to work for cheap, but even those ISIS guys don't work for free.
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one of the most powerful offices in the world?
Eh, mostly ceremonial at this point... a service in exchange for another. And Trump will succeed in getting many republicans to vote for Clinton. Surely it was all an accident.
Heh, thanks for reminding me why we needed a disinfectant
:-) You feel a disturbance in the empire?
Don't you mean a bet? A wager? Speculation? I think we should wait to see what is produced...
"Lesser of two evils"
That's funny as hell. Look at what you left yourselves after generations of picking the "Lesser of two evils". Who ever dreamed that Bush could make the suit look good?
Obviously it's James Bond's Aston Martin.
My mother would tell you it's the washing machine and the VCR
And there's the portable phone, about the only thing that no culture on earth sees as satanic. Now that's influence!
Now we get these little press releases from him...
Not necessarily from him, but from the story writers milking the crowd.
You will be forced to live forever!
"Bad guys using encryption" is irrelevant. A straw man. Some of us don't believe the state or anybody else has any right to regulate its use. The adversarial nature of authority and the corruption it breeds precludes giving it any advantage. Your subservience is nothing but an appeal to supremacy, like cooperating with the prison guards so they don't beat you until last.
The one good thing coming out of the Snowden story is the increased public awareness. It won't effect the election, but it still diffuses the power a tiny bit. The "frustration" expressed by the cops only adds to the joy, and probably a false sense of security.
I believe they provide a service. (Had to be the first to trot that out today)
Yes, and people are stabbed with pencils. You are so hysterical, like a bad 50s TV series... hinder law enforcement.. You're a real Walter Winchell there...
But somebody has been advising this
And the swamp coolers keep it pretty nice inside. I wasn't impressed with 114 either. Yeah, it's hot as hell, but it's nothing a little beer can't remedy. And with all that sunlight, they can power up enough air conditioners and desalinators to stay comfortable. It's not like the old days, except for the political bullshit, the region could be made into a real paradise.
well organized criminals and terrorists
Oh dear! Talk about your straw man! And dead horse... not that it will stop the flogging. And "complicated"?* Please. You're such a silly goose... I hope the Emperor's trinkets truly keep you happy.
*No, it is not. I see no reason to grant the state any advantage. In fact, the schadenfreude is great with the small dispersion of power, and in seeing you fret over it.
Well, one point to be made is that it is too easy to block the ability to communicate on the internet. Domestic or otherwise, I am very interested in rendering the state, or anybody else, absolutely powerless in that regard, and in seeing the discussion revolve around how to do it, instead of whether we should. Start with overcoming the greatest single point of failure we are all under, the Internet Service Provider. Once we are past that obstacle, the state will lose a great deal of its advantage.
Not the blocking per se, but the lack of active circumvention. On the other hand, maybe the press isn't covering that. I would hope that word gets around that there are various other services besides WhatsApp.
And by the way, Brazil is under a coup right now with this phony "impeachment" thing going on. Just look at the accusers' own yellow sheets. This is what the block is about. They make our politicians look saintly by comparison. Anyway, somebody is trying to sabotage BRIC. Who could it possibly be?
That should translate into lower costs and more free stuff. We are all entitled to the service of machines.
Gotta wonder why Netflix is so popular, huh?
Browse through the archives. There's 17 years worth. Very interesting stuff that reveals how little anything has changed.. In fact old fires are rekindled... Here's hoping they remain intact, and accessible for many more years, and that they are backed up! Being a text forum, without that silly unicode nonsense, It shouldn't occupy that much space
Ha, the the Bay Bridge... That's our next "Airport", and "Towering Inferno". The collapse sequence will be a blockbuster.
We were able confirm the irrefutable truth:
If you put a big enough engine on it, you can make anything fly.
Violating causality is no joke...
Okay, if it's more than just a speeding ticket, what should the penalty be then?
Think of it as having to renew your marriage vows every 20-25 years or so.
And international borders, they are prison walls, they should have been abolished with the end of World War 2. They only serve the stratification interests of business. All the nationalist/religious ideology is to motivate your army to work for cheap, but even those ISIS guys don't work for free.
Thank goodness there's more than two evils!
That's okay. Treaties, like governments, should never last more than a generation anyway. Otherwise you enslave your kids to your bad deals.