Just never knew where we could find the protoculture to power it. Plus, it would come in handy when some pesky ETs show up looking to steal our resources and women!
Following up on the grocery store "discount" card analogy a previous commenter made, assuming our society starts to move in this direction those who want to protect their privacy will actually pay a tax on top of everything else. Like the grocery store cards, you're not actually getting a discount. Prices are marked UP. I remember when my local grocer went to this system about 10 years or so ago, all the prices were jacked up and you needed their discount cards to get normal value.
Eventually, everyone wanting to stay off the grid or maintain privacy will be hounded with opt-outs, additional expenses, or mandatory "come to our office and fill out a form" hurdles that will deter them.
BTW, I bought a house about 4 years ago and ever since I've been bombarded with advertisement, via mail and blind sales calls. My mailbox was stuffed with home improvement flyers the first time I checked it, so I have to assume that all the banks, title companies, and mortgage servicing companies pimp your info out as soon as you start the application process.
Funny, but I don't think a lot of people have thought about what those cards are. And, you don't save money. Prices are already marked up, so you essentially pay a "privacy tax" unless you register. My workaround, however ineffective is to use bogus contact information on the application form. Same at Best Buy or whoever wants my info. How effective is that? Probably not very, but it's about all you can do.
Step One: cut down on the clutter. That means stop chasing after everyone in a turban or every angry blogger named Mohamed or Assad who criticizes your government or sticking GPS monitoring devices under their cars.
There are two major reasons we've historically said NO to dragnets. They violate civil rights and they...surprise surprise!...clutter your intelligence channels with worthless drivel.
Both articles are all over the place. Are we talking about blog posts? Or, are we talking about scrubbing search engines? Yes, I should be able to delete a comment I make from any blog or forum (hello Slashdot?). Sometimes you say something incorrect, something you regret, or simply a comment you've changed your mind about. I've had quite a few errant posts on different blogs and a handful I've wanted to take back. It makes life much easier if I can blow away my wrong information and the gazillion people jumping up to correct you rather than wasting readers' time going over garbage.
Now, scrubbing the historical record? Good luck with that, Nixon!
But, unlike real life there isn't likely going to be a documented transcript of your comments that can be easily copied, forwarded, and referenced by millions with a few mouse clicks.
He's a bit of a fire brand, but he cut his teeth as a utilities industry reporter (I think regulator at one point). Another situation where corporate profits trump public safety.
I'd like to point out that I'm not anti-nuclear power. I just don't think we should ever entrust these facilities to organizations that consistently prove they're willing to risk total failure to save money.
No significant leaks??? Keep following the news my friend. We're getting press releases, not facts. The circumstantial evidence can't hide the truth of the situation:
"Seventeen U.S. military personnel involved in helicopter relief missions were found to have been exposed to low levels of radiation upon returning to the USS Ronald Reagan, an aircraft carrier about 100 miles (160 kilometers) offshore.
U.S. officials said the exposure level was roughly equal to one month's normal exposure to natural background radiation in the environment, and after scrubbing with soap and water, the 17 were declared contamination-free."
It's because the economic model is different from say water or gas. No physical resources are consumed. The impact on the service provider is the network capacity you're consuming. This is nothing more than a do-nothing way to rustle up more income from users.
Even if you're a low volume user, you probably still expect that one big file a month you download to get to you quickly.
I'll probably piss off a lot of management types, but this is what I observed my during years working with corporate IT America. The pure management types are almost viral in corporate culture. Once you get enough of them, they tend to take over because much of the office politicking, style over substance brand of leadership gets you moved up bigger, faster, and longer. As long as a company has enough gearheads in leadership positions to call BS on John "Paradigm for technology change" Doe, you can keep the ship on the right course. But, once a company goes public, you're now dealing with the pressure of PR over performance which behooves CEOs to recruit more slick salesmen in suits than bureaucrats.
