Moderation system is fine. We don't need wild 1000 point swings that will just attract "gang" mods and forum poisoning. The overall stability over the years here is a good thing, and who else has almost 17 years of uncensored archives accessible to all? To all the complainers about this, and unicode, please, don't let the door hit yer ass! Though I will admit, the uniqueness isn't there anymore. Eh, such is life. The pasture here is green enough...
The BBC is the one seeking attention, claiming they were attacked, when it turns out somebody pulled the plug by accident. Take down an "ISIS" site, who's gonna know without a big announcement from the attackers?
I'll agree to disagree... It may be useful in some aspects, but if all this power is needed for filtering out "bad stuff", etc, it doesn't seem worth the effort. This is a text forum, I'm grateful we can make links to make our posts look all artsy and stuff.
Write or wrong most people vote for the name they recognize...
Yes, it's a personal choice for all 1 million of them, but regardless, the responsibility is still on them. Don't blame the politician or his moneyman for his success. Everybody needs to acknowledge their own complicity. When they reelect a corrupt politician, it's because they are looking for something for themselves, a piece of the action.
Ever tried to drink ocean water or grow plants with it?
Bleh, the money being spent in the derivatives markets (or the bailouts alone) would cover hundreds of processing plants. There's no excuse... You are being scammed into believing it can't be done. The only issue is and always has been the profit margin and who gets it.
Well, first, don't waste your time arguing with psychopaths. They only hear the buzz, not the words. Our rules are not theirs.If there is a problem, it's that we don't acknowledge our own acquiescence to them for a little peace and quiet.
No, of course not. Lawbreaking has been reduced to a mere talking point, with little effect on the vote. I just figure that instead of whining about it, we should be looking for somebody else to vote for. We still have a few months, but it seems like that's not gonna happen, so, *whaddya gonna do?* People have to change their own minds, I can't do it for them.
So much weird shit being posted. It's hard to believe it's not machine generated automated response gibberish, similar stuff across different, unrelated sites. I think Trump is Skynet
Absence of something can be just as effective as presence when harvesting information and profiling. And you really can't block tracking. If you did, you can never get a response from a web site or anything. How would they know where to send it? And the back and forth will tell them exactly what is being blocked, by the lack of response to their trackers.
So, it's an argument over the price. You are being robbed... I so wish people would wake up. Whatever happened to the motto, *Anything Anywhere Anytime*? Don't believe the bullshit. Take the bank bail out money back (that's 4.5 trillion) and put it to work. But please, don't try to tell me it's not worth it, that it's more beneficial to just let the place dry up, while these people fly off to Paris on a political junket on our dime. How so very fortunate for them that people believe everything they are told.
Yeah yeah yeah, I've seen it all before. As soon as the "crisis" is over, it's back to the old ways. It was the same with gasoline. You should have been there in '73. The roads were nice and empty, making a bicycle ride in the city or up to Malibu a real pleasure. People are not changing at all. There is no longer any technical reason for a drought to ever happen. It is pure politics, a disagreement over the price, kinda like that Enron thing. And here is everybody, still making excuses. That's were the energy and money is being spent, on lawyers. Bogus...
Well, they're not even doing that, are they? The behavior won't change until it all dries up. Then everybody will be starting a war. Eh, another 40 years down the drain. Let the kids deal with it.
I'm no evangelical. And voting is a personal choice. All I can do is present facts in the most pleasant way possible, and hope they make the "right" decision. I do, however, recommend shunning democrats and republicans and others who take money from unsavory people/institutions. To tell the truth, I think we need to conscript people, kinda like jury duty, who don't want the job. They are far more qualified. It would be a nice reminder of who they are there to serve. These are the things I tell people in meatspace. I don't think they get it though. Reelection rates are a very stable 95%. And in the US congress, there are no independents, despite the label they flash. Nothing I'm saying here is new or original, but I believe the effort should be made if any actual progress is desired. As it is, we can trudge along for maybe another 500 years. Rome lasted longer under much worse conditions.
