And given how many copyright violations occur via torrents (percentage-wise), not sure the protocol deserves very many legal protections at this point in time.
Now there's an attitude that deserves no respect... like copyright itself. I don't want anybody deciding what protocols I can transmit/receive. I only want a pipe. That's what the ISPs should provide. Throttling is a form of censorship.
When robots.txt is used for censorship, it no longer deserves any respect. I hope more people decide to ignore them. We should never let other people decide what we can see and hear. For the time being we can store stuff locally and employ P2P.
I'm sure our various professional spy agencies would beg to differ. Don't be surprised if this is a government/corporate job. They have too much to lose if Bitcoin were to become truly successful. We are at war right now to protect the petro-dollar. You think we are going to let some pipsqueak operation like this get in the way?
You have meddled with my affairs for the last time Mr. Bond
As a crony capitalist, abundance is my archenemy. This will saturate and destroy the market that we maintain by creating shortages. How else can we sell refrigerators to the Eskimos?
Uh, I was responding to a comment about Sandy and New Jersey. Poverty is hardly an issue for those people with their beach houses there. And if they want to rebuild, they damn well better do it right next time. As for the Philippines, corruption is the cause of the poverty and whatever disasters they suffer, not nature. And like the AC said, praying for them doesn't do squat. Try harder.
Al Qaida's ultimate long term goal is to create a world of Muslim countries ruled by Sharia.
Please, stop. Al Qaida, Inc. is an ethereal group of hired mercenaries that will disappear as soon as the money dries up. It exists as a service for the various superpowers and anybody else with sufficient funds. You can shitcan the propaganda.
Europe is full of nationalist fiefdoms that can barely keep their shit together and are always on the verge of total warfare. I would hardly look there for 'enlightenment'. It is the threat of an overwhelming force from the outside that has kept the peace so far on that continent.
Why was this modded offtopic? Religion is one of the best known and most effective tools used to create fear, through the exploitation of ignorance. It's damn near primal in itself.
No, it's much much older than that. Things haven't changed for over 13 billion years. Our nature is not particularly human. It's much more basic. In this universe the same laws of physics apply universally, might makes right. "Fear" is an abstraction, a higher level of programming. Like Java or C are specific abstractions above binary.
Be a radical. Go to the root of the problem. Try to understand the mechanics of how things work. You never will if you merely look at humans. They are no different than anything else. Strip away the human bullshit and you will see the same thing in any celestial or molecular event.
Yeah, fuck 'em. I feel the same about the assholes who rebuilt their houses in the same place they were flooded out by the Mississippi river, and demanded to be covered by their insurance at the same rates! The Mexicans sat under Wilma for 48 full hours and nobody died and property damage was minimal, including the houses on the beach. Lights were back on in the center of town in less than 12 hours. Well made concrete and underground electrical lines hold up pretty well. Sorry, I cannot sympathize. Their houses were flattened because they were not built to withstand a little wind and rain. A hurricane should not be a big deal. And they aren't with a little foresight and proper planning, and a lot less tolerance for corrupt government/corporate power. They serve as a reminder to stock up on more beer.
The more incentive there is to build an alternative. I say, keep up the good work. Maybe I'll make my raspberry into a web crawler, since it's always running anyway.
People are welcome to live where they want, but it does help to build something strong enough to keep the rain out. There is no such thing as a 'natural' disaster. Poverty and corruption and negligence are responsible for the suffering.
Oh please! The first people the Wright Brothers tries to sell the airplane to was the war department. Weaponry is a prime motivator for most of the inventions we use today. A scalpel is just a small machete.
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And given how many copyright violations occur via torrents (percentage-wise), not sure the protocol deserves very many legal protections at this point in time.
Now there's an attitude that deserves no respect... like copyright itself. I don't want anybody deciding what protocols I can transmit/receive. I only want a pipe. That's what the ISPs should provide. Throttling is a form of censorship.
Why only online video services? What about my torrents?
When robots.txt is used for censorship, it no longer deserves any respect. I hope more people decide to ignore them. We should never let other people decide what we can see and hear. For the time being we can store stuff locally and employ P2P.