It's just like politics. A guy spewing easy-to-digest bumper sticker slogans gets his point across (however inaccurate it might be) faster than a guy trying to explain the issue to you in depth. The slick sales type who knows how to schmooze with the execs at the holiday party puts himself in a better light than Mary Busybee down in networking who actually *knows* how to best upgrade your servers. Look at how many worthless CEOs in the mold of Carly Fiorina there are endless being promoted up regardless of failure (including one recent President, ahem!).
And, it's a stereotype that techies are a bunch of socially-underdeveloped goofballs. Look at all the techie founders who've turned over billion-dollar enterprises to the suits after they cash in. It's a cultural problem. We've somehow lost the patience to listen long enough for the right answer instead of the easiest answer.
Two tragic accidents, yes. But a mistake? I'd call it pretty remarkable for our first partially-reusable spacecraft. It did things nothing else could pull of, like bringing back satellites. Hopefully, the next generation will figure out how to do it with a totally and *legitimately* reusable system.
You almost can. My local Blockbusters have 4 for $20 sales regularly on movies that aren't new to DVD. For the past 10 years or so, rather than renting I'd just go get 4 at a pop and watch them at my leisure. Nice way to build up a DVD library, too! Even the slightly more expensive buys are only $10/DVD which is still pretty cheap to purchase own a DVD that probably been out for little over a month or so.
You never see Dr. Freeman stopping to eat or rest up, either. I'd rather continue shooting zombies than watch two poorly modeled assemblies of triangles pumping each other.
It's easy for some jackass to come out 20 years after he had any political relevance and state that his approach was equivocally wrong. Now, show me a politician with the COURAGE to do the right thing when there's political pressure to make the wrong, but safe, choice. Fuck you and fuck your legacy!!!
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Just never knew where we could find the protoculture to power it. Plus, it would come in handy when some pesky ETs show up looking to steal our resources and women!
Great! I can go home a few microseconds early today.
Hope this works, I need the karma!
Following up on the grocery store "discount" card analogy a previous commenter made, assuming our society starts to move in this direction those who want to protect their privacy will actually pay a tax on top of everything else. Like the grocery store cards, you're not actually getting a discount. Prices are marked UP. I remember when my local grocer went to this system about 10 years or so ago, all the prices were jacked up and you needed their discount cards to get normal value.
Eventually, everyone wanting to stay off the grid or maintain privacy will be hounded with opt-outs, additional expenses, or mandatory "come to our office and fill out a form" hurdles that will deter them.
BTW, I bought a house about 4 years ago and ever since I've been bombarded with advertisement, via mail and blind sales calls. My mailbox was stuffed with home improvement flyers the first time I checked it, so I have to assume that all the banks, title companies, and mortgage servicing companies pimp your info out as soon as you start the application process.
Funny, but I don't think a lot of people have thought about what those cards are. And, you don't save money. Prices are already marked up, so you essentially pay a "privacy tax" unless you register. My workaround, however ineffective is to use bogus contact information on the application form. Same at Best Buy or whoever wants my info. How effective is that? Probably not very, but it's about all you can do.
So, what you're saying is, if it's not Irish it's crap?
Step One: cut down on the clutter. That means stop chasing after everyone in a turban or every angry blogger named Mohamed or Assad who criticizes your government or sticking GPS monitoring devices under their cars.
There are two major reasons we've historically said NO to dragnets. They violate civil rights and they...surprise surprise!...clutter your intelligence channels with worthless drivel.
Both articles are all over the place. Are we talking about blog posts? Or, are we talking about scrubbing search engines? Yes, I should be able to delete a comment I make from any blog or forum (hello Slashdot?). Sometimes you say something incorrect, something you regret, or simply a comment you've changed your mind about. I've had quite a few errant posts on different blogs and a handful I've wanted to take back. It makes life much easier if I can blow away my wrong information and the gazillion people jumping up to correct you rather than wasting readers' time going over garbage.
Now, scrubbing the historical record? Good luck with that, Nixon!
But, unlike real life there isn't likely going to be a documented transcript of your comments that can be easily copied, forwarded, and referenced by millions with a few mouse clicks.
http://www.gregpalast.com/no-bs-info-on-japan-nuclearobama-invites-tokyo-electric-to-build-us-nukes-with-taxpayer-funds/#more-4497
He's a bit of a fire brand, but he cut his teeth as a utilities industry reporter (I think regulator at one point). Another situation where corporate profits trump public safety.