But if nobody can be bothered, I'm certainly not going to kill myself over it. As always the choice is theirs (yours), not mine. Battling a 98% approval rating by the people who vote is not my cup of tea. But to the complainers, especially those who vote for the major (R/D) party, I can only say fuck off. They created this mess, nobody else. The money angle is bullshit.
How weird must it be, when you're looking out over the ocean, that the governor is telling you there is a water shortage? This is the very same governor that told us (I was living there then) the very same thing 38 years ago! And look how far they have progressed... NOT! Absolutely astounding...
But I don't trust the kiosk. I already know that nobody makes the adapter I am talking about yet. The opportunity awaits. You won't have to trust the kiosk.
*sigh* why does everybody have to overcomplicate things? You only need wires attached to pins 1 and 4 for power at the 'public' end of the cable. The ~5 volts is always there. The other two can be simply left off. The regulator itself is effectively an isolation transformer/voltage regulator/black box. The end that connects to your device will use all four pins as needed for whatever purpose they have. If I could make a drawing here, I could show how extremely simple it is. Yeah, it's one extra cable to carry, but if you want something remotely resembling security when connecting to public ports, that's just the way things have to be. To save on confusion, color the thing red, tag it for power only or something. Now, if you have a better, simpler solution, by all means... don't hold out, man.
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Moderation system is fine. We don't need wild 1000 point swings that will just attract "gang" mods and forum poisoning. The overall stability over the years here is a good thing, and who else has almost 17 years of uncensored archives accessible to all? To all the complainers about this, and unicode, please, don't let the door hit yer ass! Though I will admit, the uniqueness isn't there anymore. Eh, such is life. The pasture here is green enough...
The BBC is the one seeking attention, claiming they were attacked, when it turns out somebody pulled the plug by accident. Take down an "ISIS" site, who's gonna know without a big announcement from the attackers?
I just claim that it's needed.
I'll agree to disagree... It may be useful in some aspects, but if all this power is needed for filtering out "bad stuff", etc, it doesn't seem worth the effort. This is a text forum, I'm grateful we can make links to make our posts look all artsy and stuff.
Write or wrong most people vote for the name they recognize...
Yes, it's a personal choice for all 1 million of them, but regardless, the responsibility is still on them. Don't blame the politician or his moneyman for his success. Everybody needs to acknowledge their own complicity. When they reelect a corrupt politician, it's because they are looking for something for themselves, a piece of the action.
Ever tried to drink ocean water or grow plants with it?
Bleh, the money being spent in the derivatives markets (or the bailouts alone) would cover hundreds of processing plants. There's no excuse... You are being scammed into believing it can't be done. The only issue is and always has been the profit margin and who gets it.
There never was a 'lesser evil'. It's a democrat guilt trip that grew legs in 2000 to keep independents out of the race.
Yeah, you are pretty slick with the brochure up there. Yep, no bias there, none at all, no siree!
Since you won't, I guess I have to: United States Navy Information Warfare Officer... Still on active duty? Reserves? Retired yet?
No doubt you understand the issues.. No way you can talk about them without 'sexing it up' a little... Sir
Hey, while you're snooping around, see if you can't find that eight and a half trillion the Pentagon lost.
Well, first, don't waste your time arguing with psychopaths. They only hear the buzz, not the words. Our rules are not theirs.If there is a problem, it's that we don't acknowledge our own acquiescence to them for a little peace and quiet.
Please, humor me, inform them of the other disclaimer... of your employer, and the nature of your work, sir
But why does the lesser evil have to be so huge?
Because it gets so many votes. The lesser evil is just the more scenic, meandering route to hell.
No, of course not. Lawbreaking has been reduced to a mere talking point, with little effect on the vote. I just figure that instead of whining about it, we should be looking for somebody else to vote for. We still have a few months, but it seems like that's not gonna happen, so, *whaddya gonna do?* People have to change their own minds, I can't do it for them.