I'm sure our various professional spy agencies would beg to differ. Don't be surprised if this is a government/corporate job. They have too much to lose if Bitcoin were to become truly successful. We are at war right now to protect the petro-dollar. You think we are going to let some pipsqueak operation like this get in the way?
You have meddled with my affairs for the last time Mr. Bond
As a crony capitalist, abundance is my archenemy. This will saturate and destroy the market that we maintain by creating shortages. How else can we sell refrigerators to the Eskimos?
Designed only to put people into prison for minor deeds.
An empty prison gathers no profit. Morality is irrelevant and is nothing but mental masturbation and distraction.
Uh, I was responding to a comment about Sandy and New Jersey. Poverty is hardly an issue for those people with their beach houses there. And if they want to rebuild, they damn well better do it right next time. As for the Philippines, corruption is the cause of the poverty and whatever disasters they suffer, not nature. And like the AC said, praying for them doesn't do squat. Try harder.
this is about the Arab Spring, the rise of democracy, and the triumph of US diplomacy in the region
+5 Funny!
And we have a black President.
So does Nigeria...
I don't believe it's about fear at all.
Yes, it is fear. Fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope...
Al Qaida's ultimate long term goal is to create a world of Muslim countries ruled by Sharia.
Please, stop. Al Qaida, Inc. is an ethereal group of hired mercenaries that will disappear as soon as the money dries up. It exists as a service for the various superpowers and anybody else with sufficient funds. You can shitcan the propaganda.
Europe is full of nationalist fiefdoms that can barely keep their shit together and are always on the verge of total warfare. I would hardly look there for 'enlightenment'. It is the threat of an overwhelming force from the outside that has kept the peace so far on that continent.
That's right. It was all peaches 'n cream before the wrong people got all uppity.
Why was this modded offtopic? Religion is one of the best known and most effective tools used to create fear, through the exploitation of ignorance. It's damn near primal in itself.
No, it's much much older than that. Things haven't changed for over 13 billion years. Our nature is not particularly human. It's much more basic. In this universe the same laws of physics apply universally, might makes right. "Fear" is an abstraction, a higher level of programming. Like Java or C are specific abstractions above binary.
Be a radical. Go to the root of the problem. Try to understand the mechanics of how things work. You never will if you merely look at humans. They are no different than anything else. Strip away the human bullshit and you will see the same thing in any celestial or molecular event.
The effects of this are local...
That's right. Smog never crosses county, state, or property lines.
... power, and money.
definitely redundant.
The gubernatorial race in Virginia was bought with a river of advertising bile.
Yes, and all the other races were fought purely on principle without spending a dime.
who cares where it comes down...
I'm sure you all know the rest...
Maybe the next one ought to create an accurate reentry map...
Yeah, fuck 'em. I feel the same about the assholes who rebuilt their houses in the same place they were flooded out by the Mississippi river, and demanded to be covered by their insurance at the same rates! The Mexicans sat under Wilma for 48 full hours and nobody died and property damage was minimal, including the houses on the beach. Lights were back on in the center of town in less than 12 hours. Well made concrete and underground electrical lines hold up pretty well. Sorry, I cannot sympathize. Their houses were flattened because they were not built to withstand a little wind and rain. A hurricane should not be a big deal. And they aren't with a little foresight and proper planning, and a lot less tolerance for corrupt government/corporate power. They serve as a reminder to stock up on more beer.
The more incentive there is to build an alternative. I say, keep up the good work. Maybe I'll make my raspberry into a web crawler, since it's always running anyway.
It's called a 'tease'. The weather segment gets the highest ad rates. It doesn't matter that the department is run by soothsayers.
People are welcome to live where they want, but it does help to build something strong enough to keep the rain out. There is no such thing as a 'natural' disaster. Poverty and corruption and negligence are responsible for the suffering.
Oh please! The first people the Wright Brothers tries to sell the airplane to was the war department. Weaponry is a prime motivator for most of the inventions we use today. A scalpel is just a small machete.
Because.
Yes.
Yes.