Well, they're still getting paid to watch movies, not a bad gig. The idea was pretty dumb. It does nothing to diminish the power of the censors. If a backlog develops, your film will just have to wait until they get around to it, could be weeks or months. So in effect the gag will backfire. And even if you were dozing, that 15 minutes of porn will wake you up, especially if there is any audio.
Seriously, can anyone point to any systemic problem with the way ICANN operates now that seriously adversely affects the way the Internet works?
Yeah, control is too centralized, blocking and censorship is too easy. We need the circumvention and direct peer to peer connections that was promised. ICANN and DNS has made us complacent and lazy. The motto has always been: "Eh, good enough"
Or we can develop an alternative to DNS and make the internet peer to peer, making censorship more difficult. All the little fiefdoms fighting over control will provide some incentive to that end, I hope.
Well, look at the bright side. This could mean the end of DNS, or at least a centralized DNS. Maybe the new blockchain thingy (a 'distributed DNS', so to speak) can replace it. With ICANN out of the way, there might be more incentive to modernize computer networking and make it more directly peer to peer.
I love these Heartland AC's using words like "opaque" in a very word salad kind of way
I don't get it. What's the problem? It's perfectly cromulent, in every fashion imaginable..
What is "pollution" other than a temporary imbalance? The survivors will grow more nose hair to filter out the particles in the air, and their eyes' frequency spectrum will shift slightly towards red/infrared to "see" through the smog. What the polluters need to do is add some nicotine to the mix, and people might complain a little less, but, you know, the tobacco companies rule, that's why weed is still illegal. Prosperity awaits!
Or soon it will be. Electricity is now too easy to produce. There is no longer a need to meter it. A flat infrastructure fee will work as well as anything, or something based on the ratio of consumption to production.
The safest bet would be to ignore everything they said completely.
Yes, that is usually what I do. All stories by and about secretive intelligence services should be taken with plenty of salt. Since lying is part and parcel to the business, it is logical that you lie the best you can, *for the right reasons* of course..
Not if I'm being paid to make the argument, it isn't. Probably the best argument against encryption is that against the NSA/CIA it is snake oil, like defending yourself from a nuclear bomb with a.22
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...because we're trained...
That's no excuse. Transcending our "training" is our problem and obligation. All choices are personal.
Well, they're still getting paid to watch movies, not a bad gig. The idea was pretty dumb. It does nothing to diminish the power of the censors. If a backlog develops, your film will just have to wait until they get around to it, could be weeks or months. So in effect the gag will backfire. And even if you were dozing, that 15 minutes of porn will wake you up, especially if there is any audio.
Yeah, what kind of crap is this? And besides, nobody can prove they sat through anything.. Eh, easy money, from another fool
How stupid do they think we are?
Looking at the voting records over the years, you might not want to know the answer to that question... Suffice to say, it's not pretty..
And yes, there is no way of ever knowing what records are being kept. Just assume the worst..
Set your wayback machine to 1938.
This small step would be nice though.
Top Gun (not a WW2 flick but they did the same thing), Red Tails, Fury... It really looks so cheap and fake..
When they replaced tracer rounds with 'laser' beams in world war 2 flicks, I knew the party was over. CGI is short for chintzy...
Seriously, can anyone point to any systemic problem with the way ICANN operates now that seriously adversely affects the way the Internet works?
Yeah, control is too centralized, blocking and censorship is too easy. We need the circumvention and direct peer to peer connections that was promised. ICANN and DNS has made us complacent and lazy. The motto has always been: "Eh, good enough"
Or we can develop an alternative to DNS and make the internet peer to peer, making censorship more difficult. All the little fiefdoms fighting over control will provide some incentive to that end, I hope.
Well, look at the bright side. This could mean the end of DNS, or at least a centralized DNS. Maybe the new blockchain thingy (a 'distributed DNS', so to speak) can replace it. With ICANN out of the way, there might be more incentive to modernize computer networking and make it more directly peer to peer.
Even I am at a loss to explain this one...
These generally seem to be aimed at harming US national defense, or some sector of the economy.
It's a plot, I tell ya! Aye, it be pirates!
And are you saying the nihilism of the past (when? Roman Empire days? 1950s?) was more, seemly, perhaps?
It's an ancient idea..
Cost effectiveness is totally dependent on the observer.
I love these Heartland AC's using words like "opaque" in a very word salad kind of way
I don't get it. What's the problem? It's perfectly cromulent, in every fashion imaginable..
What is "pollution" other than a temporary imbalance? The survivors will grow more nose hair to filter out the particles in the air, and their eyes' frequency spectrum will shift slightly towards red/infrared to "see" through the smog. What the polluters need to do is add some nicotine to the mix, and people might complain a little less, but, you know, the tobacco companies rule, that's why weed is still illegal. Prosperity awaits!
Well, the idea of being hooked up to a 'grid', especially a global one, is that excess production can be used by somebody.
Or soon it will be. Electricity is now too easy to produce. There is no longer a need to meter it. A flat infrastructure fee will work as well as anything, or something based on the ratio of consumption to production.
If there are any conditions, it's not a "donation", it is a bribe, and it shouldn't be tax deductible.
How many producers of child porn were caught in this "sting"?
The safest bet would be to ignore everything they said completely.
Yes, that is usually what I do. All stories by and about secretive intelligence services should be taken with plenty of salt. Since lying is part and parcel to the business, it is logical that you lie the best you can, *for the right reasons* of course..
The rest of your post is unintelligible...
The reputation precedes them. It's simply impossible to tell when they are lying. So the safest bet is to assume the worst.
Psychopaths, and scourge or not, society rewards them very highly.
Your argument is based on faith.
Not if I'm being paid to make the argument, it isn't. Probably the best argument against encryption is that against the NSA/CIA it is snake oil, like defending yourself from a nuclear bomb with a .22
Liar's paradox
Well yeah, next January...