I'd like to point out that I'm not anti-nuclear power. I just don't think we should ever entrust these facilities to organizations that consistently prove they're willing to risk total failure to save money.
No significant leaks??? Keep following the news my friend. We're getting press releases, not facts. The circumstantial evidence can't hide the truth of the situation:
"Seventeen U.S. military personnel involved in helicopter relief missions were found to have been exposed to low levels of radiation upon returning to the USS Ronald Reagan, an aircraft carrier about 100 miles (160 kilometers) offshore.
U.S. officials said the exposure level was roughly equal to one month's normal exposure to natural background radiation in the environment, and after scrubbing with soap and water, the 17 were declared contamination-free."
They did it because they didn't have to pay for it.
It's because the economic model is different from say water or gas. No physical resources are consumed. The impact on the service provider is the network capacity you're consuming. This is nothing more than a do-nothing way to rustle up more income from users.
Even if you're a low volume user, you probably still expect that one big file a month you download to get to you quickly.
I'll probably piss off a lot of management types, but this is what I observed my during years working with corporate IT America. The pure management types are almost viral in corporate culture. Once you get enough of them, they tend to take over because much of the office politicking, style over substance brand of leadership gets you moved up bigger, faster, and longer. As long as a company has enough gearheads in leadership positions to call BS on John "Paradigm for technology change" Doe, you can keep the ship on the right course. But, once a company goes public, you're now dealing with the pressure of PR over performance which behooves CEOs to recruit more slick salesmen in suits than bureaucrats.
It's just like politics. A guy spewing easy-to-digest bumper sticker slogans gets his point across (however inaccurate it might be) faster than a guy trying to explain the issue to you in depth. The slick sales type who knows how to schmooze with the execs at the holiday party puts himself in a better light than Mary Busybee down in networking who actually *knows* how to best upgrade your servers. Look at how many worthless CEOs in the mold of Carly Fiorina there are endless being promoted up regardless of failure (including one recent President, ahem!).
And, it's a stereotype that techies are a bunch of socially-underdeveloped goofballs. Look at all the techie founders who've turned over billion-dollar enterprises to the suits after they cash in. It's a cultural problem. We've somehow lost the patience to listen long enough for the right answer instead of the easiest answer.
No no fools. Fusion is always x+15 years away. That would be 2026.
The thought that woman as hot as 90s-era Sandra Bullock could just pass through society unnoticed did it for me.
Can't wait to see this origin story played out on the big screen!
Two tragic accidents, yes. But a mistake? I'd call it pretty remarkable for our first partially-reusable spacecraft. It did things nothing else could pull of, like bringing back satellites. Hopefully, the next generation will figure out how to do it with a totally and *legitimately* reusable system.
You almost can. My local Blockbusters have 4 for $20 sales regularly on movies that aren't new to DVD. For the past 10 years or so, rather than renting I'd just go get 4 at a pop and watch them at my leisure. Nice way to build up a DVD library, too! Even the slightly more expensive buys are only $10/DVD which is still pretty cheap to purchase own a DVD that probably been out for little over a month or so.
The day before the end of civilization since no one will ever leave the house after that. Multipass!
You never see Dr. Freeman stopping to eat or rest up, either. I'd rather continue shooting zombies than watch two poorly modeled assemblies of triangles pumping each other.
To HELL with your socialist standards of measure! That's 684 9/24 cases of AMERICAN beer a second commie
It's easy for some jackass to come out 20 years after he had any political relevance and state that his approach was equivocally wrong. Now, show me a politician with the COURAGE to do the right thing when there's political pressure to make the wrong, but safe, choice. Fuck you and fuck your legacy!!!
Funny, but apparently no one else got you.
The Enterprise never flew in space. I think it was just a test mock up for gliding.
Being in orbit makes you alien enough to get nailed by the Kirkster.