So much weird shit being posted. It's hard to believe it's not machine generated automated response gibberish, similar stuff across different, unrelated sites. I think Trump is Skynet
Truly, any other person would be out of a job and looking for an easy-going thing to confess to, months or years ago.
Except, maybe, Colin Powell, but, well, you know... that's different
He's there to scare people into voting for her anyway. *Think of the alternative!* is working out to be a neat trick.
Absence of something can be just as effective as presence when harvesting information and profiling. And you really can't block tracking. If you did, you can never get a response from a web site or anything. How would they know where to send it? And the back and forth will tell them exactly what is being blocked, by the lack of response to their trackers.
There are sufficiently few people who care about privacy to make them a mass market success.
And the ones that do care about privacy can be more easily tagged.
So, it's an argument over the price. You are being robbed... I so wish people would wake up. Whatever happened to the motto, *Anything Anywhere Anytime*? Don't believe the bullshit. Take the bank bail out money back (that's 4.5 trillion) and put it to work. But please, don't try to tell me it's not worth it, that it's more beneficial to just let the place dry up, while these people fly off to Paris on a political junket on our dime. How so very fortunate for them that people believe everything they are told.
Yeah yeah yeah, I've seen it all before. As soon as the "crisis" is over, it's back to the old ways. It was the same with gasoline. You should have been there in '73. The roads were nice and empty, making a bicycle ride in the city or up to Malibu a real pleasure. People are not changing at all. There is no longer any technical reason for a drought to ever happen. It is pure politics, a disagreement over the price, kinda like that Enron thing. And here is everybody, still making excuses. That's were the energy and money is being spent, on lawyers. Bogus...
Well, they're not even doing that, are they? The behavior won't change until it all dries up. Then everybody will be starting a war. Eh, another 40 years down the drain. Let the kids deal with it.
Eh, do without then. I'm sure the loses from doing nothing will be much less if your calculations are right.
I'm no evangelical. And voting is a personal choice. All I can do is present facts in the most pleasant way possible, and hope they make the "right" decision. I do, however, recommend shunning democrats and republicans and others who take money from unsavory people/institutions. To tell the truth, I think we need to conscript people, kinda like jury duty, who don't want the job. They are far more qualified. It would be a nice reminder of who they are there to serve. These are the things I tell people in meatspace. I don't think they get it though. Reelection rates are a very stable 95%. And in the US congress, there are no independents, despite the label they flash. Nothing I'm saying here is new or original, but I believe the effort should be made if any actual progress is desired. As it is, we can trudge along for maybe another 500 years. Rome lasted longer under much worse conditions.
But if nobody can be bothered, I'm certainly not going to kill myself over it. As always the choice is theirs (yours), not mine. Battling a 98% approval rating by the people who vote is not my cup of tea. But to the complainers, especially those who vote for the major (R/D) party, I can only say fuck off. They created this mess, nobody else. The money angle is bullshit.
How weird must it be, when you're looking out over the ocean, that the governor is telling you there is a water shortage? This is the very same governor that told us (I was living there then) the very same thing 38 years ago! And look how far they have progressed... NOT! Absolutely astounding...
But I don't trust the kiosk. I already know that nobody makes the adapter I am talking about yet. The opportunity awaits. You won't have to trust the kiosk.
You're referring to the power supply in that public kiosk ... which you do not control.
No, it's a big block of "magic smoke" in the cable, like the power adapter for your laptop.
bla bla bla...
Okay, I give up, you win... Happy New Year!
*sigh* why does everybody have to overcomplicate things? You only need wires attached to pins 1 and 4 for power at the 'public' end of the cable. The ~5 volts is always there. The other two can be simply left off. The regulator itself is effectively an isolation transformer/voltage regulator/black box. The end that connects to your device will use all four pins as needed for whatever purpose they have. If I could make a drawing here, I could show how extremely simple it is. Yeah, it's one extra cable to carry, but if you want something remotely resembling security when connecting to public ports, that's just the way things have to be. To save on confusion, color the thing red, tag it for power only or something. Now, if you have a better, simpler solution, by all means... don't hold out, man.